Armed with corporate affairs ministry data, TMC exposes canard
The Statesman | 14 August 2025
The Trinamul Congress has demolished the BJP’s claim that there is a steady flight of industries from Bengal to other states in the last decade.
In response to a question raised by Bapi Halder, Trinamul Congress MP, the ministry of corporate affairs, in a written reply, has given details of the companies that have registered their offices in Bengal.
The list given by the ministry of corporate affairs revealed that the number of companies having registered office in Bengal has doubled in Bengal since 2010.
As per the year-wise break up, on 31 March, 2010, there were 1,21,496 companies having registered offices in Bengal. On 31 March, 2011, the number was 1,37,156. Again in 2012 it was1,54,470. In the following years, that is, 2013, 2014, 2015 the figures were 1,66,802; 1,76,669 and 1,80,271. In the next three years, that is 2016, 2017 and 2018, the numbers were 1,90,022; 1,94,906 and 2,00,626. Between 2019 to 2021, the numbers were 2,06,305; 2,13,504 and 2,29,844. Between 2022 and 2024, the numbers were 2,21,873; 2,29,844 and 2,38,526. On 31 March, 2025, it was 2,46,879 and again on 31 July, 2025 it was 2,50,343.
The ministry of corporate affairs further informed that in the past five years the companies relocated their registered office from Bengal in 2020-21 was 306. In 2021-22, it was 273 while in 2022-23 it was 270. In 2023-24, it was 371. In 2024-25, it was 366 while in 2025-26, up to 31 July, 2025 it was 156.
It stated that in the past six years, 44,040 companies have incorporated in Bengal, while 1,742 companies shifted their registered offices out of the state.
Trinamul Congress in its X handle wrote: “A bitter pill for BJP4India! For years, they have run a one sided smear campaign paining Bengal as industry averse. But now data from their own ministry blows their lies to pieces.”
Dr Shashi Panja, state industries minister, coming down heavily on the BJP, said “The data has exposed the garbage of lies circulated by the saffron party. BJP believes only in canard and spread lies only. The data has revealed that under Mamata Banerjee, industrial growth in Bengal has taken place.”