How to Search Company or LLP Master data?

Ministry of Corporate Affairs (Commonly known as MCA) is the regulator of Companies operating in India. Anyone can check or verify details of any company registered in India through this portal. Master data search provides basic company profile, Charges, and director/signatory details (current).
Following is the process of Master data search of any company or LLP.

You can refer my video on Youtube for this or You can read full stepwise process here:

OR

Step-1
Go to http://www.mca.gov.in/

Step-2
The following screen will appear:

Step-3
Click on "View Company/LLP Master Data" option as visible in step-2, following screen will appear:

You can search company details by:
1. Company/ LLP Name (Searching by name, click on search button visible at right corner to the box) or
2. Company CIN / LLPIN

Step-4
If I say, searching by name "Reliance" in screen visible in Step-3 then the following screen will appear:

Based on name matching, list of Company or LLP name will be available. Clicking on Company name gives you master data (for detail refer next step)

or

I can also search by CIN directly, for example taking CIN of Reliance Industries Limited (L17110MH1973PLC019786): Just enter CIN and captcha then submit

Step-5 Following output will be there after step-4:
Basic Company profile

Charges

Directors/ Signatory Details

How to read and understand CIN or Corporate Identification Number or Company Registration Number? What is the structure of CIN or Corporate Identification Number?

CIN stands for Corporate Identification Number. It is unique identity number assigned to company by Registrar of Companies under Ministry of Corporate Affairs, it is like voter ID which is assigned to Individuals for unique identification.

 Structure:

CIN is 21 digit Aplha-Numeric Code. Read below table:

1st Digit	Next 5 digit	Next 2 digit	Next 4 digit	Next 3 digit	Last 6 digit
listing status L – Listed U – Unlisted	Industry Code As assigned by MCA , it is like commodity code used in VAT	State Code i.e. MH for Maharashtra Gj - Gujarat	Year of Incorporation i.e. 2011 or any year in which company is formed	Ownership Status i.e. PLC – Public Limited Company PTC – Private Limited Company GOI - Govt. of India	ROC registration no. i..e.  019786 or any six digit numerical number based on state wise ROC

 Look at the example of Reliance Industries Limited CIN:

CIN - L17110MH1973PLC019786

1st Digit	Next 5 digit	Next 2 digit	Next 4 digit	Next 3 digit	Last 6 digit
L	17110	MH	1973	PLC	019786
L – Listed	Textile Industry	Maharashtra	Year of Incorporation	PLC – Public Limited Company	ROC registration no.

Also refer:  

TAN or Tax Deduction and Collection Account Number Structure

http://knowledgekhan.blogspot.in/2017/01/what-is-tan-tax-deduction-and.html

PAN or Permanent Account Number Structure

http://knowledgekhan.blogspot.in/2017/01/what-is-pan-permanent-account-number.html

STC or Service Tax Registration Number 
http://knowledgekhan.blogspot.in/2017/01/what-is-service-tax-registration-number.html 

Excise Registration Number
http://knowledgekhan.blogspot.in/2017/01/what-is-excise-registration-number-what_20.html

TIN or Taxpayer Identification Number
http://knowledgekhan.blogspot.in/2017/01/what-is-tin-or-taxpayer-identification.html