{
  "id": 9597793,
  "title": "UPI Charge Not Tax, 96% Transactions Won't Be Unaffected: Government Sources",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/upi-charge-not-tax-96-transactions-wont-be-unaffected-government-9597793",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-24T15:53:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV - India News",
    "slug": "ndtv-india-news",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mdr-upi-charge-not-tax-96-transactions-wont-be-unaffected-government-sources-12093798"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The government and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which operates UPI, have said that MDR is a merchant-side payment-processing charge, not a tax, cess or surcharge.",
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      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "UPI Charge Not Tax, 96% Transactions Won't Be Unaffected: Government Sources",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/upi-charge-not-tax-96-transactions-wont-be-unaffected-government",
        "published": "2026-09-24T15:53:20.000Z"
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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."
}