New Delhi: The Opposition Wednesday alleged that the government has bowed before "American imperialism" by introducing the MDR framework for UPI and took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has redefined NOTA as "Narendra's Ongoing Trump Appeasement". The move would push up...
New Delhi: MPs, mostly belonging to the Opposition, Wednesday expressed concern over the government's decision to levy a fee on UPI payments above Rs 2000 to merchants, claiming that the entire population of the country would be affected due to the "anti-people" move. Chairman of...
New Delhi: Finance Ministry Wednesday debunked claims which suggested the MDR change in the UPI ecosystem is due to foreign influence, stressing that India’s digital payments decisions are made independently. Since its launch in 2016, UPI has grown into the world’s largest real-time interoperable payment...
New Delhi: The government is putting a price for merchants using its flagship digital payment network to accept large transactions - a shift that follows years of warnings from the payment industry that the annual subsidy budgeted for the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) never came...
Washington: The leading AI industry voices rarely agree - so when they do, it's no wonder it captures attention. Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman, SpaceXAI's Elon Musk and other prominent industry leaders have said in recent days that AI's development needs to slow down....
New Delhi: Congress on Wednesday accused the government of giving into a US demand to get rid of zero MDR and charge for UPI, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "redefined NOTA - Narendra's Ongoing Trump Appeasement". Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh...
New Delhi: New Zealand's Parliament Wednesday passed legislation needed for the free trade agreement (FTA) with India with lawmakers voting 93-29 in favour, according to Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay. McClay said the vote showed strong parliamentary support for the agreement and its expected...
Washington: US House of Representatives voted to advance a bill that would authorise President Donald Trump to impose 100 per cent tariffs on India and other countries for buying oil and gas from Russia and extend existing sanctions on Iran. The Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning...
RABI NARAYAN JENA Bhubaneswar: The state’s fiscal deficit in 2025-26 was Rs 23,650.89 crore, as revealed a recent report submitted by Odisha Principal Accountant General (PAG) to the Finance Department. It was marginally lower than the Rs 25,042 crore recorded in 2024-25. On the one...
New Delhi: The new UPI framework introduced has no impact on any person-to-person transactions as UPI will continue to remain completely free for these, irrespective of the amount transferred, according to an explainer issued by the Finance Ministry Tuesday. Payments to merchants up to Rs...
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