FASTag – Know Everything About This Digital Payment Tags
Earlier this month, Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport and Highways Minister announced that FASTags would become mandatory for all vehicles from December 2019. Any private or commercial vehicle, which has the FASTag will be able to make contactless payments swiftly at toll plazas on national highways. FASTags comes under the National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC) program, which is developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
Hans India
18 October 2019
FASTag Will Soon be Mandatory For Your Car: This is How The Digital Payment Tag Works
Earlier this month, the Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that FASTags will become mandatory for all vehicles from December this year. This means that any vehicle, private or commercial, which has the FASTag will be able to swiftly make contactless payments at toll plazas on national highways and be on their way.
News18
16 October 2019
Govt to regulate nebulizers, BP monitors, more devices from 1 Jan
The government will now regulate quality and performance standards of commonly used medical devices such as nebulizers, blood pressure monitors, digital thermometers and glucometers, effective January 1, 2020.
Mint
15 October 2019
Implementing GLN for hospitals needs a mind set change: Ravi Mathur, CEO, GS1 India
Ravi Mathur, CEO, GS1 India speaks to Viveka Roychowdhury on the importance of each healthcare provider having a Global Location Number (GLN), linked to a national hospital registry. The GLN system ensures patients get more transparent information about the prices and services available and also helps detect and prevent medical insurance fraud
Express Healthcare
04 October 2019
Empowering Shoppers through Smart Consumer App
How the ‘Smart Consumer’ mobile app is helping brands and manufacturers to now connect directly with thousands of consumers across the country as never before.
Progressive Grocer
03 October 2019
New GS1 US Research Reveals 59% of High-Growth Small Businesses See Direct Correlation Between Sales Growth and Complete Product Information
A new study titled "Charting the Growth Journey: From Product to Profitable Business," conducted by GS1 US® in collaboration with Longitude, a Financial Times company, found that 59% of high-growth small business owners see a direct correlation between providing complete product information (such as images, product origins, and more) in their online listings with the number of products sold.
Business Insider
17 September 2019
RFID account recharge a must to escape penalty
Commercial vehicles with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags which have not got their accounts recharged will have to pay double the toll amount at 13 border points in Delhi where RFID systems have been installed, senior officials of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation said.
The Hindu
13 September 2019
RFID system at 13 toll plazas to go cashless from Friday; double penalty for violators
Commercial vehicles with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags will have to compulsorily switch to cashless payment from Friday, failing which they will have to cough up double the tax amount as penalty, a senior SDMC official has said.
The Economic Times
12 September 2019
After Amazon, Uttar Pradesh govt to partner Flipkart and Alibaba
The Uttar Pradesh government will soon partner Alibaba and Flipkart under its flagship one district, one product scheme, days after partnering e-commerce giant Amazon for marketing of indigenous products.
Business Standard
12 September 2019
Delhi: Non-compliance to RFID will be fine
From September 13 midnight, vehicles entering Delhi without recharged RFID tags will have to pay twice the toll amount as fine. This was decided at an EPCA meeting on Tuesday where it was revealed that 3.4 lakh vehicles had already been tagged at Delhi’s borders .
The Times of India
11 September 2019
