NTPC pays Rs 2,152-crore interim dividend for FY'17

NEW DELHI: State-run power giant NTPC today said it has paid an interim dividend of Rs 2,152.07 crore to its shareholders for the current fiscal.

" NTPC Ltd has paid an interim dividend of Rs 2,152.07 crore, being 26.10 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital of the company for Financial Year 2016-17," NTPC said in statement.

According to the statement, the RTGS advice for the transfer of Rs 1,500.95 crore to Government of India, was presented by NTPC CMD Gurdeep Singh to Power Minister Piyush Goyal in the presence of Power Secretary Pradeep Kumar Pujari and other senior officials.

This is the 24th consecutive year that NTPC Ltd has paid dividend, it added.