New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- Even as Rahul Gandhi has slammed the government and demanded roll back of the MDR announcement, terming it "UPI tax", his own party leaders including former Finance Minister P Chidambaram were part of the Standing Committee on Finance report which emphasized that a viable revenue mechanism is critical to ensuring the UPI ecosystem achieves financial sustainability without perpetually straining the Government exchequer.

The Standing Committee on Finance includes Congress MPs including P Chidambaram, Manish Tewari, Gaurav Gogoi, Kishori Lal and K. Gopinath and in its report, presented to Parliament on August 12 this year, pressed for a tiered MDR or revenue framework for UPI while noting that it should be notified an...