{"id":2488,"date":"2021-08-03T19:53:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/?p=2488"},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:49:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T06:19:15","slug":"e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/","title":{"rendered":"e-Rupi (Digital Currency)- Digital Platform Launched by Indian Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>When it comes to digital innovations, technical advancement, and smooth transactions in service delivery, India can give global leadership along with the big countries of the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>e-RUPI (Digital currency)!!! Taking another step towards digitalization, the Indian government has announced their digital currency to improvise the payment transaction method in a leak-proof manner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>On 2nd August 2021, India Prime Minister- Narendra Modi has launched a new electronic voucher-based digital payment system, \u201c<strong>e-RUPI<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>e-RUPI is a cashless and contactless digital payments medium, which will be delivered to mobile phones of beneficiaries in the form of an SMS string or a QR code.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This person-specific &amp; purpose-specific digital payment system has been developed by (NPCI) National Payments Corporation of India, Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the National Health Authority(MoHFW).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-white\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/#What-is-e-RUPI-how-it-works\" title=\"What is e-RUPI &amp; how it works?\">What is e-RUPI &amp; how it works?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/#Process-of-e-voucher-operation-How-it-will-be-issued-and-works\" title=\"Process of e-voucher operation: How it will be issued and works?\">Process of e-voucher operation: How it will be issued and works?<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/#List-of-On-boarded-Banks-that-would-be-live-with-the-eRUPI\" title=\"List of On-boarded Banks that would be live with the eRUPI:\">List of On-boarded Banks that would be live with the eRUPI:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/#What-are-the-Industry-specific-advantages-of-Digital-Currency\" title=\"What are the Industry-specific advantages of Digital Currency?\">What are the Industry-specific advantages of Digital Currency?<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/#Advantages-for-Corporate-Industry\" title=\"Advantages for Corporate Industry\">Advantages for Corporate Industry<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/#Advantages-for-Hospitals\" title=\"Advantages for Hospitals\">Advantages for Hospitals<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/#Advantages-to-the-Customer\" title=\"Advantages to the Customer\">Advantages to the Customer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/e-rupi-digital-currency-digital-platform-launched-indian-government\/#Reasons-why-digital-currencies-are-expected-to-do-well-in-India\" title=\"Reasons why digital currencies are expected to do well in India?\">Reasons why digital currencies are expected to do well in India?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-is-e-RUPI-how-it-works\"><\/span>What is e-RUPI &amp; how it works?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>E-RUPI is a digital payment medium that promotes cashless &amp; contactless norms, which will be delivered to mobile phones of beneficiaries in the form of an SMS string or a QR code. Powered by UPI, this new payment method is launched to provide the monetary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The government can extend their monetary support directly to citizens in the form of a prepaid e-voucher.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\r\n<p><em>\u201cThe voucher is going to play a vital role in making direct benefit transactions (DBT) more effective in digital transactions in India.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This specific e-voucher will be redeemable only at specific accepting centres without any credit or debit card through a mobile app or internet banking.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It connects the users and sponsors of the services with the beneficiaries digitally without any physical interface.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The entire digital payment system is highly targeted and only can be used for making payment for the purpose it has been issued. So, for example- if the voucher is issued for the vaccine or medicine, it can be redeemable for that only.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Process-of-e-voucher-operation-How-it-will-be-issued-and-works\"><\/span>Process of e-voucher operation: How it will be issued and works?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The brand new <a href=\"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/mwallet-app-development-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">digital payment system<\/a> has been developed by NPCI on its UPI platform and has onboarded various banks that will issue these e-vouchers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Government agencies and other corporate agencies can approach the partner banks with the detail of the specific person and purpose for which payment has to be made.