Digital Currency

The Ratan P Watal Committee is set to submit its report encouraging the use of digital payments in India a few days earlier than previously thought, reports The Times of India.

Majority of online transactions with the govt attract a convenience fee which is the reverse of what the govt is talking about regarding digital payments.

Digital India is a Programme to prepare India for a knowledge future.

The Digital India programme is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy.

Digital India is a campaign launched by the Government of India to ensure that Government services are made available to citizens electronically by improved online infrastructure and by increasing Internet connectivity or by making the country digitally empowered in the field of technology.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to withdraw 500 and 1000 rupee notes from circulation has sparked interest in bitcoin among India's consumers.

My sympathies. Thankfully, I was spared (well, almost) courtesy cashless payment systems. Mind you, one of the reported motives behind the Modi government’s mammoth demonetisation exercise is to encourage people to move.

India’s Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said this week that banks should be bolstering the digital age and get into "mission mode."

Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India.

Approximately 49 percent of the 9,401 citizens polled wanted the income tax to be reduced, so that their disposable income could rise.