<h1>Company registration trends: annual counts reported with public/private breakdown; 'ancillary company' not separately recorded by ministry.</h1> The ministry reported annual company registration totals with a Public Limited and Private Limited breakdown for the reported years and cumulatively up to March 2012. Under the Companies Act, 1956 the term 'ancillary company' is not defined, and therefore the ministry does not maintain or report separate statistics for ancillary companies; published data reflects only the public/private classification.