[CA] Committee for Digital Payment

NITI Aayog has constituted a Committee of Chief Ministers representing different political parties to examine and promote the use of digital payment systems across the country.

The move is in line with the Government’s thinking to promote transparency, financial inclusion and a healthy financial ecosystem nationwide and to give a boost to the adoption of digital payments systems by people at the grass root levels and small businesses.

Committee to promote digital payment
Convener	Mr. Chandrababu Naidu, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Members	(i) Mr. Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha
	(ii) Mr. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
	(iii) Mr. Pawan Kumar Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim
	(iv) Mr. V. Narayanaswamy, Chief Minister of Puducherry
	(v) Mr. Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra
But Chief Minister of Puducherry opt out from this
Member Secretary	Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog
Special Invitees	(i) Mr. Nandan Nilekani, former Chairman UIDAI
	(ii) Mr. Janmejaya Sinha, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group
	(iii) Mr. Rajesh Jain, Managing Director, netCORE
	(iv) Mr. Sharad Sharma, Co-founder, iSPIRIT
	(v) Dr. Jayant Varma, Professor (Finance), IIM (Ahmedabad)