As a regulator and enabler for corporate
growth in the country, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been working on
two key initiatives, to reform the legislative framework and to embark on
e-Governance initiatives that will facilitate service delivery in a user
friendly, efficient and economic manner.
To
facilitate business in India a pioneering e-Governance initiative
‘MCA21’ was launched by the Ministry in January 2007. The initiative has been
successful in achieving its aim of providing speed and certainty in the
delivery of MCA services to its stakeholders. This project has adopted a
service oriented approach in the design and delivery of Government services,
whereby stakeholders have easy and secure access to MCA services, through the
infrastructure setup for the purpose, at any time and from any place and in a
manner that best suits them. The system has brought a fine balance between
stakeholder facilitation and control, through a blend of well-defined goals and
performance metrics.
Although, MCA 21 has been progressing at a constant
velocity to provide better services to the citizens and corporate alike, year
2012 has been the one standing out in terms of rolling out newer initiatives.
These initiatives have benefited citizens, corporate and government agencies
alike.
Online
Payments Using NEFT
MCA 21 has been allowing three modes of payment by the companies,
Credit cards, Netbanking (5 designated banks) and Paper challans; all these
modes had limitations for the companies with bank accounts in banks other than
the 5 designated banks and physical visits to the branches of the designated
banks for filing challans.
By introduction of National Electronic Funds Transfer mode of
payment, companies having bank account in any bank can make e-payments by using
the NEFT method.
Key
benefits of NEFT:
·
Reduces
the Payee’s effort (branch visit is not required)
·
Reduces
the time for funds transfer (2-5 hours)
·
Reduces
the dependency on the limited number of banks
DIN-DPIN Integration
This is
another major step undertaken by MCA, by integration of DIN (Director
Identification Number) and DPIN (Director/Partner Identification Number). It
was felt that DIN/DPIN is identification attached to an individual and thus
must be independent of the type of firm one is associated with, (partnership or
limited company). A smooth integration
was done to eliminate the duplication of identities in the system. This has
helped all the major regulators and also the companies to make an individual
check through the MCA 21 system.
Online Issuance of DIN
Director
Identification Number is needed by director of a company who is authorised to
file and issue documents. It is very important for the companies to get DIN to
file online or place any online service request.
MCA through its
MCA21 system issues the DIN online with the verification and digital signature
of practicing professionals (Company Secretary/ Chartered Accountant/ Cost
& Works Accountant). This has brought a great deal of dynamism in the
corporate world, it has become very easy for the companies to appoint a new
director, change the director as soon as the decision comes in to effect. Now,
one can get a DIN online in a few minutes.
Integration with PAN database has been established for online
verification of identity details in MCA21 system.
XBRL Filing
In an effort to
bring in the global standards for filing and database updation MCA has made it
mandatory for companies of certain class to file all the documents in the XBRL
(eXtensible Business Reporting Language) format. MCA has involved all the stakeholder, viz.
Software companies, implementing agencies, professionals and companies, for
smooth implementation of this project. MCA directly and through its agencies
like IICA, ICAI, and ICSI has been conducting training and awareness programs
for effective implementation of XBRL filing.
Key
benefits of XBRL filing:
·
Relevant
data has tags and selective information can be fetched for specific purposes by
various government and Regulatory agencies
·
It is in
conformation with the Global reporting standards , which helps in the improved
data mining and relevant information search
·
The
system has been put in place for XBRL filing with effect from 6th
October, 2011 and more than 25000 companies have already filed their Annual
Report using XBRL documents.
Company Registration within
24-48 hours
For registering a company
in India
following steps are mandatory:-
·
Getting
a DIN
·
Getting
a unique name
·
Getting
the Registration certificate from ROC (Registrar of Companies)
To reduce the waiting time and make the whole system of
registration of new company, getting the unique name and the registration
certificate online, MCA through its MCA21 system has made it possible for
companies to register in India
within 24-48 hours.
This system not only helps reduce the waiting time but also the
instances of human error while issuing new names.
E- Stamping for Pan India
Now all the
States and Union Territories
of India
are covered under the E-Stamping scheme of MCA services. With this addition,
companies registered in all the States and Union Territories
have the facility of availing online e-stamping for MCA services. This is the
only initiative of central Government
department where payment on behalf of various state governments is collected
online and deposited with respective States without any manual intervention.
This initiative is also a green initiative reducing the need for paper stamps.
The initiative has received appreciation from World bank, who has described it
as a pioneering initiative in achieving e-Governance in a federal structure.
Reversal and Refund Process
A Reversal and
Refund process has been introduced during the year. The Refund process is designed to deal with
the cases of multiple, incorrect and excess payments made due to unexpected
snag occurred in the electronic system.
Electronic Mode of Payment
With a view to improve the service delivery time, electronic
mode of payments has been made mandatory up to Rs.50,000. For the payments of value above Rs.50,000,
stakeholders have the option to either make the payment in electronic mode, or
paper challan.
Integration of LLP with MCA21 System
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has achieved another milestone
in integration of e-Governance Project for Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
under the same platform of MCA. After
the integration with MCA-21, the filing and approval of LLP forms shall be
through MCA-21 website(www.mca.gov.in)
and stakeholders will be able to avail all existing facilities of MCA-21 for
LLP Forms filing including online payment from all banks through NEFT, use of
internet banking from six designated
Banks, in addition to credit card payment.
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