“The idea is to encourage citizens for more voter turnout,: Uttar Pradesh unit head of NRAI Varun Khera told PTI.

Under the “Democracy Discount”, restaurants and hospital in Noida and Greater Noida are offering discounts on their services to people who cast their votes. National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI) has reached out to member companies for the initiative.

Owner of Imperfecto Naresh Madan said that it is a “win-win situation” for people as they can participate in the voting and can also have meals on discount.

Madan said, “All the customers have to do is show their fingers marked with voting ink and they’ll get the discount. We won’t even ask for other ID proofs, just the voting ink is proof enough.”

In addition, Felix Hospitals in Noida’s Sector 137 is offering free full body check up under its initiative “Vote for Healthy India”.

“Citizens can come to the hospital and show the voting ink mark on their fingers to avail full body check-up worth ₹ 6,500 free of cost. The offer will be available from April 26 to 30,” Felix Hospitals CEO Dr. DK Gupta told the Indian news agency.