Deregistration row: Over 22,000 firms struck off the list from Delhi

Earlier, the govt cancelled the registration of around 100,000 companies across the country

More than half of the 100,000 corporate entities found dormant or defunct and struck off the list by registrars of companies (RoCs) in the recent past came from eight states and two Union Territories. 

As many as 54,233 of these entities were based in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya and Puducherry.

Delhi and its adjoining areas had the largest number of dormant companies, with 22,864 being struck off the rolls of the RoC here. Followed by Tamil Nadu, which deregistered 12,134 companies. West Bengal recorded 8,000-plus cases; Gujarat was in fourth position with