India, March 26 -- People across India have taken to social media with confusion and despair after Unified Payment Interface (UPI) services went down in India across multiple apps, causing chaos and several failed payments.

One user on X, showed a failed UPI transaction screenshot and said, "Why this mf UPI is down ab ice cream kha li payment nahi ho raha kya karu (I ate the ice-cream but the payment won't go through, what do I do)."

The popular payment method has left several people hanging, waiting to pay for even the smallest of items. Another user said, "UPI hi down ho gaya, 2 dost pani puri kha ke dukan pr khade hai 30 min se (UPI is down, two of my friends ate pani puri and are waiting at the shop since 30 minutes waiting to pay)....