Amara Raja Batteries has topped the list of Indian Nifty 500 companies with the widest gap between CEO and median employee salaries, paying its CMD over ₹52 cr, 1,872 times the median employee salary. Small and mid-cap promoter-driven companies, such as Amber Enterprises and JK Paper and Balkrishna Ind, were also featured. The CEO pay hike across some firms was higher than that seen in employee remuneration.