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The ministry of company affairs has begun a comprehensive review of the legal provisions and regulations governing chartered accountants following the Satyam accounting fraud that covers, among other issues, the operation of surrogate firms in India by large foreign audit firms. Sources close to the development said a notification to this...

Dear CA Pariwar, I feel privileged to assume the highest office as the 57th President of one of the largest bodies of accountants in the world. I thank the Council Members for bestowing this honour on me and for reposing their trust in me. This post has been held by many distinguished and able luminaries […]...

Reports have come in that Raju had 20 idlis for breakfast, five plates  of rice and a bucket of rasam for lunch and 25 chapatis with two chickens for dinner. But the jail superintendent says these numbers  are inflated. “You see, the habit is so deeply ingrained in Raju that he automatically inflates all figures,” he added...

Time and again authorities and all stakeholders have realized that corporate governance and independent auditors are good terms and concepts to be cherished and for preaching. The recent Satyam -PWC Scam only confirms such a view. There will be such scams in future also. Even today also, there must be many balance sheets window dressed [&...

1. When you emit noble and positive energy in the form of good thoughts, good speech and good deeds into the Cosmos, you attract high frequency, noble and protective Cosmic energy into your life. 2. What you focus upon, you empower and what you empower, you attract. Therefore, if you are normally in a complaint mode, you emit and empower ...

1. The large PSBs having balance sheet size (assets + liabilities) of above Rs. 1 lac crore each to exercise managerial autonomy in regard to appointment of SBAs also from the year 2008-09 onwards. Thus, State Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Overseas […]...

Amid speculation of engineering giant L&T’s, which has raised its stake in Satyam Computer to 12 per cent, bid to take over the IT major, market regulator SEBI on Wednesday said anyone can approach it to seek relaxation in the open offer pricing norms. “Anybody can approach SEBI (with regard to relaxation in the open [&hel...

The government is likely to examine a proposal to mandate listed companies to appoint more than one audit firm in the wake of the Satyam accounting fraud which has adversely affected the image of Corporate India. In addition, stock market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) may also be asked to appoint audit […]...

India’s Supreme Court has given the country’s financial markets regulator permission to question Ramalinga Raju, the founder of Satyam Computer Services (SATY.BO), which is at the centre of the country’s biggest corporate scandal, court officials said on Tuesday.  The court said officials from the Securities and Exchang...

The Satyam affair has shaken the country’s audit profession and regulatory authorities to its roots. Investors have suffered in a big way and Indian business has lost some of its sheen. Has there been a systemic failure or is Satyam just a big exception? Has the macro-structure of the audit procedure not evolved in a […]...