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India
Stock appreciation rights
Source: Business Line
Posted to GEO: 14 July 2008
India
ESOPs: More pain than gain for employees?
Source: MoneyControl.com
Posted to GEO: 14 July 2008
India
Cost of ESOPs may rise under new accounting norms
Source: Times of India
Posted to GEO: 14 July 2008
India
Employee Options - to retain or refrain
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 17 June 2008
India
Its important to ensure that options achieve their goal
Source: SIFY
Posted to GEO: 17 June 2008
India
Panel proposes steep pay hike for CPSE officials
Source: The Hindu
Posted to GEO: 17 June 2008
India
PSUs likely to get Esop tool to retain top talent
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 28 May 2008
India
Options now offer bargaining power to employees in M&As
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 28 May 2008
India
Firm launches largest-ever option scheme
Source: Hindustan Times
Posted to GEO: 28 May 2008
India
Firm changes lock in provision to stimulate employee activity
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 14 April 2008
India
Are ESOPs still a vibrant option for corporates?
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 14 April 2008
India
Market mayhem takes sheen off esops
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 14 April 2008
India
Stock price decline effect on firm's upcoming ESPS
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 25 March 2008
India
Esops of a different kind
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 25 March 2008
India
Are Esops still good for small businessmen?
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 25 March 2008
India
Firm offers special share plan
Source: TM.com
Posted to GEO: 25 March 2008
India
Traditional firms also take esop route for staff retention
Source: livemint
Posted to GEO: 11 March 2008
India
India firms request no Fringe Benefit Tax on ESOPs:
Source: CNN-IBN
Posted to GEO: 5 March 2008
India
State Bank wants to use ESOP carrot to retain talent pool
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO:5 March 2008
India
Finance Minister May Remove Fringe Benefit Tax on Share Plans
Source: Times of India
Posted to GEO:5 March 2008
India
Finance Minister likely to rewrite Fringe Benefit Tax norms
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 7 February 2008
India
Workers as shareholders (especially for Public Sector firms)
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 7 February 2008
India
Opinion on "totalitarian" nature of Fringe Benefit Tax
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 30 January 2008
India
Merchant bankers to value ESOPs by foreign companies
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 30 January 2008
India
Options of foreign firm's employees taxes as of April
Source: Reuters
Posted to GEO: 30 January 2008
India
Stock Appreciation Rights are Taxable
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 22 January 2008
India
Infosys tax court case on share plans
Source: Hindu
Posted to GEO: 22 January 2008
India
Firms lend money to staff to buy firm shares
Source: Live Mint
Posted to GEO: 22 January 2008
India
Supreme Court relief for firm in share plan tax case
Source: Sify Business
Posted to GEO: 15 January 2008
India
Three problem areas in ESOP valuation norms for FBT
Source: Hindu.com
Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007
India
Time ESOP law recognised worlds top stock exchanges
Source: Hindu.com
Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007
India
Fringe Benefit tax on Options
Source: India Times
Posted to GEO: 9 November 2007
India
Airline lines up ESOP plan for staff
Source: Express Travel Awards
Posted to GEO: 25 October 2007
India
Options no substitute for cash, fail to hold back junior staff
Source: LiveMint.com
Posted to GEO: 25 October 2007
India
Sops by way of ESOPs
Source: Business Line
Posted to GEO: 4 October 2007
India
Employee Value Proposition:Key to employee satisfaction
Source: MoneyControl.com
Posted to GEO: 15 September 2007
India
Esops not the only way to earn employee loyalty
Source: Livemint.com
Posted to GEO: 10 September 2007
India
Guidelines on ESOP fringe benefit tax soon
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 10 September 2007
India
Should nominee-directors accept stock options?
Source: DNA
Posted to GEO: 10 September 2007
India
Fringe benefit tax on Esops: double whammy for employers
Source: Livemint.com
Posted to GEO: 6 August 2007
India
Stock appreciation rights soften Esop blow
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007
India
Shadow ESOPs take place of ESOPs
Source: IBN Live
Posted to GEO: 11 June 2007
India
Answers to queries on new ESOP tax law
Source: rediff
Posted to GEO: 30 May 2007
India
Government mulls 'fair market value' Esops
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007
India
Court case on ESOPs for nominees
Source: LiveMint.com
Posted to GEO: 24 May 2007
India
Financial Institutions oppose Esops to independent directors
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 14 May 2007
India
ESOPs still plagued by many unanswered questions
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 14 May 2007
India
Indian arms of Multinational Firms to pay FBT on ESOPs
