The Food regulator FSSAI recently had stated that its Food Safety Compliance System (FoSCoS) shall become operational in the entire country from 1st November 2020. The system is already functioning in 9 States/UTs since June which includes Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat, Odisha, Chandigarh, Goa, Manipur, Puducherry, and Ladakh. The statement also stated that since 2011, its online FLRS (Food Licensing and […]
Taking a further step to secure the interest of customers, the capital market regulator has announced provisions regarding strengthening the role of debenture trustees providing them with the power to evaluate independently and oversee the asset cover in line with the interests of the consumers. It is to be noted that the decision has been taken after […]
The Government of India recently had extended the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) by a month till 30th November 2020, as the scheme had thus far failed towards meeting the target of Rs 3 lakh crore. The scheme has been launched as part of the Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan package, which was announced by the Finance Minister […]
The Supreme Court of India has recently held that the homebuyers who after buying houses have not got possession of their flats within the fixed contract time period, will now are free to approach the consumer forum for compensation from the builder for delaying in the handing over possession of their houses, in spite of the enactment […]
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) issued a notification to extend the due date for furnishing GSTR-9 and 9C for Financial Year 2018-19 till 31st December 2020. The Government of India on Saturday has extended due dates for filing Annual Return (GSTR-9) and Reconciliation Statement (GSTR-9C) for Financial Year 2019 from 31st October 2020 to 31st December 2020. This decision […]
Insolvency and Bankruptcy code 2016 was introduced with the vision to ease the restructuring and insolvency resolutions of corporate person partnership firms & other specified persons. The provisions for Fast Track Insolvency Procedure are laid under Part-II, Chapter-4 of the code. The ambit of the said provision covers Small companies, Start-Ups, Unlisted Companies with a […]
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Oct 8, 2020, has stiffened Inter-scheme transfer (IST) rules for mutual funds for the purpose of ensuring safety to the investors’ interest and will be likely to be effective from January 1, 2021. SEBI has tightened MF norms on inter-scheme transfers (ISTs) by imposing certain conditions on when the facility could […]
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced by the Minister for Corporate Affairs, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, in Lok Sabha dated September 19, 2020. The Bill was introduced with the purpose to amend the Companies Act, 2013. After a long discussion in the Lower House session of parliament, The Lok Sabha has passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The key features […]
The 42nd GST Council meeting wasn’t though successful to reach an amicable point of agreement for the compensation decisions between the Union & Member States and has consequently deferred the matter which will be hopefully get resolved in the 43rd GST Council meeting on October 12, 2020. Nevertheless, the Council made some key decisions with far-reaching impacts on businesses in […]
As announced earlier, the 42nd GST Council meeting was held on 5th October 2020, the GST Council met to make the final decision on the compensation cess issues to various states under the GST. The Council also observed the decision to encompass the surcharge on taxes over luxury goods such as cars, and tobacco products beyond the timeline decided till June […]
