Link Aadhar card to Pan Card before 30th June'20

Lets Talk Compliance – Alert to PAN Card Holders! Link PAN with Aadhaar on or before June 30, 2020

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has stated that a Permanent Account Number (PAN) will become inoperative if not linked with Aadhaar by 30th June’2020 (extended from 31.03.2020 due to COVID-19 Lockdown). These stringent measures are taken in order to weed out fake PAN cards and accounts from the system and to track financial transactions.…

Lets Talk Compliance – The Personal Data Protection Bill | An Overview

In the recent times, India has achieved a resounding success in revalidating the constitutional framework on the “Right to privacy” and the whole credit goes to Justice K.S. Puttasamy case, wherein, the Supreme Court, unequivocally declared that ”The right to privacy is a fundamental inalienable right under The Constitution of India and it is protected…

EoD in Food Industry During COVID19 pandemic

Lets Talk Compliance – Ease of Doing Business in Food Industry During COVID-19 Lockdown

Food is an essential commodity as per The Essential commodities Act 1955. Everyone has to stay home to stay safe but not to starve without basic essential like food. At this time of crisis, the government has rescued the food business with the announcement of a few exemptions and relaxations to ease the operation of…

COVID19 Relief measures by Ministry of Corporate Affairs

COVID-19 Relief Measures announced by Ministry Of Corporate affairs

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is fully cognizant of the difficulties faced by the companies on account of ongoing nation-wide lockdown and social distancing requirement due to COVID 19. In furtherance of the Government’s objective of facilitating corporate compliances during the current lockdown period in taking certain emergent/ urgent measures. Ministry of Corporate Affairs…

FAQ on COVID19 - Taxation Relief in India

FAQ on COVID19 – Taxation Measures

The Government has brought in an Ordinance on 31st March’2020 to give binding effect to the announcements made by the Union Finance Minister vide Press Release dated 24th March’2020, on several relief measures relating to statutory and regulatory compliance matters across sectors in view of COVID-19 outbreak. It is pertinent to note that the outbreak of Novel…

COVID-19 and its CSR Compliance

Lets Talk Compliance – C0VID-19 & CSR Compliance

What is CSR? A business organisation, in addition to generating profit, has social obligations too.   Besides addressing the expectations of shareholders and the stake-holders, it has the responsibility to give back to the society in which it operates. Corporate Social Responsibility is the way through which a company achieves a balance of Economic, Environmental and…

Ease of Doing Business in India & Labour reforms

How Labour Reforms contribute to Ease of Doing Business

Introduction: Discussions and debates on the amendments to the Indian Legal system and sudden imposition of the Digitalisation in the life of normal people, clearly elucidate the intention of our Government to develop our Economy on par with other economies. The World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business is a stepping stone for us to realize…

Perpetual License and proposed amendments under FSSAI

Perpetual License and other proposed amendments under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India) has proposed to do away with complex year-on-year license renewal process by introducing perpetual (permanent) licenses and registrations under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. This move will furthermore enhance the ease of doing business for the food businesses in India. The FSSAI has proposed to…

NEEM Scheme – AICTE revisits for enhanced process

In addition to Apprentice training under Apprentices Act -1961 and trainees engaged as per Standing order provisions, a new initiative was notified by AICTE (All India Council of Technical Education) on 15/4/2013 in the name of NEEM  (National Employability Enhancement Mission) with an objective to offer “on the job practical training” to enhance employability of…