The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister for Corporate Affairs, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, on March 17, 2020. The Bill seeks to amend the Companies Act, 2013. Under the 2013 Act, certain provisions from the Companies Act, 1956 continue to apply to producer companies. These …
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2018 was introduced in Lok Sabha on December 20, 2018. It replaces an Ordinance promulgated on November 2, 2018. The Bill amends several provisions in the Companies Act, 2013 relating to penalties, among others.
The Standing Committee on Finance present this Thirty-Seventh Report on the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The Companies (Amendment) Bill 2016, introduced in Lok Sabha on 16 March 2016 was referred to the Committee on 12 April 2016 for examination and report thereon, by the Speaker, Lok Sabha under Rule 331E …
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (‘the Bill’) has been introduced in Lok Sabha on 16 March 2016. The bill proposes further amendments in the existing Companies Act, 2013 (‘the 2013 Act’) for ease of doing business.
The Bill, that came into force from May 1, seeks an effective initiation of CSR activities by the industry The Madhya Pradesh government has said it does not have mechanism of use the funds and support offered by various corporate houses under corporate social responsibility. The much awaited Corporate Social …
Where do you start when you have 116 bills pending and 16 working days to get some of them through? If you are the UPA Government, you start by making sure Parliament actually works, and working hours are accounted for. Stagnation has been the defining characteristic of UPA 2. According …
The Companies Bill, 2012, on receiving the assent of Honorable President of India on August 29, 2013, was notified in the Gazette of India on August 30, 2013 as the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013). The Section 1 of the Act has come into force from the date of …
The Standing Committee on Finance present this Fifty-seventh Report on the Companies Bill, 2011. The Companies Bill, 2011 introduced in Lok Sabha on 14 December, 2011, was referred to the Committee on 5 January, 2012 for examination and report thereon, by the Speaker, Lok Sabha under rule 331E of the …
