Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA),
Government of India, has initiated the MCA21 project, which
will enable an easy and secure access to MCA services in
a manner that best suits the corporate entities and professionals
besides the public. The project has been named MCA21 as
it aims at repositioning MCA as an organisation capable
of fulfilling the aspirations of its stakeholders in the
21st century. Rather than compelling the business community
to physically travel to MCA offices, MCA services will be
made available at the place of their choice, be it their
homes or offices.
Value Proposition
to Stakeholders
- Enable the business community
to register a company and file statutory documents quickly
and easily.
- Public will get easy access to relevant records and get
their grievances redressed effectively.
- Professionals will be able to offer efficient services
to their client companies.
- Financial institutions will find registration and verification
of charges easy.
- MCA will ensure proactive and effective compliance with
relevant laws and corporate governance.
Key Benefits:
MCA21 seeks to fulfill the requirements
of the various stakeholders. The key benefits of MCA21 project
are the back office process relates to:
- Expeditious incorporation of companies
- Simplified and ease of convenience in filing of Forms/
Returns
- Better compliance management
- Total transparency through e-Governance
- Customer centric approach
- Increased usage of professional certificate for ensuring
authenticity and reliability of the Forms / Returns
- Building up a centralised database repository of corporate
operating
- Enhanced service level fulfillment
- Inspection of public documents of companies anytime from
anywhere
- Registration as well as verification of charges anytime
from anywhere
- Timely redressal of investor grievances
- Availability of more time for MCA employees for monitoring
and supervision
MCA21 - Unique Approach
- A new set of electronic forms
or e-Forms have been evolved to suit e-filing. The paper-based
forms have been revamped leading to a reduction in the total
number of forms besides elimination of repetitive data in
each of the e-forms.
- Electronic Payment mechanisms are envisaged to provide
ethos to e-filing, while the traditional payment facility
at the Bank counter will also continue to be available.
- Five Banks, including two private banks, with 200 branches
nationwide have been authorized to accept all MCA payments.
- Digital Signatures Certificates are mandatory to ensure
authenticity and maximum security of documents that are
filed electronically.
- Facilitation Centers (Physical Front Offices or PFO) have
been established in all major cities including the ROC office
locations and 8 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) to support
those needing assistance in e-filing and there is no extra
charge.
MCA21 - Convenience
Drives Innovation
MCA will move from the traditional
paper-based operation to a near paperless environment. Consequently,
the conventional Forms prescribed for various transactions
are to be adapted for use through electronic medium. The
processes and forms of MCA have been simplified and standardized
for electronic filing (e-filing) in this exercise. MCA services
are enabled securely through the Internet and made accessible
from the convenience of your office or home. The MCA21 portal
will facilitate e-filing, inspection of company documents
and requisition of certified copies. However, to those stakeholders
who need assistance in e filing, location of Facilitation
Centres, also known as Physical Front Offices (PFOs) at
53 places throughout the country is also envisaged. The
replacement of paper with secure electronic equivalents
would naturally eliminate the shortcomings associated with
physical paper. This will not only ensure speed and certainty
in the delivery of MCA services but also lead to introduction
of more value based services to stakeholders.
System Requirement
- Operating System - Windows
NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP
- Web Browser - Internet Explorer 6.0 and above or Netscape
Navigator
- Adobe Reader v7.0.5
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
- Scanner (Scanning documents which is required to be attached
for e-filing of forms)
- Internet Connectivity (Dial up or Broadband)
