MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
Curbing Unsolicited Commercial Communication through effective implementation of Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations 2018 (NOV 28, 2022)
Unsolicited Commercial Communication (UCC) is a major source of inconvenience to the public and impinges on the privacy of individuals. To curb the menace of UCC, TRAI issued the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations, 2018 (TCCCPR, 2018) on July 19, 2018, which put in place a framework for controlling UCC. The regulations came into force w.e.f. 28.02.2019.
With its implementation in a co-regulatory manner with support from all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs), an ecosystem based on blockchain (Distributed Ledger Technology-DLT) has been created.
TRAI has further taken an initiative to form a Joint Committee of Regulators (JCOR) consisting of TRAI, RBI , SEBI and Ministry of Consumer Affairs (MoCA) to frame joint action plan to curb financial frauds using Telecom resources.
SUPREME COURT
Supreme Court objects to Law minister Kiren Rijiju’s remarks on Collegium system of appointments (NOV 28, 2022)
While the bench refrained from naming anyone, the reference was apparently aimed at Law minister Kiren Rijiju’s statements during his appearance at the Times Now Summit where he made remarks critical of the Collegium system of appointing judges to higher courts. Speaking during the interaction, Rijiju referred to the Collegium system of appointments as “alien” and said the government was well within its right to carry out the process of due diligence.
Taking strong exception to the comments, the Supreme Court today said that while the government can indeed convey its objections to the recommendations made by the Collegium, it cannot hold back names without citing its reservations, adding that there are names which have been pending for as long as 1.5 years.
Andhra HC cannot be 'town planner', says SC on high court order for building state capital in six months (NOV 28, 2022)
On March 3, the high court said the inaction of the State and Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority’s (APCRDA) failure to develop the capital city and capital region as agreed to in terms of the Development Agreement-cum-Irrevocable General Power of Attorney, is nothing but a deviation from the promise made by the State, defeating legitimate expectation.
The high court had passed its 300-page verdict on a batch of 63 writ petitions filed by aggrieved farmers of Amaravati region against YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government’s decision to make Visakhapatnam the Executive Capital, Kurnool the Judiciary Capital, and Amaravati as the Legislative Capital of Andhra Pradesh.
HEALTH
‘United Health Interface will do to service delivery what UPI did to payments’ (NOV 28, 2022)
A foundational layer of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) stack, UHI is a network of open protocols that can enable interoperability in health services. Through UHI enabled applications, patients can discover, book, conduct and pay for services offered by a variety of participating providers via an app of their choice.
Some of the services that will be included in UHI are teleconsultation, lab booking and ambulance services.
NEWS AT GLANCE
- Anti-COVID lockdown protest spreads to Beijing, Shanghai and many big cities across China.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to co-chair 4th India-France Annual Defence Dialogue today with his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu in New Delhi.
WORD OF THE DAY
Pro rata is a Latin term – meaning “in proportion” – that is used to assign or allocate value in proportion to something that can accurately and definitively be measured or calculated.
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