Corporate Law : Discover the essential exit strategies for startups in India, from the fresh start process under IBC to fast-track insolvency reso...
Income Tax : Learn about the tax implications for startups, including eligibility criteria, benefits, and procedures for recognition, exemption...
Corporate Law : Entrepreneurs who embrace slower growth and personal financial risk and value control, financial discipline, and sustainable growt...
Corporate Law : Explore the thriving startup ecosystem in India, driven by innovation, technological advancements, government support, and diverse...
Fema / RBI : The Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) lays out the rules for investments in Indian startups and for transactions involving fo...
Corporate Law : Read about the ONDC Startup Mahotsav organized by DPIIT, a platform where startups harness the Open Network for Digital Commerce (...
Income Tax : CBDT proposes changes to Rule 11UA in respect of ANGEL TAX- Also proposes to notify Excluded Entities In the Finance Act, 2023, ...
Corporate Law : The National Startup Awards 2023 aim to recognize and reward outstanding startups that have demonstrated exceptional capabilities ...
Corporate Law : Centre spearheads several initiatives under Ease of Doing Business and Reducing Compliance Burden aimed at creating a conducive bu...
Corporate Law : Sustained Government efforts result in increasing the number of recognized Startups from 452 in 2016 to 84,012 in 2022 Sustained ...
Income Tax : ITAT Mumbai held that a start-up company incurring cost for branding of the company and other relevant expenditure which creates p...
Income Tax : In the case of HCL Technologies BPO Services Ltd vs. ACIT, ITAT has held that for transfer pricing only amount retained by associa...
Income Tax : Notification regarding Income-tax Act Section 56(2)(viib) and assessment of Startup Companies. Clarifications for assessing recogn...
Corporate Law : Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS)is to provide guarantee upto a specified limit against credit instruments extended by M...
Corporate Law : Govt has notified that for an application for fast track corporate insolvency resolution process may be made also by a Startup (ot...
Company Law : (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Amendment Rules, 2021. (2) They shall co...
Corporate Law : Central Government has approved the ‘Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)’ to provide financial assistance to startups for p...
In case an application processed by a startup is fully or partly transferred to any person other than a natural person or a startup, the difference, if any, in the scale of fees between the fees charged from a startup and such person to whom the application is transferred, shall be paid by the new applicant along with the request for transfer:
You may have noticed that not every startup can raise funds or attract investors; the reason is simple that a startup usually doesn’t understand all that is involved in doing a business, be it a business plan or creating a marketing strategy or even the day to day compliance requirements. The current market analysis has also showed that many startups are not able to attract millions of investors or venture capitalist.
Every day we come across with at least one news about fundraising by startups… raising $2billion at a valuation of $18billion, fueled $8million in pre-series A funding, bridge round of $5million and so on. Emerging startup businesses have come up with a variety of innovative ideas but funding is the real challenge. Let us have an overview of different funding rounds in startup.
Amit Jain This is in continuation of the previous article on the start ups, wherein we try to throw more light on the subject. Also, we have received several queries from the article which we try of answer herewith. In the outset we do clarify that the GOI has not come up with any clarification […]
An Action Plan for Startup India to build a strong eco-system to nurture innovation and Startups in the country was launched on 16th January 2016. Salient features of the scheme are as follow:
Is the term Start-up and Start-up concept new to the world? No, it is as old as history of the mankind itself. The feature was always prominent within the business family. Generally, successful businessman or their children started a new branch to the family business. It was well a start up, just the term to describe was not available.
In order to promote the Start-Up ecosystem in the country and incentivizing the entrepreneurs in setting up new start-up ventures and thus catalyze the creation of employment opportunities through them, the Ministry of Labour & Employment has issued an advisory to the States/UTs/Central Labour Enforcement Agencies for a compliance regime based on self-certification and regulating the inspections under various Labour Laws.
India has become the third largest base of technology start-ups in the world, according to the Economic Survey 2015-16. As a part of the Action plan announced by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, the scheme for Startup Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) was launched by the Government for enabling Start-Ups to protect their Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).
The Government of India, vide Notification No. G.S.R. 180(E), dated 17th February, 2016 defined ‘startup’ under Startup India initiative, and has declared that a certificate of eligibility shall be required by such ‘startup’ for availing tax benefits under the Income Tax Act, 1961.
In the Sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2015-16 and the press release dated February 2, 2016, the Reserve Bank of India had highlighted the steps being taken with respect to the Government’s initiatives to promote ease of doing business and contribute to an eco-system conducive for growth of entrepreneurship, particularly in respect of the start-up enterprises.
