NTPC pays interim dividend of Rs 2,424 crore

State-owned NTPC on Tuesday stated it has paid a further Rs 2,424 crore of interim dividend to its shareholders within the monetary yr ending March 2025. That is along with the primary interim dividend of Rs 2,424 crore paid in November 2024, NTPC stated in an announcement.

The Rs 2,424 crore dividend paid on February 18 is 25 per cent of the paid-up fairness share capital of the corporate.

The whole dividend paid by the corporate through the ongoing fiscal has reached Rs 8,000 crore, which incorporates the ultimate dividend of Rs 3,152 crore for the monetary yr 2023-24 paid in September 2024.

That is the thirty second consecutive yr that NTPC has paid dividend.

Below the Ministry of Energy, NTPC is India’s largest built-in energy utility, contributing one-fourth of the nation’s energy necessities.

The corporate has an put in capability of over 77 GW, with a further capability of 29.5 GW beneath development, together with 9.6 GW of renewable vitality capability. The corporate is dedicated to attaining 60 GW of renewable vitality capability by 2032. In addition to, NTPC has ventured into varied new enterprise areas, together with e-mobility, battery storage, pumped hydro storage, waste-to-energy, nuclear energy, and inexperienced hydrogen options.