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Give suggestions on Report of the Committee on Digital Payments

Start Date :

Dec 28, 2016

Last Date :

Jan 12, 2017

00:00 AM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)

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The Government of India issued guidelines for the promotion of payments through cards and digital means on 29th February, 2016. The guidelines can be seen (here). A Committee was ...

The Government of India issued guidelines for the promotion of payments through cards and digital means on 29th February, 2016. The guidelines can be seen (here). A Committee was also constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri Ratan P Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Ayog and Former Finance Secretary with key industry stakeholders, RBI and concerned Government Departments to review medium term measures necessary to promote the digital payment system in the Country. The Committee’s report can be seen here.

The Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India invites public Comments / suggestions on the report. We invite you to read the report and provide your valuable feedback and suggestions by 11th January 2017. The final decision on the Report will be taken after considering the comments/suggestions received on the Report.

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rajagopalan srinivasan 9 years 8 months ago

prepaid cards can be used to pay for milkman,vegetable vendors.so bank can issue prepaid card in the denomination rs 100,rs 500, rs1000.so that shortages of small denominatio can be reduced. vendors can use this thro pos machines. bus /train ticket can also be purchased thro this card. pos can be prominently kept.

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Murali Siripurapu 9 years 8 months ago

Please roll out the new payment app BHIM for Windows Mobile platform as well.

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MUKESH NATH NAGAR 9 years 8 months ago

Bus fare in Metro cities should be paid through digital by using prepaid debit card like being paid in Buses in Singapore.

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Ghanashyam Khobrekar 9 years 8 months ago

Government can continue with withdrawal limits on cash for individuals and Corporates. Cash withdrawals beyond these limits should be heavily taxed. Why do Corporates require cash? Only for corruption! Cash can be disbursed only for reimbursement of expenses of employees.

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Padmalakshmi Venkatraman 9 years 8 months ago

Our watchmen not able to read or write .he got basic phone. His grand daughter put some cartoon charecter to her phone number. He just see that and click it. How this type of people go for digitalisation. My suggestion is prepaid chargeble paisa card.he can use it in bus auto everywhere.he can recharge in any bank counter.that is simple solution.

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Ketan Marwah 9 years 8 months ago

Concept of digital payment is one of the revolutionary step towards the growth of Indian Economy.Digital transaction is very easy,most of the population are using internet and smart phones in urban as well as rural areas, when we can learn how to play game on smart phones then I think learning digital transaction will not be a difficult task, the only thing we have to do is to make people learn how to transfer money digitally.I would request to make at least one person digitally enable near by u

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Devendra Kumar 9 years 8 months ago

Internet availability should be much much better to make any online transaction at any time and also it should be guaranteed safe to avoid any loss of money.

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S V PRASAD 9 years 8 months ago

Now at business places traders ask for 2% extra if card is presented, which encourages cash txn. In future when customer offers cash to make a purchase the trader should be in a position to say he will be charged 2 % extra and NIL for Card or Digital payment.It can be done only by a CashTxn Tax of 2% for all saver& trader deposits in Current &SB Accts To facilitate this environment and to discourage cash transactions in general even by Trade, Business & Industry, Govt has to invariably impose a

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tulsipur 9 years 8 months ago

Digital payment suitable for cities /towns or whoever got knowledge about it but what about remote areas where no transportation, communication and no Internet facilities are available?

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Kothanda_1 9 years 8 months ago

Connecting all rivers of India for the agricultural and suppor the farmers employment for our nation. Based on this we shall provide life / employment for cores of people in the national. If we start a industry we can provde employment for countable nos and only in a specific locations. All the rivers must Have a small check dams for water storage.

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