RBI launches mission to make every citizen a user of digital payment

As many as 58% of some 90,000 respondents in an RBI survey said they were not using digital payments; a large chunk, in fact, was not even aware of them

While digital payments have skyrocketed during the past few years, a significant portion of the population still does not use digital payments for day-to-day transactions. In order to bridge this gap, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday launched a mission -- "Har Payment Digital" – with the aim of making every citizen in the country a user of digital payments as part of Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2023.

The theme of the awareness week is "Adopt digital payments and Teach others also".

"Over the past few years, usage of digital payments in India has seen