New Delhi, Oct 28 (KNN) The Union Government expects the entire Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law to become operational by end-December 2016, Economic Affairs Secretary, Shaktikanta Das has said.

“We have a definite roadmap to implement the Bankruptcy Law, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs is working on it, the Law Ministry, the Legislative Department have played a very significant role in finalising the legislation and they will continue to have a very significant role in also finalising the regulations,” said Das.

He recently said this at an ASSOCHAM national conference on ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016: A game changer.’

Highlighting how a clear roadmap has been drawn up, he informed that Ministry of Corporate Affairs has already published certain draft regulations and have invited comments, other regulations and rules are under preparation and they will be put in the public domain for public consultation.

“Now it is the responsibility of both government and industry bodies and every category of professionals to develop information utilities, to develop insolvency professionals and take the implementation of this law forward and see that it is fully implemented and the economy and country is able to get its full benefits,” said Das.

The DEA (Department of Economic Affairs) secretary also said that Insolvency and Bankruptcy Law creates massive opportunities for new service sector professionals who can manage information utilities and it also opens up lot of opportunities for a new category of professionals, mainly the resolution professionals who have to play a very important role.

“I think the most critical thing for success of Bankruptcy code will be our ability to create good quality insolvency professionals. This opens up opportunities for professionals from the field of banking, legal professionals, chartered accountants, other finance professionals, people who have experience in management of companies,” said Das.