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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Files Defamation Against Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia

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Sarma, who was the health minister of Assam in 2020, gave urgent supply orders to his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma’s firm JCB Industries, and an associate’s company Meditime Healthcare, Sisodia said.

New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has filed a defamation case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia over his allegations of corruption against his wife. Mr. Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has already filed a ₹ 100 crore civil defamation case against Mr. Sisodia.

Earlier last month, Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia had alleged that Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gave contracts to companies owned by his wife and his son’s business partners to supply personal protective equipment kits above market rates during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. At a press conference in Delhi, Sisodia referred to a report done by The Wire and The Cross Current about the alleged scam based on the RTI replies from the state’s National Health Mission.

The report alleged that the contract to supply medical utilities was approved without following a proper tender process.

Sarma, who was the health minister of Assam in 2020, gave urgent supply orders to his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma’s firm JCB Industries, and an associate’s company Meditime Healthcare, Sisodia said.

Sarma, who was the health minister of Assam in 2020, gave urgent supply orders to his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma’s firm JCB Industries, and an associate’s company Meditime Healthcare, Sisodia accused the Assam CM.

While the Assam government had procured PPE kits at Rs 600 per piece from other companies, JCB Industries and Medicine Healthcare had charged Rs 990 a piece, the Delhi deputy chief minister had alleged.

“It is a major scam by the chief minister of Assam and his close associates,” Sisodia had alleged.

 

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Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India Governor (RBI) Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said it decided to add a new feature in its Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform where the delivery of service or goods happens later such as e-commerce purchases, hotel bookings or investments in equities.
Through the ‘single-block-and-multiple debits’ feature on the UPI platform, the RBI Governor said that customers will have more trust while carrying out such transactions. By introducing single-block-and-multiple-debits functionality, Shaktikanta Das said this facility will enable a customer to block funds in his/her account for specific purposes, which can be debited whenever needed.
“It has…been decided to introduce a single-block-and-multiple-debits functionality in UPI, which will significantly enhance the ease of making payments in e-commerce space and towards investments in securities,” RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said after announcing the bi-monthly policy review.
The speech of Governor Shaktikanta Das on RBI website said this facility would enable a customer to block funds in his/her account for specific purposes, which can be debited whenever needed. This will significantly enhance the ease of making payments for investments in securities including through the Retail Direct platform as well as e-commerce transactions.

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In another development, the Governor said the RBI was expanding the scope of Bharat Bill Payment System.
He said the BBPS has been steadily expanding since its launch in 2017 and currently, it handles recurring bill payments for merchants and utilities and does not cater to non-recurring bills.
The RBI Governor said it also does not cater to bill payments or collections such as payment of fees for professional services, education fees, tax payments and rent collections, among other, for individuals even if those are recurring in nature.
Therefore, he said the scope of BBPS is being enhanced to include all categories of payments and collections, both recurring and non-recurring, and for all categories of billers (businesses and individuals).
“This will make the BBPS platform accessible to a wider set of individuals and businesses which can benefit from the transparent payments experience, faster access to funds and improved efficiency,” he added.

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