The Haryana Government has issued instruction to all government departments to encourage receipts of payments of more than Rs5,000 only through cashless methods.
Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu on Sunday said that Petro Cards of Indian Oil and Hindustan Petroleum companies have been issued to State Government drivers for cashless payments for fuel.
Apart from this, banks have organised camps in their branches at many locations in the State to educate the citizens about digital payments.
Till date 932 digitisation awareness camps have been organised in 4648 bank branches in which 21,083 people participated, he added. He said training was also imparted to 803 employees of 30 Government Departments.
Capt Abhimanyu said that State Bank of India has agreed to install 3,000 Point of Sale (POS) machines at various State Government offices across the State without any charges. This would enable the citizens to pay fees, fines and challans in a cashless mode.
He said that to promote cashless transactions, the State Government has transferred one-time appreciation money of Rs5 to the bank account of the citizens, using UPI, USSD and e-Wallet.