After a long wait by the industry, the government is likely to sanction tomorrow additional Rs 7,000 crore for interest subsidy to the textile units for modernisation. The proposal is expected to come up before the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, sources said.
The Director Identification Number, which has to be obtained by all directors on the boards of listed as well as unlisted companies, will now be available online immediately as the government has simplified the process of getting DIN.
Management Accounting Research Foundation of ICWAI (ICWAI-MARF) has been appointed as an advisor to the Department of Post, Ministry of Communications and IT (DOP) and a MOU has been signed to that effect here today. This appointment as per the MOU will be in vogue for a period of 24 months during which ICWAI-MARF will constitute a team which will extend resource support of a major modernisation plan of DOP of its cost and management accounting practices.
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has summoned corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and Tata Group Chairperson Ratan Tata on April 4 to discuss their role in the 2-G Spectrum allocation case. Sources said the PAC will meet on April 4 and 5 to discuss the 2-G spectrum allocation case which had led to the resignation of Telecom Minister A Raja. He was later arrested and is still in custody.
Income Tax returns of individuals do not enjoy absolute ban from disclosure, Central Information Commission has held while directing Income Tax department to provide details of the total income of a person to his son-in-law who is facing a dowry case.
The Reserve Bank will announce draft guidelines for giving new banking licences in the next few days, the Finance Ministry today said. “RBI will come up with the guidelines by the end of this month,” Department of Economic Affairs Secretary R Gopalan told reporters on the sidelines of a CII function.
The government said it is planning to make it mandatory for corporates to file balance sheets with it in data form, using XBRL (eXtensible business reporting language) technology, from next fiscal. Currently companies file their annual returns and balance sheets with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) by filing up an e-form.
Depreciation is admittedly in the nature of allowance and, therefore, it cannot be subject matter of disallowance under section 14A, which must remain confined to expenditure incurred by the assessee. Similarly, as far as deduction under section 80D is concerned, it cannot be subject matter of disallowance under section 14A either. The deduction under section 80D is not admissible because it is an expenditure for the purpose of earning an income but because, by virtue of specific provision under section 80D, payment of premium of health insurance, which is inherently personal expenses of the assessee, is admissible as deduction. This deduction cannot, therefore, be subject matter of disallowance under section 14A, which, as we have noted earlier, is confined to expenditure incurred for the purpose of an income which is not includible in total income of the assessee.
Parliament is likely to take up the new Companies Bill , which seeks to replace a half-a-century-old Act, in the next session. Sources in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said that the Companies Bill, 2009, will be brought for passage before Parliament in the next session. The draft Bill will be sent to Cabinet in the first week of May, sources said.
Simplification of issuing Director Identification Number (DIN) process: As per section 253 of the Companies Act, 1956, no person can be appointed as Director of the Company unless he has been allotted a DIN from the Government on his application. At present it takes about 2 to 5 days in this process of filing applications, its examination and allotment of DIN.
