Capital markets regulator Sebi today directed stock brokers and sub-brokers to redress investor complaints within a month of receiving them, saying that failure to do so would make them liable for penal action. The direction comes a day after it announced that all investor complaints should be forwarded to it electronically through recently established, centralised database system, Sebi Complaints Redressal System.
I have been deeply distressed at the developments of the last few days. Many aspects of the situation have caused me anguish. We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of. Fighting corruption is as integral to eliminating poverty as is Mahatma Gandhi NREGA or the Land Acquisition Bill. Yet it is equally imperative to the growth and development of our nation.
The recommendations made in the 184th Report of the Law Commission on The Legal Education & Professional Training and Proposals for Amendments to the Advocates Act, 1961 and the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 are being examined in consultation with the Department of Higher Education and the Bar Council of India. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for Law & Justice, said that the Bar Council of India has informed that after due inspection and opportunity given for improvement, the colleges were directed by them to discontinue admission of students.
In its pursuit to unearth black money, the Income Tax Department will probe certain banks and their officials suspected to be helping customers hide illicit funds through multiple accounts. We have found instances where banks are running multiple accounts of certain customers for the purpose of hiding black money, a senior official of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said, although refusing to name the banks.
The government today said the Income Tax Department is collecting information on tax returns filed by various political parties and would place it in Parliament. The information is being collected from the field formations spread all over the country and to the extent possible shall be laid on the Table of the House, Minister of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
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In a first of its kind action in the state, the Income Tax department has conducted surveys in small districts and unearthed tax evasion to the tune of close to Rs 18 crore. The department recently conducted a special drive and conducted raids at the business premises of firms in Tikamgarh district and found Rs 8 crore of undisclosed income. In another such action in the coal-rich belt of Singrauli district, the department unearthed undue tax evasions worth Rs 9.5 crore.
The Companies Bill, 2009 seeks to provide stricter provisions for more effective enforcement action against companies involved in fraud. Provisions like initiating investigation by Central Government suo moto, allowing search and seizure during investigation without obtaining an order from Special Court, provision for freezing of assets of a company under investigation on the order of Tribunal have been provided. Besides, the Bill emphasizes disclosures, deterrent penalties and has extensive enforcement provisions.
The Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh today informed the Lok Sabha that 820 foreign companies have been registered during the last three years. The Government has received Rs. 6.91 crore, Rs. 9.56 crore and Rs. 8.24 crore respectively, in the last three years(2008, 2009 and 2010) by way of filing/registration charges.
The total managerial remuneration to be paid to a Board level CEO of a company having only one Whole Time Director or a Manager is 5% of the net profit of the company and the total remuneration to be paid to all the Board level Directors together of a company, having more than one Whole Time Director or Manager, is 10% of the net profit of the company under Section 198 of the Companies Act, 1956. In case of companies having inadequate profit or making losses the remuneration is determined in accordance with the directions under Schedule XIII of the Companies Act, 1956.
