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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has extended the deadline for submitting applications for the post of Chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) till March 27. Earlier, the deadline to submit the applications was March 9. The last date for receipt of application has been extended up to 27th March 2023, according to a notice issued by the MCA on Monday. "The candidates who had applied earlier in response to the previous advertisement/ vacancy circular dated 26th July, 2022 inviting applications for the post of Chairperson need not apply," the notice said. Last month, the government had invited applications for the post of Chairperson of the fair-trade regulator. The post has been lying vacant since October 25. Sangeeta Verma, a CCI member, has been the acting chairperson since October last year. Recently, her tenure was extended by the central government for three months. CCI keeps a tab on anti-competitive practices across sectors in the market place and al

Big Tech companies have been asked to come separately on March 11 to make suggestions on the digital competition law

According to the Companies Act, Section 264 (4), the RoC has the authority to conduct an inquiry into the affairs of a company in line with directions from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA)

The govt has introduced a new system called "file and forget," which is part of its ongoing revamp of the statutory filing website, MCA21

Market experts said, several of these companies were already in violation of the filing rules due to their inability to submit certain forms, thanks to the portal issues

The panel had said that the MCA had not put forth a strong argument as to why IPR could not be used as a defence against the abuse of a dominant position

On the occasion, a new logo of the MCA, a memoir and a special postal cover were unveiled

The move could expedite the Centre's stake sale plan for the national carrier

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In its warning, the MCA had said that "during recent sports events that were televised globally", many instances of surrogate advertising had been noticed

They were protesting against glitches in the MCA portal

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has nominated two directors -- G Mahalingam and Deepak Mohanty -- on the board of IL&FS. The appointment of these two directors has been approved by both the MCA and National Company Law Tribunal. When contacted, IL&FS confirmed their induction on the board effective October 15, 2022. Both Mahalingam and Mohanty are former executive directors in the Reserve Bank of India. With this induction, the existing board of IL&FS now comprises 6 members with C S Rajan as non-executive chairman.

Currently only nine forms are to be filled on the new version, ministry officials cite surge in company submissions on version 3

Ministry of Corporate Affairs sent a letter to Byju's parent company asking them to explain the seventeen-month delay in filing audited accounts

The AP ICET 2022 exam was conducted on July 25, 2022 in two sessions. The exam was conducted by Kakatiya University, Warangal, on behalf of the Telangana State Council of Higher Education

The Ministry sought to recover funds from former promoters by moving the Chandigarh bankruptcy court last month

After the T20I and ODI captaincy, Rohit, a Mumbaikar, was appointed Test captain by the Chetan Sharma-led selection panel ahead of the series against Sri Lanka

The corporate affairs ministry is preparing to launch the third version of the MCA21 portal in March, starting with the LLP module.

The main purpose of the portal is to facilitate seamless integration and data exchange among regulators.

The project will be headed by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India and executed by an external agency, along the lines of the MCA21 portal