
Prayagraj, 13 Oct (HS): A memorandum was submitted by Akhil
Bhartiya Udyog Vyapaar Mandal to Narendra Modi through public representatives
on October 2, demanding amendments to the MDR limit and monthly maximum limit
on UPI transactions. Under the leadership of District President Lalu Mittal,
the memorandum was submitted to Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Ministers Nand Gopal
Gupta and Nandi, MLA City North, Harshvardhan Vajpayee, and Phulpur MLA Deepak
Patel, demanding that the Prime Minister be conveyed the feelings and suffering
of small and micro-enterprises, traders, and middle-class families.
The organization thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for postponing the MDR on UPI from October
15, for understanding the pain, sentiments and additional financial burden of
the traders. An official decision has been taken by the National Payment
Corporation of India (NPCI) that the MDR levied for the time being has been
postponed. In the Zoom meeting held today, the traders congratulated each other
and expressed gratitude to the public representatives, in which Cabinet
Minister Nandgopal Gupta Nandi played a major role, who immediately forwarded
the memorandum demand to the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister.
Prominently present in the meeting were trans-Ganga in-charge Rajendra
Kesarwani, Senior Vice President Ajay Awasthi, General Secretary Ravi Sharma,
Women District President Ratna Jaiswal, Nidhi Kesharwani etc.
Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi