Though startups find 17 mentions in the Budget speech of the finance minister, and have been promised tax exemptions, the reality is that only 2 per cent of the 4,648 applications received from startups for income tax exemption had been approved as of February 2019, according to an answer to a Parliament question. As India's startup space bubbles with activity - new, young players are tapping into opportunities opening up - there are local anti-portfolio stories circulating about investors missing opportunities in 'unicorns', or companies that have reached valuation of $ 1 billion, says Vandana Gombar.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Planning Commission to prepare workable models for implementing the proposed universal health coverage programme.
The Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, the civil nuclear technology transfer, telecom infrastructure security and business jet landing rights are among other "policy accomplishments in 2011" listed on the US chamber's website.
Ranbaxy has also agreed to relinquish any 180-day marketing exclusivity that it might have for three pending generic drug applications.
Corporate affairs ministry mulls changes in Competition Act, may provide different threshold for various sectors.
The company has identified Global Technical Systems, a US based surveillance technology developer, as a collaborative partners in India.
Health experts attribute this to the absence of international approval for the drug. About 90 per cent of malaria infections are reported from sub-Saharan Africa.
The generic products company had challenged the patent and secured a six-month exclusive right to sell a low-cost version of the $10.7 billion medicine in the US market after the expiry.
The prescription came through an application under the Rights to Information Act by an activist from down-south Kerala state.
The proposals are expected to be part of the new Companies Bill, 2011.
The court will hear the matter on September 6.
The move, which comes at a time when the stock market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, has overhauled takeover rules for listed companies, will allow acquisitions to be carried out in a smooth manner.
In a bid to make foreign companies engaged in online and direct-to-home business practices in India accountable, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) will make enrolment of all such companies with the country's Registrar of Companies (RoC) mandatory.
New Companies Bill to propose equal responsibility of auditors, firms.
All registered companies, both listed and unlisted, which raise public funds through sale of shares will be answerable to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).
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