‘Valuing Nature’ is being the top most priority for statistical forecasts. These things are used in alignment of global statistics with the International Statistical Standard “System of Environment Economic Accounts (SEEA) framework”.
‘Valuing Nature’ is being the top most priority for statistical forecasts. These things are used in alignment of global statistics with the International Statistical Standard “System of Environment Economic Accounts (SEEA) framework”.
It will enable MSMEs to build capacity required for the implementation of the Cyber Security Directions of 28.04.2022
Data Centres, VPS providers, Cloud Service providers and VPN Service providers are also given additional time for implementation of mechanisms relating to validation aspects of subscribers/customers details
Notification Dated: 28 April, 2022
Directions under sub-section (6) of section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 relating to information security practices, procedure, prevention, response and reporting of cyber incidents for Safe & Trusted Internet
In line with the clarion call given by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, to phase out single use plastic items by 2022, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, on 12 August 2021. Carrying forward the spirit of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsava’, a defining step to curb pollution caused by littered and unmanaged plastic waste is being taken by the country. India will ban manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of identified single use plastic items, which have low utility and high littering potential, all across the country from July 1, 2022.
The adverse impacts of littered single use plastic items plastic on both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including in marine environment are globally recognized. Addressing pollution due to single use plastic items has become an important environmental challenge confronting all countries.
In the 4th United Nations Environment Assembly held in 2019, India had piloted a resolution on addressing single-use plastic products pollution, recognizing the urgent need for the global community to focus on this very important issue. The adoption of this resolution at UNEA 4 was a significant step. In the recently concluded 5th session of United Nations Environment Assembly in March 2022, India engaged constructively with all member states to develop consensus on the resolution for driving global action on plastic pollution.
The Government of India has taken resolute steps for mitigation of pollution caused by littered Single Use Plastics. The list of banned items includes -ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice- cream sticks, polystyrene (Thermocol) for decoration, plastic plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping or packing films around sweet boxes, invitation cards, cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, stirrers.
The Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021, also prohibit manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of plastic carry bags having thickness less than seventy five microns with effect from 30th September, 2021, and having thickness less than thickness of one hundred and twenty microns with effect from the 31st December, 2022.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has also notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility on plastic packaging as Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2022 on 16th February, 2022. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is responsibility of a producer for the environmentally sound management of the product until the end of its life. The Guidelines will provide framework to strengthen circular economy of plastic packaging waste, promote development of new alternatives to plastic packaging and provide next steps for moving towards sustainable plastic packaging by businesses.
Capacity building workshops are being organized for MSME units to provide them technical assistance for manufacturing of alternatives to banned single use plastic items with the involvement of CPCB/SPCBs/PCCs along with Ministry of Small Micro and Medium Enterprises and Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering (CIPET) and their state centres. Provisions have also been made to support such enterprises in transitioning away from banned single use plastics.
The Government of India has also taken steps to promote innovation and provide an ecosystem for accelerated penetration and availability of alternatives all across the country.
For effective enforcement of ban on identified SUP items from 1 July 2022, national and state level control rooms will be set up and special enforcement teams will be formed for checking illegal manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of banned single use plastic items. States and Union Territories have been asked to set up border check points to stop inter-state movement of any banned single use plastic items.
CPCB Grievance Redressal App has been launched to empower citizens to help curb plastic menace. For wider public outreach, PRAKRITI – mascot was also launched on 5th April.
The Government has been taking measures for awareness generation towards elimination of single use plastics The awareness campaign has brought together entrepreneurs and startups, industry, Central, State and Local Governments, regulatory bodies, experts, citizens organizations, R& D and academic institutions.
The success of the ban will only be possible through effective engagement and concerted actions by all stakeholders and enthusiastic public participation, believes the Ministry.
Source : https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1837518
In terms of these circulars, with effect from January 1, 2022, no entity in the card transaction / payment chain, other than the card issuers and / or card networks, shall store the CoF data, and any such data stored previously shall be purged. Subsequently, to allow more time to the industry stakeholders for devising alternate mechanism(s) to handle any use case or posttransaction activity, this timeline was extended to June 30, 2022.
