CHENNAI, June 5: Larsen and Toubro Financial
Services unveiled the Digital Sakhi programme aimed at
training over 40,000 people on digital financial inclusion in
Tamil Nadu.
The move comes in the backdrop of successful
implementation of a similar programme in Maharashtra and
Madhya Pradesh.
According to a company statement, through the ‘Digital
Sakhi’ programme, it aims at digital financial inclusion of
rural women in Villupuram in Tamil Nadu.
“A Digital Sakhi is a rural woman with a digital
device who is equipped with skills and knowledge to impart
digital financial literacy training to others,” it said.
The programme would develop a team of 100 members
(Digital Sakhis) who would impart training to about 40,000
people in using digital payment modes.
L&T Financial said, over the last two years it has
trained 200 women in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh under the
Digital Sakhi programme.
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit who launched
the programme recently in Chennai, said, “this commendable
programme will not only strengthen the country’s future, but
also supplement the Digital India campaign launched by the
Government of India”. (PTI)
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