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Vedanta Group ropes in former PTI CEO MK Razdan
NEW DELHI: Vedanta Group has roped in MK Razdan, former CEO and editor-in-chief of PTI as a senior advisor- corporate communications team. He will be based out of Delhi.
Razdan is a well known name in the industry and has spent over three decades in the industry.
The veteran journalist became PTI’s general manager in 1995, after serving the organization as its bureau chief in its one-member bureaus first in London, then New York. He was later elevated as CEO and editor-in-chief of the organization.
Roma Balwani, Director, Communications & Brand, Vedanta, has welcomed Razdan to 'Team Vedanta' in a tweet earlier today.
We welcome Mr. M K Razdan in our midst. Team Vedanta.
— Roma Balwani (@RBalwani) September 24, 2020
M K Razdan, former CEO & Editor-in-Chief, of Press Trust of India (PTI) to take new role with Vedanta Group as Senior Advisor- Corporate Communications and will be based at Delhi. pic.twitter.com/6r49qoTZxe
— Anup Sharma B'Harry (@TweetsAnup) September 24, 2020
Vedanta Limited is a globally diversified natural resources company with interests in zinc-lead-silver, Iron ore, Steel, Copper, Aluminium, Power, Oil and Gas. It supplies natural resources that help the world grow.
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Reserve Bank of India cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence
Central bank cites compliance failures; curbs tighten as wind-up looms
MUMBAI: India’s banking watchdog delivered its sharpest blow yet to Paytm Payments Bank, cancelling its licence and effectively ending its ability to operate as a bank under the law.
The Reserve Bank of India said the entity can no longer conduct banking business under the Banking Regulation Act, citing concerns that its affairs were not being run in the interest of depositors or the public and that it had failed to meet licence conditions.
The move escalates a crackdown that has been building for months. The bank had already been barred from onboarding new customers since March 11, 2022, and later faced restrictions on deposits, credit and wallet top-ups. In January 2024, the central bank ordered it to stop accepting fresh deposits, pointing to persistent non-compliance, including lapses in customer due diligence, use of funds and technology systems.
Operationally, the bank is now on a tight leash. It may process withdrawals of existing deposits and facilitate loan referrals through banking correspondents, but it cannot take fresh deposits.
The central bank said it would apply to the high court to wind up the bank.
Paytm sought to ringfence the fallout. In a regulatory filing, it said the licence cancellation applies to Paytm Payments Bank Limited, a separate entity, and should not be attributed to One 97 Communications. It added that there is no exposure or material business arrangement with the bank and that it operates independently, without Paytm’s board or management involvement.
“As informed earlier, Paytm (One 97 Communications Limited) and its services, which have been operating without interruption, will continue to operate uninterrupted. These include the Paytm app, Paytm UPI, Paytm Gold and all other services offered by its subsidiaries and associated companies,” the company said.
The distinction may reassure users of the app ecosystem, but the regulator’s verdict is unequivocal. After years of warnings, caps and curbs, the payments bank experiment at Paytm is being shut down—decisively, and with little room left to manoeuvre.
