Monthly Information Bulletin on Corporate Sector, April 2021

Monthly Information Bulletin on Corporate Sector

April 2021

Government of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
5th Floor, ‘A’ Wing, Shastri Bhawan New Delhi-110001.

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HIGHLIGHTS

I. REGISTERED COMPANIES AS ON 30th April, 2021

The total number of companies registered in the country as on 30th April, 2021 stood at 2163829. Of them 759572 companies were closed. 2274 companies were assigned dormant status as per the Companies Act, 2013; 6906 were under liquidation; 39572 companies were in the process of being struck-off. Active in progress status is now invalid and companies under this category, lies under Active Status. Taking the above into account, there were 1355505 active companies as on 30th April, 2021.

Out of the 759572 closed companies, 11065 companies were liquidated/dissolved; 701054 companies were declared defunct (and hence struck-off after issuance of notice u/s 248). 27212 companies were amalgamated/ merged with other companies; 15366 companies were converted to Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and 4875 were converted to LLP and dissolved. Table-1.1 presents the summary picture of companies count as on 30th April, 2021.

Out of the 1355505 active companies, 1346813 were limited by shares; 8385 were limited by guarantee and 307 were unlimited companies. Out of the companies limited by shares, 66091 were public, 1243440 were private including 37282 one person companies. Among the public limited companies, 6739 were listed (Table 1.2).

State/UT-wise distribution of registered companies indicates that Maharashtra has the highest number of companies (424115), followed by Delhi (363995) and West Bengal (214499). Amongst ‘Active Companies’, Maharashtra has the maximum number of active companies (263416), followed by Delhi (217090) and West Bengal (132855) as on 30th April, 2021. (Table-1.3).

Economic-activity wise classification of active companies reveals that highest number of companies were in Business Services (428288) followed by Manufacturing (273816), Trading (173772) and Construction (110413). Business Services comprise of Information Technology, Research & Development and other business activities such as law, audit & accounts and consultancy, etc. (Table-1.4 and Chart 1.1).

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‘M&Q’ is Mining & Quarrying, ‘TS&C’ is Transport, Storage and Communication, and ‘CP&S is Community, Personal & Social Services, ‘RE&R’ is Real Estate and Renting, ’EG&W’, is Electricity Gas & Water. 13,889 active companies (Others) are having invalid Economic Activity (NIC-2004) Code.

II. ONE PERSON COMPANY

Up to 30th April, 2021, a total number of 37282 One Person Companies (OPCs) were registered with collective authorized capital of Rs. 1,202.25 crore. Economic activity wise classification of OPCs up to 30th April reveals that the highest number of OPCs were in Business Services (19016) followed by Community, Personal & Social Services (4665), Manufacturing (4641) and Trading (4318) (Chart 2.1). During the month of April 2021, a total of 839 OPC were registered with authorized capital of Rs. 36.77 crore. Economic activity wise classification of OPC during the month reveals that highest number of 338 OPCs were registered in Business Services, followed by 145 in Trading, 135 in Manufacturing and 106 in Community, personal & Social Services. (Table 2.1).

            ‘TS&C’ is Transport, Storage and Communication, ‘CP&S’ is ‘Community, personal & Social Services’, ’RE&R’ is Real Estate and Renting.

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III. TREND OF REGISTRATION OF NEW COMPANIES

6. An analysis of registration of new companies during April 2019 to April 2021 indicates that monthly registration of companies has increased after hitting lowest of 3209 Companies in April 2020 (Chart 3.1). A total of 12554 companies were registered in April, 2021 as compared to 3209 in April 2020. A decrease (27.53%) in registration of companies has been witnessed in April 2021 over the previous month (Table 3.1).

IV. REGISTRATION OF NEW COMPANIES DURING APRIL, 2021

During the month of April 2021, a total of 12554 companies were registered with collective authorized capital of Rs. 1,483.41 crore. Of them 12482 companies were registered as Companies Limited by Shares with authorized capital of Rs. 1,483.41 crore; (Table-4.1).

Economic-activity wise classification of companies registered during April 2021 (Table-4.2 and Chart 4.1) reveals that the predominant share of companies is in Business Services (3442) followed by Manufacturing (2738), Community, personal & Social Services (1650), Trading (1556) and Agriculture and Allied Activities (912).

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‘EG&W’ is Electricity, Gas and Water, ‘TS&C’ is Transport, Storage and Communication, ‘CP&S’ is Community, personal & Social Services, ’RE&R’ is Real Estate and Renting.

During April, 2021, 2294 (18.27%) companies were registered in Maharashtra, followed by 1262 (10.05%) in Delhi and 1260 (10.04%) in Uttar Pradesh. (Table-4.3).

