Dhasai becomes first cashless village in Maharashtra

Dhasai village in Thane district has become the first "cashless village" in Maharashtra. All payments in the Dhasai village are being done through plastic money. Dhasai, in Murbad taluka, around 70 km from Mumbai, has a population of around 10,000.

Traders,



vegetable and fruit vendors and others providing goods and services in Dhasai are using swipe machines for cashless transactions. The initiative to make this village cashless was taken by Bank of Baroda in collaboration with NGO Veer Savarkar Pratishthan. The NGO trained the villagers in using digital methods of transactions. Around 60 nearby small villages depend on Dhasai for trade and their daily needs.