Parliament Standing Committee didn’t discuss MDR charges on UPI transactions, says Gaurav Gogoi

UPI Fee Row: Congress Denies Its MPs Backed Charges Above Rs 2,000, Cites Finance Panel Record

Congress MPs Gaurav Gogoi and Manish Tewari say the finance panel discussed MDR in principle but no specific UPI fee proposal was placed before it.

Congress' Gaurav Gogoi Falgs 'UPI Tax' Proposal, Says Parliament Finance Panel Hadn't Discussed It

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday raised concerns over the government's UPI proposal, saying that the Parliament Standing Committee on Finance had not discussed it and that the Finance Department had not presented any specific proposal on the issue before the panel. India News | Congress' Gaurav Gogoi Falgs 'UPI Tax' Proposal, Says Parliament Finance Panel Hadn't Discussed It.

Congress' Gaurav Gogoi flags 'UPI tax' proposal, says Parliament Finance panel hadn't discussed it

Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi on Thursday raised concerns over the government's UPI proposal, saying that the Parliament Standing Committee on Finance had not discussed it and that the Finance Department had not presented any specific proposal on the issue before the panel.

Political Row Erupts Over UPI Fee Decision

The Congress party has strongly refuted government claims that its MPs on the Parliament Standing Committee on Finance supported a fee on high-value UPI payments. Congress leaders, including Gaurav Gogoi and Manish Tewari, stated that the "UPI tax" proposal was not specifically discussed by the committee, accusing the Modi government of diverting attention from public backlash and appeasing US companies. The government, however, cited the commit…

"Fallacious": Congress MP On Claim That Party MPs Did Not Dissent On UPI Tax

Five Congress MPs - Gaurav Gogoi, P Chidambaram, Manish Tewari Kishori Lal and K Gopinath - attended the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance in August.

Parliament Standing Committee didn’t discuss MDR charges on UPI transactions, says Gaurav Gogoi

The Congress MP said that government representatives did not provide any ‘specific or satisfactory’ answers on the need for the new UPI charges