No provision under the Companies Act, 1956 for merger of Indian companies with foreign companies

The Minister of Corporate Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid has said that there is no provision under the Companies Act, 1956 for merger of Indian companies with foreign companies. However, a foreign company may merge with an Indian company. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on merger of companies, Shri Khurshid informed the House that as part of Corporate Restructuring, one of the options available to corporate is merger. The corporate resort to merger according to their restructuring plans taking into consideration economics of scale, corporate sustainability and its long term objectives.