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New digital platforms offer convenient and less expensive ways to make payments and transfer funds. Owing to the requirement of the citizens during demonetization period, Telangana State Government came out with a unique initiative called the T-Wallet, enabling its citizens in making cashless electronic payments to both government and private services. T-Wallet is the official digital wallet of Telangana State, available as an Any Time Any Where digital payment option. T-Wallet is distinctive as a digital payment system for the banked and unbanked citizens, customized for citizens with a smartphone, a feature phone or no phone. The paper describes T-Wallet case study, an initiative taken by the government to encourage digital financial inclusion.
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Ranjan, J., Rao, G.V., Padmaja, N., Rao, V.S., Srinivas, J. (2019). Toward m-Governance: T-Wallet Application for Financial Inclusion. In: Peng, SL., Dey, N., Bundele, M. (eds) Computing and Network Sustainability. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 75. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7150-9_10
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