New Delhi : The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today, mentioned several steps from Government that have led to an improvement in patent filing, as also for safeguarding the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Some of these steps, inter alia, are:

Mumbai : Reserve Bank (RBI) on Wednesday released FAQs for clarity on issues raised by Payment System Operators (PSOs) related to it's Data Localization directive dated April 06, 2018. Its intended to facilitate and ensure expeditious compliance by all PSOs, says RBI.

FAQs are as below.

1. Applicability of the direction

The directions are applicable to all Payment System providers authorised / approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up and operate a payment system in India under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.

New Delhi : Union Minister of Commerce and Industry & Railways, Piyush Goyal, held an extensive consultation with tech industry and e-Commerce companies in New Delhi yesterday. E-Commerce and tech companies across all segments, who have businesses in India and foreign MNCs, participated in the interactive session with Commerce& Industry Minister, Secretary Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Secretary Department of Commerce, Secretary Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

New Delhi : In a major move aimed at making Aadhaar making people friendly, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved “The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019” to replace the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The amendments proposed are the same as those contained in the Ordinance promulgated by President on 2nd March, 2019.  The Bill will be introduced in ensuing session of Parliament.

The decision is expected to go a long way in meeting the people friendly and citizen centric nature of Aadhaar.

Impact:

New Delhi : The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding on the cooperation in the area of Cyber Security between India and Finland.

The MoU intends to promote closer cooperation for exchange of knowledge and experience in detection, resolution and prevention of security related incidents between India and Finland.

The MoU was signed in January, 2019.
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