Companies Bill

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  Lok Sabha Clears Bill To Amend Companies Law

  The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in March 2016 and then referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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  Corporate Social Responsibility Spending Can Go Up To Rs 14,000 Crore: Arun Jaitley

  When CSR clause was put in the Companies Bill, there was opposition from the corporates, the Finance Minister said.

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  Lok Sabha Clears Bill To Amend Companies Law

  The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha in March 2016 and then referred to the Standing Committee on Finance.

• Companies law draft rules provide clarity on auditor rotation: experts

  The draft rules released by the government for the new companies legislation provide clarifications on rotation of auditors but ambiguity persists on eligibility and appointment of internal auditors, according to experts.

• Government releases draft rules for new Companies Act

  Releasing the first set of draft rules, covering 16 out of total 29 chapters of the Companies Act 2013, government invited comments from the public and other stakeholders till October 8 and said the second tranche of these rules would be released next week.

• New legislation to govern companies enacted

  After being approved by Parliament last month and receiving assent from President Pranab Mukherjee, the new laws have been now gazetted.

• Companies Bill receives President's assent: report

  The new Companies Bill has received the President's assent, which will make it into a law replacing the nearly six-decade old regulations that govern corporates in the country.

• India labours to overhaul a corporate world rife with fraud

  India, a nation notoriously rife with graft and bribery, was partly motivated to pass the legislation in the wake of an accounting scandal that has been called India's Enron.

• Companies Bill passed by Parliament: Who said what

  Parliament on Thursday passed a new bill which is the first major overhaul of company law in more than 50 years. The legislation strengthens accounting standards and shareholder rights.

• Companies Bill passed in Rajya Sabha: What it means for you

  The Rajya Sabha today passed the much-awaited Companies Bill, replacing the decades old Companies Act, 1956. The Bill had been passed by the Lok Sabha in December last year.

• Salient features of the new Companies Bill passed by Parliament

  The legislation strengthens accounting standards and shareholder rights, and makes it mandatory for companies with market capitalisation of more than Rs. 500 crore to spend 2 per cent of their annual net profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR), such as social work or charity.

• Companies Bill passed by Parliament, focus on shareholders' rights and CSR

  Parliament has passed a new bill which is the first major overhaul of company law in more than 50 years.

• Companies Bill passage hailed by India Inc

  The Companies Bill, which will replace the nearly 50-year-old Companies Act, was passed by Rajya Sabha by voice vote. Lok Sabha had given its assent in December last year.

• Companies Bill passed in Rajya Sabha: what it means for you

  The Rajya Sabha today passed the much-awaited Companies Bill, replacing the decades old Companies Act, 1956. The Bill had been passed by the Lok Sabha in December last year.

• Companies Bill likely in Rajya Sabha this week

  The much-awaited Companies Bill, which seeks to replace the more than five-decade old regulations that govern corporates in the country, is likely to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha this week.