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Mining law: Ordinance to open exploration to pvt firms

Both public and private companies to be allowed to explore; companies to give 2% of royalty to a proposed exploration trust; leases to only be auctioned, for a uniformly specified period

Few companies may switch to new accounting norms

Govt not to exempt unlisted companies from auditor rotation

Time period for the rotation not to be increased

Government drops proposal to restrict mineral exploration

More than one entity to be encouraged, officials discuss amendments to MMDR Act

A rate cut of at least 1% is required to boost demand: Jyotsna Suri

Interview with President, Ficci

Amendments to Companies Act dilute 2013 law's strictness

Eases penal provisions, dilutes RPT approval procedures, bars public inspection of most board resolutions - all justified as aiding the ease of doing business

Govt gives partial relief in penal provisions of Companies Act

The govt clarified that bail restrictions will be applied only for offences related to fraud

Govt not to change '20 companies per auditor' rule

The provision is seen against ease of doing business, especially amid a paucity of good CAs

ARC ratings assign BBB+ sovereign rating to India

The corporate sector has high external leverage and banks are encumbered by an overhang of bad assets

Minimum paid-up capital criterion for registration of firms may go

Move aimed at enhancing ease of doing business and increasing registrations, which in May-Oct fell 35% from a year ago

CCI gives nod to Sun-Ranbaxy Merger, asks to divest 7 drug assets

Both the companies will have six months' time to comply with the remedies proposed by CCI

CII survey shows recovery in manufacturing growth slow but steady

The survey tracks the growth of industrial sector on a quarterly basis

Making the company law work

Amendments to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 since April are largely the result of a drive to increase ease of doing business and correct some drafting anomalies

Govt guidelines to clarify 'arm's length', 'ordinary course of business' definitions

Move aimed at addressing industry's concerns over the new Companies Act

Experts want more amendments to Companies Act

Cabinet had cleared 14 amendments to the Act on Tuesday

Cabinet clears 14 changes to Companies Act

Related-party transaction norms proposed to be eased

Online, but far from easy

A senior department official claims that the process has become fully automated only since May this year

We believe we'll do a better, more transparent job than the big three: Alexandra Mousavizadeh

Interview with Managing director, ARC Ratings

Bumpy road to register a firm

Here we look at how Gujarat cracked the ease of doing business puzzle through land reforms, and an empowered bureaucracy

New Companies Act might dent profits of firms relying on revaluation reserve

Under the new Companies Act, 2013, depreciation of an asset has to be taken as the cost of an asset or 'other amount substituted for cost'