Amid ongoing cash shortage after the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes, the Chhattisgarh Government has informed the Centre that bank accounts of about 26,000 labourers have been opened in the State.
This information was provided by in-charge Chief Secretary NK Aswal to Union Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha during a video conferencing held at Mantralaya here on Friday.
Aswal informed the Cabinet Secretary that to ensure cashless payments of labourers working in different business and trading establishments in Chhattisgarh, through over 1,500 camps, bank accounts of about 26,000 labourers have been opened. They are now being paid their salaries through cheque and micro ATMs, he said.
The in-charge Chief Secretary further informed that in different civic bodies of Chhattisgarh, there are about 1 lakh registered business and trade establishments.
“For providing digital payment services to customers, the State Gopvernment is motivating businessmen for installing Point of Sale (PoS) machine,” Aswal said.
According to him, so far 24,500 businessmen have applied in different banks for getting PoS machine. Further, those traders who do not have ‘Gumasta’ of their shops, for such businessmen the civic bodies are organising special camps, he mentioned