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Table 1.1 Summary Statement on Companies in India as on 30th April, 2021

Companies Registered as on 30th April, 2021 2163829 1 Number of Closed Companies 759572 i No. of Companies Liquidated/Dissolved 11065 ii No. of Companies Defunct/ Struck-off (Section 248 of CA, 2013) 701054 iii No. of Companies Amalgamated/merged 27212 iv No. of Companies Converted to LLP
15366 v No. of Companies Converted to LLP and dissolved 4875 2 Number of Companies lying dormant u/s 455 of Companies Act, 2013 2274 3 Number of Companies under Liquidation 6906 4 Number of Companies which are under the process of Section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013 39572 5 Number of Active companies

1355505 Of which

Companies Limited by Shares 1346813 Companies Limited by Guarantees 8385 Unlimited Companies 307

Table 1.2 : Active Companies Limited by Shares as on 30th April, 2021 Sl. No. Companies Limited by Shares Government Non- Government Total 1 Public Limited
1505 64586

66091

Of which-

i Listed 78 6661

6739 ii Unlisted 1427 57925

59352 2 Private Limited
616 1242824

1243440

Of which

One Person Company

37282

37282 Total

2121

1344692

1346813

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Table 1.3: State/UT-wise Status of Companies Registered as on 30th April, 2021 Sl. No. State Registered Closed Dormant u/s 455 of CA, 2- 13 Under Liquidation Under Struck- off Active 1 Andaman & Nicobar

527

123

3

4

397 2 Andhra Pradesh

36917

10841

29

52
2044

23951 3 Arunachal Pradesh

695

304

1
7

383 4 Assam

13361

3815 1

14
73

9458 5 Bihar 42451 8968 28 41
3512 29902 6 Chandigarh 15638 7735 12 64
235 7592 7 Chattisgarh 12310 3163 20 6
46 9075 8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli

603

142 -
-
9

452 9 Daman and Diu 406 107 -
4
37 258 10 Delhi 363995 139189 314 904
6498 217090 11 Goa 9432 3928 16 13
672 4803 12 Gujarat 115088 38081 58 571
3293 73085 13 Haryana 60053 14225 80 80
1143 44525 14 Himachal Pradesh 7303 2932 6 20
114 4231 15 Jammu & Kashmir 6880 2539 3 18
164 4156 16 Jharkhand 17465 3676 8 13
871 12897 17 Karnataka 139812 46230 146 617
1555 91264 18 Kerala 63140 21821 189 299
407 40424 19 Lakshadweep 27 7 -
-
-
20 20 Leh and Ladakh 63 18 -
-
-
45 21 Madhya Pradesh 46267 16607 28 94
343 29195 22 Maharashtra 424115 153033 343 1,997
5326 263416 23 Manipur

1287

217

2 -
7

1061 24 Meghalaya 1108 442 1 1
20 644 25 Mizoram 201 67 -
-
2 132 26 Nagaland 667 325 1 1
3 337 27 Orissa 30691 10276 171 40
224 19980 28 Pondicherry 3467 1943 2 7
19 1496 29 Punjab 34904 15217 20 133
439 19095 30 Rajasthan

67890

24064

33

94
355

43344 31 Sikkim 2

          -  
            -  
      -  

2 32 Tamil Nadu 161519 69110 174 446
2768 89021 33 Telangana 124481 45747 66 263
2182 76223 34 Tripura

793

152

1

6

634 35 Uttar Pradesh 135248 36617 88 218
1928 96397 36 Uttarakhand 10524 2185 8 16
650 7665 37 West Bengal 214499 75726 423 879
4616 132855 Total

2163829

759572

2274

6906

39572

1355505

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Table 1.4: Economic Activity-wise Active Companies as on 30th April, 2021 (Authorized Capital in Rs. Crore)

