Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In late 2002, SEBI constituted a Committee to assess the adequacy of current corporate governance practices and to suggest improvements. Based on the recommendations of this committee, SEBI issued a modified Clause 49 on 29 October 2004 (the ‘revised Clause 49’) which came into operation on 1 January 2006.
The NVGs are an aspirational and comprehensive guideline to encourage responsible business behaviour in India. The NVGs, a set of 9 principles, [10] cover a broad array of social, economic, environmental and governance issues and developmental priorities. To actualise the principles a corresponding set of core elements have also been developed.
Created in the year 1967 as a service to administer the Companies Act, 1956 as the Company Law Service, it was renamed as Indian Company Law Service in the year 2002. The service functioned under Ministry of Finance (Department of Company Affairs) till 2004, after which an independent ministry by the name Ministry of Corporate Affairs was created to administer the Corporate Sector in India.
"Corporate governance" may be defined, described or delineated in diverse ways, depending on the writer's purpose. Writers focused on a disciplinary interest or context (such as accounting, finance, law, or management) often adopt narrow definitions that appear purpose-specific.
In August 2013, The Companies Act, 2013 was passed to regulate corporations by increasing responsibilities of corporate executives and is intended to avoid the accounting scandals such as the Satyam scandal which have plagued India. [2] It replaces The Companies Act, 1956 which has proven outmoded in terms of handling 21st century problems. [3]
The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) was established by the Central Government in 2008 as an Institute under the administrative control of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India to function as a think tank, carry out action research, service delivery and capacity building support to the Central Government, corporate sector, professionals and related stakeholders.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs thereafter published a notification exempting private companies from the ambit of various sections under the act. [ 4 ] The Act increased the responsibilities of corporate executives in the information technology sector, increasing India's safeguards against organised cybercrime by allowing CEOs and CTOs to be ...