What is MCA

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (i.e., MCA) is progressively implementing the third version of the flagship project MCA21 (NCA 21 Version-3). As a part of the first phase, MCA will carry out the following-

  • Upgradation of the current version of the MCA website; and
  • Introduction of the following two new public-facing modules-
    • E-Consultation; and
    • E-Book.
    E-Books and use thereof-

    Basically, the E-Books module is launched by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to-

    • Simplify the compliance procedure; and
    • Provide complete information and data about the applicable act; rules and regulations.

    Both registered as well as non-registered users can access the E-Books by following the below steps-

    STEP 1 - Visit site https://www.mca.gov.in/content/mca/global/en

    STEP 2 - Click 'Acts & Rules' available on the home page.

    STEP 3- By following the above steps, a List of Acts and a List of Recent Amendments will be displayed.

    E-consultation and use thereon-

    E-consultation is featured as one of the web page available on the home page of the MCA website. Mostly, e-consultation is an online platform, wherein, following would be undertaken-

    • Proposed amendments/ draft legislation will be posted for public consultation,
    • Users are allowed to submit their comments/ suggestions on such proposed amendments/ draft legislations.

    Following are the two ways through which the E-Consultation module can be accessed-

    • Registered user – such a person can access the module by login into the MCA website.
    • Guest user – the non-registered person can even access the module available on the home page of the website.

    Important points regarding the posting of comments/ suggestions-

    • Documents available for comments will be accessible with the posting date and comments due date on the E-Consultation home page.
    • For successful posting of comments by the guest user, it is necessary to-
      • Fill in the user profile information like-
        • Name,
        • Name of the organization,
        • E-mail ID,
        • Address,
        • Industry of operation.
      • Verify the e-mail ID and mobile number via OTP.
    • While commenting, the user can attach the supporting documents up to a maximum size of 25MB.
    • The users are allowed to modify the comments/ suggestions in the following manner-
    Type of user Manner to modify the comments
    Registered user
    1. Login to the MCA website.
    2. Visit the E-Consultation page.
    3.  Modify the comments and submit the same.
    Guest user
    1. Enter the new comment.
    2. Provide the same PAN/ Aadhar/ CIN/ FCRN/ LLPIN/ FLLPIN which was provided while entering an earlier comment.
    3. On entering the same number, a confirmation will appear asking to overwrite the previous comment.
    4. On confirming overwriting, the previous comment will be over-written with the new comment.