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Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday hit out at the government for tweaking an election rule to prevent public inspection of certain electronic documents, alleging it is part of the Modi government's «systematic conspiracy» to destroy the institutional integrity of the Election Commission. Kharge also said the Modi government's «calibrated erosion» of the ECI's integrity is a frontal attack on the Constitution and democracy. The government has tweaked an election rule to prevent public inspection of certain electronic documents such as CCTV camera and webcasting footage as well as video recordings of candidates to prevent their misuse. Based on the recommendation of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Union law ministry on Friday amended Rule 93(2)(a) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, to restrict the type of «papers» or documents open to public inspection.

election-related materials, particularly electronic records such as CCTV footage. On December 9, the Punjab and Haryana High Court invoked the 1961 rulebook to order the poll panel to submit videography, CCTV footage, and copies of papers relating to votes cast at a polling station during the recent Haryana assembly elections to counsel Mehmood Pracha. The latest amendment in Rule 93(2)(a) of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 will allow EC to deny CCTV footage/electronic records.

data and AI labs in tier 2 and tier 3 cities across the country and has invited proposals from all 36 states as well as Union Territories for the same, Parliament was informed on Friday. Minister of state for electronics and IT Jitin Prasada in a written reply to Rajya Sabha said that besides proposals expected from states and UTs, IndiaAI in collaboration with National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) also plans to establish 27 data labs in tier 2 and tier 3 cities across the country. «All the 36 states and Union Territories (UTs) have been requested to submit their nominated list of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs)/Polytechnics located in tier 2 and tier 3 cities for the setting up of data labs. Additionally, IndiaAI in collaboration with NIELIT plans to establish 27 data labs in tier 2 and tier 3 cities across the country,» Prasada said. The data and AI labs are part of the skilling initiative of the government under IndiaAI mission.

Indian exporters of garments, handicrafts, and engineering goods expect 5-10% gains from the rupee’s depreciation, but more import-dependent sectors such as gems and jewellery and electronics see rising oil and commodity prices offsetting any benefits, trade insiders said. Moreover, the sharper depreciation of the Chinese yuan, Japanese yen, and Mexican peso against the US dollar may prompt buyers to pressure Indian exporters to pass on the gains, besides undermining any long-term competitive advantage from the rupee’s fall, they said. The rupee hit an all-time low of 85.09 per dollar on Thursday, crossing the 85 mark for the first time. On Friday, the rupee hit a new low of 85.10/$1. Almost 60% of India’s goods trade is in dollars, and the depreciation will help traditional sectors such as textiles and leather.

TReDS (Trade Receivables Electronic Discounting System) has seen significant growth in 2024, with the bills financed crossing ₹2 lakh crore, pointing to the benefits for small businesses for whom the working capital cycle is shortened by the platform. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed that at the end of October, the platform financed nearly 100,000 bills, with a combined value of ₹2.08 lakh crore. According to the data, more than 100,000 MSME sellers are registered on the four licensed TReDS platforms of Invoicemart, run by Axis Bank, M1xchange, Sidbi-promoted Receivables Exchange of India (RXIL), and C2FO Factoring Solutions, a global working capital provider.

Bharat Electronics Ltd. traded 0.72 per cent in Friday's trade at 11:06AM (IST). Around 121,040 shares changed hands on the counter. The counter opened at Rs 298.00 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 301.95 and Rs 297.25, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of Bharat Electronics Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 340.35 and a 52-week low of Rs 163.95.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Every Friday, Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. India's trade deficit widened to a record high in November, while loss-making general insurers are set to get a capital boost in the upcoming Union budget.

The NSE Nifty index was trading 233.05 points down at 23965.8, while BSE Sensex was 844.93 points at 79337.27 at the time of writing this report.

direct benefit transfer, healthcare schemes and grievance redressal for citizens, Parag Jain Nainutia, principal secretary — general administration (information & technology) at the state government, said at the ET Digital Transformation Dialogues panel discussion. “We are collating, collecting data, using the free flow of data within the state government and within the Government of India … Our idea is there should not be any responsibility on the citizen to submit the same document again and again.

