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Cover Story
UPI TURNS 10
VOLUME 7, ISSUE 06 | SEPTEMBER 16-30, 2026 From Queues To Cash coming out of wallets,

EDITOR IN CHIEF QR Codes coins being counted at the cash
DHIRENDRA OJHA New India’s UPI Payment Revolution counter, and lines at ATMs –
Principal Director General, all of this is now just an old
Press Information Bureau, memory for India. A QR code,
New Delhi a scan, and a few seconds –
this is the new language of
CHIEF CONSULTING EDITOR transactions in the country
SANTOSH KUMAR today. Ten years ago, in the
SENIOR ASST. CONSULTING EDITOR month of August, a new digital
PAWAN KUMAR payment system was rolled
out, which has today become
ASST. CONSULTING EDITORS the world’s largest real-time
AKHILESH KUMAR payment system and an identity
CHANDAN KUMAR CHOUDHARY of India. This is the story of
LANGUAGE EDITORS that transformation, which has
SUMIT KUMAR (ENGLISH) made life easier for everyone
RAJNEESH MISHRA (ENGLISH) – from street vendors to big
NADEEM AHMED (URDU) businessmen, from within the
country to abroad... |8-20
SENIOR DESIGNER
PHOOL CHAND TIWARI
PM Modi’s interaction with News Briefs |4-5
DESIGNERS CEOs of space startups Quality and Pace Hand-in-Hand
ABHAY GUPTA India’s Youth PM Modi Chairs 53rd PRAGATI Meeting |6-7
SATYAM SINGH
Power in Space Approval Granted for 4 Multi-tracking & Highway Project
Prime Minister Narendra Union Cabinet Decisions |21
Modi meets heads of 20 A New India Empowered by ‘Ayushman Bharat’
space startups at ‘Seva Over 47 Crore Ayushman Cards Issued So Far |22-23
Teerth’ |28-29 Well-nourished India, Healthy India
“Hamari Anganwadi Hamari Jimmedari” is the theme for the
9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah |24-25
GDP: Economy grew at a pace of 7.8%
CLICK TO READ India triumphs on economic turf amidst global crisis |26-27
NEW INDIA SAMACHAR Reforms... not a compulsion, but a commitment...
AVAILABLE IN 13 LANGUAGES PM Modi addresses ET World Leaders Forum 2026 |30-31

https://newindiasamachar. Strengthening cruise infrastructure
pib.gov.in/news.aspx Cruise Bharat Mission completes two years; 32 national
TO READ THE NEW INDIA Khelo India waterways operational |39
SAMACHAR ARCHIVE Personality: Rani Rashmani
EDITIONS CLICK Sports: A Campaign An embodiment of courage, compassion... |40
https://newindiasamachar. To Unite Youth Power
pib.gov.in.archive.aspx PM Modi PM’s Foreign Visit
addresses the India’s active
youth at the ‘Khelo S India-Uzbek-Kyrgyz Relations f participation in the
Strong Bonds of
ong Bonds o
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Follow @NISPIBIndia India Dialogue’ Shanghai Cooperation
Cultural
on Twitter for regular |32-33 Cultur al Organisation (SCO)
onnection
C
updates on 'New India Connection
summit infused new
Samachar'
energy into regional
dialogue and multilateral
partnerships | 34-38

Published: Kanchan Prasad, Director General, on behalf of Central Bureau of Communication
Communication Address : Room No–1077, Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi -110003.
E-Mail : response-nis@pib.gov.in, RNI No. : DELENG/2020/78811