Process of incorporation of Companies (Form-1) and establishment of principal place of business in India by Foreign Companies (Form-44) – Procedure simplified. - Companies Law - 06/2011

General Circular No. 06/2011 F.No. 17/56/2011-CL-V Government of India Ministry of Corporate Affairs 5th Floor, A Wing, Shastri Bhavan Dr. R.P. Road, New Delhi-110001 Dated 8th March, 2011 To All Regional Directors All Registrar of Companies All Official Liquidators Sub: Process of incorporation of Companies (Form-1) and establishment of principal place of business in India by Foreign Companies (Form-44) Procedure simplified. Sir, I am directed to inform that Ministry has received various representations regarding time taken by the Registrar of Companies for registration of Form-1 and Form-44. The Ministry has got the issue examined by Business Process Re-engineering Group under MCA-21 and in order to speed up and simplify the process of incorporation of Companies and establishment of principal place of business in India by Foreign Companies for reduction in time taken by Registrar of Companies, the below mentioned procedure have been recommended : 1. Only Form-1 shall be approved by the RoC Office. Form 18 and 32 shall be processed by the system online. 2. There shall be one more category, i.e., Incorporation Forms (Form 1A, Form 37, 39, 44 and 68) which will have the highest priority for approval. 3. Average time taken for incorporation of company should be reduced to one (1) day only. 4. A Notification to notify minor changes in e-forms 18 and 32 to enable them to be taken on record through STP mode for aforesaid procedure is being issued separately. Yours faithfully, ( Seema Rath ) Assistant Director (Inspection) Tele : 011-23387263