Q.What is a Director Identification Number (DIN)?

Before anyone can be appointed a director anywhere in India, the law requires them to hold a single, lifelong identifying number.

A Director Identification Number (DIN) is a unique identification number that the Central Government (through the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) allots, for life, to every individual who intends to be appointed as a director. The individual applies for it in the prescribed e-form with proof of identity and address, under Sections 153–154 of the Companies Act, 2013. …