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  Both CoWIN and Aarogya Setu are equally crucial to book vaccine slots and download certificates for proof, in India. The COVID-19 pandemic-wounded world is slowly gaining momentum with the availability of vaccines. The vaccination drive in India has proliferated to an extent where the country even administered roughly 1 crore doses in a day. The Central government developed CoWIN and Aarogya Setu platforms have been at the forefront of fighting the battle against COVID 19. Both platforms are equally crucial to book vaccine slots and download certificates for proof. However, ever since the vaccination drive attained velocity, it gave space for people to develop and deliver fake vaccination reports across 29 countries, including India. The certificates were being sold at roughly Rs 6,000 per document, according to CheckPoint research. To fight this battle, governments are now developing portals to help citizens, and service providers verify the authenticity of certificates. In Indi...

  Rule Changes in October: From auto-debit facilities to changes in LPG pricing to chequebooks becoming invalid, there are several changes next month. Come October 1, there are several changes that will come into play given the arrival of a new calendar month. In just a matter of five days, there are several notable changes that you should keep an eye on to avoid any unnecessary hurdles and to better prepare. These rule changes will affect everyone in their day-to-day lives in some way, shape or form. From Pension rule changes to changes to bank chequebooks, here are five rule changes to keep an eye on from next month onwards. 1) Pension Rule Change Starting from October 1, 2021, the rules related to digital life certificates are going to change. This is for anyone above the age of 80. In October, pensioners above the age of 80 years will have the facility to submit their digital life certificate at the Jeevan Pramaan Center of all the Head Post Offices of ...

  The RBI’s list of holidays falls into the categories of ‘Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act’, ‘Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act and Real Time Gross Settlement Holiday’ and ‘Banks’ Closing of Accounts’. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) list of official bank holidays for the month of October, banks will be closed for a variety of reasons. The forthcoming calendar month is jam-packed with vacations and festivities, and many banks across India will be closed during that time. In total, banks can anticipate roughly 21 holidays in October, which is a large number. When it comes to the breakdown of the list of holidays, it’s a mix of weekends and RBI-mandated official vacation. For the month of October, the RBI has declared 14 bank holidays, including the weekend holidays, which include Sundays as well as the second and fourth Saturdays, totaling seven days off. The RBI’s list of holidays falls into the categories of ‘Holiday under Negotiable Instruments Act’...

  The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is an initiative that was introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the year 2015. Through this scheme, the Government of India aims to provide affordable housing to the urban poor population in India by 2022. Under the tagline “Housing for all”, this scheme focuses on slum rehabilitation, Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS), making housing affordable for all, and offer a subsidy for survey-led independent house construction or renovation. Among the four focus areas mentioned above, CLSS is the only scheme that will be implemented as a central sector scheme. The remaining schemes will be implemented as sponsored schemes. Through the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme, the Government of India aims at increasing the credit flow in institutions to meet the housing needs of the urban poor population in our country. Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme will be implemented by two central nodal agencies in India, namely Housing Urban Development Corp and National Ho...

  Like Fake Accounts, Facebook Will Also Shut Real Accounts Engaging in Trolling: Report An expansion of Facebook’s network disruption models to affect authentic accounts raises further questions about how changes might impact types of public debate. Facebook is taking a more aggressive approach to shut down coordinated groups of real-user accounts engaging in certain harmful activities on its platform, using the same strategy its security teams take against campaigns using fake accounts, the company told Reuters. The new approach, reported here for the first time, uses the tactics usually taken by Facebook‘s security teams for wholesale shutdowns of networks engaged in influence operations that use false accounts to manipulate public debate, such as Russian troll farms. It could have major implications for how the social media giant handles political and other coordinated movements breaking its rules, at a time when Facebook’s approach to abuses on its platforms is under heav...

