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NHPC AGM Highlight

NHPC held its 44th Annual General Meeting on September 29th. The Board recommended a dividend of Rs 1.50 per equity share for FY 2019-20, which includes an interim dividend of Rs 1.18 paid in March. NHPC achieved its highest ever annual power generation of 26,121 million units in FY 2019-20, surpassing the previous year's record. The company is constructing projects with 2,800 MW capacity under construction and has obtained clearance for projects with 5,945 MW capacity.

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NHPC AGM Highlight

NHPC held its 44th Annual General Meeting on September 29th. The Board recommended a dividend of Rs 1.50 per equity share for FY 2019-20, which includes an interim dividend of Rs 1.18 paid in March. NHPC achieved its highest ever annual power generation of 26,121 million units in FY 2019-20, surpassing the previous year's record. The company is constructing projects with 2,800 MW capacity under construction and has obtained clearance for projects with 5,945 MW capacity.

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NHPC AGM highlight: Highest

ever annual power generation


of 26,121MU in FY’2019-20
In the 44th AGM of NHPC Limited, the Board of Directors have recommended a dividend of Rs 1.50
per equity share for FY 2019-20, which is inclusive of the interim dividend of Rs 1.18 per equity
share paid earlier in March this year

 NHPC will pay a dividend of Rs 1.50 per equity share for FY2019-20, which is inclusive of the interim dividend of

Rs 1.18 per equity share

 NHPC announced it has achieved highest ever annual generation of 26,121MU in FY’2019-20

New Delhi: NHPC Limited hosted its 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM) through video conferencing from its

corporate office, Faridabad on September 29. The management of the company recommended a dividend of Rs 1.50

per equity share for the year 2019-20, which is inclusive of the interim dividend of Rs 1.18 per equity share paid in

March. NHPC Limited’s Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) AK Singh addressed the shareholders at the AGM

wherein members of NHPC Board and Company Secretary were also present. He highlighted the key achievements

made by NHPC despite the challenges posed due to COVID-19 pandemic.

During the AGM Singh informed that the company had earned a total revenue of Rs 9,771.59 crore, revenue from

operations (net) of Rs 8,735.41 crore and Net Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 3,007.17 crore during the FY 2019-20.

He also said that NHPC had achieved its highest-ever annual generation of 26,121 Million Units (MUs) surpassing

the previous highest generation of 24,193 MUs during the financial year 2018-19. Singh further informed about the

successful acquisition of Lanco Teesta Hydro Power Limited as a wholly-owned subsidiary company for the

implementation of Teesta VI HE Project (500 MW) in Sikkim through Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process

(CIRP). Similarly, the company has been declared as successful resolution applicant by the Committee of Creditors

of Jal Power Corporation Limited, a company implementing Rangit Stage-IV HE Project (120 MW) in Sikkim. The

shareholders were also informed about the receipt of stage-II forest clearance for Dibang Multipurpose Project (2,800

MW).
Singh also informed about MoUs signed with Green Energy Development Corporation of Odisha Limited (GEDCOL)
to form a Joint Venture Company (JVC) to plan and develop techno-commercially feasible floating solar power
projects of 500 MW in the state of Odisha and with Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited
(HIDCL), a company owned by the government of Nepal for joint cooperation to develop hydropower projects in
Nepal. He went on to add that the company is having 2,800 MW installed capacity under construction and
hydroelectric projects having 5,945 MW installed capacity are under clearance or approval stage.

Other important points during the address of AK Singh included efforts to augment growth in solar and wind power.

The company has envisaged floating solar projects of 500 MW each in Odisha and Telangana and 50 MW in Kerala

under Ultra Mega Renewable Energy Power Parks (UMREPPs) Scheme of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

(MNRE), Government of India. NHPC has received in-principle approval from MNRE for enhancement of Solar Park

capacity (from 100 MW to 140 MW) in Odisha, which envisages development of two projects of 40 MW and 100 MW.

Possibilities are also being explored for the development of other utility-scale solar projects in different States & UTs

such as Telangana (293 MW), Tamil Nadu (2 X 25 MW) and Leh (50 MW).

NHPC has issued Letter of Award (LoA) to solar power developers for Inter-State Transmission System (ISTS) grid-

connected photovoltaic projects aggregating to 2,000 MW. NHPC is also undertaking various other projects with an

installed capacity of 2,258 MW through subsidiaries and joint ventures. He said that by the end of the current decade

NHPC will have installed capacity of 20,000 MW including JVs and subsidiaries.

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