Inclusive innovation fund leverages venture capital model to finance scalable social enterprises serving the economic base.
The India Inclusive Innovation Fund (IIIF), approved by the Union Cabinet and to be registered under SEBI Alternative Investment Fund Category I, will combine institutional capital with a venture style approach to finance scalable, sustainable enterprises addressing the base of the economic pyramid. Management will be entrusted to an Asset Management Company incorporated as a Section 25 not for profit company, which will appoint professional managers and an independent Investment Committee; at least 50% of initial investments will target MSME stage enterprises, with incubation, mentoring and partnerships to support commercialisation and social impact.

Corporate Social Responsibility promoted through IICA partnerships to deliver awareness and capacity-building programmes for boards and industry.
IICA has signed MoUs with FICCI and partnered with Thomson Reuters to deliver awareness programmes and capacity-building initiatives promoting Corporate Social Responsibility and governance obligations under the Companies Act 2013, developing course content, short-term training and sector-specific orientation for boards, senior officers and regulators, with an initial programme planned for the pharma sector.

Investor awareness programmes expanded through professional institutes and rural outreach, with budgetary allocation supporting nationwide delivery.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs delivers Investor Awareness Programmes through three professional institutes, organizing 1,370 programmes in the current financial year to 31.12.2013 (263 in December) with a budgetary provision to fund these activities. The scheme has been extended to rural outreach via partnership with CSC e Governance Services India Limited, with sixty rural programmes conducted across three states as of 31.12.2013.

Company dormancy classification reduces active registry numbers as numerous firms remain closed or non compliant with filings.
The registry classifies companies by status: closed, in process of closure, and dormant where entities have failed to file annual returns and balance sheets for multiple consecutive years; accounting for closed and dormant firms yields a substantially reduced count of active companies.

Investor awareness programmes expanded nationally and into rural areas, funded and delivered through professional institutes and CSC.
Ministry-organised Investor Awareness Programmes reached 1,107 events in the current financial year through three professional institutes, including 306 programmes in November, supported by a specific budgetary allocation. The initiative, following a prior year total of 1,986 programmes, has been extended into rural areas by engaging CSC e-Governance Services India Limited to enhance delivery and outreach.

Online registration requirement centralises Company Secretaryship course enrolment, standardising admissions and providing digital applicant support.
Institute converts enrolment for the Company Secretaryship programme to an exclusively online single-window registration mechanism, centralising intake through its digital portal and standardising application formalities; animated online help resources are provided to assist applicants in completing examination and training prerequisites required for membership eligibility to practise or be employed as a Company Secretary.

Salaries and Allowances for Appellate Tribunal members updated; Chairperson and Members receive fixed pay and admissible allowances.
Notification prescribes the Salaries, Allowances and other terms and conditions of service for the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal: the Chairperson receives a fixed monthly pay and allowances equivalent to those admissible to an officer in the Cabinet Secretary's Scale, while Judicial and Technical Members receive a fixed pay in a separate scale and allowances admissible to officers in the Apex Scale; the Rules complement an earlier notification for the National Company Law Tribunal and are published by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.