Archive: August 19, 2022

Ezeepay Launching its Ezee Khata, Ezee Care & Ezee Pan Kindly consider it for your eminent Publication

In the presence of Honourable Vice President of NSDL AnkushDeshpande

The leading fintech company in India, Ezeepay, has introduced a vital financial solution for rural India. They have developed three new ideas. First, they have established a partnership with NSDL- protean. Then an instant pan card is created within two hours, and an E-pan card that will be delivered by email.

They further have an agreement between Ezee Khata and Decentro for Neo Bank Savings Digital Accounts, whereby customers can open accounts through their site agents and receive their account numbers and any other relevant information. Account holders can also use Ezeepay khata UPI. Wherever online purchases are made, wallet khata wallet amount transactions are possible.

Customers can withdraw money from the bank and do online transactions using the Rupay card feature that is included with the Wallet card. In collaboration with Zooper, Ezeepay has also introduced a new insurance programme. Not only will Ezeepay consumers benefit from the various insurance segments, but Ezeepay agents will also be able to live safer lives thanks to them. Basic insurance costs from Rs 25 – Rs 599.

Rural India is seeing a significant increase in smartphone ownership and data consumption. This significant change in behaviour can only be promising for smartphone use-cases involving digital payments. All these elements portend well and aid in the introduction of digital payments in rural India, where cellphones have altered how people connect and utilise technology to send and receive money.

“The E-wallet offers transactions made online through a smart device and is similar to a credit or debit card. It only needs to be linked with the individual’s bank account to make payments. Since it is a type of password-protected pre-paid account in which a user can store their money for any future online transaction such as groceries, online purchases, and flight tickets, among others”, says Shams Tabrej, Founder of EzeePay.

“While storing personal data, the software component protects and encrypts the data. Hence, any Ezeepay user residing in a village or city can access it with sheer ease”, adds Rashid Ali, Managing Director of Ezeepay.

5 Cold Chain Management Solutions Companies In India

Cold storage equipment is commonly used to preserve perishable foods like fruits, vegetables, fish, and meat, but can also be employed to maintain vaccines, medicines, specimens, blood, and other biologicals at their correct temperatures. To fulfil the expanding need for temperature-controlled warehousing, many cold storage manufacturers and distributors are creating cutting-edge equipment and advanced processes. Here are some of the top 5 cold chain companies in India:

• B Medical Systems

B Medical Systems is a global manufacturer and distributor of medical cold chain solutions. Based in Hosingen, Luxembourg, the company was established in 1979, when the WHO approached Electrolux to provide a solution to store and transport vaccines safely around the world. Across its three business portfolios of Vaccine Cold Chain, Medical Refrigeration, and Blood Management solutions, the company offers 100+ products. B Medical Systems’ major products include Vaccine Refrigerators (Ice-Lined and Solar Direct Drive Refrigerators (SDD)), Laboratory Refrigerators, Laboratory Freezers, Pharmacy Refrigerators, Ultra-Low Freezers, and Transport Boxes. B Medical Systems’ products are used across 140+ countries and have an installed base of more than half a million products worldwide. The company has been a long-trusted partner of global humanitarian organizations such as UNICEF, the WHO, the Red Cross, and more, and has extensive experience in working with Ministries of Health, hospitals, research organizations, universities, and blood transfusion organizations across the world. B Medical Systems delivers its products all over the world and has subsidiaries in the USA and India.

Link: https://www.bmedicalsystems.com/en-in/

• Blue Star

Blue Star is India’s leading air conditioning and commercial refrigeration company. It has 7500 stores across the nation which sell room ACs, packaged air conditioners, chillers, cold rooms as well as refrigeration products and systems, along with 1172 service associates reaching out to customers in over 900 towns. They manufacture freezers and refrigerators in various series, with low and ultra-low temperature settings for scientific and medical purposes. They also have specialised refrigerating equipment for blood storage, which are also used for the cold storage of pharmaceuticals, biological products, vaccines and other applications that are common for hospitals, epidemic prevention stations, blood banks and other medical fields.

Link: https://www.bluestarindia.com/

• Voltas

Voltas is India’s no.1 AC and ComRef brand focusing on eco-friendly, energy-efficient and IoT-enabled modular cold rooms. These cold chain solutions are best suited for storage, cooling, or freezing applications across industries such as food processing, horticulture, floriculture, pharmaceuticals, hospitality, QSR, etc.

