{
  "id": 14161018,
  "title": "UPI MDR Charges Put On Hold Until After Diwali, NPCI Announces Big Decision Ahead Of Festive Season",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/upi-mdr-charges-put-on-hold-until-after-diwali-npci-announces-big",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T08:10:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/upi-mdr-charges-put-on-hold-until-after-diwali-npci-announces-big-decision-ahead-of-festive-season"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mumbai: The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has decided to defer the implementation of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on select Unified Payments Interface (UPI) merchant transactions until after Diwali, providing temporary relief to merchants during the festive season. The decision was taken by the UPI and Services Steering Committee on Tuesday, October 13, considering the ongoing…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}