Lok Sabha Question No. 639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Registered IT Companies
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 639

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20.11.2019

## REGISTERED IT COMPANIES

## 639. SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a)     the number of registered Information Technology (IT) companies functioning in the country as on date, State/ UT-wise;
- (b)      whether  more  than  50  percent  of  the  companies  functioning  in  IT  sector  are  not registered; and
- (c)      if so, the details thereof including the number of such companies, State/ UT-wise and the action taken/ being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a):  As  per  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs,  there  are  total  31922  registered  Information Technology (IT) Companies functioning in the country as on date. The State/ UT-wise list is Annexed.
- (b):    Government  has  no  information  with  regard  to  companies  working  without registration in Information Technology (IT) Sector.
- (c):   Does not arise.

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## Annexure

| S. No.   | State/ UT          |   Number of Companies |
|----------|--------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh     |                   619 |
| 2.       | Assam              |                    47 |
| 3.       | Bihar              |                   174 |
| 4.       | Chandigarh         |                   367 |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh       |                    73 |
| 6.       | Dadar Nagar Haveli |                     2 |
| 7.       | Daman and Diu      |                     2 |
| 8.       | Delhi              |                  5139 |
| 9.       | Goa                |                    78 |
| 10.      | Gujarat            |                  1490 |
| 11.      | Haryana            |                   814 |
| 12.      | Himachal Pradesh   |                    64 |
| 13.      | Jammu and Kashmir  |                    55 |
| 14.      | Jharkhand          |                    86 |
| 15.      | Karnataka          |                  4624 |
| 16.      | Kerala             |                  1235 |
| 17.      | Madhya Pradesh     |                   614 |
| 18.      | Maharashtra        |                  5951 |
| 19.      | Manipur            |                     3 |
| 20.      | Meghalaya          |                     4 |
| 21.      | Mizoram            |                     1 |
| 22.      | Nagaland           |                     2 |
| 23.      | Orissa             |                   367 |
| 24.      | Pondicherry        |                    47 |
| 25.      | Punjab             |                   370 |
| 26.      | Rajasthan          |                   732 |
| 27.      | Tamil Nadu         |                  2955 |
| 28.      | Telangana          |                  3507 |
| 29.      | Tripura            |                     7 |
| 30.      | Uttar Pradesh      |                  1239 |
| 31.      | Uttarakhand        |                   108 |
| 32.      | West Bengal        |                  1146 |
|          | Total              |                 31922 |

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