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State-owned Power Grid Corporation of India has reported a slight on-year dip in consolidated net profit of Rs 3,598.42 crore in the June quarter. The consolidated net profit was at Rs 3,630.58 crore in the quarter ended on June 30, 2025, the company said in a regulatory filing. The company's total income, however, rose to Rs 11,696.72 crore in the quarter from Rs 11,444.42 crore in the same period a year ago. In another exchange filing on Wednesday, Power Grid Corporation of India said it has approved a Rs 856.94 crore project on August 5, 2026, to upgrade the Tirunelveli Udumalpet and PugalurMadurai 400kV double-circuit lines with high-temperature low-sag (HTLS) conductors. The project is set for completion within 24 months by February 11, 2028. In the April-June quarter, the company incurred a capital expenditure of Rs 7,765 crore and capitalized assets worth Rs 5,277 crore (excluding FERV and including assets capitalized as finance lease) on consolidated basis during Q1FY27.
State-owned Power Grid Corporation on Friday said its board has approved the proposal to raise its borrowing limit to Rs 2.2 lakh crore from Rs 1.8 lakh crore. The board, in its meeting held on Friday, also approved the proposal of raising foreign currency funds through External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) up to USD five hundred million (USD 500 million) from Bank of Baroda, a regulatory filing stated. According to the regulatory filing, the board approved a proposal for the enhancement of borrowing limits from Rs 1,80,000 crore to Rs 2,20,000 crore, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing annual general meeting (AGM). The board also gave investment approval for 'Upgradation / Conversion of Udumalpet Madurai 400kV S/c line to Udumalpet Madurai 400kV (quad) D/c line' at an estimated cost of Rs 772.65 crore, scheduled to be implemented within 30 months from the date of allocation by August 11, 2028.
Transrail Lighting, an EPC player in the transmission and distribution sector, expects to grab an 8-10 per cent market share in contracts by state-run transmission giant Power Grid Corporation this year, a top company official said. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid), under the Ministry of Power, is India's largest power transmission utility. It has announced a capital expenditure of Rs 28,000 crore for the ongoing FY26, Rs 35,000 crore for FY27 and Rs 45,000 crore for FY28. "Our current market share is around 8 per cent to 10 per cent and this is what we intend to achieve this year with Power Grid which is a good number and it gives us a good base to execute in India," Transrail Lighting Managing Director and CEO Randeep Narang said. On the company's order size, he said Transrail booked orders of Rs 9,680 crore in FY25 which is 120 per cent growth year on year (YoY). The company closed the year with a confirmed un-executed order book (UEOB) of Rs 14,551 crore, and