For the first time since prime minister Narendra Modi asked people to go cashless while dealing with financial transactions, the Maharashtra police have decided to listen to him. Henceforth, payments of all kinds, including salaries of the 2.5 lakh-strong Maharashtra police force, which includes Mumbai, will be done only through digital or cashless mode.

An official circular to this effect was issued by inspector general of police (administration) Anup Kumar Singh recently, asking all units of the state police to use National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT), Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and digital mode to make payments. While the bulk of payments — the salaries of police officers and constables — is made in banks, henceforth even this will be done using a cashless method.