These are responses we write to documents that are put out by the government or the regulator in the public domain, often intended for public consultation – such as white papers or regulatory notifications or circulars or committee reports, etc.
Last week, the period for the public to respond with comments on the White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India (the White Paper) ended. The document was released on 27 November 2017 by the Committee of Experts to deliberate on a data protection framework for the country, established […]
On 8 March 2017, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) released a set of draft rules for security of prepaid payment instruments (Draft Rules), inviting comments by 20 March 2017.
Shortly after Christmas last month, a press release from the Ministry of Finance on 28th December announced that the Committee on Digital Payments (chaired by Ratan P. Watal) had submitted its Report.
The Technical Group on Financial Inclusion and Financial Literacy proposes to carry out a nationwide survey to assess the ‘state of financial inclusion and financial literacy’ in India. Prior to commissioning this large-scale effort, it would be important to look into the design aspects of such a survey, including: (I)Coordinating with existing large-sample surveys on financial inclusion
The Committee to Re-examine the Existing Classification and Suggest Revised Guidelines with regard to Priority Sector Lending Classification and related Issues chaired by Shri. M.V. Nair (the Nair Committee) recently submitted its recommendations.
Response to the Nair Committee Report on Priority Sector Lending1
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