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Draft Forms Under Phase II of the Companies Act 2013 Made Live by MCA

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has released the Draft Forms under Draft Rules in Second Phase of the Companies Act 2013 and made them live for Public comments. Forms for 9 chapters issued under the 2nd phase of the Companies Act 2013 have been put for public comments. Download the Draft forms from the download section below. Download from here: Draft Forms in respect of… Read More

Total Number of Companies in the Official Registry as recorded by MCA

As per the records of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs there were a total of 13.45 lakh companies in the official Registry as on 31st August 2013. However, out of these as many as 2.57 lakh companies have been closed and there are 30,127 companies that are in the process of being closed. Also, as… Read More

Today is the Last Date for Submitting Suggestions for Ph I Draft Rules under the Companies Act 2013

After an extension of 2 days, tomorrow is the last date for submitting suggestions/ comments for the first tranche of Draft Rules being framed under the Companies Act, 2013. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had, through an advertisement in newspapers last month, invited suggestions/ comments from all the stakeholders for the first tranche of Draft… Read More

India™s Foreign Trade: September, 2013

EXPORTS (including re-exports) Exports during September, 2013 were valued at US $ 27679.33 million (Rs. 176461.53 crore) which was 11.15 per cent higher in Dollar terms (29.77 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 24902.00 million (Rs. 135978.63 crore) during September, 2012. Cumulative value of exports for the period April-September 2013 -14… Read More

Housing Loan Products from Banks carrying risks :: RBI advises caution

RBI/2013-14/320 RPCD.CO.RCB.BC.No.43/07.51.013/2013-14 October 8, 2013 The Chairman All State and Central Co-operative Banks (StCBs and CCBs) Dear Sir, Housing Sector: Innovative Housing Loan Products Upfront disbursal of housing loans It has been observed that some banks have introduced certain innovative Housing Loan Schemes in association with developers/builders, e.g. upfront disbursal of sanctioned individual housing loans… Read More

RBI appoints Technical Committee on Mobile Banking

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the constitution of a Technical Committee on Mobile Banking, to examine the options/alternatives including the feasibility of using encrypted SMS based funds transfer using an application that can run on any type of handset for expansion of mobile banking in the country. Terms of Reference of the Committee… Read More

Official Journal of the Patent Office Part I, II(Design) 4th October 2013

In view of the recent amendment made in the Patents Act, 1970 by the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 effective from 01st January 2005, the Official Journal of The Patent Office is required to be published under the Statute. This Journal is being published on weekly basis on every Friday covering the various proceedings on Patents as required according… Read More

Official Journal of the Patent Office Part I, II, III(Design) 27th September 2013

In view of the recent amendment made in the Patents Act, 1970 by the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 effective from 01st January 2005, the Official Journal of The Patent Office is required to be published under the Statute. This Journal is being published on weekly basis on every Friday covering the various proceedings on Patents as required according… Read More

Revised guidelines on lending to Priority Sector for UCBs

RBI/2013-14/318 UBD CO BPD (PCB) MC. No.18/09.09.001/2013-14 October 8, 2013 The Chief Executive Officer All Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks Dear Sir / Madam, Revised guidelines on lending to Priority Sector for UCBs Please refer to our circular UBD PCB Cir. No.11/09.09.01/2007-08 dated August 30, 2007 and the amendments thereto issued from time to time on the captioned… Read More

Term Repo under Liquidity Adjustment Facility

RBI/2013-14/319 FMD.MOAG. No. 89 /01.01.009/2013-14 October 08, 2013 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs) Madam / Sir, Term Repo under Liquidity Adjustment Facility As announced yesterday, it has been decided to conduct auctions for term repos of 7-day and 14-day tenor for a notified amount equivalent to 0.25 per cent of net demand and time… Read More

MCA Invites comments on Report of the Committee for Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Doing Business in India

Report of the Committee for Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Doing Business in India is attached herewith (Click Here) for comments by general public. Comments are invited till 31-Oct-2013. The comments can be sent to Smt. Kamna Sharma (Assistant Director, MCA) on Email:kamna.sharma@mca.gov.in ----------------------------------------------------- Excerpts from the Report: "In the Indian context, the landscape of regulatory environment… Read More

MCA Extends feedback submission deadline for Companies Act 2013 Draft Rules Ph 1

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has extended the last date for submission of feedback/suggestion on 1st phase of draft rules by 2 days, i.e., evening of 10-Oct-13. The Community has been advised to hurry with their suggestions. The system will not accept any suggestions thereafter. The Draft Rules can be Downloaded from the adjacent Link:… Read More

2nd National Conference on Companies Act 2013 – New Rules of the Game :: Mumbai 18th October

The New Companies Act, 2013 is a historic change in old law, which was a riddle wrapped up in enigma. The new law is futuristic, sustainable and give flexibility to corporate environment. Lot of fresh changes have been made keeping in mind globalization, large scale corporatization of small and medium organizations. New ideas have been… Read More

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