Ministry of Corporate Affairs had made a clarification post (not by way of Notification or Circular) in their website http://www.mca.gov.in regarding the annual filing of DIR-3 KYC for those Directors who had already filed the form and for those DIN allotted post 31-03-2018.

The clarification states that the DIR-3 KYC e-form presently available on the portal does not cater for the following:

(i) Filing on annual basis, and

(ii) Filing in respect of DINs allotted post 31 March 2018. It presently caters only to those individuals who were allotted DINs as on 31st March 2018 and whose DINs have been marked as ‘Deactivated due to non-filing of DIR-3 KYC’.

It is also clarified that, the form is presently being modified to enable pre-filling of data & information so that annual filings can be done by DIN holders in a simple and user friendly manner. The revised form, which will be shortly deployed, can be filed without any fee within a period of 30 days from the date of deployment.

Source: http://www.mca.gov.in