Monthly Archives: October 2015
Rs 197 crores lost by ONGC to a silly Cyber Fraud
Two years back we wrote the following posts: RBI and ECGC should consider trade remittances to Hong Kong as Highly Risky : July 14, 2013 Syndicate Bank loses Rs 1.13 crores of customer’s money: November 26, 2013 Negligence of Export Promotion … Continue reading
Cyber Appellate Tribunal may become active once again
Visitors to this site are aware of the several approaches the undersigned has made regarding the delayed appointment of the Chair person for Cyber Appellate Tribunal. (CAT) The CAT which is the body which has to adjudge appeals against the … Continue reading
Is it a WhatsApp Moment or Napster Moment for Indian Financial System?
I refer to the earlier post on “WhatsApp moment in Indian Financial Services” in which the views of Mr Nandan Nilekani on how the financial services market in India is transforming. One of the changes that the new mobile payment … Continue reading
What should be the policy on Crypto Coins in Digital India ?
One of the issues that the Government of India is now trying to address is reduction in Black Money in the system. E Banking and Mobile Banking are expected to assist in the reduction of use of cash in the … Continue reading
Can Encryption be considered as a “Right of Self Defense” ?
Speaking on a program on BBC, Edward Snowden the well known security specialist who brought to open the US spying on Internet across the globe has highlighted the risk of Smart Phone hacking through a simple SMS message. He says … Continue reading
E Commerce taxation.. a comment from an official from Andhra
In response to the previous post “Is Karnataka Government hitting NASSCOM through E Commerce taxation?”, the following comment has been received from Mr G.D, Thakur, Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Hyderabad. Since the response is exhaustive, it has been published here … Continue reading