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Demonetisation: Paytm wallet will merge with coming payments bank

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December 5, 2016

New Delhi, Dec 5: The Alibaba-backed digital payments and commerce platform Paytm is transferring its wallet business into the newly created entity for its planned payments bank. This is a mandatory step being followed by the company to fulfil the rules laid out by the Reserve Bank of India. Paytm , which is run by One 97 Communications, has two key businesses--payments business and commerce marketplace. The Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma, so far, has got an in-principal approval from the country's central bank for launching a payments bank which is under the name of Sharma. For the commerce business, the company has created another entity--Paytm E-commerce Private Limited.

paytmPaytm spokesperson confirmed the development. "As per the directions of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the company would transfer its wallet business to the newly incorporated Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) after receipt of necessary approvals.The transfer will be complete once payment bank licence is obtained," the spokesperson said in an emailed response. The company said the transfer of its wallet business into the payments bank entity is being done with the consent of all shareholders and the board. "The structure was a part of our payment bank application itself when we applied for it in 2014," the statement said.

As per the RBI guidelines, Sharma will have to hold a majority stake of 51%, in the payments bank entity. He has put Rs 112 crore as of now in the entity. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is the largest shareholder in Paytm's holding company One97 Communications with about 40% stake in the parent company.

To be sure, Paytm's payment bank launch has been getting delayed since middle of this year with the company announcing a beta version of payments bank by Diwali this year. "We are working with Fidelity, Infosys and Oracle to deploy a scale-able platform that will be able to meet with the requirements of the bank when it launches. There are no timelines.," the spokesperson said. Telecom major Airtel has already launched their payments bank in Rajasthan. The Noida-based company is also in middle of fresh fund raise to the tune of $250-300 million out of which $60 million has already come into the company's account from Taiwan's Mediatek.

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March 14,2020

New Delhi, Mar 14: Excise duty on petrol and diesel was on Saturday hiked by ₹3 per litre as the government looked to mop up gains arising from fall in international oil prices.

Special excise duty on petrol was hiked by ₹2 to ₹8 per litre incase of petrol and to Rs 4 incase of diesel, an official notification said.

Additionally, road cess on petrol was raised by ₹1 per litre each on petrol and diesel to ₹10.

The increase in excise duty would in normal course result in a hike in petrol and diesel prices but most of it would be adjusted against the fall in rates that would have necessitated because of slump in international oil prices.

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April 4,2020

Kozhikode, Apr 4: In a bid to maintain the lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak, Police in Kozhikode is monitoring the situation using drone cameras and making sure that people are not breaking the law.

The police have so far arrested 41 persons who were out on a morning walk on Saturday during the lockdown in the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak.

The SHO of Town South Police Station informed that the accused were later released on bail.
At least 295 cases have been reported in the state so far.

Talking about COVID-19 testing, State Health Minister KK Shailaja told media: "Nine labs are conducting polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in Kerala. We've received 2000 rapid test kits and will start rapid tests from tomorrow. If a person tests positive in rapid test, we need to confirm it with PCR test."

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India climbed to 3072 on Saturday, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Monday alleged that BJP is trying to destabilise the Congress government in Rajasthan.

"It is the duty of the Governor to act according to the decision of the state cabinet. But he is acting like a central government puppet," he said at a protest organised here by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

He said the Congress is protesting across the country to save democracy and save the constitution.

"We are not fighting through violence. We are protesting peacefully. The Constitution has given the right to protest in a democratic system," he said.

He accused the BJP of "being disrespectful" to the Constitution.

"Governments must walk within the framework of the Constitution. The Constitution gives everyone rights and duties. BJP destabilises elected governments and buys our legislators by horse-trading by spending crores of money. The same thing happened in Karnataka as well," he alleged.

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