Liu Jiayi, auditor-general of China’s National Audit Office (NAO), will take up the position as chairman of the United Nations Board of Auditors (UNBA) starting Jan.1, 2011, the NAO announced in Beijing Wednesday. Liu, who was appointed as auditor-ge

The government has mandated cost audits for over 100 companies, covering a host of sectors including pharmaceuticals , fertilisers , steel and petroleum . Cost audit, which is a system of government scrutiny into a company’s production cost and profi

Cost Audit Branch under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs is manned by professionals drawn from the Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICAS) and primarily deals with sections 209 (1) (d) and 233B of the Companies Act, 1956. The Branch, under section 209 (1) (d) formulates & notifies Cost Accounting Records Rules (CARRs) for various industries. Such rules prescribe the manner in which cost records are to be maintained by specified class of companies. The Branch also undertakes rationalization of existing CARRs to reflect the changes in technology, manufacturing processes and accounting standards.

It is hereby informed that in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government has issued Orders to the effect that an audit of the cost accounting records maintained by the following companies be conducted for the year ending 31st March, 2011 and also for every financial year thereafter in respect of the products indicated there against:

Audit Committee of the Board of Directors – Calendar of Reviews RBI/2010-11/269 DBS.ARS.BC. No.4/08.91.020/ 2010-11 November 10, 2010 The Chief Executives All Indian Commercial Banks Dear Sir/Madam, Audit Committee of the Board of Directors – Calendar of Reviews As you are aware, the norms regarding the constitution and functions of the Audit Committee of the [...]

Joint Registrar for Mumbai and Konkan Division started for Registration of Fresh Panel for the Period 01/04/2011 to 31/03/2014 for Co-Operative Societies Audit.

Independent directors in charge of audit committees in companies may be held responsible for actions taken by the management

Audit firms may be asked to financially compensate investors for losses resulting from their lapses, with the government planning to strengthen the mechanism for fixing responsibility for corporate frauds and protecting investors from their ill-effects. To make this feasible, an audit firm would be held accountable for its actions regardless of whether the firm itself or its affiliate was the official auditor,

Regulations regarding maintenance of cost accounting records and cost audit are likely to change. If the recommendations of the expert committee appointed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs are accepted, all manufacturing companies with a paid-up capital of Rs 50 crores (500 million) or more will be required to get their cost accounting records audited by a statutory cost auditor.

Whether the Company has been listed on the stock exchanges? If yes, the names of the stock exchanges may please be indicated? If so, whether the provisions of listing agreement of SEBI are being followed by the Company? (2) Whether the Company has 50% independent directors on their Board as required under SEBI guidelines?