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Corporate Law : The Ministry of Agriculture announces revised guidelines for the AMI Sub-scheme of ISAM, effective from November 10, 2024, for new...
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee chairperson M M Joshi on Thursday indicated that overlapping of functions of the panel and the JPC into 2G spectrum scam was not a matter of concern and his powers went beyond the CAG report. In an interaction with the media, Joshi said the Public Accounts Committee has a “constitutional mandate” and its functions extend to areas other than CAG reports.
Shri Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Human Resource Development inaugurated, here today, a new web-based application for the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) that will provide for the information and data as filled in by the institutions to be available in the Public Domain. This is a bid to promote transparency and accountability in its functioning. Interested stake holders can thus view the information pertaining to any institution in the Public Domain.
The Karnataka State Budget for the year 2011-12 was presented on 24 February, 2011. In line with the earlier budgets, Karnataka State Budget has proposed many changes in stamp duty rates. One of the key proposed changes is the reduction in the stamp duty rate on court order sanctioning the merger / demerger of companies. We have highlighted below, two of the key amendments concerning the Mergers and Acquisitions.
The Telecom Ministry has informed the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that it has issued show cause notices to 13 companies for termination of their licences, who are stated to be “ineligible” for getting them. Based on the report of the CAG, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has “issued show cause notices to 13 companies for termination of the 85 new licences issued in 2008. The companies have given their replies which are under examination,” DoT said in its reply to PAC’s questionnaire.
Parliament today completed the three-phase exercise of approving the General Budget 2011-12. The completion includes Parliamentary approval for appropriation of over Rs 46 lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India. The Rajya Sabha returned the Finance Bill 2011 and Appropriation Bills to the Lok Sabha, thus signalling the completion of the Budgetary exercise.
The Finance Bill, 2011 (the Bill) was introduced by the Finance Minister (FM) in the Lok Sabha yesterday. The FM has proposed certain amendments to the Bill in the Lok Sabha. Here we are giveing a snapshot of the key amendments proposed to the provisions of the Bill as passed by the Lok Sabha. It may be noted that these proposals will become law only after they are passed by the Rajya Sabha and thereafter receive assent of the President of India.
Cabinet Secretariat has brought to the notice of the CVC that in spite of above clarifications issued by CVC, some Ministries/Departments which receive complaints from CVC for taking appropriate action, instead of taking further necessary action at their level continue to forward the same to the Group of Secretaries of Group of Officers for consideration. Cabinet Secretariat has therefore, desired that instructions be issued by CVC to all the Ministries/Departments in this regard.
There are 15 non-working PSUs in Karnataka, including seven under liquidation, says a CAG report tabled in the State Legislative Assembly as it recommended to the government to consider winding them up. The companies which have taken the route of winding up by Court order are under liquidation process for the last three to seven years.
Taking strong note of pay disparity in different tribunals, Union Law minister Veerappa Moily said he has signed a cabinet note today to ensure uniform salary structure in such bodies. “We need to ensure that system works properly. In fact, we have been carrying out exercise…the salary matters have to be uniform in respect to all the tribunals at the national level. Only today I signed a Cabinet Note,” Moily said while delivering his keynote address at a consumer rights function.
Inoperative EPF Accounts The Finance Ministry while recommending adoption of investment pattern notified by them on 14.08.2008 for Employees’ Provident Fund and “Exempt Funds” suggested that liberal advances and withdrawals from Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) should be shunned to achieve old age income security for employees because by not adhering to “one instrument one policy objective” most employees retire with as little as less than Rs. 35,000/- in their accounts. Ministry of Labour and Employment has replied to the Ministry of Finance mentioning the need for continuation of the provision for partial withdrawal from provident fund account of the subscribers.
