Kandla Port Trust (KPT) has achieved a record of making 99.91 per cent cashless payment mode by way of direct transfer to the bank accounts of its stakeholders.
Mr Ravi Parmar, Chairman of KPT, and Mr Alok Singh, Deputy Chairman, congratulated Mr D. N. Sondhi, FA & CAO, and the other officials of the Finance Department on this achievement. He further said that the port administration had been working on shifting to digital payments since last six months and are also in the process of putting in place the necessary hardware and software for accepting payments through other digital modes like net banking, debit and credit cards, which are presently being transacted through cheques and demand drafts,” Parmar said.
The management also approved the final master plan by the stakeholders, bankers and the others for the ambitious smart industrial port city (SIPC) at Kandla and Gandhidham.
