Maharashtra's 'digital village' goes back to cash transactions“We had things going well for the first two months, but couldn’t sustain it because banks did not give debit cards to most villagers. If yo...
08 Nov, 2017, 11.59 PM IST
Note ban in Naxal bastion: How demonetisation helped create a cashless village in DantewadaIn Palnar, the number of mobile phones has increased from 240 in October 2016 to 850 — all smartphones now, the Chinese handset Gionee bein...
08 Nov, 2017, 10.43 AM IST
Cash is a way of life in these three Bihar villages touted as cashless pioneers a year agoBind Toli, Basti of Maner and Patsa were among the first villages that were to go cashless after demonetisation last November. A year later...
05 Nov, 2017, 12.47 AM IST
Yogi Adityanath sets target: UP to be open defecation free by October next yearSpeaking at an event organised on the occasion of 'Panchayati Raj Diwas', the chief minister also spoke for 'smart villages' on the lines o...
24 Apr, 2017, 07.11 PM IST
Dantewada district gets Prime Minister’s award for converting Palnar into a cashless villageAs much as 60% of the transactions in the village are now cashless with one cycle tyre shop owner in the village upgrading his business to ...
22 Apr, 2017, 11.40 PM IST
Jhattipur - The cashless village of Haryana that still swears by cashWith no card-swiping machines yet and limited access to Wi-Fi and smartphones, Jhattipur is unlikely to embrace digital payments anytime so...
19 Feb, 2017, 11.23 AM IST
200 villages use e-cash on Airtel’s bankThese payment banks do not offer loans and several other facilities that are offered by full-fledged banks, and are not allowed to accept d...
13 Feb, 2017, 12.38 PM IST
She is the first Indian to get Aadhaar card but has been living a 'cashless' life in real senseRanjana and Tembhli's other residents don't fully understand demonetisation and are upset that it has affected their lives.
29 Dec, 2016, 09.31 AM IST
Bank of Maharashtra adopts a village in Sangli for digital transactions"Bank of Maharashtra has fully supported the government’s push to a cashless society and our initiative of making Malangaon cashless from e...
27 Dec, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
SBI adopts a village to make it cashless“In 30-days time, the entire village will turn cashless,” SBI deputy managing director and CIO Mrutyunjay Mahapatra told ET.
24 Dec, 2016, 05.06 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh to soon have its first 'cashless' villageA meeting of MP cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan this morning also discussed measures for going cashless across the ...
19 Dec, 2016, 04.58 PM IST
Cashless push: No tax on sale/rental of swipe machines in GujaratSwipe machines are purchased by banks and given on rent to merchants to accept payments through debit or credit cards from customers.
13 Dec, 2016, 09.26 PM IST
Akhilesh Yadav raises question over PM's idea of a cashless societyComparing the performance of his government with that of the Centre, Akhilesh said, " They should compete with the UP government on develop...
04 Dec, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
Maharashtra gets its first 'cashless village'"In this journey, Dhasai has emerged as the first cashless village in the state. Maharashtra, too, will soon become a cashless state," he s...
01 Dec, 2016, 10.42 PM IST
Camp in villages to open accounts for the unbanked: GovernmentRBI has now said that only RBI office, located in 19 centres, would exchange old notes. However, one can deposit old notes in one's account...
29 Nov, 2016, 08.37 AM IST
Government directs banks to open account in unranked areasICICI Bank on Monday said the bank would train villagers in 100 villages on how to use digital channels for payments.
28 Nov, 2016, 10.47 PM IST
Cashless banking best solution for black money problem: Narendra ModiModi today said this can be the best solution for the problem of black money, even as he asked banks to look for ways to discourage people ...
03 Jan, 2015, 01.03 AM IST