Petronet LNG, India’s biggest liquefied natural gas importer, has paid a 12.5 per cent higher commission-on-profit to its chief executive Prabhat Singh and company directors in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018.

According to the company’s Annual Report for 2017-18, Singh was paid a commission of Rs 22.50 lakh over and above his remuneration. This compared with Rs 20 lakh commission he got in the 2016-17 fiscal year.