Bharat Heavy Electricals limited (BHEl) has paid an interim dividend of 65.5 per cent on the enhanced equity capital post-bonus, for fiscal 2013-14. In value terms, the dividend paid amounts to Rs 320.63 crore.
With this, the company has maintained its impeccable track record of earning profits and rewarding investors by paying dividends uninterruptedly for over three decades without a break. A cheque of Rs 217.14 crore towards the interim dividend for the year 2013-14 on the equity (67.72 per cent) held by the Government of India, was presented here to Praful Patel, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises by B Prasada Rao, chairman and managing director, BHEl, in the presence of Dr S Behuria, secretary, Department of Heavy Industry.