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Govt extends deadline to apply for CCI chief's post till March 27

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

Centre invites Big Tech, start-ups to discuss digital competition law

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

RoC to check GoMechanic's books amid allegations of irregularities: Report

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)

Simplified filings: RoC approval not required for most corporate actions

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

As MCA updates its portal, companies unable to complete essential filings

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

Changes to Competition Amendment Bill likely next week in Budget session

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

Matter of pride govt institute competing with private institutes: K'taka CM

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

MCA concludes demerger hearing of Shipping Corp, may approve soon: Sources

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

Top headlines: Adani to build plants in SL, active Indian firms near 1.5 mn

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Sobering reality: Three liquor firms served notices for surrogate ads

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

Glitches in MCA portal: CAs, CS seek extension in annual filing deadline

They were protesting against glitches in the MCA portal

Ministry of Corporate Affairs nominates two directors on board of IL&FS

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.

MCA planning to shift all company forms to new portal by December

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

Govt asks Byju's to explain delay in filing audited financial accounts

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

AP ICET results 2022 declared: Here's how to check your scorecard

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

Banks may tag Amtek Auto as fraud account after MCA finds fund diversion

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

MCA to felicitate Rohit Sharma for becoming all-format India skipper

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

MCA21 portal's third version to be rolled out in March

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

Corporate affairs ministry to test new MCA21 portal's Version 3 soon

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

MCA plans to set up a IBC21 portal with data on bankruptcy proceedings

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