Tax payment limit via UPI increased to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh earlier

On the sidelines of the MPC announcement today, the RBI has increased the limit for tax payment via the UPI or unified payments interface to Rs 5 lakh.

"Currently, the transaction limit for UPI is ₹1 lakh except for certain category of payments which have higher transaction limits. It has now been decided to enhance the limit for tax payments through UPI from ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh per transaction. This will further ease tax payments by consumers through UPI," read the Governor's statement.

Also, the RBI has proposed introduction of a facility called "Delegated Payments" in UPI. This would enable an individual (primary user) to allow another individual (secondary user) to make UPI transactions up to a limit from the primary user’s bank account without the need for the secondary user to have a separate bank account linked to UPI. This will further deepen the reach and usage of digital payments.