Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has summoned corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and Tata Group Chairperson Ratan Tata on April 4 to discuss their role in the 2-G Spectrum allocation case. Sources said the PAC will meet on April 4 and 5 to discuss the 2-G spectrum allocation case which had led to the resignation of Telecom Minister A Raja. He was later arrested and is still in custody.
Income Tax returns of individuals do not enjoy absolute ban from disclosure, Central Information Commission has held while directing Income Tax department to provide details of the total income of a person to his son-in-law who is facing a dowry case.
The Reserve Bank will announce draft guidelines for giving new banking licences in the next few days, the Finance Ministry today said. “RBI will come up with the guidelines by the end of this month,” Department of Economic Affairs Secretary R Gopalan told reporters on the sidelines of a CII function.
The government said it is planning to make it mandatory for corporates to file balance sheets with it in data form, using XBRL (eXtensible business reporting language) technology, from next fiscal. Currently companies file their annual returns and balance sheets with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) by filing up an e-form.
Parliament is likely to take up the new Companies Bill , which seeks to replace a half-a-century-old Act, in the next session. Sources in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said that the Companies Bill, 2009, will be brought for passage before Parliament in the next session. The draft Bill will be sent to Cabinet in the first week of May, sources said.
Simplification of issuing Director Identification Number (DIN) process: As per section 253 of the Companies Act, 1956, no person can be appointed as Director of the Company unless he has been allotted a DIN from the Government on his application. At present it takes about 2 to 5 days in this process of filing applications, its examination and allotment of DIN.
The CBI will file this week its first charge sheet into the 2G spectrum scam against former Telecom Minister A Raja and some of his close aides besides a couple of real estate companies for allegedly defrauding the exchequer and entering into a criminal conspiracy in securing the telecom licenses.
In a bid to help pro-democracy campaigners, the US government is developing a mobile phone with a ‘panic button’ that can wipe out its address book and send emergency alerts. The new technology also includes a special application that can be activated if the smart phone is confiscated by security authorities. The US wants to equip the activists with the new tools to fight back the repressive governments and is targeting countries ranging from the Middle East to China, the Daily Mail reported.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) is celebrating year 2011 as the Golden Jubilee Year of their Institute. To commemorate the occasion, they are organizing an International Conference on 26th July -27th July 2011 at DAC&GC Karachi, Pakistan. The Conference is expected to include eminent local and international professionals and dignitaries and will provide an exciting prospect for accounting professionals to network.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has formed a committee to guide and support the cooperative sector in streamlining their audit procedures and raise governance levels, President G Ramasamy said today. The ICAI has suggested replicating the successful laws in the sector in Maharashtra and Gujarat, so that the cooperative sector can bring out financial statements in a uniform manner in compliance with appropriate accounting standards, Ramasamy told reporters here.
