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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
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Branch of Government of India
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of India
Headquarters Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, India
Agency executives
  • Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Corporate Affairs
  • Harsh Malhotra, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is an Indian government ministry primarily concerned with administration of the Companies Act 2013, the Companies Act 1956, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.

It is responsible mainly for the regulation of Indian enterprises in the industrial and services sector. The ministry is mostly run by civil servants of the ICLS cadre. These officers are selected through the Civil Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission. The highest post, Director General of Corporate Affairs (DGCoA), is fixed at Apex Scale for the ICLS. The current minister is Nirmala Sitaraman.

Administration

The ministry administers the following acts:

  • The Companies Act, 2013
  • The Companies Act, 1956
  • Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016
  • The Competition Act, 2002
  • The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969
  • The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 [As amended by the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006]
  • The Company Secretaries Act, 1980 [As amended by The Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006][1]
  • The Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 [As Amended By The Cost And Works Accountants (Amendment) Act, 2006][2]
  • Companies (Donation to National) Fund Act, 1951
  • The Indian Partnership Act, 1932
  • Societies Registration Act, 1860
  • The Companies Amendment Act, 2006
  • The Limited liability Partnership Act, 2008

In August 2013, The Companies Act, 2013 was passed to regulate corporations by increasing responsibilities of corporate executives and is intended to avoid the accounting scandals such as the Satyam scandal which have plagued India. It replaces The Companies Act, 1956 which has proven outmoded in terms of handling 21st century problems.

The Ministry has constituted a Committee for framing of National Competition Policy (India) and related matters (formulate amendments in the Act) under the Chairmanship of Dhanendra Kumar, former Chairman of Competition Commission of India.

Training academies

National apex bodies

  • Indian Institutes of Management

Statutory professional bodies

  • Institute of Chartered Accountant of India
  • Institute of Company Secretaries of India
  • Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India
  • Institution of Valuers
  • All India Management Association

Statutory bodies

  • Competition Commission of India (CCI)
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
  • Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA)
  • National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT)
  • National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT)
  • National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA)
  • Registrar of Companies
  • Serious Fraud Investigation Office

List of ministers for corporate affairs

# Name Portrait Term of office Political party
(Alliance)
Prime Minister
1 R. K. Shanmukham Chetty R. Shanmukham Chetty.jpg 15 August 1947 1949 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
2 John Mathai John Mathai.jpg 1949 1950
3 C. D. Deshmukh 29 May 1950 1957
4 T. T. Krishnamachari 1957 13 February 1958
5 Jawaharlal Nehru Bundesarchiv Bild 183-61849-0001, Indien, Otto Grotewohl bei Ministerpräsident Nehru cropped.jpg 13 February 1958 13 March 1958
6 Morarji Desai Morarji Desai 1978b.jpg 13 March 1958 29 August 1963
7 T. T. Krishnamachari 29 August 1963 1965 Jawaharlal Nehru

Lal Bahadur Shastri

8 Sachindra Chaudhuri 1965 13 March 1967 Lal Bahadur Shastri

Indira Gandhi

9 Indira Gandhi Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg 1967 1971 Indira Gandhi
10 Yashwantrao Chavan 1971 1975
11 Chidambaram Subramaniam 1975 1977
12 Haribhai M. Patel 24 March 1977 24 January 1979 Janata Party Morarji Desai
13 Charan Singh 24 January 1979 28 July 1979
14 Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh
15 R. Venkataraman R Venkataraman (cropped).jpg 14 January 1980 15 January 1982 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
16 Pranab Mukherjee Pranab Mukherjee-World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009 crop(2).jpg 15 January 1982 31 December 1984
17 V. P. Singh V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg 31 December 1984 24 January 1987 Rajiv Gandhi
18 Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg 24 January 1987 25 July 1987
19 N. D. Tiwari 25 July 1987 25 June 1988
20 Shankarrao Chavan 25 June 1988 2 December 1989
21 Madhu Dandavate 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal
(National Front)
V. P. Singh
22 Yashwant Sinha Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg 10 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party
(National Front)
Chandra Shekhar
23 Manmohan Singh Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in WEF ,2009 (cropped).jpg 21 June 1991 16 May 1996 Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao
24 Jaswant Singh Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
25 P. Chidambaram Pchidambaram (cropped).jpg 1 June 1996 21 April 1997 Tamil Maanila Congress
(United Front)
H. D. Deve Gowda
26 I.K. Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg 21 April 1997 22 May 2004 Janata Dal
(United Front)
I. K. Gujral
27 Prem Chand Gupta 22 May 2004 30 November 2008 Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)
Manmohan Singh
28 H. R. Bhardwaj Hans Raj Bhardwaj.png 30 November 2008 24 January 2009
29 Veerappa Moily Veerappa Moily BNC.jpg 26 June 2012 31 July 2012
30 Sachin Pilot Sachin Pilot at the India Economic Summit 2010 cropped.jpg 31 July 2012 26 May 2014
31 Arun Jaitley Arun Jaitley, Minister.jpg 26 May 2014 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)
Narendra Modi
33 Nirmala Sitharaman Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman addressing a press conference on June 28, 2021, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg 30 May 2019 Incumbent

List of ministers of state

Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Days
Bedabrata Barua Indian National Congress 1969 1970 1 year
Nirmala Sitharaman Nirmala Sitharaman in September 2018.jpg Bharatiya Janata Party 26 May 2014 9 November 2014 167 days
Arjun Ram Meghwal Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal taking charge as the Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, in New Delhi on September 04, 2017.jpg 5 July 2016 3 September 2017 1 year, 60 days
P. P. Chaudhary P.P. Chaudhary delivering the inaugural address at the Plenary Session of the three-day International Competition Network Annual Conference 2018 (ICN2018), organised by the Competition Commission of India, in New Delhi.jpg 3 September 2017 30 May 2019 1 year, 269 days
Anurag Thakur Anurag Thakur.jpg 30 May 2019 7 July 2021 5 years, 209 days
Rao Inderjit Singh Shri Inderjit Singh Rao taking charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Planning, in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.jpg 7 July 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 171 days

See also

  • Registrar of Companies, India
  • List of company registers
  • Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
  • Ministry of Cooperation (India)
  • List of agencies of the government of India
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