Streamlining M&As: MCA elevates de-minimis threshold exemption for seamless transactions

In an industry-friendly transfer, the Centre has revised upwards the merger submitting thresholds underneath the competitors regulation for ‘mixture’ transactions.  The Company Affairs Ministry (MCA) has in two separate notifications revised the ‘de-minimis’ or small goal exemption threshold for exempting M&As from the purview of Competitors Act. It has additionally concurrently revised upwards the ‘jurisdictional’ thresholds … Read more

FM to overview CCI efficiency amidst rising issues of regulatory inaction

The Ministry of Company Affairs (MCA) is asking a efficiency overview of working of the Competitors Fee of India (CCI) amidst rising concern about inaction by the regulator in deciding the complaints filed by app builders towards tech big Google alleging anti-competitive conduct and non-compliance with CCI’s earlier rulings.  A gathering on this regard is … Read more