9 lakh companies active in India
Updated: Jan 16, 2014 02:16:30pm
A total of 13.59 lakh firms have been registered.
Out of these, as many as 2.66 lakh companies have been closed and there are 29,310 companies that are in the process of being closed, it said.
Further, as many as 1.43 lakh companies have not filed their annual returns or balance sheets for more than 3 consecutive years, and are classified as ‘dormant’.
“As a result, there were actually about 9.20 lakh active companies as on 30th November 2013,” it said. (KNN/ST)