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A political faceoff has intensified over the Merchant Discount Rate charges on Unified Payments Interface transactions exceeding 2,000 rupees. The Bharatiya Janata Party accused the Congress of hypocrisy, noting the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance pushed for a tiered fee framework without dissent from its members. Meanwhile, the opposition labelled the charge a 'Modi Tax', claiming external pressure behind the decision. Defending the move, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri stated that running the digital payment system incurs costs and the government cannot subsidise everything indefinitely. Authorities maintain that charges will only apply to high-volume merchants, leaving consumers and person-to-person transfers entirely exempt.

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00:00The political showdown over UPI MDR charge has intensified amid criticism from the opposition, the BJP has hit back.
00:07The BJP has accused the Congress of hypocrisy, pointing out that the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance
00:12had pressed for early implementation of the tiered MDR framework for high-value UPI transactions.
00:18The BJP claims that five Congress MPs, including Chidam Ram and Manish Tiwadi, recorded no dissent when the report was
00:25adopted.
00:26And in asking why Rahul Gandhi is now opposing the move that his own party MPs did not object to
00:31in the Parliamentary Panel meeting.
00:33Now, this comes in response to Rahul Gandhi and the Congress calling the fee Modi tax, claiming the government has
00:40imposed UPI charge under US pressure.
00:44Meanwhile, Neeti Aayog Vice Chairman Ashok Kumar Lahiri has backed government's decision, asking who will pay for the costs incurred
00:52in running UPI.
00:53The Neeti Aayog VC says the government cannot keep subsidising everything and that businesses should bear a modest transaction cost.
01:04As for the EU, there will be a lot of value in the EU that has created a зар-sirpanic
01:05deal with the BEFAD.
01:06If you pay for the EU, there will be less than 2-2-0-RUPDI, we will not give it
01:11to thealia.
01:14There's a lot of value in the EU.
01:18The EU is not the problem in this situation.
01:18Every man, he will think that we don't need a income to get in the EU.
01:24So, how can we get out of this situation?
01:25We have to charge each other, so we don't have to charge so much in the market.
01:30First, there is no charge of money from person to person.
01:37After that, there will not be charge of individual consumers until you don't cross a ceiling.
01:51We don't have to charge this UPI system.
01:57We don't appreciate it properly.
02:06The charges of the people of the people of India should not be charged.
02:11We don't have to charge this to the government of India.
02:13The transaction which was not at all taxed is now going to get taxed if it's above Rp2,000.
02:20This will only lead to a creeping taxation policy because once the bureaucracy has got its toe into the door,
02:33it's only a matter of time before they step in fully and start imposing tax on all transactions.
02:42We don't have to charge this to the government of India.
02:44After selling price, this will be on the merchant.
02:50If we buy the money of the government, we don't have to charge this to the government.
02:56We don't have to charge this to the government.
02:59We don't have to charge this to the government.
03:04We don't have to charge this to the government.
03:06The amount of tax is in the government,
03:07which will not be charge of the PAYMENTS where the PAYMENTS,
03:11which is the total $1,000,000 to $4,000,000.
03:27So while short term
03:29we are looking at an additional charge
03:31on a very small percentage of transactions
03:34but long term
03:36if the UPI adoption is increasing
03:38and more people will pay for the UPI
03:41and more merchants will accept the UPI
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