BMTC buses are now accepting offline NCMC card payments
BMTC is finally live on NCMC card payments. These are completely offline payments and don't require an internet connection.
This makes the payments very fast and avoids the time required to pay and confirm though UPI. The payments are instant. As soon as we tap the card, payment completes without making any network requests, just like metro AFC gates.
NCMC (National Common Mobility Card) cards can either be bought from any BMRCL metro station or BharatYatra card is available on Blinkit, Zepto and flipkart minutes.
Any NCMC card will work but the BharatYatra card has the advantage of writing the offline balance in the card through Android phones having NFC. That eliminates the need to go to metro terminals to load the balance after online recharge.
Also, NCMC cards work across almost all metro rails in India.