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Almost a year after it was rattled by the Satyam scam, auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) on Monday announced a sudden change of leadership of India operations as its chairman Ramesh Rajan stepped down prematurely to make way for Gautam Banerjee, who takes over from Singapore with immediate effect. Full Article

The government today said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had not approved appointment of financial consultancy and auditing firm PwC as auditors for commercial banks from the financial year 2009-10 in the wake of alleged irregularities on its part in the Satyam fraud. "After reporting of alleged irregularities on the part of auditors of Satyam Computer, RBI has not approved appointment of PwC as statutory auditor in the scheduled commercial banks from the financial year.. Full Article

The government has sought clarity from auditing firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) about their operations and business plans in India. “Come back with a plan. What is that you are responsible for? What is that you should be responsible for?” Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told PTI while replying to questions about his meeting with senior representatives of PWC early this week. PWC has been in the news for the wrong reasons as its auditors were involved in .. Full Article

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is likely to restrict to two the number of entities an audit firm can register. The move follows denials by PWC of any connection with the tainted entity that conducted the audit on Satyam Computers, whose promoter confessed to fraud in January this year.  Full Article

The ministry of corporate affairs, in consultation with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), plans to increase the accountability of chartered accountants (CAs) by changing the way they perform their duties. Full Article

In a twist to the Satyam fraud case, a global IT research firm has revealed details which may point to a collusion between Price Waterhouse Coopers and Satyam Computers. The report, by Gartner, indicates that PwC was in a strategic partnership with Satyam till last year, even as its Indian arm was auditing the firm headed [...] Full Article