Dhanbad, Jharkhand: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday said a cashless system will check corruption, crime and Maoist activities in the state.
The Chief Minister, who inaugurated a Cashless Public Distribution System (PDS) at Koyla Nagar in Dhanbad, said the cashless system would put an end to corruption and efforts were on to make five departments paperless by end of December.
In a bid to make Jharkhand the first cashless state in the country, Mr Das had on December 2 launched the Cashless Jharkhand Mission from Nagri block of Ranchi and simultaneously set up camps in all 24 districts, 260 blocks and 3,974 bank branches in the state.
Mr Das who arrived here to hold a Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting with different stakeholders of North Chhotanagpur districts said his government was committed to wipe out crime and corruption.
"My government will not tolerate crime and corruption," he said.
The Chief Minister, who inaugurated a Cashless Public Distribution System (PDS) at Koyla Nagar in Dhanbad, said the cashless system would put an end to corruption and efforts were on to make five departments paperless by end of December.
In a bid to make Jharkhand the first cashless state in the country, Mr Das had on December 2 launched the Cashless Jharkhand Mission from Nagri block of Ranchi and simultaneously set up camps in all 24 districts, 260 blocks and 3,974 bank branches in the state.
Mr Das who arrived here to hold a Pre-Budget Consultation Meeting with different stakeholders of North Chhotanagpur districts said his government was committed to wipe out crime and corruption.
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"My government will not tolerate crime and corruption," he said.
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