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A Parliamentary Standing Committee has recommended raising the limit of donations a company can make to the political parties in a year from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent of the average net profits in three immediate past financial years. Full Article

The government is considering to make it mandatory for all companies to disclose a fund flow statement, an indicator of utilisation of financial resources by an entity, along with their annual financial reports. The provisions for mandatory disclosure of fund flow statement is likely to be included in the Companies Bill, which is pending with the Rajya Sabha. Full Article

The new companies Bill, pending approval of the Parliamentary standing committee, is expected to be tabled in Parliament by this year-end, corporate affairs secretary R Bandyopadhyay said here today. "The committee will submit its report soon. The corporate affairs ministry will take some time (two-three months to study it) and we are hopeful that we will have a new Act by the year-end," Bandyopadhyay told reporters on the sidelines of an event here. Full Article

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance has sought details of the financial dealings of the Indian Premier League from the UPA government. It has also questioned finance ministry and corporate affairs ministry officials on why no enquiry was conducted during the first two years of the the T20 extravaganza. Full Article

To prevent misuse of class action suits, the new Companies Act may specify a minimum number of shareholders or creditors of companies for exercising the right to file such cases, the Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid, has said. This is a major change from the current position on class action suits as mentioned in the Companies Bill, 2009, which is now before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance. Full Article

One of the unkindest cuts is that the auditor of a company, necessarily a CA, shall not render such services as accounting and book-keeping, internal audit, design and implementation of any financial information system, actuarial, investment advisory, investment banking, rendering of outsourced financial services, and management services. Full Article

Views and suggestions are solicited on the Indian Trusts (Amendment) Bill, for submission to the Hon’ble Parliamentary Standing Committee. Please click for text of the Indian Trusts (Amendment) Bill, 2009 alongwith statement of Objects and Reasons. Full Article

Employers may soon be required to make mandatory provident fund contributions to workers with a salary of up to Rs 15,000 a month instead of Rs 6,500 at present. Union labour minister Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to ratify a proposal to this effect on Saturday, when he presides over a meeting of the Employees' Provident Organisation's Central Board of Trustees. Full Article