All home delivery and retail companies in Ahmedabad will have to accept payments for their goods and services via online payment platforms starting May 15, a senior Gujarat official said in an order on Monday, adding cash-on-delivery is banned. The decision was taken to check the growth of the virus in one of the worst-hit cities in the country.”As an abundant caution to prevent corona spread though currency notes, it has been made mandatory to accept digital mode of payments through unified payment interface (UPI) and other platforms. Thus, home delivery has been made mandatorily cashless (COD-Cash On Delivery not permissible from 15th May),” the order by Gujarat Additional Chief Secretary Rajiv Kumar Gupta read.
