Telangana electricity bills cannot be paid directly on UPI apps, online through TG discom websites only: TGSPDL clarifies
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana electricity bills cannot be paid directly on UPI apps, online through TG discom websites only: TGSPDL clarifies

The Hindu  

In a move that is likely to cause inconvenience in payment of monthly energy bills, the power utilities in Telangana – TGSPDCL and TGNPDCL – has asked all their consumers to make the payments through their official website or mobile app since payment through all payment gateways and banks has been stopped from Monday, July 1. End to use of payment gateways such as PhonePe, Paytm, AmazonPay, GooglePay to pay electricity bills According to authorities of TGSPDCL, the decision has been taken as per the directions of the Reserve Bank of India. When contacted, officials stated that a sizeable chunk of consumers in the urban areas had been using such payment gateways to pay their monthly energy bills all these years. Musharraf Faruqui told The Hindu that the new system of monthly energy bill payments was only aimed at avoiding payment through third-party unified payment interfaces.

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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APEPDCL says consumers can no longer pay electricity bills through UPI apps
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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

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News 18  

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