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Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, MOS (Finance . Inaugurates the new Premises of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in national capital

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..... Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, MOS (Finance . Inaugurates the new Premises of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in national capital
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Dated:- 30-3-2017

The Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 is a key economic reform that will facilitate ease of doing business and promote econom .....

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..... ic growth. He appreciated the progress so far made by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the IBBI to implement this reform. He advised that this reform should be suitably disseminated at international fora. He emphasized that a regulator is duty bound to guide and steer the market forces in the right direction, and not be intrusive. Shri Meghwal was speaking after inaugurating the new premises .....

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..... of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in Delhi. The IBBI is now located at 7th Floor, Mayur Bhawan, Shankar Market, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110 001. It was earlier functioning-out of the CMA Bhawan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Speaking further on the occasion, the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Meghwal further said that Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former P .....

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..... rime Minister of India, had said that Asia is slated to lead the world economy in the 21st century. He also stated that Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, had envisioned India leading the world in the 21st century. He said that the Government is confident that India will attain such commanding position and it has been building right kind of institutions and undertaking appropriat .....

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..... e reforms towards this end. Welcoming the guests to the event, Chairperson, IBBI, Dr. M. S. Sahoo, stated that the IBBI is a unique regulator. It combines the role of a regulator of profession as well as of transactions. Unlike other professions where the regulator only develops and regulates the profession, the IBBI also writes rules of transactions undertaken by the professionals. He also state .....

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..... d that regulator is a mini state and accordingly, the IBBI has created three separate wings, namely, Research and Regulation Wing, Registration and Monitoring Wing and Administrative Law Wing. The Insolvency Bankruptcy Code, 2016 provides a market determined, time bound mechanism for orderly resolution of insolvency, wherever possible, and ease of exit, wherever required. The IBBI is a key elemen .....

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..... t of the ecosystem that implements the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. It was established on 1st October, 2016. It has the following broad responsibilities: a. Regulation and development of transaction processes and practices (Corporate Insolvency, Corporate Liquidation, Individual Insolvency and Individual Bankruptcy), b. Registration and regulation of service providers (Insolvency Profes .....

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..... sionals, Insolvency Professional Agencies and Information Utilities), c. Oversight and Enforcement (Surveillance, Investigation, Grievance Redressal and adjudication) of transactions and service providers, and d. Professional development (Education, Examination, Training, and Continuing Professional Education). The IBBI has issued the following five market related regulations: a. the IBBI (Mod .....

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..... el Bye-laws and Governing Board of Insolvency Professional Agencies) Regulations, 2016, b. the IBBI (Insolvency Professional Agencies) Regulations, 2016, c. the IBBI (Insolvency Professionals) Regulations, 2016, d. the IBBI (Insolvency Resolution Process for Corporate Persons) Regulations, 2016, and e. the IBBI (Liquidation Process) Regulations, 2016. Under these regulations, there are three .....

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..... registered Insolvency Professional Agencies, namely, Indian Institute of Insolvency professionals of ICAI, ICSI Insolvency Professionals Agency, and Insolvency Professional Agency of Institute of Cost Accountants of India. There are 977 insolvency professionals who are registered for a limited period of six months. There are also 88 insolvency professionals, who have passed limited insolvency exa .....

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..... mination and have permanent registration. There are two recognised insolvency professional entities which provide organisational support to professionals. For information utilities, the work has started and the regulations are likely to be notified soon. The entire ecosystem required for corporate insolvency resolution and liquidation is in place. Transactions have commenced from 1st December, 201 .....

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..... 6. About 100 applications for corporate insolvency resolution have been filed with NCLT so far of which about 20 have been admitted.
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