‘Who buys fish with a credit card here?’ Traders scoff at Goa’s bid to ditch cash

With the state about to be a test bed for India's drive to digital payments, alarm bells are ringing in the city of Panjim

It's 11 o'clock, and Laxman Chauhan still hasn't sold any fish. His stall in the central market in the west Indian city of Panjim has been open for three hours, but none of his usual clients have come today. He checks his watch, and then takes a walk to see if other vendors have had any customers. "Sold anything yet?" he asks Ramila Pujjar, who has set her stall up with a glistening display of the morning's catch. She hasn't either.

"I'm losing 2,000-3,000 rupees (23-35) a day," says Chauhan. "I'm throwing fish away every day."

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