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Identification of the beneficiaries will be made using their mobile number and the particular voucher allocated by the bank to the service provider.<br \/>The particular voucher\u2019s benefit will be leveraged by the same person whom it has been issued for.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"List-of-On-boarded-Banks-that-would-be-live-with-the-eRUPI\"><\/span>List of On-boarded Banks that would be live with the eRUPI:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Here find the list of the on-boarded Banks that would be live with the eRUPI-<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Axis Bank:<\/strong> This will be the Issuer as well as Acquirer. The acquiring app will be Bharat Pay.<br \/><strong>HDFC Bank:<\/strong> It will be both Issuer and the Acquirer. The acquiring app will be HDFC Business App.<br \/><strong>Canara Bank:<\/strong> It will be the Issuer.<br \/><strong>ICICI Bank:<\/strong> ICICI Bank will be both Acquirer as well as Issuer. The acquiring app for this bank is Bharat Pe &amp; PineLabs.<br \/><strong>Bank of Baroda:<\/strong> It will be both Issuer and Acquirer. The acquiring app will be BHIM Baroda Merchant Pay.<br \/><strong>Indusind Bank:<\/strong> It will be the Issuer.<br \/><strong>Indian Bank:<\/strong> It will be the Issuer.<br \/><strong>Kotak Bank:<\/strong> It will be the issuer.<br \/><strong>Punjab National Bank:<\/strong> PNB will be both issuer and the acquirer. The acquiring app for PNB is PNB Merchant Pay.<br \/><strong>State Bank of India:<\/strong> SBI will be both issuer and the acquirer. The acquiring app for SBI is YONO SBI Merchant.<br \/><strong>Union Bank of India:<\/strong> It will be the issuer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-are-the-Industry-specific-advantages-of-Digital-Currency\"><\/span>What are the Industry-specific advantages of Digital Currency?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As eRUPI is easy, safe &amp; secure as it keeps the details of the beneficiaries completely confidential. It is estimated that this voucher payment medium is going to be relatively faster and reliable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Here, find the significant industry-specific benefits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advantages-for-Corporate-Industry\"><\/span>Advantages for Corporate Industry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Corporates can enable the well-being of their employees<\/li>\r\n<li>End to end the digital transaction and doesn\u2019t require any physical issuance hence leading to cost reduction<\/li>\r\n<li>Voucher redemption can be tracked by the issuer, as it provides reliability.<\/li>\r\n<li>Quick, safe &amp; contactless voucher distribution<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advantages-for-Hospitals\"><\/span>Advantages for Hospitals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Its easy, easy &amp; secure, is authorization can be verified with a verification code.<\/li>\r\n<li>Hassle-free &amp; Contactless payment collection.<\/li>\r\n<li>Quick redemption process as the voucher can be redeemed in a few steps and lesser decline due to pre-blocked amount.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advantages-to-the-Customer\"><\/span>Advantages to the Customer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>It\u2019s contactless as the beneficiary should not carry a printout of the voucher<\/li>\r\n<li>2 step redemption process<\/li>\r\n<li>It is safe and secure as the beneficiary doesn\u2019t need to share personal details while redemption; hence privacy is maintained.<\/li>\r\n<li>No digital or bank presence is required.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasons-why-digital-currencies-are-expected-to-do-well-in-India\"><\/span>Reasons why digital currencies are expected to do well in India?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As per the RBI, there are four reasons why digital currencies are expected to do well in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>There is increasing penetration of digital payments globally as people are mostly inclined towards paying digitally for every small transaction.<\/li>\r\n<li>India\u2019s high currency to GDP ratio, according to the RBI, \u201cholds out another benefit of CBDCs\u201d.<\/li>\r\n<li>As the spread of private virtual currencies such as Bitcoin &amp; Ethereum.<\/li>\r\n<li>CBDCs might also cushion the general public in an environment of volatile private VCs.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to digital innovations, technical advancement, and smooth transactions in service delivery, India can give global leadership along with the big countries of the world. e-RUPI (Digital currency)!!! &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14,484],"tags":[760,761,759],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3214,"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488\/revisions\/3214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ripenapps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}