We have the Rupay Debit card which we find cannot be used with our own government agencies and websites. For renewing my driving licence the Goa government Transport Dept told me that I should bring a Visa or MasterCard and that my Rupay Debit card is not acceptable. Finally I had to take a Visa card since the Transport Dept has stopped accepting cash. Similarly, for linking your PAN Card with your Aadhar Card, the Income Tax Dept website does not accept the Rupay Debit card or have our bank, Union Bank of India, a scheduled PSU Bank on the list of banks that they accept though a number of private banks appear on the approved list. As for the Rupay Debit card when we had to do some hotel bookings, the website booking.com also refused the card. Thus something has to be done so that the Rupay Debit card is accepted at all locations particularly government and commonly used websites.
