While the latter is being viewed as a greater concern, the former may gain prominence in the next few weeks.
In five years, royalty payments have grown 31.1% yearly, much faster than rise in revenue and profit.
The pension fund managers distribute products under the National Pension System.
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Barring one, three are debt-free and sitting on large cash reserves.
Putting money in key PSUs a better option
After a gap of about five years, a public sector bank (PSB) has decided to rope in a cricketer to boost its brand.
The first step that has been taken by IIB is to bring out unique identity numbers for hospitals.
No one can fault India Inc for not taking care of shareholders; in fact, it has been extra generous.
RBI's draft guidelines prescribe that banks with a strong capital base and NPAs below 3% can become brokers.
Sensex rose 5.8% this year, against a 3.2% rise in Nifty; Axis Bank inclusion may blunt Sensex edge
According to Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority recommendations, a uniform grace period of 30 days is extended for annual, half-yearly and quarterly renewals, and 15 days for monthly renewals.
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Friday got its first female managing director and another new MD.
The Indian Nuclear Energy Pool, meant to insure risks from nuclear reactors, may take longer to be set up. While the idea of forming a pool was mooted earlier this year, it has reached a deadlock owing to differences among the stakeholders on certain clauses.
At its current stock price, RIL now has 8.4 per cent weight in the Sensex against Infosys' 8.8 per cent.
Most insurers aren't comfortable with subscribing to the National Pension System as they see it as competition.
For FY14, the first full year of the law's implementation, the spend could go up to nearly Rs 8,700 crore (Rs 87 billion), given that India Inc's profitability has grown at a compounded 7.5 per cent annually in the past three years.
Directors that are shareholders will also face more problems.
The insurer plans to hire about 2,00,000 agents this financial year.
More than a decade after it entered the market, Naukri.com, Info Edge (India) Ltd's recruitment services portal, has about 50,000 customers and about 120,000 job listings.
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