For the financial year 2017-18, NTPC Ltd. has paid an interim dividend of Rs. 2,251.01 crore, being 27.30% of the paid-up equity share capital of the Company. The RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs. 1,401.81 crore to Government of India, being the share of Government of India in the interim dividend, was presented by Shri Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC, to Shri R.K.Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy in the presence of Shri Saptarshi Roy, Director (Human Resources & Finance), Shri A. K. Gupta, Director (Commercial), Shri. S.K.Roy, Director (Projects), Shri Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and Shri Prasant Kumar Mohapatra, Director (Technical) from NTPC Ltd.
This is the 25th consecutive year that NTPC Ltd. has paid dividend.