Link: https://www.myvoltas.com/

• Godrej

Godrej’s medical refrigerators are powered by their patented Anti-Freeze Grade ‘A’ Sure Chill Technology, feature a precise cooling at 4°C at all times to keep vaccines potent, despite power cuts. Deployed in over 40 countries worldwide, these refrigerators are WHO PQS Pre-Qualified, at par with international quality standards, and are 100% environment friendly with energy efficient compressor.

Link: https://www.godrej.com/

• Thermo Fisher

Thermo Scientific’s laboratory freezers facilitate reliable, secure storage of samples for a wide variety of application-specific configurations. They deliver an unrivalled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

Link: https://www.thermofisher.com/

Concept PR Bags AFCOM Mandate in a Multi-Agency Pitch

Chennai, August 19, 2022: Concept Public Relations India Limited (Concept PR), part of the Concept Group, India’s largest independent integrated communication group, today won the communication mandate of Afcom Holdings Private Limited (Afcom), an International dedicated cargo airline headquartered in Chennai.

Commenting on the development, Capt. Deepak Parasuraman, Chairman, Afcom Holdings Private Limited said, “We are delighted to be partnering with Concept PR. During the pitch process, we found them to be an agency that thinks differently and out of the box while still being flexible regarding the client’s expectations and budgets. In addition, they come with deep domain knowledge and understanding of the sector we operate in, which for sure works in our favour. We look forward to a long and fruitful alliance.”

The mandate entails strategic counselling, planning & programming, preparation of communication documents, maintenance & management of media relations and
implementation through various PR tools.

“We are happy with winning the Afcom’s communication mandate. For us, Afcom is not just a cargo airline but an end-to-end cargo solutions company. We see great promise in Afcom regarding its business strategy and outlook. We will endeavour to ensure that the right narrative is designed and disseminated to the right target audiences through a perfect deployment of both Traditional and Digital PR,” adds Mr. Ashish Jalan, Managing Director, Concept Public Relations India Limited. 

As part of the mandate, Concept PR will also provide professional daily news monitoring services through Concept BIU, the media monitoring arm of Concept PR. Concept BIU, an ISO 9001:2015 certified company, is a trendsetter and a leader in public relations and corporate communications measurement, news monitoring, data analytics & research. It provides various services and solutions to teams in corporations and PR agencies that manage the media reputation of business entities.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and NFSSM Alliance celebrate Independence Day with SafaiMitra Suraksha

India, August 19, 2022: National Faecal Sludge and Septage Management (NFSSM) Alliance, a collaborative body that drives the discourse on faecal sludge and septage management (FSSM) forward in India, celebrated Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav today along with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE).

On the occasion, a virtual event was organised around the topic of ‘SafaiMitra Suraksha: Manhole to Machine hole’ chaired by Sh. Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Sh. R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE). The event was graced by other dignitaries including Manvita Baradi, Director, Urban Management Centre, Manjul Kumar, National Head – Finance & Banking, Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI), R K Khandelwal, Secretary, National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK), MoSJE, Roopa Mishra, Joint Secretary & National Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban, MoHUA and Yogita Swaroop, Senior Economic Advisor, MoSJE.

The discussions during the event spotlighted some of the key challenges for sanitation workforce like need for mechanized solutions and equipment to ensure their safety, provisions of social security and financial stability and overall support required to improve their working conditions. Acknowledging the gravity of the issue, the government laid emphasis on streamlining sanitation operations and formalizing the sector through welfare schemes, capacity building initiatives and spotlighting best practices. As first of a kind joint convergence MoHUA and MoSJE launched NAMASTE Scheme (National Action for Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem) – aimed to ensure safety and dignity of sanitation workers in urban India and providing sustainable livelihood and enhancing their occupational safety through capacity building and improved access to safety gear and machines. Scheduled to be implemented across 500 cities from 2022 to 2026, the scheme will also aim to enumerate workers engaged in sewer line and septic tank maintenance and cleaning and provide them insurance scheme benefits and livelihood assistance.

To highlight leading practices adopted by various cities and states to ensure non-hazardous working conditions for Sanitation workers, a compendium – SAFAIMITRA SURAKSHA AUR SAMMAN was launched during the event. A joint publication by MoHUA and NFSSM Alliance, the compendium captures 21 leading practices covering aspects such as building enabling administrative systems and policies for sanitation workers, empowerment of sanitation workers through access to financial for livelihood, capacity building, skilling and training of sanitation workers, SHGs, access to benefits like education and healthcare services for their families.

