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Former chief financial officer of Infosys Ltd V Balakrishnan said the Narendra Modi government should focus on ease of doing business for start-up companies as there are too many regulations required to be comply with now, increasing the cost of operation.

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The CEO compensation should be reasonable enough to attract top talent while at the same time be comparable with peer group companies, said company's former CFO V Balakrishnan.

Infosys appointed Parekh last year in December. He replaced Vishal Sikka, a high-profile techie who put down his papers following the differences between the Infosys Board and its founders.

Articulate and value-based people have no heroes. Their only hero is data. They have self-confidence, dignity... To them, merit, honesty, transparency and fairness are important.

V Balakrishnan's remarks came a day after former Infosys Board member and chief financial officer T V Mohandas Pai said that the IT firm's move to settle severance pay dispute with Sebi was 'perfectly fine'.