Google celebrates 20 years; PCI worried over non-receipt of MDR reimbursement

Friday September 28, 2018 , 2 min Read

Payments Corporation of India (PCI) on Thursday raised concerns over non-receipt of reimbursements of MDR (Merchant Discount Rate) by merchant aggregators, from the related acquiring banks since January 2018. The PCI stated there is still ambiguity on the extent of MDR reimbursements that will be passed on to the aggregators, and the industry fears that banks will only pass on a small proportion of the reimbursements to merchant aggregators and acquirers, while retaining the bulk of it themselves.

PCI has sought reimbursements of Merchant Discount Rate from related banks since January 2018

Google, the bedrock of consumer internet, is 20 years old today. On its 20th birthday, Google has posted an interactive doodle highlighting its most popular searches over the years. The search giant had announced an array of new features in Search earlier this week. The company aims to make Search more accurate, more personalised, more topical, and most importantly, more visual.

Sergey Brin (left) and Larry Page, Founders of Google

India is the largest producer, and accounts for 56 percent of the world’s organic cotton. However, the irony is, only one percent of India’s cotton is organic. With an aim to promote sustainable cotton production, organic cultivation and to improve the livelihoods of small farmers, Anita Chester of the C&A Foundation started a sustainable cotton programme in 2014 in collaboration with four partners. It has invested over EUR 5 million to support over 25,000 small holder cotton farmers in the state.

Farmers adopt indigenous methods to make organic farming feasible and profitable

The Indian hospitality sector has emerged as one of the key industries driving the growth of the services sector. Taking advantage of the upward trend in tourism, several players in the Indian startup ecosystem have emerged to grab a slice of the pie. YourStory takes a look at some of the lesser-known hotel aggregators that you can explore for your next trip.

Sameer Nayar and Sarit Sethi started BuildSupply, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for the real estate industry, in April 2016. The goal was to build an end-to-end workflow automation software for the entire construction process. Today, Gurugram-based BuildSupply’s solution manages 45 million square feet of construction space with 10 real estate developers on board.