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In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, consequent upon successful commissioning, third part capacity of 42.5 MW of 100 MW Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project at Ramagundam, Telangana, is declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 24.03.2022.

With this, standalone installed and commercial capacity of NTPC has become 54494.68 MW. Further, group installed and commercial capacity of NTPC has become 68609.68 and 67949.68 MW respectively.

Declaration of Commercial Operation of second part capacity of 74.88 MW out of 296 MW Fatehgarh Solar PV Project

Consequent upon successful commissioning, second part capacity of 74.88 MW out of 296 MW Fatehgarh Solar PV Project at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, is declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 05.02.2022.

With this, commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 54377.30 MW and 67832.30 MW respectively.

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform that the Board of Directors has, in its meeting held on 29th January, 2022, accorded approval for Asset Monetization Proposal to hive-off the identified Renewable Energy Assets of NTPC along with NTPC Renewable Energy Limited (NTPC REL) to a wholly owned Company and carrying out monetization of the wholly owned Company through IPO or strategic investment route, subject to requisite approvals/clearances.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 5:30 PM India time on January 29, 2022, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A. K. Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. Dillip Kumar Patel, Director (Human Resources), Mr. Ramesh Babu V., Director (Operations), Mr. Chandan Kumar Mondol, Director (Commercial) and Mr. Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Director (Projects) will discuss the Company’s results for the 3rd quarter of financial year 2021-22 and answer questions from the participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions for asking questions before the call.

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A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call, the following may be contacted:

Harsh Dole
Phone: +91 22 4646 4660
Email: harsh.dole@iiflcap.com

Regards 
Aditya Dar
Executive Director (Finance) 
Investor Services Department 
Tel No. 011 2436 7072 
Email: adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 31.12.2021, is as under:

Pursuant to Regulation 57(5) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we would like to confirm that the Company has complied with the payment obligations for the Quarter ended December 31, 2021.

Further, we also confirm that there were no unpaid interest / principal payment obligations in relation to the Non-Convertible Debentures as on December 31, 2021.

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform that on expiry of validity of the PPA entered into with erstwhile BSEB, the Board of Directors has, in its meeting held on 30th December, 2021, accorded approval for discontinuance of operation of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (MTPS), Stage-I (2X110 MW) of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUNL), a wholly owned Subsidiary of NTPC w.e.f. 8th September, 2021.

In line with Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that, NTPC has decided to issue unsecured non-convertible debentures of Rs.1,175 crore on 20 December, 2021, through private placement at a coupon of 6.74% p.a. with a door to door maturity of 10 years 3 months 25 days on 14 April 2032. The proceeds will be utilized for, inter alia, funding of capital expenditure, refinancing of existing loans and other general corporate purposes. The bonds are proposed to be listed on NSE. Bond Trust Deed for these bonds will be duly executed as per the requirements of and within the period of time prescribed under the Companies Act and rules specified therein.

These bonds are issued under the approval obtained through shareholders’ resolution dated 28 September, 2021.

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, we wish to inform that :

In pursuance of Article 40, 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, has, vide order no. 8/4/2020-Th.1 dated 12.11.2021, appointed Ms. Sangitha Varier as Non-Official Director (Independent Director) on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years with effect from the date of notification of the order or until further orders.

Pursuance to Article 41A of the Articles of Association of NTPC and Section 161(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of NTPC has appointed Ms. Sangitha Varier as Additional Director (Independent Director) through resolution passed by circulation on 7.12.2021.

The brief profile of Ms. Sangitha Varier is as under:

Ms. Sangitha Varier (DIN:09402812), aged 57 years, is a Corporate Leader. She is a Commerce Graduate and Bachelor in Education (B. Ed.).

During her career, she has held various positions. She is Director of The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy Ayurveda Hospital & Training Academy, a wing of The Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (Coimbatore) Ltd. She also headed the Administration and Academics of four Chinmaya Vidyalaya Schools as Correspondent. Presently she is State General Secretary in Seva Bharathi, Tamil Nadu.

Ms. Sangitha Varier does not hold any shares of NTPC and she is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company. Further, she is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, we wish to inform that :

In pursuance of Article 40, 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, has appointed the following Non-Official Directors (Independent Directors) on the Board of NTPC Limited:-

1. Shri Jitendra JayantilalTanna appointed vide order no. 8/4/2020-Th.1 dated 12.11.2021 for a period of three years with effect from the date of notification of the order or until further orders
2. Shri Vivek Gupta appointed vide order no. 8/4/2020-Th.1dated 12.11.2021 for a period of three years with effect from the date of notification of the order or until further orders
3. Shri VidyadharVaishampayan appointed vide order no. 8/4/2020-Th.1 dated 12.11.2021 read with order no. 8/4/2020-Th.1 dated 22.11.2021 for a period of three years with effect from 12.11.2021 or until further orders

Pursuance to Article 41A of the Articles of Association of NTPC and Section 161(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of NTPC has appointed the above incumbents as Additional Directors (Independent Directors) in its Meeting held on 30.11.2021.

The brief profile of the newly appointed Independent Directors are as under:

1. Shri Jitendra JayantilalTanna(DIN: 09403346), aged 47 yearsis a Chartered Accountant by profession. He is also a Commerce Graduate. He has functional expertise in areas of Direct Taxation, Audit and Finance Management.
   Shri Jitendra JayantilalTanna does not hold any shares of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company. Further, he is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.

 

2. Shri Vivek Gupta (DIN: 08794502), aged 48 years is a serial entrepreneur. He is a Management Graduate with a degree of Law. He is founder CEO in Jaipur scientific instrument, Jaipur Scientific Agriculture Research Sol. Pvt. Ltd. and Director in Drinkbucket Pvt. Ltd.
   Shri Vivek Gupta does not hold any shares of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company. Further, he is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.

 

3. Shri VidyadharVaishampayan(DIN:02667949), aged 58 years is a M-Tech from IIT-Mumbai and he has also completed Executive Development Study from IIM-Bangalore. He is an active member of various social organizations and groups.
   He was associated with TJSB Sahakari Bank Ltd., Thane Maharashtra, since 1994 and was elected as a Board Member for the tenure of 1994-2002 and was a member of various sub committees. In tenure of 2002-2005, he has been elected as Vice-chairman then in the tenure of 2005-2015, he has been elected as a Chairman of the Bank and in the tenure of 2015-2020, he was a Director of the Bank.He was also Director in National Federation of Urban Co-Operative Bank and was member of RBI Task Force from 2014 to 2019. In technical field, he has developed multilevel parking system, which isessential requirement of present as well as future.
   Shri VidyadharVaishampayandoes not hold any shares of NTPCand he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company. Further, he is not debarred from holding the office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-4 of 250 MW capacity of Nabinagar Thermal Power Project (4X250 MW) of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (a Subsidiary Company of NTPC Limited) is declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 01.12.2021.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC group will become 67907.5 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-1 (660 MW) of Barh Super Thermal Power Station Stage-I (3x660 MW) is declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 12.11.2021.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group will become 54232.5 MW and 67657.5 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, consequent upon successful commissioning and due approvals, first part capacity of 80 MW of 160 MW Jetsar Solar PV Project at Rajasthan, is declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 22.10.2021.  

With this, the installed as well as commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 53572.5 MW and 66997.5 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms and due approvals, Unit-1 of 660 MW capacity of Barh Super Thermal Power Project-Stage-I, (3 x 660 MW) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC Limited.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC Limited and NTPC group has become 54232.5 MW and 67657.5 MW respectively.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 10:00 AM India time on October 29,2021, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A. K. Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. Dillip Kumar Patel, Director (Human Resources), Mr. Ramesh Babu V., Director (Operations), Mr. Chandan Kumar Mondol, Director (Commercial) and Mr. Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Director (Projects) will discuss the Company’s results for the 2nd quarter of financial year 2021-22 and answer questions from the participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions for asking questions before the call.

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A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call, the following may be contacted: 

Mohit Kumar/Meet Vora
Phone: +91 22 42022573, +91 9892644535/ +91 22 42022567,+91 9819985759
Email: mohit.k@damcapital.in/meet@damcapital.in

Regards
Aditya Dar
Executive Director(Finance) 
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Email:  adityadar@ntpc.co.in

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4:00 PM India time on October 28,2021, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A. K. Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. Dillip Kumar Patel, Director (Human Resources), Mr. Ramesh Babu V., Director (Operations), Mr. Chandan Kumar Mondol, Director (Commercial) and Mr. Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Director (Projects) will discuss the Company’s results for the 2nd quarter of financial year 2021-22 and answer questions from the participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions for asking questions before the call.

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A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call, the following may be contacted: 

Mohit Kumar/Meet Vora
Phone: +91 22 42022573, +91 9892644535/ +91 22 42022567,+91 9819985759
Email: mohit.k@damcapital.in/meet@damcapital.in

Regards
Aditya Dar
Executive Director(Finance) 
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Email:  adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 30.09.2021, is as under:

In furtherance to our corporate disclosure dated 14th September, 2021 intimating regarding appointment of Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company for the financial year 2021-22, brief profiles of the Joint Statutory Auditors as received from them are attached as Annexure-I...Click here to view.

This is for your information and record.

In terms of regulation 57(4) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, details for all the non-convertible securities for which interest/dividend/principal obligations are payable during October to December’21 are attached.Click here

This is with reference to clarification sought from the Company regarding increase in volume in NTPC Scrip by BSE vide letter dated 16.09.2021. In this regard it is hereby submitted that the Company is not aware of any information that has not been announced to the Exchanges which could explain the increase in volume in NTPC Scrip.

The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, vide their letter no. No./CA.V/COY/CENTRAL GOVERNMENT,NTPC(7)/5 dated 17th August, 2021, has appointed the following firms of Chartered Accountants/Limited Liability Partnerships as the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company for the financial year 2021-22:-

1. M/s. S. K. Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
2. M/s. S. N. Dhawan & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
3. M/s. Varma & Varma, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad
4. M/s. Parakh & Co., Chartered Accountants, Jaipur
5. M/s. C. K. Prusty & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Bhubaneshwar
6. M/s. B. C. Jain & Co., Chartered Accountants, Kanpur
7. M/s. V. K. Jindal & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ranchi

The above firm(s) of Chartered Accountants shall also be the Joint Statutory Auditors for Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year 2021-22 under section 139 read with Section 129(4) of the Companies Act, 2013.

Brief profiles of the Joint Statutory Auditors will be shared in due course.

In line with Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that, NTPC has decided to issue unsecured non-convertible bonds in the nature of debentures of Rs.3,000 crore on 13 September, 2021, through private placement at a coupon of 6.69% p.a. with a door to door maturity of 10 years. The proceeds will be utilized for, inter alia, funding of capital expenditure, refinancing of existing loans and other general corporate purposes. The bonds are proposed to be listed on BSE. Bond Trust Deed for these bonds will be duly executed as per the requirements of and within the period of time prescribed under the Companies Act and rules specified therein.

These bonds are issued under the approval obtained through shareholders’ resolution dated 24 September, 2020.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-2 of 800 MW capacity of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-I (2 x 800 MW) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.09.2021.  

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group will become 53225 MW and 66650 MW respectively.  

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning of 15 MW capacity, Simhadri Floating Solar PV Project at Simhadri, Andhra Pradesh is hereby declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 10:00 Hrs. of 21.08.2021.

With this, the installed and commercial capacity of Simhadri Floating Solar PV project, NTPC and NTPC group is as follows:

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Limited is hosting its 17th Annual Analysts and Investors Meet on 2nd August 2021 through video conferencing, wherein CMD and Board of Directors of the company will interact with the Analysts and Investors.Click here.

This is to inform that on completion of tenure of agreement with M/s Alankit Assignments Limited, M/s Beetal Financial & Computer Services Private Limited, Beetal House, 3rd Floor, 99, Madangir, Behind LSC, Near Dada Harsukhdas Mandir, New Delhi-110062 has been appointed as Registrar & Share Transfer Agent of NTPC Limited in place of M/s Alankit Assignments Limited w.e.f. 29 July 2021.

Shareholders are requested to note that all matters related with equity shares of NTPC Limited should be lodged with the new Registrar & Share Transfer Agent i.e., M/s Beetal Financial & Computer Services Private Limited, at the address stated above. However, for updation of address, bank details etc. in respect of shares held in Dematerialized form, shareholders are requested to lodge the same with their respective Depository Participants and not with the Company or Registrar & Share Transfer Agent.

For any enquiry, members may write to or contact:
Shri Punit Mittal (General Manager) or Shri Ratan Kumar Karna (Manager)
M/s Beetal Financial & Computer Services Private Limited
Phone: 011-29961281 – 83, 26051061 & 26051064, Extn. 30/19,
Email: ntpc@beetalfinancial.com.

Further, in terms of the Regulation 7 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a tripartite agreement between NTPC Limited, M/s Beetal Financial & Computer Services Private Limited and M/s Alankit Assignments Limited is being executed and shall be intimated in due course.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms and due approvals, 2nd Unit of 800 MW capacity of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Project, (2 x 800 MW) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 53450 MW and 66875 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Nabinagar Power Generating Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited) (3 x 660 MW) is hereby declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 23.07.2021.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC group will become 65825 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

On completion of tenure, following Independent Directors have ceased to be Directors of the Company on 16.7.2021 :-

1. Dr. Bhim Singh

2. Dr. K. P. K. Pillay

The matter has already been taken up with the Ministry of Power for appointment of requisite number of Independent Directors and any notification in this regard is still awaited.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 30.06.2021, is as under:

Declaration of COD of Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-II (2 x 660 MW)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-II (2 x 660 MW) is hereby declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.07.2021.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group will become 52400 MW and 65165 MW respectively.

Completion of trial operation by 250 MW capacity unit of Barauni Thermal Power Station of NTPC Limited

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms and due approvals, 2nd Unit of 250 MW capacity of Barauni Thermal Power Station, Stage-II (2 x 250 MW) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 52650 MW and 66075 MW respectively.

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform that the final Resolution Plan dated June 14, 2021 submitted by NTPC Limited for Jhabua Power Limited has been approved by the Committee of Creditors of Jhabua Power Limited as per the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. Further, a Letter of Intent dated June 26, 2021 has been issued by the Resolution Professional of Jhabua Power Limited.

The Resolution Plan is subject to approval from National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) as per the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. Upon the receipt of approval of NCLT, NTPC will take steps to implement the Resolution Plan.

We are enclosing the Audited Annual Financial Results (Standalone & Consolidated) for the financial year ended March 31, 2021 along with Unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 in the prescribed format. Also enclosed is the Auditors Report(s) on the Annual Financial Results (Standalone & Consolidated) for the financial year ended March 31, 2021. Further, it is hereby declared that the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company have furnished Audit Report on Standalone & Consolidated Financial Results with unmodified opinion. These results have been reviewed by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors and approved by the Board of Directors in their meeting held on June 19, 2021.

The information as required under Regulation 52(4) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 is also being submitted along-with Audited Financial Results. Further, the company is in compliance with the requirements of SEBI circular dated November 11, 2018 applicable to Large Corporates. The Initial Disclosure for the year 2021-22 and Annual Disclosure for the year 2020-21 submitted to Stock Exchanges are attached herewith as Annexure.

The Board of Directors of the Company have, subject to the approval of the shareholders, approved enhancement of Borrowing Limit of the Company from Rs. 2,00,000 Crore to Rs. 2,25,000 Crore.

The Board of Directors have also recommended the final dividend of Rs. 3.15 per equity share for the financial year 2020-21, subject to the approval of the Shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The final dividend is in addition to the interim dividend of Rs. 3 per equity share for the financial year 2020-21 paid in February 2021.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 5:30 PM India time on June 19, 2021, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A. K.Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. Dillip Kumar Patel, Director (Human Resources), Mr. Ramesh Babu V., Director (Operations), Mr. Chandan Kumar Mondol, Director (Commercial) and Mr. Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Director (Projects) will discuss the Company’s results for the 4th quarter and financial year 2020-21 and answer questions from the participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions for asking questions before the call.

Or click below for the Express Diamond Pass link:
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A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s websitepost the conference call.
For any further enquiries regarding the conference call, the followingmaybe contacted:
Mr. Aniket Mittal: Phone: +91 8850871895
Email: Aniket.Mittal@MotilalOswal.com

Regards
Aditya Dar
Chief General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No. 011 24367072
Email: adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 31.03.2021, is as under:

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms and due approvals, Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-II (2 x 660 MW) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC Group w.e.f. 31.03.2021.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 52385 MW and 65810 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms, Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project (3 x 660 MW) of Nabinagar Power Generating Co. Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited) has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC Group w.e.f. 31.03.2021.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 65150 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning and due approvals, first part capacity of 70 MW of 85 MW Bilhaur Solar PV Project at Bilhaur, Uttar Pradesh, is declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 28.03.2021.

With this, the commissioned as well as commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 51725 MW and 64490 MW respectively.

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform that after running for 54 years, operations of Talcher Thermal Power Station, Odisha having total installed capacity of 460 MW shall be discontinued w.e.f. 31st March, 2021.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-2 of 800 MW of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 800 MW) is hereby declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.03.2021.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group will become 52115 MW and 64880 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning, 5 MW last part capacity for 20 MW Auraiya Solar PV Project at Auraiya, UP, has been declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 20.02.2021.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 52115 MW and 64880 MW respectively and the commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 51315 MW and 64080 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms, Unit-2 of 800 MW capacity of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project has successfully completed trial operation and consequently included in the installed capacity of NTPC.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 52110 MW and 64875 MW respectively.

Declaration of COD of Unit-4 of 150 MW of Kameng Hydro-Electric Project (4x150 MW) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC Limited)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning, Unit-4 of 150 MW of Kameng Hydro-Electric Project (4x150 MW) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC Limited) has been declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 12.02.2021.

With this, the commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 64075 MW.

An avalanche near Tapovan in Uttarakhand has damaged a part of our under construction hydropower project Tapovan Vishnugad (520 MW) in the region. While rescue operations are on, situation is being monitored continuously with the help of district administration and likely loss or damage caused is being assessed. Appropriate insurance cover is available for the loss/damage caused.

However, considering the total size of operations of NTPC Limited (present standalone commercial capacity 51310 MW and group commercial capacity 63925 MW), the impact of above event on the company as a whole may not be considered material in terms of Para B of Part A of Schedule III of SEBI (LODR), Regulations, 2015.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms and necessary approvals, Unit-2 of 660 MW capacity of Meja Thermal Power Station of Meja Urja Nigam (P) Limited (MUNPL) (a joint venture of NTPC Limited & UPRVUN Limited) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 hrs. of 31.01.2021.

With this, the total commercial capacity of MUNPL and NTPC group will become 1320 MW and 63925 MW respectively.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4:00 PM India time on February 4, 2021, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A. K. Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. Dillip Kumar Patel, Director (Human Resources), Mr. Ramesh Babu V., Director (Operations), Mr. Chandan Kumar Mondol, Director (Commercial) and Mr. Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Director (Projects) will discuss the Company’s results for the 3rd quarter of the financial year 2020-21 and answer questions from the participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions for asking questions before the call.

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A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call, the following may be contacted: 

Mr. Rahul Modi: Phone: +91 7738096775
Email: rahul.modi@icicisecurities.com

Regards
Aditya Dar
Chief General Manager(Finance) 
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Email:  adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning and due approvals, 140 MW capacity Bilhaur Solar PV Project at Bilhaur, Uttar Pradesh, has been declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 18.01.2021.

With this, the commissioned capacity of Bilhaur Solar PV Project, NTPC and NTPC group has become 140 MW, 51310 MW and 63925 MW respectively and the commercial capacity has become 140 MW, 51310 MW and 63265 MW respectively.

Intimation regarding Board Meeting, Dividend, Record Date and Closure of Trading Window...Click here.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning, Unit-3 of 150 MW of Kameng Hydro-Electric Project (4x150 MW) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC Limited) has been declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 22.01.2021.

With this, the commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 63,785 MW and 63,125 MW respectively.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 31.12.2020, is as under:

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms and due approval; maiden Solar Power Project of 50 MW capacity situated at Kasargod Solar Park at Kasargod, Kerala of THDC India Limited (a subsidiary company of NTPC Limited), is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 31.12.2020.

With this, the commissioned as well as commercial capacity of THDC India Limited (a subsidiary company of NTPC Limited) and NTPC group has become 1,587 MW and 62,975 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms and due approval; Dulanga Coal Mine of NTPC Limited, having an ultimate peak rated annual capacity of 7 Million Tonnes Per Annum, is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 01.10.2020.

Corporate Disclosure: Declaration of Commercial Operation of first part capacity of 8 MW for 20 MW Auraiya Solar PV Project

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning, 8 MW part capacity of 20 MW Auraiya Solar PV Project at Auraiya, UP, has been declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 10.11.2020.

With this, the commissioned as well as commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 51163 MW and 62918 MW respectively.

Public Announcement for Buyback...Click here.

Outcome of the meeting of Board of Directors of NTPC Limited (the "Company") held on 2nd November, 2020...Click here.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4:00 PM India time on November 2, 2020, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A. K.Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. Dillip Kumar Patel, Director (Human Resources), Mr. Ramesh Babu V., Director (Operations), Mr. Chandan Kumar Mondol, Director (Commercial) and Mr. Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Director (Projects) will discuss the Company’s results for the 2nd quarter of the financial year 2020-21 and answer questions from the participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions for asking questions before the call.

