In a bid to ease cash crunch, the government on Thursday allowed dispensing cash of up to Rs 2,000 through debit card swipe at select petrol pumps.

"It has been decided that an amount up to Rs 2000 per day per person in cash can be dispensed against swiping of debit card from select petrol pumps where POS machines of SBI are already available," an official said.

The facility is going to be available on 2,500 petrol pumps.

POS machines are the machines which are generally used for debit or credit card transactions.

People have been facing huge issues following the cash-crunch with queues getting thicker in front of banks.

On 8 November, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes will be scrapped in a bid to curb black money.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the Rail Vikas Shivir at Surajkund near New Delhi today.

The Indian Railways is organizing the three-day Shivir from today.

The aim of the Shivir is to generate numerous innovative ideas across most critical areas of the railway operations for substantial progress of this sector.

Such brainstorming and large-scale planning involving all railway employees is taking place for the first time in the 163-year-long history of the Indian Railways.

The Railway Ministry said the outcome of this camp would lead to rapid rejuvenation, transformation, modernisation, efficiency and productivity.

United States (U.S.) president-elect Donald Trump has reportedly offered the role of national security advisor to Army retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn; however, it was not immediately clear whether Flynn accepted.

Flynn, 57, who was a top adviser and high-profile surrogate to Trump during his campaign, enjoys tremendous access and credibility with Trump, especially because he's had several tours of duty on the battlefield.

He has, however, a long history of controversial remarks and was fired as President Barack Obama's director of the Defence Intelligence Agency in 2014, reports the CNN.

In his 2016 book 'The Field of Fight', Flynn wrote that he was booted from Obama's administration by "censors", who were unhappy that he'd told a congressional committee "that we were not as safe as we had been a few years back". However, U.S. officials said Flynn was pushed out because of his contentious management style.