COMMENTS SOUGHT ON DIGITAL PAYMENT REPORT

New Delhi, Dec. 28: The finance ministry on Wednesday invited comments from stakeholders on the Watal committee report on promoting digital payments, which has suggested a separate regulator to deal with issues concerning payment, among others.

The report of the committee, which was set up last August under the chairmanship of Ratan Watal, principal advisor, NITI Aayog, to review medium term measures necessary to promote digital payment, was made public on Tuesday.

“Comments/suggestions from the members of public are requested within 15 days of hosting the report on the website of the finance ministry. Decision on the report will be taken after considering the comments/suggestions received on the Report,” an official statement said.

“Feedback/comments on the said Report may be sent to the Coin and Currency Division of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, at currency-dea@gov.in,” the ministry’s statement added. — PTI