NTPC Limited
Type	Public
Founded	1975
Headquarters	Delhi, India
Key people	T Sankaralingam, Chairman & Managing Director
Industry	Power Generation
Products	Electricity
Revenue	INR 261 billion (2006)
Net income	INR 5.8 billion (2006)
Employees	23867 (2006)
Website	http://www.ntpc.co.in

National Thermal Power Corporation is the largest power generation company in India. The Forbes Global 2000 ranking for 2005 ranks it as the 5th leading company in India and the 486th leading company in the world. It is a public listed (Bombay Stock Exchange) Indian public sector company, with majority shares owned by the Government of India. At present, Government of India holds 89.5% of the total equity shares of the company and the balance 10.5% is held by FIIs, Domestic Banks, Public and others. NTPC ranks amongst the top five companies, in terms of market capitalisation. Image File history File links Ntpc. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by relatively few individuals. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... For other uses, see Delhi (disambiguation). ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... Pakistani Rupee Indian Rupee Collection The Rupee (₨ or Rs. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... Pakistani Rupee Indian Rupee Collection The Rupee (₨ or Rs. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 corporations in the world by Forbes magazine. ... The Bombay Stock Exchange The Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (formerly, The Stock Exchange, Mumbai; popularly called The Bombay Stock Exchange, or BSE) is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. ... < [[[[math>Insert formula here</math>The public sector is that part of economic and administrative life that deals with the delivery of goods and services by and for the [[government </math></math></math></math> Direct administration funded through taxation; the delivering organisation generally has no specific requirement to meet commercial... The Government of India (Hindi: Bharat Sarkar), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of India. ... Market capitalization, often abbreviated to market cap, mkt. ...

NTPC's core business is engineering, construction and operation of power generating plants and also providing consultancy to power utilities in India and abroad. As on date the installed capacity of NTPC is 26, 404 MW through its 14 coal based (21,395 MW), 7 gas based (3,955 MW) and 4 Joint Venture Projects (1,054 MW).

NTPC’s share on 31 Mar 2006 in the total installed capacity of the country was 19.51% and it contributed 27.68% of the total power generation of the country during 2005-06. Thus, every fourth home in India is enlightened by NTPC. A total of 170.88 BUs of electricity was produced across all the stations of the company in the financial year 2005-2006. The Net Profit after Tax on March 31, 2006 was INR 58, 202 million. Net Profit after Tax for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 was INR 15528 million, which is 18.65% more than the same quarter in the previous financial year (2004-2005) where the profit was INR 13087 million.

Pursuant to special resolution passed by the Shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on September 23, 2005 and the approval of the Central Government under section 21 of the Companies Act, 1956, the name of the Company "National Thermal Power Corporation Limited" has been changed to "NTPC Limited" with effect from October 28, 2005.

The company, which has completed its thirty years of existence on November 7, 2005, has made its foray into hydro-power and is planning to go into nuclear too).

Installed Capacity

 NTPC OWNED 14 COAL Based Plants 21,395 MW 07 GAS/LIQ. FUEL Based Plants 3,955 MW TOTAL 25,350 MW OWNED BY JVCs 3 Coad Based JVC Plants 314* MW (* Captive Power Plant under JV with SAIL) GRAND TOTAL 26,404 MW 

Coal Stations

Total - 21,395 MW

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Gas/Liq. Fuel Stations

Total - 3955 MW

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Captive Power Plant under JV with SAIL and GAIL

Total - 1054 MW

Capacity Addition

Additional capacity under implementation in 10'th Five Year Plan (2002-2007) Indian Economy is based on the concept of planning. ...

See also

Electricity in India Electric power generation in India is done mostly by government sector entities, and are controlled by various central public sector corporations, like National Hydroelectric Power Corporation, National Thermal Power Corporation and various state level corporations (state electricy boards - SEBs). ...

External links

• Kahalgaon Online
• NTPC : Official website
• NTPC : Installed capacity
• NTPC : Capacity Addition
• Power Ministry's Web Site : 10'th Plan (2002-2007) Capacity Addition data