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Company secretaries to be called governance professionals

• By People Matters

The corporate affairs minister, Sachin Pilot, has made a proposal to expand the portfolio of company secretaries to equip them with a bigger say in corporate governance. The Government would move amendments to rename company secretaries to governance professionals. The move comes at a time when the Centre is looking to sharpen supervision of compliance procedures by corporates through the proposed National Financial Regulatory Authority.

Read the Hindu Business Line news report here.