RBI to release Digital Payment Index by July 2020

The Reserve Bank of India announced that it will create a Digital Payment Index by July 2020. The main aim of the index creation is to capture the extent of digitization of monetary payments in the country

Highlights

With the launch of Digital India and the GoI’s push towards Digital Economy, the digital payments in the country has been growing fast. In order to monitor the digital payments, the Central Bank is to release Digital Payment Index. The index will reflect the penetration of digital payments in the country.

RBI has planned to introduce classification in the index. The classification will include rural, urban and semi-urban geographies.

Significance

The Index will help to study the impact of policy interventions that are being taken by the GoI.

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Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020