Humans have to pay for their own convenience. No need to pat Govt's back. Banks were already investing in IT infra but people were hesitents. Only thing that pushed it was cheap or free Internet from Jio which let known communicate things to unknown and brought them out of hesitation.The greatest achievement of this government is that how unbelievably easy they've made it to send and transfer money between people. It is like breathing, almost.
Making money on the other hand...
I have been using online fund transfer, mobile recharges since June 2004 when you had Mobile Internet known only to people in Metros but I living in a small town in Haryana that time was known to every little haappening. In 2005 Airtel NOP (Net on Phone) for Rs.99/month changed the realms with BSNL also bringing things. ICICI brought iMobile for Nokia Java S40 and Symbian S60 Phones and it was easy to tfr money. But it was hard to let people understand as many didn't have access to computers or phones and most of them don't even know what a bank account is and why one should have a bank acc. Forget about having cards. Having cards debit was a luxury and having Credit Card was like having iPhones or Audi these days.
My cousin purchased iPhone and it was mandotory to use a Card to have Apple Account. So I used mine VISA debit card and it deducted $1 = Rs.60 that time in 2007 which came back after 2 months (Yeah that was waiting time for refunds). That time I was living in a small town with complete knowledge (expert level) on how to configure different phones were not known to even customer care and companies itself and I used to help people get Internet on their phone and also on thier desktops by configuring browsers since 2005. Oh! The Nostlagia striking me writing this. Used Paytm the day it was born and came online but stopped using it in 2014. My first eBay purchase with prepayment was in 2006 and it was a phone battery.
Maybe someone is here who knows how we used Free Internet with different operators especially Airtel and then RCOM, Aircel etc using VPNs.
Mukesh Ambani's Jio is the one that really brought Digital Revolution in India while Airtel, Vodafone and Idea didn't care much about Indians and all they were behind were profits always. The 2G scam and cancellation of licenses of cheap operator was brainchild of cartel of Airtel, Idea and Vodafone. But justice done to Indians with Jio. Compared with what people had to pay or keep themselves away from Data due to higher pricing was Jio let everyone to be part of Digital Revolution.
So currently Govt is unable to make any money with txns. The real chapter of paying to use for convenience is yet to arrive. Cuurrently from Govt to Baks to Telcos, all are bearing for what we use. Now it's our turn to pay back in small and very minute installments. 🙂