Summary:
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) will become the first public transport body in the country to start rolling out One Nation, One Card. By this time, the Central government will have to finalise the nitty grittties of developing the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) for the same. The BEST officials said that this machine is likely to not only generate a paper ticket, but can also read the NCMC card with a simple tap. Meanwhile, sources in the BEST said that they are waiting for the NCMC card to be ready, which shall be done at the Centre's end. It would not be connected to bank accounts of those buying the NCMC card and shall instead operate on RuPay..