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` 461 cr worth of electricity bills paid online, says Madkaikar

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Minister for Power, Pandurang Madkaikar, recently informed that around Rs 461 crore of electricity bills were paid online through the electricity department's portal and Upaygoa.com since April 1, 2015.
Madkaikar provided this information while responding to a question tabled by Curchorem MLA, Nilesh Cabral, in the just concluded winter session of the assembly.
An amount of Rs 461 crore was collected through more than 3.5 lakh transactions on these two websites over the last two and a half years.
As per information provided by Madkaikar, around 1.78 lakh transactions were made on the portal of power department and around 1.72 lakh transactions were carried out on Upaygoa.com.
In terms of usage, both the portals are neck-to-neck.
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Electricity department is making online payment facility popular through advertisements on its website
1.78 lakh transactions for electricity bill payment were made on the portal of power department and around 1.72 lakh transactions were carried out on Upay.com
Rs 339.5 crore was collected on account of all bill payments on electricity department's website and another amount of Rs 121 crore was collected through Upay.com
Information kiosks installed at Panaji, Mapusa, Ponda, Vasco and Margao are also enabled for online payment facility
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Positive criticism welcome if it helps bring change: Dhavalikar

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Published Dec 20, 2017, 2:11 AM IST
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