With stakeholders facing glitches in using the upgraded MCA21 portal, the Corporate Affairs Ministry has extended the deadline for submitting various filings without additional fee till May 10.
MCA21, used for making electronic filings under the Companies Act, is managed by InfosysBSE -0.87 % for the ministry. The upgraded system went live in the last week of March.
“Since the launch of the system, a number of stakeholders have faced issues and representations have been received from stakeholders to resolve the issues including, for allowing waiver of additional fee until the new system stabilises,” the ministry said in a communication.
Considering the situation, the ministry has decided to relax the additional fee payable on electronic forms which are due for filing by companies between March 25 to April 30 as one time waive additional fee.
“If such due e-forms are filed after May 10, 2016, no such relaxation shall be allowed,” the communication, dated April 12, said.
After upgradation to run on SAP platform, MCA21 went live on March 27, and since then there have been some glitches such as difficulty in uploading documents.
On April 6, an Infosys spokesperson had said it was working with the ministry to resolve the “minor teething problems” related to MCA21.
The portal is designed to fully automate all processes related to enforcement and compliance of legal requirements under the Companies Act.
