Lok Sabha Question No. 631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-20
Subject: IT Companies
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: K. KAMARAAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 631

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20.07.2016

## IT COMPANIES

## 631. DR. K. KAMARAJ:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information technology be pleased to state: -

- (a) the number of registered Information Technology (IT) companies functioning in the country as on date, State-wise;
- (b) whether more than 50% of the companies working in the field of IT sector are not registered;
- (c) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) whether revenue loss as a result thereof to the exchequer has been assessed; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a):  As  per  the  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  (MCA),  Government  of  India,  the  number  of registered IT Companies functioning in the country as on 30.06.2016 is 95,084.  The State/UT wise list of Registered IT Companies is given in Annexure.
- (b): As per the MCA, information of companies working in the field of IT sector not registered with Registrar of Companies is not maintained.

(c) to (e):

Do not arise.

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## Annexure

| State/UT-wise number of Active IT Companies in India as on 30.06.2016   | State/UT-wise number of Active IT Companies in India as on 30.06.2016   | State/UT-wise number of Active IT Companies in India as on 30.06.2016   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                                 | State                                                                   | Number                                                                  |
| 1                                                                       | A&N Islands                                                             | 4                                                                       |
| 2                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                          | 4,250                                                                   |
| 3                                                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                                                       | 3                                                                       |
| 4                                                                       | Assam                                                                   | 189                                                                     |
| 5                                                                       | Bihar                                                                   | 764                                                                     |
| 6                                                                       | Chandigarh                                                              | 846                                                                     |
| 7                                                                       | Chhattisgarh                                                            | 278                                                                     |
| 8                                                                       | Daman and Diu                                                           | 4                                                                       |
| 9                                                                       | Delhi                                                                   | 16,427                                                                  |
| 10                                                                      | Dadar Nagar Haveli                                                      | 5                                                                       |
| 11                                                                      | Goa                                                                     | 170                                                                     |
| 12                                                                      | Gujarat                                                                 | 3,616                                                                   |
| 13                                                                      | Himachal Pradesh                                                        | 173                                                                     |
| 14                                                                      | Haryana                                                                 | 2,249                                                                   |
| 15                                                                      | Jharkhand                                                               | 392                                                                     |
| 16                                                                      | Jammu and Kashmir                                                       | 245                                                                     |
| 17                                                                      | Karnataka                                                               | 13,117                                                                  |
| 18                                                                      | Kerala                                                                  | 3,439                                                                   |
| 19                                                                      | Lakshadweep                                                             | -                                                                       |
| 20                                                                      | Maharashtra                                                             | 14,949                                                                  |
| 21                                                                      | Meghalaya                                                               | 16                                                                      |
| 22                                                                      | Manipur                                                                 | 22                                                                      |
| 23                                                                      | Madhya Pradesh                                                          | 1,681                                                                   |
| 24                                                                      | Mizoram                                                                 | 2                                                                       |
| 25                                                                      | Nagaland                                                                | 8                                                                       |
| 26                                                                      | Orissa                                                                  | 1,007                                                                   |
| 27                                                                      | Punjab                                                                  | 828                                                                     |
| 28                                                                      | Pondicherry                                                             | 143                                                                     |
| 29                                                                      | Rajasthan                                                               | 2,264                                                                   |
| 30                                                                      | Sikkim                                                                  | -                                                                       |
| 31                                                                      | Telangana                                                               | 10,285                                                                  |
| 32                                                                      | Tamil Nadu                                                              | 9,416                                                                   |
| 33                                                                      | Tripura                                                                 | 25                                                                      |
| 34                                                                      | Uttar Pradesh                                                           | 3,806                                                                   |
| 35                                                                      | Uttarakhand                                                             | 292                                                                     |
| 36                                                                      | West Bengal                                                             | 4,169                                                                   |
|                                                                         | Total                                                                   | 95,084                                                                  |

Note:

IT Companies are those having First three digits of Activity Code (NIC-2004) amongst

(721,722,723,724,725 and 729)