Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II – Policies and Interventions
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Indian Prime Minister recently inaugurated fully operational National Common Mobility Card service on the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro,
The card service was started in Ahmedabad in 2019.
Key takeaways
This one card will give integrated access to the commuters wherever they travel, whichever public transport they take.
The idea of NCMC was floated by the Nandan Nilekani committee set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
NCMC will allow passengers with RuPay debit card, issued in the last 18 months by 23 banks to be swiped for Metro travel.
This facility will become available on the entire Delhi Metro network by 2022.
NCMC is an automatic fare collection system.
It will turn smartphones into an inter-operable transport card that commuters can use to pay for Metro, bus and suburban railways services.
It will allow entry and exit from Metro stations with the help of a smartphone, known as the automatic fare collection (AFC) system.
Important value additions
One Nation, One system examples
One Nation, One Fastag has made travel seamless on highways across the country.
One Nation, One Tax: GST has ended the complications in the tax system and has brought uniformity in indirect tax system.
One Nation, One Power Grid, is ensuring adequate and continuous power availability in every part of the country.
With One Nation, One Gas Grid, Seamless Gas Connectivity is being ensured of the parts where gas-based life and economy were absent
One Nation, One Health Insurance Scheme, that is, Ayushman Bharat through which millions of people from India are taking advantage anywhere in the country.
Citizens moving from one place to another have got freedom from the trouble of making new ration cards through One Nation, One Ration Card.
Similarly, the country is moving in the direction of One Nation, One Agriculture Market due to new agricultural reforms and arrangements like e-NAM.