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A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call, the following may be contacted:

Subhadip Mitra
JM Financial
Tel. No.: +91 99203 71882
(subhadip.mitra@jmfl.com)

Regards
Aditya Dar
Chief General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No. 011 2436 7072
Email: adityadar@ntpc.co.in

- Intimation regarding holding of Meeting of the Board of Directors for:

a. Un-audited Financial Results for the quarter and half year ended September 30, 2020

b. Proposal for buyback of equity shares of the Company

- Intimation regarding closure of trading window

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In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 30.09.2020, is as under:

In continuation of our earlier corporate disclosure dated August 21, 2020, pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform that NTPC Limited (NTPC) has incorporated a wholly owned subsidiary, in the name of “NTPC Renewable Energy Limited” with the Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana on October 7, 2020, to undertake Renewable Energy Business.

We shall be pleased to provide any further information required in this regard.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

On completion of tenure, following Independent Directors have ceased to be Directors of the Company on 7.9.2020 :-

1. Shri M. P. Singh
2. Shri Pradeep Kumar Deb
3. Shri Shashi Shekhar
4. Shri Subhash Joshi
5. Shri Vinod Kumar

The matter has already been taken up with the Ministry of Power for appointment of requisite number of Independent Directors and any notification in this regard is still awaited.

Notice of 44th AGM & Integrated Annual Report -2019-20...Click here to view.

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, we wish to inform that :

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power has, vide its Order No. 8/19/2019-Th.1 dated 26th August, 2020, conveyed approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya, Executive Director, NTPC to the post of Director (Projects), NTPC Limited w.e.f. the date of his assumption of charge of the post till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Shri Ujjwal Kanti Bhattacharya (DIN: 08734219) has taken charge as Director (Projects), NTPC on 28th August, 2020. He joined NTPC in the year 1984 as Ninth Batch of Engineering Executive Trainees and was initially posted at NTPC Korba. He is an Electrical Engineering Graduate from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has also completed his PG Diploma in Management from MDI, Gurgaon.

Shri Bhattacharya started his career in Green Field Project Construction, followed by working in the areas of Power Plant Operation & Maintenance, Renovation & Modernization, Environment Management, Technical Services at 1600 MW Farakka STPP. After serving in Farakka in various departments, he moved to Talcher Thermal Power Station (450 MW), an Old and Underperforming asset, taken over from State Electricity Board. He, along with his team, created history in turning around the station, which went on to become a top performing station in years to come.

Shri Bhattacharya has significantly contributed for NTPC’s vertical & horizontal business diversification as well as growth through inorganic route. He had illustrious career in Business Development function of NTPC in Domestic as well as International Arena with special focus on NTPC’s diversification into hydroelectricity with acquisition of Koldam and setting up of subsidiary company namely NESCL for electricity distribution business. He has been at the forefront of JV formulation & Project conceptualization for 1320 MW Maitree Power Project at Bangladesh.

Before appointment as Director (Projects), NTPC, Shri Bhattacharya has worked as MD and CEO of Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Limited, ED (Business Development) and ED (Projects), NTPC.

Shri Bhattacharya holds 6508 shares of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company.

Pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, NTPC Limited hereby gives Corporate Disclosure to the effect that concurrence had been obtained from NITI Aayog, Government of India and Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), Ministry of Finance, Government of India, for formation of a wholly owned subsidiary for NTPC Renewable Energy Business.

The aforesaid wholly owned subsidiary shall be incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.

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In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, vide their letter no. No./CA.V/COY/CENTRAL GOVERNMENT,NTPC(7)/38 dated 10th August, 2020, has appointed the following firms of Chartered Accountants/Limited Liability Partnershipsas the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company for the financial year 2020-21:-

1. M/s. S. K. Mehta & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
2. M/s. S. N. Dhawan& Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
3. M/s. Varma & Varma, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad
4. M/s. Parakh& Co., Chartered Accountants, Jaipur
5. M/s. C. K. Prusty& Associates, Chartered Accountants, Bhubaneshwar
6. M/s. B. C. Jain & Co., Chartered Accountants, Kanpur
7. M/s. V. K. Jindal & Co., Chartered Accountants, Ranchi

The above firm(s) of Chartered Accountants shall also be the Joint Statutory Auditors for Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year 2020-21 under section 139 read with Section 129(4) of the Companies Act, 2013.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Limited is hosting its 16th Annual Analysts and Investors Meet on 17th August 2020 through video conferencing, wherein CMD and Board of Directors of the company will interact with the Analysts and Investors.

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In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

On attaining the age of superannuation, Shri A. K. Gupta has ceased to be Director (Commercial) of NTPC on 31.7.2020 (A/N).

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, we wish to inform that :

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power has, vide its Order No. 8/15/2019-Th.1 (A-1) dated 10th June, 2020, conveyed approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Chandan Kumar Mondol, Executive Director, NTPC to the post of Director (Commercial), NTPC Limited w.e.f. the date of his assumption of charge of the post on or after 1.8.2020 till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earlier.

Shri Chandan Kumar Mondol (DIN: 08535016) has taken charge as Director (Commercial), NTPC on 1stAugust, 2020.He joined NTPC as 9th Batch Executive Trainee (ET) in 1984 and has held several key leadership positions across multiple business units. He has vast experience and comprehensive knowledge of the power sector and has worked in both power plant and corporate functions. He started off his journey with the project execution and commissioning of 3X500 MW units at Ramagundam and 4X210 MW units at Kahalgaon.

As a strategic planner, Shri C. K. Mondol has led several initiatives at NTPC. He has worked towards developing commercial & marketing strategies, execution of domestic and international Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), formulation of Tariff Regulations with CERC, participation in Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) bidding, etc.

Shri C. K. Mondol has also worked as head of Strategic Planning Division and was also responsible for periodic review of Business Plan, Organisational Restructuring, identifying risks of the company and its mitigation through comprehensive Enterprise Risk Management Policies etc. He was Business Unit Head (BUH) of Khargone in March 2015 and was responsible for execution of 1320 MW Green Field Power Project involving land acquisition, Right of Use, Right of Way, R&R plan, Project Planning & Construction, Boundary Management with the local administration, State Government and other statutory authorities.

Before his appointment as Director (Commercial), he has also worked as RED-WR-I, RED (DBF & Hydro), ED (PP&M) and ED (Commercial).

Shri C. K. Mondol does not hold any share of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company.

NTPC enters pact with NIIF to explore business opportunities in India

Country’s largest power generation company, NTPC Ltd. today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), acting through National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited (NIIFL), to explore opportunities for investments in areas like renewable energy, power distribution among other areas of mutual interest in India.

The MoU was signed in the august presence of Shri Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC & Shri Sujoy Bose, Managing Director and CEO, NIIFL. Shri A K Gupta, Director (Commercial) NTPC, Smt. Ambalika Banerji, Executive Director – Direct Investments, NIIF, Shri A K Gautam, Director (Finance) NTPC, Shri Vinod Giri, Managing Partner, NIIF Master Fund and other senior dignitaries from both the organizations were also present on the occasion.

The MoU was signed through video conferencing between Smt. Sangeeta Kaushik, GM (BD-Domestic), NTPC and Shri. Rajiv Dhar, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, NIIFL.

With this MoU, NTPC and NIIF aim to collaborate to further help India’s vision of building sustainable and robust energy infrastructure in the country. This partnership aims to bring together NTPC’s technical expertise and NIIF’s ability to raise capital and bring in global best practices by leveraging its existing relationships with leading players.

With a total installed capacity of 62110 MW, NTPC Group has 70 Power stations comprising of 24 Coal, 7 combined cycle Gas/Liquid Fuel, 1 Hydro, 13 Renewables along with 25 Subsidiary & JV Power Stations.

NTPC targets to have nearly 30 GW of its overall power generation capacity from renewable energy sources by 2032.

NIIF Limited manages over USD 4.3 billion of equity capital commitments across its three funds - Master Fund, Fund of Funds and Strategic Opportunities Fund, each with its distinct investment strategy. NIIFL is a collaborative investment platform for international and Indian investors, anchored by the Government of India. NIIFL invests across asset classes such as infrastructure, private equity and other diversified sectors in India, with the objective to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its investors. The NIIF Master Fund is the largest infrastructure fund in the country and invests in core infrastructure sectors such as transportation and energy.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ended 30.06.2020, is as under:

Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit-2 of 150 MW of Kameng Hydro-Electric Project (4x150 MW) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC Limited)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-2 of 150 MW of Kameng Hydro-Electric Project (4x150 MW) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC Limited) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 01.07.2020.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 62,086 MW.

In terms of Regulation 23(9) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 please find enclosed related party transactions of NTPC Limited on standalone and consolidated basis, for the period ending 31.03.2020.

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In pursuance of the SEBI circular no. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2020/84 dated 20.05.2020, please find enclosed disclosure of anticipated impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on business of the Company.

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NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on June 27, 2020, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A. K.Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. A.K. Gupta, Director (Commercial), Mr. Dillip Kumar Patel, Director (Human Resources), Mr. Ramesh Babu V., Director (Operations) and Mr. R.S.V. Muthumani, Executive Director (Finance) will discuss the Company’s results for the 4th quarter and the financial year 2019-20 and answer questions from the participants

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions for asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following may be contacted:

Rohit Natarajan
Antique Stock Broking Limited
Tel. No.: +91 22 4031 3443
(rohit.natarajan@antiquelimited.com)

Regards
Aditya Dar
Chief General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1018
Email: adityadar@ntpc.co.in

Reaffirmation of Ratings by Fitch with change in outlook

This is to inform that consequent upon Fitch Ratings (Fitch) reaffirmation of India's sovereign rating as BBB- with a change in outlook to Negative from Stable, the issuer credit rating assigned to NTPC by Fitch has also been reaffirmed as BBB- with a change in outlook to Negative from Stable.

Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit-1 of 150 MW of Kameng Hydro-Electric Project (4x150 MW) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC Limited)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-1 of 150 MW of Kameng Hydro-Electric Project (4x150 MW) of North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC Limited) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs. of 17.06.2020.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 61,936 MW.

Update on deferment of capacity charges and rebate to DISCOMs

In continuation of our letter dated 17.05.2020 regarding deferment of capacity charges and rebate to Distribution Companies (DISCOMs), it is informed that the NTPC Board of Directors in their meeting held on 09.06.2020 have approved:

1. Deferment of capacity charges of Rs. 2,064 crore to DISCOMs, to be payable without interest after the end of the lockdown period in three equal monthly instalments.
2. Rebate of Rs.1,363 crore on the capacity charges billed during the lock-down period to DISCOMs on account of COVID-19, in financial year 2020-21.

The above amounts are provisional and may vary due to reconciliation with RPC data.

Revision of Ratings assigned by Moody’s

This is to inform that consequent upon Moody's Investors Service (Moody’s) downgrade of India's sovereign rating from baa2 to baa3 with a negative outlook, the issuer credit rating assigned to NTPC has also been downgraded by one notch from baa2 to baa3 with a negative outlook, by Moody’s.

In continuation of our earlier corporate disclosure dated June 12, 2019, pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform that NTPC Limited (NTPC) has incorporated a Joint Venture Company with East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) with equity participation of 74:26 respectively, in the name of “NTPC EDMC Waste Solutions Private Limited” with the Registrar of Companies, NCT of Delhi & Haryana on June 1, 2020, to develop & operate state of the art/modern integrated waste management & energy generation facility.

NTPC has signed a MOU with ONGC to set up Joint Venture Company for Renewable Energy Business

The Maharatna companies NTPC Ltd. and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 21st May 2020 at Delhi to set up a Joint Venture Company for Renewable Energy business. This MoU will enable both companies to accelerate their footprint in the Renewable Energy.

This MOU was signed by Director (Commercial) of NTPC, Mr. A. K. Gupta and Director (Finance) and In-charge Business Development and Joint Ventures of ONGC Mr. Subhash Kumar. The MoU signing activity has been done on Virtual conferencing mode in the august presence of CMD of NTPC Mr. Gurdeep Singh and CMD of ONGC Mr. Shashi Shanker along with the other Directors and officials of both the companies.

As per the MoU, NTPC and ONGC will explore the setting up of offshore wind and other Renewable Energy Projects in India and overseas. They shall also explore opportunities in the fields of sustainability, storage, E-mobility and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) compliant projects.

NTPC, presently has 920 MW of installed Renewable power projects in its portfolio and about 2300 MW of RE projects under construction. With this tie up NTPC would accelerate its RE capacity addition program and also expand its footprint in offshore wind and overseas Renewable energy projects in the process for realising its ambitious target of 32 GW of Renewable Energy Projects by 2032.

ONGC has a renewable portfolio of 176 MW comprising of 153 MW wind power and 23 MW of solar.

This development will enhance the presence of ONGC in the Renewable Power business and enable its ambition to add 10 GW of renewable power to its portfolio by 2040.

Corporate Disclosure under Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

This is to inform that NTPC has received advisory/letters dated 15.05.2020 and 16.05.2020 from Ministry of Power, to consider to offer following rebate to the Distribution Companies (Discoms) for passing on to the end consumers, for the lockdown period on account of Covid-19 pandemic :

1. Deferment of capacity charges for power not scheduled, to be payable without interest after the end of the lockdown period in three equal monthly instalments.

2. Rebate of about 20-25% on power supply billed (fixed cost) to Discoms.

The matter will be placed in the next meeting of Board of Directors and decision thereon shall be informed in due course.

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, we wish to inform that :

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power has, vide its Order No. 8/7/2019-Th.-1 dated 25th March, 2020, conveyed approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Ramesh Babu V, Executive Director, NTPC to the post of Director (Operations), NTPC Limited w.e.f. the date of his assumption of charge of the post on or after 1.5.2020 till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earlier.

Shri Ramesh Babu V (DIN:08736805) has taken charge as Director (Operations), NTPC on 1st May, 2020. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from NIT Srinagar and Masters in Thermal engineering from IIT Delhi and joined NTPC as 12th batch Executive Trainee in 1987. He has over 32 years of vast experience with outstanding contribution in management of large size plants in the area of power plant operation & maintenance, Renovation & modernization of old units and in area of efficiency and systems improvement of thermal plants. He, as a Professional Manager and Strategic Planner, has led several initiatives for improving reliability and efficiency of Plants.

Shri Ramesh Babu‘s experience in power sector includes Senior Management level exposure as a “Business Unit Head” of NTPC Talcher Kaniha & NSPCL Durgapur. Prior to elevation to the post of Director (Operations), he was working as ED to CMD & was working on system improvement activities and strategies related to operational excellence of NTPC power plants.

As Director (Operations), NTPC, he is responsible for overall planning for Safe, Reliable and Efficient operation of all power generating stations of NTPC group Portfolio, while ensuring fuel security & environmental compliance of all Power Stations.

Shri Ramesh Babu V holds 3240 shares of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

On attaining the age of superannuation, Shri Prakash Tiwari has ceased to be Director (Operations) of NTPC on 30.4.2020 (A/N).

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ended 31.03.2020, is as under:

In line with Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that, NTPC has decided to raise

Rs. 4,374.10 crore on 16 April, 2020 through private placement of unsecured non-convertible bonds in the nature of debentures at a coupon of 6.55% p.a. with a door to door maturity after 3 years 1 day. The proceeds will be utilized for, inter alia, funding of capital expenditure, refinancing of existing loans and other general corporate purposes. The bonds are proposed to be listed on both NSE & BSE. Bond Trust Deed for these bonds will be duly executed as per the requirements of and within the period of time prescribed under, the Companies Act and rules specified therein.

These bonds are issued under the approval obtained through shareholders’ resolution on 21 August, 2019.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-2 of 660 MW of Khargone Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 660 MW) is hereby declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs. of 04.04.2020.

With this, the commercial capacity of Khargone Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group will become 1320 MW, 50355 MW and 61786 MW respectively.

In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, we wish to inform that :

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power has, vide its Order No. 8/4/2019-Th.-1 dated 31st December, 2019, conveyed approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Dillip Kumar Patel, GM, NTPC to the post of Director (Human Resources), NTPC Limited w.e.f. the date of his assumption of charge of the post on or after 1.4.2020 till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earlier.

Shri Dillip Kumar Patel (DIN:08695490) has taken charge as Director (HR), NTPC on 1st April 2020. He started his career in NTPC way back in 1986 as an Engineering Executive Trainee (XI batch). Shri Patel’s ascent from his humble beginning as an Executive Trainee to the top echelons of HR function in NTPC signifies his passion, commitment and hard work. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from NIT, Rourkela and did his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (HR & Finance) from MDI, Gurgaon. He has also received management and leadership training inputs from ESCP-EAP (Paris, Berlin & Turin), Harvard Business School (USA), ISB Hyderabad & XLRI Jamshedpur.

He has an illustrious career spanning over more than three decades entailing both line and HR functions. After initial exposure of working in O&M (Mechanical Maintenance & CHP Operation) and EDC at Korba, he took a leap in his career and switched to core HR function in 1997. He looked after various facets of HR at Korba and subsequently moved on to become the Head of HR of Koldam, the first hydro project of NTPC. He had been Head of HR at various projects of NTPC such as NSPCL-Bhilai, Sipat, and Tanda for about 13 years. He had a short stint as Regional Head of HR of Eastern Region-II before being appointed to the post of Director (HR) in NTPC.

He has undertaken various challenging assignments and has successfully managed HR functions while working at various locations comprising thermal, hydro, JVs as well as taken-over projects. He firmly believes in the philosophy of “People before PLF”. His varied experience and deep understanding of the underlying culture of the organization will help HR to excel and achieve new heights in the days to come in NTPC.

Shri Dillip Kumar Patel does not hold any share of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

On attaining the age of superannuation, Shri Saptarshi Roy has ceased to be Director (HR) of NTPC on 31.3.2020 (A/N).

Addition to NTPC’s Installed and Commercial Capacity post-acquisition of THDC & NEEPCO disclosure attached herewith.

Group NTPC’s total installed and commercial capacity now stands at 62110 MW and 61126 respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 2nd Unit of 660 MW of Khargone Super Thermal Power Project has been added to Installed Capacity of NTPC on successful completion of Trial Operation.

With this, the total installed capacity of Khargone Super Thermal Power Project, NTPC and NTPC group has become 1320 MW, 50355 MW and 58816 MW respectively.

In terms of Regulation 29 of the SEBI (Listing Regulations and Disclosure Obligations) Regulations, 2015 (SEBI Listing Regulations, 2015), it is hereby intimated that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled to be held at Thursday, March 19, 2020, inter-alia, to consider interim dividend on the equity share capital of the Company for the financial year 2019-20.

Pursuant to Regulation 42 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, 2015, the Company has fixed Friday, March 27, 2020 as the “Record Date” for the purpose of ascertaining the eligibility of the shareholders for payment of interim dividend, if declared by the Board.

Further, in terms of Code for Prevention of Insider Trading in the Securities of NTPC, the Trading Window for transactions in the securities of the Company shall remain closed with immediate effect to March 21, 2020 (i.e. upto 48 hours after declaration of dividend by the Board, if any).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 800 MW Unit#1 of Darlipalli Super Thermal Power Station Stage-I (2 x 800 MW) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.03.2020.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group will become 49,695 MW and 58,156 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 250 MW unit of Barauni Thermal Power Station Stage-II (2 x 250 MW) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.03.2020.

With this, the commercial capacity NTPC and NTPC group will become 48,895 MW and 57,356 MW respectively.

In continuation of our letter of even no. dated 28.01.2020 and 07.02.2020, this is to inform you that the Board, in its Meeting held on 07.02.2020, has not considered the payment of interim dividend on the equity share capital of the Company for the year 2019-20.

Further, record date earlier intimated as Monday, February 17, 2020 may be treated as cancelled.

Disclosure under Regulation 7(2)(b) of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading)Regulations, 2015

Pursuant to Regulation 7(2)(b) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, please find attached the disclosure in Form C under Regulation 7(2)(a) of the aforesaid Regulations furnished by the Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, Government of India for off-market sale of 30,87,48,936 equity shares of NTPC through CPSE ETF managed by Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited.

The shareholding of President of India, Government of India in NTPC, after above sale, is 5,04,80,97,508 shares (51.02%).

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Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit-1 (660 MW) of Khargone Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 660 MW)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-1 of 660 MW of Khargone Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 660 MW) is hereby declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.02.2020.

