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After SAT rap, Sebi to provide clarity on requirement under takeover code regulations The Securities and Exchange Board of India ( Sebi) would soon need to provide clarity on the disclosure requirement under the takeover code regulations. Specifically, if the yearly disclosure requirement is of the individual promoter or the promoter group. This is a fallout of a Securities and Appellate Tribunal ( SAT) ruling which opted for the latter view. It was critical of the Sebi stance in a number of cases. SAT said Sebi's was an inconsistent approach : In some cases, it had ruled one way on this issue and then the other. SAT had clubbed around 15 appeals against Sebi rulings in these matters. "Since there is no uniformity among the ( Officers) of Sebi in determining the obligation to make yearly disclosure under the regulations in question, we call upon counsel for Sebi to inform us accordingly," it stated last month. Adding: "It is the duty of Sebi to ensure con

Six companies don’t have a woman director, five of these are from public sector Thirty- two of the Nifty 50 companies did not spend their prescribed amount for corporate social responsibility ( CSR) in 2015, a survey on Indias secretarial practices said on Wednesday. The top 50 companies, which include blue- chip stocks such as ACC, Adani, Bank of Baroda, and Infosys collectively spent Rs.3,989 crore on CSR, 79 per cent of the prescribed amount of Rs. 5,046 crore. Bengaluru- based CimplyFive Corporate Secretarial Services, which offers research and technology- based solutions for companies to comply with the Companies Act, surveyed the companies to look at compliance of secretarial practices for the first time in the country. “The Companies Act, 2013 is a new legislation with unique concepts like secretarial audit and mandated CSR activities being introduced for the first time in any country across the world. This report compiles and compares various ways corporates have dealt

A meeting in this regard was held in the Aayog on Wednesday, attended by secretaries of major ministries and departments NITI Aayog plans to seek some allocation in the 2016-17 Union Budget for incentivising reforms in states and for backward regions. Officials said as part of its outreach to states, the Aayog plans to try and get the former to align their schemes, programmes and objectives with the 14th Finance Commission recommendations and with the Shivraj Singh Chouhan panel recommendations on restructuring of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS).  A meeting in this regard was held in the Aayog on Wednesday, attended by secretaries of major ministries and departments. Officials said the Aayog plans to work with state governments to improve their budgetary process and rationalising of schemes in line with the Shivraj recommendations. The latter have been accepted by the government. It had favoured lowering the number of CSS to 30 from the current 72, in three major categories

Updates Of the Day 1.NICASA of NIRC of ICAI is organising seminar on Forensic Audit and ERM for CA Students on 20.12.2015 at ICAI Bhawan, Vishwas Nagar, Delhi from 10AM- 5PM, with Lunch, No Fee. 2.Modified versions of LLP Form 4 and Form 27 to be available w.e.f 18.12.2015. 3.Delhi VAT- Filling of reconciliation return for year 2014-15- Date extended to 15.01.2016. Circular No. 32 of 2015-2016 In partial modification to this department Circular No.28 of 2015-2016. 4.Discount on ESOP being in the nature of employee cost, allowed u/s 37 subject to adjustment for lapsed /unvested options. [ACIT vs. People Interactive India Private Ltd. (ITAT Mumbai)]. 5.PAN mandatorily to be quoted on transactions exceeding Rs.2 Lakh w.e.f. 01.01.2016 regardless of the mode of payment. CBDT press release of 15.12.2015. 6.CBDT notifies forms for reporting by investment funds u/s. 115UB(7). Notification no. 92/2015 statement under sub-section (7) of section 115UB. 12CB. For more News Like us on http

The limit has been increased to Rs 10 lakh in appellate tribunal and Rs 20 lakh in HCs Seeking to reduce tax litigation by about 50 per cent, the finance ministry on Tuesday raised the monetary limit for filing appeals to Rs 10 lakh in appellate tribunal, and Rs 20 lakh in high courts (HCs). It has been decided to withdraw appeals filed by the income tax (I-T) department in Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) and high courts for cases involving tax effect of below the new monetary limit. There are 75,000 cases pending in ITAT and HC. Tax effect refers to the difference between what the I-T department's assessment of tax liability and asssessee’s assumption. “The monetary limits for filing of appeals by the Department before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) and the High Courts have been revised to tax effect of Rs 10 lakhs and Rs 20 lakhs respectively, from the present limits of tax effect of Rs 4 lakhs and Rs 10 lakhs,” Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia told report

Months after Central, state governments cracked down on pulses hoarders for violating the Essential Commodities Act, a paper floated by the NITI Aayog has called for ‘judicious’ use of the Act to make private investments in agriculture marketing and storage attractive. The paper, based on the discussions a NITI Aayog task force had with a wide range of experts and stakeholders, also favoured selective use of genetic modification technology in pulses and oilseeds after necessary safeguards. It also favoured freeing urea imports. The task force is headed by NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya with Bibek Debroy, Ramesh Chand, Ashok Gulati and host of secretaries from the ministries of agriculture, land resources, water resources, and fertilisers as members. In October, the Centre amended the Essential Commodities Act to enable imposition of stock limits on pulses sourced from imports, stocks held by exporters, and those used as raw-materials by licensed food processors and

RuPay cards issued to 16.51 crore customers and two lakh accounts are opened every day Banks have opened 19.21 crore accounts under the government's ambitious financial inclusion scheme Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana with deposit of more than  Rs.26,819 crore, the finance ministry has said. In a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said RuPay cards have been issued to 16.51 crore customers and that two lakh accounts are opened every day. The Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), which also entails a life insurance cover of Rs.30,000 and an accident insurance cover of Rs.1 lakh has benefited several subscribers as 1,336 claims of life cover and 333 claims of accident insurance cover have been paid till No vember 2015. The ministry statement also noted that zero balance accounts in PMJDY have declined from 76% in September 2014 to 36.5% in November 2015. “Till June 2015, more than . 4,273 crore have been routed ` through these accounts towards payment of wages under MNREGA and transfer of