Honorable Prime Minister of India, Honorable Prime Minister of Mauritius andHonorable President of Sri Lanka witnessed the launch of India’s RuPay / UPI connectivity with Mauritius and Sri Lanka
on’bPrime MinisterIndia, Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister ofMauritius, Mr. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, and Hon’ble President of Sri Lanka Mr. RanilWickremesinghe today witnessed the virtual launch of RuPay cards and UnifiedPayments Interface (UPI) connectivity between India and Mauritius, as well as UPIconnectivity between India and Sri Lanka. Reserve Bank of India Governor, ShriShaktikanta Das, Bank of Mauritius Governor, Mr. Harvesh Seegolam, and CentralBankSri Lanka Governor, Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe were also presenttheoccasion.
- With this connectivity,Indian traveller to Mauritius will be able to pay a merchantin Mauritius using UPI. Similarly, a Mauritian traveller will be able tothe same inIndia using the Instant Payment System (IPS) app of Mauritius. Further, with theadoption of RuPay technology, the MauCAS card scheme of Mauritius will enablebanks in Mauritius to issue RuPay cards domestically. Such cards can be used atATMs and PoS terminals locallyMauritius as well as in India. With this, Mauritiusbecomes the first country outside Asia to issue cards using RuPay technology. IndianRuPay cards would also be accepted at ATMs and PoS terminals in Mauritius.
- The digital payments connectivity with Sri Lanka will enable Indian travellers tomake QR code-based payments at merchant locations in Sri Lanka using their UPIapps.
- These projects have been developed and executed by NPCI International PaymentsLimited (NIPL) along with partner banks / non-banks from Mauritius and Sri Lanka,under the guidance and support of Reserve Bank of India. The Bank of Mauritius andthe Central Bank of Sri Lanka have also played an important role in making thesepossible. The above facilities have been made operational through select banks / nonbanks / Third Party Application Providers in India, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Goingforward, these facilities will be scaled up.
- The collaborations on India’s digital payments connectivity with Mauritius andaLanka through UPI and RuPay will deepen financial integration and strengthen thelong historical, cultural, and economic relations of India with Mauritius and Sri Lanka.