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India Entry & FDI Regulations: How To Setup Your Entity In India

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry is responsible for formulating FDI policies and managing data on inward FDI. Initiatives such as Make in India, champion sector support, and project development cells under the Scheme of Investment Promotion (SIP)[1] have been launched to promote investment.

Derivatives Contracts: Forwards, Futures, Options and Swaps

In layman terms, a Derivative based contract is a contract between two or more parties whose value is based on an agreed-upon underlying financial asset, index, or security. Some common financial instruments used for this purpose are Futures Contracts, Forward Contracts, Options Contracts, and Swaps Contracts. These are secondary securities whose value is solely based (derived) on the value of the primary security that they are linked to which is known as the underlying assets.

LEGAL POSITION OF ANTICIPATORY BREACH IN INDIA

Anticipatory breach or repudiation is a well-recognized concept in Indian courts and the law on it is fairly well settled. In instances of an anticipatory breach, it is at the discretion of the injured party being notified of the breach as to whether it wants to put an end to the contract or keep it alive for its benefit.

Impact of Social Security Code, 2020 on Employees’ State Insurance Scheme

The Code on Social Security (the Code), passed with a view to repeal and consolidate existing labor laws and facilitate ease of doing business, has introduced several changes in the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) Scheme. This article brings forth the features pertaining to the ESI Scheme under the said Code, which proves crucial for both the employee(s) as well as the employer(s). A snippet of these features are as follows:

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