Now, No Extra Charges For Payments Through Credit, Debit Cards

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Now, No Extra Charges For Payments Through Credit, Debit Cards

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New Delhi: In order to promote cashless economy, the government has said it will bear the transaction cost for all payments made to it through debit or credit cards and net banking.

At present, customers bear the transaction cost commonly known as merchant discount rate (MDR) on payments made to the government.

“Government departments shall take appropriate steps to bear MDR cost like other merchants. The public shall not bear any MDR cost for making payment to government through debit cards or credit cards or digital means,” said the office memorandum issued by the Finance Ministry.

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It further said the methodology for reimbursement of such payment to intermediaries on transactions involving debt/credit cards or digital means is being worked out and the detailed guidelines and operational modalities would be issued in due course.

The Finance Ministry has issued the circular in pursuance of the decision of the government to promote credit/digital transactions in government payments and collections.

Earlier the government had set up a task force under Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) Secretary Neeraj Gupta.

The Task Force on promotion of payments through cards and digital means has flagged issues with respective government departments.

The Reserve Bank in 2012 had capped the MDR for debit card transaction at 0.75 per cent for transaction values up to Rs 2,000 and at 1 per cent for transaction values above Rs 2,000. However, there is no RBI cap on MDR on credit card payments.

In order to move towards ‘less-cash’ society by developing a card acceptance infrastructure, the RBI had in March came out with a concept paper to encourage card transactions and sought public opinion.

As of October 2015, there were 61.5 crore debit card users and 2.3 crore credit card holders in the country.

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wasn’t this thr from last few months?

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Does this also applicable for Exam Fee?
Recently i paid BSNL JE Fee,
They charged extra 19Rs !

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@oye_friend wrote:

Does this also applicable for Exam Fee?
Recently i paid BSNL JE Fee,
They charged extra 19Rs !


will this stop shopkeepers to ask for 2 % extra as card charges ? I dont think so ..
shopkeepers want cash and they would still asking 2 % extra charges to demotivate u to pay by card.

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@gotrajk wrote:

@oye_friend wrote:

Does this also applicable for Exam Fee?
Recently i paid BSNL JE Fee,
They charged extra 19Rs !


will this stop shopkeepers to ask for 2 % extra as card charges ? I dont think so ..
shopkeepers want cash and they would still asking 2 % extra charges to demotivate u to pay by card.


Government wants to promote digital money to curb black money menace.
They will extend benefit for the same. Same can not be expected from third parties. They have affordability issues also as they incur cost for credit card collection charges. But they misuse this to cover more than required.
Hope to get this cluttered environment cleared at retail shops soon.

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@gotrajk wrote:

@oye_friend wrote:

Does this also applicable for Exam Fee?
Recently i paid BSNL JE Fee,
They charged extra 19Rs !


will this stop shopkeepers to ask for 2 % extra as card charges ? I dont think so ..
shopkeepers want cash and they would still asking 2 % extra charges to demotivate u to pay by card.


Ideally, if any merchant use swipe machine to accept payments through cards, then that means that he accepts to bear transaction cost (what ever has been negotiated with bank). However, I donot understand why at few places customer have to bear such cost.

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@sunnie wrote:

@gotrajk wrote:

@oye_friend wrote:

Does this also applicable for Exam Fee?
Recently i paid BSNL JE Fee,
They charged extra 19Rs !


will this stop shopkeepers to ask for 2 % extra as card charges ? I dont think so ..
shopkeepers want cash and they would still asking 2 % extra charges to demotivate u to pay by card.


Ideally, if any merchant use swipe machine to accept payments through cards, then that means that he accepts to bear transaction cost (what ever has been negotiated with bank). However, I donot understand why at few places customer have to bear such cost.


Depending on scale & volume of business, retail merchants pass on this cost to customer to keep intact their margins. Plus their accounting of sale is also not organised & they try to avoid tax liabilities to the extent possible.
Bigger retailers have that flexibility to absorb plus they are tax compliant.

Deal Cadet Deal Cadet
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I believe, this exemption is only allowed on payment gateway of any government website like for paying various taxes or utility bills payment.

Deal Subedar Deal Subedar
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Misleading Title bro!! atleast mention that this is only related to govt transactions! @op

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@BlueWater wrote:

Misleading Title bro!! atleast mention that this is only related to govt transactions! @op


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