Corporate Governance and Dividend Policy in India

This paper examines the impact of corporate governance on dividend policy decision of BSE-30 companies.
Secondary have been collected and source of data was capitaline database and annual reports of respective companies. The
time period was 5 years from 2008 to 2014. Researcher has examined the correlation between DIP and corporate governance
variables. The correlation found significant. Researcher has also developed regression model to examine casual relationship
which is also found significant. It is concluded that corporate governance plays significant role in devising dividend policy
decision.