Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Wednesday said that officers and officials of various departments have been asked to generate awareness among the people about cashless and electronic transactions, wallet transactions, plastic money and transactions through mobile.
“This drive should continue for alteast seven days,” said Manohar lal, while interacting with the mediapersons after presiding over a meeting of all Administrative Secretaries here.
He said that though the government transactions are done through electronic mode, t the personal transactions or transactions in market or business should also be cashless so that people do not face any problem regarding currency notes. This system provides a transparent and prompt transaction of money, he added.
On being asked about the swipe and Point of Sale (POS) machines in government departments, he said that all the government departments having facility of POS counters, have been directed to install swipe machines and POS machines.
He said the banks have also assured the State Government that no additional amount would be charged on the transactions through cards on 5,000 counters in the State.
The Chief Minister also made it clear that the transaction through POS and Swipe Machines would be optional and people would also be able to make payments though cash.
He said that different applications have been prepared by banks and telecom companies to facilitate cashless transaction. Apart from this, the Government would give Rs five as a token of appreciation to each person who would get himself registered on Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) and other modes of cashless transactions, said he.
When asked to comment on the statement of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking the BJP MPs, MlAs and leaders to furnish the details of transactions made between November 8 to December 31, the Chief Minister hailed this decision saying that it is a good initiative.
He said in such situations, one should begin of its own.
Replying to a query on setting up of its own insurance company to implement Crop Insurance Scheme, the Chief Minister said that the proposal is in the pipeline.