The Budget has earmarked funds and drawn up schemes for helping a digital citizen as the government tries to push its digitalisation move through smart cities, digital payments and Digital India. In the Budget, the Finance Minister has proposed to set up a Computer Emergency Response Team for Financial Sector (CERT-Fin). “A Computer Emergency Response Team for our Financial Sector (CERT-Fin) will be established. This entity will work in close coordination with all financial sector regulators and other stakeholders,” said Mr. Jaitley. The Finance Minister has also proposed to introduce a merchant version of Aadhar enabled payment system called as the Aadhar Pay.

Source: The Hindu February 01, 2017 19:41 UTC