Mumbai: The reserve Bank of India It has expanded Payment Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) Scheme till December 31, 2025 and its scope has been extended. Under Revised pdf Traders covered under the scheme PM Vishwakarma Scheme All the centers have been included as beneficiaries. Additionally, the eligibility criteria for subsidy claims has been expanded to include sound box devices and Aadhaar-enabled biometric devices.
The scheme, launched in January 2021 for a period of three years, promotes digital payments basic infrastructure Tier-3 to Tier-6 centres, North-Eastern states and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. As on November 30, 2023, the PIDF corpus is Rs 1,026 crore.