Muscat, Oct. 3 -- Oman is all set to launch India's RuPay card and UPI platform, the Indian indigenous system of electronic payment, which will benefit the huge Indian diaspora in the country, local media reported.

In a significant step to expand strategic ties with Oman, New Delhi and Muscat an agreement will soon be signed betweenthe National Payments Corporation of India(NPCI) and the Central Bank ofOman(CBO) for cooperation in digital finance and payments.

According to a report by Times of Oman, this will be signed during the Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan's, visit to Muscat on Monday-Tuesday, October 3 to 4. This is his second visit to Oman.

As per the Embassy of India in Oman, there are about 624,000 India...