Lok Sabha Question No. 5531 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Foreign Companies
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5531 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 7th APRIL, 2017 [CHAITRA 17, 1939 (SAKA)]

## FOREIGN COMPANIES QUESTION

5531. SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of foreign companies operating in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the foreign companies have made their registration with India and if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government has received revenues from such
- foreign companies; and
- (d) if so, the details of amount received from such companies during the said period?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS                                 (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

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कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्रालर् में राज्र् मंत्री

श्री अर्जयन राम मेघवाल )

- (a):    The  number  of  foreign  companies  operating  in  the  country  as  on 31.03.2017 is 3,384. The State/UT-wise number of active foreign companies as on 31.03.2017 is given at Annex-I.
- (b): Yes Madam. The State/UT-wise registration of foreign companies with India during 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 is given at Annex-II.
- (c) &(d): The amount received from foreign companies through registration and other services fees during the last three financial years and the current financial year is as under:

| Sl. No.   | Financial Year   | Amount received from foreign companies ( Rs. in Lakhs)   |
|-----------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 1         | 2014-15 1,216.08 |                                                          |
| 2         | 1,174.44         | 2015-16                                                  |
| 3         | 2016-17 996.18   |                                                          |
| 4         | 4.62             | 2017-18*                                                 |
| Total     | Total            | 3,391.32                                                 |

*As on 05.04.2017 *****

## Annexure referred to in part (a) of the Answer to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5531 for 07.04.2017.

## State/UT-wise number of active foreign companies in the country as on

## 31.03.2017.

|   Sl. No. | State/UT       | Number   |
|-----------|----------------|----------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh | 53       |
|         2 | Assam          | 1        |
|         3 | Bihar          | 2        |
|         4 | Chandigarh     | 2        |
|         5 | Chhattisgarh 1 |          |
|         6 | Delhi 1,484    |          |
|         7 | Goa            | 4        |
|         8 | Gujarat 54     |          |
|         9 | Haryana        | 263      |
|        10 | Jharkhand      | 1        |
|        11 | Karnataka      | 272      |
|        12 | Kerala         | 25       |
|        13 | Madhya Pradesh | 8        |
|        14 | Maharashtra    | 823      |
|        15 | Odisha         | 8        |
|        16 | Puducherry     | 3        |
|        17 | Punjab         | 5        |
|        18 | Rajasthan      | 13       |
|        19 | Tamil Nadu     | 212      |
|        20 | Telangana      | 24       |
|        21 | Uttar Pradesh  | 64       |
|        22 | Uttarakhand    | 5        |
|        23 | West Bengal    | 57       |

## Annex-I

| Total   | 3,384   |
|---------|---------|

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Annex-II

Annexure referred to in part (b) of the Answer to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5531 for 07.04.2017. State/UT-wise number of registration of foreign companies during the last three financial years and the current year.

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| Sl. No.        | State/UT   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18*   |
|----------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
| 1 Andhra       | -          | 1         | -         | -         | Pradesh    |
| Bihar          | -          | -         | 1         | -         | 2          |
| 3 Chhattisgarh | -          | 1         | -         | -         |            |
| Delhi          | 42         | 43        | 43        | 1         | 4          |
| Gujarat        | 6          | 2         | 2         | -         | 5          |
| Haryana        | 15         | 18        | 24        | -         | 6          |
| Karnataka      | 19         | 16        | 15        | -         | 7          |
| Kerala         | 1          | 1         | 1         | -         | 8          |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3          | -         | 1         | -         | 9          |
| Maharashtra    | 46         | 43        | 52        | -         | 10         |
| Odisha         | -          | -         | -         | -         | 11         |
| Punjab         | -          | 1         | 1         | -         | 12         |
| Rajasthan      | 3          | 3         | -         | -         | 13         |
| 14 Tamil Nadu  | 12         | 7         | 11        | -         |            |
| Telangana      | 2          | 2         | 2         | -         | 15         |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 4          | 6         | 5         | -         | 16         |
| Uttarakhand    | -          | 1         | 2         | -         | 17         |
| West Bengal    | 4          | 4         | 1         | -         | 18         |
| Total          | Total      | 157       | 149       | 161       | 1          |

*As on 05.04.2017

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