Selected Tag: UPI MDR

Selected Tag: UPI MDR

UPI MDR

Cost of Sustainability Must Not Become the Cost of Digital Exclusion

India’s new UPI merchant fee framework seeks to make digital payments sustainable, but policymakers must ensure higher costs do not push small merchants back towards cash.

Rabi N. Mishra

Komal Gupta

October 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM IST

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