New Business Registration

A business name, also known as a trading name, is simply a name or title under which a person, or other legal entity, trades.

Your business name not only identifies you with your customers but also allows you to differentiate yourself from your competitors and enables your customers to make an emotional connection to your business and brand. For many businesses, the name is often the most valuable asset.

Entrepreneurs need only fill out one form to start a business; down from the eight they had to submit until now.

The new form, called INC-29, will allow making compliance and reporting easier, the newspaper said and will be available on the website of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

Currently, even for a single-person company, the forms required include separate applications for obtaining DIN, obtaining a DSC (digital signature certificate), form INC-1 for approval of the name of the company, form INC-7 for registration of the company along with memorandum of association and articles of association, form INC-22 for intimation of registered office and form DIR12 for each director, the newspaper said.