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Government can bear cost of maintaining UPI network: BJD MP Santrupt Misra
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BJD parliamentarian Santrupt Misra stated that the government should absorb the costs associated with running the Unified Payments Interface network. He noted that the National Payments Corporation of India, the operator of UPI, is backed by major financial institutions and platforms.
WHY IT MATTERS
The proposal directly questions the current financial model of India's dominant digital payments infrastructure, potentially shifting maintenance costs from private stakeholders to the state.
Santrupt Misra said the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), which operates UPI, has large financial banks and platforms as its shareholders and promoters
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