Congress' Nilekani joins govt team to boost digital payments
Congressman Nandan Nilekani, Co-founder of Infosys and former head of biometrics-based unique identity project 'Aadhaar' has joined a 13-member government committee to get more Indians to adopt digital payment. "India has the underlying digital financial architecture in place to get this going," said Nilekani adding, that boosting acceptance of Unified Payments Interface is achievable in weeks.