NTPC limited paid a total dividend at 25 per cent of its paid-up capital for the financial year 2014-15, amounting to Rs2,061.37 crore. The dividend payment is 5th highest among Public Sector Undertakings.
The Company had paid interim dividend at 7.5 per cent amounting to Rs618.41 crore on February 13, 2015. Today, the Company has paid the final dividend at 17.5 per centamounting to Rs1,442.96 crore.
The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs1,081.61 crore to government of India, being the share of government of India in the final dividend, was presented by A K Jha, CMD, NTPC to Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy in the presence of Pradeep Kumar, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, MOP, K Biswal, Director (Finance), NTPC, UP Pani, director (Human Resources), NTPC, SC Pandey, director (Projects), NTPC and KK Sharma, director (Operations), NTPC.