Environment (Protection) Third Amendment Rules, 2023

The Amendment Rules aim to minimize environmental pollution and promote sustainable practices within the CPC industry. They set out more stringent standards for the operation of Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) units.

Central Government to extend Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge System to MGNREGA

The Ministry of Rural Development has issued a press information bulletin on the extension of Aadhaar Based Payment Bridge System (ABPS) to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). This press information bulletin was issued on 3rd June, 2023. The Central Government has observed that in many cases due to frequent changes in Bank […]

SEBI 3rd Amendment to Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements

The 3rd Amendment to SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015 [‘SEBI LODR’] was notified on 08th October 2020 after decisions were taken in the SEBI Board Meeting held on 29 September 2020. Now listed entities can have 100% asset cover as per terms of offer document so long as it is sufficient to discharge principal amount. Exemption to Regulated entity from maintaining asset cover has been removed. In addition, one more disclosure is now mandatorily to be made to Debenture Trustees.

Lok Sabha has passed the Companies Amendment Bill, 2020

The Lok Sabha on 19 September 2020 passed the Companies Amendment Bill, 2020 which seeks to amend several provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. The Bills, based on the recommendations of the Company Law Committee and internal review by the Government, proposed to amend various provisions of the Act to decriminalise minor procedural or technical lapses under the provisions of the said Act, into civil wrong; and considering the overall pendency of the courts, a principle based approach has been adopted to further remove criminality in case of defaults, which can be determined objectively and which otherwise lack any element of fraud or do not involve larger public interest. In addition, the Government
also proposes to provide greater ease of living to corporates through certain other amendments to the Act.