Demonetisation has given an extra boost towards digital finance: NITI Aayog
 
"If you look at the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data on use of digital payments, there is a sharp rise in immediate aftermath of demonetisation. Now the figure has moderated a little" Nayyar said at MoneyTech, 2017.The government's massive currency culling exercise in November has given "extra boost" towards the movement of digital finance, Dhiraj Nayyar Officer on Special Duty and Head of Economics, Finance and Commerce at NITI Aayog said today."If you look at the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) data on use of digital payments, there is a sharp rise in the immediate aftermath of demonetisation. 

Alleged EVM tampering: Opposition parties to meet EC

The opposition leaders are demanding that VVPAT (paper trail of voting) be introduced in all future elections. The Congress has also been pushing for use of ballot papers instead of EVMs in upcoming elections in view of the alleged tampering.Opposition parties today decided to take up unitedly with the EC the issue of alleged EVM tampering in elections held in various states recently. Leaders of various opposition parties today met in Parliament and decided to jointly meet the Election Commission, demanding that their concerns on the issue be addressed.The opposition leaders are demanding that VVPAT (paper trail of voting) be introduced in all future elections.