Disaster Recovery Plan invoked immediately after data centre fire, government says

The question asked the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to explain the impact of a data centre fire on corporate services, the effectiveness of disaster recovery mechanisms, and plans for infrastructure modernization.

Asked by Thiru Dayanidhi Maran; Answered by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman).

• Disaster Recovery Plan was invoked immediately after the fire on 5th June 2026.
• Core MCA21 services were activated from the Chennai Disaster Recovery Centre within the stipulated recovery time.
• Ancillary back-office services required additional time for restoration but did not affect core statutory filing or incorporation services.
• The government states that disaster recovery mechanisms did not fail.
• No prolonged outage of core MCA21 portal services was reported.
• Stakeholder relief measures included waiver of additional fees, extension of name reservation validity, and extended timelines for e-form resubmission.
• Preliminary assessment indicates the fire originated in or around the battery room area.
• Compute, storage, network, and security infrastructure were affected by fire, soot, and moisture.
• No loss of application data was observed.
• No cybersecurity breach or compromise of application data was reported.
• The government stated that modernization with high availability architecture is not felt necessary at present.

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