With this, the commercial capacity NTPC and NTPC group will become 48645 MW and 57106 MW respectively.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time, on February 7, 2020, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A.K.Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. S. Roy, Director (Human Resources), Mr. A.K. Gupta, Director (Commercial), Mr. Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and Mr. R.S.V.Muthumani, Executive Director (Finance)  will discuss the Company’s results for the 3rd quarter of the financial year 2019-20 and answer questions from the participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call, the following may be contacted:

Kunal Sheth/Mayank Bhandari 
Batlivala & Karani Securities India Pvt. Ltd.
Tel. No.: +91 22 4031 7263
(kunal.sheth@bksec.com/mayank.bhandari@bksec.com)

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Aditya Dar
General Manager(Finance) 
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1018
Email:  adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, through letter No. 20/08/2016-Coord(Pt-V) dated 14.01.2020, has appointed Shri Ashish Upadhyaya, AS & FA, Ministry of Power as Government Nominee Director on the Board of NTPC till the date of superannuation or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

Shri Ashish Upadhyaya (DIN: 06855349) (aged 55 years) IAS, Additional Secretary & F A , Ministry of Power, Govt. of India joined as a Part-time Official Director on the Board of NTPC on 22.01.2020. Shri Upadhyaya is an IAS Officer of 1989 Batch belonging to Madhya Pradesh cadre. Having done his post-graduation in History from St. John College, Agra, he joined the civil services and has served for more than 31 years in various capacities in the State Government of M.P. including tenure in coal bearing areas of Anuppur, Shahdol and Umaria as the Addl. District Collector. He has been Collector for more than 5 years in 3 districts of M.P. & Chhattisgarh. Shri Upadhyaya has served at the State level as Secretary and Principal Secretary of various departments including Home, Higher Education and Finance for many years. As Joint Secretary, Coal, he has been instrumental in developing systems by application of space technology for curbing the menace of illegal mining. He has academic bent of mind and while being in the service, he continued his pursuit of education and completed post-graduation in Economics and L.L.B. He also did his Master’s degree in Public Administration from Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse University in U.S.A. Shri Upadhyaya has been working as Additional Secretary & FA, Ministry of Power since 14th November 2019.

He does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

800 MW unit of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Project added to Installed Capacity of NTPC

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 800 MW unit of Darlipali Super Thermal Power Project has been added to Installed Capacity of NTPC on successful completion of Trial Operation.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 49695 MW and 58156 MW respectively.

This is to inform that in line with Clause 9 of the Code for Prevention of Insider Trading in the securities of NTPC read with Clause 4 of Schedule B of Regulation 9 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, Trading Window shall remain closed from 1st January 2020 till 48 hours after the declaration of unaudited financial results for the quarter and nine-month ended 31.12.2019.

The date of the Board Meeting in which results would be considered shall be intimated in due course.

During the closure of Trading Window, Insiders have been advised not to deal in the shares of NTPC.

On attaining the age of superannuation, Shri Susanta Kumar Roy has ceased to be Director (Projects) of NTPC Limited on 30.11.2019 (A/N).

Disclosure of Related Party Transactions for the period ending 30 September 2019...Click here to view.

250 MW unit of Barauni Thermal Power Station added to Installed Capacity of NTPC

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 250 MW unit of Barauni Thermal Power Station has been added to Installed Capacity of NTPC on successful completion of Trial Operation.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 48895 MW and 57356 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit-1 of 660 MW of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-II (2 x 660 MW) has been declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 07.11.2019.

With this, the commercial capacity of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group has become 1100 MW, 47985 MW and 56446 MW respectively.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.30 PM India time, on November 9, 2019, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. A.K.Gautam, Director (Finance), Mr. S. Roy, Director (Human Resources), Mr. A.K. Gupta, Director (Commercial), Mr. S. K. Roy, Director (Projects), Mr. Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and Mr. R.S.V.Muthumani, Executive Director (Finance)  will discuss the Company’s results for the 2nd quarter of the financial year 2019-20 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following may be contacted:

Swarnim Maheshwari 
Edelweiss Securities Ltd.
Tel. No.: +91 22 4040 7418
Fax. No.:+91 22 2286 4310
(swarnim.maheshwari@edelweissfin.com)

Regards
Aditya Dar
General Manager(Finance) 
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1018
Email:  adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power has,vide its Office Order No. 8/3/2019-Th-1 dated 18th October 2019, conveyed approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Anil Kumar Gautam, Chief Financial Officer, NTPC as Director (Finance) of NTPC Limited w.e.f. the date of his assumption of charge of post till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earlier.

Shri Anil Kumar Gautam has taken over the charge as Director (Finance), NTPC with effect from 18th October 2019.

Shri Anil Kumar Gautam is a Graduate in Commerce and a fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He is also a Law Graduate. He joined NTPC in the year 1984. He has over 34 years of rich experience in various aspects of Finance & Accounts in Power Sector including resource mobilization from domestic and international markets, long-term financial planning, taxation, budgeting, investment appraisals, investors services and regulatory affairs. He was also appointed as Chief Financial Officer w.e.f. 1st August 2019.

Shri Anil Kumar Gautam is holding 12370 shares of NTPC and he is not inter-se related with other directors on the Board of the Company.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 30.09.2019, is as under:

Disclosure under Regulation 7(2)(b) of SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015

Pursuant to Regulation 7(2)(b) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, please find attached the disclosure in Form C under Regulation 7(2)(a) of the aforesaid Regulations furnished by the Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, Government of India for off-market sale of 3,60,73,713 equity shares of NTPC through Bharat 22 ETF Scheme managed by ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited

The shareholding of President of India, Government of India in NTPC, after above sale, is 5,35,68,46,444 shares (54.14%).

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Capacity Addition of the following Units of NTPC.LTD

1. Unit -1 of 660 MW of Stage-II of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station (2x660MW)
2. Unit -1 of 660 MW of Khargone Super Thermal Power Station. (2x660MW)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit 1 of 660MW of Stage –II of Tanda Super Thermal Power Station (2x660 MW) and Unit 1 of 660MW of Khargone Super Thermal power Station (2x660MW) have been added to the Installed Capacity of NTPC.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 48645 MW and 57106 MW respectively.

Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit#1 (800 MW) of Lara Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 800 MW)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#1 of 800 MW of Lara Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 800 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 30.09.2019.

With this, the commercial capacity of Lara Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group will become 800 MW, 47325 MW and 55786 MW respectively.

This is to inform that in line with Clause 9 of the Code for Prevention of Insider Trading in the securities of NTPC read with Clause 4 of Schedule B of Regulation 9 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, Trading Window shall remain closed from 1st October 2019 till 48 hours after the declaration of unaudited financial results for the half-year and quarter ended 30.09.2019.

The date of the Board Meeting in which results would be considered shall be intimated in due course.

During the closure of Trading Window, Insiders have been advised not to deal in the shares of NTPC.

Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit#1 (660 MW) of Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project (3 x 660 MW) of Nabinagar Power Generating Co. Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#1 of 660 MW of Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project (3 x 660 MW) of Nabinagar Power Generating Co. Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 06.09.2019.

The Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (C&AG) has appointed the following firms of Chartered Accountants as the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company for the financial year 2019-20 vide their letter No./CA. V/COY/ CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, NTPC(7)/112 dated 01.08.2019:

1. M/s. S K Mehta & Co, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
2. M/s. S N Dhawan & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
3. M/s. Varma & Varma, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad
4. M/s. Parakh & Co, Chartered Accountants, Jaipur 
5. M/s. C K Prusty & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Bhubaneshwar
6. M/s. B C Jain & Co, Chartered Accountants, Kanpur
7. M/s. V K Jindal & Co, Chartered Accountants, Ranchi 

The above firm(s) of Chartered Accountants shall also be the Joint Statutory Auditors for Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year 2019-20 under Section 139 read with Section 129(4) of the Companies Act, 2013.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

The tenure of six months’ period of assignment of additional charge for the post of Director (Finance), NTPC Limited to Shri K. Sreekant, then Director (Finance) and now CMD, Power Grid Corporation India Limited (through Office Order no. 8/18/2017-Th-I dated 13.02.2019) has been completed on Sunday, 11th August 2019.

Accordingly, Shri K. Sreekant has ceased to be Director (Finance) of NTPC w.e.f. 12.08.2019.

NTPC Ltd. is hosting its 15^th Annual Analysts and Investors Meet on Monday, August 19, 2019 at Hotel Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai. CMD and Board of Directors of the Company will discuss the current state of the Company’s business and handle the queries from all spheres of Company’s business. You are cordially invited to attend the meet as per the attached programme. For details Click here

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

On attaining the age of superannuation, Shri P.K. Mohapatra has ceased to be Director (Technical) of NTPC on 31.07.2019 (A/N).

Consequent upon cessation of Shri Sudhir Arya as Chief Financial Officer of the Company w.e.f. 29.07.2019, Shri Anil Kumar Gautam, ED (Finance) has been designated as Chief Financial Officer of the Company with immediate effect. The terms and conditions of appointment including remuneration of Shri Anil Kumar Gautam shall be as per the existing policy of NTPC

Shri Anil Kumar Gautam (aged 57 years) is CMA, LLB and CS (Inter). He is on the board of NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited).

He has over 34 years of experience in the power sector in the area of project construction accounting, corporate accounts, resource mobilization from domestic and international markets, long-term financial planning, investment appraisals, formulation of capital budgets and regulatory affairs.

Consequent upon pre-mature retirement, Shri Sudhir Arya, Chief Financial Officer has been released from the services of the Company w.e.f. 29.07.2019 (A/N).

Pursuant to Ministry of Power’s Office Order No. 2/4/2019-Adm.II dated 12.07.2019 (received on 17.07.2019), Shri Anurag Agarwal, Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Power has been relieved of his duties in Ministry of Power on his premature repatriation.

Accordingly, Shri Anurag Agarwal (DIN: 01360908) has ceased to be the Director of NTPC w.e.f. 12.07.2019.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 30.06.2019, is as under:

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 1st unit of 660 MW of Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project (3x660 MW) of Nabinagar Power Generating Company Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary company of NTPC Limited) has been added to total installed capacity of NTPC group.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 55786 MW.

In line with Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that, NTPC has decided to raise Rs. 4,300 crore through private placement of secured non-convertible bonds in the nature of debentures at a coupon of 7.32% p.a. with a door to door maturity of 10 years on July 17, 2019. The proceeds will be utilized inter alia, to finance capital expenditure, refinancing the debt requirement in on-going projects and other general corporate requirements. The bonds are proposed to be listed on both NSE & BSE. Security for these bonds will be duly created as per the requirements of and within the period of time prescribed under, the Companies Act and rules specified therein.

These bonds are issued under the approval obtained through shareholders’ resolution on September 20, 2018.

Intimation regarding issue of duplicate shares:

Pursuant to Regulation 39(3) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we hereby inform that the following share certificates have been reported to be lost/ misplaced:

Name of the Shareholder: Ramesh Radheshyam Sonthalia
Folio No.: NTP9501038
No. of Shares: 350
Share Certificate No.: 1310413
Distinctive No.: 7737293326-7737293675

The holder of above share has applied for issue of duplicate share certificate in lieu of the original share certificate. The Company is in the process of issuing Duplicate Share Certificate to the above applicant.

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Appointment of Shri Anurag Agarwal, AS & FA, Ministry of Power as Government Nominee Director of NTPC:

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, through letter No. No. 20/08/2016-Coord.(Pt-V) dated 7th June 2019 has appointed Shri Anurag Agarwal, Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Power as Government Nominee Director on the Board of the Company, till the date of superannuation or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

Shri Anurag Agarwal [age: 53 years], [DIN:01360908], has been appointed as Government Nominee Director on the Board of the Company w.e.f. 1st July, 2019.

Shri Anurag Agarwal is an officer of Indian Administrative Service (Punjab Cadre, 1990 Batch). He has done B.Tech (Mechanical) from IIT Kanpur. During his career, he held various positions including Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, additional charge of CMD of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL), CMD of Punjab State Transmission Corporation Ltd, MD of Punjab Infrastructure Development Board, Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation, Punjab Civil Supplies Corporation etc. He also headed two Power Plants at Talwandi Sabo and Rajpura set up in PPP mode. Shri Agarwal has also worked for various projects of World Bank and UNDP.

He is not holding any shares in NTPC. He is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

NTPC wins 40 MW Solar capacities in UPNEDA’s 500 MW Tender.

We wish to inform that NTPC participated in the UPNEDA’s tender for 500 MW Solar capacity with two bids of 20 MW each at Auraiya and Rihand.

Reverse Auction was carried out on 25 June 2019 and NTPC has won entire 40 MW of Solar capacity bid by it at a levelised tariff of Rs. 3.02/kWh applicable for 25 years.

The above projects shall be set up by NTPC under EPC mode and shall add to the installed capacity of NTPC.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that three years’ tenure of Shri Seethapathy Chander as Independent Director (Non-Official Part-Time Director), appointed pursuant to office order No. 08/06/2013-Th.I dated 13.06.2016 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India on the Board of NTPC Limited, has been completed on 12.06.2019.

NTPC Limited (NTPC) has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) to incorporate a Joint Venture Company (JVC) between NTPC and POWERGRID with equity participation of 50:50 respectively with an objective to undertake the business for distribution of electricity in distribution circles in various States and Union Territories of India and other related activities. JVC shall be incorporated only after obtaining necessary approvals of the Government.

NTPC wins 160 MW Solar capacities in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) Rajasthan Tranche-II, 750MW Tender

We wish to inform that NTPC participated in the 750 MW tender floated by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for Rajasthan.

In the Reverse Auction held on 19.06.2019, NTPC has won 160 MW of Solar capacities at a levelised tariff of Rs.2.50/unit, applicable for 25 years.

This solar project shall be set up by NTPC under EPC mode and shall add to the installed capacity of NTPC.

Investment approval of 100 MW Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project, Phase-I

We wish to inform that investment approval has been accorded for 100 MW Ramagundam Floating Solar PV Project, Phase-I in District Peddapelli, Telangana.

Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit#1 (800 MW) of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 800 MW).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#1 of 800 MW of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station (2 x 800 MW) has been declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.06.2019.

With this, the commercial capacity of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group has become 800 MW, 46525 MW and 54326 MW respectively.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM India time on May 25, 2019, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K.Sreekant, Director (Finance), Mr. S. Roy, Director (Human Resources), Mr. A.K. Gupta, Director (Commercial), Mr. S. K. Roy, Director (Projects), Mr. P.K.Mohapatra, Director (Technical), Mr. Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and Mr. Sudhir Arya, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director (Finance) will discuss the Company’s results for the 4th quarter and the financial year 2018-19 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following may be contacted:

Harsh Dole
IIFL– Institutional Equities
Tel. No.: +91 22 4646 4660
(harsh.dole@iiflcap.com)

Regards
Aditya Dar
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1018
Email: adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Regulation 29 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (SEBI Listing Regulations, 2015), it is hereby intimated that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled to be held at New Delhi on Saturday, 25th May 2019 to, inter-alia, consider and approve the Annual Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year ended on March 31, 2019 after these results are reviewed by the Audit Committee of the Board as per Regulation 33 of the SEBI Listing Regulations, 2015. This Meeting shall also consider recommendation of final dividend for FY 2018-19, if any, subject to approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

Further, in terms of Code for Prevention of Insider Trading in the Securities of the Company, the Trading Window for transactions in the securities of the Company which were closed from April 4, 2019 shall remain closed until May 27, 2019 for Designated Persons and their immediate Relative(s) for the purpose of announcement of aforesaid results and recommendation of dividend. During the closure of Trading Window, Designated Persons and their immediate Relative(s) have been advised not to deal in the shares of NTPC....Click here to view

Corporate Disclosure: NTPC wins 100 MW Solar capacities in Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) 250 MW Tender for Dondaicha Solar Park, Maharashtra

We wish to inform that NTPC participated in the 250 MW tender floated by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for Dondaicha Solar Park, District: Dhule, Maharashtra.

In the Reverse Auction held on 14.05.2019, NTPC has won 100 MW of Solar capacities at a levelised tariff of Rs.2.91/unit, applicable for 25 years.

This solar project shall be set up by NTPC under EPC mode and shall add to the installed capacity of NTPC.

In line with Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that, NTPC has decided to raise Rs. 3,056.50 crore on May 3, 2019 through private placement of secured non-convertible bonds in the nature of debentures at a coupon of 7.93% p.a. with a door to door maturity of 3 years. The proceeds will be utilized inter alia, used to part meet the capex requirement, refinancing of existing loans, working capital and other general corporate requirements. The bonds are proposed to be listed on both NSE & BSE. Security for these bonds will be duly created as per the requirements of and within the period of time prescribed under, the Companies Act and rules specified therein.

Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit#1 (660 MW) of Meja Thermal Power Station Stage-I (2 x 660 MW) of Meja Urja Nigam (P) Ltd. (a JV company of NTPC Limited).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#1 of 660 MW of Meja Thermal Power Station Stage-I (2 x 660 MW) of Meja Urja Nigam (P) Ltd. (a JV company of NTPC Limited) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 30.04.2019.

Pursuant to Ministry of Power’s Office Order No. 2/2/2016-Adm.II dated 22.04.2019 (received on 25.04.2019), Ms. Archana Agrawal, Joint Secretary (Thermal), Ministry of Power has been relieved on her posting as Member Secretary, National Capital Region Planning Board, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Accordingly, Ms. Archana Agrawal (DIN: 02105906) has ceased to be the Director of NTPC w.e.f. 22.04.2019.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 31.03.2019, is as under:

Clarification on News Item "NTPC- Simhadri setting up floating solar Power Plant"

This is with reference to clarification sought from the company on recent news item appearing in Newspaper-Business Line - Sources dated 30-Mar-2019, titled "NTPC- Simhadri setting up floating solar Power Plant". Our point-wise replies to clarification sought are as follows:

a)      Whether such event stated in published news were taking place? If so, you are advised to provide the said information along with the sequence of events in chronological order.

Reply:   Company is planning to setup a 25 MW floating solar power plant at Simhadri and this project is under tendering stage.

b)      The material impact of this article on the Company.

Reply: There is no material impact of this article on the company. It is pertinent to mention here that NTPC Group has a commercial capacity of 52866 MW. 

c) Whether company are aware of any information that has not been announced to the Exchanges under Regulation 30 of Listing Regulations. If so, you are advised to provide the said information and the reasons for not disclosing the same to the Exchange earlier as required under Regulation 30 of the Listing Regulations.

Reply: No.

Capacity Addition of 1st Unit of 800 MW of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project (2x800 MW)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that pursuant to change in procedure for capacity addition notified by CEA, 1st unit of 800 MW of Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project (2x800 MW) has been added to total installed capacity of NTPC. 

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 47325 MW and 55126 MW respectively. 

Declaration of Commercial Operation of Pakri Barwadih Coal Mine

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that based on achievement of approved norms; Pakri Barwadih Coal Mine of NTPC Limited is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 01.04.2019.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#2 of 660 MW of Solapur Super Thermal Power Station (2 X 660 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 30.03.2019.

With this, the commercial capacity of Solapur Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group would become 1320 MW, 45725 MW and 52866 MW respectively.

Issue of U.S.D denominated 3.75% USD 450,000,000 Notes due 2024 payable in U.S. Dollars (“Notes”) issued pursuant to USD 6,000,000,000 medium term note programme by NTPC Limited

In accordance with corporate disclosures required under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that NTPC Limited has launched and priced an issue of 3.75% U.S.D 450,000,000 notes due 2024 on March 26, 2019. The Notes carry a coupon of 3.75 % per annum payable semi-annually. The Notes are expected to be settled by April 3, 2019. The Notes will mature on April 3, 2024 and all principal and interest payments will be made in U.S. Dollars.

The Notes represent direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of NTPC Limited and will rank pari passu among themselves and all other unsecured obligations of NTPC Limited. The Notes will be listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, India International Exchange (IFSC) Limited and NSE IFSC Limited.

The net proceeds from issue of Notes will be applied to finance capital expenditure of ongoing and/or new power projects, coal mining projects, acquisition of power projects and renovation and modernisation of power stations of NTPC Limited in accordance with applicable Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines in relation to external commercial borrowings. Further, the use of proceeds will be for projects only in India.

Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit#3 (250 MW) of Bongaigaon Thermal Power Project (3 X 250 MW).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#3 of 250 MW of Bongaigaon Thermal Power Project (3 X 250 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 26.03.2019.

With this, the commercial capacity of Bongaigaon Thermal Power Project, NTPC and NTPC group would become 750 MW, 45065 MW and 52206 MW respectively.

We wish to inform that Unit#3 of 250 MW of Nabinagar Thermal Power Project (4 X 250 MW) of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Ltd. (BRBCL), a subsidiary of NTPC Limited has been declared on commercial operation w.e.f 14:00 Hrs of 20.02.2019.

With this, the commercial capacity of BRBCL and NTPC group has become 750 MW and 51956 MW respectively.

Ministry of Power, through its Office Order No. 8/18/2017-Th-I dated 13.02.2019, has assigned the additional charge to the post of Director (Finance), NTPC Limited to Shri K. Sreekant, Director (Finance), Power Grid Corporation India Limited for a period of six (6) months w.e.f. 12.2.2019 or till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

The Board has, through Circular Resolution, appointed Shri K. Sreekant as Director (Finance), NTPC Limited on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 12.2.2019.

Shri K. Sreekant (DIN: 06615674) (aged 55 years) is CMA and PGDM (Finance) from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He is currently Director (Finance) of Power Grid Corporation India Limited (PGCIL).

He has over 33 years of experience in the power sector involving all facets of Finance & Accounting function and in particular, Long Term Financial Planning, Investment Appraisals, formulation of Capital Budgets, Resource Mobilization from domestic and international markets and Corporate Accounts.

He was assigned the additional charge of Director (Finance) of NTPC Limited earlier by the Ministry of Power from 19.3.2018 to 2.11.2018.

