RBI cautions public against Prepaid Payment Instruments issued by unauthorised entities

The RBI on Thursday said Gurugram-registered TalkCharge Technologies Pvt. Ltd. having its registered office at Unit No. 323, JMD Megapolis, 3rd Floor, Sohna Road, Sector 48, Gurgaon, Haryana-122018, is issuing Prepaid Payment Instruments (Wallets) through its website and app (application) ‘TalkCharge’ without obtaining the required authorization from RBI under the provisions of the Payment and…

Challenges to be addressed in upcoming FTP  – recent trends

India faces substantial challenges in the area of trade policy—the global economic slowdown, increasing protectionism, the delayed mega-trade deals that could in time be revived, and maybe more importantly, its domestic preoccupations. Competitions: The Indian exporters are vying for export orders from the same or similar geographies without looking at prospective importers at other places…

What is the balance of payments?

We know that banks allow us to make payments only up to the credit balance available in our Savings Bank Account or Current Account. Whatever amount we have deposited to the account is credited to our account and whatever payments made through the account or amount withdrawn from the account is debited to the account.…

Economic development vs. economic growth

The terms ‘economic growth’ and ‘economic development’ sound similar. However, the two concepts are different. While economic growth is a quantitative concept, economic development is both a qualitative and qualitative concept. However, Economic development cannot be achieved without economic growth. Let us study here how they are different from each other. What is Economic Growth?…