NHPC Ltd has planned a capital expenditure of Rs.5000 crore for the next fiscal. Of this, it will raise Rs.3000 crore from domestic sources. The company has a current borrowing of Rs.14200 crore on its books.
NHPC had planned a capital expenditure of Rs.28000 crore during the current Five-year Plan to help fund an increase in its power generation capacity to 10,000MW by 2012. The investment planned is 133% more than what was invested in the 10th Five-year Plan (2002-07). Of this, Rs.17000 crore was to be raised as debt. NHPC posted a 94.43% jump in net profit for 2009-10 to Rs.2090.50 crore on a turnover of Rs.4, 218.90 crore.
In a separate development, NHPC’s several hydro projects have been delayed and India has met little less than half the target of 14,393MW set for hydropower generation in the 10th Plan. NHPC, which has a current power generation capacity of 5,295MW, had added 1,917MW during the 10th Plan. Of 5,322MW targeted by NHPC during the 11th Plan, the utility has added 1,150MW till date.
Company Name | CMP |
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NTPC | 360.70 |
Tata Power | 443.45 |
Power Grid Corp | 309.35 |
Adani Power | 767.25 |
Torrent Power | 1480.00 |
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