To improve ease of doing business, the government will soon introduce Business Identification Number (BIN) for companies, doing away with multiple registration numbers a single entity needs to obtain for various regulatory purposes. The BIN would act as an identification number for different regulatory purposes and do away with the need for procuring separate registration numbers such as Company Identification Number and Labour Identification Number.
Normally, a company is required to obtain 18 different registration numbers. As per the proposal, the permanent account number (PAN) may become the BIN for companies. The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is discussing the matter with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
The firms will have to apply for the BIN on the e-Biz portal. The portal provides one-stop clearance platform for investment proposals. Several initiatives have been taken up by the government for improving ease of doing business in India through simplification and rationalisation of the existing rules and introduction of information technology to make governance more efficient and effective.
