Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

Banking frauds in India

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

RBI has for the first time released some statistics of frauds in the Indian Banks. (Details here) :  (Press Release) According to the figures released Cyber Frauds in 2012 were about Rs 52.7 crores as against Rs 40.5 cores in … Continue reading →

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Sec 66A abused again

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Kerala Police have joined the bandwagon of Section 66A abusers by booking 111 persons for comments on Facebook. This is in respect of a Facebook comment made by one person and shared by other 110 persons regarding Mr P.J.Kurien who … Continue reading →

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ICICI Bank Credit Card fraud surfaces at Mysore

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

A serious credit card fraud has been reported from Mysore where a holder of ICICI Bank credit card has found that nearly RS 1 lakh has been debited to his credit card account on account of an airline ticket purchase … Continue reading →

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Mysore Grahak Parishat takes up Cheque disincentivisation issue

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Mysore Grahak Parishat, the active consumer organization in Mysore is trying to create awareness of the impact of the RBI discussion paper on Disincentivisation of Cheques. A press release has recently been  issued by the organisation in this regard. A … Continue reading →

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Why this Kolaveri

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

During the last 10 days, Naavi.org has been discussing the implications of the discussion paper released by RBI for public comments on “Disincentivisation of the use and issuance of cheques”. We have pointed out several dimensions of the discussion paper … Continue reading →

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Cooperative banks need to gear up to Internet Banking

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The discussion paper on Disincentivisation of cheques issued by RBI has indicated a hard policy push towards use of E Banking in the form of Internet Banking and ATM. Many of the Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks may not have … Continue reading →

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