He holds 425 shares in NTPC. He is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM India time on January 30, 2019, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. S. Roy, Director (Human Resources & Finance), Mr. A.K. Gupta, Director (Commercial), Mr. S. K. Roy, Director (Projects) Mr. P.K.Mohapatra, Director (Technical), Mr. Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and Mr. Sudhir Arya, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director (Finance) will discuss the Company’s results for 3rd quarter of the financial year 2018-19 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Rahul Modi
ICICI Securities Ltd.  
Tel. No.: +91 22 6637 7373
(Rahul.modi@icicisecurities.com

Regards

Aditya Dar

General Manager(Finance)

Investor Services Department

Tel No. 011 2436 7072

Fax No. 011 2436 0849

Email: adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 31.12.2018, is as under:

In line with Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that, NTPC has decided to raise Rs. 4,000 crore through private placement of secured non-convertible bonds in the nature of debentures at a coupon of 8.30% p.a. with a door to door maturity of 10 years, on January 15, 2019. The proceeds will be utilized to finance capital expenditure / refinancing the debt requirement in on-going projects and other general corporate requirements. The bonds are proposed to be listed on both NSE & BSE. Security for these bonds will be duly created as per the requirements of and within the period of time prescribed under, the Companies Act and rules specified therein.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that pursuant to Order No. 8/18/2017-Th.I dated 04.01.2019 of Ministry of Power, consequent upon the completion of tenure of Shri Kulamani Biswal, Director (Finance), NTPC on 08.12.2018, Shri Saptarshi Roy, Director (HR), NTPC will hold the additional charge of the post of Director (Finance) of NTPC Limited for a period of three (3) months with immediate effect or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Investment approval of 140 MW Bilhaur and 20 MW Auraiya Solar PV Project

In continuation of our disclosure dated 11.10.2018 with regard to winning of 160 MW Solar capacities in Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency’s Solar Tender, we wish to inform that investment approval has been accorded for Bilhaur Solar PV Project of 140 MW capacity and Auraiya Solar PV Project of 20 MW capacity.

Pursuant to Regulation 7(2)(b) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, please find attached the disclosure in Form C under Regulation 7(2)(a) of the aforesaid Regulations by Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, Government of India for off-market sale of 23,40,12,589 shares of NTPC through third Further Fund Offer managed by Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Limited (AMC).

The shareholding of President of India, Government of India in NTPC, after above sale, is 58.93%.

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In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#6 of 500 MW capacity of Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station has been synchronized with grid after boiler restoration.

In continuation of our disclosure dated 15 May 2018, we wish to inform that NTPC Limited has acquired Barauni Thermal Power Station (720 MW) in District Begusarai, Bihar from Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited effective 00:00 hours on December 15, 2018. The 720 MW coal-based power station has 2 units of 110 MW each (under R&M) and 2 units of 250 MW each (Under Construction). The units of the power station will be progressively put under commercial operation. The project has linked Badam Coal Block, which is also part of the transfer scheme.

Transfer of Barauni Thermal Power Station has been completed by NTPC and BSPGCL in accordance with the ‘The Bihar Power Generation Undertakings Transfer Scheme 2018’ notified by Government of Bihar on June 27, 2018 and amendment dated December 14, 2018.

100% capacity of the project is tied up through Power Purchase Agreement with Bihar Power Discoms.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that pursuant to Order No. 8/6/2012-Th-I dated 5.12.2013, five years’ tenure of Shri Kulamani Biswal as Director on the Board of NTPC Limited was completed on 8th December 2018 (A/N).

NTPC wins 85 MW Solar capacities in Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency’s (UPNEDA) 550 MW Solar Tender In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC participated in the 550 MW tender floated by Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) for grid-connected Solar projects.

In the Reverse Auction held on 03.12.2018, NTPC has participated for 85 MW Solar capacities and has won the entire capacity bid by it, at a levelised tariff of Rs.3.02/unit, applicable for 25 years.

The above 85 MW of solar projects shall be set up by NTPC and shall add to the installed capacity of NTPC.

As per office order No. 20/06/2017-Coord. dated 22.11.2018 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has re-appointed Dr. Gauri Trivedi, Ex-IAS Officer, as Independent Director (Non-Official Independent Director) on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of one year with effect from the date of completion of her existing tenure, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

The Board has, through Circular Resolution, re-appointed Dr. Gauri Trivedi as Independent Director (Non-Official Independent Director) on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 16.11.2018.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that three years’ tenure of Dr. Gauri Trivedi, Ex-IAS Officer, as Independent Director (Non-Official Part-Time Director), appointed pursuant to office order No. 08/06/2013-Th.I dated 16.11.2015 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India on the Board of NTPC Limited, has been completed on 15.11.2018.

In continuation with our disclosure made on 15th December 2017, this is to inform that Hon’ble Delhi High Court had vide its judgement dated 31st October 2018, quashed and set aside the order of Ministry of Power dated 14th December 2017 regarding suspension of Shri Kulamani Biswal, Director (Finance), NTPC. Pursuant to the above judgement, Shri Kulamani Biswal has reported for duty on 3rd November, 2018.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM IST on November 2, 2018, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K.Sreekant, Director (Finance), Mr. S. Roy, Director (Human Resources), Mr. A.K. Gupta, Director (Commercial), Mr. S.K. Roy, Director (Projects), Mr. P.K.Mohapatra, Director (Technical), Mr. Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and Mr. Sudhir Arya, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director (Finance) will discuss the Company’s results for 2nd quarter of the financial year 2018-19 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Mr.Sanjay Jain
Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.
Tel. No.: +91 22 6129 1523
(sanjayjain@motilaloswal.com)

Regards

Aditya Dar

General Manager(Finance)

Investor Services Department

Tel No. 011 2436 7072

Fax No. 011 2436 0849

Email: adityadar@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 30.09.2018, is as under:

Closure of BTPS: In line with the corporate disclosure requirement under Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, we wish to inform that operations of Badarpur Thermal Power Station, New Delhi having total installed capacity of 705 MW shall be discontinued w.e.f. 15th October 2018.

NTPC wins 160 MW Solar capacities in Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency’s (UPNEDA) 500 MW Solar Tender In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC participated in the 500 MW tender floated by Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) for grid-connected Solar projects.

In the Reverse Auction held on 10.10.18, NTPC has participated for 160 MW Solar capacities and has won the entire capacity bid by it, comprising 140 MW at a levelised tariff of Rs.3.17/unit and 20 MW at a levelised tariff of Rs.3.21/unit, applicable for 25 years.

The above 160 MW of solar projects shall be set up by NTPC and shall add to the installed capacity of NTPC.

(i) Appointment of Shri K. Sreekant, Director (Finance), PGCIL as Director (Finance) of NTPC

In continuance of our disclosure dated 28.03.2018, it is informed that Ministry of Power, through its Office Order No. 8/18/2017-Th.1 dated 27th August 2018, has assigned the additional charge to the post of Director (Finance), NTPC Limited to Shri K. Sreekant (DIN: 06615674), Director (Finance), Power Grid Corporation India Limited for a further period of six months w.e.f. 19.09.2018 or till the appointment of a regular incumbent, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

(ii) Investment approval of Talcher Thermal Power Project, Stage-III (2x660 MW)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that the Board of Directors of the Company had, in its Meeting held on 8th September 2018, accorded investment approval for Talcher Thermal Power Project, Stage-III (2x660 MW) at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 9785.79 crore.

Corporate Disclosure: Declaration of Commercial Operation of Unit#3 (800 MW) of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project Stage-I (3 X 800 MW)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#3 of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal  Project, Stage-I (3 X 800 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 15.09.2018.

With this, the commercial capacity of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project, NTPC and NTPC group would become 2400 MW, 45300 MW and 52191 MW respectively.

42nd Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Company will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 10.30 A.M. at Manekshaw Centre, Parade Road, New Delhi – 110010. 

Pursuant to Part A (A 12) of Schedule III to Regulation 30 and Part B (A 15) of Schedule III to Regulation 51 (2) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a copy of the Annual Report of the Company for the year 2017-18, containing the Notice of the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held on Thursday, September 20, 2018, Financial Statements for the year ending March 31, 2018, Independent Auditors’ Report thereon, Directors’ Report are enclosed for your reference and record. The same is also being e-mailed to NSE and BSE at annualreports@nse.co.in and corp.relations@bseindia.com respectively and uploaded on NEAPS and BSE Listing Centre.

Pursuant to Regulation 42 (1) of the aforesaid Regulations and Section 91 of the Companies Act, 2013, it is hereby intimated that the Register of Members and Share Transfer Books of the Company will remain closed from September 8, 2018 to September 20, 2018 (both days inclusive). The final dividend on equity shares, as recommended by the Board of Directors, if declared at the Annual General Meeting, will be paid on October 1, 2018 to the Members whose names appear on the Company’s Register of Members on September 20, 2018 in respect of physical shares. In respect of dematerialized shares, the dividend will be payable to the “beneficial owners” of the shares whose names appear in the Statement of Beneficial Ownership furnished by National Securities Depository Limited and Central Depository Services (India) Limited as at the close of business hours on September 7, 2018.

This is also to inform that remote e-voting period will commence on September 17, 2018 (9:00 a.m.) and will end on September 19, 2018 (5:00 p.m.). During this period, only those members of the Company, holding shares either in electronic or physical mode, as on the cut-off date i.e. September 14, 2018, shall be entitled to cast their vote.

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Pursuant to Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, through letter No . 20/08/2016-Coord (Pt-V) dated 30th  July 2018 has appointed Ms. Archana Agrawal (DIN: 02105906), Joint Secretary, (Thermal), Ministry of Power as Government Nominee Director on the Board of the Company in place of Shri Aniruddha Kumar till superannuation  or till further orders, whichever is earlier.

Ms. Archana Agrawal has been appointed as Government Nominee Director by the Board of Directors w.e.f. 7th August, 2018.

Ms Archana Agrawal (Aged 51 years) is a 1990 batch, Indian Administrative Services Officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. She holds a Post Graduate Degree in Political Science, Master degree in Business Administration with specialization in Financial Management and Bachelor degree in Arts in History, Public Administration and Political Science. In addition, she has been well trained in diverse areas of Public administration and Management in a number of reputed national and international institutions.

During her illustrious career as an IAS officer, she has held various key administrative positions in Uttar Pradesh Government like:-

• Principal Secretary - GAD and Dairy Development
• Secretary – Infrastructure & Investment, Industries, Taxation, Co-ordination.
• Commissioner – Transport, Food & Civil Supplies, Food Safety and Drugs, Milk Commissioner.
• Managing Director – PICUP, Udyog Bandhu, PCDF
• Project Coordinator- Diversified Agriculture Support Project (World Bank funded)
• Special Secretary – Industrial Development and Education Departments
• Vice Chairman – Varanasi Development Authority, Faizabad – Ayodhya Development Authority
• Distt. Magistrate –Sultanpur, Faizabad
• Chief Development Officer -Faizabad, Agra, Mainpuri

She does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

The Board of Directors has appointed Ms. Nandini Sarkar (FCS No. 4977) as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer w.e.f. 1st August, 2018 consequent upon superannuation of Shri K.P.Gupta w.e.f. 31st July, 2018. 

Ms. Nandini Sarkar has done B.Com.(Hons.) from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. She is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Ms.Sarkar is also a member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. She joined NTPC as Finance Executive Trainee in 1987 and has worked in various capacities in the area of finance, company law & listing compliances, Board related matters and systems of Delegation of Power for executives. 

As Company Secretary, Ms. Nandini Sarkar shall be responsible, including but not limited to, for functions of Company Secretary as per the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, other Regulations and Rules, amendment(s) thereto and any other responsibility assigned to her by the Management from time to time.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

In pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power acting on behalf of the President of India, through letter No. 20/6/2017-Coord. dated 17.07.2018, has appointed the following incumbents as Non-Official Independent Directors on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years with effect from the date of notification of their appointment or until further orders, whichever is earlier:

(i)    Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay 
(ii)    Dr. Bhim Singh 

Pursuant to Article 41A of the Articles of Association of NTPC and Section 161(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of NTPC has appointed the above incumbents as Additional Directors (Independent Directors) in its Meeting held on 28.07.2018. Their appointment shall be with effect from 30.07.2018, i.e. with effect from the date of obtaining their Director Identification Number.

The brief profile of the newly appointed Independent Directors are as under:

(i)    Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay [aged 62 years], [DIN:08189583], a Senior Advocate in Supreme Court is a post graduate in English, post graduate in History and LL.M. He did Part-time research in the School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi and obtained Ph.D.in law. He started practice of law in the District and Subordinate Courts of Thiruvananthapuram in 1987 and later shifted to High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam in 1990. Subsequently he shifted practice to Delhi in 2005.  Presently, he appears mainly before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India. He had worked as Part-time and visiting faculty of the Law Colleges of different Universities in Kerala at different periods of time. He had been a resource person for the training programme of Judicial Officers in National Judicial Academy, Bhopal. Now, he is an approved Guide for Ph. D. in the National University for Advanced Legal Studies in Kochi and two Assistant Professors are doing research under him. He was elected to the Bar Council of Kerala twice and for one term, he was the Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council of Kerala.

He was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala in 2009.  As a lawyer, he had been attending matters relating to Civil, Criminal, Constitutional and Corporate jurisdiction. He had conducted a number of Public Interest Litigations before the Hon’ble High Court of Kerala and Hon’ble Supreme Court of India.  In the Supreme Court, he had been on the panel of lawyers of the National Textile Corporation. He had also been in the Senior Panel of Central Government and Maharashtra Government in the Supreme Court.  He was also actively involved in socio-political organisations and have held positions of responsibility.

Dr. K.P. Kylasanatha Pillay does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company. 

(ii)    Dr. Bhim Singh, [aged 62 years], [DIN: 08189580], is B.E. (Electrical) from the University of Roorkee, UP, M.Tech. (Power Apparatus & Systems) and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. In 1983, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Roorkee (Now IIT Roorkee), as a Lecturer. He became a Reader there in 1988. In December 1990, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India, as an Assistant Professor, where he has become an Associate Professor in 1994 and a Professor in 1997. He has been ABB Chair Professor from September 2007 to September 2012. He has also been CEA Chair Professor from October 2012 to September 2017. He has been Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi from July 2014 to August 2016. Since, August 2016, he is the Dean, Academics at IIT Delhi. He is JC Bose Fellow of DST, Government of India since December 2015.

Prof. Singh has guided 70 Ph.D. dissertations, and 167 M.E./M.Tech./M.S.(R) theses. He has been filed 33 patents. He has executed more than eighty sponsored and consultancy projects. He has co-authored a text book on power quality: Power Quality Problems and Mitigation Techniques published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2015.

His areas of interest include solar PV grid interface systems, microgrids, power quality monitoring and mitigation, solar PV water pumping systems, improved power quality AC-DC converters, power electronics, electrical machines, drives, flexible alternating transmission systems, and high voltage direct current systems.

He has received Khosla Research Prize of University of Roorkee in the year 1991. He is recipient of JC Bose and Bimal K Bose awards of The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) for his contribution in the field of Power Electronics. He is also a recipient of Maharashtra State National Award of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) in recognition of his outstanding research work in the area of Power Quality. He has received PES Delhi Chapter Outstanding Engineer Award for the year 2006. Professor Singh has received Khosla National Research Award of IIT Roorkee in the year 2013. He is a recipient of Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award-2014 in the field of Engineering including Energy & Aerospace. Professor Singh has received IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award-2017. He is also a recipient of “Faculty Research Award as a Most Outstanding Researcher” in the field of Engineering-2018 of Careers-360, India.

Dr. Bhim Singh does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company. 

We would also like to mention that after the appointment of above Independent Directors, NTPC has seven Functional Directors including CMD, one Part-time Director, two Government Nominee Directors and nine Independent Directors on its Board. Thus, NTPC is compliant with Regulation 17 (1) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Invitation to 14^th Annual Analyst and Investors Meet of NTPC Ltd.

NTPC Ltd. is hosting its 14^th Annual Analyst and Investors Meet on Wednesday, August 1,2018 at Hotel Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai. CMD and Board of Directors of the Company will discuss the current state of the Company’s business and handle the queries from all spheres of Company’s business. You are cordially invited to attend the meet as per the attached programme. For details Click here

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Limited is hosting its 14th Annual Analysts and Investors Meet on 1st August 2018 at Mumbai, wherein CMD and Board of Directors of the company will interact with the Analysts and Investors.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending 30.06.2018, is as under:

Acquisition of stake of Bihar State Power Generation Co. Ltd. (BSPGCL) in Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUN) & Nabinagar Power Generating Company Pvt. Limited (NPGC)

In continuation of our disclosure dated 15.05.2018 with regard to MoU with Government of Bihar (GoB) and Bihar power utilities, we wish to inform that NTPC has acquired 27.36% equity of BSPGCL in Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUN) which owns 610 MW Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station and 50% equity of BSPGCL in Nabinagar Power Generating Company Pvt. Limited (NPGC) which is developing 1980 MW Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project in district Aurangabad, Bihar.

With this acquisition, KBUN and NPGC are now wholly owned subsidiaries of NTPC.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM India time on May 28, 2018, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K.Sreekant, Director (Finance), Mr. S.K. Roy, Director (Projects), Mr. P.K.Mohapatra, Director (Technical), Mr. Prakash Tiwari, Director (Operations) and Mr. Sudhir Arya, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director will discuss the Company’s results for 4^th quarter and financial year 2017-18 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Mr.Charanjit Singh / Mr.Ashwani Sharma

Batlivala & Karani Securities India Pvt. Ltd. 

Tel. No.: +91 22 4031 7263/ 4031 7270

(charanjit.singh@bksec.com / ashwani.sharma@bksec.com)
 

Regards

Aditya Dar

General Manager(Finance)

Investor Services Department

Tel  No. 011 2436 7072

Fax No. 011 2436 0849

Email:  adityadar@ntpc.co.in

MoU with Government of Bihar (GoB) and Bihar power utilities

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC has signed a MoU with GoB and Bihar power utilities on May 15, 2018 for acquisition of 720 MW Barauni Thermal Power Station (BTPS), acquisition of 27.36% equity of BSPGCL in Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (KBUN) which owns 610 MW Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station and acquisition of 50% equity of BSPGCL in Nabinagar Power Generating Company Pvt. Limited (NPGC) which is developing 1980 MW Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project in district Aurangabad, Bihar.

Aforesaid transactions are envisaged to be completed through notification of a Statutory Transfer Scheme by Govt. of Bihar. Post transaction, BTPS will become part of NTPC portfolio and KBUN and NPGC will become wholly owned subsidiaries of NTPC.

Commissioning of 1st unit of 660 MW of Meja Thermal Power Project (2x660 MW) of Meja Urja Nigam Pvt. Ltd. (a JV company of NTPC Limited)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 1st unit of 660 MW of Meja Thermal Power Project (2x660 MW) of Meja Urja Nigam Pvt. Ltd. (a JV company of NTPC Limited) has been commissioned on 31.03.2018.

With this, the total commissioned capacity of NTPC group has become 53651 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

Ministry of Power, through its Office Order No. 8/18/2017-Th-1 dated 28.03.2018, has assigned the additional charge to the post of Director (Finance), NTPC Limited to Shri Kandikuppa Sreekant, Director (Finance), Power Grid Corporation India Limited for a period of 6 months w.e.f. 19.03.2018 or till the appointment of a regular incumbent or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Shri K. Sreekant (DIN: 06615674) (aged 54 years) is CMA and PGDM (Finance) from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He is currently whole-time Director (Finance) of Power Grid Corporation India Limited (PGCIL).

He has over 32 years of experience in the power sector involving all facets of Finance & Accounting function and in particular, Long Term Financial Planning, Investment Appraisals, formulation of Capital Budgets, Resource Mobilization from domestic and international markets and Corporate Accounts.

He holds 425 shares in NTPC. He is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

Commissioning of 1st Unit of 800 MW of Lara Super Thermal Power Project (Stage-I: 2x800 MW)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 1st unit of 800 MW of Lara Super Thermal Power Project (Stage-I: 2x800 MW) has been commissioned on 23.03.2018.

With this, the total commissioned capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 46100 MW and 52991 MW respectively.

NTPC Strikes Coal at Dulanga Coal Mine

This is to inform that company has begun extraction of coal from its Dulanga coal mine located in the state of Odisha.

In accordance with corporate disclosures required under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that the Issuer has launched an issue of U.S.$ 400,000,000 4.50 per cent notes due 2028 priced on March 12, 2018. The Notes carry a coupon of 4.50 % per annum payable semi-annually. The Notes will mature on March 19, 2028 and principal and interest payments will be made in U.S. Dollars.

The Notes represent direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu among themselves and all other unsecured obligations of the Issuer. The Notes will be listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited and India International Exchange IFSC Limited.

The net proceeds from each issue of Notes will be applied by the Issuer to finance capital expenditure of ongoing and/or new power projects, coal mining projects, and renovation and modernisation of power stations of the Issuer in accordance with the Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines in relation to external commercial borrowings. The use of proceeds will be for projects only in India.

This is for the information of your members and all concerned and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 3rd unit of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station (3 x 800 MW) has been commissioned on 12.03.2018.

With this, the total commissioned capacity of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group has become 2400 MW, 45300 MW and 52191 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#1 & 2 (2 x 4 MW) of Singrauli Small Hydro Electric Power Project has been declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 05.03.2018.

With this, total commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 44500 MW and 51391 MW respectively.

Further to our letter dated 01.12.2017 on the above subject, this is to inform that in terms of the Regulation 7 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations 2015, tripartite agreement between NTPC Limited (the Company), M/s Karvy Computershare Pvt. Limited (the previous RTA) and M/s Alankit Assignments Limited (the New RTA) has been executed on 23.01.2018 and the same has been placed before the meeting of the Board of Directors held today i.e.31.01.2018.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

• In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Office Order No.8/4/2016-Th.1 dated 30th January 2018 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Prasant Kumar Mohapatra, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (Technical) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Shri Prasant Kumar Mohapatra has taken over the charge as Director (Technical), NTPC with effect from 31st January 2018.