Sl. No. Economic Activity Private
Public
Total
Number Authorized Capital Number Authorized Capital
Number Authorized Capital
I Agriculture and Allied Activities 46691 28,960.60
2291 36,873.25
48982 65,833.85
II Industry 387762 1,230,541.55
24217 3,011,181.89
411979 4,241,723.44
1 Manufacturing 256160 722,898.69
17656 1,134,748.92
273816 1,857,647.61
i Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof 86444 283,466.02
7640 499,321.75
94084 782,787.77
ii Machinery & Equipments 59403 284,156.22
3339 498,287.28
62742 782,443.50
iii Textiles 32811 43,341.07
2578 57,166.18
35389 100,507.25
iv Food stuffs 40654 66,915.88
2425 45,569.46
43079 112,485.34
v Paper & Paper products, Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media 16475 16,385.97
826 16,686.71
17301 33,072.68
vi Others 14464 20,993.24
489 14,289.19
14953 35,282.43
vii Leather & products thereof 3142 3,941.40
186 1,999.06
3328 5,940.46
viii Wood Products 2767 3,698.89
173 1,429.28
2940 5,128.17
2 Construction 106246 214,863.52
4167 426,560.30
110413 641,423.82
3 Electricity, Gas & Water companies 13636 246,918.13
1682 1,345,543.07
15318 1,592,461.20
4 Mining & Quarrying 11720 45,861.22
712 104,329.59
12432 150,190.81
III Services 841128 1,492,326.65
39617 2,304,444.15
880745 3,796,770.80 1 Business Services 418473 559,893.82
9815 1,079,769.24
428288 1,639,663.05
2 Trading 168099 299,418.27
5673 131,305.04
173772 430,723.30
3 Real Estate and Renting 69511 116,941.70
2636 57,201.24
72147 174,142.94
4 Community, personal & Social Services 103587 108,613.43
4046 164,772.57
107633 273,386.00
5 Finance 39333 221,305.24
15841 493,956.17
55174 715,261.41
6 Transport, storage and Communications 41066 184,375.31
1468 312,358.37
42534 496,733.68
7 Insurance 1059 1,778.89
138 65,081.52
1197 66,860.41
IV Others 11520 48,464.57
2279 154,853.20
13799 203,317.78
Total
1287101 2,800,293.37
68404 5,507,352.49
1355505 8,307,645.87

Table 2.1: Economic Activity-wise One Person Company (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakh)
Sl. No.
Economic Activity
Up to 30.04.2021
During April, 2021
Number
Authorized Capital
Number
Authorized
Capital
I
Agriculture and Allied Activities
715 2,810.26 14 78.00 II
Industry
6535 25,413.65 184 892.99 1
Manufacturing
4641 17,455.64 135 656.39 2
Construction
1650 6,932.26 42 207.50 3
Electricity, Gas & Water companies
170 709.45 5 19.10 4
Mining & Quarrying
74 316.30 2 10.00 III
Services
30029 91,966.56 641 2,705.68 1
Business Services
19016 53,660.15 338 1,305.71 2
Community, personal & Social Services
4665 14,259.85 106 373.02 3
Trading
4318 15,767.96 145 800.70 4
Real Estate and Renting
760 4,038.10 21 99.00 5
Transport, storage and Communications
1203 3,666.90 31 127.25 6
Finance
65 553.60

•  7  
  

Insurance
2 20.00

IV
Others
3 35.00

Total
37282 120,225.47 839 3,676.67

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Table 4.1: Registration of New Companies during April, 2021 (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakh)
Sl. No. Category Government Non-Government Total Number Authorized Capital Number Authorized Capital Number Authorized Capital 1 Company Limited by Shares 6

38.00
12476

148,302.99
12482

148,340.99
i OPC -

839

3,676.67
839

3,676.67
ii Private 2

16.00
11381

137,875.73
11383

137,891.73
iii Public 4

22.00
256

6,750.59
260

6,772.59
2 Company Limited by Guarantee 1

71

72

i Private 1

67

68

ii Public -

4

4

3 Unlimited Company -

•       -  
  

i Private -

•      -  
  

•       -  
  

ii Public -

•       -  
  

Total 7

38.00
12547

148,302.99
12554

148,340.99

Table 3.1: Number of Companies Registered during the months Month Public Companies Private Companies Total Companies April, 2019 275 10108 10383 May, 2019
274 11007 11281 June, 2019 282 9337 9619 July, 2019 316 10383 10699 August, 2019 175 9829 10004 September, 2019 272 8899 9171 October, 2019 308 9625 9933 November, 2019 292 10315 10607 December, 2019 290 11767 12057 January, 2020 365 12384 12749 February, 2020 290 10139 10429 March, 2020 110 5678 5788 April, 2020 96 3113 3209 May, 2020 101 4734 4835 June, 2020 215 10739 10954 July, 2020 317 16170 16487 August, 2020 394 15995 16389 September, 2020 343 16298 16641 October, 2020 384 16323 16707 November, 2020 299 13154 13453 December, 2020 325 14033 14358 January, 2021 243 10681 10924 Feb, 2021 285 13809 14094 March, 2021 368 16956 17324 April, 2021 264 12290 12554

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Table 4.2: Activity-wise New Companies Registered during April, 2021 (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakh)
Sl. No. Economic Activity Government Non-Government Total Private Public Private Public No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital I Agriculture and Allied Activities 1

