Reserve Bank of India Governor launched the Mission 'Har Payment Digital' on the occasion of the Digital Payments Awareness Week (DPAW) 2023. DPAW 2023 will be observed from March 6 to 12, 2023. The campaign theme is "Digital Payment Apnao, Auron ko bhi Sikhao"(Adopt digital payments and Also teach others).
This would encourage every person to become a digital payment user.
BSE and UN Women India launched a new programme, 'FinEMPOWER', at the Bombay Stock Exchange. It is a year-long joint capacity-building programme between BSE and UN Women to empower women towards financial security. BSE and UN Women India collaboratively organised the 'Ring the Bell for Gender Equality ceremony to accelerate investment in women leaders and entrepreneurs.
MD and CEO of BSE, Mr. Sundararaman Ramamurthy
A 1989-batch Indian Civil Accounts Service officer S.S. Dubey took charge as the Controller General of Accounts, CGA, in New Delhi. Mr. Dubey is the 28th CGA, of Government of India. Mr. Dubey is appointed by the Government of India as the CGA . Prior to taking charge as the CGA, he was Additional Controller of Accounts, Public Financial System.
The maiden Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-23 between Indian Army and French Army will be conducted at Pangode Military Station, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. For the first time, both the armies are engaging in this format with each contingent comprising a Company Group each from the Thiruvananthapuram-based Indian Army troops and French 6th Light Armored Brigade.
The 23rd Commonwealth Law Conference was inaugurated by Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai. The Conference has 500 delegates from 52 countries in attendance. During his address, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju emphasized the importance of the conference as a platform for open discussions on critical issues.
Sterlite Power said that it has successfully commissioned its largest green energy corridor in Gujarat called Lakadia-Vadodara Transmission Project. The project aims to deliver more than 5,000 MW of power from renewable-rich regions of Bhuj and Kutch to the national grid, a step towards accelerating India's transition towards a greener economy.
The drug major Sun Pharma has successfully completed the acquisition of Concert Pharmaceuticals, Inc, a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company that is developing deuruxolitinib for the potential treatment of adult patients with moderate to severe alopecia areata. In January, the Mumbai-based company inked a pact to acquire Concert in a USD 576 million deal.
Digital financial services firm One97 Communications that owns Paytm brand announced it has signed an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh government to drive initiatives in financial inclusion, public health, cyber security on the sidelines of the Andhra Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023.
India's top explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp has signed a memorandum of understanding with French major TotalEnergies for exploration of deep-water blocks. It seeks to provide technical help for ONGC's push to explore and reduce green house emissions in development of deep-water blocks especially in Mahanadi and Andamans, off India's east coast.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said payments through UPI have grown exponentially in the past 12 months with daily transactions crossing 36 crore, which is up 50 per cent from 24 crore in February 2022. In value terms, these transactions are worth ₹6.27 lakh crore, registering a growth of 17 per cent from ₹5.36 lakh crore in February 2022.
India's per capita income has doubled to Rs 1,72,000 in nominal terms since 2014-15, according to the National Statistical Office (NSO). As per the NSO, the annual per capita (net national income) at current prices is estimated at Rs 1,72,000 in 2022-23, up from Rs 86,647 in 2014-15, suggesting an increase of about 99 per cent.
Mauganj, a tehsil of Rewa district, will be the 53rd district of Madhya Pradesh announced Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. It will be developed by joining four tehsils of Rewa district. The four tehsils include Mauganj, Hanumana, Nai Garhi, and Deotalab. Residents of Mauganj were raising the demand for a separate district for a long time.
“Jan Aushadhi Diwas” is celebrated on 7th March every year for enhancing awareness about the scheme and promoting generic medicines. The 05th Jan Aushadhi Diwas this year is being celebrated with the theme of ‘“जन औषधि सस्ती भी अच्छी भी” by organizing week-long events in different cities/ towns all across the country from 1st of March 2023 to 7th March 2023.
Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2022 following a public vote. The 28-year-old Commonwealth champion, who also won in 2021, becomes the first person to take the honour twice. The other shortlisted contenders were wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Sakshee Malikkh, boxer Nikhat Zareen and badminton player PV Sindhu.
Table tennis player Bhavina Patel was named BBC Para Sportswoman of the Year.
State-owned general insurer New India Assurance said it entered the surety insurance bonds business, becoming the second such domestic insurance company. The regulator Irdai (Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India) had permitted general insurers to issue surety insurance bonds in April 2022.
Neerja Kapur-chairman and managing director of New India Assurance Co