The Council, at its 331st meeting held on 10th to 12th February, 2014, has approved an upward revision in fee charged by the Expert Advisory Committee for giving its opinion. The approved fee is given below:

• Rs. 75,000/- per query where the query relates to:
  
  
  • an enterprise whose equity or debt securities are listed on a recognised stock exchange, or 
    
    
  • an enterprise having an annual turnover exceeding Rs.50 crore based on the annual accounts of the accounting year ending on a date immediately preceding the date of sending the query.
    
    
• Rs. 37,500/- per query in any other case.

Accordingly, Rule 5 of Advisory Service Rules stands changed with effect from 1st April, 2014, which are hosted under the head ‘Resources’ on the main page of the Institute’s website and also under the head ‘Knowledge Sharing’ on the main page of the Committee.