| Agency Name: | Ministry of Corporate Affairs |
| Seal: | Government of India logo.svg |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of India |
| Headquarters: | Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi, India |
| Chief1 Name: | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Chief1 Position: | Minister of Corporate Affairs |
| Chief2 Name: | Harsh Malhotra |
| Chief2 Position: | 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.[1]
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.
The ministry administers the following acts:
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.[2] It replaces The Companies Act, 1956 which has proven outmoded in terms of handling 21st century problems.[3]
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.[4] [5]
| Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Days | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedabrata Barua | Indian National Congress | 1969 | 1970 | 1 year | ||||
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Rowspan=5 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Rowspan=5 bgcolor=FF9933 | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | |||
| Arjun Ram Meghwal | 5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 | ||||||
| P. P. Chaudhary | 3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019 | ||||||
| Anurag Thakur | 30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | ||||||
| Rao Inderjit Singh | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | ||||||