KSRTC e-Governance to Start From July 31

23 July 2013
Thiruvananthapuram

Overcoming several hurdles for over a decade, the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) will go into “cashless” mode from July 31 as part of streamlining the administrative machinery of the State transport undertaking and adopting e-governance.

All payments, from Rs.1 to Rs.500 crore, in the KSRTC will be through the e-platform (vistar) of the State Bank of Travancore.

With this, the salary and other perks of 34,000 employees, 8,000 empanelled staff, and 2,000 casual labourers, besides the pension of 37,000 who have retired from the KSRTC will be paid through banks.The civil contract and purchases of the State transport undertaking will be through the RTGS mode. The SBT has exempted the KSRTC from the banking charges.

The “cashless mode” will ensure more transparency and avoid the present practice of a minimum of two-days-and-a-half for cash transaction at the KSRTC and clearance at various levels, sources said .

As per the agreement with the SBT, the employees will have to open a zero-balance account at their place. The bank will provide ATM, chequebook, and Internet banking facilities. The bank will also give up to Rs.one lakh as loan without salary certificate or surety.

Source– http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ksrtc-to-go-eway-from-july-31/article4942661.ecetp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Several-trains-to-Kerala-from-north-India-diverted-due-to-incessant-rain/articleshow/21239046.cms

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