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UPI charges spark protest: why are retailers planning a ‘No UPI Day’?

IN · 2026-09-30

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  1. Step 1 · The triggerWithheld
  2. Step 2 · Knock-onretailers and distributors with thin margins face a direct hit to profitability, prompting protest and planned 'No UPI Day'
  3. Step 3 · Knock-onif merchants reduce UPI acceptance or revert to cash, payment service providers and UPI apps see lower transaction volumes and revenue
  4. Step 4 · Reaches yousustained merchant resistance could force the regulator or NPCI to defer, redesign, or exempt categories from the MDR, affecting the long-term economics of digital payments

The trigger is reported by the source below. The steps that follow are Branch²’s traced reasoning — how the shock could reach a business like yours, not a prediction.

Source: The Hindu BusinessLine

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