By Admin 
PM Modi News: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is often on foreign tours. At present also PM Modi is on a tour of three countries. At present he has reached New Zealand on the last leg of this journey. PM Modi often buys many things during his foreign trips, but have you ever wondered how the PM makes payments abroad? You wouldn’t have thought, right? Neither would you know? So let us tell you.
How does PM Modi make payments?
When PM Modi was on his visit to Singapore in 2018, he had purchased a Madhubani painting from there. He had used RuPay card while purchasing this painting. So in August 2019, during an official visit to Bhutan, he bought local Bhutanese handicrafts and used RuPay card.
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So during their visit to Abu Dhabi in February 2024, PM Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had started linking India’s UPI with the UAE’s ‘AANI’ payment system and RuPay card with the ‘JAYWAN’ card there. During this, both the leaders also saw live transactions taking place by swiping each other’s cards.
Indians promote UPI
The purpose of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to buy these goods abroad and make the payment himself is to show Indian tourists and the world that India’s fintech technologies like UPI and RuPay are now completely safe and accepted at the international level. In such a situation, if Indian people go on a foreign trip then they should use these techniques only and not by exchanging currency.
In which countries does UPI and RuPay work?
Indian UPI and RuPay works in India including countries like France, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Singapore, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Qatar, Oman, South Korea. Although RuPay does not work in some parts of France, it does work in other parts.
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