This is the simplest of the business types. Sole Proprietorship means there is a single owner for the business. There are no registrations or agreements required. Also there is no seperate entity for the business as such.

In case you are operating the firm from home then in many of the business types you do not even need a shop act certificate. You just need to get two rubber stamps done (one for name and address of firm and other for "Firm Name"- blank space fir signing -"Proprietor") and then get a current account in a bank in the name of the firm.

In case you are operating out of a shop or office then you need to get a shop act certificate. Its that easy. So in case you want to start a software company or something, just go ahead and start it

If you need to register your company then you have to go to the Office of the Registrar of companies. Here is what I have found on one of the sites.

Andaman, Port Blair,
ANDAMAN-744 101.

Andhra Pradesh
2nd Floor, CPWD Bldg.,
Kendriya Sadan, Sultan Bazar, Koti,
HYDERABAD - 500 195
Ph. 040-4657937, 4652807
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Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Shillong
Morello Building, Ground Floor, Kachari Road,
SHILLONG - 793 001
Ph. 0364-223665
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