Also Read | Australia’s prime time battle against big techThe ministry administers the Act and maintains the registry of companies on the basis of documents and applications filed.In a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Anurag Singh Thakur said the ministry does not maintain any record of the companies that have gone out of business."A total of 10,113 number of companies during the year 2020-21 (from the month of April 2020 to February 2021) have been struck off under section 248(2) of the Act.
MCA has not run any drive to strike off companies suo moto during 2020-21," he.As per the ministry's data, a total of 2,394 companies were struck off in Delhi while the number stood at 1,936 companies in.