Pushing for a less-cash economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government's 'DigiDhan' movement for digital payment is a step towards curbing the menace of corruption. Modi paid a rich tribute to the father of the Indian Constitution Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on his 126th Birth Anniversary. He also launched the Aadhar linked BHIM app and also launched two new schemes for referral bonus to individual users and cashback for merchants to incentivise them.

The app, which will be available for download to merchants across the country, will link your Aadhaar number and biometric fingerprint to complete a transaction. This will not only make cashless payment more prevalent but also possibly more easy and hassle-free. To enable the transactions through BHIM-Aadhar, merchants will have to purchase fingerprint scanners.

“I am delighted to be here on Ambedkar Jayanti. Dr Ambedkar faced many obstacles in his life but that did not stop him from doing what he intended to. No matter what Dr Ambedkar did, he never showed any signs of revenge or bitterness. Our freedom fighters gave up their lives for our freedom and now it's our turn to make the most of it and to shape our nation the way they wanted to see it. We are working relentlessly to ensure that every Indian gets the basic facilities of electricity, water, etc. We aim to inaugurate multiple projects today that will help our young generation and the economy on the whole. This DigiDhan movement is a safai abhiyaan (cleanliness movement). It is to fight the menace of corruption” said the Prime Minister.

Modi also said that no other advanced countries has an app like BHIM. BHIM will be a game changer added the Prime Minister.” For every person whom you teach how to use the BHIM app, you get Rs 10 and if you refer 20 people in a day, you can earn Rs 200.” Said Mr. Modi.