{"id":25567,"date":"2026-09-18T00:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T00:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=25567"},"modified":"2026-09-18T00:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T00:25:31","slug":"upi-fee-government-payment-gateways-discuss-ways-to-stop-merchants-passing-burden-to-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=25567","title":{"rendered":"UPI fee: Government, payment gateways discuss ways to stop merchants passing burden to consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134321087,imgsize-592720,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/upi-mdr.jpg\" alt=\"UPI fee: Government, payment gateways discuss ways to stop merchants passing burden to consumers\" title=\"The Centre asserted that it does not expect a decline in UPI transactions or increased use of cash\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The Centre asserted that it does not expect a decline in UPI transactions or increased use of cash\">The Centre asserted that it does not expect a decline in UPI transactions or increased use of cash<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Govt is in talks with payment aggregators and platforms, which onboard merchants, to ensure that the merchant discount rate (MDR) on transactions is not passed onto consumers, finance ministry officials told reporters Thursday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The Centre asserted that it does not expect a decline in UPI transactions or increased use of cash following its decision to charge a 0.4% merchant fee on transactions above Rs 2,000.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>On Tuesday, the finance ministry said that banks have been advised to ensure merchants do not pass MDR to customers. &#8220;From Oct 15, we will monitor on a daily basis whether merchants are passing the MDR to consumers,&#8221; the officials said, but did not elaborate on the steps to ensure consumers are not burdened.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Officials also argued that there will be no GST burden on merchants after MDR kicks in as the tax will be offset through input tax credit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>They also said the issue may be discussed at next month\u2019s GST Council meeting. Countering Congress\u2019 charges that MDR has been introduced under US pressure to aid large platforms, department of financial services took to social media and maintained that the move was meant to enable more domestic players to operate. It said govt had a clear policy to only allow RuPay credit cards on UPI to enable it to become the preferred choice for Indian users.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>\u201cAny foreign company operating in India would like their product to be as competitive as local ones. But if govt has kept RuPay debit cards free of MDR, how can anyone think we are acting under foreign pressure? Introducing MDR enables new players to enter and lets existing small players compete,\u201d an official said. They stated that fully subsidizing the fast-payment system won\u2019t ensure innovation in the sector. \u201cAs a sovereign nation, if we want to have our own institutions, some transactions have to bear the cost,\u201d the official said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Officials further added a dedicated fund will be set up with a contribution of 5% of the MDR collections for promoting and accelerating usage of UPI by small merchants and encouraging its sustained usage.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/upi-fee-government-payment-gateways-discuss-ways-to-stop-merchants-passing-burden-to-consumers\/articleshow\/134321080.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centre asserted that it does not expect a decline in UPI transactions or increased use of cash NEW DELHI: Govt is in talks with payment aggregators and platforms, which onboard merchants, to ensure that the merchant discount rate (MDR) on transactions is not passed onto consumers, finance ministry officials told reporters Thursday.The Centre asserted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"The Centre asserted that it does not expect a decline in UPI transactions or increased use of cash NEW DELHI: Govt is in talks with payment aggregators and platforms, which onboard merchants, to ensure that the merchant discount rate (MDR) on transactions is not passed onto consumers, finance ministry officials told reporters Thursday.The Centre asserted [&hellip;]","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36 \u0b2c\u0b3f\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":1,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg",400,225,false],"medium":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg",300,169,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/upi-mdr.jpg",150,84,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/author\/admin"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-31\">\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36 \u0b2c\u0b3f\u0b26\u0b47\u0b36<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}