Sh. Manoj Joshi, Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), said, “I am delighted to see cities across India rapidly progressing towards our target of achieving full mechanisation by enumerating and training all sanitation workers, providing them with safety equipment and promoting an entrepreneurial spirit amongst them. The experiences shared today by various ULB representatives have been truly inspirational and I congratulate everyone for their perseverance and positive outcomes. The combined efforts of national and state governments, municipal bodies and all associated organisations have translated into great work till now and we look forward to further strides in this direction.”

Further to the launch of SafaiMitra Suraksha Challenge in 2020, 100 cities that were in the advanced stages of mechanisation and sanitation delivery, were designated as ‘Lighthouse Cities’. As part of the event, SAFAIMITRA SURAKSHA KI MISAAL – a compilation of 41 lighthouse cities covering more than 11,000 SafaiMitras was also launched. The document captures journeys of Urban Local Bodies and their key initiatives undertaken for mechanization for daily cleaning jobs, provisions of PPEs, safety devices, safety, dignity, and entrepreneurship of sanitation workers and manage public awareness around the sanitation services. Complimenting this, SAFAIMITRA SPEAK: BADLAAV KI KAHAANI, a collection of testimonials of 16 sanitation workers from the lighthouse cities was also launched spotlighting journeys of sanitation workers – challenges and solutions.

Speaking about the launch, Manvita Baradi, Director, Urban Management Centre & Meghna Malhotra, Deputy Director, Urban Management Centre, member, NFSSM Alliance said, “The increase in India’s urban population has put significant pressure on the sanitation sector while exacerbating the conditions of the sanitation workers including endangering their lives. Unfortunately, more than 50 percent of workers enter Sanitation work as they could not get any other job. With limited access to social and financial safety net more than 90 percent of sanitation workers do not have insurance cover. Collaborative efforts towards introducing schemes like NAMASTE, enabling cross learning through showcasing best practices and enhancing occupational safety while breaking the intergenerationality of sanitation work  will bring positive change to our SafaiMitras.”

Ms. Roopa Mishra, Joint Secretary and Mission Director, Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), said, “The SafaiMitra Suraksha Challenge, launched in 2019, identified 100 Lighthouse cities that were well equipped in terms of sanitation infrastructure and facilities. We have managed to achieve a great milestone of 500 cities across India declaring themselves as SafaiMitra Surakshit Shehar and are providing safe working conditions for sanitation workers. It has taken us 75 years to reach this level, however, we are committed to convert every ‘manhole’ into ‘machine hole’ under Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0. Going ahead, our target is to make all Indian cities SafaiMitra Surakshit by March 2024.”

The event also witnessed participation from Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) from Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh who showcased initiatives being taken at a state and city level to improve the overall ecosystem for sanitation workers. It has become critical for the states and ULBs to be aligned with the larger objectives of the Government of India to uplift the working and living conditions of sanitation workers and champion these causes to provide safer working conditions and access to better economic opportunities for them.

Paytm offers exciting discounts on domestic and international flights, bus and train ticket bookings…

One97 Communications Limited that owns the brand Paytm, India’s leading digital payments and financial services company and the pioneer of QR and mobile payments, today announced its online ‘Travel Festival Sale’ from August 18 to 20, 2022, with discounts and cashbacks on domestic and international flight, train and bus ticket bookings.

Paytm users can avail an 18% discount on domestic flight bookings and 12% off on international flight bookings on the Paytm app with credit card and EMI transactions through HSBC Bank, RBL Bank and Citibank. RBL and Citibank users can also avail the offer through debit card transactions as well. Moreover, students, armed forces and senior citizens can avail special fares on flight ticket bookings.

During the sale, the company is also bringing exciting offers for bus and train ticketing on its app. Users can get a 25% cashback on bus ticket bookings in addition to a 10% discount on select operators. Meanwhile, train tickets can be booked at zero payment gateway (PG) charges via UPI on the app.

The company provides flexibility of payments with Paytm UPI, Paytm Wallet, Paytm Postpaid (Buy Now, Pay Later), in addition to payments from all major UPI apps and debit cards, credit cards and prepaid cards.