Govt approves Rs 1,500 crore incentive scheme to promote low-value BHIM-UPI transactions

20 Mar 2025 Evaluate

In a major step to boost financial inclusion and provide wide-ranging payment options to the common man, the Union Cabinet has given a green signal for the ‘Incentive Scheme for promotion of low-value BHIM-UPI transactions Person to Merchant (P2M)’ for the financial year 2024-25 with an estimated outlay of Rs 1,500 crore. Only the UPI (P2M) transactions up to Rs 2,000 for Small Merchants are covered under the scheme.

The government has set an incentive rate of 0.15 per cent for a transaction value of up to Rs 2,000 made to small merchants, while large merchants in the same value bracket will receive no incentive. For transactions exceeding Rs 2,000, there will be no incentive for anyone.

Under the scheme, for all the quarters of the scheme, 80% of the admitted claim amount by the acquiring banks will be disbursed without any conditions. The reimbursement of the remaining 20% of the admitted claim amount for each quarter will be contingent upon fulfilment of the conditions such as 10% of the admitted claim will be provided only when the technical decline of the acquiring bank will be less than 0.75%; and the remaining 10% of the admitted claim will be provided only when the system uptime of the acquiring bank will be greater than 99.5%.


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