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IEEMA and Chairman of ELECRAMA 2025, said. “Presently, the industry size is USD 70 billion in India, with USD 12 billion in exports. We are poised to grow to a USD 130 billion industry with exports of USD 25 billion by 2030,” Vikram Gandotra told ET. ELECRAMA 2025, the world's largest electrical show, will take place from February 22 to 26, 2025, in Greater Noida. A flagship showcase of the Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA), in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Heavy Industries, it will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and policymakers from around the world. The event will feature exhibitions, technology showcases, networking opportunities, and events that will serve as a springboard for the Indian electrical industry.

«The research on quantum computing has been ongoing for several years by various institutions, including us. The Quantum Reference Facility is coming up at the C-DAC facility in Bangalore,» said A S Murty, senior scientist and Kolkata head of the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). The scientist was speaking on the sidelines of the International Symposium on Quantum Computing (ISQCI 2024) held in Kolkata.

Opposition parties dubbed the draft laws — a Constitution amendment bill and an ordinary bill — as an attack on the federal structure, a charge rejected by the government. The bills were introduced after the opposition sought a division of votes. After electronic voting and a subsequent count by paper slips, the bills were introduced with 269 members in favour and 198 against.

income tax department on Tuesday said it is sending SMS and emails to taxpayers and non-filers where it has identified mismatch between transactions reported in Annual Information Statement (AIS) and income disclosed in ITRs for the financial years 2023-24 and 2021-22. In a statement, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said it has launched an electronic campaign to assist taxpayers in resolving mismatches between the income and transactions reported in the AIS and those disclosed in Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the financial years 2023-24 and 2021-22. This campaign also targets individuals who have taxable income or significant high-value transactions reported in their AIS but have not filed ITRs for the respective years. The initiative is part of the implementation of the e-Verification Scheme, 2021.

Ashwini Vaishnaw as Business Reformer of the Year for his significant contributions across different ministries over the last few years. A Wharton Business School alumnus and a former Indian Administrative Service officer, Vaishnaw helms the ministries of railways, electronics & information technology, and information & broadcasting. He has spearheaded policy to make the country a manufacturing hub and is overseeing a massive capital expenditure programme to modernise the Indian Railways. From locally made mobile phones and IT hardware to rolling stock for the railways, his mantra has been to create a conducive environment for both private and public investments and lift domestic production. Even as Made in India mobile phone shipments reached record highs in the last two years under his watch, production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes for IT hardware and telecom equipment have been rolled out. Electronics manufacturing giants such as Apple, Samsung, Dell, HP, Oracle, Jabil and Foxconn have set up new plants in India or expanded existing facilities. “Manufacturing in India has been completely transformed with the country now exporting goods that it imported,” Vaishnaw said last week. India is also set to become a semiconductor centre. Global companies such as Micron and joint ventures such as TataPSMC have already committed billions for manufacturing and assembling chips in India.

LG Electronics Inc. is considering increasing the valuation of its Indian unit to as much as $15 billion in a planned listing in Mumbai next year after initial feedback from analysts and investors, according people familiar with the matter. The South Korean company is planning to start a formal roadshow for LG Electronics India Pvt.’s IPO within the next two months and is targeting a listing in the first half of 2025, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. The company had earlier eyed a valuation of around $13 billion, Bloomberg News reported in September.

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has dismissed the Congress party's vehement objection to Electronic Voting Machines, and echoed the BJP's defence — you can't accept election results when you win, and blame EVMs when you lose. «When you get a hundred plus members of Parliament using the same EVMs, and you celebrate that as sort of a victory for your party, you can't then a few months later turn around and say… we don't like these EVMs because now the election results aren't going the way we would like them to,» Abdullah told PTI in an exclusive interview on Friday. Told that he sounded suspiciously like a BJP spokesman, Abdullah reacted with «God forbid!» He then added: «No, it's just that… what's right is right.» He said he speaks based on principles rather than with partisan loyalty and cited his support for infrastructure projects like the Central Vista as an example of his independent thinking.

manufacturing of various products, including mobile and information technology hardware, helped India achieve scale in the final assembly of electronics products. Experts believe that as India harbours ambitions to establish itself as the electronics manufacturing hub of the world, the country's next step is to go deeper into the supply chain and work on increasing the domestic value addition. The percentage of local value addition should increase from 18-20% to 40% within the next five years, they added. Another crucial step, most experts and industry groups believe, is to have a scheme which will help develop from scratch the near-absent domestic electronic component supply base in India.