NTPC pays Rs 2,251-cr dividend for current fiscal

NTPC Ltd has announced payment of an interim dividend of Rs 2,251.01 crore, equivalent to 27.30 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital of the company, for the current financial year. The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs 1,401.81 crore to the government was presented by Gurdeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC to R K Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, according to reports. Saptarshi Roy, Director (Human Resources & Finance), A K Gupta, Director (Commercial), S K Roy, Director (Projects), Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and P K Mohapatra, Director (Technical) from NTPC Ltd were also present on the occasion. The current year is the 25th for which dividend has been paid consecutively.