DVS Research Foundation (DRF) is the CSR initiative of DVS Advisors LLP. DRF was set up as a virtual foundation for intellectual interactions and has more than 1600 members from 20+ countries. Our members span across diverse professional backgrounds including Academicians, Chartered Accountants, Lawyers, Bankers, Business owners (across sizes), Bureaucrats and Public representatives. Since inception we have conducted more than 300 programs on topics from Constitution, Economy, Taxation, Banking, Legal, Public policy and Global finance to name a few.
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Canada is an open country when it comes to those who want to set up businesses irrespective of nationalities. Foreign investors who want to open Canadian companies as non-residents have several options. They can set up companies and manage them from abroad or by moving to Canada. In this webinar, we shall focus on foreign companies and corporations intending to do business in Canada.
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Global economic activity has come to a near standstill as Covid-19 related lockdowns are imposed across a widening swathe of affected countries. Financial markets have been facing high volatility due to panic sell-offs resulting in destruction of equity markets. Financial institutions have started encountering liquidity constraints and lags in credit flow, thereby putting debt servicing at risk. The need for strong fiscal measures has become the voice of the banking sector to revive. In this webinar, we shall be focusing on the various spheres of the banking sector which has the hard hit due to the pandemic’s intensity, the RBI’s measures to cope up with the current slack and the way forward for revival of the coveted sector.
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Covid-19 has gripped the entire world including India with its adverse impact, affecting predominantly all industries and sectors. In these times of economic and financial distress owing to the catastrophic outbreak, we would intend to discuss the influence of Covid 19 on the Indian real estate sector. The sector was already having a bad phase before the outbreak of Covid-19; we shall focus on the opportunities which the pandemic would bring for its revival and the way forward in re-engineering the entire sector.
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In order to make a fresh start on a clean state, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide circulars issued in March, 2020 has taken certain alleviative measures by introducing the Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020. Further, to promote ease of doing business, MCA has given relaxation in additional fees with respect to filing of pending documents with MCA by defaulting LLPs by introducing LLP Settlement Scheme, 2020. These Schemes act as relief to defaulting Companies / LLPs by mitigating their financial burden and giving them an opportunity to make a fresh start. In this webinar, we shall understand the salient features of these Schemes including their objective, applicability and the effect of immunity.
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Import of all kinds of goods and the export of goods on certain situations attracts customs duty. The Customs Act,1962 contains provisions which govern the levy of customs duty. In this webinar, we shall deal with provisions relating to prosecutions and penalties levied on the person for any offences.
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In these times of economic and financial distress owing to COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to stress upon the central bank’s relentless efforts to revive the Indian economy. The sizeable rate cut and few other regulatory policies will ease the functioning of the banking system and make sure there is enough liquidity in the economy to promote growth.
In this webinar, we shall analyse the array of financial weapons brought into play by RBI through its Development and Regulatory Policy, and the impact they would have on the economy when they are put to use.
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The deadly virus COVID-19 has already started to impact the economy. In view of fighting against the effects of the pandemic on the nation, the Ministry of Finance of India has come up with certain relief measures to tackle the economic situation and measures with regard to statutory and compliance requirements. In this Webinar, we will be learning about the various tax and economic measures taken by the Government of India to aid the nation during the lock down period.
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In this webinar, we will understand the meaning and legal basis of a force majeure event. We shall discuss if COVID-19 will trigger a force majeure clause and whether this outbreak is considered by Indian Government as force majeure. Further, statutory relaxations announced by the Government of India in the light of COVID-19 outbreak will be discussed. Finally, the webinar will also cover the practical suggestions if force majeure event is attracted.
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In the present era of cross-border transactions across the globe, the effect of taxation is one of the important considerations for any trade and investment decisions in other countries. Where a taxpayer is resident in one country but has a source of income situated in another country it gives rise to possible double taxation, to address the same Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs) are entered between countries. In this webinar, we shall understand and analyse the DTAA entered by India-UAE.
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The Corona virus pandemic is posing a severe health and humanitarian crisis across the globe. It has also brought an unexpected economic shock to the global economy and initiated a crisis which would burden nations for years to come. In this Webinar, we shall look at various policy measures being taken in response to the crisis at the national and international levels. The webinar will also highlight possible fiscal measures that can be adopted to respond to the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.
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