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007
India
Firms rush ESOPs to escape FBT liability
Source: Rediff News
Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007
India
India's most valuable firm (RIL) to give ESOPs for half its employees
Source: Rediff News
Posted to GEO: 1 May 2007
India
Valuing ESOPS: ICAI offers help to Finance Minister
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 19 April 2007
India
Opinion on Fringe Benefit Tax on options
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 9 April 2007
India
PWC Study on pay as an ineffective retention tool (includes share plans)
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 9 April 2007
India
Fringe Benefit Tax on options bothers hotels
Source: Express Hospitality March
Posted to GEO: 9 April 2007
India
Option Fringe Benefit Tax won't apply to overseas staff
Source: The Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 4 April 2007
India
Over 200 companies outsmart Finance Minister option tax with early dividends
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 30 March 2007
India
Finance Minister likely to stick to Plan A and levy option Fringe Benefit Tax
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 30 March 2007
India
Opinion as to why options Fringe Benefit Tax is wrong
Source: Rediff News
Posted to GEO: 30 March 2007
India
ESOPs make a great sob story
Source: DNA (Daily News & Analysis)
Posted to GEO: 12 March 2007
India
Finance minister could relent on Esops
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 12 March 2007
India
Finance Minister interview on option taxation
Source: IBN Live
Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007
India
Option Fringe Benefit Tax for Unlisted Companies based on "Sebi" rules
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007
India
Commentary on "Tax options, but do no harm"
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 6 March 2007
India
Getting into the core of fringe benefit tax
Source: Business Standard
Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007
India
India Inc's bosses made Rs 12,000 cr in ESOP's
Source: Rediff News
Posted to GEO: 6 February 2007
India
Retaining Talent (use of Restricted Shares)
Source: The Hindu Business Line
Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007
India
Banks to Lend Money for Employee Shares
Source: India Times
Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007
India
Big rush to cash in on stock option gains
Source: The Telegraph
Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007
India
Court rules that options are not "perquisites"
Source: The Hindu
Posted to GEO: 9 January 2007
India
The ABC's of stock options
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 18 December 2006
India
Employee attrition & retention strategies
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 29 September 2006
India
Leaks and laxity in ESOP regulations
Source: Express Money
Posted to GEO: 12 September 2006
India
Is the backdating fraud big in India too?
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 28 August 2006
India
A blind alley called options backdating
Source: Hindu Business Line
Posted to GEO: 28 August 2006
India
ESOPs can be taxing too
Source: Hindu Business Line
Posted to GEO: 28 August 2006
India
No share options for state bank workers - Chidambaram
Source: Reuters India
Posted to GEO: 28 August 2006
India
Govt moots ESOS for PSU banks
Source: Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 18 July 2006
India
On restructuring pay with a skew towards ESOPs
Source: The Hindu Business Line
Posted to GEO: 20 June 2006
India
IT companies now use RSUs to retain staff
Source: The Economic Times
Posted to GEO: 12 June 2006
India
Retaining talent: ESOPs spread wings
Source: The Times of India
Posted to GEO: 12 June 2006
India
Attrition Trouble (including discussion of restricted stock units)
by: Mobis Philipose and Vivek Kaul
Source: Daily News & Analysis, India
Posted to GEO: 3 May 2006
India
ESOP Opera returns
Source: India Today
Posted to GEO: 17 April 2006
India
To tame Naxals, give tribals a stock option
Source: The Times of India
Posted to GEO: 3 April 2006
India
Policy on staff participation in equity needed
Source: Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 8 December 2005
India
Indian Companies Look at Equity Rewards Schemes in New Light
Source: Hindustan Times
Posted to GEO: 6 December 2005
India
Time to share: Cos move to stem attrition, attract talent
By: : Vinod Mahanta and Bhanu Pande
Source: The Economic Times (The Times Group of India)
Posted to GEO: 3 November 2005
India
Sebi Unveils Norms On ESPS, Employee Stock Option Plans
Markets Bureau
Financial Express
Posted to GEO: 14 July 2003

Survey on Underwater Options
Harshu Ghate, ESOP Direct
Posted to GEO: 3 January 2002

Guidelines for Tax Approved ESOPs" (October 22, 2001),
Towards A Tax Friendly ESOP Legislation
10/22/01

GEO Exclusive! - ESOP Practices in India (.pdf)
5/15/01

GEO Exclusive! - New Survey on Stock Option Plan Design in India (.pdf)
5/15/01

Stock Option Plans (.pdf)
Rahul Cherian and Lubna Kably
Nishith Desai Associates
1/7/00

Corporate Profile (.pdf)
Nishith Desai Associates
1/7/00

Employee Stock Option Team: Capability Statement (.pdf)
Nishith Desai Associates
1/7/00