SPICe+ (SPICe Plus)

As a part of Ease of Doing Business(EODB) initiatives by Government of India, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs would be shortly notifying & deploying a new Web Form christened ‘SPICe+’ (pronounced ‘SPICe Plus’) replacing the existing SPICe Form 32 SPICe+ would be an integrated Web form offering multiple services viz. name reservation, incorporation, DIN allotment, mandatory issue of PAN, TAN, EPFO, ESIC, Profession Tax (Maharashtra) and Opening of Bank Account. It will also facilitate allotment of GSTIN wherever so applied for by the Stakeholders. 

All new name reservations for new companies as well as new incorporations shall be applied through SPICe+ only

Revised RUN Name Reservation

After deployment of SPICe+ web form, RUN shall be applicable only for change of name of existing companies.

Due to the proposed changes to the RUN web service (for companies), RESUBMISSION OPTION for name reservation SHALL NOT BE AVAILABLE    for forms processed by CRC from 1st Feb 2020 ONWARDS for    approximately 15 days. Hence, stakeholders are advised to EITHER AWAIT DEPLOYMENT OF SPICe+ AND THEN APPLY FOR NAMES through SPICe+ web form or perform due diligence while submitting any application in existing RUN web service for name reservation. 

RUN applications (for companies) processed w.e.f  1st February 2020 onwards shall either be   approved or rejected based on checks performed by CRC officers. Stakeholders may kindly note and plan accordingly.