Madhya Pradesh would soon have its first 'cashless' village. "A nationalised bank has come up with a plan in cooperation with the State Government to transform Badjhiri village into a cashless village," State Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya said.
Badjhiri village of Madhya Pradesh will soon become the first 'cashless' village in the State having shops equipped with Point of Sale (PoS) machines, ATMs and kiosks for online payment facilities. "A nationalised bank has come up with a plan in cooperation with the State Government to transform Badjhiri into a cashless village," Malaiya told reporters on Monday.
Badjhiri is located on the outskirts of State Capital Bhopal. "I will visit the village on Tuesday with the bank officials to know how the plans will be materialized on ground to make this village entirely cashless," Malaiya added.
The Finance Minister said that the bank would provide PoS machines to all shopkeepers in addition to installation of ATMs and kiosks and all other measures ensuring digital transactions.
Earlier on Monday morning, Malaiya held a meeting with the officials to discuss measures of cashless transactions being adopted by various State Government departments. "I held a meeting with the officials. They informed me that the training of 'master trainers' has been completed. These trainers would further educate other employees across the State about the cashless transactions," Malaiya said, adding, no deadline has been set for completion of this training programme.
A meeting of the Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan this morning also discussed measures for going cashless across the departments. "Chief Minister told all his Cabinet colleagues to ensure cashless transactions in dealings of their respective departments," Minister for Public Relations and MP Government spokesman Narottam Mishra told reporters after the Cabinet meeting. "The Finance Minister will oversee all the plans in this regard," Mishra added.
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