Question: Recently the Government of India has constituted a Committee of Officers to enable 100 per cent conversion of Government – Citizen Transactions to the digital platform under the leadership of-
(a) Arvind Subramanian
(b) Amitabh Kant
(c) S.S Mundra
(d) None of the above
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 25 November 2016 the Government of India has constituted a Committee of Officers to enable 100 per cent conversion of Government – Citizen Transactions to the digital platform under the leadership of NITI Aayog CEO Mr. Amitabh Kant.
- Members of the Committee of Officers for driving a digital payments economy in India include Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance; Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology; Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion; Secretary, Department of Investment and public Asset Management; MD & CEO, National Payments Corporation of India, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, Adviser, NITI Aayog.
- Committee will identify and operationalise in the earliest possible time frame user-friendly digital payment options in all sectors of the economy.
- This is integral part of the Governments strategy to transform India into a cashless economy.
- The aim of the committee is to identify various digital payment systems appropriate to different sectors of the economy and coordinate efforts to make them accessible and user-friendly.
- The committee will also identify and access infrastructural and bottlenecks affecting the access and utility of digital payment options.
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