Courtesy demonetisation, the government is now seen as a trusted custodian of public money, according to Jaitley. An Aadhar-enabled payment system to be launched soon. As many as 1.25 crore people have already adopted the BHIM App, according to Jaitley. Two new schemes will be launched for adoption of BHIM digital payment app, he said. Moreover, AadharPay which will be a merchant version of Aadhaar-enabled payment system will be launched shortly for those without debit cards, mobile phones.

Source: India Today February 01, 2017 07:18 UTC