Bhuabenswar residents may be able to pay holding tax, trade licence fees, electricity and water bills online by August. BMC plans to go completely digital by August and to begin with, it has entered into agreements with State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank for using their payment gateways.The government has also decided to procure the point-of-sale machines from these three banks and asked all the departments to mention their requirements.
The government has decided to provide a one per cent discount on digital payment methods to the consumer.