India, March 20 -- April 1, 2025, will bring in new regulations affecting UPI apps such as Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm.

This is because the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI) announced that mobile numbers linked to UPI will be removed from bank accounts if they haven't been active for a significant period of time.

This means that if your bank account is linked to an inactive mobile number, it will get deleted.

The NPCI made the decision due to increasing cases of cybercrime occurring daily.

It pointed out that inactive mobile numbers end up creating technical glitches within the banking and UPI systems, according to an India TV report.

The problem comes if telecom providers reallocate these numbersa to someone else, whic...