2,25,910 companies under scanner of MCA for not filing returns
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Union Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs Shri P.P. Chaudhary said in Lok Sabha today that during financial year 2018-19, a total of 2,25,910 companies have been identified for action under Section 248 of the Act on the basis of non- filing of due returns for the financial Year 2015-16 & 2016-17. Due procedure shall be followed by ROCs before striking off names of companies.
Shri Chaudhary further said that during 2017-18 the Registrars of Companies (ROCs) had identified 2.97 lakh companies which were not filing their Financial Statements or Annual Returns for a continuous period of two or more financial years and, prima facie, either were not conducting any business or were not in operation. Out of such identified companies, Registrars of Companies (ROCs) removed the names of 2,26,166 such companies from the register of companies by following the due process under Section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013. Further, the Central Government has ordered investigation into the true ownership of 68 number of companies under section 216 read with section 210(1) (c) of the Act, which have deposited and withdrawn fund in an exception manner from the bank accounts during demonetization period.
This was stated by Union Minister of State for Law & Justice and Corporate Affairs Shri P.P. Chaudhary in Lok Sabha today.
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DETAILS OF THE NUMBER OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE FILED AS WELL AS NOT FILED THEIR FINANCIAL STATEMENT DURING THE LAST ONE YEAR IN STATE/UT-WISE ARE AS UNDER:
|
Sl. No. |
Region (State, Province, County) |
Financial Statement filed |
Financial Statement not filed |
Annual Return filed |
Annual Return not filed |
|
1 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
145 |
80 |
149 |
78 |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
8,197 |
8,709 |
8,168 |
8,708 |
|
3 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
106 |
80 |
106 |
80 |
|
4 |
Assam |
4,271 |
1,286 |
4,290 |
1,262 |
|
5 |
Bihar |
8,009 |
6,768 |
8,080 |
6,699 |
|
6 |
Chandigarh |
4,718 |
2,403 |
4,767 |
2,358 |
|
7 |
Chattisgarh |
4,587 |
1,450 |
4,598 |
1,436 |
|
8 |
Daman and Diu |
170 |
43 |
169 |
43 |
|
9 |
Delhi |
140,519 |
46,204 |
141,270 |
45,472 |
|
10 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli |
264 |
90 |
267 |
88 |
|
11 |
Goa |
2,625 |
1,004 |
2,638 |
992 |
|
12 |
Gujarat |
40,700 |
14,206 |
40,747 |
14,167 |
|
13 |
Himachal Pradesh |
1,707 |
1,140 |
1,743 |
1,110 |
|
14 |
Haryana |
16,032 |
7,050 |
16,108 |
6,991 |
|
15 |
Jharkhand |
4,618 |
2,846 |
4,659 |
2,818 |
|
16 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
1,143 |
856 |
1,157 |
842 |
|
17 |
Karnataka |
37,213 |
13,594 |
37,392 |
13,452 |
|
18 |
Kerala |
15,856 |
9,165 |
15,974 |
9,062 |
|
19 |
Lakshadweep |
4 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
|
20 |
Maharashtra |
136,335 |
62,001 |
137,122 |
61,149 |
|
21 |
Meghalaya |
380 |
151 |
389 |
143 |
|
22 |
Manipur |
143 |
109 |
145 |
107 |
|
23 |
Madhya Pradesh |
13,851 |
4,653 |
13,954 |
4,578 |
|
24 |
Mizoram |
23 |
20 |
23 |
20 |
|
25 |
Nagaland |
93 |
92 |
93 |
92 |
|
26 |
Orissa |
7,933 |
4,253 |
7,990 |
4,203 |
|
27 |
Punjab |
10,213 |
4,559 |
10,274 |
4,508 |
|
28 |
Pondicherry |
596 |
461 |
608 |
451 |
|
29 |
Rajasthan |
24,204 |
7,766 |
24,222 |
7,745 |
|
30 |
Telangana |
29,975 |
27,383 |
30,094 |
27,230 |
|
31 |
Tamil Nadu |
40,992 |
22,649 |
41,004 |
22,619 |
|
32 |
Tripura |
120 |
110 |
122 |
106 |
|
33 |
Uttar Pradesh |
34,843 |
18,173 |
34,982 |
18,049 |
|
34 |
Uttarakhand |
2,360 |
1,058 |
2,372 |
1,047 |
|
35 |
West Bengal |
104,169 |
22,599 |
104,038 |
22,695 |
|
Total |
Overall Result |
697,115 |
293,017 |
699,718 |
290,407 |
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