Assam govt decides to go cashless in all departments' transactions
Assam Finance minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said that, to make entire transactions of the state government cashless, all preparation of digital action plan is underway.
“The digital road map would be ready in the next 10 days. We hope it would be effective from next month,” Sarma said.
“It is not so difficult to make a cashless society, but it will take some times. The Assam government is committed to reduce the cash handling in the all state government departments,” the Assam minister said.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
Image:Himanta Biswa Sarma twitterpage
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