Digital India Technology was the primary target of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And, since from the year 2014, when the BJP formed Government at the Centre, significant steps have been taken to ensure its benefits keeping in mind the last man standing in the row. Meanwhile, taking Prime Minister Modi’s vision of taking UPI Global, India on Friday formally launched UPI Payment System Gateway at the iconic Eiffel Tower in France. Great to see this, it marks a significant step towards taking UPI Technology Global, this is a wonderful example of encouraging Digital Payments and fostering stronger ties, wrote Prime Minister Modi on Twitter while replying to the post by India’s Embassy in France.
Unified Payments Interface or ‘UPI’ is an Indian Instant Payment System Gateway developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in the year 2016. UPI formally launched at the iconic Eiffel Tower of France at the huge Republic Day Occasion. Implementing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Announcement and the vision of taking UPI Global, the Official Twitter handle of India’s Embassy in France posted this along with the photographs of the Event.
Indian tourists reportedly rank as the second largest group of international visitors to the Eiffel Tower, at present. With this launch of UPI, Indian tourists can simply scan a QR code generated on the merchant’s website and initiate a payment. Eiffel Tower is the first merchant to offer UPI payments in France, and the service will soon be extended to other merchants in the tourism and retail space across France and Europe countries, the news agency reported.
