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Now, you can pay your electricity bills while buying ration at fair price shops in your neighbourhood. This is part of the energy department’s innovative strategy to swiftly mop up revenue, particularly in rural areas, by making ration shops double up as bill payment kiosks.
Once executed, the proposal will allow approximately 80,000 FPS (68,000 in rural areas and 12,000 in urban areas) to act as one-stop bill payment centres. Principal secretary, energy, and chairman of UP Power Corporation Limited, Arvind Kumar said since ration shops are frequented by both urban and rural folk, this will allow seamless bill payment through electronic point of sale (e-POS) machines. “The procedure will be transparent and help the corporation boost revenue,” he said.
