Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the nation to rely more on modes of digital payment and Unified Payment Interface (UPI) applications for making transactions, in an effort to take a step forward towards ‘Digital India’.

Speaking during his monthly radio show Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi asked the citizens of India to “only use UPI payments”, saying how the reliance on cash transactions were significantly reduced during Diwali for the second year consecutively.

In the 107th edition of Mann Ki Baat, the prime minister said, “UPI payments have increased in the past months and I urge you to only make UPI payments for the upcoming month and write to me about your experience.”

He further added, “This is the second consecutive year when during Diwali, people have reduced their dependency on cash payments. This means that people are now relying more and more on digital payments.”

“Everyone should take this pledge that they will use nothing but UPI for their transactions for one month, not depending on cash payments.