MCA Notifies Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Amendment Rules, 2026

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has recently issued a notification (F. No.1/27/2013-CL-V(Part)) amending the Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 247 read with Sections 458, 459 and 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government makes the Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Amendment Rules, 2026, to amend further the Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017.

The notification provides that these amended rules will be called the Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Amendment Rules, 2026. Further, the amendment rules will come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

In the Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017, in rule 12, in sub-rule (1), for clause (i), the following will be replaced:

• Be registered as a Section 25 company under the Companies Act, 1956 or a Section 8 company under the Companies Act, 2013.
• Have a minimum paid-up share capital of Rs 25 lakh.
• Have the only objective of dealing with the regulation and oversight of valuers for one or more asset classes.
• Have bye-laws that meet the requirements specified in Annexure III.

If an existing RVO does not have the required paid-up capital of Rs 25 lakh when the 2026 amendment rules come into force, it must increase its capital and comply with this requirement by 31st March 2028.