Minimum Authorised Share Capital required for Companies in India
1. For a Private Limited company – Rs. 100,000
2. For a Public Limited company – Rs. 500,000
There are certain other details that you must know before selecting the name of your company.
In order to use certain prescribed words in the ‘names’, the companies should comply with the provisions stipulated by Ministry of Corporate Affairs with regard to minimum Authorised Share Capital that needs to be fixed at.
Here’s the list of prescribed minimum authorised share capital amount for use of certain words in the name (Amount in Rs.):
*5 lacs – For the words Hindustan, India, Bharat within the name (with or without bracket).
*10 lacs – For the words Enterprise, Products, Business and Manufacturing
*50 lacs – For the words International, Global, Universal, Continental, Intercontinental, Asiatic, Asia used within the name (with or without bracket).
*50 lacs – Hindustan, India, Bharat, being the first word of the name
*1 crore – International, Global, Universal, Continental, Intercontinental, Asiatic, Asia as first word, and the word Industry and Udhyog anywhere in the name.
*5 crore — The word ‘Corporation’ anywhere in the name.
- Please refer MCA circular no. 27/1/87 dated 13-3-1989, for further details.