The Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) will soon be enabled to accept cross-border inward payments in India. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das announced along with other decisions of the monetary policy committee (MPC), including a repo rate hike by 50 basis points, on Friday.
"This will enable Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to undertake bill payments for utility, education and other such payments on behalf of their families in India," Das said.
The announcement is being seen as a way to deepen the cross-border payment ecosystem in India. "BBPS change facilitating NRIs to make payments of bills in