India, April 18 -- The corporate affairs ministry is planning to rationalise the filing framework, including the consolidation of forms, under the Companies Law after gathering stakeholders' inputs. The Companies Act, 2013, is being implemented by the ministry.

Through the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), the ministry is undertaking a structured multi-city stakeholder consultation on improving the corporate compliance architecture.

"The consultation specifically seeks stakeholder inputs on the rationalisation of the MCA filing framework under the Companies Act, 2013, including the consolidation of forms, transition to a data-centric architecture, expansion of Straight Through Processing (STP), and the adoption of an interac...