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Guwahati, January 17 : Karang, an island of North Eastern Indian state Manipur, has become the first cashless island of the country.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had announced it under the digital India programme.
The Deputy Commissioner of Bishnupur district said that, the island of Loktak lake, the largest freshwater lake in North East India, has fulfilled the all necessary criteria to become cashless economy.
The DC of Bishnupur district said that, the campaign for cashless economy in the island was held on January 9-12 and people of the island had extended their support in the campaign.
"During the campaign, two organizations had extended their support on cashless transactions. Apart from the two organizations, the people of the island also extended their support," the top administration official said.
"So far over 400 beneficiaries, 16 merchants have registered themselves on cashless transactions. We will provide them a card swipe machine within two weeks," the DC said.
After demonetisation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed the people of the nation to use cashless transactions and make a cashless society.
Following the PM's appeal, the Assam government had already announced to use cashless transactions in all government transactions.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
