Hon’ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee felicitated SJVN with Gold Trophy and Citation of SCOPE Excellence Awards under Institutional category (Mini Ratna). The awards were presented in a function held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi to mark the Public Sector Day. Shri Anant G. Geete, Hon’ble Union Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises presided over the function, while Shri G.M. Siddeshwara, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises was the Guest of Honour.
The awards were received by Shri R.N. Misra, Chairman & Managing Director, SJVN, and Shri A.S. Bindra, Director (Finance). On this occasion Shri N.L. Sharma, Director (Personnel), Shri R.K. Bansal Director (Electrical) and Shri Kanwar Singh, Director (Civil) along with other senior officers of SJVN were also present.
On this Occasion Shri R.N. Misra told that against the MoU target of generation of 8520 million units of electricity from its power stations SJVN has generated 9346 million units during the financial year 2015-16. On account of its financial performance for the year 2015-16 public sector SJVN Limited has paid interim dividend of ` 260.61 crore (@ 63 paisa per share). The cheque amounting ` 168 crore cheque was handed over to the Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Power Shri Piyush Goel in the month of March 2016 as a share of Government of India, which is 64.5% equity partner in the Company.
He also said that, Hydro Power is the core strength of SJVN and the Company has the distinction of implementing India’s largest 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station in Himachal Pradesh. The Company’s other two projects namely 412 MW Rampur HE Project in Himachal Pradesh and 47.6 MW Khirvire Wind Power Project in Maharashtra are already in operation. SJVN is implementing 12 other projects in Nepal, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Bihar, Gujarat and Maharashtra. SJVN which has already diversified in the field of Wind Power, Thermal Power and Power Transmission is presently generating 2000 MW of electricity.
Every year, the Public Sector Day is jointly organized by Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and Department of Public Enterprises (DPE). The Public Sector Day is celebrated with a view to portray the public sector’s contribution to India’s economic and social growth.
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