It is owned and managed by Bennett ,Coleman & co.ltd (THE TIMES GROUP) of the SAHU JAIN family.

It is a private company.

Indu Jain, chairperson

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The mission of the Department of Finance is to plan, receive, monitor, safeguard, invest, account for and expend the financial resources of the TOI in the highest legal, ethical and professional standard practical, and to respond to the service needs of its readers in a timely, courteous and accurate manner.

The performance of sales force is measured in terms of the number of subscriptions generated by each sales person.

At the end of the month they collate how many subscriptions have been generated by executives and

on the basis of subscriptions generated salary is computed.

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The printed newspapers have to be dispatched to various distributors across the region. Transportation is normally through private contract carriers within local area, public transport in case of longer distances and through couriers in other cases.

Hawkers, vendors and book stall owners are the last link of the supply chain before newspaper reaches readers. The hawkers' remuneration is also normally based on the commission system and is generally the highest in the entire supply chain.

The tough competitor s for TOI are – INDIAN EXPRESS HINDUSTAN TIMES

aggressive pricing strategies adopted by both the companies to counter each other. However, to gain a bigger share, Hindustan Times' vice chairperson Shobhana Bhartia chalked out a restructuring plan with an investment of Rs.4 billion

the Times of India group has not only challenged, but also sought damages worth Rs 100 crore (about US $ 22 million) from Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Limited for making false readership claims.