UPSC Prelims 2026EconomyQuestion 13 of 16Which one of the following statements about Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and Central Bank Digital Currency (Digital Rupee) is **not** correct?AUPI is a real-time payment system but Digital Rupee is akin to sovereign paper currency.BIn case of UPI, settlement for end users happens instantly as the money gets immediately debited or credited but in case of Digital Rupee, there is no settlement as the wallet balance gets transferred to another wallet.CUPI transactions are recorded by banks and reflected in bank statements but in case of Digital Rupee, no data is captured in bank statements as transactions are from one wallet to another.DIn both the cases (UPI and Digital Rupee), the liability lies with the users and their respective banks.See explanationLinked Syllabus ConceptsRevision notes for concepts tested in this PYQ.Digital Public Infrastructure for Financial Inclusion and HealthElectronic Toll Collection (ETC) Systems in India