Now, international travellers visiting India from G-20 countries can use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for retail payments in the country.
“The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had announced in the Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies dated February 08, 2023, a facility to enable all inbound travellers visiting India to make local payments using Unified Payments Interface (UPI) while they are in India. This facility is made available from today,” RBI said in a statement on February 21, 2023.