by Rajat Sharma | Jun 25, 2014 | company, Consulting |
In February of this year (2014), the Government notified the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) norms making it mandatory for companies to take a 2% cut in their net profits and use that money for the betterment of the society. I have maintained this from the very...
by Rajat Sharma | Jun 23, 2014 | Consulting |
“Credit rating agency Moody’s has assigned a ‘Baa3’ rating to India, with a stable outlook”. You must have read/heard this news. Do these AAAs, Baa3s, Cas, CCCs make any sense to you? Just like a school report card, these grades serve as a marking system /score card...
by Rajat Sharma | Jun 18, 2014 | Consulting, equity |
When businesses want to expand, they need capital. The stock market serves as an important medium for raising capital by sharing ownership of business in return for capital. Once the company gets listed on the stock exchange there are numerous ways to raise additional...
by Rajat Sharma | Apr 21, 2014 | Consulting, legal |
Naturally, anyone in legal trouble would want to know the past record of a lawyer before making a decision to hire him. Unfortunately, if you want to hire a lawyer in India, you will have to rely on some uncommon old school ways to find one. The cumulative effect of...
by Rajat Sharma | Mar 31, 2014 | Consulting, legal |
It’s about being on the right side of the law when conducting business. I have come across lots of businesses, who unknowingly violated regulations, resulting in significant legal costs and in a few cases, plunged the business into a total mess. This cannot be you. If...
by Rajat Sharma | Mar 18, 2014 | Consulting, legal, management |
With a view to check corruption in the private sector, the Government of India has proposed to make bribery in private sector a criminal offence. To this end, the Government has proposed to amend the Indian Penal Code, 1860 to criminalize both giving as well as...
