India

India eKYB validates the legitimacy of Indian businesses by checking their tax ID, business name, address, and directors against Indian government databases.

UBOs are not currently supported for India. Only director verification is supported.

Source

Country	Source	Description
India	Indian government databases	Verifies submitted business details against Indian government registries.

Direct API approach

For general integration notes and shared response semantics, see the eKYB API Reference.

Request parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
`plugins`	Mandatory	Array. Must be `["ekyb"]`.
`businessName`	Mandatory	String. Name of the business.
`country`	Mandatory	String. Two-letter Alpha-2 country code. Must be `IN`.
`taxId`	Mandatory	String. Accepts CIN, LLPIN, or UDYAM. Input is not case-sensitive; the system automatically converts it to caps before processing. See Tax ID formats for details.
`street`	Optional	String. Street name of the business.
`houseNo`	Optional	String. Building or house number.
`addressLine2`	Optional	String. Second line of the business address.
`city`	Optional	String. City in the business address.
`state`	Optional	String. State in the business address.
`postalCode`	Optional	String. 6-digit Indian postal code.
`directors`	Optional	Array. Full legal names of business directors to check against records associated with the business.

Tax ID formats

Tax ID Type	Format	Applicable To
CIN (Corporate Identification Number)	1 letter + 5 digits + 2 letters + 4 digits + 3 letters + 6 digits	Private Limited Companies, Public Limited Companies, One Person Companies (OPCs), Section 8 Companies
LLPIN (Limited Liability Partnership Identification Number)	3 letters + hyphen + 4 digits	Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
UDYAM (MSME Registration Number)	`UDYAM` + hyphen + 2 letters + hyphen + 2 digits + hyphen + 7 digits	MSMEs (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises), including sole proprietorships, partnerships, LLPs, and companies

Sample request

{
  "plugins": ["ekyb"],
  "country": "IN",
  "taxId": "U72900KA2024PTC123456",
  "businessName": "AARAV TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED",
  "street": "MG Road",
  "houseNo": "42",
  "city": "BENGALURU",
  "state": "KARNATAKA",
  "postalCode": "560001",
  "directors": ["RAJESH KUMAR"]
}

Sample response

{
  "kyb": [
    { "key": "name", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "tin", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "address_verification", "sub_label": "Verified" },
    { "key": "registrationStatus", "sub_label": "Active" },
    {
      "key": "entityType",
      "entityType": { "entityType": "PRIVATE COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES NON-GOVERNMENT COMPANY" }
    },
    { "key": "directors_name_match", "sub_label": "Verified", "directorsName_input": "RAJESH KUMAR" },
    { "key": "directors_name_match", "sub_label": "Unverified", "directorsName_input": "ROHAN GUPTA" }
  ]
}

Response fields

Key	Status	Description
`name`	`Verified`, `Approximate Match`, `Unverified`	Submitted business name against the business name associated with the tax ID.
`tin`	`Verified`, `Unverified`	Submitted tax ID against the government database.
`address_verification`	`Verified`, `Approximate Match`, `Unverified`	Submitted address against the address associated with the tax ID.
`registrationStatus`	`Active`, `Inactive`	Registration status of the business.
`entityType`	Legal entity type of the business	The legal entity type of the company, if available. If not available, displays `Unknown`.
`directors_name_match`	`Verified`, `Approximate Match`, `Unverified`	Submitted director against directors associated with the business. Distinguished by the `directorsName_input` field.

Error responses

See the eKYB API Reference for standard error responses. India returns the following country-specific 400 errors:

Error Condition	Message
`taxId` missing or invalid	`BadRequestException: Invalid taxId.`
`country` missing or empty	`Country field is either not correct or available.`

Single Session Dashboard results

View eKYB results on the Business tab in single Session view.