Fwd: Releases........pt1

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From: Press Information Bureau Ministry of I&B <pib.kolkata@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:07 PM
Subject: Releases........pt1

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
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Ministry of Power
NTPC pays highest ever interim dividend of Rs.2473.64 crore
New Delhi: March 25, 2010

NTPC Limited paid highest ever interim dividend of Rs. 3 per equity
share being 30% of the paid-up equity share capital of the Company
amounting to Rs.2473.64 crore for the Financial Year 2009-10. Out of
this, an amount of Rs.2090.21 crore was paid to Government of India
holding 84.5% of NTPC's paid up equity.

An advice confirming credit of Rs. 2090.21 crore into Government's
account was presented by Shri R.S.Sharma, CMD, NTPC to Shri
Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Minister of Power on 24.3.10 in New Delhi.
Shri H.S Brahma, Secretary (Power) and other senior officials from
Ministry of Power and NTPC were present on the occasion.

This is the 17th consecutive year that NTPC has declared dividend

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