MODERNISATION OF COMPANY REGISTRAR OFFICES

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The Department of Company Affairs (DCA) has planned to modernize and overhaul the functioning of the Registrar of Companies (ROC) offices. In this connection, it has undertaken computerization of these offices and plans to provide most of routine services online on the internet. It would, thus, reduce greatly the need for companies and others to visit physically the offices of ROC. This would also lead to immense savings of time and cost for the corporate sector and the professions.

The DCA has secured plan funds to cover the costs of this project, for the first time.

The decision to modernize and computerize ROC offices follows earlier decision of the Government to synchronize the workings of the Companies Act, 1956 with the Information Technology Act, 2000.