MCA has issued criteria for qualification as Public Financial Institution. It should be a company or corporation established under Special Act or formed under the Companies Act 1956; It should be engaged in industrial / infrastructural financing; It should be in existence for at least 3 years and at least 50% of its income should be from financing activities; Its net worth should be at least Rs. 1,000 crores; The Company should be registered with Reserve Bank of India as Infrastructure Financing Company or as Housing Financing Company with National Housing Board ; These conditions shall not apply to Central or State PSUs.
In order to ensure corporate governance and proper compliances of provisions of Companies Act, 1956, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has decided vide General Circular No33/2011, Dated 01.06.2011 that from 3rd July, 2011 all the Companies will have to file their updated Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Accounts and Annual Return with the Registrar of Companies before recording any event based information / changes made and no request, whether oral, in writing or through e-forms will be accepted in this regard.
Media conglomerate Sun TV Network and low-cost air carrier SpiceJet nosedived on the bourses, amid reports that Dayanidhi Maran — the brother of the owner of both the companies — was named in a public lawsuit over the 2G spectrum scam.
A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed pleas for a direction to the CBI to make Reliance ADAG chairman Anil Ambani , Tata group Chief Ratan Tata , corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal , as accused in the 2G spectrum scam.
The RBI has given it (recommendations) to the Finance Ministry and is also consulting other stakeholders. Based on this, they will come out with draft guidelines (on new bank licences) soon and put it in the public domain for consultation,” Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) Secretary R Gopalan said on the sidelines of the 26th Skoch Summit here.
Buoyed by better-than-expected performance on government finances’ front in 2010-11, the Centre on Thursday said it will keep a tab on public expenditure to ensure that Budget targets for this fiscal too are achieved. Efforts to get the economy on the path of fiscal prudence are on track… The government is committed to achieve the fiscal targets, an official statement quoting finance minister Pranab Mukherjee at a meeting of Consultative Committee held on Wednesday said.
The Birmingham City Council led by the Conservative party has become the first council or local authority in Britain to cut jobs and outsource them to India, sparking protests from employee unions. Reacting to the council’s move, Unite union national officer Peter Allenson said: ‘This is an outrageous decision and Unite will fight tooth and nail to stop this Tory-led council from exporting valuable jobs overseas. ‘We fear that this could be just the beginning and other councils could follow suit. Thousands of public sector jobs could go. Once these jobs go they will not come back.’
Accounting regulator the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) today said it will soon conclude the disciplinary proceedings against S Gopalakrishnan and Srinivas Talluri, the two auditors embroiled in the multi-crore Satyam fraud.
It is notified for the information of all the registered members pursuing Certificate Course on International Taxation of the ICAI that the Assessment Test of the Course is proposed to be conducted on Sunday 3rd July, 2011 from 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM in the following centres: New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahemdabad
Stock exchange regulator said late on Thursday it has decided to permit stock exchanges to introduce one or more liquidity enhancement schemes (LES) in the equity derivatives segments. The scheme can be introduced for securities where the average trading volume for the last 60 trading days on the stock exchange is less than 0.1 percent of the market capitalisation of company concerned, the Securities and Exchange Board of India said in a statement. CIRCULAR No. CIR/DNPD/5/2011
