Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. file | Photo Credit: PTI
Acknowledging that many users of the MCA21 portal of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs have reported challenges in filing due to “technical issues” since the new forms were launched on January 23 this year, Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday directed the officials to rectify the problems at the earliest.
“Reviewed the matter today and directed the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to constitute a special team to address public grievances on priority,” the minister’s office said in a series of statements on social media platform Twitter.
Ms Sitharaman has also directed the ministry to monitor the issues on a daily basis, noting that officials are working with the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Company Secretaries as well as consultants EY India, LTI Mindtree and the National Institute of Smart Governance in order to “solve problems”. case rapidly”.
“Many users of the MCA21 portal have reported facing technical issues at the time of filing since the launch (January 23, 2023) of the new form under version 3,” the minister’s office said.
Filings under the Companies Act and Limited Liability Partnership Act are submitted to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs through the MCA21 portal and there have been complaints regarding technical issues with the portal in the recent past.
In this background, Ms. Sitharaman reviewed the matter on Tuesday.
MCA21 allows electronic filing of various documents.
(With PTI inputs)