Chhattisgarh Government has been taking several key initiatives in promoting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of cashless society even in the remotest Sukma district.
The tribals form a major part of the population in Sukma which is plagued by leftist insurgency for years where cashless transactions are being successfully carried out with the aid of Common Service Centres (CSC). The Chhattisgarh Government has sanctioned such CSC in every district as part of Digital India campaign. Thirty-eight Common Service Centres in Sukma district have provided cashless facilities for services like Aadhar enrolment, electricity bill payment, railway ticket booking, DTH recharge, mobile recharge, insurance premium payment.
State Government claims that transactions worth ` 99, 6892 had been carried on at these CSC wallet. Transactions of ` 9.96 lakh CSC wallet had been done for mobile recharge, electricity bills, insurance premiums payment, DTH recharge, train tickets in Sukma district. POS machine withdrawals amounted to ` 7.35 lakh at banking kiosk. Payment through POS and cheque amounted to ` 31, 459 had been transacted at banking kiosk of CSC.