UPI dominated retail digital payments with 81 pc share in FY25: Govt

IANS | March 16, 2026 4:06 PM

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said that the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) accounted for around 81 per cent of total retail digital payment transactions in FY25 and has emerged as the largest real-time retail payment system in the world.

Why do most politically-sensitive cases involve Oppn leaders: Singhvi on excise policy case against Kejriwal (IANS Interview)

IANS | March 16, 2026 3:41 PM

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha member Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Monday described the excise policy case involving Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal as "unfortunate", alleging that the kind of misuse of investigative agencies seen in recent years had never happened before. He also questioned why most politically-sensitive cases involve Opposition leaders.