THDC India limited (THDCIl) was awarded the Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Award on the occasion of Hindi Diwas. The THDCIl CMD RST Sai accepted the award from President Pranab Mukherjee at a function held at the auditorium of Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.
THDCIl has received this award in recognition of excellence and outstanding performance in the field of implementation of Rajbhasha policy of the Government of India in the year 2013-14. THDCIl has been conferred with this award fourth time, earlier also the corporation was given this honour in the year 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11.
The prize distribution ceremony was also attended by Union Home minister Rajnath Singh and senior officials of various ministries, Government organisations and PSUs while THDCIl director (Personnel) SK Biswas and others from the corporation were also present.
THDCIl is a joint venture of the Government of India and Government of Uttar Pradesh. Since the commissioning of its first project - Tehri Dam and Hydro Power Plant (Tehri HPP-1000 MW) a multipurpose project on the Bhagirathi river in 2006-07 and Koteshwar HEP (400 MW) in 2011-12, THDCIl is a profit making organisation and one of the premier hydro power generators in the country bestowed with Mini Ratna-Category-I and Schedule A status. The corporation is also diversifying into other areas such as thermal, wind and solar energy while also being engaged in hydro power
development abroad.