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A Producer Company was introduced in India with the Companies Act, 2013. It gives persons engaged in activities related to producing (what has been grown or produced, particularly by farming) the opportunity to form a company. A producer company can be formed by 10 or more producers (persons involved in, or in activities related to, produce or growth), two or more producer institutions or a combination of 10 or more producers and producer institutions. Such a company can only have equity capital, require a minimum of five directors and an authorised capital of Rs. 5 lakh. The procedure for forming a Producer company is similar to the one for forming a private limited company.
According to the Companies Act, 1956; a producer company can be formed by 10 or more persons; 2 or more institutions; or by a combination of both, there is no upper limitation on the number of members. The one of the objectives for the formation of producer company should be procurement, production, harvesting, grading, pooling, handling, marketing, selling or export of the product or import of good and services for the benefit of members.
The producer company facilitates the formation of co-operatives as companies and support the co-operatives to convert into companies. The concept of farmer Producer Company seeks to foster the betterment of financially aggrieved farmers in India through synergy and collective efforts.
Such entities seek to operate in line with the underlying objects, which typically revolve around the mutual financial growth of the member. As such, Farmer Company has no intention to serve the public domain in any way.
The producer company is essentially permitted to undertake any of the following tasks by itself or through other entities on behalf of the members:
The followings are the mandatory documentation for incorporating Farmer producer companies in India:
The main functions of producer companies are production, procurement or manufacture of any primary produce for its members (for further sale) and to others.
Even a business involved in the marketing or promotion of primary produce or provision of educational services to members and others can constitute itself as a producer company.
Any business offering technical assistance to producers, providing training and educational services or conducting research and development can register as a producer company.
Any business financing producer activities, be it in the production, marketing or development domain, can register itself as a producer company.
Businesses involved in providing infrastructure to producers, whether in the form of electricity, water resources, irrigation techniques, land utilisation, or consultation with regard to the same, may constitute themselves as a producer company.
Note: Any one of the directors must self-attest the first three documents. In case of foreign nationals and NRIs, all the documents must be notarised (if currently in India or a non-Commonwealth country) or apostilled (if in a Commonwealth country).
Note: Your registered office need not be a commercial space; it can be your residence, too.
All businesses can run the risk of not being able to repay their liabilities. It is a necessary evil. In this event, a sole proprietor (or individual producer) would be personally liable for all the debts of the business. The members of a producer company, on the other hand, have unlimited liability as the company is an entity in itself. Therefore, only the amount invested in the business would be lost; the personal property of the directors would be safe.
Only 15% of India's farmers own over two acres of land. The majority of farmers are, therefore, unable to safely unlock the advantages that come with economies of scale. With a producer company, multiple farmers can work as a collective and lower costs, reduce risk and even get access to better credit facilities. This enables better planning and bargaining power with buyers.
Rather than a single farmer managing the entire business, work within a producer company can be divided between its directors. The entity is managed by the Board of Management, which has a tenure of five years. Also, a Producer company has a separate legal existence, which means that it isn't affected by the death of any of its members.
A minimum of five directors must apply for a DSC, which is necessary to file the company registration documents. For this, you will only need to provide a few scanned documents and details; our representatives will fill the form and submit it online.
As soon as we apply for the DSC, we will prepare the SPICe+ form. These documents will take around a week to prepare, and will include the name for your company, the Memorandum of Association (MoA) and Articles of Association (AoA). Once these documents are prepared satisfactorily, they will be submitted to the RoC.
Depending on the workload of the RoC, the documents will be approved in 10 to 15 days. Once approved, the Certificate of Incorporation will be mailed to your registered office address. With this document, you can apply for a Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Tax Account Number (TAN), both of which are necessary for opening a bank account in the name of the business.