New Delhi: Google has announced that its has now integrated Google Wallet into Gmail. This means that Google Wallet users will be able to securely send money to friends and family in the US right from their Gmail inbox.
This new feature will rollout to Gmail users over the age of 18 in the US over the next few months. Users should look for the dollar ($) icon in their attachment options to know whether their account has been activated for this feature or not. Users can also get earlier access if their friends have the feature and send money to them.
To send money in Gmail, a user needs to hover over the attachment paperclip, click the $ icon to attach money to his message and enter the amount he wishes to send, and press send.
Sending money via Gmail is currently only available on desktop. Users will need to have set up Google Wallet to be able to send and receive money....
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08:17 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Cabinet on Thursday cleared direct benefit transfer on LPG subsidy. The scheme was to be introduced on January 1, but was postponed two times, most recently because only 13 per cent of Aadhaar numbers among the beneficiaries chosen for the launch areas had bank accounts. Under a pilot project for LPG subsidy transfer, 20 districts in the country will be covered by May 15. While about 32...
09:49 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday refuted suggestions that the transfer of its two Deputy Commissioners were connected with the recent rape incidents in the national capital, saying such reports cast "unwarranted aspersions" on their reputation. DCP (South) Chhaya Sharma was on Monday transferred to Mizoram and DCP (East) Prabhakar to Prime Minister's Security Wing. Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said Sharma's transfer has been linked with the gangrape of...
09:30 PM, Apr 30, 2013
New Delhi: Over 50 million subscribers of the retirement fund body EPFO will be able to apply online for transfer and withdrawal of their provident fund from July 1, a move aimed at speedy settlement of claims. "We have decided to set up a central clearance house which will be operational on July 1. This will enable subscribers to apply online for settlement of the withdrawal and transfer of funds...
05:38 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka hit the headlines in October 2012 when he pointed to irregularities in a land deal between Sonia Gandhi's son in law Robert Vadra and real estate giant DLF. Khemka has always acted as a whistleblower of sorts and has been transferred 44 times, last week he was again transferred from his post for exposing a scam in the purchase of fungicides. ...
11:29 PM, Apr 15, 2013
New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday asked banks to gear up for the rollout of direct cash subsidy scheme to cooking gas (LPG) consumers throughout the country. "I have asked them (bankers) to get ready for the rollout of LPG for the whole country," Chidambaram told reporters after a meeting with senior PSU bankers in New Delhi. As a pilot project, the government has decided to give cash...
07:43 PM, Apr 12, 2013
New Delhi: The government is planning to start transferring the subsidy for cooking gas in cash under the direct benefit transfer scheme, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Saturday. Addressing a media conference in Delhi, Chidambaram said he would soon meet Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily and sort out the issues related to the direct cash transfer for liquified petroleum gas (LPG). "We want to quickly move the LPG subsidy to...
03:52 AM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh admitted there were problems in the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has come out with a clarification saying the government is trying to resolve some issues. The scheme will be rolled out across the country by the end of the financial year 2013-14, Chidambaram further added. On Friday, the Prime Minister had said the exercise of the...
06:30 PM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: The government for the first time has officially admitted that its flagship programme, Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT), has run into difficulties. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said that the exercise of the scheme, that had been rolled out in January this year, has revealed poor nature of tracking and monitoring systems in departments. "We need to change the way we transact business, the way we release funds,...
09:05 PM, Apr 05, 2013
The Direct Benefit Transfer initiative of the government came in for discussion and scrutiny in Sonia Gandhi led National Advisory Council on the February 26. Mr Nandan Nilekani, Chairperson of UIDAI, sought to assure members that Aadhaar will not become a tool for exclusion. ...
11:50 AM, Mar 01, 2013
The Direct Benefit Transfer initiative of the government came in for discussion and scrutiny in Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council on February 26. Nandan Nilekani, Chairperson of UIDAI, sought to assure members that Aadhar will not become a tool for exclusion. ...
08:49 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Nearly 11 lakh poor people have benefitted from the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme, which began on January 1, 2013 and will be rolled out throughout the country, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said during his Budget speech in the Lok Sabha. ...
02:03 PM, Feb 28, 2013
8,805 eunuchs living across the country were issued Aadhaar numbers in 2012 by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Only 96 Aadhaar numbers were issued to eunuchs in 2010. ...
04:41 PM, Feb 25, 2013
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09:28 AM, Feb 18, 2013
On this episode we take a look at a scheme that has been built as the game changer for the UPA government. ...
11:08 PM, Feb 09, 2013
The direct cash transfer scheme is being implemented at a very slow pace in West Bengal. It is a huge cause of concern. Many of those who queue up outside biometry camps in Hooghly don't understand why they need another card to formalise their citizenship nor what the buzz about direct cash transfers on Aadhaar card is all about. ...
08:42 AM, Feb 08, 2013
The ambitious game changer of the UPA-II, the Aadhaar linked direct cash transfer has had a very slow start in Maharasthra, owing to the low penetration of the Aadhaar card itself in the state. Officials in the state feel the start of direct cash transfer is ensuring that more beneficiaries and bureaucrats get serious about completing formalities of linking banks to Aadhaar cards. ...
10:03 AM, Feb 07, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi launched the Aadhaar-based direct benefits transfer scheme in Ajmer months back. Over a month since its implementation, the supposed game changer of the UPA-II has little to boast about. ...
09:53 AM, Feb 06, 2013
UPA-II's game changer direct cash transfer scheme is all set to go big across the country. CNN-IBN is taking a look at how its implementation is affecting lives. In the backward districts of Kerala, students are benefitting from it in the form of scholarships, but the tribals there are still apprehensive. ...
10:15 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Aadhaar card enabled cash transfers, or Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) scheme, which was launched on January 1, 2013, was UPA-led government's supposed game changer. However, the scheme is yet to take off properly. ...
07:40 AM, Feb 04, 2013
