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Workshop on Draft Draft National Voluntary Guidelines on Social Responsibilities

Multi-Stakeholder Consultations Draft National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business (NVGs) & Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Guidelines A Half-Day multi Stakeholder consultation is being organized by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and Deutsche Gesellschaft fÃ¼r Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)under a bilateral cooperation, the IICA-GIZ CSR Initiative,Global Reporting Initiative… Read More

ICSI President’s Communique – May, 2011

Dear Professional Colleagues, With vision there is no room to be frightened. No reason for intimidation. It™s time to march forward! Let™s be confident and positive! - Charles R Swindoll (American Writer and Clergyman) ICSI Vision Plan 2020 Globalisation is here to stay and the opportunities can be best capitalized only through engagement, not exclusion… Read More

FAQs on New Rules relating to Appointment of Cost Auditor

CLR Note: Ministry of Corporate Affairs had recently issued notifications for appointment of Cost Auditors. Companies are having procedural queries with regard to the appointment of Cost Auditor, which has been clarified by ICWAI through its given questioner where the doubts have been sorted out for better understanding of everyone to implement it. Q.1 Has the Government prescribed a new procedure… Read More

LIC issuing receipts without adequate stamps

Several branches of Life Insurance Corporation of India, the country's largest insurance company, are allegedly causing huge loss to exchequer by issuing receipts without affixing revenue stamps. The matter came to light during a hearing before the Central Information Commission which directed the LIC to make public details of all the revenue stamps purchased by the… Read More

SC stays Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi verdict

Calling it a strange and surprising order, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Allahabad High Court's verdict on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmbhoomi disputed site by which it had directed the site be divided equally between the three contending parties. The apex court bench of Justice Aftab Alam and Justice R.M. Lodha Monday said that by… Read More

HC reserves orders on Bail Pleas in 2G scam case

Justice Ajit Bharihoke reserved his order on bail pleas on Swan Telecom Director Vinod Goenka and Unitech Ltd's Managing Director Sanjay Chandra and the three Reliance ADAG officials after CBI's Special Public Prosecutor U U Lalit concluded his argument vehemently opposing their bail pleas. The three top Reliance ADAG executives, who have been held for… Read More

International conference on Tagore™s Universalism in New Delhi, Kolkata & Dhaka

Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation under the aegis of the Ministry has organised an international conference on Tagore™s Universalism in New Delhi, Kolkata and Dhaka to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The two-day conference began in New Delhi today taking up subset of themes such as Individual & the Universe, The Samaja… Read More

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to give away National Awards on Technology

The Former President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam will give away National Awards on Technology on the occasion of Celebration of Technology Day here tomorrow. The Union Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal will preside over the function. Technology Day is celebrated as a symbol of quest for scientific inquiry and… Read More

ICAI notifies Information Systems Audit (ISA) Course Assessment Test

No.13-CA(EXAM)/ISA/J/2011: - In pursuance of Rule 7 of Schedule ˜F™ to Regulation 204 of theChartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 (as amended vide Notification No. 1 -CA(7)/59/2001dated 28th September 2001), the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ispleased to notify that the Information Systems Audit (ISA) Course Assessment Test will be heldon 18th June… Read More

Draft National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities

The Draft National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities issued by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) are a refinement over the Corporate Social Responsibility Voluntary Guidelines 2009, released by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in December 2009. The Guidelines are designed to be used by all businesses irrespective of size, sector or location laying down the… Read More

Now Download CS Admit Cards and Mark sheets online – Physical discontinued

ICSI goes Hi-tech and announces discontinuance of receipt of Admit Cards and Mark sheets via post. Students appearing for the JUNE, 2011 CS Examinations will not be receiving their admit cards via post rather it will be receivable on the site once uploaded by the Institute, thus the students are advised to download the Admit Card on or… Read More

FICCI to suggest impact of GST on Aviation Sector

A Ficci committee today said it will suggest ideas to the aviation industry on how the proposed Goods & Services Tax (GST) would affect them, along with other recommendations to give the sector a boost. The Ficci Civil Aviation Committee has also set for itself a wide-ranging agenda to give the civil aviation industry a… Read More

SC orders Status Quo on the Ground Handling Dispute at 6 Airports

According to the new regime, drafted in 2007, and postponed two times, private airlines were not allowed to do ground handling through outsourcing. They were asked to do the job through government-approved agencies. The new rules covered mainly the six metros ” Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai. At present each airline has its… Read More