Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: -
(a) whether the efforts of the Union Government to promote digital payments have received a set back since the banks as well as the firms that installed the swipe device have started card transaction charges;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government in this regard;
(c) whether any survey have been conducted by the Government regarding percentage of population who expressed satisfaction over the mode of digital payments particularly in rural areas; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?