In a big boost to government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative, e- payment transactions recorded a significant jump to 2070.98 crore in 2017-18, Minister of State for Information Technology (IT) said in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha yesterday. In 2013-14, 220 crore e-transactions were recorded. The central government is working with different stakeholders namely smart cities, banks, payment service providers and state to further promote the cashless payments, the minister also said in response to another question.
A target of 3,013 crore digital payments transactions has been set by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in 2018-19. The ministry uses a performance scorecard and a bank ranking system to monitor and also evaluate the performance of the lenders.
The phone messaging app WhatsApp has been asked by the government to share the details related with the action taken by the company with respect to fake news, the minister also said in a separate reply. He also said that the central government doesn’t plan to tap into the messages of the citizens. The government is taking various initiatives to raise user awareness related to cyber safety.
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