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Historic! All 10,000 residents of this Thane village to use only cards
Updated On: 30 November, 2016 01:32 PM IST | | Aparna Shukla
In a first for India, an entire village in Thane district will go cashless from Dec 1 after traders began running up huge losses post demonetisation; bank to distribute 40 swipe machines on Thursday
All 10,000 residents of Thane village to make financial transactions using cards
A group of residents in Dhasai show off their debit cards. PIC/NIMESH DAVE
DHASAI: Starting December 1, residents of Dhasai, a village 140 kms from Mumbai in Murbad, Thane district, will ditch cash and conduct all financial transactions on 40 card-swiping machines that are set to arrive this week. Right from the chicken shop owner to the barber, farmers and the local physician, everyone will use only plastic money. A jibe by a Rajya Sabha member about farmers unable to wield plastic money, and losses from demonetisation proved inspiration.
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