TMI BlogEarly Warning SystemX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Early Warning System - News and Press Release Dated:- 8-12-2011 - News - Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Corporate Affairs 08-December-2011 17:57 IST The Ministry of Corporate Affairs introduced an Early Warning System (EWS) in 2009 based on certain financial and non-financial indictors to ensure, as far as possible, that there is no recurrence of cases ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... similar to Satyam Case. The criteria of EWS are used for online examination of Balance Sheets and other records of all listed companies and unlisted companies [(a) with a turnover of Rs. 100 crore or more, (b) with a paid up capital of Rs 50 crore or more, and (c) having 1000 or more shareholders.] to generate early alerts of possible violations which could lead to commitment of frauds. The crite ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ria devised in 2009 was revisited and revised for identifying compnies for their early scrutiny with thefollowing salient features:- (i) The companies (listed unlisted) are run through six parameters, such as, (a) where the quantum of related party transactions are more than 5% of domestic turnover (Revenue items), (b) there is abnormal increase or decrease in profitability as compared to earl ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ier year by more than 100%, (c) where the cash and bank balances are more than 50% of current assets during last 2 years, (d) where the combined quantum of investment made is more than 50% of the paid up capital and reserves during the last three years only, (e) where the quantum of loan and advances to total current assets is more than 50%, (f) Companies having large unsecured loans, as first fil ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ter; (ii) The set of the companies identified/selected under category (i) above, are then run through another set of five parameters, such as (a) whether audit report of the company has been qualified or contains adverse remarks of auditors; (b) Whether accounting period is changed during the last 3 years Changes of a few days without the month changing need not be taken note of; (c) whether a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... uditors were changed in last 3 years; (d) Whether 50% or more of the directors ceased to be directors during the last one year; (d) Whether 50% or more of the directors ceased to be directors during the last one year; (e) Whether promoters or relatives have either reduced their stake to 10% or below of the total paid up capital (Form 20B) or the change in their stake is 5% or more of the total pai ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d up capital, for listed and unlisted companies separately, as a second filter; (iii) Lists of listed and unlisted companies are also generated in various categories such as (a) disqualification of directors, (b) companies which failed to repay the matured deposits and interest thereon, (c) companies having charges but have not filed balance sheets and annual reports. The list of aforesaid com ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... panies is finalized from the point of view of public interest involved. For the purpose of examination, public interest has been shifted to mean (i) the companies having accepted deposits but have not repaid matured amount and interest; (ii) companies having collected money through IPO; and (iii) the companies having taken secured loan but not filed their due annual returns with the ROCs. The ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Minister of State for Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri R.P.N. Singh gave this information in a written reply in Lok Sabha today. ST/bs - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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