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Last updated: 2 October 2026
Acquisitions, mergers and amalgamations above prescribed thresholds must be notified to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and approved before closing. Expertvuw’s team helps assess notifiability, prepare the Form I filing and coordinate with CCI queries, alongside your legal counsel.
Under sections 5 and 6 of the Competition Act, 2002, a “combination” — an acquisition, merger or amalgamation — that crosses the prescribed asset or turnover thresholds must be notified to the CCI and cannot close until approved (the standstill obligation). The Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023 and the CCI (Combinations) Regulations, 2024 came into force on 10 September 2024.
The 2023 amendment added a deal value threshold: transactions worth more than ₹2,000 crore need notification if the target has substantial business operations in India, even if it has small assets or turnover. The asset and turnover thresholds were revised in March 2024 (for example, parties in India with assets of ₹2,500 crore or turnover of ₹7,500 crore). A small-target (de minimis) exemption applies where the target’s Indian assets or turnover are below the notified limits, subject to the current notification, and it does not apply where the deal value threshold is triggered.
CCI must form a prima facie opinion within 30 days, failing which the combination is deemed approved, and the overall review period is 150 days. Transactions with no horizontal, vertical or complementary overlaps can use the green channel for automatic approval on filing.
Basis: Competition Act, 2002 (sections 5, 6, 20, 29–31) as amended by the Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023; CCI (Combinations) Regulations, 2024; MCA notifications of March 2024 on thresholds and de minimis exemption. Last updated: 27 September 2026.
Notifiable combinations cannot close before CCI approval.
Above ₹2,000 crore where the target has substantial business operations in India.
Assets ₹2,500 crore or turnover ₹7,500 crore, among other tests.
30 days for a prima facie view; 150 days overall.
Automatic approval where there are no overlaps.
Small-target exemption subject to the current notification; not available when the deal value threshold applies.
Merger control mistakes can lead to penalties for gun-jumping.
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Check notifiability and exemptions.
Choose Form I or green channel.
Compile information and draft the filing.
File with the CCI and pay the fee.
Respond to CCI requests.
Close after approval and complete filings.
Close the transaction in line with the approval.
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When it crosses the asset, turnover or deal value thresholds and no exemption applies.
Transactions worth more than ₹2,000 crore where the target has substantial business operations in India.
CCI must form a prima facie opinion within 30 days, and the overall review period is 150 days.
A route for combinations with no horizontal, vertical or complementary overlaps, deemed approved on filing.
This is gun-jumping, which can attract penalties.
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