Via The Economic Times | Mar 11, 2015 Reliance Industries Ltd is the country's largest corporate with assets worth Rs 3.68 lakh crore, followed by state-owned Indian Oil Corp and mortgage lender HDF C. In the list of top 10 corporates in terms of assets, RIL and HDFC (Housing De velopment Finance Corp) were the only two firms from the private sector, data co mpiled by the Corporate Affairs Ministry showed. At the end of March 2014, RIL's assets stood at Rs 3.68 lakh crore, while that of Indian Oil Corp and HDFC was at Rs 2.52 lakh crore and Rs 2.25 lakh crore, respectively. Other entities in th e top ten are Power Finance Corp (4th), NTPC (5), Rural Electrification Corp (6) , Power Grid Corp (7), LIC Housing Finance (8), Steel Authority of India (9) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (10). LIC Housing Finance s (Rs 95,777 crore) assets sto od at Rs 1.94 lakh crore and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (Rs 89,333 crore). 0 Responses Leave a Reply Comment | Mar 11, 2015 Leading telecommunication services provider Vodafone, on Tuesday, announced a ma ternity policy for its women employees, a move that, if followed by other global companies, could potentially save them up to $19 billion annually. To mark the International Women s Week, Vodafone India announced reduced working hours (30 hou rs per week for six months) and 16 weeks of paid leave for childcare post return to its women employees, besides introducing a week-long paternity leave. With t his, Vodafone has pioneered global maternity policy across 30 countries, becomin g one of the few organisations in the world to define a unique mandatory minimum maternity benefits standard worldwide. The extended maternity leave and only 30 hour-week for six months will help returning mothers transition comfortably int o workplace and also attend to their children s nursing needs. The introduction of paternity leave will enable the new father bond with the baby and be around wit h the family, Vodafone said. 0 Responses Leave a Reply Comment