Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said that the central bank will start a pilot project to launch QR code based coin vending machines.

• The machine is to be launched in 12 cities in the first phase.
• These machines will use UPI-based code systems to provide coins. Earlier the machines tendered the bank notes physically.
• To increase the accessibility of coins in the country and also to increase the distribution of coins in the country
• To address the issue: The supply of coins in the country is very high, but distribution is not even