India Signs Mou to Start UPI Service in Maldives

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) was signed between India and the Maldives ahead of the meeting of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Maldivian counterpart Moosa Zameer at Male.

Jaishankar reached Maldives on Friday on a three-day visit. “I hope that we will soon see the first UPI transaction here. I should mention that it will have a very positive impact on tourism,” he said.

The visit of Jaishankar is aimed at reviving the bilateral relationship with the Maldives which is soured after pro-China Muizzu became Maldives ruler in November 2023.

Jaishankar and Zameer inaugurated a mental health unit, a speech therapy unit, education support unit, streetlights in different towns and atolls.

An MoU between the National Centre for Good Governance and the Civil Service Commission for 1,000 additional slots for training Maldivian civil servants was also renewed on the occasion.