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No salary hike for Mukesh Ambani for 11th year in a row

Mukesh Ambani has kept his salary unchanged since 2008-09
  • Ambani voluntarily capped his compensation in October 2009 amid a debate over right-sizing of CEO salaries
  • Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing director of Reliance Industries.Premium
    Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing director of Reliance Industries.

    New Delhi: Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani has kept his annual salary from his flagship firm Reliance Industries capped at 15 crore for the eleventh year on the trot.

    Ambani has kept salary, perquisites, allowances and commission together at 15 crore since 2008-09, forgoing over 24 crore per annum.

    This is at a time when remunerations of all whole-time directors of the company, including cousins Nikhil and Hital Meswani, saw a handsome increase in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019.

    "Compensation of Shri Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, has been set at 15 crore, reflecting his desire to continue to set a personal example for moderation in managerial compensation levels," RIL said in its latest annual report.

    His remuneration for 2018-19 included 4.45 crore as salary and allowances, which is marginally lower than 4.49 crore he got in the previous 2017-18 fiscal.

    Commission has been unchanged at 9.53 crore while perquisites have risen to 31 lakh from 27 lakh. Retirement benefits were 71 lakh.

    Ambani voluntarily capped his compensation at 15 crore in October 2009 amid a debate over right-sizing of CEO salaries. The salary cap continued even as all other executive directors saw their remunerations go up.

    Ambani's cousins Nikhil R Meswani and Hital R Meswani saw their compensation rise to 20.57 crore each. They earned 19.99 crore each in 2017-18 and 16.58 crore in 2016-17. In 2015-16, Nikhil had got 14.42 crore while Hital took home 14.41 crore. In 2014-15, they had got 12.03 crore each.

    Also, one of his key executives, Executive Director P M S Prasad saw his remuneration go up to 10.01 crore from 8.99 crore in the previous year. He too has seen his remuneration rise steadily -- from 6.03 crore in 2014-15, to 7.23 crore in the next fiscal and 7.87 crore in 2016-17.

    Refinery chief Pawan Kumar Kapil saw his compensation rise to 4.17 crore from 3.47 crore in 2017-18. In the previous fiscal, his remuneration had fallen to 2.54 crore, from 2.94 crore in 2015-16. He had earned 2.41 crore in 2014-15. The two however did not get any commission in 2018-19.

    "Performance criteria for two Executive Directors, entitled for Performance Linked Incentive (PLI), are determined by the Human Resources, Nomination and Remuneration Committee," RIL said in the annual report.

    RIL's non-executive directors, including Nita Ambani, also got 1.65 crore each as commission, besides sitting fees. The commission was 1.5 crore in 2017-18 and 1.3 crore in the previous year.

    Former State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya got only 75 lakh as commission as she was appointed to the board of RIL only with effect from October 17, 2018.

    Ambani's wife Nita Ambani, a non-executive director on the company's board, earned 7 lakh as sitting fee, up from 6 lakh in the previous year.

    Apart from Ambani, the RIL board has Meswani brothers, Prasad and Kapil as wholetime directors.

    Besides Nita Ambani, other non-executive directors include Mansingh L Bhakta, Yogendra P Trivedi, Dipak C Jain, Raghunath A Mashelkar, Adil Zainulbhai, Raminder Singh Gujral, Shumeet Banerji and Aruundhati Bhattacharya.

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    Published: 20 Jul 2019, 12:19 PM IST
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