Aizawl, Nov. 11 -- The Mizoram government and the State Bank of India (SBI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable Village Councils (VCs) to collect their own-source revenue (OSR) through digital payments using the SAMARTH portal and payment gateway.

The agreement was signed on Tuesday in the presence of Rural Development and Administration Minister Lalnilawma at his office chamber in Aizawl. RD&AD Director Lalngura Tlau signed on behalf of the state government, while SBI Deputy General Manager Manish Uppal represented the bank.

Lalnilawma said Mizoram was the first state in the Northeast and the third in the country to sign such an agreement with SBI under the SAMARTH initiative.

He said the digital payment facility...