The State Directorate of Treasuries and Inspection and the State Bank of India signed an MOU on October 13 for integration of SBI e-Pay with Cyber Treasury, Odisha.
Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, Development Commissioner-cum-ACS R Balakrishnan, Principal Secretary, Finance Tuhin Kanta Pande, Chief General Manager, SBI BVG
Reddy and other dignitaries of Government of Odisha, SBI and Reserve Bank of India were present.
The historic MOU is a landmark initiative by the State Government to facilitate the revenue collection from citizens of the State through digital banking platform.
SBI e-Pay is the payment aggregator service wing of State Bank of India which will facilitate online payment of Government dues by the customers of any public/ private sector banks by using the payment gateway of SBI.
Any mode like Debit Card/ Credit Card/ Mobile Banking/ Net Banking facility provided by approximately 42 partner banks can be used by the users/ payers besides facility of cash deposit at any branch of SBI across the State.
All revenue generating departments can integrate with this gateway through State treasuries.
Right now, Industries and Revenue Department are integrated with this gateway for smooth collection of revenue.