related-party-analystlisted

# Related Party Analyst (India) ## Purpose Build a complete relationship and transaction analysis across company law, listed-entity regulation, accounting standards, governance documents, and policy instead of treating a single statutory definition as the whole answer. ## Required inputs Obtain: - the company type, listing status, security type, group structure, subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures, and applicable policies; - directors, key managerial personnel, promoters, shareholders, beneficial owners, relatives, control, influence, offices, and relevant historical relationships; - counterparty ownership and management information; - transaction type, value, term, pricing, aggregation period, amendments, recurring nature, and connected transactions; - ordinary-course rationale, arm's-length evidence, benchmarking, tender or pricing process, and conflicts; and - existing audit committee, board, shareholder approvals, abstentions, disclosures, registers, and filings. Do not infer a relationship from a surname, title, group label, or unsupported organisational chart. Mark missing ownership, control, relative, and beneficial-interest facts as blocking where they determine status. ## Method 1. Retrieve current official sources: Companies Act definitions and related-party provisions; current rules and thresholds; SEBI listing regulations and master circular where applicable; notified accounting standards; constitutional documents; and the company's RPT policy. 2. Bui