About 661 banks in the country are related to UPI transactions. Every day, the country conducts UPI transactions of Rs 60 crore, i.e. 25 million transactions per hour.
On March 6, UPI service lasted about 3 hours. On April 2, there was a problem with UPI’s payments for several hours. On April 12, UPI services also dropped by 3-4 hours. The UPI payment system in India is operated by the National Payment Corporation of India (NCPI), which works with the Reserve Bank of India and the Bank. NPCI said that due to technical issues, UPI services have been repeatedly affected. Experts say such problems may occur due to the sudden increase in UPI payments, and this is not the last time. Such problems can also be seen in the future. Currently, the number of people using UPI payments in the country is more than 3.5 billion. There are more than 340 million UPI QR codes nationwide.
About 661 banks in the country are related to UPI transactions. Every day, the country conducts UPI transactions of Rs 60 crore, i.e. 25 million transactions per hour and 416,000 transactions per minute. In March this year, UPI transactions of Rs 183 billion were conducted, through which transactions worth Rs 2477 billion were conducted. This is the highest monthly UPI transaction to date.
Today, you should also know the records of UPI transactions conducted through the country’s digital revolution. In March 2020, a transaction worth Rs 2.6 lakh was completed through UPI, which has increased to Rs 2,477 crore in March 2025. In just five years, it has increased by 1100%. Similarly, in March 2020, in terms of quantity, there were 14.8 billion rupees UPI transactions, which increased to 18.3 billion rupees in March 2025.
That is to say, this jump is also 1136%. From eating panipuri to five-star hotels, from buying vegetables to shopping in expensive shopping malls, UPI is now used everywhere. Today, people are used to not keeping cash or having little cash. That’s why thousands of people have to face a lot of problems this Saturday. We have a realistic check on how much cash people store today. India’s UPI system is already in use in over 10 countries in Bhutan, Sri Lanka, France, Singapore and the UAE. Sometimes such problems arise due to technical issues or the process of upgrading the system.
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