INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Nandan Nilekani will chair Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments, RBI said.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday announced
formation of a high-level panel to assess digitisation of payments in country
levels of digital payments in financial inclusion, according to RBI.Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani has served as chairman of Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which manages biometrics-based personal identification programme Aadhaar
( Government says Aadhaar savings can fund 3 schemes of Ayushman Bharat magnitude)Members on committee include former RBI deputy governor HR
Khan, former Vijaya Bank CEO Kishore Sansi and former IT secretary Aruna Sharma
The central bank also appointed Sanjay Jain, chief innovation officer, Center for Innovation, Incubation Entrepreneurship (CIIE), Indian
Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM) Ahmedabad, as member of panel.The panel will "undertake cross country analyses with a view to
identify best practices that can be adopted in our country to accelerate digitisation of economy and financial inclusion through greater use
period of 90 days from date of its first meeting.
