<p>Even after a two-fold increase in expenditure on Digital India in this year, cash is still the king at the marketplace.</p>.<p>According to Centre's statistics laid down in parliament on Thursday, the number of electronic transactions conducted in India in 2018 was a meagre 615 crore, of which the maximum number of 148 crore came from Andhra Pradesh followed by a three-year-old state Telangana which conducted 133 crore digital transactions.</p>.<p>Karnataka trailed at only 12 crore e-transactions in a full year which was lesser than a much smaller state Kerala (50 crore).</p>.<p>However, year-on-year growth in e-transactions across the country was a handsome 45% in 2018, the data laid on the table of Lok Sabha said.</p>.<p>The Centre had doubled the allocations on digital India programme in this year's Budget to Rs 3,073 crore.</p>.<p>One of the best performing metro economies in the world, New Delhi, had only 5.96 crore e-transactions done in 2018, which was less than that of 2017.</p>.<p>Less developed Bihar recorded a 100% growth in e-transactions in 2018 over the previous year while prosperous Gujarat, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh showed a lower number of transactions in the current year compared with the previous year.</p>.<p>Punjab showed a meagre increase in digital transactions year-on-year while the growth in that of Tamil Nadu was almost muted.</p>.<p>A new southern state, Telangana, which was created only three years ago in 2015, registered an almost three fold increase in e-transactions in 2018 from 45 crore to 133 crore. Growth in digital transactions in Andhra Pardesh was more than two-fold since the past one year, the data showed.</p>.<p>In West Bengal, people reverted to the traditional mode of transaction, that is cash, as the numbers showed a decline year-on-year.</p>
<p>Even after a two-fold increase in expenditure on Digital India in this year, cash is still the king at the marketplace.</p>.<p>According to Centre's statistics laid down in parliament on Thursday, the number of electronic transactions conducted in India in 2018 was a meagre 615 crore, of which the maximum number of 148 crore came from Andhra Pradesh followed by a three-year-old state Telangana which conducted 133 crore digital transactions.</p>.<p>Karnataka trailed at only 12 crore e-transactions in a full year which was lesser than a much smaller state Kerala (50 crore).</p>.<p>However, year-on-year growth in e-transactions across the country was a handsome 45% in 2018, the data laid on the table of Lok Sabha said.</p>.<p>The Centre had doubled the allocations on digital India programme in this year's Budget to Rs 3,073 crore.</p>.<p>One of the best performing metro economies in the world, New Delhi, had only 5.96 crore e-transactions done in 2018, which was less than that of 2017.</p>.<p>Less developed Bihar recorded a 100% growth in e-transactions in 2018 over the previous year while prosperous Gujarat, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh showed a lower number of transactions in the current year compared with the previous year.</p>.<p>Punjab showed a meagre increase in digital transactions year-on-year while the growth in that of Tamil Nadu was almost muted.</p>.<p>A new southern state, Telangana, which was created only three years ago in 2015, registered an almost three fold increase in e-transactions in 2018 from 45 crore to 133 crore. Growth in digital transactions in Andhra Pardesh was more than two-fold since the past one year, the data showed.</p>.<p>In West Bengal, people reverted to the traditional mode of transaction, that is cash, as the numbers showed a decline year-on-year.</p>
