Suggestions for Digital Transactions
1. All digital \ electronic transactions (incl. IRCTC payments) should be ridden of any transaction fee
2. Purchase Cards \ P-Cards to be made mandatory for all government agencies for purchases (upto 5lakhs; beyond which should be through normal electronic bidding)
3. Rupay and BHIM to be promoted on large scale and link all bank accounts to AADHAR and Mobile numbers
4. Biometric based PoS devices should be procured on large scale and deployed in Tier3 cities and villages of India for shopping.
5. 'Buy-from-Farmer' direct sales channels such as organised market places should be set up across the Nation and PoS devices should be supplied to the supporting agencies\co-operative societies.
6. All Banks should have electronic transaction windows
7. All utility payments should be directly linked to bank account of customers, without which the users should not be permitted to get a new gas\electricity\water\telecom connection
8. Immediately train teams (panchayat\village office employees) who could visit villages and educate public on electronic transactions
9. All Central \ State \ PSU \ Semi-Govt agencies, Tolls, Checkposts, Educational Institutions, Medical shops, NGO donations, Other Public facilities (such as Parks, Parking, toilets etc.) to be mandated to accept electronic payments
10. Credit cards to be promoted more than debit cards due to additional security features. Banks should be mandated to collect Biometric data of all account holders and issue a credit card for each account holder. UPI\similar payments should be made free of service charges up till 20K INR per transaction more