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April 01, 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Key provisions:<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The Banks would be required to show at least 10% YOY growth rate in number of RuPay Debit card transaction and 50% YOY growth rate in number of BHIM-UPI transactions at the end of the last quarter of scheme.<\/li>\n<li>To reduce the financial burden on the Government, lower incentive rate has been proposed on transactions done at merchants under Industry Programmes.<\/li>\n<li>Reimbursement of the claims will be done on quarterly basis. On successful submission of the claims, 95% of the claimed amount will be reimbursed to the Banks after each quarter. The remaining 5% of the claimed amount of each quarter will be released at the end of last quarter of the scheme.<\/li>\n<li>The incentive will be shared by the acquiring banks with other stakeholders. 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