**Executive Summary**
This report, in response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2352, provides details on companies penalised under the Companies Act, 2013 from 2019 to 2025. It also covers the number of companies struck off for non-filing of statutory returns since 2020. This information was answered on December 15, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Companies Penalised for Non-Compliance (2019-2025):**
* Year-wise and State/UT-wise details are provided in Annexure I regarding the number of companies penalised for non-compliance with the Companies Act, 2013.
* Annexure II (A&B) presents the total penalties imposed and the amounts recovered from 2019 to 2025.
* **Companies Struck Off for Non-Filing of Returns:**
* The Ministry has conducted strike-off drives under Section 248(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, targeting companies not conducting business for two years, not seeking dormant status, not paying subscription amounts or fulfilling declaration requirement within one hundred and eighty days of its incorporation under sub-section (1) of section 10(A) of the Act, or not carrying on any business or operations.
* Companies can also be struck off under Section 248(2) for voluntary strike off.
* Since 2020, year-wise details of companies struck off under Section 248(1) and 248(2), including those not filing statutory returns, are in Annexure-III.
* **Enforcement Measures and Governance:**
* The Act provides a framework to address violations related to accounting, auditing standards, statutory filings, board and committee duties, independent director responsibilities, and disclosures.
* Enforcement actions like adjudication, compounding, and court convictions have penalised non-compliant companies, improving accountability, governance, and compliance behaviour.
**Impact Analysis**
**Key Stakeholders**: Government of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
**Impact**
The Ministry conducted an impact assessment of measures taken to improve corporate governance and compliance levels. Enforcement actions and penalties for non-compliance have led to improved corporate governance practices and compliance behavior.
**Action Required**
None mentioned
Key Entities Referenced
Companies Act, 2013 : The primary legislation under which companies were penalised for non-compliance.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs : The Ministry responsible for administering the Companies Act, 2013 and regulating corporate affairs.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA
UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2352
ANSWERED ON Monday, December 15, 2025
Companies Penalised under the Companies Act, 2013
2352 Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale:
Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state :
a) the total number of companies penalised for non-compliance under
various provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 between 2019-2025,
year/State/UT-wise;
b) the total number of penalties imposed and amount recovered during
this period;
c) the number of companies struck off from the register of companies
for non-filing of statutory returns since 2020, year-wise; and
d) whether the Government has conducted any review of the impact of
these enforcement measures on improving corporate governance and
compliance levels, and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Minister of State
in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
(Shri Harsh Malhotra)
(a): The year-wise and State/UT-wise details of the total number of
companies penalised for non-compliance under various provisions of
the Companies Act, 2013 between 2019 and 2025, are provided in
Annexure I.
(b): The total number of penalties imposed, and amount recovered from
2019 to 2025, are provided in Annexure II (A&B).(c) This Ministry has carried out Strike-Off drives under section 248(1)
of the Companies Act, 2013 for striking off such companies which were
not carrying on any business or operation for a period of two
immediately preceding financial years and had not made any
application within such period for obtaining the status of a dormant
company under section 455 of the Act or the subscribers to the
memorandum have not paid the subscription which they had
undertaken to pay at the time of incorporation of a company and
declaration to this effect has not been filed within one hundred and
eighty days of its incorporation under sub-section (1) of section 10(A)
of the Act or was not carrying on any business or operations, as
revealed after the physical verification carried out under section 12(9)
of the Act. In addition, under Section 248(2) of the Companies Act,
2013 applications for voluntary strike off the company are also filed.
Since 2020, year-wise details of companies struck off under section
248(1) and 248(2) which includes companies who have not filed
statutory returns are given in Annexure-III.
(d): The Act provides a detailed framework to address both minor and
major violations, including adherence to accounting and auditing
standards, statutory filings, duties of the Board and its committees,
responsibilities of independent directors and auditors, and mandatory
disclosures. Enforcement actions - such as adjudication orders,
compounding orders, and court convictions - have led to the
penalisation of such companies for non-compliance. These measures
have contributed to enhanced accountability, strengthened
governance practices, and an overall improvement in corporate
compliance behaviour.
