New Delhi: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) will operationalise three new Regional Directorates (RDs) and six new Registrars of Companies (RoCs) with effect from February 16, 2026, as part of a broader effort to improve ease of doing business and strengthen corporate regulatory oversight, according to an official release issued on Tuesday.
In the northern region, the existing Regional Directorate headquartered in Delhi will be split into two. RD (NR-I), based in New Delhi, will oversee the National Capital Territory of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, while RD (NR-II), headquartered in Chandigarh, will have jurisdiction over Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and the Union Territories of Chandigarh, Ladakh and Jammu & Kashmir. The move is aimed at reducing administrative load and improving turnaround times for regulatory approvals.
The MCA is also restructuring the Registrar of Companies in Delhi, splitting the existing RoC into three separate offices. Two RoCs—NCT of Delhi-I and NCT of Delhi-II—will cater to different clusters of districts within the capital, while a separate RoC for Haryana will be established in Chandigarh, ending the earlier arrangement under which Delhi handled corporate filings for the state. In addition, a new RoC at Noida will be carved out of the existing RoC, Kanpur, and will handle 17 western districts of Uttar Pradesh.
In western India, the Regional Directorate in Mumbai will be divided into RD (WR-I), headquartered in Mumbai with jurisdiction over Mumbai city, Mumbai suburban, Goa and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu, and RD (WR-II), based in Navi Mumbai, which will oversee the rest of Maharashtra. Correspondingly, the RoC, Mumbai will be split into three offices—Mumbai-I, Mumbai-II and a new RoC at Nagpur—to cater separately to Mumbai, parts of coastal and northern Maharashtra, and the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions.
The ministry has also announced the creation of a new Regional Directorate for the South-Western Region, headquartered in Bengaluru, with jurisdiction over Karnataka, Kerala and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. In eastern India, the existing RoC, Kolkata will be bifurcated into two offices, with one handling Kolkata district and Sikkim, and the other covering the rest of West Bengal.
Officials said the reorganisation is expected to bring regulatory services closer to businesses, reduce compliance bottlenecks and support India’s expanding corporate ecosystem by aligning administrative capacity with rising company registrations and filings across regions.