(a) whether the Government has launched any drive to turn University Campuses cashless in
the country and if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether all Centrally funded higher educational institutions would also go cashless in
the year 2017; and
(c) if so, whether the service providers and vendors are working on campuses to put digital
payment mechanism in place and if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL ‘NISHANK’)
(a) to (c) :- Yes Sir. Ministry of Human Resource Development had launched “Vittiya
Saksharta Abhiyan” in December 2016under which an appeal was made to all the higher
educational institutions to develop a cashless campus. Further, Government has taken
several initiativesto turn University Campusescashless by promoting digital transactions. All
Universities/affiliatedInstitutions, Technical Institutions and Centrally FundedHigher
Educational Institutions including IITs/IIMs/IIITs etc. were instructed to ensure making all
receipts and payments related to the functioning of the Institution viz. student fees, exam
fees, vendor payments, salary/wage payments etc. only through on line or digital modes.
They were also asked to encourage all thecanteens and business establishments on the
campus to use only digital modes for their receipts and payments. All the Central
Universities under this Ministry , all Indian Institutes of Technologies( IITs) , all Indian
Institutes of Management (IIMs), all National Institutes of Technology ( NITs), and all
Indian Institutes of Information Technologies (IITMs) are fully digitalized in their receipts
and payments. Point of Sale (POS)machines have been kept/ installed in their canteens and
campus stores.
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