On a review of the issues involved and after detailed discussions with all stakeholders, it is observed that considerable progress has been made in terms of token creation. Transaction processing based on these tokens has also commenced, though it is yet to gain traction across all categories of merchants. Further, an alternate system in respect of transactions where cardholders decide to enter the card details manually at the time of undertaking the transaction (commonly referred to as “guest checkout transactions”) has not been implemented by the industry stakeholders, so far.
Given the above, it has been decided to extend the timeline for storing of CoF data by three months, i.e., till September 30, 2022, after which such data shall be purged.
Reference circulars :
Extended the timeline to June 30, 2022 for storing of CoF.
Circular CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S-1211/02-14-003/2021-22 dated December 23, 2021 on “Restriction on storage of actual card data [i.e. Card-on-File (CoF)]
https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/notification/PDFs/NT142A0F19E38D78F4F779A73977873648A85.PDF
Circular : Guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) circulars DPSS.CO.PD.No.1810/02.14.008/2019-20 dated March 17, 2020
https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/notification/PDFs/NT17460E0944781414C47951B6D79AE4B211C.PDF
CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S33/02-14-008/2020-2021 dated March 31, 2021 on “Guidelines on Regulation of Payment Aggregators and Payment Gateways”
https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/notification/PDFs/117PAPG9843C1A859604EF88E071B7149F43806.PDF
CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S-516/02-14-003/2021-22 dated September 07, 2021 on “Tokenisation – Card Transactions: Permitting Card-on-File Tokenisation (CoFT) Services”
https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/notification/PDFs/DPSSCOFTBA69C3B5B8CC4025AD089456DD857C5F.PDF
CO.DPSS.POLC.No.S-1211/02-14-003/2021-22 dated December 23, 2021 on “Restriction on storage of actual card data [i.e. Card-on-File (CoF)]”
https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/notification/PDFs/NT142A0F19E38D78F4F779A73977873648A85.PDF
Researchers have reported on an innovative interfacial engineering approach to enable fast charge-discharge rates in solid-state lithium metal batteries. They have found that nanoscopic refractory metal layers like Tungsten could improve the performance of these batteries which are crucial for purposes like electrical mobility.
Article By Ranjini Raghunath : Novel strategy to make fast-charging solid-state batteries
Click Here to read https://iisc.ac.in/events/novel-strategy-to-make-fast-charging-solid-state-batteries/
Link to publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-022-01264-8
RBI/2022-23/76 DOR.CRE.REC.No.49/09.22.010/2022-23
The enclosed Master Circular consolidates and updates all the instructions / guidelines on the subject issued till date.
1 General
2 Eligible Category of Borrowers
3 Eligible Housing Schemes
4 Terms and Conditions for Housing Loans
4.1 Maximum Loan Amount and Margin
4.2 A. Interest
B. Foreclosure Charges / Prepayment Penalty
4.3 Charging of Penal Interest
4.4 Security
4.5 Period of Loan
4.6 Graduated Instalments
4.7 Aggregate Limit for Housing Finance
5 Additional / Supplementary Finance
6 Lending to Housing Boards
7 Advances to Builders / Contractors
8 Housing Loans under Priority Sector
9 Precautions
10 National Building Code
The Ministry of Finance has extended the time period for the levy of compensation cess up to 31 March, 2026.
Copy of notification
Circular No.: SEBI/HO/IMD/FPI&C/CIR/P/2022/84
Applied to
1. All Foreign Portfolio Investors (“FPIs”) through their Designated Depository Participants (“DDPs”)
2. Designated Depository Participants (“DDPs”)/Custodian
1.‘Annexure D’ of the ‘Operational Guidelines for Foreign Portfolio Investors, Designated Depository Participants and Eligible Foreign Investors’, issued vide SEBI Circular No. IMD/FPI&C/CIR/P/2019/124 dated November 05, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Operational Guidelines’), inter-alia, specifies Bank account details for remittance of various payment of various SEBI fees in US $.
