4 Incorporation and Incidental Matters

(1) A Nidhi ¹[to be incorporated under the Act] shall be a public company and shall have a minimum paid up equity share capital of ²[“ten lakh rupees”].

³[“Provided that every Nidhi existing as on the date of commencement of the Nidhi Amendment Rules,2022, shall comply with this requirement within a period of eighteen months from the date of such commencement”.]

(2) On and after the commencement of the Act, no Nidhi shall issue preference shares.

(3) If preference shares had been issued by a Nidhi before the commencement of this Act, such preference shares shall be redeemed in accordance with the terms of issue of such shares.

(4) Except as provided under the proviso to sub-rule (e) to rule 6, no Nidhi shall have any object in its Memorandum of Association other than the object of cultivating the habit of thrift and savings amongst its members, receiving deposits from, and lending to, its members only, for their mutual benefit.

(5) Every ¹[Company incorporated as a] “Nidhi” shall have the last words ‘Nidhi Limited’ as part of its name.

⁴[Provided that a company shall not use the words “Nidhi Limited” in its name unless it is declared as such under sub-section (1) of section 406 of the Act.]

Amendment

1.  Omitted by Nidhi (Amendment) Rules 2019    Amendment Effective from 15th August 2019.

2. Substituted by Nidhi (Amendment) Rules, 2022 dated 19th April, 2022

In rule 4 of the said rules, in sub-rule (1) for the words

“five lakh rupees”,

shall be substituted namely

“ten lakh rupees”

3. Inserted by Nidhi (Amendment) Rules, 2022 dated 19th April, 2022

4. Inserted by Nidhi (Amendment) Rules, 2024 dated 18th July, 2024