On December 28, 2020, the National Common Mobility Card was expanded to the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro. This latest inauguration falls under the umbrella of the Prime Minister’s ‘One Nation One Card’ initiative.
- The National Common Mobility Card was started in Ahmedabad in 2019.
- The Common Mobility Card at the national level is a major step in providing the same standards and facilities for modernization direction.
- This one card will give integrated access to the commuters wherever they travel, whichever public transport they take.
- The idea of National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) was floated by the Nandan Nilekani committee set up by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
- NCMC will allow passengers with RuPay debit card, issued in the last 18 months by 23 banks, including SBI, UCO Bank, Canara Bank, Punjab National Bank etc, to be swiped for Metro travel.
- The card is an automatic fare collection system which will turn smartphones into an inter-operable transport card that commuters can use eventually to pay for Metro, bus and suburban railways services.
