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UPI One World now available to all foreign tourists, making cashless travel easy
Technology | Jul 23, 2024, 12:45 PM ISTThe UPI One World wallet has been introduced for the convenience of the users, which is available via authorized Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) issuers at hotels, designated money exchange locations, airports, and other touchpoints.
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Centre plans to introduce 'cashless treatment' of accident victims across India
India | Dec 04, 2023, 08:54 PM ISTRoad accidents in India: The road secretary said for education and awareness about road safety, the Union Ministry of Education has agreed to include road safety as part of the curriculum for schools and colleges to be implemented soon.
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Contactless Payments grew by 6 times in India: Know all the benefits
Technology | Jun 16, 2022, 05:17 PM ISTContactless payments have gone up by more than 6 times, from less than 2.5 per cent in December 2018 to 16 per cent in December 2021, according to a whitepaper by Visa and Worldline India.
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ASI asks internet service providers to boost signal to promote cashless ticket booking for Taj Mahal
India | Nov 20, 2019, 05:35 PM ISTAgra Circle Superintending Archaeologist Vasant Kumar Swarnkar told PTI that ASI has contacted BSNL, Airtel, Vodafone-Idea, Jio to increase their signal strength near the sites the standees have been put
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Lok Sabha passes Bill to ensure cashless payment of wages
National | Feb 07, 2017, 07:20 PM ISTThe Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill under which specified industrial units will have to pay salaries and wages to workers only either through cheques or by electronic transfer to their bank accounts.
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Using Paytm? Know which Delhi metro stations are going cashless from January 1
Dec 23, 2016, 11:41 PM ISTThe Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today announced that it will make 10 of its station cashless from January 1 by opting for digital payment app Paytm for token purchase and smart card recharge. The
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Govt approves Ordinance to allow cashless payment of salaries
Dec 21, 2016, 06:25 PM ISTThe Union Cabinet today gave its approval an Ordinance to allow business and industrial establishments to disburse salaries to their workers and employees through electronic mode or by cheque.
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Lanura beats cash crunch, becomes first village to go cashless in J&K
Dec 18, 2016, 08:26 PM ISTBeating the cash crunch going on in our country post demonetisation, a village in central Kashmir's Budgam district has become the first in the state to go 'cashless'. Lanura village, about 30 kms from
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Want to go cashless? Learn from this man who spent 200 days without cash
India | Dec 14, 2016, 06:19 PM ISTAbhishant Pant started 200 days of living without cash journey in Mumbai on March 13 this year.
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Centre to amend law for making cashless salaries mandatory
Dec 12, 2016, 07:46 AM ISTIn line with Modi government's efforts to move towards a cashless economy, the Centre is planning to make it mandatory for payments to be made only through cheque or directly into the bank accounts of
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Paytm goes ‘net-less’, users no longer need internet connection to transact
Dec 07, 2016, 05:20 PM ISTLeading Indian e-wallet firm Paytm today announced that it has expanded its reach to non-internet users by launching a toll free number – 1800-1800-1234 to pay and receive money instantly and also recharge their mobile
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Armed with swipe machine and e-wallet, tea vendor extends support to PM Modi’s cashless push
India | Dec 07, 2016, 03:00 PM ISTAmong the millions of people across the country adopting plastic money and cashless transactions following the currency ban is a tea vendor
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Payouts above Rs 5,000 only through electronic mode, Centre directs govt departments
Dec 05, 2016, 04:25 PM ISTThe Centre on Monday said that any payment above Rs. 5,000 to should be made through electronic mode only.
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India’s cashless push could hit ATM business in coming years
Dec 02, 2016, 07:09 PM ISTThe government’s push towards a cashless society and curtailing the use of physical currency in the country could hit ATM businesses in India. Experts believe ATM players may find their business in a flux in
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Demonetisation: New vehicles to be fitted with digital tag for cashless payments at toll plazas
Nov 24, 2016, 11:15 AM ISTThe govt has asked automobile manufacturers to provide a digital identity tag in all new vehicles to enable electronic payment at all toll plazas and ensure seamless movement at check posts.
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With internet services suspended, unrest-hit Kashmir Valley now struggles with ‘cashless economy’
India | Nov 14, 2016, 03:21 PM ISTThe struggle of common citizens in the unrest-hit Kashmir Valley appears to have gotten tougher since the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes announced by the government on November 8.
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With Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes becoming worthless, here is how you can go cashless
Nov 09, 2016, 11:21 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi took the nation by surprise with the revolutionary decision of scrapping the existing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes to check the menace of blackmoney, fake currency and corruption.
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Suzlon rallies over 10% as board approves cashless restructuring of FCCBs
May 05, 2014, 05:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: Suzlon Energy today rallied as much as 10.1 per cent on Monday, after its board of directors over the weekend approved a proposal for cashless restructuring of its existing foreign currency convertible bonds
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Cashless cancer treatment in Punjab
India | Dec 24, 2013, 09:03 AM ISTChandigarh: Giving a major relief to cancer patients across Punjab, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Monday announced a new scheme that will provide cashless treatment to cancer patients."The chief minister gave his nod for starting
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Lower Cost To Get Cashless Plan: Insurers To Hospitals
India | Jul 15, 2010, 12:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Locked in a battle with big healthcare firms over censoring cashless health insurance claims, state-run insurers on Thursday asserted that the facility would be extended only to those hospitals that agree to their