https://www.taxtmi.com/notifications?id=147159 Recognition of foreign certifying authorities requires Controller approval, a local office in India, audited infrastructure meeting equivalent Indian standards, financial assurance, and a compliance agreement. Recognized entities must maintain equivalent information-security controls, conduct annual external and half-yearly internal audits, submit audit reports, and bear inspection costs. Recognition lasts five years and is non-transferable. Such entities cannot issue Digital Signature Certificates to Indian nationals residing in India, and certificates issued before recognition are invalid for statutory purposes. Suspension, revocation, renewal, refusal and cessation are governed by specified compliance, disclosure, notice and record-preservation obligations. en-us Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:18:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/notifications?id=147159 Recognition of foreign certifying authorities requires Controller approval, a local office in India, audited infrastructure meeting equivalent Indian standards, financial assurance, and a compliance agreement. Recognized entities must maintain equivalent information-security controls, conduct annual external and half-yearly internal audits, submit audit reports, and bear inspection costs. Recognition lasts five years and is non-transferable. Such entities cannot issue Digital Signature Certificates to Indian nationals residing in India, and certificates issued before recognition are invalid for statutory purposes. Suspension, revocation, renewal, refusal and cessation are governed by specified compliance, disclosure, notice and record-preservation obligations. Notifications Indian Laws Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/notifications?id=147159