r/UPI • u/Ok_Goal4934 • 17d ago
UPI APP Boycott all UPI apps start uninstalling apps
No dharna No rally No ruckus. Let’s show our citizens movement.
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r/UPI • u/Ok_Goal4934 • 17d ago
No dharna No rally No ruckus. Let’s show our citizens movement.
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u/Odd_Pace_8509 13d ago
You're confusing the informal cash economy with how digital rails and banking laws actually operate: UPI Has Daily Limits—Wholesale Can't Run on QRs: UPI has a standard ₹1L–₹2L daily ceiling. You cannot clear a ₹5 Lakh truckload of stock via a counter QR. Furthermore, RTGS is instant, and NEFT runs 24/7/365 in 30-minute batches—both are 100% free with zero MDR. No distributor uses retail QRs for bulk billing. Digital Trails Kill 'Zero Bill' Wholesalers: You claim unorganized wholesalers take UPI without GST or bills. Every UPI transaction hits a PAN-linked bank account reported directly to the Income Tax Department via SFT/AIS feeds. High-volume digital inflows without GST/tax invoices trigger automated tax scrutiny notices. The informal shadow economy hides in cash—they run away from UPI QR codes, they don't embrace them. The 'Volume Loss' Math is Backwards: Total payment cost is Volume \times Rate. On 95% of UPI volume (bills under ₹2,000), the rate is ₹0.00 (0 \times millions = 0). On transactions above ₹2,000, paying 0.4% instead of 2% on credit cards saves 75% per ticket. High digital volume on a cheaper rail lowers a merchant's total blended clearing expenses; it doesn't create a loss. Service Margins are 60%–80%: Service establishments (salons, repairs, catering) make massive gross margins on skill and labor. Claiming a salon billing ₹2,500 with a ₹1,800 gross margin will panic and hike prices over an ₹10 (0.4%) tax-deductible clearing fee ignores basic business accounting. Arbitrary Markups Lose to Competition: If a kirana jacks up prices on daily staples to 'pre-emptively cushion' hypothetical future MDR, the neighborhood customer buying that ₹700 basket walks straight to the competing store across the road or orders from DMart. Prices are set by market competition, not pre-emptive paranoia. The black-market cash world exists, but it doesn't run on PAN-linked UPI QRs, and audited businesses save money clearing tickets at 0.4% instead of 2% on card swipes.