Directorate of Information & Publicity 
Directorate of Information & Publicity
Govt. of NCT of Delhi
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- First lucky draw held under the Scheme Bill Banvao Inam Pao.
- 17 lucky draw winners will get equal to 5 times of the bill amount minus tax.
- 13 more lucky draw winners will get gift hampers.
- Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister will give prizes to the lucky draw winners next week.
- Lucky draw held only of the bills received in January 2016.
New Delhi: 10/02/2016
The first draw of lots was held today under the Bill Banvao Inam Pao Scheme. Today’s draws covered the bills received under the Scheme in the month of January 2016. Total 30 winners were selected to receive the prizes.
The Scheme was launched by Shri Manish Sisodia, Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister on 18th January, 2016. A mobile App has also been developed by the department both for Android and Apple phones to help the people in uploading their bills under the Scheme. The Scheme has received a very warm response from the people. Within a few days of its launch, thousands of bills were uploaded by the people. Only valid bills of more than Rs.100/- issued by the registered dealers in Delhi are eligible for prize under the Scheme.
In the month of January, 2016, within 13 days from 18th January 2016 to 31st January, 2016, 1698 valid bills above Rs.100/- were received. The draw of lots were conducted by a Committee under the Chairmanship of Special Commissioner, VAT and comprising of representatives of the Department of Finance, Department of Information Technology as well as Sales Tax Bar Association. Media representatives were also present in large number at the time of the draw.
Under the Scheme, 1% of the valid entries are eligible for prize. Therefore, the Committee through lucky draw has selected 17 people for giving away the prizes for the month of January, 2016. The prize will be 5 times the bill amount excluding taxes. Besides these, 13 more lucky winners have been selected who will get gift hampers of Rs.1000/- each sponsored by different dealers. The prizes will be given away by Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister next week
The bills under the Scheme are continuously being received in the month of February, 2016 as well. The lucky draw to select winners of the month of February will be held in the Ist week of March, 2016.
Bill Banvao Inaam Pao is a very important Scheme of the department. The people are now insisting on issue of bills for their purchases and uploading the same through the App. This will help the department in increasing the VAT revenue as well as in identifying the tax evaders.
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