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PAN 2.0 Project Approved by Union Cabinet

The Union Cabinet has recently approved an upgrade to the Permanent Account Number (PAN) system. This upgrade introduces a QR code feature on PAN cards and also establishes...

November 26, 2024

National Health Authority Scan and Share Service

Patients have to wait in a long queue for OPD registrations in the hospitals. The hospitals collect patient information like name, age, date of birth, and other details...

March 1, 2023

QR Code-based Coin Vending Machine

The machine was launched by the Reserve Bank of India. The apex bank finalized its decision of launching the machine during its recently held MPC meeting. The QR...

February 9, 2023

DakPay of India Post Payment Bank

“DakPay” is an application launched by India post payment Bank as a part of its ongoing initiatives to provide digital financial inclusion to the country. The application was...

December 16, 2020

RBI to set new QR code rules to change payment picture of India

The Reserve Bank of India recently ordered payment system operators (PSO) from launching new proprietor QR code for transactions. The apex Bank asked the PSOs switch to at...

October 28, 2020

World Economic Forum: 1 trillion trees and report on Password role in Cyber Crime

The World Economic Forum began on January 21, 2020 in Davos. The highlight of the forum this year is over its initiative to plant 1 trillion trees in...

January 22, 2020

Delhi to become the First State/Union Territory to provide QR Code on Voters Slip

The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sunil Arora addressed a press conference on Monday, 6th January 2020 and announced the dates for the 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election....

January 6, 2020

Finance minister: MDR charges not applicable for RuPay and UPI from 2020

On December 28, 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced that Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) will not be applicable on bank transactions made through RuPay and UPI platforms. Highlights...

December 29, 2019

NDMC launches QR-enabled fridge magnets for digital payment of bills

New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has launched quick response (QR)-enabled fridge magnets for digital payment of bills. The magnets are personalised and each customer will have unique QR...

November 5, 2018

India’s first in-phone tourism guide and mobile application “Go whats That” launched in Chandigarh

India’s first in-phone tourism guide and mobile application “Go whats That” has launched by Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Skill Development &...

July 31, 2018

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