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'Scope of appellate panels for social media grievance to be announced soon'

IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday said the modalities defining the structure and scope of Grievance Appellate Committees will be worked out soon, and hoped that their formation will, in fact, discourage social media platforms from continuing with their "casual" and "tokenism" approach to address user grievances. The government on Friday tightened IT rules, paving the way for the setting up of grievance appellate panels, which will settle issues that users may have against the way social media platforms initially addressed their complaints regarding content and other matters. The government says that the "broken" grievance redressal mechanism currently being offered by intermediaries (read social media platforms) and lakhs of messages flagging users' concerns around unresolved complaints had forced its hand. "Grievance Appellate Committee will be an important institution in the coming days for internet and intermediaries. We will make an announcement about its structure, .

MoS speaks to Apple after reports of iPhone 14 Pro running out of stock

Minister of State For Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday said he has spoken to Apple on reports of stores in the national capital running out of stock of the firm's latest phone offering iPhone14 Pro. The minister also said there has been a surge in demand for iPhone 14 Pro and Apple is addressing the supply constraints. "I have spoken with Apple and they have said while iPhone14 demand is being met also with India production, the iPhone14 pro demand has surged and is facing supply constraints which they are addressing," he tweeted. His tweet came in response to a complaint of stores running out of stock of Apple iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max versions for weeks in the national capital region and that private sellers were selling them in the black market. "Private sales are probably "alternate" supply channels," Chandrasekhar said. iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max went on sale on September 16.

Govt may clear semiconductor unit proposals in next 30-60 days: MoS IT

The government is likely to start approving proposals to set up electronic chip and display manufacturing plants in the country in next 30-60 days, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday. Speaking at IESA Vision Summit, Chandrasekhar said there has been a tremendous progress in the development of the semiconductor ecosystem in the country in the last 8-9 months. The government has received proposals from five companies for setting up electronic chip and display manufacturing plants with investment of Rs 1.53 lakh crore. Vedanta Foxconn JV, IGSS Ventures, ISMC propose to set up electronic chip manufacturing plants with USD 13.6 billion investment and have sought support of USD 5.6 billion from the Centre under the Rs 76,000 crore Semicon India Programme. "Over the next couple of months, I think over next 30 to 60 days... Government of India and India Semiconductor Mission will be rolling out those proposals that have been scrutinized and that

5G technology will transform every Indian's life, says MoS Chandrasekhar

Union Minister of State for Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said 5G technology will transform the life of every Indian

Chandrasekhar to visit Apple vendor Pegatron facility for inauguration

Minister of State for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar will visit Apple vendor Pegatron's mobile manufacturing facility in Chennai on Friday for its inauguration, an official statement said on Thursday. Taiwanese firm is the third Apple vendor to have set up a factory in India after Foxconn and Wistron. "Taiwanese electronics major Pegatron's new mobile phone manufacturing facility, set up under Centre's popular Production Linked Incentive scheme (PLI), in an industrial park in Chengalpattu near Chennai, will be inaugurated tomorrow. The Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Shri Rajeev handrasekhar will be attending the event as a guest of honour," the statement said. Pegatron has been running trial production of iPhone since last six to eight months. The company has committed to invest around Rs 1,000 crore and produce mobile phones worth about Rs 1 lakh crore in India under production linked incentive scheme. "Pegatron's India subsidiary ...

Firms should not pin down staff: MoS IT Chandrasekhar on moonlighting

He added the days when employees signed up with big tech majors and spent their lives on the job were long gone

Indian contingent for WorldSkills Competition gets a warm send-off

It is about time that we celebrate our Skill Champions, says Chandrasekhar

Startups to get access to large datasets of non-personal data: MoS IT

Chandrasekhar added that some of this will also be made available for companies coming from outside India

Technologies like quantum computing core for India's growth: MoS IT

Quantum computing has been gaining pace in recent times as tech leaders look to solve scale related problems that need high computing power

India will have new data laws in next 3-4 months: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

As India prepares to introduce the new data protection bill, Chandrasekhar said that the country will have new rules, regulations and laws rolled out for in the next three-four months

Over 9 mn direct benefit transfer payments are processed daily: IT ministry

On an average over 90 lakh direct benefit transfer payments are being processed in India daily to send money directly into the account of eligible beneficiaries of government schemes, an official statement said on Thursday. According to data shared by the Ministry of Electronics and IT, on average 28.4 crore digital transactions are performed in a day. "India is today leading the world in digital payments in particular and also becoming pre-eminent country in use of technology to improve citizens lives. Governance - The India stack and other various digital government solutions are now envy of the world's nations. India leads digital and digital leads India thanks to PM Narendra Modi Ji's vision," minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in the statement. More than Rs 24.8 lakh crore has been transferred through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode since 2013, Rs 6.3 lakh crore in the financial year 2021-22 alone; on an average over 90 lakh DBT payments are .

India leading globally in digital payments, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, up to Rs 19,000 crore were transferred directly into bank accounts of 95 million beneficiaries in a single day, he added

Electronics supply chain must give equal access to everybody: Chandrasekhar

We expect transparency in supply chains from all players in the ecosystem, minister says

'We had two options: Complex law or start with clean slate': MoS IT

'Non-personal data is the raw material for AI. If you start having a regulator sit on top of it, it will impact the growth of the sector', said Chandrasekhar

Authentication of voters in electoral rolls using Aadhaar according to Act

Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha said that data within the voter ID database cannot interact with data across databases linked to Aadhaar thereof

About 52 mn trained under digital literacy scheme: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

UP has the most beneficiaries, with over 10.3 million candidates certified in the past five years. Bihar and MP come next, with 4.2 million and 3.3 million candidates, respectively

Crypto logical extension of fintech, its use as asset, currency a challenge

Crypto technology as a means of payment is logical extension of fintech companies but challenges lies on its usage as an asset class and an alternative to currency, MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said

Centre aims to make Big Tech pay for using content from news publishers

If implemented, the new law will force Big Tech companies to pay digital news publishers a share of the revenue earned via using their original content.

Big Tech games system many times: Chandrasekhar after Uber Files report

Chandrashekhar added that innovation would grow along with a citizen's right to open a trusted and accountable Internet under the Modi government.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar meets Johnson, talks India-UK ties in innovation, tech

Chandrasekhar outlined the rapid strides taken by India in the field of technology, and informed that the country is designing 5G gear and manufacturing devices that go into making of 5G products.