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NEW DELHI: The Centre is exploring ways to make it mandatory for all government departments and agencies — including services such as railways and road transport<\/a> corporations — to accept digital payments at points of consumer interface, according to senior government officials.\n
\nAlso on the drawing board are plans for greater integration of the online payment gateways of these state-owned agencies with official payment modes such as BHIM and Bharat QR code, the officials cited above told ET. The government is also considering incentives for citizens opting for digital payments.
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According to a senior official, the government may launch a big-ticket campaign on Gandhi Jayanti to announce some of these measures to achieve its goal of a cashless economy<\/a>. The campaign will run till Republic Day (January 26).
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\n“Government payments account for a huge percentage of overall transactions, and if these can be done digitally, electronic payments will see massive growth,” said the official.
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\nLast week, at an internal review meeting of the ministry of electronics and IT, which has been given the mandate of promoting digital payments, union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked officials to roll out the campaign from October 2.
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\nThe details of the proposals are being discussed by the inter-ministerial committee on digital payments.
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\n“We have decided to equip all our ticket counters to accept digital payments. Under the new guidelines, Bharat QR code will be put up at all 14 lakh reservation counters across the country. We are targetting to make half the transactions at ticket counters digitally enabled,” a top Railway Board official told ET.
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\n“The same will be done for freight bookings too. Already, 90% of payments for freight are cashfree,” he added.
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Indian Railways<\/a> sells passenger tickets worth Rs 52,000 crore every year and 60% of these are through the online booking portal. The rest are sold at reservation counters, mostly in cash.
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“One of the ideas is how to make Bharat QR code a universally accepted payment infrastructure,” said another official. The person added, however, that a lot of background work may be required as Bharat QR code still doesn’t accept payments from people without a debit or credit card<\/a>.
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\n“Digital is still not the primary mode of payment. Lots of ideas are being discussed on how to reduce dependence on cash, but they are still to be finalised,” said the official.
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\nOne of the proposals being discussed includes integration of BHIM and UPI with all online payment options of government departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs).
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\nAll points of government-public interface, such as bus, train and metro ticket counters and passport offices, may be asked to accept payments through Bharat QR code. All utility bills, such as electricity and water, may have to print Bharat QR code as a prominent payment option.
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\nAnother proposal includes incentivising state road transport corporations to shift to digital payments and push them to offer discounts, along with a missive to all ministries and PSUs to promote digital payments.
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\nAccording to a senior roads ministry official, the government is planning to make RFID toll tags mandatory for all cars from October.
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“We’ll also equip all toll lanes to accept digital payments. The focus is to have electronic toll collection, but we’ll also be displaying Bharat QR code for people who want to pay through BHIM app<\/a>,” said the official.
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Delhi Metro<\/a> Rail Corporation, which currently sees a majority of its card recharges and token sales through cash, is also focusing on digital payments.
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\n“We have enabled all recharges to be made online or through cards. Consumers can even do it through banking apps. Cash handling is difficult, so it’s better to be as cash-free as possible,” the DMRC spokesperson said.
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新德里:中心是探讨如何强制要求所有政府部门和机构,包括铁路和等服务道路运输公司,接受消费者接口的数字支付点,根据政府高级官员。也画在图纸上的计划更大的在线支付网关集成这些国有机构官方支付模式如BHIM和巴拉特二维码,上面列举的官员告诉等。政府也在考虑激励公民选择电子支付。
一位高级官员表示,政府可能会推出一个大型运动甘地/宣布这些措施以实现其目标无现金经济。活动将运行到共和国日(1月26日)。
“政府支出占很大比例的总体事务,如果这些可以数字化,电子支付将看到巨大的增长,”这位官员说。
上周,在一个内部审查会议的电子和它,已促进数字支付的授权,联盟部长Ravi Shankar普拉萨德问官员从10月2日推出活动。
提议的细节部际委员会正在讨论的数字支付。
“我们决定装备所有机票柜台接受数字支付。在新准则下,巴拉特二维码将全国14个十万的预约柜台。我们计划让一半的交易在售票柜台启用数字,”铁路委员会高级官员告诉等。
”同样也会为货物做的预订。90%的支付运费cashfree,”他补充道。
印度铁路每年销售价值52000卢比的客票和60%的这些是通过在线预订门户。其余的都是在预订柜台销售,主要是现金。
“其中一个想法是如何让巴拉特二维码公认的支付基础设施,”另一位官员说。人补充说,然而,很多背景工作可能需要巴拉特二维码仍然不接受来自没有借记卡或支付信用卡。
“数字还不是主要的付款方式。很多想法正在讨论如何减少对资金的依赖,但他们仍有待决定,”这位官员说。
正在讨论的建议包括集成BHIM UPI和在线支付所有选项的政府部门和公共部门的事业(电源)。
所有的政府公共接口,比如公共汽车,火车和地铁票务柜台和护照办公室,可能会被要求接受付款通过巴拉特二维码。所有水电费,如电力和水,可能需要打印巴拉特二维码作为一个杰出的付款选项。
另一项提案包括支付从而鼓励国有公路运输企业向数字化转变,推动他们提供折扣,以及信件各部委和电源的促进数字支付。
公路部门一名高级官员表示,政府正计划为所有汽车RFID代价标签强制从10月。
“我们还将装备所有收费车道接受数字支付。重点是电子收费,但我们也会显示巴拉特二维码为那些想通过支付BHIM应用,”这位官员说。
德里地铁铁路公司,目前认为大部分卡充电和令牌通过现金销售,也关注数字支付。
“我们已经启用所有充电在线或通过卡片。消费者还可以通过银行应用程序。现金处理是困难的,所以最好是尽可能cash-free”DMRC发言人说。
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