Local Resident Director Requirement in India | N D Savla & Associates
Resident Director · Nashik, Maharashtra

The Local Resident Director Requirement — Counted. Filed. Monitored.

Compliance support around the resident director requirement itself — computing the stay condition, making the appointment and resignation filings, and monitoring the position through the year.

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The resident director condition is easy to state and easy to fail. It turns on the number of days an individual has actually stayed in India during the financial year, and that number changes with every travel decision the group makes.

N D Savla & Associates provides the compliance layer around this requirement: computing and documenting the stay position, handling the appointment and cessation filings, and flagging when a company is drifting towards non-compliance.

Companies most often discover a breach during the annual audit, when the year is closed and nothing can be corrected. Monitoring during the year is what prevents that, and it is a small amount of work compared with regularising afterwards.

Our Local Resident Director Services

Stay Computation

Computation and documentation of the stay position for each director.

Compliance Monitoring

Periodic monitoring during the year with early warning of a shortfall.

DIN & KYC Filings

Director identification numbers and the annual director KYC filings.

Appointment Filings

Consents, disclosures and the filings required to appoint a director.

Cessation & Resignation

Resignation documentation and the corresponding filings with the Registrar.

Disclosure Management

Annual disclosures of interest and related party declarations.

Register Maintenance

Maintenance of the register of directors and their shareholdings.

Remediation Support

Support where a shortfall has arisen and needs to be addressed.

Our Process

1

Position Assessment

The current board is assessed and each director's stay position established.

2

Documentation

Travel and stay records are collected and the computation documented.

3

Filing

Appointment, cessation and KYC filings are prepared and made within time.

4

Monitoring

The position is reviewed periodically against the remainder of the year.

5

Year-End Certification

The position is confirmed at year end for the audit and annual filings.

Why It Matters

Stay condition computed rather than assumed
Shortfalls flagged while still correctable
Appointment filings made within time
Director KYC kept current
Registers maintained accurately
Disclosures collected each year
Clean position at audit time
Documented evidence if questioned

Frequently Asked Questions

It is measured by the number of days the director has stayed in India during the financial year, against the period prescribed under company law.
Yes, the requirement applies to the company from incorporation, with the position for a newly incorporated company assessed for the relevant part of the year.
Passport entries, travel records and immigration stamps are ordinarily used to support the computation.
The company needs to appoint a replacement who satisfies the condition, and the gap should be closed as quickly as possible.
Yes, holders of a director identification number are required to complete the KYC filing each year within the prescribed timeline.
The position is addressed on a case by case basis and generally involves appointing a qualifying director and dealing with the consequences of the shortfall.

Not sure your board still meets the requirement?

Send us the travel records — we'll compute the position and tell you where you stand before year end.