  Bank Holidays in September: Banks to Close for 5 Days in Remaining Month. Details here BANK HOLIDAYS IN SEPTEMBER 2021: THE RBI MANDATED LEAVES REMAINING ARE INDRAJATRA, ON SEPTEMBER 20 AND SREE NARAYANA GURU SAMADHI DAY, ON SEPTEMBER 21. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) earlier came out with a list of holidays like it does for every calendar month. As per the RBI list of bank holidays, the month of September originally had a total of 12 holidays. The count was divided into two broad categories, one is the weekend leaves such as second and fourth Saturdays as well as Sundays; the other of course is the officially mandated RBI holidays for lenders across the nation. Right out the gate, there were around six days of weekend leaves that banks were given for this month. On the other hand, the number of RBI listed holidays were coming up to 7 days of leave. The reason that the count stood at 12 days in total was due to the fact that the second Saturday of the m...

  7th Pay Commission: 31% DA will be available from September instead of 28%!  Then the salary of the employees will increase, see the calculation here 7th Pay Commission Updates: After 11% hike, 28% dearness allowance is being received by central employees, now their salary is going to rise once again.  Know the calculation here.   New Delhi: 7th Pay Commission:   After a long wait, from July 1, the dearness allowance (DA) of central employees and dearness relief (DR) for pensioners has started getting 28 percent.  The central government has increased the dearness allowance of the employees from 17% to 28%.  But due to non-receipt of arrears of 18 months, the central employees have got some setback.  At the same time, now the employees can get the good news again.  DEARNESS ALLOWANCE WILL INCREASE AGAIN  Now the employees are once again waiting for the increase of Dearness Allowance (DA).  After which the total dearness allowa...

  Delay in ITR filing can cost these taxpayers 1% penal interest a month: Here’s why If your self-assessment income tax liability is more than Rs 1 lakh, then waiting till December 31, 2021 to file your income tax return (ITR) can cost you. As per a press release issued by the government on May 20, 2021, if an individual taxpayer’s tax due exceeds Rs 1 lakh for FY 2020-21, then the self-assessment tax payment must be made on or before July 31, 2021. If the tax dues are not paid, penal interest, as per under 234A of the Income-tax Act, 1961, will be levied. The penal interest will be levied at the rate of 1 per cent per month or part thereof from August 1, 2021, till the date of filing of ITR. ET Wealth online had earlier alerted readers that the deadline to pay self-assessment tax dues is July 31 if it exceeds Rs 1 lakh and missing the deadline would invite penal interest.  Self-assessment tax dues are calculated after subtracting TDS, TCS and advance tax d...

  BANK DEPOSITORS ALERT – RBI cancels LICENCE of This bank in Maharashtra – Know details here! “As per the data submitted by the bank, 95 per cent of the depositors will receive full amounts of their deposits from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC),” the central bank said while announcing cancellation of the bank’s licence The Reserve Bank has cancelled the licence of Karnala Nagari Sahakari Bank, Panvel in Maharashtra for not having adequate capital and being unable to pay its present depositors in full. The bank ceased to carry on banking business with effect from the close of business on Friday. “As per the data submitted by the bank, 95 per cent of the depositors will receive full amounts of their deposits from Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC),” the central bank said while announcing cancellation of the bank’s licence. On liquidation, every depositor would be entitled to receive deposit insurance claim amount of his/her deposits...

  Driving License: How to get driving license sitting at home, understand the whole process in these 10 points Driving License: Getting a driving license is a big tension in itself, but faceless services in Delhi have made it a bit of a chore.  All you have to do is keep your documents ready, and apply online.  understand New Delhi: Driving License:   You do not need to waste your time standing in long lines to get a driving license.  Delhi Transport Department is providing faceless services for Delhiites.  In this people can apply for Learner's License sitting at home.  The Delhi government has launched faceless transport services only last month.  Under this initiative, 33 transport services, including online learner license test, vehicle registration, permit etc., have been made online and faceless.  We tell you that if you also live in Delhi, then how can you take advantage of the faceless services of the Transport Department. TRANSP...