The Employees’ Provident Funds & Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 is applicable to all employees working in such establishments which are employing 20 or more workers and is falling under any of the Schedule Heads or class of establishments notified by the Central Government and getting wages up to Rs. 6500/- per month without any reference of being skilled or unskilled. The Act is uniformly applicable all over India except in the State of Jammu & Kashmir.
The Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance is coming out with the Seventeenth Issue of the Annual Publication entitled ‘India’s External Debt: A Status Report 2010-11’ that presents a detailed analysis of India’s external debt position at end-March 2011 based on the data released on June 30, 2011 by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI).
India’s exports have registered a growth of 44.2% during August 2011, at US $ 24.3 billion. Interacting with the media persons here today, Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, informed that during the period April-August 2011, exports have reached a level of US $ 134.5 billion,
Anand Sharma Peak Tariff Rates to be 8% for Imports from Pakistan by January 2012 . Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles, has announced that India will meet its commitment of reducing tariff lines under sensitive list by 20% for all by next month. This will fulfil a critical requirement of the SAFTA agreement signed by SAARC member countries. “
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Lok Sabha that as per latest information available, no company with Baba Ramdev as Director is registered in the country. However, 34 companies are registered in the country with Acharya Balkrishna as Director.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Lok Sabha that it is not a fact that large number of cases under Companies Act, 1956 regarding appointment / re-appointment schedule of Managing Directors or whole time Director / Managers are pending for a long time.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Lok Sabha that an information alleging cartelization by Synthetic Fiber Manufacturer Companies has been received by the Competition Commission of India (CCI). The Commission has directed Director General, CCI to conduct investigation in the said matter.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Lok Sabha that complaints were received against M/s. Reliance Communication Limited. The following were the allegations:
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Lok Sabha that An Expert Group under the Chairmanship of Shri.K.N.Chaturvedi has been constituted to study the legislative and regulatory architecture of the Society Registration Act, 1860.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Lok Sabha that the total number of defunct companies, (those that have not filed their Annual Returns and Balance Sheets for the last three consecutive years or more) as per MCA records is 1,62,144.
