It has been decided to regulate microfinance sector by the Reserve Bank as a separate category. In this connection, we advise that bank credit to Micro Finance Institutions extended on, or after, April 1, 2011 for on-lending to individuals and also to members of SHGs / JLGs will be eligible for categorisation as priority sector advance under respective categoriesviz., agriculture, micro and small enterprise, and micro credit (for other purposes), as indirect finance, provided not less than 85% of total assets of MFI (other than cash, balances with banks and financial institutions, government securities and money market instruments) are in the nature of “qualifying assets”. In addition, aggregate amount of loan, extended for income generating activity, is not less than 75% of the total loans given by MFIs.
ORDER NO. 76 OF 2011 – The following local transfers/postings in the grade of Commissioner/Director of Income Tax are hereby ordered with immediate effect and until further orders:
It has been observed that certain companies are seeking clarification in respect of circular No. 2/11 dated 8.2.2011 issued by the Ministry in respect of exemption u/s 212 (8) of the Companies Act, 1956. The point raised is in respect of applicability of condition No. (ii) of the circular, requesting the Ministry to delete the condition in respect of unlisted companies as this condition is applicable to listed companies as per SEBI guidelines.
The Companies Act, 1956 and the Companies (Passing of Resolution by Postal Ballot) Rules, 2001, recognize the voting by electronic mode. In order to have a sound electronic platform for capturing electronic voting process, MCA has recognized National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) as agencies for providing electronic platform for electronic voting.
E-Form No. 32 – Intimation to Registrar of Companies regarding particulars of appointment of Directors etc and changes therein in the company pursuant to section 303 (2) of the Companies Act, 1956 – filing of conflicting return by contesting parties.
The Registrar of Companies shall mark a company as having management dispute in only those cases where the court or Company Law Board has directed to maintain the status-quo with reference to any e-forms including status of Directors in the company or The Court or Company Law Board has granted any injunction or stay in taking the document on record and Registrar of Companies is a party in such court cases and/or the directions have been issued to the Registrar of Companies.
RBI has permitted AD Category – I banks and SEBI authorized Depository Participants to open and maintain, without prior approval of the Reserve Bank, non-interest bearing Escrow accounts in Indian Rupees in India on behalf of residents and/or non-residents, towards payment of share purchase consideration and / or provide Escrow facilities for keeping securities to facilitate FDI transactions subject to certain terms and conditions.
A. P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 57 Shares of an Indian company held by the non-resident investor can be pledged in favour of an Indian bank in India to secure the credit facilities being extended to the resident investee company for bonafide business purposes subject to the following conditions : in case of invocation of pledge, transfer of shares should be in accordance with the FDI policy in vogue at the time of creation of pledge; submission of a declaration/ annual certificate from the statutory auditor of the investee company that the loan proceeds will be / have been utilized for the declared purpose; the Indian company has to follow the relevant SEBI disclosure norms;
I. Annual Filing of Compliance Status- a) All insurers are required to file a Report on status of compliance with the C G Guidelines on an annual basis w.e.f. the Financial Year 2010-11. This report shall be filed within 90 days from the end of the Financial year (i.e., before 30th June). The report should be filed in the format as placed in Annexure-1. b) Clause 9 of the CG Guidelines requires confirmation of disclosures made in the Annual Accounts. In such instances, where the finalization of Annual Accounts extends beyond 90 days of the close of the financial year, the status on disclosure in the Financial Statements as required under the aforementioned clause may be made within 15 days of adoption of the Annual Accounts by the Board of Directors of the insurers. This is in line with the stipulations issued by IRDA vide Circular No. IRDA/F&A/013/2005-06 dated 9th June, 2005.
Based on the detailed scrutiny of the Technical & Commercial Proposals submitted by the Shortlisted IT firms and further evaluation based on Combined Quality Cum Cost Based System (CQCCBS), M/s L & T Infotech has been formally selected as an Implementation Agency for the implementation of Business Analytics Project.
