INBRIEF

Published on: 

PhonePe now has 250 million users in India

Bengaluru: Digital payments platform PhonePe on Monday claimed it has crossed the 250 million registered users in the country.

The company also reported over 100 million monthly active users (MAU) and 2.3 billion app sessions in October.

“Our next target is to cross 500 million registered users by December 2022,” said Sameer Nigam, CEO and Founder of PhonePe. PhonePe said it processed a record 925 million transactions in the month on October, with an annual TPV (total payment value) run rate of $277 billion.

VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK-2020 CONCLUDED

New Delhi: The Vigilance Awareness Week-2020 was launched by Northern Railways from 27.10.2020 to 2.11.2020 with administration of Integrity Pledge at the Headquater office, Baroda House to the officials by General Manager, Northern Railway. Simultaneously, the pledge was also administered to the officers and staff at all the five Divisions by the concerned Divisional Rail Manager’s in their area of jurisdiction.

Public Welfare Schemes recognised at national level: CM

Raipur: On the occasion of Chhattisgarh State Foundation Day, Rs  1500 crore was transferred into the bank accounts of farmers as the third installment of Rajiv Gandhi Kisaan Nyay Yojana, in the virtual presence of Member of Lok Sabha Mr. Rahul Gandhi. In this Rajyotsav programme organized at Chief Minister’s Residence Office, Swami Atmanand English Medium School Scheme and Mobile Hospitals cum Laboratories were inaugurated in 30 urban slum areas of the state under Mukhyamantri Shahri Slum Swasthy Yojana, in the present of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Dr Charandas Mahant, and Ministers. Extending hearty greetings of State Foundation Day to people of Chhattisgarh, MP Mr. Rahul Gandhi said that farmers and labourers are the foundation of the country. Entire country is struggling in this time of pandemic, but the weaker section of the society is facing more difficulties and has become more vulnerable.

MP Mishra takes over as Director nalco

Bhubaneswar: Manasa Prasad Mishra, has taken over as the new Director (Projects & Technical) of the Navratna CPSE National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO). Prior to the present assignment, Shri Mishra was serving in the Company as Executive Director of Smelter and Power Complex at Angul.

After graduating in Mechanical Engineering from UCE Burla (now Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology), Shri Mishra began his career in NALCO as Graduate Engineer Trainee in 1984.

NTPC – Q2/H1 FY21 Unaudited Results 

The Country’s largest power generator- NTPC Ltd. with a group installed capacity of 62910 MW, declared the unaudited financial results for the second quarter and half-year ended 30 September, 2020 on 2 November, 2020. The gross generation of NTPC in H1 FY21 was 127.86 Billion units as against 130.14 Billion units during the corresponding period of previous year. NTPC Coal stations achieved PLF of 61.26% in H1 FY21 as against the National Average PLF of 49.58%. On standalone basis, in Q2 FY21, total income was ? 26,023.33 crore as against ? 23,658.23 crore in Q2 FY20, registering an increase of 10%.

Agritech to Tech-Enable 50,000 small Farmers

New Delhi: Agritech Enablers Private Limited, a company incorporated to facilitate technology adoption by India’s tech-starved small and marginal farmers for enabling manifold increase in their miniscule agri income, on the occasion of sowing of its first seeds in the open farm, announced plans to comprehensively tech-enable 50,000 small and marginal farmers across India in five years. “We have a vision to enable technology to make a significant impact on the lives of small and marginal farmers. We are all passionate about the cause and are committed to help build world-class agripreneurs” said Vijay Pahwa, Chairman, Agritech Enablers, a 50-year marketing veteran of tyre and petroleum industries, and Director of National Skill Development Corporation.  

Daily Pioneer
dailypioneer.com