Why in news?

• Google Pay has launched a new feature, ‘Tap to pay for UPI’ which makes use of NFCT.
• NFC is a short-range wireless connectivity technology that allows NFC-enabled devices to communicate with each other and transfer information quickly and easily with a single touch.
• NFC transmits data through electromagnetic radio fields, to enable communication between two devices.
• NFC-enabled devices must be either physically touching or within a few centimetres from each other for data transfer to occur.
• Nokia released the first NFC-enabled phone in 2007.