{
  "id": 166034,
  "title": "‘Someone has to pay’: RBI governor on MDR proposal for UPI transactions above Rs 2k",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/someone-has-to-pay-rbi-governor-on-mdr-proposal-for-upi-transactions",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-05T07:09:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/someone-has-to-pay-the-cost-rbi-governor-on-mdr-proposal-for-upi-transactions-above-rs-2000/articleshow/132900715.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "According to official estimates, the Rs 2,000 threshold would cover only around 5% of all UPI transactions, although these account for nearly 65% of the total value processed on the platform. As a result, routine purchases such as milk, vegetables, groceries, or payments for auto-rickshaws and taxis are unlikely to be affected. UPI processed 23.7 billion transactions worth Rs 29.9 lakh crore in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}