Lok Sabha Question No. 4338 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-12
Subject: e-Commerce Companies
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4338. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2016.

## E-COMMERCE COMPANIES

## 4338.  SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

वाणिज् यवव द्यग ं ्री

- (a) the number of e-commerce companies registered in India during the last two years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether any e-commerce companies are registered under FDI norms; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ााज् यं ्रीस् वतं ््रभााा(स्रींतंरीिरंमलााीरीतंाांि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a): State/ UT-wise details of the number of e-Commerce companies registered in India  during  the  last  two  Financial  Years  2014-15  and  2015-16  are  at Annexure.
- (b): There  is  no  registration  requirement  of  e-commerce  companies  under  FDI policy.
- (c): Does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4338 FOR ANSWER ON 12 th   DECEMBER, 2016.

| State/UT-wise incorporation of e-commerce companies in India during the last two FYs 2014-15 & 2015-16   | State/UT-wise incorporation of e-commerce companies in India during the last two FYs 2014-15 & 2015-16   | State/UT-wise incorporation of e-commerce companies in India during the last two FYs 2014-15 & 2015-16   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                                                  | State/UT -wise                                                                                           | Number                                                                                                   |
| 1                                                                                                        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands                                                                              | -                                                                                                        |
| 2                                                                                                        | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                           | -                                                                                                        |
| 3                                                                                                        | Arunachal Pradesh                                                                                        | -                                                                                                        |
| 4                                                                                                        | Assam                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                        |
| 5                                                                                                        | Bihar                                                                                                    | -                                                                                                        |
| 6                                                                                                        | Chandigarh                                                                                               | -                                                                                                        |
| 7                                                                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                                                                             | -                                                                                                        |
| 8                                                                                                        | Daman and Diu                                                                                            | -                                                                                                        |
| 9                                                                                                        | Delhi                                                                                                    | 1                                                                                                        |
| 10                                                                                                       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                                                                   | -                                                                                                        |
| 11                                                                                                       | Goa                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                        |
| 12                                                                                                       | Gujarat                                                                                                  | 10                                                                                                       |
| 13                                                                                                       | Himachal Pradesh                                                                                         | -                                                                                                        |
| 14                                                                                                       | Haryana                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                        |
| 15                                                                                                       | Jharkhand                                                                                                | -                                                                                                        |
| 16                                                                                                       | Jammu and Kashmir                                                                                        | -                                                                                                        |
| 17                                                                                                       | Karnataka                                                                                                | 1                                                                                                        |
| 18                                                                                                       | Kerala                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                        |
| 19                                                                                                       | Lakshadweep                                                                                              | -                                                                                                        |
| 20                                                                                                       | Maharashtra                                                                                              | 11                                                                                                       |
| 21                                                                                                       | Meghalaya                                                                                                | -                                                                                                        |
| 22                                                                                                       | Manipur                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                        |
| 23                                                                                                       | Madhya Pradesh                                                                                           | -                                                                                                        |
| 24                                                                                                       | Mizoram                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                        |
| 25                                                                                                       | Nagaland                                                                                                 | -                                                                                                        |
| 26                                                                                                       | Odisha                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                        |
| 27                                                                                                       | Punjab                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                        |
| 28                                                                                                       | Puducherry                                                                                               | -                                                                                                        |
| 29                                                                                                       | Rajasthan                                                                                                | -                                                                                                        |
| 30                                                                                                       | Sikkim                                                                                                   | -                                                                                                        |
| 31                                                                                                       | Telangana                                                                                                | -                                                                                                        |
| 32                                                                                                       | Tamil Nadu                                                                                               | 1                                                                                                        |
| 33                                                                                                       | Tripura                                                                                                  | -                                                                                                        |
| 34                                                                                                       | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                            | -                                                                                                        |
| 35                                                                                                       | Uttarakhand                                                                                              | -                                                                                                        |
| 36                                                                                                       | West Bengal                                                                                              | -                                                                                                        |
|                                                                                                          | Total                                                                                                    | 24                                                                                                       |

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