Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today made a case for greater use of plastic currency even as he stressed that development of new facilities at Hoshangabad and Mysore would help in reducing reliance on imports for printing of currency notes.
"The developed world has moved substantially to plastic currency and payment gateways. I think there is need for India and our determination is there to gradually take steps to move in that direction," he said.
Mr Jaitley was speaking at a conference on 'Make in India - Indigenisation of Currency' in New Delhi.
The plastic currency refers to the usage of credit and debit cards. It also reduces reliance on paper currency notes. Meanwhile, Mr Jaitley said that development of paper manufacturing facilities at Hoshangabad and Mysore would help in printing currency notes on domestically produced paper and promote 'Make In India' initiative of the Modi government.
Mr Jaitley last week inaugurated the New Bank Note Paper Line with an annual capacity of 6,000 tonnes at the Security Paper Mill (SPM) at Hosanghabad.
The minister also made a case for development of industrial corridors saying that it would help in generating jobs in the rural areas.
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