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Goyal and Shekhawat to headline Ficci’s 98th annual meet
NEW DELHI: Ficci is set to roll out its 98th annual general meeting and annual convention on 28 and 29 November at Bharat Mandapam, drawing a heavyweight line up from government and industry to discuss the theme India: Self Reliant Economic Powerhouse.
Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal and Tourism and Culture minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will headline the gathering, which is expected to pull policymakers, business leaders and sector specialists into a packed two day programme. Attendees have been urged to register in advance.
A strong roster of secretaries from key economic ministries will join the discussions. The list includes Rajesh Kumar Singh from Defence, M Nagaraju from Financial Services, Rajesh Agrawal from Commerce, Devesh Chaturvedi from Agriculture, S Krishnan from Electronics and IT, Amardeep Singh Bhatia from DPIIT, A P Das Joshi from Food Processing, Debashree Mukherjee from Skill Development, Nivedita S Verma from Chemicals and Petrochemicals and Santosh Kumar Sarangi from New and Renewable Energy.
Ficci’s top leadership will also take the stage, led by president Harsha Vardhan Agarwal, president elect Anant Goenka and vice president Vijay Sankar. Past presidents including Naina Lal Kidwai, Jyotsna Suri and Harshavardhan Neotia will join the dialogue, alongside director general Jyoti Vij and industry voices such as Vipul Tuli of Sembcorp Industries.
The event is expected to set the tone for policy and industry priorities in the year ahead.
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Paisabazaar launches Credit Premier League 2.0
Nationwide campaign rewards highest credit scores with Rs 1 lakh top prize.
MUMBAI: When credit scores become a national league, even your CIBIL report starts feeling like it’s playing in the IPL and Paisabazaar has just kicked off the second season. Paisabazaar, India’s leading marketplace for financial products and the country’s largest free credit score platform, has announced the return of the Credit Premier League (CPL) 2.0, a fun, nationwide initiative to recognise and reward individuals with the highest credit scores.
Building on the success of the first edition, CPL 2.0 introduces higher rewards and broader participation. The individual(s) with the highest credit score in the country will win Rs 1 lakh, while state champions will each receive Rs 10,000. Additionally, all participants from the winning state, the one with the highest average credit score will also be rewarded.
All winnings will be credited directly to winners’ PB Wallet, allowing them to pay credit card bills, recharge mobiles, or settle utility bills seamlessly on the Paisabazaar platform.
Paisabazaar CEO Santosh Agarwal said the campaign aims to make credit awareness more engaging and mainstream. “With CPL, we are bringing together engagement, gamification and rewards to make conversations around credit scores more mainstream,” he noted. “Our focus remains on building a financially aware and credit-healthy Bharat.”
The first edition of CPL saw over 5.5 million participants, with the highest individual score touching 861. Delhi recorded the highest average credit score of 746.
Consumers can participate simply by checking their free credit score on the Paisabazaar platform or app. The CPL leaderboard and rankings will be available exclusively on the Paisabazaar App.
In a country where financial dreams are serious business, Paisabazaar has found a smart way to turn credit scores into an exciting game – because when your financial health gets rewarded, everyone wants to play.
