TP Northern Odisha Distribution Ltd launches multiple payment avenues

Balasore, Dec 10: TP Northern Odisha Distribution Ltd (TPNODL), a joint venture between Tata Power and the Government of Odisha, today, announced its association with Bharat Money Store, a banking and transaction platform by Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd. (BFIL). TPNODL has collaborated with BFIL, IndusInd bank for accepting bill payment through Bharat Money Store with a quest to enhance the energy bill payment in rural areas. With this service, rural customers can pay their bills at the nearest kirana shop. Around 4500 Bharat Money stores, authorised local kirana shops are located in TPNODL’s operational areas as also 1300 Mo Seva Kendras. Customers can visit the nearest Bharat Money Store for making bill payment with 3 easy steps: 1. Provide consumer number and mobile number to the merchant/ KIRANA Shop Owner 2. Get OTP from TPNODL on your mobile 3. Provide OTP and amount to merchant for bill payment and get payment confirmation through SMS on your mobile. Under this association, TPNODL consumers will now be able to enjoy the freedom of paying their bills as per their convenience and will also be able to avoid long travelling hours to the payment centres. Manned by local entrepreneurs, these centres will provide convenience to customers. Benefit of this mechanism is that the payment made by consumer will be credited in consumer ledger on real time basis. The facility will be operational starting this month. Bhaskar Sarkar, CEO, TPNODL said, “We are delighted to partner with Bharat Money Store for this effective and convenient payment option thereby enhancing the overall customer experience. Through this association, we aim to ease the payment process for people residing in the rural areas, who will now be able to pay their electricity bills at nearby locations.”