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According to the down detector, 2,147 complaints related to UPI were filed after 8 pm.
On Thursday 7 August, the Unified Payments was down due to the Unified Payments Interface i.e. UPI service technical issue across the country. Due to this outage, users faced difficulties in paying with digital payment platforms like Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm.
According to the platform down detector, who described the real time status of the website and online services, 2,147 complaints were filed after the evening. All these complaints were related to payment failure. For about 45 minutes, users made complaints of not having payment.
This is a screen shot of the down detector, on which the data show is doing that from 7 pm to 8.30 pm, the graph of complaints was high.
About 62% of people had difficulties in paying and transferring funds to 30% people.
About 62% of people have difficulty in paying
About 62% of the people who were facing the problem faced a problem in paying. 30% of people had difficulties in transferring funds. Many users are also complaining about UPI service down on social media platforms.
NCPI operates UPI
RTGS and NEFT payment system operations in India are with RBI. The National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) operates systems like IMPS, Rupay, UPI. The government had a zero-charge framework mandator for UPI transactions from 1 January 2020.
How upi works
For UPI service, you have to prepare a virtual payment address. After this it has to link to the bank account. After this, there is no need to remember your bank account number, bank name or IFSC code etc. The payment bus processes the payment request according to your mobile number.
If you have its UPI ID (e-mail ID, mobile number or Aadhaar number), then you can easily send money through your smartphone. You can make not only money but also utility bill payment, online shopping and shopping with unified payment interface system.
