Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman virtually launches Central Scrutiny Centre and IEPFA mobile App

The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman virtually inaugurated Central Scrutiny Centre (CSC) and Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority’s (IEPFA) Mobile App on March 25, 2021.
The two tech-enabled initiatives have been launched by Ministry of Corporate Affairs to leverage digital solutions to achieve Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Digitally empowered India.
The Mobile App will focus on financial literacy by spreading investors’ awareness, education, and protection among investors.
The Central Scrutiny Centre will scrutinize certain Straight Through Process (STP) Forms filed by the corporates on the MCA21 registry and flag the companies for more in-depth scrutiny.