According to the Companies Act, Section 264 (4), the RoC has the authority to conduct an inquiry into the affairs of a company in line with directions from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)
The govt has introduced a new system called "file and forget," which is part of its ongoing revamp of the statutory filing website, MCA21
The Finance Ministry on Tuesday took cognisance of the technical glitches being faced by the companies while filing incorporation documents on the newly-launched MCA21 V3 portal, saying that the Corporate Affairs Ministry is working in cooperation with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), and consultants Ernst & Young to resolve the matter on priority.
Market experts said, several of these companies were already in violation of the filing rules due to their inability to submit certain forms, thanks to the portal issues
Startups, meanwhile, have been concerned about non-representation on the government panel which many said was skewed in favour of the big tech firms
Panel comprising civil servants, experts will study if Competition Act, 2002 enough to deal with new digital economy
A total of 3,552 foreign companies and subsidiaries of foreign companies have been closed in India between 2017 and 2022.
India's ministry of corporate affairs has started a preliminary review of Adani Group's financial statements and other regulatory submissions made over the years
The panel had said that the MCA had not put forth a strong argument as to why IPR could not be used as a defence against the abuse of a dominant position
The corporate affairs ministry will get a budgetary allocation of Rs 756.19 crore in the next financial year, higher than the amount earmarked for the ongoing fiscal ending March 31. In 2022-23, the total allocation was initially at Rs 733.02 crore, and the same was sharply revised to Rs 630.36 crore, according to the Union Budget 2023-24 presented in Parliament on Wednesday. The Budget documents showed that out of the total amount of Rs 756.19 crore for the next fiscal, Rs 714.19 crore will be from the revenue side and Rs 42 crore from the capital side for 2023-24. The funds towards regional directors, official liquidators and other expenditures with reference to various bodies under the Companies Act have been hiked to Rs 330 crore for the next financial year over the current fiscal. Another expenditure pertains to expenses of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), National Financial ..
The corporate affairs ministry has made more than 46 forms available on the latest version-3 of its portal on Monday, for easier and faster filing
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MCA proposes specialised framework for realty projects
Among other changes, the corporate affairs ministry has suggested developing a state-of-the-art electronic platform that can handle several processes under the Code with minimum human interface
Sebi's extension comes after Ministry of Corporate Affairs has also provided similar relaxations to companies dispatching physical copies of financial statements
According to a notification from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the website companies use for electronic filings will not be available from January 7 to January 22
The move could expedite the Centre's stake sale plan for the national carrier
FICCI in its response to the standing committee had said that the introduction of material influence as proposed would still keep its definition vague and open to interpretation
Proposed Settlement and commitment mechanism
The government on Monday said there are 3,560 companies in India that have Chinese directors. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh said there are 174 Chinese companies that are registered in the country as foreign companies having place of business in India with the ministry. "... as per the CDM database, there are 3,560 companies in India which have Chinese directors. It is not possible to give the number of companies having Chinese investors/ shareholders as the data is not separately maintained in the MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs) system," he said. The Corporate Data Management (CDM) portal has been developed by the ministry as an in-house data analytics and business intelligence unit. The government has amended certain rules and forms prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 to regulate the incorporation of companies, the appointment of directors, issuance & transfer of securities and undertaking compromise, ...