MCA Amends Provisions Relating To Remuneration For Independent Directors And Other Amendments: KPMG

The Legal Library section collates quality and in-depth reports on regulatory developments, court rulings and policy changes authored by India’s top law firms and consultants. These reports offer BloombergQuint’s subscribers an opportunity to expand their understanding of law and policy. .KPMG Report.Currently under Section 197(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, in case of no profits or inadequacy of profits, a company is not allowed to pay any remuneration (other than sitting fee) to its directors, including managing director, whole-time director or manager, except as provided under Schedule V to the 2013 Act.The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 introduced amendments to Section 149 and 197 of the 2013 Act, to provide remuneration for non-executive directors, including independent directors, in case of inadequacy of profits in a manner similar to executive directors. The 2020 Amendment Act received the assent of the President of India on September 28, 2020. Many sections of the 2020 Amendment Act were notified on Dec. 21, 2020, Jan. 22, 2021 and Feb. 11, 2021 by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs..Click on the attachment to read the full report:.DISCLAIMERThis alert does not constitute legal advice and is for information purpose only. This report is authored by an external party. BloombergQuint does not vouch for the accuracy of its contents nor is responsible for them in any way. The views expressed in the report are that of the author entity and do not represent the views of BloombergQuint. .Users have no license to copy, modify, or distribute the content without permission of the Original Owner.

MCA Amends Provisions Relating To Remuneration For Independent Directors And Other Amendments: KPMG

MCA Amends Provisions Relating To Remuneration For Independent Directors And Other Amendments: KPMG

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