Chhattisgarh HC: Infirmity in Cheque Return Memo Won’t Render Entire Trial u/s 138 of NI Act a Nullit  ||  Delhi HC: Lawyers have Great Responsibility towards Resolving Matrimonial Disputes  ||  Pat. HC: Mental Disorder for Divorce Must be Such that Spouse Can’t be Expected to Live with Other  ||  Delhi HC: Can Dispense Personal Hearing Only if Assessee's Rectification Application Is Allowed  ||  J&K HC: Fact that Civil Remedy is Available for Breach of Contract No Ground to Quash Cr. Proceeding  ||  SC: Cannot Grant Bail for Offence under Sec. 447 of Companies Act Without Fulfilling Twin Conditions  ||  Supreme Court: Can Pass Judgment on Admission Made Outside the Pleadings  ||  SC: All Proceedings Related to Land Allotment for Bom. HC's New Complex Must be Heard by Bombay HC  ||  NCLAT: No Requirement of Opportunity of Being Heard at Stage of Report Submission u/s 99 of IBC  ||  J&K High Court Notifies Video Conferencing (Nyaya Shruti) Rules, 2025    

Directions on charging of fees for transactions settled on Immediate Payment Service and Unified Payments Interface- (Press Information Bureau) (21 Dec 2016)

MANU/PIBU/1074/2016

Banking

In line with the Central Government's objective of promotion of payments through cards and digital means over payments in cash, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently rationalized customer charges for transactions up to Rs. 1000/- settled on Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) with effect from 01.01.2017 till 31.03.2017. RBI has also rationalized the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for debit card transactions up to Rs. 2000/- with effect from 01.01.2017 till 31.03.2017. In order to further promote digital and card payments, the Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance has issued a direction in public interest to all Public Sector Banks (PSBs), in accordance with which these banks shall not charge fees for transactions settled on Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) and Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in excess of rates charged for National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) for transactions above Rs. 1000/-, with service tax being charged at actuals. For Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions above Rs. 1000/-, a further discount of fifty paise on these rates shall apply.

Tags : DIRECTION   TRANSACTION   FEES  

Share :        

Disclaimer | Copyright 2025 - All Rights Reserved