The Telangana Government has launched an official wallet for the state. Called T-Wallet, it can be used to make payments for both government and private transactions. The wallet has been integrated to government departments such as Mee Seva eGovernance platform, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited, Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited, and the RTA. The Civil Supplies ePOS system is being integrated with T Wallet to bring all 16000 fair price shops into the system, T-Wallet's page said. Note that government payments such as Aasara Pensions, MNREGA payments will be pushed to eligible respective citizen’s T-Wallet. Note that many Jan Dhan bank accounts were opened so that MNREGA payments could be made directly into them. What will happen to these Jan Dhan accounts if the Telangana government pushing MNREGA payments to the wallet now? It is far more expensive to push the money to a bank account from a wallet. Paytm for example, charges 4% for non-KYC customers. The wallet will support Telugu, Urdu and English. T-Wallet is available on the web, smartphone, feature phone and even offline. T-Wallet uses two-factor authentication, through Aadhaar + Biometric or Aadhaar + OTP to Aadhaar linked mobile number, for feature phones. Note that T-Wallet has partnered with Transaction Analysts who are licensed by RBI to issue semi-closed PPI wallet. Charges for loading money The T-Wallet can be loaded through net banking, credit and debit cards, through cash at offline centres. However, under the terms and conditions, it mentions…
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