Budget 2023: fiscal support for digital payments ecosystem to continue

As digital payments gain wider acceptance, fiscal support for digital public infrastructure will continue for the year 2023-24, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in her Budget 2023 speech.

Highlighting achievements of the Union government, she said that the economy has clocked 7,400 crore digital payments worth Rs 126 lakh crore through unified payments interface (UPI) infrastructure in 2022.