GSTN New Update: Andhra Pradesh Added to GST UPI and Card Payment Facility:

GSTN New Update: Andhra Pradesh Added to GST UPI and Card Payment Facility The Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) recently announced through its official social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that Andhra Pradesh will now be included in the list of states enabled for GST payments through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and credit and debit card payment methods. However, before Andhra Pradesh, there were 28 other states that already had UPI and debit/credit card payment facilities. These are the states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.

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