Q50. Consider the following statements about Pradhan Mantri Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan :
1. The scheme is under the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
2. The purpose of the scheme is to actively engage the employees of Public Sector Banks to encourage digital payments.
Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?
(d) None of the above
The purpose of the `Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan’ is to actively engage the youth/ students of Higher Education Institutions to encourage and motivate all payers and payees to use a digitally enabled cashless economic system for transfer of funds. Ministry of Human Resource Development views the institutions of higher education in the country, faculty members and students to take the lead and act as engines of this transformational shift
It is under the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development