Lok Sabha Question No. 1524 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Setting up of New Companies
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Janardan Mishra, Feroze Varun Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1524. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 27 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019.

## SETTING UP OF NEW COMPANIES

## 1524.  SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA: SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

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

वाणिज्य

## एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the  details  of  the  number  of  new  companies  opened  in  India  in  the  year 2018-19;
- (b) the  details  of  the  difference  in  the  total  number  of  new  companies  when compared to the previous financial year;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to set up new industries in such places having abundant resources but no industries;
- (d) if so, the State-wise details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the steps being taken/to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER वाणिज ् य एवं उद्योग मंत्री श्री पीयूष गोयल THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## ( ) (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) & (b): Information  received  from Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  in  respect  of State/UT wise newly registered companies indicate that during 2017-18 & 2018-19.  1,23,938  companies  were  registered  in  2018-19  as  against 1,08,075  companies  registered  in  2017-18.  State  wise  breakup  is  at
- Annexure I.
- (c) to (e): The primary  responsibility  of  industrial  development  rests  with  the  State Governments.  Central  Government  encourages  setting  up  of  industries through various policy measures implemented by different Ministries and Departments.    Government  has  taken  several  steps  to  develop  the industrial sector which, inter-alia, includes providing quality infrastructure, reducing  logistics  cost,  skill  development,  Ease  of  Doing  Business  and adoption of technology, etc. Further, several new programmes/ initiatives have been undertaken to push the industrial sector of the economy such as Make in India, Skill India, Start-Up India and Stand-Up India, Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS), Industrial Development Scheme for Himachal Pradesh (HP) & Uttarakhand, 2017;

Industrial  Development  Scheme  for  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  2017;    North East Industrial Development Scheme (NEIDS), 2017; and the Scheme of Budgetary Support under Goods and Services Tax (GST) Regime to the units  located  in  State  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Uttarakhand,  Himachal Pradesh and North Eastern States including Sikkim. Centralised statistics of the industries set up is not maintained in the Department.

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## ANNEXURE I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1524 FOR ANSWER ON  27.11.2019.

## State/UT Wise Newly Registered Companies during FY 2018-19 & FY 2017-18 and their Differences

| Sl.no   | State                | 2018-19   | 2017-18   | Difference   |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
| 1       | A& N Islands         | 41        | 50        | (9)*         |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh       | 2,796     | 2,427     | 369          |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh    | 37        | 37        | -            |
| 4       | Assam                | 676       | 523       | 153          |
| 5       | Bihar                | 3,898     | 3,475     | 423          |
| 6       | Chandigarh           | 498       | 449       | 49           |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh         | 656       | 510       | 146          |
| 8       | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 30        | 24        | 6            |
| 9       | Daman and Diu        | 21        | 17        | 4            |
| 10      | Delhi                | 15,928    | 15,861    | 67           |
| 11      | Goa                  | 384       | 316       | 68           |
| 12      | Gujarat              | 5,642     | 4,774     | 868          |
| 13      | Haryana              | 5,796     | 4,724     | 1,072        |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh     | 451       | 393       | 58           |
| 15      | Jammu & Kashmir      | 555       | 457       | 98           |
| 16      | Jharkhand            | 1,545     | 1,340     | 205          |
| 17      | Karnataka            | 11,066    | 9,758     | 1,308        |
| 18      | Kerala               | 4,716     | 3,932     | 784          |
| 19      | Lakshadweep          | 4         | -         | 4            |
| 20      | Madhya Pradesh       | 2,751     | 2,356     | 395          |
| 21      | Maharashtra          | 23,022    | 19,467    | 3,555        |
| 22      | Manipur              | 195       | 126       | 69           |
| 23      | Meghalaya            | 25        | 30        | (5)*         |
| 24      | Mizoram              | 22        | 15        | 7            |
| 25      | Nagaland             | 29        | 21        | 8            |
| 26      | Odisha               | 2,161     | 1,754     | 407          |
| 27      | Puducherry           | 127       | 122       | 5            |
| 28      | Punjab               | 1,569     | 1,320     | 249          |
| 29      | Rajasthan            | 3,625     | 3,044     | 581          |
| 30      | Sikkim               | -         | -         | -            |
| 31      | Tamil Nadu           | 8,177     | 7,405     | 772          |
| 32      | Telangana            | 8,202     | 7,067     | 1,135        |
| 33      | Tripura              | 102       | 42        | 60           |
| 34      | Uttar Pradesh        | 12,403    | 10,486    | 1,917        |
| 35      | Uttarakhand          | 1,062     | 869       | 193          |
| 36      | West Bengal          | 5,726     | 4,884     | 842          |
|         | Total                | 123,938   | 108,075   | 15,863       |

*Figures in brackets indicates decrease in number of Newly Registered Companies (Source: Ministry of Corporate Affairs)

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