UPI payment facility has been restored again on monday evening after being down for about 3 hours. Actually, this evening there was a sudden wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital breakdown like atmosphere across the country. people had gone out to make cashless payments, but payments were not happening. Big wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital payment platforms like Paytm, google pay and PhonePe suddenly went down and online transactions were stuck across the country.
Flood of complaints on social media platforms
Users flooded social media platforms like X and instagram with complaints. The number of reports on websites like Downdetector also increased suddenly. On opening Paytm, users were getting a direct error message, "UPI app is facing some issues." That is, it was clear that the problem was not limited to just one app, but there was a major technical glitch in the entire UPI system.
This is the third time
It is worth noting that this is the third time in the last one month that UPI service has come to a standstill. A system on which crores of people depend every day, its repeated crashes are now troubling people. Especially shopkeepers, cab drivers and common consumers were badly affected.
Records were made in march, now questions are being raised on trust
Let us tell you that in march 2025, UPI transactions in india had set a record, a total of 18.30 billion transactions, which was 5 percent more than in February. A total of 24.77 lakh crore transactions were done in March. But the speed at which wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital india is moving forward, now the question is being raised whether such technical flaws can stop its speed?
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