US completes H-1B selection process for FY2027, filing starts April 1USCIS has concluded the H-1B visa selection for fiscal year 2027, filling the 85,000 annual quota. Employers have been notified of selected...
01 Apr, 2026, 10.30 AM IST
Company registrations surge 26% in October; LLP incorporations up 38% on GST cuts, growth optimismCompany registrations surged 26% in October, with LLPs up 38%, driven by optimism over GST cuts and strong economic outlook. This growth, d...
04 Nov, 2025, 11.44 PM IST
Company registrations in J&K dropped 22% in May and June amidst India-Pakistan tensionsCompany incorporations in Jammu & Kashmir declined for the second consecutive month in June, falling 22% to 93 registrations amid heightene...
26 Jul, 2025, 06.40 PM IST
Over 18.9 lakh cos were active in India at May-end, shows official dataOfficial data reveals that over 1.89 million companies, representing 65% of registered firms, were active in India as of May 2025. Business...
26 Jun, 2025, 07.38 PM IST
Over 28 lakh companies registered in India; 65% active: Govt dataAs of January 31, 2025, over 18.1 lakh companies are active out of more than 28 lakh registered in India. Business services account for the...
18 Feb, 2025, 05.23 PM IST
Company registrations drop in April, but LLPs continue to scale fresh peakIn April 2023-24, company registrations fell 3.7%, while LLPs surged 36%. The trend continued from the previous year, reflecting optimism a...
10 May, 2024, 12.19 AM IST
Bankruptcies in the EU highest since 2015, Eurostat saysRegistrations of new businesses edged down in the same period, but remained higher than in 2015-2022, the agency added. While all sectors o...
17 Aug, 2023, 04.28 PM IST
Labour Ministry to upgrade Shram Suvidha PortalThe move will bring down the total number of compliance forms to 3 from 21 now with one unified form for registration, licence and return.
29 Jan, 2021, 10.38 AM IST
CIN mismatch doesn’t mean companies don’t exist, clarifies governmentOf the 35,456 companies around 34,834 (86.5%) companies had filed their returns only 622 were untraceable perhaps due to change of Corporat...
30 May, 2019, 11.52 PM IST
National business register: A record of all business enterprises in the countryThe Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) plans to compile a national business register of all business enterprises i...
16 May, 2019, 06.56 AM IST
1,216.8 crore authentications: Govt swamps Supreme Court with UID data"The Indian population has used Aadhaar-based authentication over 1,216 crore times to authenticate their identities and avail benefits and...
04 Nov, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
Startup rush: Number of new private companies up 36% in 2015-16Experts say that a private company is the best legal entity form for incorporation of a startup, especially one which is growth-oriented.
13 May, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
Government kicks off data collection for National Business RegisterThe Business Register will aim to record district-wise details of establishments engaged in production or distribution of goods or services.
28 Mar, 2016, 01.00 AM IST
Entrepreneurs to spend least time on regulatory matters: GovtPolicymakers gave a peek into what would be done to ensure Indian entrepreneurs spent as little time as possible on regulatory matters.
16 Jan, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
Industrial survey fails to capture complete manufacturing data, as many as 70,000 cos not on listNSC has discovered that data from a substantial number of manufacturing companies don’t get captured in the annual survey of industries.
13 May, 2015, 01.35 AM IST
Registration of companies declines 50 per cent on compliance normsThe Companies Act, 2013, which came into force in April, replacing a 58-year-old law, was aimed at facilitating business-friendly corporate...
07 Oct, 2014, 08.22 AM IST
- Govt steps up FDI vigil, to maintain updates on cos
The government is becoming more circumspect in FDI monitoring even as it liberalises the approval mechanism.
13 Aug, 2003, 05.17 AM IST