Vikas Sharma

Sections 8–10 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: general functions of the Authority, authentication of its orders and delegation of its powers3 Oct 2026 Sections 4–7 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: meetings of the Authority, committees, officers and employees, and the Chairperson as chief executive3 Oct 2026 Section 3 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: establishment of the PPV&FR Authority, its Chairperson, fifteen members, member-secretary and Standing Committee3 Oct 2026 Section 2 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: definitions of breeder, variety, extant variety, farmers' variety, essentially derived variety, farmer, seed and the other terms3 Oct 2026 Section 1 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001: short title, extent, the two commencement dates and what the Act is for3 Oct 2026 Paragraphs 26–29 of SS-4 (Secretarial Standard on Report of the Board of Directors): approving the Board's Report at a meeting, who signs it, attaching it to the financial statements, sending it to members and filing it with the Registrar3 Oct 2026 Paragraphs 13–25 of SS-4 (Secretarial Standard on Report of the Board of Directors): risk management, vigil mechanism, material orders, auditors' qualifications, secretarial audit, insolvency, annual return, listed-company disclosures and POSH3 Oct 2026 Paragraphs 7–12 of SS-4 (Secretarial Standard on Report of the Board of Directors): subsidiaries, deposits, loans, guarantees and investments, related party contracts, CSR, and energy, technology and foreign exchange3 Oct 2026 Paragraph 6 of SS-4 (Secretarial Standard on Report of the Board of Directors): Directors and KMP, meetings, the directors' responsibility statement, independent directors, evaluation, remuneration and internal financial controls3 Oct 2026 Paragraphs 3–5 of SS-4 (Secretarial Standard on Report of the Board of Directors): disclosing changes in share capital and debt, issue of shares and securities, credit ratings, and amounts and shares transferred to the IEPF3 Oct 2026 Paragraphs 1 and 2 of SS-4 (Secretarial Standard on Report of the Board of Directors): scope, the abridged report for OPCs and small companies, defined terms, and the company-specific and general information the Board's Report should give3 Oct 2026 Paragraphs 6–10 of SS-3 (Secretarial Standard on Dividend): the unpaid dividend account, transfer to the IEPF, no revocation of dividend, preserving records, disclosure, and listed companies (Annexure 'A')3 Oct 2026