New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The unified payments interface (UPI) saw 28 per cent transaction count growth (year-on-year) at 21.70 billion in the month of January — along with registering 21 per cent annual growth in transaction amount at Rs 28.33 lakh crore, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) data showed on Sunday.Month-wise, the UPI transaction count as well as amount grew significantly too.Average daily transaction amount in January stood at Rs 91,403 crore, up from Rs 90,217 cror…
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New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) The Centre on Friday released a White Paper titled “Strengthening AI Governance Through Techno-Legal Framework”, outlining India’s approach to building a trusted, accountable, and innovation-aligned artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem.The White Paper, released by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government, emphasises the contours of a “techno-legal” AI governance framework that aims to mitigate risks while preserving flexibility and innovation….
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) India and Namibia held the fifth round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) in New Delhi on January 19-20, agreeing to further strengthen bilateral ties in key areas like health, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), agriculture, defence and critical minerals. Janesh Kain, Joint Secretary (East and Southern Africa) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ambassador Charles Josob, Acting Head of Department for Bilateral Relations and Cooperation in Namibia’s Ministr…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) As India moves from connectivity to an era of intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be a defining force, according to a senior government official.India is approaching AI with a clear conviction and innovation must be aligned with responsibility, transparency and public trust, said Amit Agrawal, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications,.Addressing the annual forum of telecom and digital ministers from the 11 ASEAN Member States, he reaffirmed India’s stron…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The unified payments interface (UPI) saw 29 per cent transaction count growth (year-on-year) at 21.63 billion in the month of December — along with registering 20 per cent annual growth in transaction amount at Rs 27.97 lakh crore, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) data showed on Thursday.Month-wise, the UPI transaction count as well as amount grew significantly too.Average daily transaction amount in December stood at Rs 90,217 crore, up from Rs 87,721 …
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he had “an insightful interaction” with economists and sectoral experts ahead of the Union Budget 2026-27.To sustain long-term growth, PM Modi called for mission-mode reforms across diverse sectors during the meeting held at NITI Aayog on Tuesday.”Had an insightful interaction with economists and experts yesterday. They shared valuable perspectives relating to the theme of ‘Aatmanirbharta and Structural Transformation: Agend…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS)The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government on Tuesday released a white paper on democratitising access to Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure.The white paper defines democratising access to AI infrastructure as making the AI infrastructure – compute, datasets, and model ecosystem available and affordable, such that it reaches a wide set of users.It refers to empowering a wide set of users to engage with and benefit from AI capabilities….
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Even while maintaining a stable yet modest growth rate averaging about 6 per cent per annum, India would become a US$26 trillion economy by 2047-48, with a per capita income exceeding $15,000, which is nearly six times the current value, according to an Ernst and Young (EY) report. The report highlights that there are a few key enablers of growth that uniquely strengthen India’s position in the global economy over the next decade and beyond, as it is most likely to ove…