*******Annexure I as referred in Para `a’ of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2352 for 15.12.2025
Total Number of Companies Penalised for Non-Compliance
S.No. State/UT
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
1 Andaman & Nicobar 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Andhra Pradesh 5 0 8 136 21 7
3 Arunachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Assam 0 2 4 4 6 9
5 Bihar 25 3 14 55 38 23
6 Chandigarh 0 0 2 0 0 3
7 Chattisgarh 0 0 19 7 63 21
8 Dadra & Nagar Haveli 0 0 0 1 2 0
9 Daman and Diu 7 0 0 0 1 1
10 Delhi 103 52 31 110 137 139
11 Goa 101 0 2 8 1 6
12 Gujarat 25 5 47 152 169 57
13 Haryana 6 2 5 29 41 15
14 Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 2 0
15 Jammu & Kashmir 1 0 0 2 7 0
16 Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 1
17 Karnataka 112 89 98 66 93 202
18 Kerala 246 24 56 74 79 27
19 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Madhya Pradesh 16 14 36 40 71 23
22 Maharashtra 45 10 52 75 119 174
23 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Meghalaya 0 0 0 0 1 0
25 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Odisha 39 4 43 89 38 15
28 Pondicherry 0 0 1 10 3 8
29 Punjab 0 0 3 0 5 0
30 Rajasthan 31 6 17 60 85 57
31 Tamil Nadu 22 3 15 101 57 140
32 Telangana 20 15 22 21 7 38
33 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Uttar Pradesh 31 0 22 3 21 79
35 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 1 7 14
36 West Bengal 78 59 120 157 119 129
Total 913 288 617 1201 1193 1188Annexure II A -As referred in Para `b’ of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2352 for 15.12.2025
Total Penalty imposed and Amount Recovered (Amount in Rs.)
Sl. State/UT 2019-2020 2020-21 2021-22
No.
Penalty Amount Penalty Amount Penalty Amount
imposed Recovered imposed Recovered imposed Recovered
1 Andaman & 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicobar
2 Andhra Pradesh 6,91,000 4,96,200 0 0 55,38,750 20,41,950
3 Arunachal 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pradesh
4 Assam 0 0 4,00,000 4,00,000 10,88,000 10,88,000
5 Bihar 1285000 0 1231100 0 3160000 0
6 Chandigarh 0 0 0 0 15174 0
7 Chattisgarh 0 0 0 0 6224000 24000
8 Dadra & Nagar 0 0 0 0 0 0
Haveli
9 Daman and Diu 5103600 196850 0 0 0 0
10 Delhi 2691000 388000 5817300 2378900 8547500 282900
11 Goa 45462000 1746055 0 0 0 0
12 Gujarat 734500 6000 886000 160000 34524100 4241000
13 Haryana 600000 0 125000 125000 1629000 110000
14 Himachal 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pradesh
15 Jammu & 400000 0 0 0 0 0
Kashmir
16 Jharkhand Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
17 Karnataka 3,85,90,600 1,32,80,740 2,69,62,000 1,78,92,500 5,90,87,758 1,99,00,758
18 Kerala 2,29,45,000 44,96,850 0 0 0 0
19 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Lakshadweep 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Madhya Pradesh 2840000 120000 2060000 565000 5764000 1402000
22 Maharashtra 16266000 18,45,000 17143400 1611500 29822500 12745800
23 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Maghalaya 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Odisha 18100600 20000 1156000 0 8532400 459000
28 Pondicherry 0 0 0 0 51000 51000
29 Punjab 0 0 0 0 3620300 0
30 Rajasthan 265200 0 20000 15000 3485500 296000
31 Tamil Nadu 4,97,63,500 42,82,220 29,60,000 29,60,000 55,28,740 8,38,700
32 Telangana 5767200 4874200 463200 463200 3893600 3133600
33 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Uttar Pradesh 10100000 130000 0 0 8224000 035 Uttarakhand 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 West Bengal 1047500 32500 1639100 0 1500000 185000
Total 222652700 31914615 60863100 26571100 190236322 46799708Annexure II B- As referred in Para `b’ of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2352 for 15.12.2025
Total Penalty imposed and Amount Recovered (Amount in Rs.)
Sl. State/UT 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025
No.
