On corporate governance front, we were expecting the decriminalization under the LLP Act, 2008 and this is a good move to ease the doing of business in India. To relax the compliance burden, the definition of Small Companies is expanded by increasing the thresholds for paid-up capital from ‘not exceeding INR 50 Lakh’ to ‘not exceeding INR 2 Crore’ and turnover from ‘not exceeding INR 2 Crore’ to ‘not exceeding INR 20 Crore’. Further, the Government seems to incentivize the start-ups by allowing One Person Companies (OPCs) to grow without any restrictions on paid-up capital and turnover; the residency limit to set up an OPC is reduced from 182 days to 120 days and Non Resident Indians are permitted to incorporate OPCs.
Quote by Rupinder Mailk on Decriminalization under the LLP Act, 2008 published in Media Brief, Mondaq and Connexionblog.
Rupinder specializes in mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, strategic alliances, cross-border investments, regulatory issues for India entry, restructurings of Indian and international conglomerates, as well as compliance and white-collar crime investigations.