The first coal rake of NTPC’s Pakri-Barwadih coal mine at Hazaribagh has been flagged-off by Shri Arun Jaitley Union Minister of Finance ; Shri Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Shri Piyush Goyal Union Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal, N&RE and Mines and Jayant Sinha, Union Minister of State for Aviation, through remote control in a ceremony held at Ranchi. Shri Gurdeep Singh CMD, NTPC, Shri Kulamani Biswal, Director(Finance) and Shri K K Sharma Director(Operations), were present on the occasion.
NTPC is playing a major role in meeting the power needs of the country and contributing to its economic and social development contributing nearly 24 % of country’s generation. NTPC has a vision to be the world’s leading power company, energizing India’s growth and plans to become 130GW company by 2032.