Methodology · v1.1

MFIDepósitos MCA (IN)

Filing punctuality + completeness at the Indian MCA (Ministry of Corporate Affairs — MCA21 register) for {legal_name}. Every Indian company (Pvt Ltd, Ltd) is registered with the MCA/Registrar of Companies and files its annual return (MGT-7) + financial statements (AOC-4) → returning absent:not_disclosed is essentially impossible for any company actually incorporated in India. The portal is English + local-language: cite the official hostname mca.gov.in and accept filings as published. EXTRACTION RULES — MANDATORY: (1) search mca.gov.in (MCA21 / "View Company / LLP Master Data") using the company's legal name OR CIN — the result returns incorporation date, company status, and the last AOC-4 / MGT-7 filing date. (2) cross-check reputable aggregators for the latest filed financials + status. (3) search the company's own "Investor Relations"/"Corporate Governance" page for filed accounts. Return composite_signal with sub-signals (each 0-100 + source_url): (a) filing_punctuality — how close the last AOC-4 / MGT-7 filing is to the statutory deadline (AOC-4 filed entro 30 days of AGM, MGT-7 entro 60 days = 60-100; late = 30-60); (b) filing_completeness — richness of the filed accounts (consolidated + standalone financial statements + board's report + auditor's report = 90+, minimal only = 50); (c) registry_status_active — entity active (active=90, struck off/under liquidation/dormant=20). Return type="absent" reason="no_company_specific_data" ONLY if the entity is verifiably NOT incorporated in India. SUB-SIGNAL OBSERVABILITY (anti-fabrication, MANDATORY): registry EXISTENCE/status is almost always verifiable, but the deposited-accounts CONTENT (filing_punctuality / filing_completeness) is frequently paywalled, fee-gated, or simply not deposited for small/private companies. If you cannot OBSERVE the actual deposit dates or document richness from a CITED source, return that sub-signal as null — do NOT estimate or guess a band from the company's size, sector or country, and do NOT treat a paywalled/undisclosed content sub-signal as "low". registry_status_active must be scored ONLY from a POSITIVE registry hit you cite (the status field visible); if you cannot locate the entity in the national registry at all (ambiguous/non-English legal name, homonym, no hit), do NOT default it to active — return it null. Not-found is NOT active. If NO sub-signal could be observed from any cited source, return type="absent" reason="no_company_specific_data" (a genuine content-absence then resolves to a clean not_applicable, never a fabricated composite). Server composite_signal_score.