The government on Friday said the new Companies Bill, which seeks to modernise corporate laws, will be taken up for consideration in the Winter session of Parliament in November. “The Standing Committee has given its report. By the next session of Parliament we expect to table the amended bill after which it will go to the Law Ministry for vetting,” Corporate Affairs Secretary R Bandyopadhayay said while addressing a global leadership programme organised by SCOPE.
Petroleum ministry has asked the finance ministry to rework the Direct Taxes Code Bill 2010 so that oil and gas producers can continue to enjoy the existing tax breaks which are being grandfathered to their full extent.In a letter to revenue secretar
Accounting regulator Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is arranging easy financing schemes for its members through public sector banks, as it looks to help domestic audit firms enhance infrastructure and resource base to ward off competitio
Peeved by rejection of claim, top Chartered Accountant Bansi Mehta wants winding up of New India Assurance. Despite winning a case against the insurer at a Consumer Forum, Mr Mehta’s claims still remain to be settled. If the insurer does not pay with
Mahesh Bhupathi, best known for his winning ways on court, has claimed that he had reimbursed his tennis-trainer father C G Krishna Bhupathi the Rs 28.5 lakh he spent on him for the period 1989-90 and 1993-94—four years in total. The tennis ace has c
Next time you are investing in mutual funds, make sure you issue a cheque from your own bank account, as fund houses will soon start rejecting third-party payments. The move is part of efforts to check fraudulent activities by mutual fund agents and
The Finance Ministry will decide on whether to bring out yet another revised draft of the Constitutional Amendment Bill, needed for the roll out of the new indirect taxes regime GST, after it has received inputs from state finance ministers who are t
Hundreds of listed companies regulated by SEBI may be paying crores of rupee in a year as salary to their CEOs, but the next chief of the market watchdog is going to get only Rs 3 lakh a month. The government has proposed a consolidated monthly salar
Upset over sharp reduction in the rates of duty drawback, or tax refund, exporters today said the move will have adverse impact on employment in sectors like apparel, leather, handicraft and metal.
The Finance Ministry has pitched for lifting curbs on wheat exports so that India could take advantage of the crop’s scarcity in the global market due to production loss in countries like Russia and Pakistan. India could make use of the global scarci
