Click here to Visit the RBI’s new website

Payment System Indicators

download file (355 kb) or PDF document (116 kb)
Payment System Indicators - March 2022
PART I - Payment System Indicators - Payment & Settlement System Statistics
  Volume (lakh) Value (₹ crore)
FY 2021-22 2021
March
2022 2022 FY 2021-22 2021
March
2022 2022
February March February March
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A. Settlement Systems                
Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs)                
1 CCIL Operated Systems 33.01 2.92 2.92 3.25 206873111 17383479 17994586 20588727
1.1 Govt. Securities Clearing 12.22 0.91 1.10 1.04 142072938 11182301 12914111 13682354
1.1.1 Outright 6.21 0.42 0.58 0.46 8793301 678873 721038 660443
1.1.2 Repo 3.09 0.26 0.25 0.30 51015712 4362390 4221392 5341282
1.1.3 Tri-party Repo 2.92 0.23 0.27 0.27 82263925 6141037 7971681 7680629
1.2 Forex Clearing 19.90 1.95 1.73 2.11 59775826 5828078 4540145 6232193
1.3 Rupee Derivatives @ 0.88 0.06 0.10 0.11 5024347 373100 540330 674180
B. Payment Systems                
I Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs)                
1 Credit Transfers - RTGS 2078.39 202.35 180.29 230.04 128657517 12982215 10324618 14458955
1.1 Customer Transactions 2063.73 200.70 179.15 228.68 113319291 11427958 9277356 13069669
1.2 Interbank Transactions 14.66 1.65 1.13 1.36 15338225 1554257 1047262 1389286
II Retail                
2 Credit Transfers - Retail 577631.89 37208.51 55283.72 66272.08 42722829 4053907 3806375 5062364
2.1 AePS (Fund Transfers) @ 9.76 1.16 0.51 0.56 575 72 28 35
2.2 APBS $ 12298.50 1128.83 629.87 1154.92 133052 11086 13043 15462
2.3 IMPS 46625.25 3631.44 4209.31 4920.01 4171038 327236 384404 462279
2.4 NACH Cr $ 18729.79 1648.84 1536.56 1825.88 1276801 164298 104998 131428
2.5 NEFT 40407.29 3481.39 3632.58 4314.20 28725463 3046329 2477059 3492578
2.6 UPI @ 459561.30 27316.85 45274.89 54056.51 8415900 504886 826843 960582
2.6.1 of which USSD @ 11.99 0.94 0.68 0.91 177 15 10 12
3 Debit Transfers and Direct Debits 12222.27 1038.84 1089.30 1136.67 1038335 86505 90746 98645
3.1 BHIM Aadhaar Pay @ 227.73 12.92 15.23 19.47 6114 346 506 640
3.2 NACH Dr $ 10787.53 920.42 948.20 979.27 1030532 86005 90056 97801
3.3 NETC (linked to bank account) @ 1207.01 105.50 125.87 137.93 1690 154 184 204
4 Card Payments 61,785.63 5,650.32 4,840.47 5,515.40 17,01,906 1,39,705 1,43,111 1,71,214
4.1 Credit Cards 22,398.82 1,887.27 1,884.24 2,237.51 9,71,632 72,319 86,041 1,07,101
4.1.1 PoS based $ 11124.59 1012.86 963.40 1134.33 380640 33286 32500 38773
4.1.2 Others $ 11274.23 874.41 920.84 1103.18 590992 39033 53541 68328
4.2 Debit Cards 39,386.81 3,763.05 2,956.23 3,277.89 730274 67386 57070 64113
4.2.1 PoS based $ 22969.81 2229.12 1845.45 2081.16 451611 42816 36376 40831
4.2.2 Others $ 16417.00 1533.93 1110.78 1196.73 278663 24570 20694 23282
5 Prepaid Payment Instruments 65,812.39 5,201.05 5,626.89 6567 293658 21372 24649 27865
5.1 Wallets 52683.01 4182.92 4386.09 5017 226645 14856 17259 20054
5.2 Cards 13,129.38 1,018.13 1,240.79 1550 67014 6516 7390 7811
5.2.1 PoS based $ 1066.47 59.48 126.61 165 18123 1453 3360 2860
5.2.2 Others $ 12062.91 958.65 1114.18 1385 48891 5063 4030 4951
6 Paper-based Instruments 6,999.12 806.59 581.98 702.93 6650332 722031 615321 694335
6.1 CTS (NPCI Managed) 6999.12 806.59 581.98 702.93 6650332 722031 615321 694335
6.2 Others 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
Total - Retail Payments (2+3+4+5+6) 7,24,451.31 49,905.31 67,422.35 80,194.17 52407061 5023520 4680202 6054424
Total Payments (1+2+3+4+5+6) 7,26,529.70 50,107.66 67,602.63 80,424.21 181064578 18005734 15004820 20513379
Total Digital Payments (1+2+3+4+5) 7,19,530.57 49,301.07 67,020.65 79,721.28 174414245 17283703 14389499 19819044

