Lok Sabha Question No. 959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-22
Subject: Foreign Companies
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 959 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY THE 22 nd  JULY, 2016 [ASHADHA 31, 1938(SAKA)]

## FOREIGN COMPANIES

## QUESTION

959. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

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

- (a) the number of foreign  companies doing business in the country ;
- (b) whether company registration rules for foreign companies have been relaxed during the last three years;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of foreign  companies registered for doing business in the country during the last two year, sector and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE                          (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL) IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री                              (श्री अर्जुन राम मेघवाल)

- (a) The Number of foreign Companies doing business in the country as on 14 th  July, 2016 is 4358.
- (b(&(c) The Company Registration Rules for Foreign Companies have not been relaxed during the last three years.
- (d) The number of foreign companies registered for doing business in the country during the last two year i.e.2014 and 2015, sectorwise and State/UT-wise may be seen at Annexure I and AnnexureII respectively.

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Annexure-I Annexure referred to in Part (d) of the Answer to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.959 for

## 22.07.2016

## Foreign Companies registered for doing business for last two year Sector and State/UTwise (2014 and 2015)

| S. No.      | State/UT                                                 |   No. of Foreign Companies Registered |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.          | Business Services                                        |                                   206 |
| 2.          | Community, personal & Social                             |                                    21 |
| 3.          | Construction                                             |                                    21 |
| 4.          | Electricity, Gas & Water companies                       |                                     4 |
| 5.          | Finance                                                  |                                     6 |
| 6.          | Manufacturing (Leather & products thereof)               |                                     1 |
| 7.          | Manufacturing (Machinery & Equipments)                   |                                    17 |
| 8.          | Manufacturing (Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof) |                                     7 |
| 9.          | Manufacturing (Others)                                   |                                     4 |
| 10.         | Manufacturing (Textiles)                                 |                                     1 |
| 11.         | Mining & Quarrying                                       |                                    12 |
| 12.         | Trading                                                  |                                    26 |
| 13.         | Transport, storage and Communications                    |                                    10 |
| 14.         | Others                                                   |                                     1 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total                                              |                                   337 |

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Source-MCA-21

Annexure-II Annexure referred to in Part(d) of the Answer to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.959 for 22.07.2016 No. of Foreign Companies registered for doing business in the Country during last two

## years (2014 & 2015)

| S. No.   | State/UT                    |   No. of Foreign Companies Registered |
|----------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                     0 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh              |                                     5 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                     0 |
| 4.       | Assam                       |                                     0 |
| 5.       | Bihar                       |                                     0 |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                  |                                     0 |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                |                                     1 |
| 8.       | Dadar Nagar Haveli          |                                     0 |
| 9.       | Daman and Diu               |                                     0 |
| 10.      | Delhi                       |                                    93 |
| 11.      | Goa                         |                                     0 |
| 12.      | Gujarat                     |                                     8 |
| 13.      | Haryana                     |                                    35 |
| 14.      | Himachal Pradesh            |                                     0 |
| 15.      | Jammu and Kashmir           |                                     0 |
| 16.      | Jharkhand                   |                                     0 |
| 17.      | Karnataka                   |                                    39 |
| 18.      | Kerala                      |                                     4 |
| 19.      | Madhya Pradesh              |                                     3 |
| 20.      | Maharashtra                 |                                    96 |
| 21.      | Manipur                     |                                     0 |
| 22.      | Meghalaya                   |                                     0 |
| 23.      | Mizoram                     |                                     0 |
| 24.      | Nagaland                    |                                     0 |
| 25.      | Orissa                      |                                     0 |
| 26.      | Pondicherry                 |                                     0 |
| 27.      | Punjab                      |                                     1 |
| 28.      | Rajasthan                   |                                     5 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu                  |                                    24 |
| 30.      | Telangana                   |                                     4 |
| 31.      | Tripura                     |                                    11 |
| 32.      | Uttar Pradesh               |                                     0 |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand                 |                                     0 |
| 34.      | West Bengal                 |                                     8 |
| Total    | Total                       |                                   337 |

Source-MCA-21

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