Page 46 - Mann Ki Baat April 2022

Small Shopkeepers and Street Vendors :
The Force Behind Cashless Revolution

The Prime Minister, in his ‘Mann “UPI payment system is an easy
ki Baat’ address, said that India and secure medium to make
is transforming into a cashless transactions,” says a student.
economy. He often has appealed The young users are also
to the citizens to make use of appreciating the Government’s
digital modes of payment. India efforts to promote the use of
is one of the top countries in UPI payments and the Prime
the digital payment space and Minister’s clarion call to the
small merchants like the street citizens to go cashless.
vendors and local markets have
In line with the Prime Minister’s
been a major catalyst in this
thoughts on how digital payments
growth.
have promoted ease-of-doing
Doordarshan reached out to business without worrying of the
small shopkeepers and roadside loose change, the youth today
vendors and customers, feels people should stress more
especially the youth, who showed on cashless transactions. There is
their preference for UPI payments. no fear of losing physical money.
The students who
are the frontrunner
in the cashless
journey consider
UPI as safe, secure
and convenient.
One such student
mentions “I
consider digital
payment to be an
easy and secure
medium to make
transactions. As I
am a student, it is
very convenient
for me to make
payments of
bigger amounts
digitally and in a
secure manner.”

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