PART II - Payment Modes and Channels
  Volume (lakh) Value (₹ crore)
FY 2021-22 2021
March
2022 2022 FY 2021-22 2021
March
2022 2022
February March February March
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
A. Other Payment Channels                
1 Mobile Payments (mobile app based) 5,07,531.32 33,082.40 48,507.66 57,378.43 1,49,70,860 12,48,779 13,95,093 16,50,284
1.1 Intra-bank $ 40,805.67 4,852.88 3,626.98 4,218.03 27,23,849 2,70,764 246931 296045
1.2 Inter-bank $ 4,66,725.65 28,229.52 44,880.68 53,160.39 1,22,47,011 9,78,015 1148163 1354239
2 Internet Payments (Netbanking / internet browser based) @ 35,786.53 3,390.80 2,817.31 3,574.14 4,98,10,853 49,76,087 38,47,497 85,20,751
2.1 Intra-bank @ 7,034.34 707.26 554.77 654.75 2,31,95,249 23,55,028 1638166 5037166
2.2 Inter-bank @ 28,752.20 2,683.55 2,262.54 2,919.39 2,66,15,604 26,21,059 2209331 3483584
B. ATMs                
3. Cash Withdrawal at ATMs $ 65,083.45 6,040.02 5,300.30 5,767.24 31,05,601 2,85,268 2,56,463 2,81,048
3.1 Using Credit Cards $ 62.37 5.92 5.29 6.80 3130 307 263.73 343.72
3.2 Using Debit Cards $ 64694.97 6007.92 5266.81 5728.28 3091415 283955 255218.18 279566.58
3.3 Using Pre-paid Cards $ 326.11 26.18 28.20 32.16 11056 1007 981 1138
4. Cash Withdrawal at PoS $ 92.26 22.38 2.46 2.79 806 119 39 57
4.1 Using Debit Cards $ 79.42 19.49 2.15 2.21 557 114 20.26 21.31
4.2 Using Pre-paid Cards $ 12.84 2.90 0.32 0.57 248 5 19 36
5. Cash Withdrawal at Micro ATMs @ 11126.04 763.86 928.46 1032.68 299776 22276 24975 28479
5.1 AePS @ 11126.04 763.86 928.46 1032.68 299776 22276 24975 28479

PART III - Payment Infrastructures (lakh)
  As on March 2022 2021
March
2022 2022
February March
1 2 3 4
Payment System Infrastructures        
1 Number of Cards 9,912.93 9,602.51 10,067.74 9,912.93
1.1 Credit Cards 736.27 620.49 717.08 736.27
1.2 Debit Cards 9,176.66 8,982.02 9350.66 9176.66
2 Number of PPIs @ 27,408.39 21,952.60 27,320.10 27,408.39
2.1 Wallets @ 24,645.40 20,052.10 24,605.03 24,645.40
2.2 Cards @ 2,762.98 1,900.51 2,715.07 2,762.98
3 Number of ATMs and CRMs 2.48 2.39 2.47 2.48
3.1 Bank owned ATMs$ and CRMs# 2.17 2.14 2.16 2.17
3.2 White Label ATMs $ 0.32 0.25 0.31 0.32
4 Number of Micro ATMs @ 7.81 4.04 7.16 7.81
5 Number of PoS Terminals 60.70 47.20 58.34 60.70
6 Bharat QR @ 49.72 35.70 48.27 49.72
7 UPI QR * 1727.34 925.22 1600.19 1727.34
@: New inclusion w.e.f. November 2019
#: Data reported by Co-operative Banks, LABs and RRBs included with effect from Dec 2021.
$ : Inclusion separately initiated from November 2019 - would have been part of other items hitherto.
*: New inclusion w.e.f. September 2020; Includes only static UPI QR Code
Note : 1. Data is provisional.
2. ECS (Debit and Credit) has been merged with NACH with effect from January 31, 2020.
3. The data from November 2019 onwards for card payments (Debit/Credit cards) and Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs) may not be comparable with earlier months/ periods, as more granular data is being published along with revision in data definitions.
4. Only domestic financial transactions are considered. The new format captures e-commerce transactions; transactions using FASTags, digital bill payments and card-to-card transfer through ATMs, etc.. Also, failed transactions, chargebacks, reversals, expired cards/ wallets, are excluded.

Top