Lok Sabha Question No. 790 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-21
Subject: e-Commerce Companies
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 790. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 21 ST  NOVEMBER,  2016.

## E-COMMERCE COMPANIES

## 790.   DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

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

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ं ्री

- (a) the number of e-commerce companies started during the last two years in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether many of the said companies are on the verge of closing; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## 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): 24  numbers  of  e-Commerce  companies  were  incorporated/  registered  in India during the last two Financial Years 2014-15 and 2015-16. The State/ UT-wise details are at Annexure-I.
- (b): These companies are active.
- (c): Does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 790 FOR ANSWER ON 21 st  NOVEMBER, 2016 .

| State/UT-wise incorporation of e-commerce companies in India   | State/UT-wise incorporation of e-commerce companies in India   | State/UT-wise incorporation of e-commerce companies in India   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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                                                          | Total                                                          | 24                                                             |

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