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Value Addition By Cost Accountants Recognized in the Companies Bill 2013

   10 August 2013 at 11:58

CMA Suresh Chandra Mohanty, President of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, congratulated the Honourable Union Minister of Corporate Affairs Shri Sachin Pilot ji, for passing the landmark Companies Bill 2013 in Rajya Sabha thus completing a

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ICSI Hails the Passage of Companies Bill 2012 by Parliament

   09 August 2013 at 17:19

Says the New Law will Further Accelerate the Transformation of Company Secretaries into Corporate Governance Professionals The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has welcomed the new Company Law i.e. Companies Bill, 2012 as passed by

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Highlights of the Companies Bill

   09 August 2013 at 10:39

Highlights of the Companies Bill (as passed by the Lok Sabha on 18.12.12 and by the Rajya Sabha on 08.08.13) • The Bill has 470 clauses as against 658 Sections in the existing Companies Act, 1956. • The entire bill has been divided i

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Parliament Passes the Historic Companies Bill 2012

   09 August 2013 at 10:07

The Parliament has passed the historic Companies Bill 2012, moved by Shri Sachin Pilot, Minister of Corporate Affairs. The Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha here today which had already been passed by the Lok Sabha many months ago (in

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The Total Number of Companies in the Official Registry Crosses 13 Lakh

   17 July 2013 at 12:12

The total number of companies in the official Registry of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has crossed the 13 lakh mark. As on 31.05.2013, there were 13.21 lakh companies in the Registry. Of these, as many as 2.6 lakh companies have been closed for

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Name availability guidelines, 2011 - Registration of Electoral Trusts as Companies under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956

   01 July 2013 at 12:14

General Circular No. 12/2013 28.06.2013 Name availability guidelines,2011 - Registration of Electoral Trusts as Companies under Section 25 of the Companies Act,1956

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Power of ROCs to obtain declaration/ affidavits from subscribers/first directors at the time of incorporation

   30 May 2013 at 12:06

Power of ROCs to obtain declaration/ affidavits from subscribers/first directors at the time of incorporation

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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Existing Companies Law

   01 May 2013 at 10:48

There is no provision for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending by companies in the existing Companies law i.e. Companies Act, 1956. However, the Companies Bill, 2012 incorporates a provision of CSR under Clause 135. Giving this informati

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New Norms for XBRL Filing

   30 April 2013 at 17:50

New norms have been put in place for Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) filing with effect from 6th October, 2011 for select class of companies. For the financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12 a total of 2,90,39 and 2,57,86 companies respe

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Special Task Force Constituted in the SFIO to Investigate-The Affairs of Certain Chit Fund Companies

   26 April 2013 at 11:51

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has taken note of the misuse by certain “Chit Fund Companies” who have raised huge sums of money from the public at large. The State Governments are the appropriate authorities for regulation of such c

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