Ministry of Corporate Affairs ('MCA') vide its circular dt: December 28, 2022 allowed Companies to convene EGM or AGM through Video Conferencing (VC) of Other Audio Visual Means ('OAVM'). This extension is allowed till September 30, 2023.
Newly incorporated Public Limited, Private Limited and One Person Companies registered with effect from February 15, 2020 ['Companies'] are being allotted ESIC registration number by default at the time of its incorporation.
SEBI vide its circular dt: January 25, 2022 had directed listed entities to process all service requests in Demat form.
Reserve Bank of India ('RBI') vide its Circular dated January 4, 2023, has streamlined the process of filing for reporting of Foreign Investment in India in Single Master Form (SMF) on FIRMS Portal.
MCA vide it's circular dt: April 8,2020 and circular dt: April 13, 2020 had allowed postal ballots to be conducted through a special framework. Conducting of Postal Ballots through this special framework was allowed till December 31, 2022.
Companies registered under Companies Act, 1956 or Companies Act, 2013 ('Companies') can now conduct their annual general meeting through Video Conferencing ('VC') or other Audio-Visual Modes (OAVM) till September 30, 2023.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs "MCA" has vide its notification dated 29th August, 2022 amended the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 and introduced the new Web-based form DPT-3 under section 73 of Companies Act, 2013.
In our view, the companies undertaking CSR projects can only have the query on ITC availment of goods and services used to incur CSR expense and no query on ITC pertaining to capital goods.
In this article, we would mainly comment on applicability of GSTR 9 and 9C along-with key pre-requisites.
The Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) introduced the mandatory provisions of CSR and accordingly Section 135 of the Act and the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2022 ["CSR Rules"] framed thereunder govern CSR in India.