Lok Sabha Question No. 1432 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Number of Registered Companies
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

1432 : SHRI AJAY NISHAD

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number of companies registered by the Registrar of Companies as on date;
- (b) the details of the companies that got closed, State/UT -wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to find out the State/UT-wise details of the companies that are non-operational or not doing any business but shown as operational in the Government records;
- (d) whether the Government has done any studies to find out the reasons for these companies go out of business;
- (e) if so, the details thereof ; and
- (f) the details of the steps taken by the Government to cancel the registration of such fake companies?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

वित्त एिं कॉर्पोरेट कार्य मंत्री

( SMT . NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(

श्रीमती निमयला सीतारामि )

- (a): As per the Ministry of Corporate Affairs data, there are 18, 94,146 number of companies registered by Registrar of Companies as on 24.06.2019.
- (b): As per the Ministry of Corporate Affairs data, there are 6,83,317 number of companies closed. The details of the companies that got closed, State/UT wise is as per Annexure 'A'.
- (c): T he  Government  has  undertaken  Special  Drive  for  identification  and Strike off of companies u/s 248(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies)  Rules,  2016  (amended  Rules  2019),  which  had  not  filed  their Financial Statements and/or Annual Returns for a continuous period of two immediate preceding financial years.
- (d) & (e): Nil.
- (f): The term fake company is not defined under the Companies Act.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1432

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 1st JULY, 2019/ ASHAD H A 10 , 194 1 (SAKA)

## NUMBER OF REGISTERED COMPANIES

## QUESTION

कॉर्पोरेट कार्य मंत्री

## State/UT wise details of closed companies:

| State                |   No. of Closed Companies |
|----------------------|---------------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar    |                       105 |
| Andhra Pradesh       |                      9889 |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |                       277 |
| Assam                |                      3348 |
| Bihar                |                      6859 |
| Chandigarh           |                      7227 |
| Chattisgarh          |                      2772 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                       129 |
| Daman and Diu        |                        98 |
| Delhi                |                    125937 |
| Goa                  |                      3607 |
| Gujarat              |                     35485 |
| Haryana              |                     11549 |
| Himachal Pradesh     |                      2561 |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |                      2423 |
| Jharkhand            |                      3159 |
| Karnataka            |                     39962 |
| Kerala               |                     18136 |
| Lakshadweep          |                         5 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |                     15198 |
| Maharashtra          |                    142425 |
| Manipur              |                       180 |
| Meghalaya            |                       399 |
| Mizoram              |                        62 |
| Nagaland             |                       303 |
| Orissa               |                      9568 |
| Pondicherry          |                      1813 |
| Punjab               |                     14307 |
| Rajasthan            |                     21041 |
| Sikkim               |                        00 |
| Tamil Nadu           |                     64013 |
| Telangana            |                     42058 |
| Tripura              |                       124 |
| Uttarakhand          |                      2117 |

## Annexure 'A'