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Opposition MPs have voiced concerns, calling the move 'anti-people'.","category":"Business & Economy","area":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-16T11:25:12.601Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-16T11:01:41.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-16T11:25:12.601Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":57,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"The central claim is attributed to the Finance Ministry and supported by a full report from one outlet.","critic":"The reporting is largely based on digests, with only one full report, limiting depth and direct attribution.","hype":"Headlines use terms like 'tax' and 'betrayal' which are not fully supported by the reporting."}},"tags":["#UPI","#DigitalPayments","#FinanceMinistry","#RahulGandhi","#Opposition"],"entities":["Rahul Gandhi","Narendra Modi","Donald Trump","Finance Ministry","N.K. 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The ministry also specified that person-to-person transactions are exempt from the fee and will continue to have unlimited free usage without monthly quotas or volume restrictions."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on the fee's impact"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Opposition MPs have expressed concern over the new fee, with some calling it an 'anti-people' move that would affect the entire population. The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) MP N.K. Premchandran stated that the decision would impact everyone. However, the Finance Ministry's statement indicated that the fee is a charge within the merchant payment ecosystem and not on customers making UPI payments."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated reports mention the specific date the fee was introduced, September 15. 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