Deputy Commissioner Kohima, Kumar Ramnikant on Wednesday noted that the world is changing at a faster pace with everything digital and therefore asked the village council chairmen and secretaries to have grassroot democracy updated accordingly to move forward with the rest of the world.

The DC was speaking as the Keynote Speaker at the Kohima District Level Awareness program on Adoption of BHIM-UPI in Panchayati Raj Institutions held at the DC Conference Hall, Kohima, DIPR informed in a report.

Ramnikant also asked the village representatives to become smart in operating new systems so as to let the villagers learn more easily and urged them to clear any doubts from the experts before leaving the meeting. Earlier, he said that there is no difference between central- state-village as all the three stakeholders play an important role in their own ways. Kumar also emphasised that the Panchayati Raj/ Village Council plays a pivotal role for the growth of the nation.

The details and Adoption of BHIM-UPI and its importance was highlighted by District Development Manager (DDM), NABARD, Phoji while technical aspects of using BHIM-UPI and its benefits was enlightened to the stakeholders by K. Kanmei, Branch Manager, SBI, Jakhama.

The awareness program was attended by Village Council Chairmen and Village Development Board Secretaries under Kohima District. The program was chaired by Moasunep Jingru, EAC (Dev), Kohima.