Lok Sabha Question No. 1095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Private Companies
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1095 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021/ SRAVANA 4, 1943 (SAKA)

## PRIVATE COMPANIES QUESTION

1095. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether in the name of Covid-19 more than lakhs of private companies have been shut down during the last 6 months;
- (b) if so, the details of closed units and new companies registered during April 2020 to June 2021, State-wise;
- (c)  the  number  of  unemployment  registered  and  losses  incurred  reported thereto; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to assess the facts and reality in this regard and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken/proposed to be taken in this regard?

## 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) and  (b): The  Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) administers the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act), the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and the Insolvency  and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

The  term  of 'shut  down'  or 'closed  unit'  is not  defined  under  the  Act. However, during  April  2020  to  June  2021 name  of  total  16527  number  of Companies were struck off from the register of Companies pursuant to the provisions of section 248 of the Act.

Details of new companies registered during April 2020 to June 2021, Statewise is as under:

| State/ UT            |   NUMBER OF COMPANIES |
|----------------------|-----------------------|
| Andaman & Nicobar    |                    51 |
| Andhra Pradesh       |                  4229 |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |                    85 |
| Assam                |                  1513 |
| Bihar                |                  6797 |
| Chandigarh           |                   762 |
| Chhattisgarh         |                  1664 |
| Daman and Diu        |                    32 |
| Delhi                |                 19626 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                    64 |
| Goa                  |                   510 |
| Gujarat              |                 10192 |
| Himachal Pradesh     |                   793 |
| Haryana              |                  9484 |
| Jharkhand            |                  2436 |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |                  1061 |
| Karnataka            |                 15178 |
| Kerala               |                  7658 |
| Lakshadweep          |                     7 |
| Ladakh               |                    22 |
| Maharashtra          |                 35088 |
| Meghalaya            |                    62 |
| Manipur              |                   270 |
| Madhya Pradesh       |                  5224 |
| Mizoram              |                    27 |
| Nagaland             |                    75 |
| Orissa               |                  3925 |
| Punjab               |                  2643 |
| Pondicherry          |                   172 |
| Rajasthan            |                  6878 |
| Telangana            |                 12586 |
| Tamil Nadu           |                 12041 |
| Tripura              |                   161 |
| Uttar Pradesh        |                 19616 |
| Uttarakhand          |                  1655 |
| West Bengal          |                  8982 |
| Total                |                191569 |

(c) and (d): Does not arise.

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