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HDFC Bank, SBI, others not adhering to norms on bulk SMSes, says Trai
“As sufficient opportunity has been given to principal entities/ telemarketers to comply with the regulatory requirements and that the consumers cannot be deprived of the benefits of the regulatory provisions any further, therefore it has been decided that from April 1, 2021, any message failing in the scrubbing process due to non-compliance of regulatory requirements will be rejected” by the system, TRAI said in a statement.
TRAI’s norms for commercial messages, based on blockchain technology, aim to curb unsolicited and fraudulent messages.
Over 500 drones to measure India’s rural assets, end property dispute woes
A big force of drone pilots on the ground to measure the rural land in India stretching from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and Shillong to Somnath, would be deployed by the Survey of India (SOI).
“A hi-tech drone takes around 15 minutes to map an average Indian village. We expect that by March 2024, the ‘drone flying’ in the country would be complete,” said Sunil Kumar, the Union Secretary for the Panchayati Raj Ministry, the nodal agency for implementing the massive land survey scheme.
Indian economy’s revival seen unabated despite Covid surge: Shaktikanta Das
“Our preliminary analysis shows that the growth rate next year, that is, at 10.5%, which we had given, would not require a downward revision,” Das told an economics meeting in New Delhi.
Adani looks beyond fossil fuel to cement his group’s future
He has unveiled plans to boost his renewable energy capacity almost eightfold by 2025, positioning himself to benefit as the government debates ambitious climate targets that would cut net greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.
Adani Green Energy Ltd. signed a $1.35 billion loan facility last week from 12 banks including Standard Chartered Plc and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., one of the biggest renewable loans in Asia.
Over 53,000 new COVID-19 cases recorded in single day, Surge in daily cases in six states
The three states of Maharashtra, Kerala, and Punjab also account for 74.32 percent of total active cases in the country which has increased to 3.95 lakh and comprises 3.35 percent of the total infections.
22 AIIMS in different phases of development across country: Govt
To another question on providing training to Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers, the minister said that tele-medicine guidelines have been issued and by now, even in the remotest part of the country, a person can have access to a tele-consultation from doctors in a medical college.
”We already have a record of having delivered more than a million tele-consultations. So, this is something, I think, is going to become the new normal in the times to come and we are already on it,” he said.
Climate change may hurt Indian manufacturing due to heat stress on workers: study
The researchers found that there is around two per cent drop of productivity for every one-degree rise in annual temperature. ”The greatest declines occurred in labour-intensive plants,” the study said.
Investor wealth erodes by over Rs 7 lakh cr in two days of market crash
”Increased rate of infection across the country and world is creating more pessimism in the market, which has increased today due to monthly expiry. After the stellar rally, the market was on a consolidation stage during the last one month, which amplified post the sudden rise in infection impacting future economic growth,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services, said.
PFRDA set to revise fee structure for pension fund managers from Apr
Bandyopadhyay said as as now the fund managers are charging only one basis point for every Rs 100 that they manage.
According to these slabs, for AUMs up to Rs 10,000 crore, the maximum investment management fee will be 0.09 per cent. From Rs 10,001-Rs 50,000 crore, the fee has been capped at 0.06 per cent; Rs 50,001-1,50,000 crore at 0.05 per cent and for AUMs crossing Rs 1,50,000 crore, the management fee will be 0.04 per cent.
Authentication platform Prove acquires MEDICI Global
MEDICI Founder and CEO, Aditya Khurjekar said “We built our platform to enable at-scale innovation in fintech with domain depth and ecosystem-wide engagement. The MEDICI team is looking forward to bringing our passion for this space to Prove in the next phase of the company’s growth journey.”