MCA circulars

Extension of Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme 2026

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs extends the validity of the Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme 2026.

General Circular No.03/2026-Extension of Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026 (CCFS-2026) up to 31st August 2026-reg. — The Companies Act, 2013

General Circular No.02/2026-Relaxation in paying additional fee in case of delay in filing DPT-3 for financial year ended on 31 March 2026 up to 31st July 2026 - reg. — The Companies Act, 2013

New Development Bank Specification Under Companies Act 2013

The Central Government specifies the New Development Bank for the purposes of sub-clause (ii) of clause (11) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026

The Central Government introduces the Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026 to condone delays in filing annual returns and financial statements in the MCA-21 registry.

Extension of Time and Fee Relaxation for Annual Financial Filings

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs extends the time limit for companies to complete annual filings for the financial year 2024-25 without paying additional fees.

Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026

The Central Government introduces the Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026, to allow companies to complete pending annual filings or apply for dormancy or closure.

General Circular No.07/2025-Relaxation of additional fee in filing of CRA-4 [Cost Audit Report in XBRL format) - reg. — The Companies Act, 2013

General Circular No.06/2025-Relaxation of additional fee and extension of time limit for filing of Financial Statements and Annual Returns under the Companies Act, 2013 - reg.

General Circular No.05/2025-Extension of time for filing e-form DIR-3-KYC and web-form DIR 3-KYC-WEB without fee upto 31.10.2025 -reg. — The Companies Act, 2013

Extension of time for filing DIR-3-KYC and DIR-3-KYC-WEB without fee

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs extends the time for filing e-form DIR-3-KYC and web-form DIR-3-KYC-WEB without any filing fee.

General Circular No.01/2025-Relaxation of additional fee for filing of 13 e-forms during the period of transition from MCA 21 V2 to V3 - reg. — The Companies Act, 2013

General Circular No.02/2025-Separate filing of e-form CSR-2 post the period of transition from MCA 21 V2 to V3 - reg. — The Companies Act, 2013

General Circular No.09/2024-Clarification on holding of Annual General Meeting (AGM) and EGM through Video Conference (VC) or Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM) and passing of Ordinary and Special resolutions by the companies under the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rues made thereunder

General Circular No.07/2024-Merger of Forms IEPF-3 With IEPF-4 and IEPF-7 with IEPF-1 along with change in payment process thereof in MCA Version 3 — The Companies Act, 2013

General Circular No.06/2024-Filing under Section 124 and Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with IEPFA (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules 2016 in view of transition from from MCA21 version 2 to version 3

Extension of Time for Filing of Form PAS-7

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs extends the filing time for Web-Form PAS-7 without additional fees.

Filing Extension for Forms BEN-2 and MGT-6 Due to MCA21 Portal Migration

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs grants an additional time period of fifteen days to stakeholders for filing forms BEN-2 and MGT-6 without additional fees.

Extension of filing date and fee relaxation for LLP BEN-2 and LLP Form No. 4D

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs extends the last date for filing Form LLP BEN-2 and LLP Form No. 4D without additional fees.

Deployment and Usage of Change Request Form on MCA-21

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs deploys the Change Request Form on the V3 portal for MCA-21 services users.