Data sources
| Source | Licence / terms | Reliability | Values cited |
|---|---|---|---|
Ministry of Corporate Affairs — MCA21 company records Facts checked by staff against the public company and director master data, one record at a time. MCA's copyright policy forbids reproducing, storing or archiving its content without written consent: no automated collection, no copying of MCA files (use the openly licensed data.gov.in copy instead). Attribution: Source: Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA21). | Public record | 95/100 | 0 |
SEBI — public issue offer documents (DRHP, RHP) Facts (stage, filing date, issue details) recorded with a link to the document on sebi.gov.in. SEBI allows reproducing its own material with permission by e-mail; offer documents are the issuers' copyright, so they are linked, never republished. Attribution: Source: offer documents filed with SEBI. | Public record | 95/100 | 0 |
BSE — listings and disclosures BSE's terms prohibit reproduction or redistribution without its written consent. Not used as a data source; link to BSE pages only and take facts from the company's own filings. Attribution: Source: BSE. | Restricted — do not import | 90/100 | 0 |
Company annual reports and audited financial statements Each financial period links to the report it was taken from (a source document). | Public record | 90/100 | 0 |
Ministry of Corporate Affairs — company master data (Open Government Data Platform India) One all-India resource, 'Registrars of Companies (RoC)-wise Company Master Data' (the dataset note says data up to 3 November 2023; checked 5 Oct 2026). Downloading needs the data.gov.in form; the API needs a personal key. GODL allows commercial reuse with attribution, never implying endorsement, and excludes personal information: e-mail addresses are not imported. Record each file as a source document with its date. Attribution: Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Registrars of Companies (RoC)-wise Company Master Data, Open Government Data Platform India, https://www.data.gov.in/catalog/company-master-data. Published under the Government Open Data License – India: https://www.data.gov.in/Godl | Open licence | 90/100 | 0 |
National Stock Exchange of India — listings and disclosures NSE's terms forbid automated collection (including scraping) and copying or redistributing its content without written permission. Not used as a data source; link to NSE pages only and take facts from the company's own filings. Attribution: Source: National Stock Exchange of India. | Restricted — do not import | 90/100 | 0 |
GLEIF — Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) records Planned: LEIs of Indian entities from GLEIF's golden copy (published three times a day), matched to companies by name and registration number. Attribution: LEI data: Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), CC0. | Open licence | 85/100 | 0 |
CapitalScope analysts Classifications and estimates made by CapitalScope staff. Estimates always carry origin 'estimated'. | Permission granted | 70/100 | 0 |
Company websites, press releases and investor presentations | Public record | 70/100 | 0 |
User and company submissions Unverified until a staff member checks them against a primary source. | Permission granted | 30/100 | 0 |