National capital charms foreign company but only after maharashtra
Published: Dec 23, 2017
By TIOLCORPLAWS News Service
NEW DELHI, DEC 23, 2017: The foreign companies appeared to be in love with the financial capital of India. The is why is it not a big surprises maharashtra tops the chart of maximum number of foreign entities getting incorporated in india in last 3 fiscal. 96 foreign companies registered in India in 2017-18 with almost Rs 10 crore revenue from them have been reported till now.
The detailed provisions with regard to companies incorporated outside India are laid down in Chapter XXII of the Companies Act, 2013 (Section 379-393) and Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014. Further, section 380 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with such Rules specifies the documents or information required to be filed by a foreign company with Registrar of Companies, New Delhi within 30 days from establishment of its place of business in India.
As per the provisions of Section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013 the IEPF Authority is mandated to promote investor education, awareness and protection. To promote investor awareness the authority has issued advertisements in newspapers, jingles on radio, crawlers on Doordarshan, SMSs on mobile phones. Investor Awareness Programmes are organised through Professional Institutes as well as through the Common Services Centres located in rural areas of the country. A joint campaign in association with Securities and Exchange Board of India, Reserve Bank of India and Department of Consumer Affairs has also been initiated.
This was stated by Mr P.P. Chaudhary, Minister of State for Law & Justice / Corporate Affairs in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha yesterday.