Shri Prasant Kumar Mohapatra (DIN: 07800722) (aged 58 years) graduated in Mechanical Engineering from REC Rourkela in the year 1980. He joined NTPC in 1980 as an Executive Trainee and has more than 37 years of experience from concept to commissioning of power plants. Sh. Mohapatra started his career with Corporate Engineering Department and later moved to Talcher Super Thermal Plant where he served in Mechanical Erection and Turbine Maintenance. As Head of Maintenance and later on as head of O&M, he spearheaded several critical R&M activities at Talcher Thermal Power Plant. As head of O&M at Vindhyachal (3260MW), he was responsible for commissioning of new units as well as R&M of 200MW units.

Sh. Mohapatra served as Business Unit Head at Kawas Gas Project, Sipat, Kahalgaon and Ramagundam. It was under his leadership that the first three 660MW super-critical units of NTPC were commissioned and declared commercial within a short span of 10 months. He had also headed Western Region –II of NTPC where he handled large portfolio of coal based and solar based plants both under construction and operation stages. Prior to joining the NTPC board, he worked as ED (Technical) at the Corporate Centre.

As Director (Technical), Shri Mohapatra shall be responsible for investment approval of projects, complete engineering during the development of the project, engineering support during O&M phase of the station and engineering for R&M of NTPC’s aged power stations for enhancing life and efficiency of power plant, for the entire portfolio of NTPC i.e Thermal, Hydro, Renewable. He shall also be responsible for R & D activities through NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology and Research Alliance), information technology function and Enterprise Resource Planning.

Shri Mohapatra is also Part-Time Director on the Board of Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited and Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited

Shri Prasant Kumar Mohapatra holds 5812 shares of NTPC. He is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

• In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Office Order No.8/5/2017-Th.1 dated 30th January 2018 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Prakash Tiwari, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (Operations) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Shri Prakash Tiwari has taken over the charge as Director (Operations), NTPC with effect from 31st January 2018.

Shri Prakash Tiwari, (DIN: 08003157) (aged about 58 years), Director (Operations) NTPC, is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from NIT Raipur. He joined NTPC as 6th batch Executive Trainee in 1981. He has an illustrious career spanning over 37 years of outstanding contribution in management of large size plants in the area of power plant operation & maintenance and in project construction as a Professional Manager, Strategic Planner and a Business Leader. He has led several initiatives for achieving operational excellence of Plants.

Shri Tiwari’s experience in power sector includes more than 7 years at senior management level as a “Business Unit Head” of NTPC Stations i.e Unchahar, Korba and Solapur. Prior to elevation to the post of Director (Operations), he was working as ED (Operations) & was looking after all activities related to operation of NTPC power plants.

Shri Tiwari is also Part-Time Director on the Board of NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Ltd. (NTECL) and Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Ltd. (KBUNL).

As Director (Operations), NTPC, he shall be responsible for overall planning for smooth & safe operation of all NTPC power generating stations of more than 51000 MW capacity and also for fuel security & environment compliance of all Power Plants.

Shri Tiwari does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.30 PM India time on January 31, 2018, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. S. Roy, Director (Human Resources & Finance), Mr. A.K. Gupta, Director (Commercial & Operations), Mr. S. K. Roy, Director (Projects) and Mr. Sudhir Arya, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director will discuss the Company’s results for 3rd quarter of financial year 2017-18 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Rahul Modi
ICICI Securities Ltd. 
Tel. No.: +91 22 6637 7373
(Rahul.modi@icicisecurities.com)


Regards
Aditya Dar
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 0849
Email:  adityadar@ntpc.co.in
 

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Office Order No.8/7/2016-Th.I dated 18th January 2018 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Susanta Kumar Roy, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (Projects) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years with effect from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Shri Susanta Kumar Roy has taken over the charge as Director (Projects), NTPC with effect from 19th January 2018.

Shri Susanta Kumar Roy (DIN: 07940997) (aged 58 years) is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from REC, Durgapur. He joined NTPC in 1981 as Executive Trainee. He is having more than 36 years of experience in large size coal power Stations in the area of operation, maintenance and project construction. He was associated in managing largest station of the country at Vindhyachal. He has worked at Korba, Unchahar, Singrauli, Rihand and Vindhyachal stations.

Shri Roy’s experience in power sector include 10 years of senior management level as O&M Head and Business Unit Head of NTPC’s largest stations at Korba and Vindhyachal.

He has also worked as Executive Director (Operation Services) at Corporate Centre and was responsible for operation and maintenance of entire operating capacity of NTPC (51000+MW) including thermal, hydro and renewable to meet almost 20% generating capacity of the country.

As Director (Projects), he shall be responsible for planning and implementation of pre-award and post-award activities related to Thermal, Hydro and international JVs, analyzing and identifying bottlenecks and critical issues and suggesting corrective actions for their timely resolution.

Shri Susanta Kumar Roy holds 4715 shares of NTPC. He is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending on 31.12.2017, is as under:

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#2 of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal Project, Stage-I (3 X 800 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 31.12.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project, NTPC and NTPC group would become 1600 MW, 44492 MW and 51383 MW respectively.

This is with reference to our disclosure dated 03.05.2016 regarding addition of 325 MW capacity of Patratu Thermal Power Station of PVUNL to NTPC’s Group Capacity.

Based on the decision of the Board of Directors of PVUNL, Central Electricity Authority has deleted capacity of PVUNL units from the database of All India Installed Capacity.

Accordingly, NTPC Group’s installed Capacity is revised from 51708 MW to 51383 MW and Group’s Commercial Capacity stands revised from 50908 MW to 50583 MW.

NTPC has been informed by the Ministry of Power, Government of India vide order dated 14^th December, 2017 that the competent authority, in exercise of the powers conferred under NTPC Conduct Discipline and Appeal Rule 1977, has placed Shri Kulamani Biswal, Director (Finance), NTPC under suspension with immediate effect.

This is to inform that NTPC Limited has appointed M/s Alankit Assignments Limited, Alankit Heights,1E/13,Jhandewalan Extension, New-Delhi-110055 as Registrar & Share Transfer Agent of the company with effect from 1st December 2017 in place of M/s Karvy Computershare Pvt. Limited, Hyderabad.

Further, in terms of the Regulation 7, a tripartite agreement between NTPC Limited, M/s Karvy Computershare Pvt. Limited and M/s Alankit Assignments Limited is being executed and shall be intimated to you shortly.

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We wish to inform you that Ministry of Power, Government of India has informed NTPC vide their letter dated 24.11.2017 (letter attached) regarding sale of its equity shareholding in NTPC Limited.

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We wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning, 50 MW (25 X 2 MW) Rojmal Wind Project at Rojmal, Gujarat is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs. of 10.11.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC would become 43692 MW and that of NTPC Group would become 50908 MW.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

This is to inform that Unit#6 (500 MW) of Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station, Raebareli,U.P.,is under shutdown after an accident in the evening of 01.11.2017. The other five units of the station are operating normally.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Shri Kaushal Kishore Sharma has ceased to be Director (Operations) of NTPC Limited on attaining superannuation on 31.10.2017 (A/N).

We wish to inform that Unit#2 of 250 MW of Bongaigaon Thermal Power Project (3 X 250 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.11.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC would become 43642 MW and that of NTPC Group would become 50858 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to keep you informed on the following:

(i) Cessation of Independent Director

Shri Rajesh Jain, Managing Director, netCore Solutions Private Limited, who was appointed as Independent Director of NTPC w.e.f. 18.11.2015 has tendered his resignation on 10.10.2017 for his personal reasons. His resignation was noted by the Board in its Meeting held on 24.10.2017.

(ii) Appointment of Independent Directors

As per Notification no. 1/38/96-PG (Vol-III) dated 08.09.2017 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has appointed the following incumbents as Part-Time Non-Official Directors (Independent Directors) on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years with effect from the date of notification of their appointment or until further orders, whichever is earlier:

(i)    Shri M.P. Singh
(ii)   Shri Pradeep Kumar Deb
(iii)  Shri Shashi Shekhar
(iv)  Shri Subhash Joshi
(v)   Shri Vinod Kumar 

Pursuant to Article 41A of the Articles of Association of NTPC and Section 161(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of NTPC has appointed the above incumbents as Additional Directors (Independent Directors) in its Meeting held on 24.10.2017.

The brief profile of the newly appointed Independent Directors are as under:

(i) Shri M.P. Singh, (DIN:07937931), aged 62 years is M.Com and Chartered Accountant. He has wide and varied experience since 1988 in the field of accountancy, financial review and analyser.

Shri M.P. Singh does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

(ii) Shri Pradeep Kumar Deb, IAS (DIN: 03424714), aged 64 years, has a Master Degree in Physics from St. Stephens College, Delhi University. He started his career as a Probationary officer in the State Bank of India before switching to the Indian Administrative Service in 1977. In his 37 years as an IAS officer, he had held a number of posts of crucial importance in the State of Rajasthan and in Government of India in diverse areas like Finance and Taxation, Human Resources, Agriculture and Irrigation, Home Affairs among others, before retiring as Secretary, Department of Sports in the Government of India in 2013. Prior to this posting, he was Additional Chief Secretary, Home Affairs of the Government of Rajasthan. Shri Deb considers Finance and Human Resource Development as his areas of special interest.

Shri Pradeep Kumar Deb does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

(iii) Shri Shashi Shekhar, IAS (DIN: 07147358), aged 61 years, is B.Sc (Geology) Hons. He retired as Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Prior to this, he was Additional Secretary of Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. He served as the Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited, Tamil Nadu Transport Development Finance Corporation, Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund and Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services Limited. He had held various senior positions in the State as well as the Central Governments. He also served as a Finance Commissioner to raise extra budgetary resources from the market. He was a Director and later Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Power from 1998 to 2003, during which period he served as a Director General of Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in charge. He served as a Whole- Time Director of PTC India Ltd. from January 25, 2008 to January 17, 2011. He served as a Director of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Indian Energy Exchange Limited. He has presented papers on sustainable power development at various international conferences.

Shri Shashi Shekhar holds 690 shares in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

(iv) Shri Subhash Joshi, IPS (DIN: 07946219), aged 63 years, is B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics and has graduate Diploma in Business from Curtin University, Perth Australia. He joined Indian Police Service in 1976 and retired in 2014. He served as DG, Border Security Force (BSF), DG, National Security Guard (NSG), Special DG, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Director General of Police, Uttarakhand, Additional DG, Intelligence/ Security, Uttarakhand and many other posts of Police. His area of expertise includes Human Resouce Management, Vigilance and anti-corruption, Training and Development, Public Order Management, Border Management, Intelligence and Security, General Adminstration, Public Grievance Redressal and Law.

Shri Subhash Joshi does not hold any share in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

(v) Shri Vinod Kumar, IFS (DIN: 00955992), aged 61 years, graduated in 1975 with honours in Botany and obtained his Masters Degree in Botany from Banaras Hindu University in 1977. He superannuated from the Indian Forest Service on 30^th April 2016 as the Director of Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy(IGNFA) with experience of achievements over 38 years of Administration, Forest Management, Policy Analysis, Planning, Corporate Management, Tribal Development and Community Empowerment, Manpower Planning and Capacity Building with innovative contributions at Odisha State in field of Governance and Capacity Building. He had served both the Odisha Government as well as the Union Government in various capacities. His area of expertise includes Forest Governance, Biodiversity Management, Community Development & Livelihoods, Capacity Building.

Shri Vinod Kumar holds 500 shares in NTPC and is not having any inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.
 

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending on 30.09.2017, is as under:

We wish to inform that 500 MW Unit#1 of Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station, Stage-IV (1 X 500 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 30.09.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC would become 43392 MW and that of NTPC Group would become 50608 MW.

In continuation of our disclosure dated 11.09.2017, we wish to inform that 50 MW capacity, Rojmal Wind Energy Project of NTPC Limited in Gujarat has been fully commissioned.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 44492 MW and that of NTPC group has become 51708 MW.

We wish to inform that Central Electricity Regulatory Commission vide its order uploaded on its website on 25.09.2017, in petition no. 130/MP/2015 filed by M/s GRIDCO of Odisha, has inter-alia decided the Commercial Operation Date of Unit-1 (660 MW) of Barh Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-II (2x660 MW) as 08.03.2016 instead of 15.11.2014.

NTPC is studying the detailed order and would take all appropriate actions as available under the law.

In continuation of our disclosure dated 06.09.2017 on the above subject, we wish to inform that the offer to the eligible employees of NTPC Limited (“Eligible Employees”) was open from September 11, 2017 (10.00 AM) to September 13, 2017 (05.00 PM) (“Offer Period”). Applications from the Eligible Employees were received by NTPC Limited during the Offer Period and allotment of 94,69,848 equity shares to 4,585 successful Eligible Employees was made on September 19, 2017

With the allotment and transfer of 94,69,848 shares to employees, the GoI’s holding in NTPC has come down from 520,36,08,726 equity shares i.e. 63.11% of total paid-up capital to 519,41,38,878 equity shares i.e. 62.99% of total paid-up capital.

We wish to inform that Unit#2 of 660 MW of Mouda Super Thermal Station, Stage-II (2 X 660 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 18.09.2017.

Further, Unit#1 of 660 MW of Solapur Super Thermal Station (2 X 660 MW) will be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 25.09.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC would become 42892 MW and that of NTPC Group would cross 50 GW and become 50108 MW.

We wish to inform that 40 MW out of 50 MW of Rojmal Wind Energy Project of NTPC Limited in Gujarat has been commissioned.

With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 44482 MW and that of NTPC group has become 51698 MW.

Further, we wish to inform that Unit#2 of 250 MW of Nabinagar Thermal Power Project (4 X 250 MW) of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Ltd. (BRBCL), a subsidiary of NTPC Limited is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 10.09.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of BRBCL and NTPC group has become 500 MW and 48788 MW respectively.

In accordance with the approval accorded by Alternative Mechanism (AM), Government of India (GOI) has offered 2,74,02,498 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each to the eligible employees of NTPC Ltd. at discounted price of Rs. 159.60 per share (5% discount to the cut off price of Rs.168/- ,the cut off price for the OFS discovered through the Offer For Sale of equity shares of NTPC carried out by GOI on 29.08.2017 and 30.08.2017.

In connection with the above, action has been initiated by the Company for sale of equity shares to the eligible employees by the GOI. The offer for sale of share shall remain open from 11.09.2017 to 13.09.2017.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon successful commissioning of 250 MW capacity (5 x 50 MW), Mandsaur Solar PV Project at Mandsaur,MP, is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.09.2017.

With this, the commissioned capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 44460 MW and 51676 MW respectively. The commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 41572 MW and 48538 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Shri Subhash Chandra Pandey has ceased to be Director (Projects) of NTPC Limited on attaining superannuation on 31.08.2017 (A/N)

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to keep you informed that Shri Anil Kumar Jha has ceased to be the Director (Technical) of NTPC Limited on attaining superannuation on 31.07.2017 (A/N).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#1 of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal Project, Stage-I (3 X 800 MW) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 31.07.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project, NTPC and NTPC group has become 800 MW, 41322 MW and 48288 MW respectively.

In terms of Regulation 29 read with Circular dated 09.09.2015 of the SEBI (Listing Regulations and Disclosure Obligations) Regulations, 2015, it is hereby informed that Board, in its Meeting held on Saturday, 29th July 2017 has considered and approved the issue of secured/ unsecured, redeemable, taxable/ tax-free, cumulative/ non-cumulative, non-convertible debentures (“Bonds/NCDs”) upto ₹ 15,000 crore during the period commencing from the date of passing of Special Resolution in the ensuing Annual General Meeting till completion of one year thereof or the date of next Annual General Meeting in the financial year 2018-19 whichever is earlier.

The Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (C&AG) has appointed the following firms of Chartered Accountants as the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company for the financial year 2017-18 vide their letter No./CA. V/COY/ CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, NTPC(7)/2 dated 11 July 2017:

• M/s. T.R. Chadha & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
• M/s. P S D & Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
• M/s. Sagar & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad
• M/s. Kalani & Co., Chartered Accountants, Jaipur
• M/s. P A & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Bhubaneshwar
• M/s. S K Kapoor & Co., Chartered Accountants, Kanpur
• M/s. B.M. Chatrath & Co LLP , Chartered Accountants, Kolkata

The above firm(s) of Chartered Accountants shall also be the Joint Statutory Auditors for Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year 2017-18 under Section 139 read with Section 129(4) of the Companies Act, 2013.

Invitation to 13th Annual Analyst and Investors Meet of NTPC Ltd.

NTPC Ltd. is hosting its 13th Annual Analyst and Investors Meet on Tuesday, August 1,2017 at Hotel Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai. CMD and Board of Directors of the Company will discuss the current state of the Company’s business and handle the queries emanating from all spheres of Company’s business. You are cordially invited to attend the meet as per the attached programme. For details.... Click here.

We wish to inform that NTPC Limited is hosting its 13th Annual Analysts and Investors Meet on 1st August 2017 at Mumbai, wherein CMD and Board of Directors of the company will interact with the Analysts and Investors.

The status of complaints received in respect of Equity, Bonus Debentures and Bonds as communicated by the Registrar & Transfer Agents for Equity, Bonus Debentures and Bonds, for the quarter ended on 30.06.2017, is as under:

We wish to inform that 2nd Unit of 195 MW of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station Stage-II (2 X 195 MW) of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (a subsidiary of NTPC Limited) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs. of 01.07.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station has become 610 MW and that of NTPC group has become 47488 MW.

In continuation of our disclosure dated 02.06.2017, we wish to inform that 225 MW out of 250 MW of Mandsaur Solar Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned.

With this, the installed capacity of NTPC’s solar power projects has become 845 MW. The total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 44419 MW and that of NTPC group has become 51635 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 117 MW out of 250 MW of Mandsaur Solar Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned.

With this, the installed capacity of NTPC’s solar power projects has become 737 MW. The total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 44311 MW and that of NTPC group has become 51527 MW.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on May 29, 2017, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. A.K.Jha, Director (Technical), Mr. S.C.Pandey, Director (Projects), Mr. K.K.Sharma, Director (Operations) & Mr. A.K. Gupta, Director (Commercial) will discuss the Company’s results for 4th quarter and of financial year 2016-17 and answer questions from participants

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Harsh Dole
IIFL– Institutional Equities 
Tel. No.: +91 22 4646 4660
(harsh.dole@iiflcap.com)

Regards
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 0849
Email:  sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

"Subject: Issue of INR denominated INR 20,000,000,000 7.25 % Notes due 2022 payable in U.S. Dollars (“Notes”) issued pursuant to U.S.$ 4,000,000,000 medium term note programme by NTPC Limited (the “Issuer”)

In accordance with corporate disclosures required under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that the Issuer has launched an issue of INR 20,000,000,000 notes due 2022 priced on April 25, 2017. The Notes carry a coupon of 7.25% per annum payable annually. The Notes will mature on 3rd May 2022 and all INR principal and interest payments will be made in U.S. Dollars. The Notes are expected to be settled by 3rd May, 2017.

The Notes represent direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu among themselves and all other unsecured obligations of the Issuer. The Notes will be listed on the Singapore and the London stock exchanges.

The net proceeds from each issue of Notes will be applied by the Issuer to finance capital expenditure of ongoing and/or new power projects and renovation and modernisation of power stations of the Issuer in accordance with applicable law, and will not be used for projects outside India. This is for the information of your members and all concerned and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015."

Note:
The Notes will not be offered or sold, and have not been offered or sold in India by means of any document or any other offering document or material relating to the bonds, directly or indirectly, to any person or to the public in India which would constitute an advertisement, invitation, offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or purchase any securities in violation of applicable Indian laws.

This information relates to an offering of the Notes offered and sold pursuant to Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). This information is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States. The Notes referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the laws of any state of the United States or elsewhere and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws of the United States. There is no intention to register any portion of any offering in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction. Nothing in this communication shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or sale would be unlawful. No money, securities or other consideration is being solicited by this announcement or the information contained herein and, if sent in response to this announcement or the information contained herein, will not be accepted.

Sub: Notice to Proceed (NTP) to BHEL by Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Limited (BIFPCL)

This is in continuation to our disclosure dated 11.04.2017 regarding “Achievement of Financial Closure by Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Limited (BIFPCL)

We wish to further inform that Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Limited (BIFPCL), a 50:50 Joint Venture Company between NTPC Limited and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has issued Notice to Proceed (NTP) to BHEL on 24.04.2017 for executing the contract for 1320 MW (2 x 660 MW) Coal based Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal in Bagerhat District of Khulna division, Bangladesh on turnkey basis. The investment in project has been approved by BIFPCL board at an appraised estimated cost of USD 2.0 Billion.

The status of complaints received in respect of Equity, Bonus Debentures and Bonds as communicated by the Registrar & Transfer Agents for Equity, Bonus Debentures and Bonds, for the quarter ended on 31.03.2017, is as under:

We wish to inform that Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Limited (BIFPCL), a 50:50 Joint Venture Company between NTPC Limited and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has achieved Financial Closure on April 10, 2017 to set up1320 MW (2 x 660 MW) Coal based Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal in Bagerhat District of Khulna division, Bangladesh. An agreement was signed with Indian Exim Bank to provide loan up to USD 1.6 Billion for financing this project.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#1 of 660 MW of Solapur Super Thermal Power Project has been commissioned.

