NTPC pays Rs 4,742 cr dividend for 2013-14

NEW DELHI .    NTPC has paid a dividend of Rs 4,741.16 crore to the government for the financial year 2013-14."The company had paid interim dividend amounting to Rs 3,298.19 crore on February 10, 2014. Today, the company has paid the final dividend of Rs 1,442.97 crore," NTPC said in a statement. .  Business Standard

The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs. 1081.61 crore to Government of India, being the share of Government of India in the final dividend, was presented by Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC to Shri Piyush Goyal, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy in the presence of Dr. Pradeep Kumar, Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, MOP, Shri Mukesh Jain, Joint Secretary (Power), Shri K. Biswal, Director (Finance), NTPC, Shri I. J. Kapoor, Director (Commercial),  NTPC, Shri N. N. Misra, Director (Operations), NTPC, Shri A. K. Jha, Director (Technical), NTPC, Shri U. P. Pani, Director (Human Resources), NTPC and Shri S.C. Pandey, Director (Projects), NTPC.