Govt to constitute National Institute like ICAI for Valuers

Registered Valuers RVO

The Government is looking to constitute a national institute for Valuers similar to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). A similar attempt was made way back in 2008.

“We now feel that we have enough critical mass to once again make an attempt to have a national institute for the valuers’ profession on the lines of ICAI... It will require a lot of hardwork,” Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas said. Professional institutes like the ICAI, ICSI etc., have been set up under Acts of Parliament.

“We now feel that we have enough critical mass to once again make an attempt to have a national institute for the valuers’ profession on the lines of ICAI... It will require a lot of hardwork,” Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas said. Professional institutes like the ICAI have been set up under Acts of Parliament.

The Companies Act, 2013 provides a comprehensive framework for development Speaking at a national seminar on valuation here organised by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India, Srinivas stressed on the importance of professional competence, conduct and ethics of valuers.

He further said that the standards for valuation are likely to be finalised in the near future, adding that the immediate priority is that Registered Valuers Organisations should develop and further improve their code of conduct as each RVO is a frontline regulator.

In 2008, there was an initial attempt to have a bill on the lines of ICAI Act for having an institute for the valuers, he said, adding that now valuation profession cannot fly below the radar as the corporate affairs ministry is taking various steps.

“When we talk about any profession, whether it is a valuer, chartered accountant, cost accountant, company secretary, insolvency professional or whoever you refer to, the overall context is that when you have a market economy there are minimum prescriptions… there are minimum ingredients for a market economy to be successful.”

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