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NPCI's UPI Vyapaar Saksham scheme: ₹300 per QR code, ₹750 per soundbox

NPCI's new UPI Vyapaar Saksham Scheme will pay banks ₹300 per QR code and ₹750 per soundbox deployed at small merchants, funded from UPI MDR.

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