Stage being set for people to pay fee for UPI transactions: Congress amid UPI charge row

Reacting to the government's decision to levy a 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) on person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions worth over ₹2,000, Congress' Jairam Ramesh said, "The stage is...being set for all of us to pay...fee for UPI transactions." "Is all of this being done to open digital payments for American companies to appease President Trump?" he asked.