Category Archives: Netizen’s Forum

RBI set to rob Rs 10000 crores from Bank customers!

The discussion paper on Disincentivisation of cheques  issued by RBI envisages charging bank customer for every cheque book issued by the Bank, every cheque issued by the customer and every cheque deposited by the customer for clearing. This means that each … Continue reading

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Executive Director RBI calls for Round Table for discussion on Cyber Fraud liability

On January 2, 2013,  Mr G.Padmanabhan, (GP) Executive Director of RBI gave a keynote address in Banker’s club Trivandrum where he has echoed some of the arguments used in the discussion paper on disincentivisation of cheques which was later released … Continue reading

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Naavi.org Response to RBI Discussion Paper on Disincentivisation of Cheques

Naavi.org has finalized its first response to the RBI discussion paper on Disincentivisation of cheques released by RBI on 31st January 2013. A Copy of the response is available here :   http://www.naavi.org/cl_editorial_13/rbi_discussion_cheques_ds.pdf Public comments can be sent upto 28th … Continue reading

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Vishwaroopam Episode and Free Speech Rights in India

During the last few days, discussions about Vishwaroopam, the movie has occupied the Indian media and have opened up debates on Free Speech as well as the Responsibility of the Police and State Governments as well as the power of … Continue reading

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Internet Censorship drives business out of India

The Twitter Transparency Report is reported to have indicated that during the last 6 months of 2012, Twitter received two requests covering 16 accounts demanding for removal of content. One of the requests was from a Court and the other from … Continue reading

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Kapil Sibal on Headlines Today with Rahul Kanwal

On 26th and 27th of this month, Headlines Today broadcast an interesting discussion  with Mr Kapil Sibal, the minister of Communications and IT. The discussion put Mr Sibal in the center stage and direct questions were put to him by … Continue reading

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