Reported anonymously · ECE · Batch of 9998
The gap between the headline and the cash is the whole reason this is recorded component by component.
| Fixed base | 15.9 LPA |
| Variable pay | 2.00 LPA |
| Joining bonusone-time | 1.90 LPA |
| ESOPsnot cash | 4.70 LPA |
What the offer binds you to, and the bar the company announced to get it.
The recruiter was upfront that the headline number includes a retention component paid out over several years.
The take-home figure is an estimate, not a quote: income tax under the 2025-26 slabs, employee provident fund at the configured rate with basic assumed to be 40% of gross, and professional tax. One-time joining money is excluded, because it arrives once rather than every month.