{
  "id": 9300569,
  "title": "Madhya Pradesh Traders Observe ‘No UPI Day’: Shopkeepers In Bhopal, Indore Reject Payments Above ₹2,000 Over MDR Charge | VIDEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/madhya-pradesh-traders-observe-no-upi-day-shopkeepers-in-bhopal",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T07:36:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/bhopal/madhya-pradesh-traders-observe-no-upi-day-shopkeepers-in-bhopal-indore-reject-payments-above-2000-over-mdr-charge-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "MP No UPI Day: Traders across Madhya Pradesh observed ‘No UPI Day’ on Wednesday, refusing to accept UPI payments above ₹2,000 in protest against the proposed 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) charge on digital transactions. Traders in Bhopal, Indore and other cities covered their UPI QR scanners with black cloth and held symbolic protests against the proposed charge. The protest was called by the…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}