Lok Sabha Question No. 3592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-20
Subject: One Person Company
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rita Bahuguna Joshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3592

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2021/

AGRAHAYANA  29, 1943 (Saka)

ONE PERSON COMPANY

## QUESTION

3592. SHRIMATI RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of registered company as One Person Company (OPC) in India during the current year, State-wise;
- (b)  the number of the said companies out of them which have been registered by the NRIs;
- (c)  whether some of OPC have changed their identity as Public or Private company during the current year as per the flexibility given by the present Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION;  MINISTER  OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

[RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

(a):  During  the  current  year    (from  01.01.2021  to  10.12.2021)  total 9781 number of One Person Companies (OPCs) were registered under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) and the state wise  details of these companies are as under:

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

| State and Union Territory   |   Number of OPCs |
|-----------------------------|------------------|
| Maharashtra                 |             1603 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |             1051 |
| Delhi                       |              925 |
| Karnataka                   |              886 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |              737 |
| Telangana                   |              618 |
| West Bengal                 |              508 |
| Haryana                     |              471 |
| Bihar                       |              384 |
| Gujarat                     |              360 |
| Kerala                      |              333 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |              312 |
| Rajasthan                   |              277 |
| Orissa                      |              227 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |              206 |
| Jharkhand                   |              141 |
| Assam                       |              133 |
| Jammu & Kashmir             |              106 |
| Punjab                      |              100 |
| Uttarakhand                 |               96 |
| Chattisgarh                 |               84 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |               53 |
| Goa                         |               45 |
| Chandigarh                  |               42 |
| Manipur                     |               20 |
| Tripura                     |               17 |
| Andaman & Nicobar           |               12 |
| Pondicherry                 |               11 |
| Arunachal Pradesh           |                6 |
| Meghalaya                   |                6 |
| Nagaland                    |                5 |
| Ladakh                      |                3 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli        |                2 |
| Mizoram                     |                1 |
| Grand Total                 |             9781 |

(b): No information for OPCs registered by NRIs is available separately.

(c) and (d): Total 239 number of OPCs have converted into public or private companies during the current year.

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