Mann Ki Baat: PM says, small online payments are helping in building a big digital economy

New Delhi, April 24

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed satisfaction that the culture of digital payments is growing in India. Addressing the nation in his Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio, Mr Modi said UPI has rapidly become part of the country’s economy as people are transacting through UPI even in remote villages and small towns. He stated that digital transactions worth 20 thousand crore rupees are being done in the country every day. In March, UPI transactions reached around 10 lakh crore rupees.

The Prime Minister pointed out that many new start-ups related to Fin-tech are also coming up in the country. Mr Modi gave the example of Sagarika and Preksha, who experimented with Cashless Day Out in Delhi. Both of them used digital payments for their expenses for the entire day. He said the girls were able to pay via online transactions even at roadside stalls. He also mentioned Anandita Tripathi from Ghaziabad who wrote to him saying that she journeyed across Northeast and was able to avail the benefit of digital transactions even in remote areas.

The Prime Minister stated that technology is changing the lives of ordinary people. He said that technology has made lives easier for Divyang people and enabled them to reach new heights. He said the government is constantly making efforts to make resources and infrastructure accessible to the differently-abled. Mr Modi said there are many start-ups and organizations which are doing inspirational work in this direction. He mentioned one such organization – Voice of Specially Abled People, which is promoting new opportunities in the field of assistive technology. Voice of Specially Abled People has prepared a digital art gallery of paintings of Divyang artists..