-The Times of India MUMBAI: Electronic payments have become safer for consumers with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) introducing the concept of 'zero liability' and 'limited liability' for bank customers for any card or online fraud. The central bank has also made it mandatory for banks to register all customers for text message alerts and permit reporting of unauthorized transactions through a reply to the alert message. The proposal to limit...
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Finance Ministry aims to set up anti-profiteering body by August -Surabhi
-The Hindu Business Line Firms seen to be largely cooperating New Delhi: To clear confusion over the new prices of items under the Goods and Services Tax, the Finance Ministry is working to set up a National Anti-Profiteering Authority to curb any unwarranted price hikes. “The process for selection of members and the Chairman will start soon. We are working to ensure that the authority can be set up by early next month,...
More »India's laggard states need a bigger infrastructure push -Sachin P Mampatta and Tadit Kundu
-Livemint.com Little has changed in terms of infrastructure gap between India’s rich and poor states between 2005-06 and 2014-15 From expressways in Uttar Pradesh to road tunnels in Jammu and Kashmir, large infrastructure projects are showcased by state governments as examples of development politics. Have these efforts been successful in bridging the infrastructure gap between Indian states? A look at the changes in the Mint state infrastructure index between 2005-06 and 2014-15 shows...
More »Supreme Court questions linking of Aadhaar with PAN, income-tax returns
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday questioned the Union government for making the Aadhaar biometric identification number mandatory for those getting a permanent account number (PAN) card from the income tax authorities. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Centre, told a bench headed by Justice A.K. Sikri that the government has detected PAN cards based on fake documents. Rohatgi said there were instances of one person having multiple PAN...
More »Rs 9,124 crore pending payments under MGNREGA -Rosamma Thomas
-The Times of India JAIPUR: Across the country, payments worth Rs 9,124 crore are yet to be paid for work done in the 2016-17 financial year under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). This comes at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi has created incentive schemes for rewarding those using the digital payment platform. Only days ago, 20-year-old Maharashtra student Shradha Mengshette was surprised to win Rs1...
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