Woman power on the rise

Thanks to the government's push, the number of women on company boards has grown slowly but steadily

India Inc has been quick to adapt to changes in the Companies Act, 2013, which stipulates that every listed company and every public company having a paid-up share capital of not less than Rs 1 billion or a turnover of Rs 3 billion or more must have at least one woman director.
 
Each of the Nifty 200 index companies, which are the 200 largest in terms of market capitalisation, has complied, having at least one woman director. For these 200 companies, the number of women directors has gone up from 157 in 2014-15 to 219 at the end of