The Hon. Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs introduced on 6th March 2020 in the Lok Sabha, the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020 {Bill No.88 of 2020}. In the statement of Objects and Reasons for introducing the Bill, she stated, inter alia that as part of the constant endeavor of the Government to facilitate greater ease of living to law abiding corporates certain provisions of the Act are proposed to be decriminalized to provide further ease of living for corporates in the country. S...

The book is the first of its kind. It consolidates under 18 different subjects in two volumes the objective of Central Acts passed by the Central Government. It covers the objective of each Act, the rights, duties, obligations, and punishments for non-compliance.The book is directed at non-legal persons i.e., ordinary citizens of the country who have not studied or practice law as a subject. The book can also be of immense value as a reference tool to lawyers and legal practitioners...

Foreword note for the book is by Mr. Shailesh Haribhakti, Chartered Accountant - the only Indian to receive the Global Competent Board’s Certification declaring him as ESG ready. He is also a winner of several corporate governance awards including the best Independent Director. He is a fellow of IOD.Unique feature of the book lies in the elaboration of the role of IDs and committees of board; templates for mandatory codes, policies, and reports both incorporating requirements under ...

The book contains key definitions of the Companies Act; Rules framed thereunder and SEBI LODR, 2015. The book specifies punishments - including the criminal for defaulting Directors.The book covers the duties, responsibilities, obligations of directors, provisions related to qualifications, disqualifications, vacation of office, appointment and reappointment, remuneration etc, extensively.The book covers the significant role Independent Directors and every allied provisions r...

The Book elaborates the over-dominance of negative human traits, morals and values leading to deep-rooted corruption, scams, frauds and ultimately loss of thousands of crores of public funds. No amount of stricter legislative regulations have resulted in dissuading the fraudsters from indulging in criminal acts directed at self-enrichment at the cost of others.The book is divided into thirteen Chapters covering aspects of human traits; corruption; frauds; business failures; punishm...

This book presents cutting-edge research and applications in geospatial data acquisition, 3D GIS, digital twins, and remote sensing to address urban challenges like climate change, disaster risk, and energy efficiency. This book explores the transformative role of geospatial technologies in shaping sustainable, resilient cities. Featuring global case studies, it offers insights into integrating smart city solutions with environmental conservation. Designed for researchers, urban planners, ...

As urban populations continue to grow, so too does the demand for efficient, sustainable, smart urban solutions. This book offers new approaches to challenges associated with urbanization by focusing on practical applications of geospatial technologies.This book addresses the paradigm shift toward smart cities, advancements in geospatial data utilization, and the integration of graph databases and GIS for infrastructure management. It examines the key features of urban mobility, th...

This book provides in-depth technical insights into water resources management, quality assessment, and modeling in India’s Delta region, offering strategies to minimize losses, maximize benefits, and protect the environment. It emphasizes the critical roles of science, technology, and innovation in achieving sustainable water resource management.The book addresses key challenges in adopting sustainable practices and infrastructure regulations, with a particular focus on wastewater...

This book comprises the select proceedings of the International Conference on Water, Environment, Energy and Society. The book is divided into four parts. Part I deals with some aspects of climatic characteristics ranging from changes in temperature and sunshine hours to downscaling to global climate patterns and effects of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) on extreme rainfall. Part II covers rainfall analysis, including changes in regional rainfall series, ...

This book comprising seven parts is organized under two sections. The first section deals with environment containing four parts, whereas the second section, containing three parts, is on energy. The first part deals with some aspects of hydrologic impacts of global warming and anthropogenic changes. Part II is on bio-environment and discusses plants, biomass, and bacterial species. Part III focuses on chemical environment. Section one is concluded with Part IV on social environment. Secti...

This book provides technical information on different biological and hybrid wastewater treatment systems for treatment of wastewater and reuse. The contained information helps in tracking their progress of such systems toward practical and field-scale applications. The book also includes strategies to be adopted for minimizing the losses and maximizing the benefits. Additionally, it includes methods for protecting the environment through the application of advanced biological and hybrid wa...

This book comprises two parts. The first part deals with some aspects of wastewater treatment, encompassing various types of technologies for treating wastewater and evaluation. The technologies, biochemical as well as chemical, including evaluation of technologies are also discussed. Part 2 is on solid waste management. It includes both municipal and industrial waste management. The book is of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of water resources, hydrology, environmen...