A couple of other examples: There was recently a rule to limit SMS spam by limiting each cell phone to receive a max of 100 texts per day, there still is a rule where you can't entering the country twice within a certain number of days without getting prior permission, IIT students were arbitrarily limited in the number of hours they could spend online because some administrator thought they should get out more, etc.
Wow, I didn't believe you at first, but it appears to be true. [1][2][3]
They appear to be justifying by claiming, besides that it prevents them from meeting others, that it somehow causes suicide and depression and that it is responsible for falling grades.
Does anyone know if this is still in effect? The most recent article I could find is from 2008.
[1] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/IIT-D-follows-...
[2] http://educational-newsflash.blogspot.com/2010/11/restrictio...
[3] http://vikashkablog.blogspot.com/2007/01/internet-ban-in-iit...
In this case, it puts them on the wrong side. But their conservative approach also shielded India from the banking crisis experienced by US etc.
From http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/business/global/26reddy.ht...
“If America had a central bank chief like Y. V. Reddy, the U.S. economy would not have been such a mess,” Joseph E. Stiglitz, the economist and Nobel laureate, has said.
I think that's a pretty good move, spam SMS is turning into a huge problem here.
problem solved.
This is by far the stupidest immigration policy in a large list of stupid immigration policies that have been passed. I know a lot of people affected by this crap. This affects tourist visas and so, in foreign high commissions, the visa officers will literally tell you how to cheat the system (by applying for a different type of visa, mostly).
IIT students were arbitrarily limited in the number of hours they could spend online because some administrator thought they should get out more
Whippersnappers. Back in my day, we had to cycle out to the nearby village to a cybercafe to get internet access. :)
(I actually graduated just the year before they wired all the rooms)
I really think 3D secure is a good move. All it requires is entering your internet banking password at the time of making the transaction. Is this really so bad for usability?
the system has no safeguards for vulnerabilities like man-in-the-middle,etc. attacks. Yet it gives credit card companies, the right to deny chargebacks to customers (whose credit card was stolen/hacked) because they can now wash their hands off the matter ("hey only the customer knew the second password... he must have been careless with it, not us")
Seems pretty valid argument to me.
I was able to reset it on the spot by providing my birthday and some information from the card (CVV and expiry date iirc). So really the only additional information someone needs to use my card now is my birthday (and that's without even going to the trouble of MITM).
Perhaps it's a good idea in principle, much like OpendID, but in the real world it's a pain to use for everyone involved.
- Vehicles registered in one state cant be used for too long in another state
- Banks have insane policies
- Online electronic tax filing requires that you complete the process in paper format as well. To complete the electronic process you have to send it in by normal snail mail as well. And you cant get acknowledgments.
- Universities don't recognize each other between states
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They can, if you stay for over 6 months you have to pay road tax for the state in which you are residing.
> Universities don't recognize each other between states
Universities are recognized by the Central government not by the states, all recognized universities remain recognized throughout India. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_%2...)
Vehicles why do you even need to pay across multiple states, pay once, get it to run across India. I don't see a justification for state by state rules on how you use your vehicle. Instead you get cop-stopped, you get questioned, and let off by the usual methods, you know which.
Yes, universities are recognized, but I know from experience that some state universities do not recognize courses from the University of Delhi. Been there and lost 2 years fighting the system, the bitterness doesn't go away.
Well, you certainly can digitally sign your return - then you won't have to send your physically signed copy.
That transaction volumes decreased on the /first/ day 3-D secure (and now, the one-time password) was implemented is hardly surprising, but I think once customers get used to it it would have returned back to normal.
I have not been able to use my credit card even once since this was introduced due to various reasons - the SMS service that banks are supposed to deliver One-Time-Password is not sent promptly or I do not have a way to get password to authorize even an IVR transaction in time.
It might all work out after initial issues are resolved but so far I find this to be a pain.
I dont like 2 factor authentication, especially with mobile/sms, when I am abroad or travelling, I still can do my transaction
http://www.kanai.net/weblog/archive/2007/01/26/00h53m55s#003...
For a startup like us who have a web based software like basecamp, there is no way we can charge subscription services. Infact no payment gateway exists for us to take credit card payments from Indian customers.
Thanks to PayPal, we can serve international customers much easily. I have a lot of anger against the people who run India's large services as if its an entitlement, without caring for the new entrants.
All the fraudulent charges are the customers responsibility.
If you are stupid enough to fail to use and understand the new system, they you wont be able to purchase it.
And thus they will end up avoiding huge credit card debt's like poor Americans.
Also hardly anyone buys from Amazon and only pathetic people buy from apple iTunes.
