Meet Raju Patel- The "Digital Beggar" with An E-Wallet and QR Code

Raju Patel from Bihar has shed the traditional method of asking alms and started using Phone Pe, puts a QR code around his neck

PATNA: Raju Patel, a beggar from Bettiah train station, has received a lot of attention for taking alms via digital payments.

Raju Patel, the digital beggar who calls himself a follower of the former State Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and got inspired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India campaign gives people options to pay him via digital mode with a QR code placard around his neck

Speaking to the media Raju said "I accept digital payments, and it's enough to get the work done and fill my stomach. I have been begging here since my childhood but I have changed the way of begging in this digital age."

"After begging, I sleep at the station itself. I could not find any other way of livelihood. Many times, people refused to give alms saying that they did not have cash in smaller denominations. Many travellers said that in the era of e-wallets like pay-phones etc., there is no need to carry cash anymore. Due to this, I opened a bank account, and an e-wallet," he added.

Raju opened an account in the State Bank of India in Bettiah and got an e-wallet made, currently, he begs digitally around Bettiah railway station Netizens gave a mixed reaction to the matter some found the matter innovative, others termed it as the digitalization of poverty.

Its both good and bad. Good that digitisation has reached masses. Bad that govt is not doing enough to reduce beggary, giving jobs and these people themselves feel content with begging and not doing something for themselves to get out of it and brighten their future.
— _Memyself_ (@keepinitomyself) February 8, 2022

Imagine, receiving a Cashback after paying him.
— Shahji (@Shahji19324011) February 8, 2022

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