new delhi travellers coming to india can now use united payments interface upi for making payments in the country from today the reserve bank of india rbi said in an official release on tuesday at present the facility has been allowed for passengers coming to india from g20 nations however it will only be available at select airports new delhi mumbai and bengalururead alsoebixcash first to launch upi for foreign nationals visiting india how does it workthe new capability will allow a foreign national visiting india to pay for goods and services in india using upi in secondsannouncing the monetary policy outcome earlier this month rbi governor shaktikanta das had proposed to permit all inbound travellers to india to use upi for their merchant payments p2m while they are in the country this facility has been made available from today rbi said in its release the rbi has also proposed to extend the upi facility to travellers from all countries at a later dateeligible travellers would be issued prepaid payment instruments ppi wallets linked to upi for making payments at merchant outlets rbi said delegates from g20 countries can also avail this facility at various meeting venuesto begin with icici bank idfc first bank and two nonbank ppi issuers pine labs private limited and transcorp international limited will issue upi linked walletstravellers visiting india can now experience the convenience of upi payments at over five crore merchant outlets across india that accept qr codebased upi paymentsindia has assumed the presidency of g20 for one year from december 1 2022 to november 30 2023 the g20 or group of 20 is an intergovernmental forum of the worlds major developed and developing economies it comprises argentina australia brazil canada china france germany india indonesia italy japan the republic of korea mexico russia saudi arabia south africa turkey the uk the us and the european union euwith inputs from agencies