• Notification Date: 11-01-2023
• Notification No: N/A

MCA about to Introduce Certain Company e-Forms in MCA21 Version 3.0

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has recently announced that the Ministry is in the process of introducing certain company e-Forms in MCA21 Version 3.0. These e-Forms will not be available in MCA21 Version-2 from 07.01.2023 to 22.01.2023. A general circular issued by the MCA on Monday confirmed that keeping in view the fact above, it has been decided by the Competent Authority to allow additional time of 15 days. No additional fees will be levied to the stakeholders, in cases where the due dates for filing of these 45 e-Forms fall during the period between 07.01.2023 and 22.01.2023. 

A few days ago, the MCA has clarified the issues relating to the filing of Forms GNL-2 (filing of prospectus related documents) and MGT-14 (filing of Resolutions relating to prospectus related documents) due to migration from V2 Version to V3 Version in MCA 21 Portal from 7th January, 2023 to 22nd January, 2023. The Ministry has previously received representations requesting for clarification about filing of Form GNL-2, for the purposes of filing prospectus related documents and MGT-14 during 7th January, 2023 to 22nd January, 2023 when migration from V2 Version to V3 Version in MCA-21 Portal will be done. Such forms will not be available for filing in V2 Version. The stakeholders have further stated that these forms required to be filed due to time bound activities.