MCA provides additional relaxations to independent directors for Online Proficiency Test SECTIONS Share Synopsis The ministry also amended the rules regarding the transfer of shares of minority shareholders of a company undergoing a merger or amalgamation, to provide for further checks on intimation and payment to such shareholders. Getty Images The passing criteria for the test has been reduced to 50% from 60% before, according to a notification on Friday. In further relief to independent directors, the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) relaxed both the requirements and timelines for the online self-assessment proficiency test such directors must take under the amended Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014.