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NTPC expects to build 244 gigawatts of operating capacity and envisage capital expenditure of Rs 16.86 lakh crore by 2037 as it looks to boost the entire energy value chain, the company's Chairman Gurdeep Singh said on Thursday. The next decade will be one of the most significant periods of growth in NTPC's history, Singh said, noting India's electricity requirement will continue to rise as the economy expands and living standards improve. At the same time, the composition of the power system will change rapidly, he said while addressing the shareholders at the company's 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM). "We have raised our long-term capacity ambitions and now target generating capacity of 149 GW by 2032, including 60 GW of renewable energy, with an aspiration to reach 244 GW by 2037 excluding storage," Singh said. Currently, NTPC has a capacity of around 91 GW. The company also envisages cumulative capital expenditure of around Rs 16.86 lakh crore up to FY37, across thermal, hyd
Stock exchanges BSE and NSE together imposed penalties totalling Rs 59.14 crore on public sector power companies NTPC, REC and SJVN for breach of norms. NTPC, in a regulatory filing, said the company has received notices from BSE and NSE with each imposing a penalty of Rs 5,36,900 (inclusive of GST) on account of non-compliance with Regulation 17(1) of the listing regulations. In its reply to the exchanges, NTPC said it is a government company and "as per the Articles of Association of the Company, the power to appoint or remove directors vests with the President of India through its administrative ministry, i.e., the Ministry of Power. BSE and NSE have, thus, been requested not to levy the fines imposed, the power giant said. SJVN said that both BSE and NSE have separately imposed a fine of Rs 13,44,020 for non-compliance of certain SEBI listing regulations. The company said that it will submit a request to both the exchanges for a waiver, as the power to appoint or remove direct
State-owned power giant NTPC on Friday posted a nearly 13 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 6,896.44 crore for the April-June quarter compared to the year-ago period mainly on the back of higher revenues. The consolidated net profit was Rs 6,108.46 crore in the quarter ended on June 30, 2025, an exchange filing stated. Total income rose to Rs 51,141.51 crore in the quarter from Rs 47,821.11 crore in the same period a year ago.