2016 Indian Chief Ministers Committee for Digital Payment Systems

Central Government of India, on 30 November 2016, constituted a 13 member Committee, consisting of six Chief ministers of India from different States of India, to govern the digital payment systems across India, as a progressive move, towards Narendra Modi Government initiation for cashless economy. The Committee includes, Chief Ministers, NITI Aayog members and experts.
Panel
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu has been made the head of panel
The thirteen member committee, includes six Chief Ministers from different States of India.
List of Members in Panel
Chief Ministers
* Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandra Babu Naidu
* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik
* Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
*Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis
*Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling
*Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy
NITI Aayog members
* NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya
* NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant who will also serve as the Secretary of the Committee.
Experts
* Former UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani,
* Boston Consulting Group, Chairman Janmejaya Sinha,
* netCore MD Rajesh Jain,
* iSPIRIT Co-founder Sharad Sharma and
* Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad Professor Dr. Jayant Verma.
Purpose
The purpose of setup of Committee, has been done to combat the hurdles, faced by common people after note ban move. The Committee is set up to help adoption of Digital Payment System, by small scale business persons.
To promote and implement the digital payment systems across India with a global perspective, the committee will take measures for next one year 2017. The Committee will also seek, in improving the policies for cashless economy in India.
Meetings of Committee
The first meeting of Chief Ministers Committee of Digital Payment System, will take place on 1 December 2016.

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