An ordinary customer who bought items worth only Rs 350 has won a massive bumper prize of Rs 10 lakh under the taxpayer incentive scheme run by Internal Revenue Department.
The Internal Revenue Department has announced the results for the second half of Shrawan month under its taxpayer encouragement scheme. In this latest draw, a lucky buyer won the big bumper prize of Rs 10 lakh after spending just Rs 350 on shopping.
During a program held on Monday at the Ministry of Finance, Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle and Finance Secretary Dr. Ghanshyam Upadhyaya announced the winners name through a lucky draw.
How the Bumper Prize Was Won
According to department, the lucky customer bought some goods from Ganesh Electronics and Mobile Center for Rs 350. The transaction bill had the coupon number 026888979039, which got selected for the grand bumper reward.
Along with the bumper winner, sixteen other daily winners were also chosen for the sixteen-day period from Shrawan 16 to Shrawan 31. Each of these daily winner will receive Rs 1,33,334. After deducting 25 percent tax, they will get a net amount of Rs 1 lakh.
Big Rise in Scheme Participation
The department said that participation in this scheme has grown a lot during the second half of the month. Around 3 crore 24 lakh 43 thousand 229 transactions participated in the scheme between Shrawan 16 and Shrawan 31.
During this period alone, users uploaded 3 lakh 57 thousand 149 cash transaction bills on portal for the prize. In contrast, only 7 thousand 77 bills were uploaded during the first fifteen days of Shrawan.
Automatic participation through QR code payments also saw a big jump. The number of such transactions increased from 2 crore 56 lakh 8 thousand 94 in the first fifteen days to 3 crore 20 lakh 86 thousand 380 by the end of the second half.
List of Daily Winner Coupon Numbers
The coupon numbers for the sixteen daily winners are 030342279956, 019256510925, 026144515005, 031799935082, 017766107005, 018128759409, 021184000653, 024673171904, 025357331941, 023856885370, 022458096668, 016667290146, 020037283747, 029184622665, 028657775459, and 027711487145.
Deadline for Claiming Prizes
All the winners must claim their prize money by Bhadra 16. The department warned that if the prizes are not claimed within this deadline, they will automatically be canceled.
The government started this taxpayer incentive scheme to encourage people to ask for bills when they buy things, and also to promote digital payments in the country.
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