2.In order to facilitate faster confirmation of remittances by theintermediaries,necessary arrangement has been made for foreign inward remittances in the following account:
Name of the Bank Account | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
Name of Bank, Branch | ICICI Bank Ltd., Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai 400051 |
Bank Account No. | 55501001994 |
IFSC Code | ICIC0000555 |
MICR Code No. | 400229029 |
Swift Code No. | ICICINBBNRI |
3.All other provisions of the Operational Guidelines shall remain unchanged. The provisions of this circular shall be applicable with effect from June 24, 2022.
4.This circular is issued in exercise of powers conferred under Section 11 (1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992
Please refer to paragraph 1 (b) of the Master Direction – Credit Card and Debit Card – Issuance and Conduct Directions, 2022 (“Master Direction”) dated April 21, 2022, wherein the Reserve Bank had prescribed a timeline of July 01, 2022, for implementation of the provisions of the Master Direction.
2. Considering various representations received from the industry stakeholders, it has been decided to extend the timeline for implementation of the following provisions of the Master Direction to October 01, 2022:
Paragraph 6(a)(vi) – Card-issuers shall seek One Time Password (OTP) based consent from the cardholder for activating a credit card, if the same has not been activated by the customer for more than 30 days from the date of issuance. If no consent is received for activating the card, card-issuers shall close the credit card account without any cost to the customer within seven working days from date of seeking confirmation from the customer.
Paragraph 6(b)(v) – Card-issuers shall ensure that the credit limit as sanctioned and advised to the cardholder is not breached at any point in time without seeking explicit consent from the cardholder.
Paragraph 9(b)(ii) – No capitalization of unpaid charges/levies/taxes for charging/ compounding of interest.
3. The stipulated timeline for implementation of rest of the provisions of the Master Direction remains unchanged.
Proposals are invited under following sub-schemes of “PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA” for setting up infrastructure projects in food processing sector as per the respective
scheme guidelines dated 8th June 2022.
i. Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters (APC)
ii. Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC)
iii. Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain)
iv. Setting up/ Upgradation of Food Testing Laboratories (FTL)
v. Operation Greens – Long Term Interventions (OG)
The entities may submit their proposals online at https://www.sampada-mofpi.gov.in/ with relevant details as per the Operational Guidelines of the respective scheme under “PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA”. The detailed guidelines of the scheme are available at https://www.mofpi.gov.in.
The last date for submitting application online is 17:00 Hrs on 10th August, 2022.
Pre-bid meeting will be held on 4 th July 2022 at 10:00 Hrs in Room No. 120, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Panchsheel Bhawan, August Kranti Marg, New Delhi.
The link for submission of online application shall be available & functional from 10.00 hrs of 27th June 2022 till 17.00 hrs of 10th August 2022.
View Notification : https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/eoi-pmksy-f.pdf
Scheme Details:
i. Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters (APC) – https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/20220608200951_0.pdf
ii. Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities (CEFPPC) – https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/cefppc_scheme_guidelines_dated_08.06.2022_0.pdf
iii. Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (Cold Chain) – https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/scheme_guidelines_cold_chain_0.pdf
iv. Setting up/ Upgradation of Food Testing Laboratories (FTL)
Guidelines for Scheme of Setting up/Up gradation of Food Testing Laboratories https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/scheme_gudelies_dated_08062022_as_on_20062022_1.pdf
v. Operation Greens – Long Term Interventions (OG) – https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/og_scheme_guidelines_0.pdf
List of Eligible Production Clusters for Operation Greens-Long Term Interventions – https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/list_of_eligible_clusers_0.pdf
Notice for inviting bids for engaging PMAs under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) – https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/notice_dated_17.06.2022_for_engaging_pmas_under_pmksy.pdf
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