New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- For a technology structure to be completely independent, it needs to be self-sustaining, Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya M Scindia said on Wednesday, while noting that no charges will be levied on the ordinary customer or citizens under the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) decision of the government on UPI transactions.

In an interview with ANI, Scindia outlined the rationale behind MDR structure on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform.

The minister noted that the central government initially financed both capital expenditure and yearly operational costs from ordinary taxpayer funds to build and maintain the digital payment rail. To transition the architecture into an autonomous mechanism, a ti...