The Reserve Bank’s decision to tighten the monetary policy will have a negative impact on the growth rate, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said after the central bank raised the repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points (100 bps = 1%) each in
Employee stock option plans, or Esops, are touted as one of the best tools to create long-term wealth. These are the shares an employee gets of his/her employer at a discounted rate to the current market price. With the stock market nearing
Income Tax officials on Monday conducted raids at around 60 places in Karnataka, targeting seven ruling BJP MLAs, including ministers G Janardhana Reddy and G Karunakara Reddy. IT raids were conducted at 60 to 65 places, mainly concentrating in Bang
Comptroller and auditor general (CAG) Vinod Rai has, for the first time, gone on record saying his Commonwealth Games audit will be an independent exercise and that there will be no coordination with any other agency, including the prime minister-appointed Shunglu committee.
The government has rejected Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) move to insulate its members from non-compliance and corporate frauds. Ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has decided to empower National Advisory Committee on Accounting
Irked by delay in response to queries raised by it, the Central Vigilance Commissioner may summon officials of Union and State governments in connection with alleged financial irregularities in different Commonwealth Games related projects.
Global firms KPMG and Ernst & Young could be headed for trouble in India as auditing regulator Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has found them doing business through surrogate means, without being registered in the country.
To expedite investigations into the books of accounts of companies, the ministry of corporate affairs is planning to outsource the investigation related work to specialised chartered accountant firms.Currently, the job is done by the Registrars of Co
An amount to up to Rs 2 lakh can now be transferred through banks free of cost. The Reserve Bank of India has raised the threshold limit for real time gross settlement (RTGS) transactions from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh and introduced a new value band fo
Ministry of Corporate Affairs, after wide consultations with all stakeholders and regulators, has drawn up a clear roadmap for implementation of Indian Accounting Standards converged with IFRS. Converged Standards will have to be followed by Phase-I
