NEWS ROUND-UP FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
( 25/09/2022 - 01/10/2022 )
ONDC’s beta testing is live across 16 pin codes in Bengaluru and has onboarded over 200 merchants in the city, largely grocery stores & restaurants. The Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC), is the Government’s ambitious digital commerce project .
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RBI’s card tokenisation rules are aimed at ensuring a safer & secure digital payment ecosystem. As a result of the announcement, no online retailers or payment gateways will be permitted to save any credit card information of the customers on their digital platform.
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In order to prevent the misuse of lost or stolen smartphones in India, the government has taken a bold step. Starting January 1, 2023 all mobile phone manufacturers are required to register the IMEI number of every handset manufactured in India with the Indian Counterfeited Device Restriction portal (https://icdr.ceir.gov.in) before the first sale of a newly launched mobile phone .
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On the International Sign Language Day the Government of India launched the app “Sign Learn”. The app has been developed to make the Indian Sign Language dictionary easily available and to make it more accessible for the public at large.
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UPI retains its status as the most preferred digital payment methodology and continues to see increased growth.