Thiruvananthapuram: A one-day workshop on 'Electronic government payments and receipts - policy process and systems' was held here on Friday by the National Institute for Smart Government, National eGovernance division of the Ministry of Electronics and IT and Kerala State IT Mission. Additional chief secretary Sheela Thomas inaugurated the event.
Panel discussions were held on the initiatives in electronic payments by central government agencies like National Payments Corporation of India and Reserve Bank of India, banks and other intermediary agencies and the state governments. About 200 officials from various government departments in Kerala, other states and union territories, including Tamil Nadu, Assam, Sikkim, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, attended the workshop.
