{"id":1035915,"date":"2026-09-16T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1035915"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:50:53","slug":"rbi-backs-governments-mdr-framework-calls-it-important-step-towards-sustainable-upi-ecosystem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/09\/16\/rbi-backs-governments-mdr-framework-calls-it-important-step-towards-sustainable-upi-ecosystem\/","title":{"rendered":"RBI backs government\u2019s MDR framework, calls it \u2018important step\u2019 towards sustainable UPI ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has backed the government\u2019s latest Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework for UPI merchant transactions, calling it an \u201cimportant step\u201d towards strengthening the long-term sustainability of India\u2019s digital payments ecosystem. <\/p>\n<p>Taking to its official X account, the apex bank noted that the introduction of MDR on UPI merchant transactions above Rs 2,000 will support the long-term sustainability of India\u2019s digital payments ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has backed the government\u2019s latest Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework for UPI merchant transactions, calling it an \u201cimportant step\u201d towards strengthening the long-term sustainability of India\u2019s digital payments ecosystem. Taking to its official X account, the apex bank noted that the introduction of MDR on UPI merchant transactions above Rs 2,000 will support the long-term sustainability of India\u2019s digital payments ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,4,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-tribune","category-newspapers","category-the-tribune"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036014,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035915\/revisions\/1036014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}