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NTPC pays interim dividend of Rs 2,251 crore for current financial year

New Delhi: NTPC Ltd, India's state-owned power generator, today announced it has paid an interim dividend of Rs 2,251.01 crore, equivalent to 27.30 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital of the company, for the current financial year.

"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 Gurdeep Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC to R K Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy," the company said in a statement.

Saptarshi Roy, Director (Human Resources & Finance), A K Gupta, Director (Commercial), S K Roy, Director (Projects), Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and P K Mohapatra, Director (Technical) from NTPC Ltd were also present on the occasion.

The company said 2017-18 is the 25th consecutive year for which dividend has been paid.