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ADB
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RBI
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HDFC Bank
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Detailed explanation-1: -RBI announces Operationalization of Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Payment Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme was operationalised by the central bank in January 2021 to incentivise deployment of Point-of-Sale machines (PoS), mPoS (mobile PoS), Quick Response (QR) codes in tier-3 to tier-6 centres and North Eastern States.
Detailed explanation-3: -Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) – Status Update.
Detailed explanation-4: -The PIDF Scheme, operationalised by the Reserve Bank from January 01, 2021, subsidises deployment of Points of Sale (PoS) infrastructure (physical and digital modes) in tier-3 to tier-6 centres and north eastern states of the country.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Payments Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) scheme, with a corpus of Rs 345 crore, envisages creating 30 lakh new touch points every year for digital payments in tier-3 to tier-6 centres.