In order to promote less-cash economy and in line with government’s announcement of incentivizing digital payment, from midnight of December 13, a discount of 0.75% will be offered for all those who purchase petrol and diesel through digital mode such as Debit/Credit Cards, Mobile Wallets and Prepaid Loyalty Cards.
Oil companies decided on the ‘cash back’ route after four days of talks with banks and wallet companies. They had also considered an upfront discount to those paying digitally, but this seemed difficult to implement. The oil companies would be bearing all the burden of the 0.75% discount and not sharing it with any bank or payment solutions provider.
Indian Oil Corp, the nation’s largest fuel retailer has said in a statement that discount will be credited to customer's account in the form of cash back within maximum three working days of the transaction. It further said that the discount will translate into a rebate of 49 paisa a litre on petrol and 41 paisa on diesel.
Recently, in a step ahead to achieve the government’s dream of a cashless society in the country, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had unveiled slew of incentives that include discounts for payments made digitally for fuel, insurance, toll and rail travel, following government’s demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes in order to curb corruption. Nearly 4.5 crore customers buy petrol or diesel every day and collectively contribute about Rs 1,800 crore in transactions.
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