Going by its decision to absorb the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on debit card transactions, the Reserve Bank of India has announced that it will start reimbursing MDR charges on debit cards to banks, which were used to pay tax or non-tax dues to the government since January 1, 2017.
To get reimbursement of MDR, the RBI has asked banks to forward their claim along with statutory auditor's certificate, as in the case of agency commission claims, to RBI's Nagpur office on a quarterly basis. The central bank in its notification said that the banks will have to certify that MDR charges for transaction amounts up to Rs 1 lakh have not been collected from the payer. Further, the notification said that banks may file their claims by April 30 for the quarter ending March 2017.
MDR is the rate charged by banks to merchants for providing debit and credit card services. In order to encourage digital payment post announcement of demonetization, the government in December 2016 had decided to absorb the merchant discount rate (MDR) charges in respect of debit card transactions for making payments to it.
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