With this, the commissioned capacity of NTPC and NTPC Group has become 44194 MW and 51410 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#2 of 250 MW of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL-a subsidiary of NTPC Limited) has been commissioned on 03.04.2017.

Further, NTPC has also commissioned its First wind turbine of 2 MW at Rojmal Wind Power Project (50 MW).

With this, the commissioned capacity of NTPC and NTPC Group has become 43534 MW and 50750 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Unit#6 of 500 MW of Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station has been commissioned on 31.03.2017.

With this, the commissioned capacity of NTPC Group crosses 50 GW and is at 50498 MW.NTPC’s standalone capacity becomes 43532 MW.

In line with corporate disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that consequent upon testing and commissioning, 260 MW capacity (4x65 MW) of Bhadla Solar PV Project at Bhadla Rajasthan, is declared on Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs. of 25.03.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 40522 MW and 47293 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 55 MW of Bhadla Solar Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned.

With this, the installed capacity of Bhadla Solar Power project has become 260 MW and that of NTPC’s solar power projects has become 620 MW. The total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 43032 MW and that of NTPC group has become 49998 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that the Board of Directors of the Company has accorded investment approval for Talaipalli Coal Mining Project (18 Million Tonnes per annum) at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 3004 Crore.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 20 MW of Bhadla Solar Power Project has been commissioned.

With this, the commissioned capacity of Bhadla Solar Power Project, NTPC and NTPC group has become 205 MW, 41927 MW and 48893 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 2nd Unit of 250 MW of Bongaigaon Thermal Power Project (3 X 250 MW) has been commissioned.

With this, the commissioned capacity of Bongaigaon Thermal Power Project, NTPC and NTPC group has become 500 MW, 42177 MW and 49143 MW respectively.

In continuation of our letter dated 01.03.2017, this is to inform you that Shri Kalyan Prasad Gupta, Executive Director, has taken over the charge as Company Secretary (Key Managerial Personnel) of NTPC with effect from 22nd March 2017. The terms & conditions of appointment including remuneration of Shri K.P. Gupta, Executive Director shall be as per the existing policy of the Company.

Shri K.P. Gupta, (aged 58 years), is B. Comm. (Hons.) from Delhi University. He is fellow member of both the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has also done LL.B. from Delhi University.

He has a career spanning over 36 years of outstanding contribution in the field of Corporate Finance - Budgeting, Cost Control and Working Capital Management. He joined NTPC in 1983 and since then he had been heading various finance functions of NTPC including Treasury, Internal Audit, Taxation and Commercial activities. His expertise includes pricing of Power besides negotiation and finalisation of various Project Agreements including PPA, JVA etc. He was instrumental in acquisitions of various power plants of NTPC besides formation of various joint ventures in India and abroad.

As Company Secretary, Shri K.P. Gupta shall be responsible, including but not limited to, for functions of Company Secretary as per the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, other Regulations and Rules, amendment(s) thereto and any other responsibility assigned to him by the Management from time to time.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 2nd unit of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station (3 X 800 MW) has been commissioned.

With this, the commissioned capacity of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group has become 1600 MW, 42977 MW and 49943 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 2nd unit of 660 MW of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station Stage-II (2 X 660 MW) has been commissioned.

With this, the commissioned capacity of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group has become 2320 MW, 41907 MW and 48873 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 25 MW of Bhadla Solar Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned.

With this, the installed capacity of Bhadla Solar Power project has become 185 MW and that of NTPC's solar power projects has become 545 MW. The total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 41247 MW and that of NTPC group has become 48213 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 1st Unit of 195 MW of Kanti Thermal Power Station Stage-II (2 X 195 MW) of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (A subsidiary of NTPC Ltd.) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 18.03.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (A subsidiary of NTPC Ltd.) and NTPC group has become 415 MW and 47033 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 45 MW of Bhadla Solar Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned.

With this, the installed capacity of Bhadla Solar Power project has become 160 MW and that of NTPC’s solar power projects has become 520 MW. The total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 41222 MW and that of NTPC group has become 48188 MW.

Consequent upon premature retirement, Shri A.K.Rastogi, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer has been released from the services of the Company w.e.f. 28^th February, 2017 (A/N).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that 115 MW out of 260 MW of Bhadla Solar Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned.

With this, the installed capacity of NTPC’s solar power projects touches 475 MW. The total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 41177 MW and that of NTPC group has become 48143 MW.

In continuation of our disclosure dated 07.12.2016 regarding successful exposure of coal in our first coal mine - Pakri Barwadih located in the state of Jharkhand, we would like to inform that the First Rake of coal has been flagged off on 16.02.2017 from this mine.

This coal mine will have ultimate capacity of 18 Million Metric Tonne per annum. In the next year, around 2-3 Million Metric Tonne of coal is likely to be produced. As a basket source, coal will be supplied to different power stations of NTPC from this mine.

Appointment of Shri Anand Kumar Gupta as Director (Commercial) of NTPC

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Office Order No.8/3/2006-Th.1 dated 3rd February 2017 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Anand Kumar Gupta, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (Commercial) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years from the date of assumption of charge of the post, or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Shri Anand Kumar Gupta has taken over the charge as Director (Commercial), NTPC with effect from afternoon of 3rd February 2017.

Shri Anand Kumar Gupta (DIN: 07269906) (aged 56 years) is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Moti Lal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. He has a career spanning over 36 years of outstanding contribution in the Company in various positions including those of Executive Director – incharge of Commercial and Executive Director (Engineering). He also headed Business Development Department of NTPC as well as headed plant operations and maintenance at station. He made major contributions in development of international business for NTPC, evolving commercial strategies for changing business scenario, development of new projects and improving plant operations.

As Director (Commercial), he will be responsible for the activities relating to Commercial, International and Domestic Business development and Consultancy business of NTPC.

Further, he has no inter-se relationship with any of the Directors of the Company.

We wish to inform that 1st Unit of 660 MW of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station Stage-II (2 X 660 MW) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.02.2017. With this, the commercial capacity of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group has become 1660 MW, 40262 MW and 46838 MW respectively.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on February 8, 2017, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. A.K.Jha, Director (Technical), Mr. S.C.Pandey, Director (Projects) & Mr. K.K.Sharma, Director (Operations) will discuss the Company’s results for 3^rd quarter and nine months of financial year 2016-17 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Mr. Kunal Sheth/Ms N Latha
Prabhudas Lilladher Pvt. Ltd.
Tel. No.: +91 22 6632 2257/ 6632 2231
(kunalsheth@plindia.com/ nlatha@plindia.com )

Regards
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 0849
Email:  sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

"Issue of € 500,000,000 2.75 per cent. notes due 2027 (“Notes”) issued pursuant to U.S.$4,000,000,000 medium term note programme by NTPC Limited (the “Issuer”)

In accordance with corporate disclosures required under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that the Issuer has launched an issue of € 500,000,000 2.75 per cent notes due 2027 priced on January 25, 2017. The Notes carry a coupon of 2.75% per annum payable annually. The Notes will mature on February 1, 2027 and the principal and interest payments will be made in Euros. The Notes are expected to be settled by February 1, 2017.

The Notes represent direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu among themselves and all other unsecured obligations of the Issuer. The Notes will be listed on the Singapore and the Frankfurt stock exchanges. The proceeds will be used in relation to the Issuer’s projects only in India and will not be used, directly or indirectly, for projects outside India.

This is for the information of your members and all concerned and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

Note:

This announcement does not constitute nor form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in Singapore, London, India or elsewhere. The Notes, when offered, will not be sold or made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to any person in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor pursuant to Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore) (“SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275. of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to and in accordance with the conditions of any other applicable provision of the SFA.

The Notes will not be offered or sold, and have not been offered or sold in India by means of any document or any other offering document or material relating to the Notes, directly or indirectly, to any person or to the public in India which would constitute an advertisement, invitation, offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or purchase any securities in violation of applicable Indian laws.

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the laws of any state of the United States. Consequently, the Notes may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to. the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.

The Notes, when offered and sold, will be to eligible investors in accordance with applicable RBI guidelines.

No public offering of the Notes is being or will be made in the United States or India."

We wish to inform that 1st Unit of 250 MW of Nabinagar Thermal Power Project of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (BRBCL-a subsidiary of NTPC Limited) (4x250 MW) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 15.01.2017.

With this, the commercial capacity of Nabinagar Thermal Power Project of BRBCL and NTPC group has become 250 MW and 46178 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC Ltd. has signed a non-binding MoU with Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited and Rajasthan Urja Vikas Nigam Limited for take-over of Chhabra Thermal Power Plant Stage-I (4x 250 MW) and Stage-II (2x660 MW) of Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited by NTPC Ltd.

We wish to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company has accorded investment approval for Dulanga Coal Mining Project having rated production capacity of 7 MTPA at an appraised estimated cost of Rs. 1053.41 Crore.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending on 31.12.2016, is as under:

We wish to inform that the Unit-1 of 800 MW of Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC Limited has been commissioned on 25.12.2016.This is the first 800 MW unit commissioned by NTPC.

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, corporate disclosure is hereby made with respect to signing of an Memorandum of Understanding on 16.12.2016 between NTPC Limited and National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) to set up the proposed joint venture company between NTPC and NALCO to supply about 2400 MW power from proposed coal based power project at Dhenkanal, Odisha for meeting captive power requirement of NALCO for proposed greenfield Aluminium Smelter Plant at Kamakhya Nagar, Dhenkanal and expansion at Angul in Odisha.

Other details as required under Regulation 30 of SEBI Listing Regulations, 2015 read with Circular No. CIR/CFD/CMD/4/2015 dated 09.09.2015 shall be furnished when the Joint Venture Agreement shall be finalised and executed between NTPC and NALCO.

We wish to inform that NTPC has decided to raise Rs. 3925 crore through private placement of secured non-convertible debentures at a coupon of 7.37% p.a. with a door to door maturity of 15 years on 14.12.2016.The proceeds will be utilized to finance capital expenditure / refinancing the debt requirement in on-going projects and other general corporate requirements.

NTPC is organizing a visit to Pakri Barwadih Coal Mine located in the state of Jharkhand for Analysts and Fund Managers on 16th December,2016.

NTPC Strikes Coal This is to inform that company has successfully exposed coal in its first coal mine - Pakri Barwadih located in the state of Jharkhand after removal of overburden. Coal Production will begin shortly from this mine.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on November 30, 2016 has accorded investment approval for Rojmal Wind Energy Project (50 MW) in the state of Gujarat at an appraised estimated cost of Rs. 323.35 Crore subject to signing of Power Project Agreement. This will be the first wind energy project of NTPC Ltd.

This is to inform that Government of India, Ministry of Power vide letter dated 22.11.2016 has accorded approval for continuation of the Payment Security Mechanism beyond 31.10.2016.

Shri U.P. Pani has relinquished the charge of the post of Director (HR) of the Company consequent upon attaining the age of superannuation on 31^st October 2016 (A/N).

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Office Order No.8/2/2006-TH.1 dated 8^th August, 2016 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri Saptarshi Roy, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (HR) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years from the date of assumption of charge of the post on or after 1.11.2016 or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Shri Saptarshi Roy has taken over the charge as Director (HR), NTPC with effect from forenoon of 1^st November 2016.

Shri Saptarshi Roy (56 years) is graduate in Electrical Engg.. He has had a career spanning over 36 years of outstanding contribution in the Company in various positions including those of Regional Executive Director (North) and ER-I Regions as well as Executive Director (Corporate Planning) besides that of Head of HR at Projects and Corporate Office. He made major contributions in the HR framework of the Company by introducing various innovative ideas like securing the position of NTPC as the Best Company to work for since 2008.

He also played a critical role as HR Head in managing transition and people integration issues during acquisition of old assets and turning them around into successful ventures. He acted as catalyst in ensuring healthy and productive employee relations climate conducive for growth. He has been actively involved in negotiating long term wage settlement in the past.

As Director (HR), he is overall responsible for the activities relating to Human Resource Management of NTPC.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on October 28, 2016, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. A.K.Jha, Director (Technical) & Director (Commercial), Mr. S.C.Pandey, Director (Projects) & Mr. K.K.Sharma, Director (Operations) will discuss the Company’s results for II^nd quarter and half-year of financial year 2016-17 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Mr. Charanjit Singh
Batlivala & Karani Securities  
Tel. No.: +91 22 4031 7000 / 4031 7263
(charanjit.singh@bksec.com)

Regards
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 0849
Email:  sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Regulation 30 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call on October 28, 2016, wherein Senior Management team of NTPC Ltd. will discuss the Company’s results for IInd quarter and half-year of financial year 2016-17 and interact with the Analysts and Investors.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending on 30.09.2016, is as under:

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that during the 40th Annual General Meeting held on 20/09/2016, the shareholders of the Company have approved final dividend @ Rs. 1.75 per share for the financial year 2015-16. The total dividend (including interim dividend) for the financial year 2015-16 is Rs. 3.35 per share (face value Rs. 10/- each).

The date of payment/dispatch of dividend shall be September 30, 2016.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC has raised Rs. 800 crore today through private placement of secured non-convertible debentures at a coupon of 7.58% p.a. with a door to door maturity of 10 years.The proceeds will be utilized to finance capital expenditure / refinancing the debt requirement in on-going projects including recoupment of expenditure already incurred.

In terms of Regulation 30 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call on August 22, 2016, wherein Senior Management team of NTPC Ltd. will discuss the Company’s results for I^st quarter of financial year 2016-17 and interact with the Analysts and Investors.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on August 22, 2016, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. A.K.Jha, Director (Technical), Mr. U.P.Pani, Director (Human Resources) & Director (Commercial), Mr. S.C.Pandey, Director (Projects) & Mr. K.K.Sharma, Director (Operations) will discuss the Company’s results for I^st quarter of financial year 2016-17 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on Company’s website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Sanjay Jain
Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. 
Tel. No.: +91 22 6129 1523
(sanjayjain@motilaloswal.com)

Regards
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email:  sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that upon testing and commissioning 50 MW capacity of NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project at Anantapuram is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 10.08.2016.

With this, the commercial capacity of NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project, NTPC and NTPC group has become 250 MW, 39602 MW and 45928 MW respectively.

In accordance with corporate disclosures required under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that the Issuer has launched an issue of INR 20,000 million notes due 2021 priced on August 3, 2016. The Notes carry a coupon of 7.375% per annum payable annually. The Notes will mature on 10th August 2021 and all INR principal and interest payments will be made in U.S. Dollars. The Notes are expected to be settled by 10th August, 2016.

The Notes represent direct, unconditional and unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu among themselves and all other unsecured obligations of the Issuer. The Notes will be listed on the Singapore and the London stock exchanges. The Notes are being issued as ‘green masala bonds’ and the proceeds will be used for financing investments in renewable energy projects like solar and wind energy projects in accordance with applicable RBI guidelines and regulations.

This is for the information of your members and all concerned and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

This announcement does not constitute nor form a part of any offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in Singapore, London, India or elsewhere. The Notes, when offered, will not be sold or made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to any person in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor pursuant to Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act (Chapter 289 of Singapore) (“SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275. of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to and in accordance with the conditions of any other applicable provision of the SFA.

The Notes will not be offered or sold, and have not been offered or sold in India by means of any document or any other offering document or material relating to the Notes, directly or indirectly, to any person or to the public in India which would constitute an advertisement, invitation, offer, sale or solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or purchase any securities in violation of applicable Indian laws.

The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the laws of any state of the United States. Consequently, the Notes may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to. the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws.

The Notes, when offered and sold, will only be to residents in Financial Action Task Force jurisdictions as set out in applicable RBI guidelines.

No public offering of the Notes is being or will be made in the United States or India.

In line with corporate disclosure requirements we wish to inform that 50 MW (1X50 MW) capacity of NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project Stage-I at Anantapuramu has commissioned on 29.07.2016.

With this the installed capacity of NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project Stage-I at Anantapuramu has become 250 MW and that of NTPC Group has become 47,228 MW.

The Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, through Letter No./CA. V/COY/CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, NTPC(7)/3/81/89 dated 8th July 2016 has appointed the following firm(s) of Chartered Accountants as the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company for the year 2016-17:

(i) M/s T R Chadha & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi

(ii) M/s P S D Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi

(iii) M/s Sagar & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad

(iv) M/s Kalani & Co., Chartered Accountants, Jaipur

(v) M/s P A & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Bhubaneshwar

(vi) M/s S K Kapoor & Co., Chartered Accountants, Kanpur

(vii) M/s B.M. Chatrath & Co., Chartered Accountants, Kolkata

The above firm(s) of Statutory/ Joint Auditors shall also be the auditors of Consolidated Financial Statements under Section 139 read with Section 129(4) of the Companies Act, 2013.

The three years’ tenure of Shri Prashant Mehta, who was nominated by the President of India through Letter No.8/6/2013-Th-I dated 12.07.2013 of Ministry of Power as Independent Director and appointed by the Board of NTPC on 30.07.2013 has been completed on 29.07.2016 (A/N).

Accordingly, Shri Prashant Mehta has ceased to be the Independent Director of NTPC w.e.f. 29.07.2016 (A/N).

In terms of Regulation 29 read with Circular dated 09.09.2016 of the SEBI (Listing Regulations and Disclosure Obligations) Regulations, 2015, it is hereby informed that Board, in its Meeting held on Friday, 29th July 2016 has considered and approved the issue of secured/ unsecured, redeemable, taxable/ tax-free, cumulative/ non-cumulative, non-convertible debentures (“Bonds/NCDs”) upto 15,000 crore during the period commencing from the date of passing of Special Resolution in the Annual General Meeting, to be held on September 20, 2016, till completion of one year thereof or the date of next Annual General Meeting in the financial year 2017-18 whichever is earlier.

The Meeting commenced at 12:00 Noon and concluded at 2:00 P.M.

NTPC Ltd. is hosting its 12th Annual Analysts and Investors Meet on Monday, August 01, 2016 at Hotel Trident, Nariman Point, Mumbai. CMD and Board of Directors of the Company will discuss the current state of the Company’s business and handle the queries emanating from all spheres of Company’s business. For details Click here

In terms of Regulation 30 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. is hosting its 12th Annual Analysts and Investors Meet on August 01 & 02, 2016 at Mumbai, wherein CMD and Board of Directors of NTPC Ltd. will interact with the Analysts and Investors.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending on 30.06.2016, is as under:

In accordance with the approval accorded by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 13.05.2015, Government of India (GOI) has offered 2,06,13,661 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each to the eligible employees of NTPC Ltd. at discounted price of Rs.115.90/- per share i.e. 5% discount to the cut off price of Rs.122.00/-  discovered through the Offer For Sale of equity shares of NTPC carried out by GOI on 23.02.2016 & 24.02.2016.

In connection with the above, action has been initiated by the Company for sale of equity shares to the eligible employees by the GOI. The offer for sale of share shall remain open tentatively from 27.06.2016 to 05.07.2016.

Appointment of Independent Director

As per office order No. 08/06/2013-Th.I dated 13.06.2016 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has appointed Shri Seethapathy Chander as Independent Director (Non-Official Part-Time Director) on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Shri Seethapathy Chander, (DIN: 02336635), aged about 62 years, is B. Tech. (Electrical) from IIT, Delhi and Specialist Diploma in Business Management in Human Resources. He started his career as Executive Trainee, NTPC in February 1977 (first batch best trainee), and worked in transmission systems. He was responsible for commissioning of NTPC’s first 400kV installations and introduction of new High Voltage Direct Current transmission technology in India. He was the first Technical Assistant to the then CMD of NTPC. During this tenure, NTPC Consultancy Wing was established, transmission business of NTPC was transferred to newly incorporated Govt. Co. Powergrid Corporation of India Limited and Unchahar Thermal Power Plant was transferred from UPSEB to NTPC in a debt asset swap – a first for the sector.

He had served Asian Development Bank from 8th July 1992 to 6th April 2015 and had been advising in energy policy, planning, portfolio management, investments, ICT infrastructure development, ADB’s long-term strategy, private sector operations, public-private partnerships etc. He has travelled extensively world over for his project works and has published 63 papers.

He is currently a Senior Advisor to the President of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Independent Director on the Boards of Tata Power Solar Company Limited and Tata Power Trading Company Limited, and an honorary Senior Advisor to the Secretary General, World Energy Council.

Shri Seethapathy Chander has joined as Independent Director (Non-Official Part-time Director) on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 22.06.2016. Shri Seethapathy Chander has no relationship with any of the Directors of NTPC Limited.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC has opened Pakri-Barwadih coal mining project (Western Pit).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC has decided to raise Rs. 1072.50 crore through private placement of secured non-convertible debentures at a coupon of 8.10% p.a. with a door to door maturity of 15 years on 27.05.2016.The proceeds will be utilized to finance capital expenditure / refinancing the debt requirement in on-going projects including recoupment of expenditure already incurred.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on May 30, 2016, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. A.K.Jha, Director (Technical), Mr. U.P.Pani, Director (Human Resources) & Director (Commercial), Mr. S.C.Pandey, Director (Projects) & Mr. K.K.Sharma, Director (Operations) will discuss the Company’s results for IVth quarter of financial year 2015-16 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Harsh Dole
IIFL– Institutional Equities 
Tel. No.: +91 22 4646 4660
(harsh.dole@iiflcap.com)

Regards
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email:  sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, corporate disclosure is hereby made with respect to signing of Joint Venture Agreement on 16.05.2016 between Coal India Limited and NTPC Limited, details of which are as under:

In continuation to our disclosure dated 03.05.2016 we wish to inform you that consequent upon testing and commissioning, 200 MW capacity (4X50 MW) of NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project Stage-I at Anantapuram is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 09.05.2016.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC has raised Rs. 1000 crore through private placement of secured non-convertible debentures at a coupon of 8.05% p.a. with a 10 year door-to-door maturity on May 5, 2016. The proceeds will be utilized to finance capital expenditure / refinancing the debt requirement in on-going projects including recoupment of expenditure already incurred.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that 200 MW out of 250 MW of Stage-I Ananthapuramu Ultra Mega Solar Power Project has been synchronized on 30.04.2016. With this, the total capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC Ltd. has become 310 MW.

