To promote the digital or cashless transactions and make people aware, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) would provide the Point of Sale (POS) machines and card swiping machines soon to the zone offices, ward offices and the building permission branch of the Corporation. BMC would make it mandatory for the people to pay the rent of the shops via cash transactions as well as the charges of the permission of mobile towers or marriage gardens would also be received by using the digital or cashless transactions. POS machines would be installed at the parking spots. Corporation has also formed a special ‘cashless cell’ in order to implement the cashless transaction system. BMC has appointed Toshan Kumar Badiye as the In-charge of the newly-formed cell. Notably, following the instructions of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) is initiating the cashless or digital transactions. BMC had also conducted a workshop on December 10 in order to aware the accountant, ward in-charge and zonal officer of the BMC regarding the cashless or digital transactions. Several swiping machines would be installed at around nine POS centres under Bhopal City link limited (BCll). Facility to swipe card would be available soon at the bus stops for buying the bus tickets. BMC would also accept the debit or credit card at the building permission offices. Kotak Mahindra would provide around 120 POS machines to the corporation. BMC would issue the permission for the hoardings online.