Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), is considering whether it should start regulating the country’s unlisted share market, which currently operates largely outside its direct control, chairperson Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Thursday.Speaking on the sidelines of the Association of Investment Bankers of India’s annual convention for 2025–26 here, Pandey said the issue is being discussed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.“…
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New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The government on Thursday said that annual KYC filing requirement for directors in companies has been replaced with a simpler KYC intimation once in every three years, to be effective from March 31, 2026.New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The government on Thursday said that annual KYC filing requirement for directors in companies has been replaced with a simpler KYC intimation once in every three years, to be effective from March 31, 2026.The annual KYC requirement for directors i…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) undertook several policy, regulatory, institutional and technology-driven initiatives in 2025 to further simplify compliance, strengthen corporate governance, and enhance ease of doing business in India, according to an official statement issued on Thursday.The Ministry has raised the threshold limit of paid-up share capital and turnover up to Rs 10 crore and Rs 100 crore respectively for small companies, making more firms eligible …
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) on Tuesday extended the deadline for filing financial statements and annual returns under the Companies Act until January 31, 2026, giving companies more time to complete their mandatory filings.The earlier deadline of December 31 was extended after a large number of users complained about technical problems on the MCA portal.Filers reported frequent timeouts, glitches and system errors that made it difficult to upload documents an…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The proposed amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) such as introduction of group insolvency, cross-border insolvency and creditor-initiated insolvency are encouraging as they could boost recovery rates which been persistently low due to the lengthy resolution process, according to a report released on Monday.The strengthening of NCLT and NCLAT manpower along with other legal reforms are expected to reduce the burden on the judiciary, according to the ICR…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Private sector lender IndusInd Bank on Wednesday informed stock exchanges that the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has begun investigating the affairs of the bank under Section 212 of the Companies Act, 2013, and has sought relevant information related to accounting issues flagged earlier.In a regulatory filing, the bank said it received a letter dated December 23, from the SFIO asking for specific details as part of the investigation.“The Bank has received a…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday discussed simplification of procedures, regulatory predictability, coordinated inter-departmental functioning, efficient fund flows, future-ready tax administration, financing pathways for sustained growth, and leveraging digital tools for transparency, efficiency, and accountability.Sitharaman, along with Minister of State for Corporate Affairs, Harsh Malhotra, chaired the Chintan Shivir of the Ministry of Finance and the …