Anupam Mittal Advocates for Bi-Monthly Salaries

Prominent entrepreneur and Shark Tank India investor Anupam Mittal has sparked an intense national corporate conversation after publicly calling for an structural overhaul of how Indian companies handle payroll. 

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Anupam, the founder and CEO of People Group and Shaadi.com, urged businesses to discard the conventional monthly salary system—which he characterized as an outdated “British-era next-month payout system”—and instead implement bi-monthly salary disbursements.

Beyond Corporate Perks: Prioritizing Financial Well-Being

In a detailed note shared on LinkedIn, Mittal highlighted a glaring hypocrisy in contemporary corporate culture. 

He noted that while numerous enterprises heavily market superficial employee-centric benefits like “enhanced leave, free food, and remote working,” they actively ignore the foundational financial reality of their workforce: timing of cash flow.

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Currently, the vast majority of Indian corporations disburse compensation during the first week of the subsequent month, often between the 1st and the 7th. 

Anupam noted that even companies attempting to process payroll on the 1st frequently face friction, running into further delays owing to banking holidays and weekends. 

From a corporate standpoint, a few days’ delay might look like a minor accounting detail, but for a household operating on tight monthly budgets, it routinely creates massive economic strain.

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The Mechanics and Macroeconomic Upside of Anupam Mittal Advice

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Anupam’s proposed solution outlines a shift where workers receive their salaries twice a month, specifically on the 15th and the 30th. 

To ground his argument, he highlighted a policy change enacted at Shaadi.com a few years ago. 

The platform shifted its internal schedules to clear salaries strictly at the end of the current month rather than dragging into the next.

“Ask the vast majority of India, and they will tell you, Cash flow is dignity,” Anupam Mittal stated. 

He noted that more frequent access to earned revenue mitigates awkward rent scrambles, prevents bounced Equated Monthly Installments (EMIs), and protects employees from falling prey to predatory short-term debt traps.

While acknowledging that traditional corporate payroll teams might initially “grumble” about processing salaries twice as often, Anupam Mittal emphasized that given the extensive capabilities of modern enterprise financial software, executing this change is easily achievable. 

Beyond immediate worker relief, the Shark Tank star pointed to a broader macroeconomic benefit: multiplying payout frequencies directly injects consistent spending velocity into the market, ultimately providing a healthy nudge to national GDP.

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