The
first-ever ATM machine was inaugurated on board aircraft carrier INS
Vikramaditya, the country's largest warship. The ATM on the ship docked at the
naval base at Karwar will be operated by the country's largest lender State
Bank of India (SBI) and will cater to over 1,500 personnel and officers
deployed on the ship.
"The
facilities offered by the State Bank of India to the ship include cash
withdrawals, generation of mini-statements, access to bank balance details and
change of PIN numbers."In the near future, the facility will be upgraded
to a recycler machine with a cash deposit facility. Additionally, facilities
like cash transfer, card-to-card transfer, credit card payment, mobile number
registration and updation would also be available," an official statement
said.
It added
that a Point of Sale (PoS) system will also be installed in the future on the
warship and this "would go a long way in supporting cashless transactions
on the ship, in line with the government's policy of digitising the Indian
economy".The facility was inaugurated jointly by Flag Officer Commanding
of the Karnataka Naval Area Rear Admiral K J Kumar and SBI MD and Group
Executive Rajnish Kumar.
INS Vikramaditya's
Commanding Officer Captain Krishna Swaminathan said that the ATM machine
"will enable personnel of the ship to manage their domestic financial
requirements better and assist them in conducting their money transactions at
their own convenience."India’s biggest aircraft carrier ship is set to
make history by the becoming the nation’s first warship to have an ATM onboard
the vessel via satellite.The ATM belonging to the State Bank of India (SBI)
will be operated through satellite link and the services will begin from
Saturday evening.
The warship
carries around 1500 naval personnel onboard at a time, which often increased to
2000 when the ship sets sail, which is why the ATM comes as a live saver to the
personnel.The ship moves from different small ports and many a times, it
becomes a herculean task to locate an ATM, making this development both
historic and significant to all those onboard INS Vikramaditya.
INS
Vikramaditya is a modified Kiev-class aircraft carrier which entered into
service with the Indian Navy in 2013. She was commissioned on 16 November 2013
at a ceremony held at Severodvinsk, Russia.On June 14 2014, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi formally inducted the warship into the Indian Navy and dedicated
it to the nation.
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