Retail payments transactions grow by 7% in 2020-21: RBI Annual Report 2 hours ago With the country undergoing state-wide lockdowns for the second year in a row due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, one can expect that a larger chunk of the population will increasingly use digital payments platforms and small-medium businesses will turn to similar modes of payment for their daily operations. While the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has grown by 92% in terms of the value of transactions to Rs 41 lakh crore in 2020-21, compared to the previous year, the value of retail payments transactions grew by 7% to Rs 41 lakh crore in 2020-21, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its annual report. Overall, however, the value of digital payment transactions decreased by 12% to Rs 1,410 lakh crore in 2020-2021 compared to the same period of the previous year.