Going with the Digital India campaign, Punjab State Power Corporation limited has partnered with Paytm, to enable easy online bill payments for its electricity consumers in Punjab.
Rana Gurjeet Singh, Irrigation & Power Minister, Punjab, launched the service on Wednesday and informed that under Digital India, Punjab Government was fully focused on leveraging technology to simplify the lives of citizens. He said PSPCl consumers could now instantly pay their electricity bills within seconds at their convenience and thus can save their precious time from queues at cash counters.
Speaking on the partnership, Principal Secretary, Power, cum Chairman & Managing Director of PSPCl & PSTCl, A Venu Prasad, said, “PSPCl has already given the facilities of e-payment on its website, through Debit Card, Credit Card, Net Banking etc. With the view to further promote online collection of electricity bills, PSPCl is happy to collaborate with Paytm to enable quick, seamless and easy bill payment experience.”
Consumers can tap on the ‘Electricity’ icon in their Paytm App, choose PSPCl as their preferred electricity utility, enter their consumer number and can make the payment instantly in few steps.
A Venue Prasad said partnering with Paytm would help make online bill payment facility more accessible to lakhs of consumers in Punjab. He said there were no transaction charges till 31 December 2017 and this facility was free, whether the consumer used Debit card, Credit card, Net-Banking or Paytm wallet.
He added that PSPCl had also decided to allow other digital means like the option of RTGS & NEFT to its high end consumers, mobile tower companies etc. shortly and this would be a major step towards doing business in an easy way.