2021-06-16 11:30:05
Tri-Weekly Summarized #Statutory News By Team, Join @HubofCA for Regular Updates:
• The MCA has notified the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2021 which seeks to amend the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 wherein restriction on matters not to be dealt with in a meeting through video conferencing as specified in the Act has been dispensed with. As a result, Companies are free to discuss any matter in meeting conducted through video conferencing
• Senior Official of the Ministry of Finance will be holding an interactive meeting on June 22, 2021 with Infosys on issues/glitches on the recently launched e-filing portal of the Income-tax Dept.
• The CBDT vide Notification No. 73/2021, dated 15-06-2021 has notified 317 the Cost Inflation Index for the Financial Year 2021-22. If a long-term capital asset is transferred, the capital gains is computed after deducting the indexed cost of acquisition instead of just cost of acquisition. Such indexation of cost of acquisition is done on the basis of Cost Inflation Index.
• In view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation and to provide relief to the families of the deceased employees of listed companies, the SEBI has decided that the provisions under the SBEB Regulations relating to minimum vesting period of one year shall not apply in case of death (for any reason) of an employee and in such instances all the options, SAR or any other benefit granted to such employee(s) shall vest with his/her legal heir or nominee on the date of death of the employee.
• The RBI has imposed restrictions with respect to investments in payments system operators (PSOs) by new entities from jurisdictions that have weak measures to deal with money laundering and terrorist financing activities. As a result, New investors from non-compliant FATF jurisdictions would not be permitted to acquire, directly or indirectly, 'significant influence' in a PSO.
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