Every month lakhs of Indians go to Nepal, one of the biggest problems they face is that they were not able to avail the UPI facility in Nepal, but now the Nepal government has implemented this facility under a big scheme. Payment will be done through UPI.
Talking about India and Nepal, the relationship between the two countries is very good, due to which people of India and Nepal come to each other’s country without any restrictions, without visa and passport. So there are people who come every day from Nepal to India to market and buy goods and some people from India go to Nepal to buy goods. The relationship between India and Nepal is so good, that is why most of the tourists from India go to Nepal. .
The biggest problem faced by the people who visit Nepal from India is that they are not able to make payment through PhonePe, Google Pay, UPI, but keeping in mind the problem of Indian tourists, the Nepal government has implemented this facility from March 1. Have done it. Indian people can make payment in Nepal through PhonePe, money exchange is a big problem for people visiting Nepal, nowadays most of the people in India are not keeping money, they are transferring digital online payment, even at paan shop. Be it a tea shop or a sleeping room, the facility of online payment is available everywhere, that is why people now do not carry money with them, they only carry mobile phones.
Whenever they go to visit Nepal, they get very worried. Now the solution to the problems has become available through PhonePe, there has been an agreement between the Government of India and the Government of Nepal under which you will be able to make payments through UPI in Nepal. More tourists from India go to visit Nepal in the month of March. From March to May to June, lakhs of tourists go to visit Nepal, because there are many things to visit in Nepal like Pokhara, Kathmandu, Janakpur Temple, Chandragrih Mountain, etc. The places are Keeping in mind the problem of money transaction, which people go from India to see, Nepal government has implemented this facility.
Under this, Nepal is now moving towards digital, which is being supported by India. Nepal has signed agreements with other banks including e-seva, Khalti Wallet. The special thing is that after scanning the QR code, you can send payment, which started with Nepal Citizen Bank, International and Jyoti Vikas Bank.
There will be a limit of Rs 5000 for online payment in Nepal.
You will be able to send payment up to ₹ 5000 in Nepal through PhonePe. This facility has been started with ₹ 5000 payment transaction. Nepal government officials say that this limit will be increased soon, from the tourist point of view the limit of transaction is quite low. If it is not increased in future, then tourists will face a lot of problems because if they have to pay Rs 6000 per day for a hotel, it will be a problem.
But this digital payment transaction will further improve relations between the two countries and provide better facilities for the citizens of both the countries, with this step Nepal is moving towards digital transactions, this agreement was signed between Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal. An agreement has been reached between.
From Nepal’s point of view, this is a good news for Indian tourists that now Indian tourists will not have to worry about carrying cash in Nepal because more than ₹ 100 Indian Rupee is not accepted in Nepal, exchange your money at Nepal India border only. It seems that to some extent the people of both the countries have got relief from exchanging money.
How to make international payment through PhonePe
To make international payment through PhonePe, first of all you have to click on your profile, below the payment method you will see payment measurement where international payment will be visible. You have to click on International, select your bank and activate international transaction, after this you can make your international payment. You will be able to make international payments through PhonePe.
This facility is currently available only for Indian citizens, Nepali citizens will not be able to make payments in India.