A look at India’s top ten best paid executives.

Naveen Jindal, chairman and managing director of Jindal Steel, continues to be India’s highest paid top executive for the third consecutive year, with a compensation package of `73.4 crore—a hike of 9% from the previous year.

Kalanithi Maran, executive chairman of Sun TV Network, received a package of `57 crore, even after taking a pay cut of 11.48%.

Kavery Kalanithi, executive director at Sun TV Network, took home `57 crore, despite taking a pay cut of 11.48%.

Pawan Munjal, Hero MotoCorp’s managing director and chief executive, received a package of `34.47 crore, 30.22% higher than last year.

Brijmohan Lall Munjal, chairman of Hero Motocorp, received compensation of `34.44 crore, 28.72% more than the previous year.

The compensation package of P.R. Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha, chairman and managing director, Madras Cements, rose 87.76% to `29.34 crore from the year before.

B.G. Raghupathy, chairman and managing director, BGR Energy Systems, received a largely unchanged package of `25.98 crore.

Murali K. Divi, chairman and managing director, Divi’s Laboratories, got a hike of 42.1% for 2011-12 for a package of `23.15 crore.

Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman, UltraTech Cements, was paid `22.51 crore, 72.33% higher than last year.

Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman and managing director, Bharti Airtel. His package for 2011-12 was `21.29 crore, 22.62% lower than the previous year.