companies law

'Cos law amendments to improve ease of doing biz in India'

The proposed changes to companies law that were cleared by the Lok Sabha Wednesday would provide relief to corporates and improve ease of doing business in India, according to experts.

Dec 17, 2014, 21:30 PM IST

Over 9,000 new cases against cos with RoCs in 2013-14

The Committee in its report noted that the number of cases pending with the RoCs stood 49,500, as on April 1, 2013.

Dec 16, 2014, 19:45 PM IST

Bill in Lok Sabha to amend companies law

Seeking to facilitate ease of doing business, government today introduced a bill in Lok Sabha to amend the companies law to provide stringent punishment for illegal money pooling activities, among other things.

Dec 12, 2014, 17:14 PM IST

One woman director must for certain public companies: Govt

It is mandatory for certain class of public companies to appoint at least one woman director on their boards under the companies law, government said on Friday.

Dec 12, 2014, 17:06 PM IST

Company registrations decline by half in Apr-Aug 2014

According to Minister of Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley, the decline in registration of companies in the current fiscal was not due to compliance issues under the Companies Act 2013.

Dec 09, 2014, 16:32 PM IST

Company registrations decline by half in Apr-Aug 2014

As many as 43,601 companies had got registered during April-August period of the last financial year.

Dec 09, 2014, 16:07 PM IST

No specific tax exemption for companies' CSR expenses: Govt

The new companies law, which came into force from April 1, requires certain class of profitable corporates to shell out at least 2 percent of their three-year annual average net profit towards CSR works.

Dec 05, 2014, 17:17 PM IST

PE investments decline 28% to $1.94 bn in Apr-Jun qtr

Private equity (PE) investments in the April-June quarter dropped 28 percent to USD 1.94 billion due to various uncertainties including those related to the new companies law, says a report.

Jul 02, 2014, 21:16 PM IST