Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of
Information & Broadcasting, Urban Development and Housing & Urban
Poverty Alleviation today addressed the officers of his Ministry regarding the
steps being taken by the Government for facilitating a less cash economy and
encouraging digital and online transactions. The initiative of the Government
was an attempt to prevent delays through seamless transactions and end the
menace of corruption and black money. He
mentioned that the Government’s JAM (Jan Dhan, AADHAR & Mobile) initiative
would also facilitate this transformation. In this context, he reiterated Hon’ble
Prime Minister’s JAM vision which would ensure maximum penetration of
technology among the masses and maximum empowerment for our poor.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Naidu urged all officers to provide
counselling to their staff to move and adapt to a cashless and digital
transactions reducing the role of physical money in day to day transactions. This
exercise could also be conducted at the homes by officers and staff with the
people associated in their day to day life as part of social responsibility. The
Minister also mentioned few platforms available for digital transactions including
Unified Payment Interface and Mobile Wallets.
Minister of State for Information &
Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore, Secretary I&B, Shri Ajay Mittal,
Secretary Ministry of Urban Development, Shri Rajiv Gauba, Secretary Ministry
of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Nandita Chatterjee, Senior
officers from Ministry of I&B, Urban Development and Housing & Urban
Poverty Alleviation were also present in the meeting held at Vigyan Bhawan,
NewDelhi.
A presentation on
“Government – Citizen Transactions towards less cash economy including
different platforms and methods of transaction was also made by Team NITI Ayog.
The presentation was followed by a Question & Answer session, where doubts
and queries were answered.
Courtesy:pib.nic.in
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