Further, in continuation to our disclosure dated 16.10.2015, Government of Jharkhand has notified ‘PTPS Transfer Scheme, 2015’ on 01.04.2016 transferring specified assets of Patratu Thermal Power Station to PUVNL, a subsidiary company of NTPC Ltd., resulting in addition of 325 MW to NTPC’s Group capacity.

Consequently, the total commissioned capacity of NTPC and NTPC group has become 40212 MW and 47178 MW respectively.

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending on 31.03.2016, is as under:

The Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on March 30, 2016 has accorded investment approval for:-

1. Mandsaur Solar PV Project (5x50 MW) in the state of Madhya Pradesh at an appraised estimated cost of Rs. 1,502.77 Crore; and
2. Bhadla Solar PV Project (4x65 MW) in the state of Rajasthan at an appraised estimated cost of Rs. 1,601.27 Crore.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that 1st Unit of 250 MW of Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (3X250 MW) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 01.04.2016.

With this, the commercial capacity of Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group has become 250 MW, 39352 MW and 45353 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-3 of 660 MW of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station of NTPC Limited has been commissioned on 28.03.2016

With this, the total installed capacity of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station has become 1660 MW.NTPC Group crosses 46 GW capacity. The total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 40012 MW and that of NTPC group has become 46653 MW

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-4 of 195 MW of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (A subsidiary company of NTPC Ltd.) has been commissioned on 24.03.2016.

With this, the total installed capacity of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station has become 610 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 45993 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-I of 250 MW of Nabinagar Thermal Power Station of Bhartiya Rail Bijlee Company Limited (A subsidiary company of NTPC Ltd.) has been commissioned on 20.03.2016.

With this, the total installed capacity of Nabinagar Thermal Power Station has become 250 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 45798 MW

Appointment of Government Nominee Director:

As per office order No. 19/2/2016-Th-I dated 23.02.2016 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has nominated Shri Aniruddha Kumar, IRS (IT:1987), Joint Secretary (Thermal), Ministry of Power on the Board of NTPC Limited.

Sh. Aniruddha Kumar has been appointed on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 25th February 2016.

Sh. Aniruddha Kumar, is a 1987 batch, Indian Revenue Services Officer. He completed his graduation in Electrical Engineering with honors from Aligarh Muslim University in 1984 and Graduation in Law from Delhi University in 1995.

He began his career with NTPC where he worked at Singrauli Thermal Power Station from 1984 to 1987.Thereafter, he joined Indian Revenue Service in 1987 and during his illustrious career of more than 30 years he has served in various key departments like Tax Policy Wing of Deptt. of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Various positions in Income Tax Department, Ministry of Urban Development (2005 to 2009), Ministry of Science and Technology (2009 to 2010) and Principal Commissioner of Income Tax in Agra. Shri Aniruddha Kumar has travelled extensively all over the world as a member of Indian delegations in various conferences and meetings.

Before taking over the charge of Joint Secretary (Thermal), he was Joint Secretary (Hydro) in the Ministry of Power.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC has raised Rs. 655 crore through private placement of secured non-convertible debentures at a coupon of 8.33% p.a. with a 5 year door-to-door maturity on February 24, 2016. The proceeds will be utilized to finance capital expenditure / refinancing the debt requirement in on-going projects including recoupment of expenditure already incurred.

In accordance with the corporate disclosures required under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, we wish to inform you that the Issuer has launched a issue of U.S.$ 500,000,000 fixed rate unsecured Notes due 2026 priced on February 22, 2016. The Notes carry a coupon of 4.25% p.a. payable semi-annually and are of 10 years tenor. The Notes are expected to be settled by February 26, 2016.

The Notes represent unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu with all its other existing and future unsubordinated obligations. The Notes will be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The proceeds will be used for capital expenditure of ongoing and/or new power projects, coal mining projects and renovation and modernisation of power stations of the Issuer in accordance with the RBI guidelines and regulations.

This is for the information of your members and all concerned and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that 2nd Unit of 660 MW of Barh Super Thermal Power Station Stage II (Unit#5 of Barh STPS) is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 18.02.2016.

With this, the total commercial capacity of Barh Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group has become 1320 MW, 39102 MW and 45103 MW respectively.

This has reference to media report titled, “SC stays order to attach NTPC plant” . The Exchanges have been informed that above referred media report is factually incorrect. There was no attachment of power plant. M.P. Commercial Tax authority had only attached bank accounts of NTPC Limited, Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station due to a dispute on the quantum of levy of entry tax against which a writ petition was filed by NTPC . The Hon’ble Supreme Court has ordered M.P. Commercial Tax authority to withdraw the attachment and has directed NTPC to deposit Rs. 40 crore before the Registry of the High Court . The Apex Court has also requested the High Court to dispose of the writ petition within three months.

In continuance of our Disclosure dated 01.09.2015 intimating the taking over the charge of additional Chairman & Managing Director of NTPC by Shri A.K. Jha, Director (Technical), NTPC, we wish to inform you that:

Now, in terms of Letter No. 8/1/2016-Th-I dated 28.01.2016 of the Ministry of Power, Shri Gurdeep Singh, MD, GSECL has taken over the charge of the post of the Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC w.e.f. 04.02.2016 for a period of five years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Shri Gurdeep Singh, DIN: 00307037, aged 51 years, is a Mechanical Engineer. He has over 28 years of experience in power generation sector. He started his career with NTPC Limited and has worked at various levels both in Indian and Multi-national Companies namely Powergen, CLP, IDFC, CESC and AES. He has worked in different areas of Power Sector ranging from business development, projects and operations.

Prior to joining NTPC, Shri Singh was Managing Director, Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited.

The appointment of Shri Singh is in Schedule ‘A’ scale of pay of ₹ 80,000 – 1,25,000/- and other perks and benefits as are generally applicable to the Chairman & Managing Director of the Company, pending receipt of detailed terms and conditions of his appointment from Ministry of Power.

Shri Gurdeep Singh has no relationship with any of the Directors of NTPC Limited.

Appointment Latter to Shri Gurdeep Singh ...Click here.

This is in continuation to our communication dated 30.12.2014 to stock exchanges informing termination of contract of M/s Technopromexport (TPE), Russia for main plant package of Barh (3x660), Part A (SG and Aux). Now, we wish to inform you that Board has approved the award of contract for balance work of main plant package (SG & Aux after certain amendments to original scope of work) for Barh Super Thermal Power project-I (3x660 MW) to Doosan Power Systems India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon

NTPC Board has accorded investment approval for Telangana Super Thermal Power Project, Phase-1 (2x800 MW) at current estimated cost of Rs. 10,598.98 crore. PPAs have been signed with Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited and Northern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Limited. The Commercial Operation Date (CoD) of first unit is envisaged in 52 months and second unit at an interval of 6 months thereafter.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Board of Directors in its meeting held on January 29, 2016 have decided, inter-alia, to pay interim dividend at the rate of 16% (Rs. 1.60/- per share) on the face value of paid-up equity shares of Rs. 10/- each for the financial year 2015-16.

The date of payment / dispatch of dividend shall be February 15, 2016.

The Company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on January 29, 2016, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. S. C. Pandey, Director (Projects) & Mr. K. K. Sharma, Director (Operations) will discuss the Company’s results for IIIrd quarter of financial year 2015-16 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Mr. Abhineet Anand  /  Ms. Shrutika Kalbag
SBICAP Securities Limited
Tel. No.: +91 22 4227 3310  /  +91 22 4366 3578 
(abhineet.anand@sbicapsec.com)
(shrutika.kalbag @sbicapsec.com) 

Regards
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email:  sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Regulation 13 Sub-regulation (3) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the status of investors complaints for the quarter ending on 31.12.2015, is as under:

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC raises Rs. 500 crore through private placement of secured non-convertible debentures at a coupon of 8.19% with a 10 year door to door maturity on 10th December 2015. The proceeds will be mainly utilized to finance capital expenditure of the Company.

"As per Article 41 (iv) of Articles of Association of the Company, a Director representing the Government Department shall retire on his ceasing to be an official of that Department.

In pursuance of Notification No. 1/2(i)/2013-Adm.II dated 08.12.2015, Shri Anil Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power has been relieved from the duties of Ministry of Power w.e.f. 08.12.2015 (A/N). Accordingly, he has ceased to be Government Nominee Director on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 08.12.2015 (A/N)."

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to keep you informed on the following:

Appointment of Independent Directors

(i)As per office order No. 08/06/2013-Th.I dated 16.11.2015 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has appointed Shri Rajesh Jain, Managing Director, netCORE Solutions Private Limited as Independent Director (Non-Official Part-Time Director) on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Shri Rajesh Jain, aged 48 years,is an Electrical Engineer from IIT, Mumbai and MS (Electrical Engineering) from Columbia University, New York. He worked as Member of Technical Staff at NYNEX, USA for 2 years before returning to India to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams in 1992. He is Founder – Managing Director of netCore Solutions Private Limited, India’s leading provider of digital real-time communications and marketing solutions for enterprises via email and mobile.

One of his early ventures, India World Communications, launced in 1995 was acquired by Satyam Inforway in November 1999 for US$115 million in one of Asia’s largest internet deals. He is also the Founder and Chairman of Emergic Venture Capital.

Shri Rajesh Jain is a well-known figure in the technology industry and is an invited speaker at national and international forums. He has also been featured in cover stories in both TIME and Newsweek.

Shri Rajesh Jain has joined as Independent Director (Non-Official Part-time Director) on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 18.11.2015.

(ii)As per office order No. 08/06/2013-Th.I dated 16.11.2015 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has appointed Dr. Gauri Trivedi, Ex-IAS Officer, as Independent Director (Non-Official Part-Time Director) on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.

Dr. Gauri Trivedi, aged 55 years,M.A. (Political Science) from JNU, Delhi, M. Phil (Soviet Studies), JNU, Delhi, Doctorate in Philosophy from Institute of Social & Economic Change, Bangalore and Institute of Development Studies, Mysore and PGPPM from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. During her illustrious career, she had held number of administrative posts in Karnataka including Assistant Commissioner, Joint Director (Commerce and Industry), Chief Secretary/ Director (Rural Development and Panchayati Raj), Deputy Commissioner (Excise), Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies. She had also been General Manager (Handloom & Handicrafts Export Corporation), Director of Tea Promotion (WANA), Managing Director (HESCOM), a power distribution company, Managing Director (Karnataka State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation), Secretary to Government, Revenue Department, Govt. of Karnataka and Secretary to the Governor of Karnataka.

In August 2007, Dr. Gauri Trivedi took Voluntary Retirement from the Government of India due to her personal reasons.

After VRS, she was Vice President RRL and Director SIRD. She had been guest faculty in a number of reputed institutes teaching governance, public policy, rural planning and management.

She is currently guest faculty at IIM, Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration, CEPT, Ahmedabad and Consultant AIILSG. She teaches government officers, Civil Servant aspirants, young students and NGOs the public policy, rural planning and management, current affairs and governance.

She has done a project for World Bank on Street vendors and is currently doing the project for the Government of MP on Women Beneficial Programs.

Dr. Gauri Trivedi has joined as Independent Director (Non-Official Part-time Director) on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 18.11.2015.

NTPC Limited has mandated Barclays, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC and SBI Capital Markets to arrange a series of fixed income investors meetings in London, Singapore and Hongkong commencing 23^rd November 2015. An offshore INR denominated senior notes offering under ‘Regulation S’ may follow, subject to market conditions.

A 500 MW unit of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station (Stage V) shall be declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 30.10.2015. With this, the total commercial capacity of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, NTPC and NTPC group will be 4,760 MW, 38442 MW and 44443 MW respectively. Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station will also become largest operating power station in the India.

The Company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.00 PM India time on October 29, 2015, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. S. C. Pandey, Director (Projects) & Mr. K. K. Sharma, Director (Operations) will discuss the Company’s results for IInd quarter of financial year 2015-16 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Girish Nair
BNP Paribas Securities India Pvt. Ltd.
Tel. No.: +91 22 6196 4380
(girish.nair@asia.bnpparibas.com)

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Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

Incorporation of Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited, a subsidiary of NTPC Limited in Joint Venture with Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited A subsidiary company of NTPC Limited (NTPC) has been incorporated in the name ‘Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited’ (CIN: U40300DL2015GOI286533) on 15.10.2015 in joint venture with Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) to acquire, establish, operate, maintain, revive, refurbish, renovate and modernize the performing existing units and further capacity expansion of Patratu Thermal Power Station, District Ramgarh, Jharkhand.

Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited has an initial authorised and paid up capital of ₹ 10,00,000. NTPC shall hold 74% of the equity share capital in Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited and balance 26% of the equity share capital shall be held by JBVNL.

We are pleased to inform you that the Board of Directors have approved M/s Thriveni- Sainik JV as Mine Developer cum Operator (MDO) for Pakri Barwadih Coal Mining Project for a period of 27 years of mining operation. Peak annual production of the PB CMP will be 15 Million MT.

Voting results for 39th Annual General Meeting of the members of NTPC Limited was held on Friday 18th September,2015 at 10.30 A.M. at Manekshaw Center,New Delhi Click here

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that during the 39th Annual General Meeting held on 18/09/2015, the shareholders of the Company have approved final dividend @ Rs. 1.75 per share for the financial year 2014-15. The total dividend (including interim dividend) for the financial year 2014-15 is Rs. 2.50 per share (face value Rs. 10/- each).

The date of payment/dispatch of dividend shall be September 30, 2015.

Re: Public issue by NTPC Limited (“Company” or “Issuer” or “NTPC”) of tax-free secured redeemable non-convertible bonds of face value of ` 1,000 each, in the nature of debentures having tax benefits under section 10(15)(iv)(h) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended (“Income Tax Act” and such bonds, “Bonds”), for an amount of ` 400 crore (“Base Issue Size”) with an option to retain oversubscription of up to ` 300 crore for issuance of additional bonds aggregating to a total of up to ` 700 crore, (“Issue Size”) in fiscal 2016 (“Issue”).

We wish to inform you that in pursuance of the notification of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India (“CBDT Notification”) dated July 6, 2015 authorising the Company to raise a fund of ` 1,000 crore during the fiscal 2016, of which at least 70.00% of the aggregate amount is to be raised through public issue, the Company is proposing a public issue of its Bonds for the Issue size.

In this regard, a copy of the Draft Prospectus dated September 9, 2015 has been made public for seeking their comments by posting the same on the websites of BSE Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (the “Stock Exchanges”) in compliance of the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008, as amended and applicable laws.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

• Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury has ceased to be the Chairman & Managing Director of NTPC Limited on completion of his five years’ tenure on 31.08.2015 (A/N).
• In terms of Letter No. 8/10/2015-Th-I dated 28th August 2015 of the Ministry of Power, Shri A.K. Jha, Director (Technical), NTPC has taken over the additional charge of the post of the Chairman & Managing Director, NTPC w.e.f. 01.09.2015.

Shri A.K. Jha (aged 58 years), is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from BIT Sindri, Ranchi University and has done LL.B. from Delhi University. He joined NTPC in 1977 as Executive Trainee (2nd Batch). He was directly associated with the NTPC’s flagship Project i.e. Singrauli (5x200 MW) as part of erection team. He has rich and varied experience of 38 years in NTPC in all the areas of Power Project i.e. Design & Engineering, Project Planning & Monitoring and Project Construction & Management.

He joined NTPC Board in July’2012 as Director (Technical). He is responsible for concept to Investment approval of projects, complete engineering during the development of the project, engineering support during O&M phase of the station and engineering for R&M of NTPC’s aged power stations for enhancing life and efficiency of power plant, for the entire portfolio of NTPC i.e Thermal, Hydro, Renewable. In case of Renewable, he has whole responsibility i.e policy advocacy, business development, Project contracting, Engineering and commissioning.

He is also responsible for, R & D through NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology and Research Alliance), induction of environment friendly technologies like Ultra Super Critical/ Advance Ultra super Critical, Information technology initiatives including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Environmental Engineering.

The three years’ tenure of Dr. A. Didar Singh, Independent Director (Non-Official Part-Time Director), who was nominated by the President of India through Letter No. 8/6/2010 Th.I (Vol-I) dated 21.08.2012 of Ministry of Power and appointed by the Board of NTPC on 23.08.2012 has been completed on 22.08.2015 (A/N).

Accordingly, Dr. A. Didar Singh has have ceased to be the Independent Director Non-official Part-time Director of NTPC w.e.f. 22.08.2015 (A/N).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

In pursuance of letter No. 8/3/2008-Th-I dated 20.08.2015 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India conveying the approval of the Competent Authority to the acceptance of resignation of Shri I.J. Kapoor, Director (Commercial), NTPC consequent upon his appointment as Technical Member of the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, he has relinquished the charge of the post of the Director (Commercial) of NTPC Limited with effect from afternoon of August 20, 2015.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that Unit - 1 of 500 MW of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, Stage – V, has been commissioned on 06.08.2015.

With this, the total installed capacity of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station has become 4760 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 45548 MW.

The Company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.00 PM India time on July 30, 2015, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. I. J. Kapoor, Director (Commercial), Shri A. K.  Jha,  Director (Technical), Mr. S. C. Pandey, Director (Projects) & Mr. K. K. Sharma, Director (Operations) will discuss the Company’s results for I^st  quarter of financial year 2015-16 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Rahul Modi
Antique - Stock Broking Limited  
Tel. No:  +91 22 4031 3418
rahul.modi@antiquelimited.com

Regards
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel  No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email ID: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-I, II, III and IV of 200 MW each of Koldam Hydro Electric Power Project is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 18.07.2015.

With this the total commercial capacity of Koldam Hydro Electric Power Project has become 800 MW and that of NTPC Group – 43943 MW.

The Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, through Letter No./CA. V/COY/CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, NTPC(7)/1 dated 30th June 2015 has appointed the following firm(s) of Chartered Accountants as the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company for the year 2015-16:

1. M/s T R Chadha & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
2. M/s P S D Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
3. M/s Sagar & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad
4. M/s Kalani & Co., Chartered Accountants, Jaipur
5. M/s P A & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Bhubaneshwar
6. M/s S K Kapoor & Co., Chartered Accountants, Kanpur
7. M/s B.M. Chatrath & Co., Chartered Accountants, Kolkata

The above firm(s) of Statutory/ Joint Auditors shall also be the auditors of Consolidated Financial Statements under Section 139 read with Section 129(4) of the Companies Act, 2013.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that Unit no. 1 of 250 MW of Bongiagaon Thermal Power Project has been commissioned on 22.06.2015 at 22:30 Hrs.

With this, the total installed capacity of Bongiagaon Thermal Power Project has become 250 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group crosses 45 GW and has become 45048 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC has signed an Agreement on June 15, 2015 with Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Ltd. (JKSPDCL) for promoting a Joint Venture Company with 67:33 equity participation for undertaking exploration, development and operation of jointly allocated Kudanali-Luburi Coal Block at Odisha by Ministry of Coal.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that Unit no. 4 of 200 MW of Koldam Hydro Power Project has been commissioned on 12.06.2015 at 19:50 Hrs.

With this, the total installed capacity of Koldam Hydro Power Project has become 800 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 44,798 MW.

The Company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 2.00 PM India time on May 29, 2015, where Senior Management team of NTPC comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. I. J. Kapoor, Director (Commercial), Mr. S. C. Pandey, Director (Projects) & Mr. K. K. Sharma, Director (Operations) will discuss the Company's results for IVth quarter of financial year 2014-15 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Harsh Dole
IIFL– Institutional Equities
Tel. No.: +91 22 4646 4660
(harsh.dole@iiflcap.com)

Regards
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager(Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No. 011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

INTERNAL CODE OF CONDUCT FOR PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING IN DEALING WITH SECURITIES OF NTPC LIMITED click here.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC has signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on May 03, 2015 with Government of Jharkhand, Jharkhand Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (JUVNL), Jharkhand Urja Utpadan Nigam Limited (JUUNL) and Jharkhand Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited (JBVNL) for performance improvement and capacity expansion of Patratu Thermal Power Station (PTPS).

A Joint Venture Company to be promoted by NTPC and JBVNL with 74:26 equity participation will be formed to take over PTPS. The JV Company will build 2400 MW (800x3) in first phase followed by second phase of 1600 MW (800x2).

The JV Company shall takeover specified assets including land of PTPS on mutually agreed valuation.

The Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on April 28, 2015 has accorded investment approval for Anantpur Solar PV Project, Stage-I (5x50 MW) in the state of Andhra Pradesh at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 1,779.25 Crore.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC has signed Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited (APEPDCL) and Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (APSPDCL) for procurement of power to be generated from the 250 MW solar power plant, the first phase of the 1,000 MW ultra solar power project being set up by NTPC in Anatapur District in Andhra Pradesh.

