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An individual who is to be appointed as a director of an Indian Company is required to obtain a Director Identification Number (DIN) from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India in compliance with the Companies Act, 1956 (the Act) read with Companies (Directors Identification Number) Rules, 2006 (DIN Rules). The objective of DIN is to establish with MCA the existence/residence of a person, who intends to become a director of a company. The DIN Rules provides detailed procedure for obtaining DIN. General Circular No.5/2011
It has now been decided that a company shall not require approval of the Central Government for making payment of remuneration by way of commission to its Non- Whole Time Director(s) in addition to the sitting fee if the total commission to be paid to all those Non-Whole Time Directors does not exceed 1% of the net profit of the company if it has a Whole Time Director(s) or 3% of the net profit of the company if does not have a Managing Director or Whole Time Director(s).
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, Mr. R.P.N. Singh has said that the Government regulates the remuneration of managing directors / whole-time directors / managers (board level positions) in accordance with provisions of Schedule XIII of the Companies Act, 1956. Listed Companies and subsidiaries of Listed Companies in India which are loss making / have inadequate profits require Government approval for paying remuneration in excess of ceiling stipulated therein.
The Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Mr. R.P.N. Singh has stated that since inception, the Serious Fraud Investigation Officers have Investigated 61 Companies u/s 235 /237 of the Companies Act, 1956. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha recently, he said there is no criteria classifying Companies as big or otherwise under the Companies Act, 1956. The time taken in completion of the investigations depends upon the seriousness and complexities of the issues involved in each case.
These rules may be called the Companies (Accounting Standards) (Amendment) Rules, 2011. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different classes of companies. 2. In the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006, (hereinafter called as principal rules), in the Definition for clause ‘C, the following shall be substituted, namely,
As per the Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreement, all the listed entities including listed Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are required to appoint requisite number of Independent Directors on their Boards. Where the Chairman of the Board is a non-executive director, at least one-third of the Board should comprise of Independent Directors and in case he is an executive director, at least half of the Board should comprise of Independent Directors.
The Companies Bill 2009, which seeks to replace a half-a-century-old Act, will be presented in Parliament in the ongoing Budget session, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said. The new Companies Bill, which was tabled in the backdrop of the Rs 14,000 crore Satyam fraud, promises greater shareholder democracy and stricter corporate governance norms.
The Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee announced today that the Government has set up a Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice B. N. Srikrishna in pursuance of the announcement made in Budget 2010-11. The Commission will rewrite and streamline the financial sector laws, rules and regulations and bring them in harmony with the requirement of a modern financial sector. It will complete its work in 24 months.
Whereas the Central Government in consultation with the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards framed the Companies (Accounting Standards), Rules, 2006 vide G.S.R. No. 739(E), dated the 7th December, 2006 and was subsequently amended vide notification numbering (i) G.S.R. 212(E), dated the 27th March, 2008 (ii) G.S.R. 225(E), dated the 31st March, 2009, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 642, read with sub-section (1) of section 210A and sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 641 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby replace the existing Schedule VI to the said Act by the following Schedule VI, namely :-
“SCHEDULE VI- (See section 211)- Where compliance with the requirements of the Act including Accounting Standards as applicable to the companies require any change in treatment or disclosure including addition, amendment, substitution or deletion in the head/sub-head or any changes inter se, in the financial statements or statements forming part thereof, the same shall be made and the requirements of the Schedule VI shall stand modified accordingly.
