IN his first ever formal interaction with media persons today the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, has said that as per his Party’s manifesto, his Govt is committed to present the Budget 2009 within 45 days and it will be presented in the first week of July. The Budget exercise is already underway in full […]
Opening up more options for travellers seeking details of train services, Indian Railways have started an SMS service on the 139 passenger information system. The service would enable one to know the passenger name record status, current train running positions, accommodation and availability and fare enquiry. “All that a passenger needs to do is SMS the queries […]
THE CBI has arrested an Inspector of Customs & Central Excise posted in the office of Commissioner, Central Excise, CR Building, ITO, New Delhi for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 8,000/- from the complainant. The complainant, an Accountant in a private firm had deposited a bank guarantee of Rs.1,00,000/ – with Central Excise […]
Accounting regulator, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has asked the private and public-sector banks to hire the services of qualified auditors instead of chartered accountants who render ‘compilation engagement’ services. In a compilation engagement, a chartered accountant uses his accounting expertise as opposed to the auditing expertise to collect, classify and summarize financial […]
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will soon update the accounting norms for oil and gas industry to keep pace with the technological developments in the sector. “We issued guidelines for oil and gas industry in 2003. But since then a lot of technological improvement has taken place. Therefore, we are revising some norms,” ICAI […]
The Central Government has notified from on 20th May, 2009, the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 relating to anti-competitive agreements (section 3) and abuse of dominant position (section 4) alongwith other related and miscellaneous provisions. This will enable the Competition Commission of India to enforce these provisions of the Competition Act, 2002. The Central Government has also notified the […]
NEW DELHI: The I-T authorities have slapped a tax liability of Rs 300-400 crore on realty leader DLF over what they called understatement of income and fund diversion by the company. The liability was raised after a special audit by the Income Tax department in the accounts of DLF for the year 2005-06. With the kind of […]
Empanelment of faculty members for training CA students for the Examination The Board of Studies invites applications from faculty members for associating themselves with training of CA students for the examination. Such training would be organized by the Regional Councils and Branches of the ICAI. Interested persons are requested to submit the particulars in […]
The government has turned down a proposal of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow public sector banks to select auditors independently. Last year, RBI had made the proposal to the finance ministry, which forwarded it to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), the nodal body for auditors. The proposal was in line with […]
ICAI Celebrates Africa Day The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Indo-African Chambers of Commerce and Industry celebrated Africa Day from 18-19 May, 2009 at Mumbai. Diplomats from various countries from African Continent congregated to formalize strategy for working towards the growth of the Africa. The diplomats applauded the endeavors of India for […]
