In his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat', Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that small online payments are helping to build a big digital economy in India, Trend reports citing India Today.
"Now even in small villages and towns, people are using UPI. It's benefiting both shopkeepers and customers. Online payments are developing a digital economy. Every day, Rs 20,000 crore online transactions are taking place," PM Modi said.
He encouraged citizens of India to undertake a 'Cashless Day Out' experiment to see how digital payments are being adopted across the nation.
PM Modi spoke of the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya (Prime Ministers Museum), which was inaugurated in New Delhi on April 14, the birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar.
"It's a matter of pride that we are remembering the contribution of prime ministers, it's connecting the youth of the country with them," PM Modi said.
He also conducted a quiz on museums in India and asked citizens to answer the questions on social media with the hashtag #MuseumQuiz. Here are some of the questions he asked:
1. Which city has a rail museum?
2. Where is the country's only kite museum?
3. Where is the national postal museum located?
PM Modi said that it is the responsibility of the entire society to conserve water. He said that water conservation is one of the resolves with which the country is moving forward and added that 75 Amrit Sarovars will be built in every district of the nation.
"It's specified in our scriptures that water is basic necessity of every creature, it's an important natural resource," PM Modi said.
PM Modi said during his address that several Indians had made significant contributions in the field of mathematics.
"Mathematics has never been a difficult subject for us Indians. A big reason for this is our Vedic Mathematics," PM Modi said.