Bhubaneswar, Oct. 25 -- Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) newly inaugurated data centre in Bhubaneswar will add to India's domestic infrastructure capacity for critical payment systems, including Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT).

Speaking at the inauguration of the RBI's new Data Centre and Cyber Security Training Institute, Sitharaman highlighted the government's efforts to strengthen domestic data centre infrastructure.

"With this campus, the Reserve Bank adds to that capacity at home for the systems at the very heart of our payments," she said.

Highlighting government support for the sector, Sitharaman said, "Our government grante...