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How to use UtsavSamithi

Every part of the app, and what it is for. Sign in with the demo login above to try any of it.

1. 1. Record a donation

   Donations → Add donation. Choose cash, UPI, bank transfer or cheque, enter the amount, and the donor's name and mobile if they give them. A volunteer at the collection desk can do this in under a minute.

2. 2. Let donors give by themselves

   Settings → Transparency turns on your public page. Share the link or print the QR poster. A donor picks an amount, pays to your own UPI or bank account, and taps 'I have paid'. The money never passes through us.

3. 3. Confirm the money arrived

   A donor saying they paid is not proof. Open the donation and press Confirm received once you can see it in your bank or UPI statement. Only then does it count towards your totals, and only then is a receipt number issued.

4. 4. Give the donor their receipt

   Every confirmed donation gets a numbered receipt. Share picture sends it over WhatsApp as an image the donor can keep. The QR on it opens a public page where anyone can check the receipt is genuine.

5. 5. Record and approve spending

   Expenses → Add expense, with a category and a bill if you have one. If your committee requires approval, the amount only leaves the balance once someone approves it.

6. 6. Count the cash box

   Cash shows what the box should hold: opening cash, plus cash donations, minus cash spent and cash banked. Enter what you actually counted; any difference must be explained, and a second person reviews it.

7. 7. Report and export

   Reports covers donations, expenses, collections and the full festival statement. Every report downloads as CSV for your records or your auditor.

8. 8. Close the year

   Annual History → Close. The app refuses while anything is unresolved and lists what to fix. Once closed the figures are sealed, and past years stay readable forever.

9. 9. Get police permission

   Police NOC links you to the official police-permission portal for your state, so you can apply for your pandal permission online where the state offers it — the rest is handled on the government portal.