Mill workers being trained to carry out cashless transactions
Hooghly: Vijay Bahadur Chauhan, a 57-year-old jute mill worker, is listening attentively to what a bank official is saying. The official of a public sector bank is highlighting how a non-Android phone user, without Internet connectivity, can still carry out cashless transactions.
Only a handful of workers at Hastings Jute Mill, one of India’s first jute-making factory, which began operations in 1875, have gathered for the meeting.
These workers, part of the 2.5-lakh workforce in West Bengal’s jute industry, are undergoing training to go cashless. In a move to spread the culture, the participants are expected to impart the lessons to their fellow workers. So far, their wages were being paid in cash but post-demonetisation, money is being directly transferred to their bank accounts.
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