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RBI sets up panel under Nandan Nilekani to boost digital payments

The panel has been tasked with reviewing the existing status of digitisation of payments in the country, identifying the current gaps in the ecosystem and suggesting ways to bridge them and assessing the current levels of digital payments in financial inclusion. It will also “suggest measures to strengthen the safety and security of digital payments… (and) a road map for increasing customer confidence and trust while accessing financial services through digital modes”.

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Skills gap puts $1.97 trillion growth at risk in India: Report

“We must offer more experiential on-the-job training and help people adopt life-long learning as their jobs are transformed. Digital tools and applications — like Artificial Intelligence, analytics and Blockchain — will be essential in delivering these new learning approaches,” said Rekha M Menon, Chairman and Senior Managing Director at Accenture in India

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Domestic airlines inducted 100 plus aircraft in 2018

Majority of the planes inducted by the carriers last year, according to available figures, were Airbus A320 neos, with four carriers – IndiGo, GoAir, Air India and Vistara – taking deliveries of more than 60 of these planes besides other types of aircraft.

At present, these carriers together have over 660 planes. Budget carrier IndiGo has 206 planes including A320 neos, while both Air India and Jet Airways have 125 and 124 aircraft, respectively, in their fleets.

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Linking Aadhaar and driving licence to be mandatory soon: Law minister

“At presently, what happens is that the guilty person who causes an accident flees the scene and gets a duplicate licence. This helps him go scot-free. However, with the Aadhaar linkage you can change your name but you cannot change your biometrics, neither iris nor fingerprints. So the moment you go in for a duplicate licence, the system will say this person already has a driving licence and should not be given a new one,” said Prasad, explaining the need for the linkage.

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