Should India unveil National eLitreacy Day?
Today on the occasion of World Literacy Day, National
Payments Corporation of India hosted ePayment Literacy workshops in 120
locations spread over India’s 28 states.
The target audience was invited to
this unique workshop by NPCI at 120 locations of 56 Regional Rural Banks.
World Literacy Day is an important
tool in UNESCOs armour to imbibe the spirit of learning in all parts of the
world.
Financial literacy is part of the
overall literacy awareness. With finances being focussed on digital delivery,
ePayment literacy is necessary to safeguard one’s finances.
In this regard, NPCIs nationwide
e-Payment Literacy Workshop on World Literacy Day is of great importance.
The focus of NPCIs first-of-its-kind
‘ePayments Literacy Workshop’ is on the retail digital transactions in our
country.
Brief agenda of the ‘ePayments Literacy
Workshop’:-
·
Familiarise
participants with the various features available in ATMs apart from cash
withdrawal viz: Balance Enquiry, Mini Statement enquiry, Pin Change, Funds
Transfer
·
Familiarise
participate with Security tips like mobile number registration, seeding Aadhaar
with bank and LPG subsidy process.
A ‘smart payments’ e-Book Manual has been launched
by the hands of Shri Balachandran M, chairman, NPCI.
The booklet contains 136 basic, relevant
and easy to understand processes and procedures through FAQs on ATM
transactions,RuPay Debit Cards, PoS Usage, E-commerce transactions, IMPS
(Immediate Payment Service), AEPS(Aadhaar Enabled Payment Service).
The FAQs have been divided into 5 sections
based on combination of payment products and NPCI’s services like NFS (National
Financial Switch), Debit Card, IMPS, AEPS and APBS (Aadhaar Payment Bridge
System) which are meant to address the basic challenges faced by the consumers.
The Hindu: NPCI’s
e-payment literacy initiative
5 motivators to unveil National eLitreacy
Day
01)
Focussed
efforts of all participants to promote electronic transactions
02)
Increase
awareness levels on safe eTransactions modes
03)
Increase stickiness of consumers to
eTransactions
04)
Launch pad of new Apps, tools etc
05)
Award ceremony of associated Financial
literacy programs in India
2 dates are in contention for National
eLitreacy Day
Date
1: 26th March
Q: Why 26h March?
Ans:
Live operations of RTGS commenced
on March 26, 2004, which is a red-letter day in the history of the development
of Systemically Important Payment Systems (SIPS) in the country.
The RTGS system has gone live with the
participation of four banks— State Bank of India, HDFC Bank, Saraswat Co-operative
Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. RBI, in addition to being the service
provider, is also a participant in the RTGS system.
Date
2: 8th September
Q: Why 8th September?
Ans: The first mass eLitreacy workshops
held in India by NPCI on 8th September, 2015. 8th
September is World Literacy Day too.
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