MCA finalising draft guidelines to reduce delays at tribunal
However, the MCA has not issued an inspection order, the report added
The CBI has arrested four people, including two joint director-ranked officers posted in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and an associate of Alok Industries, in connection with alleged bribery of Rs 3 lakh, officials said on Saturday. "Searches were conducted in Delhi, Gurugram and Chennai in the premises of the accused which led to the recovery of cash of Rs 59.80 lakh (approximately), several incriminating documents and digital evidences," the CBI said in a statement. Those arrested were Joint Directors Manjit Singh and Puneet Duggal, Senior Technical Assistant Ruhi Arora, all posted in the offices of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and Alok Industries associate Reshabh Raizada, officials said. Singh and Arora are posted in the office of the Director General of Corporate Affairs, while Duggal is posted as official liquidator in Chennai. The agency had booked them on Friday for allegedly indulging in corrupt and illegal activities and, in pursuance of a conspiracy, taking bri
In an interim order in June, SEBI said it had found prima facie evidence that Eros International's accounts were "overstated and do not present a true and fair picture of its financial health"
The government has started the process for deactivating multiple login IDs that are in the name of a single company secretary, chartered accountant or cost accountant on the MCA21 portal, which is the platform for submitting statutory filings under the companies and LLP laws. In this regard, the corporate affairs ministry has issued a circular and professionals, who are having multiple IDs, need to get approval from their respective apex institutes for deactivating the IDs so that there is only one ID for one user, according to officials. Professionals refer to company secretaries, chartered accountants and cost accountants. The move comes as Version 3 (V3) of the portal is being operationalised. Under V3, a professional can have only one login ID whereas in V2, multiple IDs were allowed. For instance, a company secretary having multiple log IDs on the MCA21 portal need to get approval from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for deactivating the multiple IDs. In
The corporate affairs ministry has decided to withdraw 7,338 prosecutions under the companies law that are pending before various courts as part of promoting the ease of doing business. Prosecutions related to serious non-compoundable offences such as cheating, fraud and acceptance of deposits would not be considered for withdrawal. In 2017, the ministry had withdrawn 14,247 prosecutions. Another 7,338 prosecutions pending before various courts will be withdrawn under Special Arrears Clearance Drive-II towards promoting ease of doing business and decriminalisation of compoundable offences under Companies Act, 2013, it said in a release on Friday. The withdrawal "will lead to a 21.86 per cent reduction in pending prosecutions being pursued by the central government," it added. The ministry had constituted a committee to undertake a thorough review of all the pending litigations. "Long pending prosecutions for compoundable offences have been identified for withdrawal. Prosecutions
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has sought a report in six weeks, said the people, asking not to be named as the information isn't public
A parliamentary committee's report last year underlined the need for ex-ante regulations - cautionary rules based on anticipated changes - for big tech companies
The ministry has taken cognisance of various corporate governance lapses at Byju's, the television channel reported
We have not received any such correspondence from MCA regarding this, and are not aware of any such inspection, the spokesperson said in a statement
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has already struck off hundreds of thousands of shell companies that are often used to funnel black money, the report said quoting sources in the know
As the CCI chairperson, with the CCI now having a full quorum, my top priority is to address the pending cases related to antitrust and anti-profiteering
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs will hold consultations with stakeholders on issues related to MCA21 portal in Chennai and Hyderabad next week. The move comes amid stakeholders facing various issues with respect to the portal, which is the key platform for submitting statutory filings under the companies law. In a series of tweets on Sunday, the ministry said the secretary will hold consultations with stakeholders in Chennai on June 20 and in Hyderabad on June 21. "Secretary @MCA21India will hold stakeholders' consultations, along with the team of @LTIMindtreeOFCL @theicai and @icsi_cs at Chennai on 20th June and at Hyderabad on 21st June on the issues relating to the MCA-21 Version-3 Portal. @nsitharamanoffc," it said in a tweet. Manoj Govil is the corporate affairs secretary. Filings under the companies law and the limited liability partnership law are submitted to the ministry through the MCA21 portal.
New rule aimed at ensuring national petro assets don't lie idle; petroleum ministry can repossess such assets such as oil wells and give them to another party
Shares of Hero were down as much as 4.2% in Thursday afternoon trade
Experts however said that while the government move is a step in the right direction, on the ground the implementation would be hard
The ICAI president said the institute had given its views on the foreign trade agreements with the UK and Canada, supporting foreign audit firms to operate in India on a reciprocity basis
Registrar of Companies expect to conduct a more detailed analysis of transactions involving companies that draw attention due to certain regulatory concerns
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday said that Ford and Harley Davidson have not closed their place of business in India
Govt panel concludes stakeholder discussion on digital competition law