{
  "id": 14187510,
  "title": "No need to pay UPI charges till Diwali celebrations",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/no-need-to-pay-upi-charges-till-diwali-celebrations",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T07:58:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/upi-mdr-rollout-deferred-beyond-diwali/articleshow/134911967.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India's central payments regulator has decided to postpone the implementation of a new merchant discount rate (MDR) on UPI transactions until after Diwali. This decision was made by the UPI and Services Steering Committee on Tuesday, giving businesses and payment firms time to prepare for the first pricing change on the digital network that has revolutionized transactions in a country primarily reliant on physical cash. The NPCI will announce the exact start date later, but it will be implemented immediately after Diwali, which falls on November 8. Initially, the MDR was set to take effect from October 15.",
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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."
}