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Metro commuters in Bengaluru may have to wait for some more time to get the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) launched by the Centre.
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NCMC is a Debit/Prepaid/Credit card which enables the user to travel, toll charges, withdraw money across the country and pay for retail purchases.
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In the IT capital, BMRCL (Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited) has tied up with RBL Bank to issue cards.
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NCMC can be used at metro stations in other cities like Delhi and Mumbai, unlike the normal Namma Metro smart card.
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BMRCL Managing Director Anjum Parvez said: that still "BMRCL is conducting trials, which are in beta stage.
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NCMC will be presented only after a month. However, the effectiveness of NCMC can only be experienced.
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When metro stations in other cities, and agencies like BMTC, cab aggregator apps make it compatible. “We have done retrofitting of old gates to existing metro stations.
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Parvez said that Automated Fare Collection (AFC) gates at Metro stations on existing routes have already been retrofitted to make them NCMC friendly.
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NCMC's review Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a research and development organization at BMRCL, has completed further testing.