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DPSS.CO.PD.No. /02.14.003/2016-17 February 16, 2017 The Chairman and Managing Director / Chief Executive Officers All Scheduled Commercial Banks including RRBs / Urban Co-operative Banks / State Co-operative Banks / District Central Co-operative Banks / Payments Banks and Small Finance Banks / All Card Network Providers Dear Madam / Sir, Draft Circular - Rationalisation of Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) for Debit Card Transactions Recent developments, including the comm