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A majority of advertisers comply with dictat of ASCI on complaints: Tewari
NEW DELHI: More than ninety per cent of the advertisers comply with the orders of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
Information and broadcasting ministry informed the Parliament that in 2012-13, a total of 2954 complaints were received against 784 advertisements. Six hundred and forty of these complaints had been upheld and the advertisers had been asked to withdraw or modify the advertisements.
ASCI has set up a new initiative wherein advertisements which are extremely inappropriate, indecent, vulgar and against public interest are suspended pending investigation.
In cases where it appears prima facie that an advertisement is in serious breach of the ASCI code and its continued transmission on any medium causes or has the effect of causing public harm, then ASCI directs the advertiser/the advertising agency/the media buying agency and the media concerned to suspend the advertisement pending investigation.
ASCI also informed that it will write to the concerned Ministries to take appropriate action against advertisers who do not comply with the ASCI orders.
MUMBAI: In India’s fast-moving payments race, Visa has just swiped in a new leader. The company has named Suresh Sethi as its India country head, marking a key leadership shift as it sharpens its focus on digital payments growth in the market. Sethi steps into the role following his recent exit from Protean eGov Technologies, where he served as chief executive officer. He succeeds Sandeep Ghosh, who has moved on after more than four years at Visa to pursue an external opportunity.
The appointment comes at a time when Visa is doubling down on its expansion strategy across India and the wider region, deepening partnerships and accelerating adoption in an increasingly competitive digital payments ecosystem.
Sethi brings with him a broad, cross-market perspective shaped by decades of experience across corporate banking, retail financial services, mobile money and large-scale government technology initiatives. He began his career at Citigroup, where he spent 14 years working across India, Africa, South America and the United States, focusing on transaction banking services within the corporate bank.
His appointment signals a blend of institutional experience and market familiarity qualities that could prove critical as Visa navigates a landscape where fintech innovation, regulatory evolution and consumer adoption are all accelerating at once.
As digital payments in India continue to scale rapidly, the leadership change underscores a simple reality, in a market where every tap, scan and swipe counts, who leads the charge can matter just as much as the technology itself.
