Ministry of Urban Development has taken initiatives for implementation of an interoperable Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system for public transport in accordance with National Urban Transport Policy (NUTP), 2006 which envisages that various urban Public Transport Systems are well integrated and offer a seamless system to the users. A user should be able to pay one fare and travel in all the required modes to reach the destination. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has been entrusted to prepare the standards & specifications of the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC).
The benefits of National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) are as under:-
i. Interoperability for passenger between bus, train, metro, parking etc. in the urban area.
ii. Single e-purse with access to multiple products.
This Press Release is based on the information given by the Minister of State for Railways Shri Rajen Gohain in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 23.11.2016 (Wednesday).
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