Section 8 & Section 12AB / 80G:Non-Profit Corporate Licensing & Charitable Tax Inception
Statutory licensing from the Central Government (CRC) to incorporate a company with limited liability without adding the words "Limited" or "Private Limited" to its name, dedicated purely to charitable, educational, or commercial promotion.
Statutory Scope & ApplicabilityPhilanthropic foundations, corporate CSR delivery arms, educational trusts, research bodies, and non-profit sports or cultural institutions.
Default Consequence & ExposureRevocation of Section 8 license by Central Government under Section 8(6); fiscal penalty of up to ₹1 Crore on the company and imprisonment of directors under Section 8(11).