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General Circular No. 72/2011-Further Clarification regarding participation by Shareholders or Directors in meetings under the companies Act, 1956 through electronic mode – authorization regarding e-voting

General Circular No. 72/2011

No. 17/95/2011-CL-V

Government of India

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

 

5th floor, ˜A™ Wing, Shastri Bhawan,

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi

Dated 27.12.2011

To

           All the Regional Directors.

           All the Registrar of Companies.

Sub.: – Green   Initiatives in Corporate Governance Further Clarification regarding participation   by Shareholders or Directors in meetings under the companies Act, 1956 through electronic mode- authorization regarding e-voting.

 Sir,

         Reference Ministry™s Circular No. 35/2011 dated 06.06.2011, Para (ii) of which inter-alia Provides, as under-

In respect of shareholders meetings to be held during the financial year 2011-12, video conferencing facility for shareholders is optional. Thereafter, it is mandatory.

for the listed companies.

 

2.   Further, Para (V) of the circular provides as under in case of e-voting in general

meetings.

in the case of e-voting in general meetings, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs are presently authorizing only national Security Depository Ltd and central Depository Services (India) Ltd. as agencies for providing and supervising electronic platforms for electronic voting subject to the condition that they obtain a certificate from standardization Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate, department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and IT, Government of India, New Delhi.

3.     It has been brought to the notice of the Ministry that the aforesaid mandatory requirement is in variance with the Companies Act, 1956 as also the relevant provisions proposed in the Companies Bill, 2011. On re-examination of the matter, it has accordingly been decided that the mandatory requirement for the holding shareholders meetings through video conferencing shall continue to be optional for listed companies for the subsequent years too.

4.     It is further stated that Para (v) of the above circular be replaced as under. For e-voting in general meetings, any agency providing electronic platform for e-voting is required to obtain certificate from Standardization Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communication and IT, Government of India, New Delhi.

It is clarified that this Ministry shall not authorize any agency for the purpose of providing video conferencing facilities by the corporate sector.

Yours faithfully,

 

(U. C. Nahta)

Director (Investigation & Inspection)


Copy to:-

 1.        All stake holders, ICAI, ICSI, ICWAI, Chambers of Commerce etc.

2.        PS to CAM.

3.        PS to MOS.

4.        PS to Additional Secretary & all Joint Secretaries.

 

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