Along with the development of the villages, the Government of India is constantly trying to make the Panchayats transparent. Online audit of panchayats has been started. Internet facility is being expanded.
The campaign of E-Gram Swaraj is going on. Now, in this episode, panchayats are also being taken along to take the country’s economy completely on digital mode.
India, which has become a ‘Global Leader’ in the matter of digital payments, has prepared to take a bigger leap in it. The Central Government has set a target of starting UPI payment facility in all the more than 2.5 lakh panchayats of the country.
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj has written to all states asking them to introduce digital payments, especially revenue collection, in each panchayat of the state by August 15, 2023, and declare it as a function.
Internet facility is being expanded in the villages of the country
Along with the development of the villages , the Government of India is constantly trying to make the panchayats transparent. Online audit of panchayats has been started. Internet facility is being expanded. The campaign of E-Gram Swaraj is going on. Now, in this episode, panchayats are also being taken along to take the country’s economy completely on digital mode.
A letter has been written in this regard to all the states on behalf of Alok Prem Nagar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj. In this, it has been said that in all the gram panchayats, block panchayats and district panchayats of your state, start the facility of payment through UPI.
QR code installed in Panchayat buildings
The names of service providers related to digital payments have also been made available by the government . It has been said that after meeting with them, select according to the rules and instructions. After this, QR codes should be installed in Panchayat buildings. Jan Dhan accounts of villagers should also be linked with UPI, so that they can make digital payments.
While issuing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to the states, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has asked them to organize events on Independence Day and announce that digital payments have started in their panchayats.
Digital payments being made by Panchayats to their contractors: Officials
From next year, the provision of digital payments will also be included as a major parameter in the category of good governance in the National Panchayat Awards. A senior ministry official said that digital payments are being made by panchayats to their vendors, contractors etc.,
but revenue collection is still being done in the form of cash. Arrangements are now being made to collect various types of taxes, fees etc. received by the panchayats digitally.
If this system is implemented in all panchayats, then India’s digital payment figure will reach a lot. It can be gauged from this that at present, when the panchayats are not fully connected with digital payments, even then villages and towns have contributed more than fifty percent in the total digital payments of the country.
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