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Startups Defined
Following from last month’s announcement of GoI’s Action Plan, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion notified the ...
Harini Subramani
Feb 22, 20161 min read
Amendment to Incorporation Rules
As a step towards decreasing procedural compliance hassles, the ministry of corporate affairs last month notified amendments to the...
Harini Subramani
Feb 18, 20162 min read
GoI’s Action Plan for Start-ups
The Government revealed its new start up India document. It went beyond the plan and has released an Action Plan, a pdf document that you...
Harini Subramani
Jan 18, 20162 min read
Learning from failed startups
Despite the hype surrounding startup companies in India, there are those unlucky some for whom the writing is on the wall. Various...
Harini Subramani
Dec 15, 20151 min read
Women Directors: only in letter and not in spirit?
The Companies Act 2013 provides, by virtue of the second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 149, that specified companies shall have...
Harini Subramani
Dec 11, 20152 min read
The Startup Forum: in Karnataka
Source: Economic Times Karnataka plans to become the first state in the country to allow startups to pitch for local government...
Harini Subramani
Dec 11, 20152 min read
Government enabled start-up ecosystems in the offing
Less than two months from now, the prime minister may be announcing measures for startups. Amidst all the talk on over-valuing start-ups,...
Harini Subramani
Oct 20, 20152 min read
Why private companies stand at ease
This article deals with some other exemptions to private companies under the Companies Act, 2013 (“New Act”) not covered earlier....
Harini Subramani
Oct 15, 20154 min read
Exemptions to private companies: Sections 43 and 47
Non-applicability of Sections 43 and 47 Section 43 deals with the kinds of share capital. The section provides for the different types of...
Harini Subramani
Aug 31, 20152 min read
Procedural exemptions to private companies
In this post, we would like to examine some of the procedural exemptions provided to private companies that were made applicable through...
Harini Subramani
Aug 5, 20152 min read
Changes to the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014
For the sake of simplicity, we have decided to tabulate the changes made to the Incorporation rules. The were two amendments issued in...
Harini Subramani
Jul 1, 20153 min read
Exemptions for private companies and amendments to the Companies Act
In the last couple of months, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has introduced multiple amendments to the Companies Act, 2013,...
Harini Subramani
Jul 1, 20151 min read
SEBI’s discussion paper on alternate capital raising platform
Following from our earlier post relating to SEBI’s discussion paper on alternate capital raising platform, we thought it would be...
Harini Subramani
Apr 22, 20151 min read
New rules planned for startup listing
Source: Economic Times A new definition, separate trading platform and higher entry barrier to discourage riskaverse small investors will...
Harini Subramani
Apr 3, 20154 min read
Overseas Direct Investment by proprietorship concerns and unregistered partnership firms in India
Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of India came out with a notification that provided the terms and conditions that need to be...
Harini Subramani
Jan 30, 20151 min read
Tamilnadu to set up incubator for startups
The Times of India has reported today that the TN Government will be setting up an incubation centre. This is welcome news indeed! To...
Harini Subramani
Jan 19, 20152 min read
Do Startups matter?
You’re familiar with “lean startups,” no? Travel in certain circles, read certain publications, or simply use a smartphone, and these...
Harini Subramani
Jan 15, 20154 min read
What the Hell is a Startup anyway?
(Source: Tech Crunch) If you regularly read technology media, and I honestly can’t recommend it, you will run into occasional references...
Harini Subramani
Jan 2, 20153 min read
Angel Vs Venture Capital funding
I came across an interesting article pointing out the basic difference between angel funding and seed funding. Source:...
Harini Subramani
Sep 29, 20142 min read
To rein in the crowd in Crowdfunding
The requirement for funds for small companies in India cannot be underscored more than the buzz that it has already received. Therefore,...
Harini Subramani
Aug 9, 20143 min read
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