Aadhaar panel favours e-payment for all social safety net schemes
A arrangement of a actor interoperable microATMs to be operated by business correspondents should be set up beyond the country to ensure that the allowances of assorted amusing area schemes ability the advised beneficiaries.
This has been appropriate in the final abode of the Assignment Force on Aadhaar enabled Unified Payment Infrastructure. Mr Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, UIDAI, submitted the final abode to the Union Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, actuality today.
The Aadhaar enabled e-payment arrangement would advice not alone in ensuring the appropriate payments anon to the advised beneficiaries but would aswell advice abate the time taken, transaction costs and the leakages a part of others, Mr Mukherjee said afterwards accepting the final report.
In adjustment set up the arrangement of actor microATMs, the assignment force has recommended that a endure mile transaction fee of 3.14 per cent with a cap of Rs 20 per transaction be paid by Government to banks for Government payments. The microATMs can be acclimated for antithesis query, deposits, withdrawals and remittances.
In adjustment to abate the use of banknote in the economy, the assignment force has aswell recommended that Government and Government-owned institutions acquire cyberbanking payments at all locations area they aggregate payments from citizens, after any added surcharge.
Over a aeon of time, all payments of Government over the sum of Rs 1,000 should be fabricated or accustomed electronically, the assignment force abode has suggested.
Mr Nilekani fabricated a presentation highlighting the assorted recommendations fabricated by the assignment force in its final report. He said that the beneficiaries ofsafety netprogrammes (MGNREGS, SSP, IAY) and recipients of absolute subsidy alteration payments (LPG, Kerosene and Fertilisers) can abundantly account by accepting their payments electronically, anon into accounts of their best at their banks or column offices.
In the final report, the assignment force has appropriate that India Column should acquire Aadhaar as KYC for column appointment accumulation coffer accounts and money orders.
India Column should attending at deployment of microATMs in every column office. India Column should accompany interoperability networks and account barter of added banks, and acquiesce own barter to use ATMs, microATMs installed by added banks.
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The assignment force has aswell appropriate that the Reserve Coffer of India may accede recognising the Aadhaar letter as affidavit of character and affidavit of abode for money transfer. The axial coffer should acquaint guidelines for interoperability of business correspondents.
The RBI should broadcast a action in affiliation with the Government to codify a plan and set targets for abbreviation the acceptance of banknote in the Indian economy.
For banks, the assignment force has appropriate that at atomic one microATM be deployed in every coffer branch. Banks accept been asked to arrange a arrangement of one actor business correspondents.
Today's affair was abounding a part of others by the Union Agriculture Minister, Mr Sharad Pawar; the Rural Development Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh; the Consumer Affairs Minister of State (independent charge), Mr K.V. Thomas; and the Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers, Mr Srikant Jena.