The Central Bureau of Investigation has today filed a chargesheet against nine accused persons and three private companies in the Court of Special Judge for CBI Cases, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi relating to the issuance of new Unified Access Services Licences and subsequent allocation of 2G Spectrum.
1. From January 1, 2012 only SHA-256 Hash Algorithm and 2048 bit RSA Key Digital Signature Certificates will be issued. 2. However, from 4th April 2011, Certifying Authorities should issue Digital Signature Certificates with SHA-256 Hash Algorithm & 2048 bit RSA Key, to any applicant who requests for the same. 3. All other Digital Signature Certificates issued during 4th April 2011 to 31st December 2011 will have a validity period of one year only. 4. All other stipulations made in the Interoperability Guidelines must be adhered to.
April 4, 2011- NOTIFICATION- In pursuance of Regulation 146 of the Cost and Works Accountants Regulations, 1959, the Council of ICWAI at its 267th meeting held on 25thFebruary, 2011 by virtue of power conferred therein has constituted the following Chapter of Cost Accountants: Pimpri–Chinchwad–Akurdi Chapter of Cost Accountants
Students intending to pursue ICWAI Courses, having their domicile outside India, for the purpose of employment or otherwise, shall be charged fees as per Annexure I. Henceforth, fees received from Foreign students, in INR (Indian Rupees), shall not be considered valid. This shall be made effective from the date of issuance of this circular.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is pleased to welcome all Firms of Chartered Accountants (CAs) and leading companies to the forthcoming Exclusively Structured Campus Placement Programme for Small & Medium Sized Enterprises(SMEs) and the Small and Medium Sized CA Firms. The Committee for Members in Industry (CMII) of the ICAI has been successfully organising placement programme for newly qualified Chartered Accountants (CAs) twice a year.
In one of the International economic forum held recently at Singapore, it was opined by some experts that Indian Economy may still be trailing China’s now but it can catch up if the country opens up its financial sector more. They said the problem could be due to the lack of foreign capital inflows. Experts explained this is because a few large businesses and conglomerates control a large part of the Indian economy and are unwilling to partner with foreign companies. India has the technology, the entrepreneurship and the brands. These are the potential assets that experts believe can lead to strong GDP growth in India.
1. National Institute of Accountants, Melbourne, Australia and The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 9th March, 2011. 2. It will develop the profession of accounting for the benefit of their members and students in the pursuit of excellence in education and training and continuing professional development in accounting including cost and management accountancy.
Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra (Retd.) has taken over as Chairperson of Appellate Authority constituted under Section 22A of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 and Company Secretaries Act, 1980 w.e.f. from 1st April, 2011
The probe into the 2G spectrum scam has revealed that former Telecom Minister A Raja ”deliberately and dishonestly” did not consider auction or revision of entry fee and threw away the licences of radio waves at the rate prevailing in 2001, depriving the government of huge revenue, the CBI has said.
Government of India have announced the issue of 8.01 per cent ‘Postal Life Insurance Government of India Special Security 2021’ for Rs 4,000 crore (nominal) and 8.08 per cent ‘Postal Life Insurance Government of India Special Security 2023’ for Rs. 3,000 crore (nominal). The Special Securities are being issued at par to Directorate of Postal Life Insurance on March 31, 2011 (Thursday) to convert part of the frozen corpus of Post Office Life Insurance Fund (POLIF) and Rural Post Life Insurance Fund (RPOLIF).