907 8,941.79 4 50.00 912 8,991.79 II Industry 1 1.00 4 22.00 3672 53,296.30 25 3,452.00 3702 56,771.30 1
Manufacturing

2718 42,126.59 20 2,431.00 2738 44,558 i
Metals & Chemicals, and products thereof

876 10,889.42 13 771.00 889 11,660.42 ii
Machinery & Equipments

606 15,593.50 5 545.00 611 16,138.50 iii Food stuffs

537 7,417.86 1 15.00 538 7,432.86 iv
Others

198 1,633.85 1 1,100.00 199 2,733.85 v
Textiles

305 4,199.41

305 4,199.41 vi
Paper & Paper products, Publishing, printing and reproduction of recorded media

154 858.55

154 858.55 vii
Leather & products thereof

21 308.00

21 308.00 viii
Wood Products

21 1,226.00

21 1,226.00 2
Construction

776 7,226.19 4 1,006.00 780 8,232.19 3
Electricity, Gas & Water Companies 1 1.00 4 22.00 113 3,305.62

118 3,328.62 4
Mining & Quarrying

65 637.90 1 15.00 66 652.90 III Services 1 15.00

7708 79,314.31 231 3,248.59 7940 82,577.90 1 Business Services

3,437 32,739.43 5 61.00 3442 32,800.43 2 Trading

1,548 12,301.26 8 311.00 1556 12,612.26 3 Community, personal & Social Services 1 15.00

1,636 12,467.34 13 64.50 1650 12,546.84 4 Real Estate and Renting

408 11,389.31 2 25.00 410 11,414.31 5 Transport, storage and Communications

419 3,831.85 4 55.00 423 3,886.85 6 Finance

240 5,763.12 199 2,732.09 439 8,495.21 7 Insurance

20 822.00

20 822.00

Total 3 16.00 4 22.00 12287 141,552.40 260 6,750.59 12554 148,340.99

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Table 4.3: State/UT-wise Registration of Companies during April, 2021 (Authorized Capital in Rs. Lakhs)
Sl.N o

State/UT- Wise Government Non-Government Total Private Public Private Public No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital No. Authorized Capital 1 Andaman & Nicobar

3 3.00

3

3.00
2 Andhra Pradesh

250 1,760.24 1 15.00 251

1,775.24
3 Arunachal Pradesh

7 44.00

7

44.00
4 Assam

99 875.05 1 5.00 100

880.05
5 Bihar

396 3,097.29 13 102.05 409

3,199.34
6 Chandigarh

50 349.10

50

349.10
7 Chattisgarh

94 842.92 2 15.00 96

857.92
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli

3 21.00

3

21.00
9 Daman and Diu

3 17.00

3

17.00
10 Delhi

2 2.00 1,246 9,618.26 14 326.00 1262

9,946.26
11 Goa

33 169.10

33

169.10
12 Gujarat

635 3,169.21 8 25.50 643

3,194.71
13 Haryana

636 6,985.36 8 725.00 644

7,710.36
14 Himachal Pradesh

58 224.61 1 5.00 59

229.61
15 Jammu & Kashmir

68 935.70

68

935.70
16 Jharkhand

131 1,441.30 4 60.00 135

1,501.30
17 Karnataka

1,025 11,213.38 5 65.00 1030

11,278.38
18 Kerala

411 3,824.27 23 736.00 434

4,560.27
19 Lakshadweep

20 leh and Ladakh

1 1.00

1

1.00
21 Madhya Pradesh

321 4,661.10 8 105.00 329

4,766.10
22 Maharashtra 1 1.00

2,199 26,740.28 94 3,250.04 2294

30,005.31
23 Manipur

21 166.10 1 10.00 22

176.10
24 Meghalaya

3 28.00

3

28.00
25 Mizoram

4 51.50

4

51.50
26 Nagaland

5 41.00

5

41.00
27 Orissa 1

292 6,265.30 4 40.00 297

6,305.30
28 Pondicherry

6 45.00

6

45.00
29 Punjab

194 2,578.20 2 20.00 196

2,598.20
30 Rajasthan

434 1,545.71 10 85.00 444

1,630.71
31 Sikkim

32 Tamil Nadu

860 15,237.88 8 100.00 868

15,337.88
33 Telangana

857 11,454.08 10 115.00 867

11,569.08
34 Tripura

8 544.00

8

544.00
35 Uttar Pradesh 1 15.00

1,239 12,516.97 20 230.00 1260

12,747.97
36 Uttarakhand

93 5,674.98 5 40.00 98

5,714.98
37 West Bengal

2 20.00 602 9,410.52 18 676.00 622

10,106.52

Total 3 16.00 4 22.00 12287 141,552.41 260 6,750.59 12554

148,340.99

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