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March 2025

Nomination and Remuneration Committee

By Dr Anup P. Shah,Chartered Accountant
Reading Time 15 mins

INTRODUCTION

One of the important committees of the Board of Directors of a listed company is the Nomination and Remuneration Committee (“NRC”). The NRC plays a very important role in the corporate governance of a listed company. Recognising its importance,  the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“LODR”) has prescribed various roles and responsibilities for the NRC. Let us analyse its relevance in the context of a listed entity.

MANDATORY REQUIREMENT UNDER THE ACT'

Under the Act and the LODR, the NRC is a mandatory committee that all listed entities have to constitute. The Companies Act also requires that the following unlisted public companies constitute an NRC:

(i) Public Companies having a paid-up share capital of ₹10 crore or more; or

(ii)Public Companies having a turnover of ₹100 crore or more; or

(iii)Public Companies which have, in aggregate, outstanding loans, debentures and deposits, exceeding ₹50 crore.

The paid-up share capital or turnover or outstanding loans, debentures and deposits, as the case may be, as existing on the last date of the l

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