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Any kind of bacteria or virus can be spread through currency notes. In response to a question sent by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), the RBI has spoken indirectly in a mail.
New Delhi,(Kalinga Voice) : . If you think that the currency note does not spread the corona virus, then you are wrong. Any kind of bacteria or virus can be spread through currency notes. The RBI has said that currency notes are potential carriers of coronavirus COVID-19 and said that incentives must be announced by the government to encourage digital payments, as per the CAIT.
On March 9, CAIT had sent a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. In this letter, Kat urged to clarify whether the currency notes are carriers of bacteria and viruses. The Finance Ministry had sent this question to the RBI, in response to which the RBI on Saturday indicated through a mail that the currency notes could spread the virus.
RBI, in its reply to CAIT, said, “in order to limit the coronavirus pandemic, the public can make payments by sitting at homes through various online digital channels such as mobile and Internet banking, credit and debit cards etc and avoid using or withdrawing cash to the extent possible”. ‘
CAIT national president BC Bhartia and national general secretary Praveen Khandelwal said, “Any type of bacteria or virus is likely to spread very rapidly through currency notes. In view of this, CAIT was trying to get an explanation from the ministers and other authorities of the government for the last year. This is the first time after raising this issue many times since last year when the central bank has taken cognizance of this and has given the answer, but Kanny got cut off from the original question. However, the RBI has not ruled it out, indicating that viruses and bacteria are spread through currency notes and that is why the RBI has suggested maximum use of digital payments to avoid currency payments.
Therefore , the CAIT urged Sitharaman to introduce an ‘incentive’ scheme for acceptance and adoption of digital payments
