MCA Announces Filing of Forms BEN-2 and MGT-6 Amid MCA 21 Portal V3 Migration

Last updated: 08 July 2024

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has announced an extension for filing Forms BEN-2 and MGT-6. This is to accommodate the migration of the MCA 21 Portal from Version 2 to Version 3, which is scheduled from July 4th to July 14th, 2024. Companies with due dates for these forms falling within this migration period will receive an additional 15 days to file without incurring any extra fees.

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has issued General Circular No. 04/2024 on July 4, 2024, to address the filing of Forms BEN-2 and MGT-6 during the transition from the V2 Version to the V3 Version of the MCA 21 Portal. This migration will take place from July 4, 2024, to July 14, 2024.

MCA Filing: BEN-2 and MGT-6 Forms Extended Due to Portal Upgrade

Official copy of the notification is as follows

General Circular No. 04/2024
eFile No. Policy-17/63/202- CL V-MCA
Government of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs

5th Floor, A-Wing Shaski Bhavan,
Dr. R P Road New Delhi - 01
Dated: 04.02.2024

To,
The DGCoA,
All Regional Directors,
All Registrar of Companies.
All Stakeholders.

All stakeholders are hereby informed that this Ministry is launching e-Form MGT-6 (Form of return to be filed with the Registrar under section 89) and BEN-2 (Return to the Registrar in respect of declaration under section 90) in MCA-21 Version 3.0 on July 15, 2024. These e-Forms will not be available in MCA-21 Version-2 from July 04, 2024 to July 14, 2024.

Keeping in view the above, it has been decided to allow additional time of 15 days, without levying additional fees, to the stakeholders, in cases where the due dates for filing of these 02 forms fall during the period between July 04, 2024 and July 14, 2024.

This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority

FAQ :

Forms BEN-2 and MGT-6 are affected by the migration.

The migration is taking place from July 4, 2024, to July 14, 2024.

An additional 15 days will be allowed for filing these forms if their original due date falls between July 4, 2024, and July 14, 2024.

No, there will be no additional fees levied for the extended 15-day filing period.

The new e-Forms MGT-6 and BEN-2 will be launched on MCA-21 Version 3.0 on July 15, 2024.

Attached File : 671907_23517_mca__general_circular_no_04_2024.pdf

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