{
  "id": 8014813,
  "title": "Congress rejects claim that party MPs backed UPI fee",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/congress-rejects-claim-that-party-mps-backed-upi-fee",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T10:54:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/parliament-standing-committee-didnt-discuss-mdr-charges-on-upi-transactions-says-gaurav-gogoi/article71475383.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The specific proposal was neither placed before nor endorsed by the panel, party leaders say; members had also raised concerns over the need and efficacy of the Merchant Discount Rate during the parliamentary panel’s deliberations, Congress leader Manish Tewari says",
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  },
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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."
}