XBRL filing requirement for cost audit reports permitted without penalty pending formal enablement by government and taxonomy completion.
The Ministry allowed filing of Cost Audit Reports and Compliance Reports in XBRL format for 2011-12 and overdue years without penalty until the government-specified deadline, and mandated future filings in XBRL once the Ministry provides the taxonomy, business rules, validation tools and Product Group classification required under the Cost Accounting Records Rules and Cost Audit Report Rules.

Anti-competitive agreements: penalty and cease-and-desist imposed on a cement manufacturer under the Competition Act for price and supply coordination.
The Commission directed M/s Shree Cement Limited to cease and desist from any agreement, understanding or arrangement on prices, production or supply of cement and imposed a penalty at the rate of 0.5 times its profits for two financial years, aggregating to the stated amount; the order is recorded in the RTPE proceeding and published on the Commission's website.

Eligibility for CS Executive Programme: graduates may apply and must follow prescribed tuition and training requirements for certification.
Admission to the Company Secretaries Executive Programme is open to graduates (excluding Fine Arts) who meet the prescribed admission deadline and thereby become eligible for the next examination cycle; the Institute provides compulsory postal tuition with optional oral coaching, requires procurement of the prospectus and application by designated purchase or registered post procedures, offers helpline assistance, and mandates specified practical and modular training after completion of Executive and Professional examinations to qualify as a Company Secretary.

E form filing fees for ROC RD and MCA imposed under applicable Schedule and Companies Fee on Application Rules.
Fees are imposed for specified electronic forms filed via the MCA-21 system with ROC, RD or MCA(HQ), with applicable charges governed either by Schedule X to the Act or by the Companies (Fee on Application) Rules, 1999, and one central-government filing identified as nil; the levy is effective from the stated effective date and replaces a prior practice of no fee for these forms.

Mandatory filing of unclaimed and unpaid amounts requires annual submission of eForm 5INV and investor-wise details to the IEPF portal.
Companies must file eForm 5INV with particulars of unpaid and unclaimed amounts and submit a separate investor-wise excel sheet on the IEPF portal. The eForm must be filed annually within 90 days after the annual general meeting or its due date and repeated each year until completion of the seven-year holding period; templates and filing steps are available on the IEPF application.

Multistate Societies Registration Bill invites stakeholder comments on proposed model law to address regulatory gaps and oversight.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has invited written views and suggestions from stakeholders on the proposed Multistate Societies Registration Bill, 2012, supplied email and postal submission routes and a deadline, and posted the Expert Group's report and the proposed Bill on the Ministry website to inform responses.

Competition law and policy leadership: CCI Chairperson elected to lead UNCTAD intergovernmental experts group for a year
Election of the Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India to lead UNCTAD's Intergovernmental Group of Experts on Competition law and policy was unanimous following a proposal from a member delegation; the Chair will coordinate the Group's consultative activities, promote consensus building and voluntary cooperation among developing countries' competition authorities, and oversee the Group's programme of informal exchanges and best-practice consultations during the coming year.

Abuse of dominance results in penalty and cease-and-desist where a cable operator group denied broadcasters market access.
Abuse of dominance under the Competition Act, 2002 was found where a multi system cable operator group, holding an overwhelming share of subscribers in Punjab and Chandigarh, denied a broadcaster transmission on its network, creating an effective denial of market access due to lack of substitutes. The Commission imposed a monetary penalty calculated as a percentage of average turnover for the preceding three years and required deposit within a prescribed period, together with directions to cease practices that deny market access; the findings followed an investigation on a broadcaster's information.