After several speculations and misinformation, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has decided to interchange fees on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions made for over Rs 2,000 via Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs).

The NPCI notified that an interchange fee of up to 1.1% will be applicable on merchant UPI transactions from April 1. The PPI fees would be levied on UPI payments done via GPay, Paytm, and other payment applications.

After the announcement was made, users got confused which led to the spread of false news among them. Now, the official Twitter handle of Paytm Payments Bank clarified that no customer will have to pay any charges for making payments from UPI either from the bank account or PPI/Paytm Wallet. The PPB also urged the users to not spread misinformation.

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NPCI also clarified in a tweet and wrote UPI is free, fast, secure, and seamless. It further said over 8 billion transactions are processed free for customers and merchants using bank accounts.

In its press release, NPCI said the PPI Wallets have been allowed to be part of an interoperable UPI ecosystem and in view of the same, NPCI has now permitted the PPI wallets to be part of an interoperable UPI ecosystem.

It further said the interchange charges introduced are only applicable for the PPI merchant transactions and there is no charge to customers, and it is further clarified that there will be no charges for the bank account to bank account-based UPI payments.

With this addition, customers will now have the choice of using bank accounts, RuPay Credit cards, and prepaid wallets on UPI-enabled payment applications.

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The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday issued an elaborate set of guidelines regarding the use of social media by government employees in the Union Territory.

The provisions were related to the issue incorporated in the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Conduct Rules, 1971.

As per the circular issued by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, no government employee shall, through any post, tweet, or otherwise, discuss or criticize on social media, any policy pursued or action taken by the government, nor shall he/she, in any manner, participate in any such discussion or criticism on social media pages/communities/ microblogs.

• No Government employee shall, in any radio broadcast or in any document published in his own name or anonymously, pseudonymously or in the name of any other person or in any communication to the press or in any public utterance make any statement of fact or opinion:

• i) which has the effect of an adverse criticism of any current or recent policy or action of the Government of India, Government of Jammu and Kashmir or any other State Government;
• (ii) which is capable of embarrassing the relations between the Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Government of India or the Government of any other State in India; or
• (iii) which is capable of embarrassing the relations between the Government of India or the Government of Jammu and Kashmir and the Government of any foreign State.

• Employees, directly or indirectly, shall not publish, post or release any information on social media that is considered confidential or that is not meant for public dissemination, nor shall they pass any official document or any part thereof to any Government employee or any such person to whom he is not authorized to communicate such document or information.

• No Government employee shall post grievances pertaining to their workplace on social media in the form of videos, posts, tweets or blogs or in any other form, but will follow the already established channels of complaint redressal existing in the departments.
• No Government employee shall post, tweet or share content that is political or anti-secular and communal in nature or subscribe to pages, communities or twitter handles and blogs of such nature.

• A Government employee may, for the purpose or removing misapprehensions, correcting mis-statements, and refuting disloyal and seditious propaganda, defend and explain to the public the policy of Government in his posts and tweets on social media.

Realme C55 is officially launching in India on March 21. The low-cost smartphone will be introduced at 12:30 pm.

As per the online leaks ahead of the launch, the smartphone will have specifications like a MediaTek Helio g88 chipset, a 90Hz refresh rate FHD+ display, and others which have already been introduced in Indonesia.

Unfortunately, the phone is not 5G and has 5GHz Wi-Fi and 4G LTE connectivity.

Real C55 price in India

According to the leaks online, the smartphone will range from Rs 10,000 to Rs 20,000 in India with a 5,000mAh battery. The price for the 6GB RAM+128GB storage variant is said to be approximately Rs 13,300 while the variant with 8GB RAM and 265GB of storage is priced at Rs 16,000.

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Realme C55 specifications

The Realme C55 is likely to have a 64MP primary camera and 33W rapid charging similar to its Indonesia debut. The screen is a 6.72-inch FHD+ IPS LCD with a rate of 90Hz. The front camera also has a punch-hole cutout in the centre and a 2MP depth lens is attached to the main camera which is 64MP.

Moreover, selfies and video calls can be taken with an 8MP selfie camera.

The smartphone’s dual rear camera system has a 64-megapixel main camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor for optics. With a 5,000mAh cell, it can be charged at 33W SUPERVOOC.

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