Penalty Amount Penalty Amount Penalty Amount
imposed Recovered imposed Recovered imposed Recovered
1 Andaman & 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicobar
2 Andhra 16,31,05,200 3,58,11,260 3,68,65,400 43,57,400 84,33,800 15,45,000
Pradesh
3 Arunachal 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pradesh
4 Assam 7,58,190 7,58,190 16,27,650 8,39,350 92,39,300 4,15,000
5 Bihar 28471650 534400 28300300 342000 23871400 911050
6 Chandigarh 0 0 3353500 0 3353500 992000
7 Chattisgarh 2051000 150080 25581200 1115000 6796375 286675
8 Dadra & 6000 0 177600 0 0 0
Nagar Haveli
9 Daman and 0 0 400000 400000 190000 190000
Diu
10 Delhi 22322600 5665750 13910002 4470000 46137650 9430918
11 Goa 4675200 900000 0 0 34897600 34897600
12 Gujarat 44563750 6731800 40927650 7488050 71426848 9035900
13 Haryana 4855842 1138000 8498923 6150718 76407600 4080800
14 Himachal 0 0 4878850 0 0 0
Pradesh
15 Jammu & 2004000 404000 8397200 0 0 0
Kashmir
16 Jharkhand Nil Nil Nil Nil 500000 500000
17 Karnataka 3,36,45,879 1,37,05,429 9,04,29,110 3,52,31,241 17,44,69,310 6,55,92,558
18 Kerala 40000 40000 51,72,200 4,50,000 1,49,04,100 11,63,000
19 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Laksha 0 0 0 0 0 0
dweep
21 Madhya 5402400 1903400 78871800 948500 17263100 727250
Pradesh
22 Maharashtra 28090900 20662500 157610420 38400800 136056493 57862710
23 Manipur 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Maghalaya 0 0 15,00,000 2,30,000 0 0
25 Mizoram 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Nagaland 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Odisha 9158300 160000 7431600 6331600 8860700 416500
28 Pondicherry 40,11,900 20000 41,15,000 80000 1,49,54,000 18,00,000
29 Punjab 0 0 4329500 0 0 0
30 Rajasthan 14918050 1469500 16671000 4366150 47165400 7398380
31 Tamil Nadu 9,27,75,620 80,49,700 6,10,48,106 18,59,400 14,19,82,609 90,97,80032 Telangana 20814382 10386484 25693450 3471250 23148400 14499420
33 Tripura 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 Uttar 2292600 0 23871600 50000 197838700 7872900
Pradesh
35 Uttarakhand 250000 0 993000 280000 843400 616400
36 West Bengal 28808200 7439200 27839000 6832800 14244800 15723700
Total 513021663 115929693 678494061 123694259 1072985085 245055561Annexure III as referred in Para `c’ of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2352 for 15.12.2025
Number of Companies Struck Off
S No. State/UT 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 Grand Total
1 Andaman and
Nicobar
Islands 2 3 53 6 3 67
2 Andhra
Pradesh 1354 2401 400 224 4379
3 Arunachal
Pradesh 3 27 32 4 2 68
4 Assam 65 361 587 90 86 1189
5 Bihar 184 1771 2812 185 176 5128
6 Chandigarh 169 461 303 51 89 1073
7 Chattisgarh 47 324 445 67 97 980
8 Dadra &
Nagar Haveli 1 14 13 1 2 31
9 Daman and
Diu 2 5 12 12 5 36
10 Delhi 1972 5165 16046 2151 2372 27706
11 Goa 34 213 184 78 72 581
12 Gujarat 252 3400 2626 665 891 7834
13 Haryana 408 1076 4813 585 732 7614
14 Himachal
Pradesh 201 260 303 27 70 861
15 Jammu &
Kashmir 322 450 29 30 831
16 Jharkhand 136 974 886 185 92 2273
17 Karnataka 1025 6100 4339 2317 1615 15396
18 Kerala 956 2121 1558 459 508 5602
19 Ladakh 5 5 10
20 Lakshadweep 1 2 3
21 Madhya
Pradesh 107 541 2427 446 358 3879
22 Maharashtra 2250 11657 12045 3276 3290 32518
23 Manipur 4 51 147 4 6 212
24 Meghalaya 10 29 21 7 2 69
25 Mizoram 9 18 2 29
26 Nagaland 2 19 27 6 3 57
27 Odisha 75 1013 1330 81 159 2658
28 Pondicherry 35 80 82 18 22 237
29 Punjab 330 902 926 125 211 2494
30 Rajasthan 505 1704 1902 426 572 5109
31 Tamil Nadu 1294 6071 4662 964 1179 14170
32 Telangana 693 4991 3795 1763 860 12102
33 Tripura 3 27 91 4 8 133
34 Uttar Pradesh 1934 1594 12079 1234 1046 1788735 Uttarakhand 244 960 73 133 1410
36 West Bengal 4 9338 3682 721 922 14667
Grand Total 12704 62226 82062 16464 15837 189293