Overview
A society is an association of several individuals combined using a mutual accord to deliberate, govern and act cooperatively for some communal purpose. Societies are usually registered for the advancement of charitable activities like sports, music, culture, religion, art, education, etc.
Society Registration, under, The Society Registration Act, in India, lays down certain procedures for the sake of society registration & operation. This act was implemented with the purpose of augmenting the legal stipulations of society registration for the advancement of literature, fine arts, science or distribution of awareness for bountiful purposes. The society registration act, 1860 has been accepted by several state governments without or with further amendments.
There are two types of society, one is for National Level Society, and another one is State Level Society. Minimum of seven people must come together with a common purpose of being formed into society. However, in the case of national level society, the members / desirous person must represent seven different states. The process of registering NGO as society differs from state to state.