NTPC ltd has paid highest ever interim dividend of Rs 3,298.19 crore, being 40 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital of the company, for the financial year 2013-14, against the dividend of Rs 3,092.06 crore paid for the last financial year.
The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs 2,473.64 crore to Government of India’s designated bank account, being the share of Government of India, was presented by Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC to Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Union Minister of State for Power (Independent Charge), in the presence of Pradeep Kumar Sinha, Secretary (power), Mukesh Jain, Joint secretary (Power), K Biswal, Director (Finance), NTPC, IJ Kapoor,
Director (commercial), NTPC, AK Jha, Director (technical), NTPC and UP Pani, Director (human resources), NTPC in New Delhi. This is the 21st consecutive year that NTPC ltd has paid dividend.