Drabu launches ‘Easy Collect’ online payment portal at Toll Plaza Lakhanpur

Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu and Forest Minister Lal Singh launching ‘Easy Collect’ at Lakhanpur on Wednesday.
Finance Minister Dr Haseeb Drabu and Forest Minister Lal Singh launching ‘Easy Collect’ at Lakhanpur on Wednesday.

Excelsior Correspondent

KATHUA, Feb 22: In order to encourage cashless and hassle-free payments, Minister for Finance, Labour & Employment Dr Haseeb Drabu today launched “Easy Collect”, a multi modal payment portal of the Excise Department at Toll Post Lakhanpur in the presence of Minister of Forest, Environment and Ecology Choudhary Lal Singh and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, J&K Bank, Parvez Ahmed.
DC Kathua Ramesh Kumar and officers of Excise Department were also present on the occasion.
J&K Bank’s “Easy Collect” is a multi modal payment portal which facilitates Excise Department to receive online payments. It supports multiple payment options with internet banking, credit cards and debit cards of all major banks. Easy Collect services are provided free of cost to the institutions and the bank hosts and maintains the portal on the behalf of institutions.
Multiple modal features of portal enable users to pay using one of the multiple options presented. It also serves as convergent point for institutions of similar payment collection needs, wherein different institutions are hosted on a single portal. Institutions are provided with Merchant Informative System (MIS) where from all transactions are monitored on real time basis.
Speaking on the occasion, the Finance Minister said the Lakhanpur Toll Post is operating 24X7 and from now onwards cash transactions will be minimized using technical intervention like “Easy Collect” and under GST regime phenomenal advantage will be registered at this point.
Minister of Forest, Environment and Ecology Ch Lal Singh said that launching of “Easy Collect” is a great decision which will help in a big way towards publicizing cashless transactions. Raising serious concern about traffic jam in Lakhanpur, he said that all the departments operating in Lakhanpur along with various stakeholders should devise a mechanism to decongest the traffic.
Ch Lal Singh added that abandoned Government buildings in Lakhanpur should be handed over to other departments so that the resources are utilized properly. Developing tourist amenities at the gateway of J&K along with its beautification is the need of the hour so that tourist footfall in the state increases manifold, Lal Singh added.
On the occasion, Chairman J&K Bank, Parvez Ahmad said that this step will prove to be a landmark in realizing the vision of Finance Minister for converting Lakhanpur toll post into a cashless entity and this proves to be the maiden step in converting state into low cash and high digital economy.
Dr Drabu also reviewed the working and achievements of the Excise Department and inquired about the status of Nagri Parole Toll Plaza. He directed the Excise Commissioner to purchase full body scanner for physical checking of vehicles besides fulfilling the social responsibility by opening de-addiction centre at Lakhanpur.
The Finance Minister also inaugurated the newly constructed building of District Fund Office at Kathua. The building has been constructed at cost of Rs 82.30 lakh.
Speaking on the occasion, the Finance Minister said that revamping the existing structure is the priority of the Finance Department by removing inertia and facilitating the people by abolishing the treasuries and introducing the pay and account systems for convenience and transparency.
The Finance Minister was briefed by the Excise Commissioner, T Angchok about the performance of the department with regard to levying of Excise duties, Toll Tax and Entertainment Tax.

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