Government asked railway employees to convert ATM debit cards to Rupay cards


By MYBRANDBOOK


Government asked railway employees to convert ATM debit cards to Rupay cards

The government has said over 12 lakh employees of Indian Railways have been advised to convert their existing debit or ATM cards to RuPay-based cards, a move aimed at giving fillip to the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' campaign and the 'Digital India initiative'.

 

Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways informed the Parliament that the railways was also facilitating promotion of the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' campaign and the 'Digital India initiative'. RuPay is an Indian multinational financial and payment service launched by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), an umbrella organisation for operating retail payment and settlement systems in the country.

 

The minister also said "the zonal railways and production units have been asked to facilitate conversion of existing Debit/ATM cards issued to railway employees by banks to the RuPay-based cards in order to give a boost under 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' and 'Digital India initiative'.

 

Piyush Goyal added, "All railways are facilitating the banks in their promotional activities and setting up camps to give wide publicity in this regard to encourage the employees to opt for RuPay cards. Apart from this, State Bank of India (SBI) has also been advised to replace all existing imprest cards issued to Railway Imprest holders to RuPay-based imprest cards."

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