220 employees earn more than Rs 1 crore at THIS Indian company

New Delhi: In the recently ended FY2021-22 fiscal, the number of employees at ITC making a salary of more than Rs 1 crore per year increased by 44%, according to the company's latest annual report. According to the report, there were 220 employees overall who received salaries of more than one crore rupees annually, up from 153 in 2020–21.

"There were 220 employees, who were employed throughout the year and were in receipt of remuneration aggregating Rs 102 lakhs or more or were employed for part of the year and were in receipt of remuneration aggregating Rs 8.5 lakhs per month or more during the financial year ended March 31, 2022," the annual report said. (ALSO READ: How much it costs RBI to print Rs 10, Rs 100, Rs 500 notes? Check which note costs the most) 

While the gross remuneration drawn by ITC Chairman & Managing Director Sanjiv Puri in FY22 was up 5.35 per cent to Rs 12.59 crore, which includes a consolidated salary of Rs 2.64 crore, perquisites /other benefits of Rs 49.63 lakh and a performance bonus of Rs 7.52 crore. (ALSO READ: Expecting 7.5% economic growth rate this year: PM Modi at BRICS Business Forum) 

Puri's salary was 224:1 of the Ratio of Remuneration to Median Remuneration of all Employees, the annual report stated.

In FY21, Puri's gross remuneration was Rs 11.95 crore.

ITC Executive Director B Sumant and R Tandon equally drew a gross remuneration of Rs 5.76 crore and Rs 5.60 crore by N Anand in FY22.

The total number of ITC employees as of March 31, 2022, stood at 23,829, which is 8.4 per cent lower than the last fiscal.

This includes 21,568 male and 2,261 female employees. Besides, it had 25,513 employees in the other than permanent category.

ITC's total number of employees as of March 31, 2021, stood at 26,017.

In FY22, the average remuneration of ITC employees increased by 7 per cent, while the median remuneration of employees increased by 4 per cent.

The average remuneration of Key Managerial Personnel (KMPs) increased by 8 per cent.

ITC's gross revenue for the financial year ended on March 31, 2022, was at Rs 59,101 crore as against Rs 48,151.24 crore of a year ago.