India is one of the fastest growing Asian economies of today. It is the hub of global BPO and software industry. Today, more and more companies from around the world are interested in a base in India. This aim of this article is to provide information in brief regarding setup of company and legal requirement for starting a business in India.

The first and foremost thing is setting up/ forming a company in India. Here, an international company has three options - opening foreign branch office, open liaison office or register a fully owned foreign subsidiary company.

Foreign Branch / Liaison Offices are setup where manufacturing is not required i.e. either to sale / purchase of goods for foreign company or to undertaken liaison work i.e. source sale / purchase but the transaction is made directly by the foreign company.

Whereas fully owned subsidiary is setup to undertake commercial activity like manufacturing, providing services etc.

Before, setting up a company in any of the modes mentioned above necessary permission of either the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) or Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) is required. There are certain industries where 100% foreign equity participation are allowed. There is no requirement for permission for them. For others permission is required before registration.

After obtaining permission a company / branch office / liaison office is required to be registered with the Registrar of Companies under the Companies Act. The registrar on being satisfied issues certificate of incorporation and the company comes into existence. More on legal compliance in the next part.................

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Written By Ashish Ahuja. The author is an Indian Chartered Accountant and founder partner of Ahuja & Ahuja which provides services for Company Formation and Business Setup.

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