Some progress, but still a long road ahead for WhatsApp with govt

From government officials' perspective, the messaging service has not fulfilled most of the earlier demands, while making a half-hearted attempt

The past week was the second occasion the government met a WhatsApp chief executive. And, little seems to have changed, except positive commentary on the payments feature launch, which could be later this year. 

The government wishlist has been much the same since last August. That was when minister for information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad spoke to the previous WhatsApp chief executive, Chris Daniels, in this regard. Briefly, to establish a corporate entity in India, appoint a grievance officer and find a technical solution to trace the origin of fake messages on the platform. Also, that WhatsApp adhere to Indian