We wish to inform you that Karvy Computershare Private Limited, the Share Transfer Agent of the Company has shifted its office to the following new address:

Karvy Computershare Pvt. Ltd.
Karvy Selenium Tower B,
Plot No 31 & 32,Gachibowli,
Financial District, Nanakramguda,
Serilingampally,Hyderabad – 500 008

Phone : +91 040 67161518
Email- einward.ris@karvy.com

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that Unit no. 3 of 200 MW of Koldam Hydro Power Project has been commissioned on 10.04.2015 at 18.33 Hrs.

With this, the total installed capacity of Koldam Hydro Power Project has become 600 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 44598 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-I of 195 MW of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station, Stage-II of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (A subsidiary company of NTPC Ltd.) has been commissioned on 31.03.2015.

With this, the total installed capacity of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station has become 415 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 44398 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that Unit no. 1 of 200 MW of Koldam Hydro Power Project has been commissioned on 31.03.2015 at 10:31 Hrs.

With this, the total installed capacity of Koldam Hydro Power Project has become 400 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 44203 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC debuts into hydro generation. Unit no. 2 of 200 MW of Koldam Hydro Power Project has been commissioned on 30.03.2015 at 07:42 Hrs.

With this, the total installed capacity of Koldam Hydro Power Project has become 200 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group crosses 44 GW and has become 44003 MW.

In continuation to our Corporate Disclosure dated 23.12.2014, we wish to inform you that the Scheme of Arrangement (Scheme) under sections 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 between NTPC Limited and its Members for issue of one secured, non-cumulative, non-convertible, redeemable, taxable, fully paid-up bonus debenture out of free reserves having face value of Rs. 12.50 each for every one fully paid-up equity share of face value of Rs. 10/- has been approved by Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide order dated 02.03.2015, received on 11.03.2015. With the filing of the order with Registrar of Companies NCT of Delhi and Haryana on 11.03.2015, the Scheme has become effective.

Company has fixed 23.03.2015, Monday as the record date for determining the members/shareholders to whom the Debentures will be allotted in terms of this Scheme.

Unit# V of 660 MW of Barh Thermal Power Project has been commissioned on 04-Mar-2015 at 21:18 Hrs. With this, the total installed capacity of Barh-II has become 1320 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 43803 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to keep you informed on the following:

The three years’ tenure of the following non-official part-time Directors (Independent Directors), who were nominated by the President of India through Letter No. 8/6/2010-Th-I (Vol-I) dated 20.01.2012 of Ministry of Power and appointed by the Board of NTPC on 28.02.2012 has been completed on 27.02.2015 (A/N):

• Shri A.N. Chatterji
• Ms. H.A. Daruwalla
• Prof. Sushil Khanna

Accordingly, these Directors have ceased to be the non-official part-time Directors (Independent Directors) of NTPC w.e.f. 27.02.2015 (A/N).

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-III of 500 MW of Vallur Thermal Power Project of NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co. Ltd. (NTECL), a JV of NTPC Ltd. and TANGEDCO, is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 26.02.2015.

With this the total commercial capacity of Vallur Thermal Power Project has become 1500 MW and that of NTPC Group – 43143 MW.

The Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on February 25, 2015 has accorded the investment approval for the Khargone Super Thermal Power Project (2 x 660 MW) in the state of Madhya Pradesh at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 9870.51 Crore subject to Environment Clearance of Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Further, the Board of Directors has also accorded approval to the proposal for NTPC’s commitment to Government of India for setting up 10000 MW of Renewable Energy Projects during the next five years.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that 15 MW Solar PV Power Station at Singrauli is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 31.12.2014.

With this, the total capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC Ltd. has become 110 MW and the total commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 43143 MW and 42643 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that the Board of Directors of NTPC Ltd. in its meeting held on December 23, 2014 has approved a Scheme of Arrangement for the issuance of secured, non-cumulative, non-convertible, redeemable, taxable, fully paid-up bonus debentures of face value of Rs. 12.50 each against each equity shares of Rs.10.00 (face value) held by its members by utilizing its free reserves pursuant to provisions of Section 391 to 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, subject to requisite approvals under applicable laws.

To view/download the Scheme of Arrangement

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that a Board Meeting has been scheduled to be held on December 23, 2014 to inter-alia consider a proposal for issuing Bonus Debentures to its members, as the Company has entered its 40th year of operations and is keen to reward its members for their continued support. These Bonus Debentures may be issued through a scheme of arrangement under Section 391-394 of Companies Act, 1956, subject to approval of the Board and receipt of requisite approvals under applicable laws.

In accordance with the corporate disclosures required under Clause 36 of the equity listing agreement, we wish to inform you that the Issuer has launched a issue of USD 500,000,000 Fixed Rate Unsecured Notes due 2024 which were priced on November 19, 2014. The Notes carry a coupon of 4.375% p.a. payable semi-annually and are of 10 years tenor. The Notes are expected to be settled by November 26, 2014.

The Notes represent unsecured obligations of the Issuer and will rank pari passu with all its other existing and future unsubordinated obligations. The Notes will be listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. The proceeds will be used for capital expenditure purposes in accordance with the RBI guidelines and regulations.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that the Unit #1 of 660 MW of Barh Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-II is declared for commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 15.11.2014.

With this the total commercial capacity of Barh Super Thermal Power Station has become 660 MW and the total commercial capacity of NTPC has become 42628 MW.

Change in Functional Directors

1. Shri N.N. Misra has relinquished the charge of the post of Director (Operations) of the Company consequent upon attaining the age of superannuation on 31st October 2014 (A/N).

2. In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Office Order No. 8/10/2013-Th-I dated 07.10.2014 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri K.K. Sharma, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (Operations) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years from the date of assumption of charge of the post on or after 01.11.2014 or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.

Shri K.K. Sharma has taken over the charge as Director (Operations), NTPC with effect from forenoon of 1st November 2014.

Shri K.K. Sharma (57 years) is graduate in Mechanical Engg. and MBA in Finance. He has an illustrious career spanning over 39 years of outstanding contribution in the areas of Mega-Budget Thermal, Hydro Power and Coal Mining Projects as a Professional Manager, Strategic Planner and a Business Leader. He has led several strategic initiatives for execution of projects as well as achieving operational excellence.

He had been Business Unit Head (BUH) of NTPC-SAIL Power Company Private Limited's Durgapur Station, General Manager of Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and General Manager of Hydro Electric Power Project of NTPC. He had Regional Executive Director (Hydro Region), Executive Director (Coal mining/ Coal Washeries), Regional Executive Director (East-II), Executive Director (Project Planning & Monitoring), NTPC and Chief Executive Officer of NTPC-SAIL Power Company Private Limited. Shri Sharma, through his multi-disciplinary approach in Engineering, O&M Management and financial areas, has made turnaround of NSPCL's Durgapur by ramping up PLF from 63% to 81% and of Farakka STPS from 69% to 81%. He played the pivotal role in resolving resettlement and rehabilitation issues in Koldam, getting forests and environment clearances for captive mines of NTPC, developing business process for mine development, Green Field Projects Construction, SAP implementation & introduction of ERP-PS module for on-line monitoring of projects.

As a Director (Operations), he is overall responsible for the activities relating to sustained operation including fuel management of all NTPC stations.

Appointment of Government Nominee Director:

As per office order No. 8/7/2013-Th.I dated 15.10.2014 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has nominated Shri Anil Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power as Part-time Director (Govt. Nominee Director) on the Board of NTPC Limited vice Shri G. Sai Prasad, former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power.

Shri Anil Kumar Singh has been appointed on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 31st October 2014.

Shri Anil Kumar Singh, aged 45 years is B.E. (Civil) and M.E. (Polymers Technology) from Delhi College of Engineering. He is MBA in Business Administration Policy and Administration from University of Ljubljana.

Shri Singh is an Indian Administrative Service Officer of AGMUT Cadre (1995 batch).

During his illustrious career of 19 years as IAS officer, he has held various administrative positions in the areas of Administration, Land Revenue, Urban Development, Energy, Labour, Industrial Policy & Promotion, Khadi & Village Industry, Health & Family Welfare, Home Affairs, Youth Affairs & Sports in various Union Territories in India prior to joining as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power.

The Company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 2.00 PM India time on October 31, 2014, where senior management team comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. I. J. Kapoor, Director (Commercial), Mr. N. N. Misra, Director (Operations) & Mr. S. C. Pandey, Director (Projects) will discuss the Company's results for IInd quarter of financial year 2014-15 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following may be contacted:

Rahul Modi
Antique - Institutional Equities
Tel. No:  +91 22 4031 3300
rahul.modi@antiquelimited.com

Regards 
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager (Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No.  011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email ID: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been entered on 01.10.2014 amongst Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) and consortium of partners consisting of NTPC Ltd. (as lead partner), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID), Power Finance Corporation Ltd. (PFC), Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), PTC India Limited (PTC) and Gujarat Power Corporation Ltd. (GPCL) for undertaking development of Offshore Wind Power projects and its evacuation & integration into the grid though a Joint Venture Company to be incorporated in this regard.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Limited had signed a syndicated term loan facility of USD 250 million arranged by Mizuho Bank Limited, Singapore Branch. The loan carries a floating rate of interest linked to LIBOR and has a door to door maturity of 7 years. The proceeds of the facility will be utilized to finance capital expenditure on the Company’s ongoing and new projects and renovation and modernization of stations.

The Board of Directors of NTPC Ltd. at its meeting held on September 10, 2014 has accorded the investment approval for the following:

• Tanda Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-II (2x660 MW) in the state of Uttar Pradesh at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 9188.98 Crore; and
• Rammam Hydro Electric Project, Stage-III (3x40 MW) in the state of West Bengal at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs.1381.84 Crore.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to keep you informed on the following:

1) The three years’ tenure of the following non-official part-time Directors, who were appointed by the President of India through Letter No. 8/6/2011-Th.I (Pt.) dated 26.08.2011 of Ministry of Power, has been completed on 25.08.2014:

• Shri S.B. Ghosh Dastidar
• Shri R.S. Sahoo

Accordingly, these Directors have ceased to be the non-official part-time Directors of NTPC w.e.f. 25.08.2014.

2) The Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, through Letter No./CA. V/COY/CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, NTPC(6)/103 dated 30th July 2014 has appointed the following firm(s) of Chartered Accountants as the Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company for the year 2014-15:

• M/s. O P Bagla & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
• M/s. P S D Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi
• M/s. P K F Sridhar & Santhanam, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad
• M/s. V. Sankar Aiyar & Co., Chartered Accountants, Mumbai
• M/s. Ramesh C Agrawal & Co., Chartered Accountants, Allahabad
• M/s. A R & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi

Thus, M/s. K.K. Soni & Co., Chartered Accountants, New Delhi have ceased to be the Joint Auditors of the Company and in their place M/s P S D Associates, Chartered Accountants, New Delhi have been appointed as Auditors for the year 2014-15.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that during the 38th Annual General Meeting held 27/08/2014, the shareholders of the Company have approved final dividend @ Rs. 1.75 per share for the financial year 2013-14. The total dividend (including interim dividend) for the financial year 2013-14 is Rs. 5.75 per share (face value Rs. 10/- each).

The date of payment/dispatch of dividend shall be September 09, 2014.

The Company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM India time on August 1, 2014, where senior management team comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. I. J. Kapoor, Director (Commercial) & Mr. N. N. Misra, Director (Operations), will discuss the Company’s results for Ist quarter of financial year 2014-15 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Nalin Bhatt
Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd.
Tel. No: +91 22 3982 5429
( nalinbhatt@motilaloswal.com )

Regards 
Sangeeta Bhatia 
General Manager (Finance) 
Investor Services Department 
Tel No.: 011 2436 7072 
Fax No.: 011 2436 1724 
Email: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

Clarification on Media Reports - This has reference to media reports published in various news papers titled “CERC rejects NTPC plea to revisit tariff norms”. In this regard, Company wishes to inform that the matter is subjudice with Hon’ble High Court of Delhi and Company has no further comments to offer on the published news item/ media reports.

In continuation of our disclosure dated 27th May 2014 in above regard, we wish to inform you that basis of allotment has been finalized and 34,83,320 equity shares will be transfered from Government of India’s demat to respective demat accounts of successful applicants (employees).

Accordingly, Government of India’s share holding in NTPC’s would reduce to 6,18,06,14,980 i.e 74.96% of paid-up equity capital of the Company from 6,18,40,98,300 shares i.e 75.00% of paid-up capital of the company.

Post transfer of equity shares to respective demat accounts of employees , these shares will be available for trading.

This is for your kind information.

In accordance with the approval given by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 22.11.2012, Government of India offers upto 3,67,86,240 equity shares of face value of Rs. 10/- to the eligible employees of NTPC Ltd. at a discounted price of Rs. 138.27 per equity share (5% discount to the cut-off price of Rs. 145.55 discovered in the offer for Sale of equity shares of NTPC Ltd. carried out by Government of India on 07.02.2013). The Department Of Disinvestment, Ministry of Finance, Government of India vide their letter No. 4(18)/2012-DOD Vol.II dated 09.04.2014 has advised NTPC to complete the formalities for issue of shares to the eligible employees latest by 31.05.2014.

In connection with the above, action has been taken by NTPC for sale of equity shares to the eligible employees of NTPC Ltd. by the Government of India. The offer shall remain open from 28.05.2014 to 30.05.2014 (both days inclusive).

The Company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM India time on May 16, 2014, where senior management team comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. I. J. Kapoor, Director (Commercial) & Mr. N. N. Misra, Director (Operations), will discuss the Company’s results for IV quarter as well as financial year 2013-14 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following person may be contacted:

Mr. Harsh Dole
IIFL-Institutional Equities
Tel. No: +91 22 4646 4660
( harsh.dole@iiflcap.com )

Regards,
Sangeeta Bhatia,
General Manager (Finance),
Investor Services Department,
Tel No.: 011 2436 7072,
Fax No.: 011 2436 1724,
Email: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that balance 20 MW Solar unit of Rajgarh Solar PV Power Station is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 30.04.2014. With this, the capacity of Rajgarh Solar PV Power Station has become 50 MW and the total capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC Ltd. has become 95 MW.

Further, with the commissioning and commercial declaration of 20 MW Solar unit at Rajgarh, the total commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 43039 MW and 41879 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. has declared its following units for Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 31.03.2014:-

1) 5 MW Solar PV Power Station at Faridabad; 
2) 10 MW Solar PV Power Station at Unchahar; and 
3) 30 MW Solar PV Power Station at Rajgarh.

With the commissioning and commercial declaration of above units, the total capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC Ltd. has become 75 MW and the total commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 43019 MW and 41859 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that the Unit #2 of 500 MW of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-I is declared for commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 30.03.2014.

With this the total commercial capacity of Mouda Super Thermal Power Station has become 1000 MW and the total commercial capacity of NTPC has become 41814 MW

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that 10 MW Solar PV Power Station at Talcher is declared on commercial operation w.e.f 00:00 Hrs of 28.03.2014. The total capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC Ltd. has become 30 MW.

With the commissioning and commercial declaration of above unit, the total commissioned and commercial capacity of NTPC group has become 42974 MW and 41314 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. has declared its following units for Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 27.03.2014:-

1) Unit # 6 of 500 MW of Rihand Super Thermal Power Station; and 
2) Unit # 12 of 500 MW of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station.

With the declaration of commercial operation of these units, the commercial capacity of Rihand STPS, Vindhyachal STPS and NTPC Group will be 3000 MW, 4260 MW and 41304 MW respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company has accorded the investment approval for North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project (3x660 MW) to be implemented in the State of Jharkhand at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 14,366.58 crore.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit III of 500 MW of Vallur Thermal Power Project of NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co. Ltd. a JV of NTPC Ltd. and TANGEDCO has been commissioned on 28.02.2014 at 17.56 Hrs.

With this, the total installed capacity of Vallur Thermal Power Project has become 1500 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 42964 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that CBDT under notification dated 13.02.2014 allocated to NTPC Ltd. an additional limit of Rs. 500 crore for issue of tax-free bonds, this was in addition to Rs. 1750 crore allocated by CBDT under notification dated 08.08.2013 which was successfully completed by way of public issue in December 2013.

The tax-free bonds issue of Rs. 500 crore was also completed successfully on a private placement basis on 25.02.2014 with coupon rates of 8.19%, 8.63% and 8.61% for 10,15 and 20 years respectively.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that:

1. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed amongst Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL), NTPC Limited and Lakhisarai Bijlee Company Private Limited (LBCPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of BSPGCL, on 22.02.2014 to take over LBCPL by NTPC after contributing 74% of share of investment divested by BSPGCL for setting up Lakhisarai Thermal Power Project (2X660 MW) near village Kajra, District Lakhisarai, Bihar under joint venture route.

2. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) in exercise of powers conferred under section 178 of the Electricity Act, 2003 has issued CERC (Terms and conditions of tariff) Regulations, 2014 which shall come into force w.e.f 01.04.2014 and shall remain in force for a period of 5 years from the date of commencement. Some of the important provisions of the regulations computation are as follows:

• Rate of return has been retained at 15.5% which will be grossed up with effective tax rate as per Regulation 25 of the said Regulations

• Additional RoE of 0.5% subject to certain conditions

• Rate of Depreciation as per Companies Act for the first 12 years

• O&M charges have been increased based on past actual expenditure

• Any generation beyond 85% PLF level will qualify for incentive @ Rs0.50 per kWh

A copy of the regulations is available on the website of CERC i.e. at www.cercind.gov.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that 10 MW Solar PV Power Station Phase-I at Ramagundam is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 29.01.2014.

With this the total capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC Ltd. has become 20 MW and the total commercial capacity of NTPC Group becomes 40304 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:-

NTPC entered into a term loan facility with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) for USD 350 million on 25.01.2014 to finance the supplies and services from Japan as well as India for the Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project Stage-I (3x800 MW). The facility has a door to door maturity of about 15 years.

NTPC also entered into a fixed interest rate facility with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Sumitomo Mistui Banking Corporation (SMBC) for JPY 8,021 million on 25.01.2014 to finance the renovation and modernization of gas turbines at its Auraiya Gas Power Station. The facility has a door to door maturity of over 12 years.

The Company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on January 29th, 2014, where senior management team comprising of Mr. K. Biswal, Director (Finance), Mr. I.J.Kapoor, Director (Commercial) & Mr. N.N.Misra, Director (Operations), will discuss the Company's results for III quarter as well as nine months of FY 2013-14 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following may be contacted:

Regards,
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager (Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No. 011 2436 7072
011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email ID: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

The Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on January 16, 2014 has accorded the investment approval for Darlipali Super Thermal Power Project, (2x800 MW) to be implemented in the State of Odisha at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 12532.44 crore subject to environmental clearance of Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF).

In line with corporate disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Limited has signed a loan agreement, at a fixed interest rate facility, for EUR 55 million with KfW, the German government development financial institution. The loan shall be utilized to part finance the capital expenditure of its Mouda Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-II.

Appointment of Government Nominee Director:

As per office order No. 8/7/2013-Th.I dated 05.11.2013 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has appointed Shri G. Sai Prasad, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power as Part-time Director (Govt. Nominee Director) on the Board of NTPC Limited vice Shri I.C.P. Keshari, former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power with effect from 05.12.2013.

Shri G. Sai Prasad, aged 47 years is a graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT), Delhi and a post-graduate in International Development Policy from Duke University, USA. Shri Prasad is an Indian Administrative Service Officer of Andhra Pradesh Cadre (1991 batch).

During his illustrious career of 22 years as IAS officer, he has held various administrative positions in the areas of administration, land revenue, transport, energy, power and urban development in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Prior to joining as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Power, he was the CMD of Central Power Distribution Company Andhra Pradesh Limited and the Eastern Power Distribution Company of AP Limited and he was also Vice Chairman & Housing Commissioner, Housing Department, AP Housing Board, Hyderabad. Presently, he is holding the additional charge of CMD of NHPC Limited.

Appointment of Functional Director:

As per office order No. 8/6/2012-Th-I dated 05.12.2013 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has appointed Shri Kulamani Biswal, Director (Finance), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited as Director (Finance) on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of five years with effect from the date of taking over the charge of the post i.e. 09.12.2013 (A/N) till the date of his superannuation or until further order, whichever is earlier.

Shri Kulamani Biswal, aged 52 years is a Commerce Graduate from Utkal University and fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. He has done LL.B. from Sambalpur University and Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He is MBA from New Port University, California, USA.

Shri Biswal is having wide and rich experience of 28 years both in coal and power sectors. Before joining NTPC, he was Director (Finance) in Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) since October 2010 managing finance, accounting and corporate governance functions of the Company. He played a pivotal role in making MCL as second largest coal company in India in terms of production and profitability. From 2004 to 2010, he was Chief (Finance) at Central Electricity Regulatory Commission and he contributed in drafting various regulations and policies for smooth functioning of the power sector.

In line with corporate disclosure requirements and in continuation to corporate disclosure dated 27.11.2013, we wish to inform that NTPC Limited has exercised the option of early closure of its public issue of tax-free secured redeemable non-convertible bonds which was opened on 03.12.2013 and was scheduled to close on 16.12.2013. The issue will now close on 05.12.2013.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-I of 660 MW of Barh Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-II has been commissioned on 30.11.2013 at 20:15 hrs.

With this the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 42454 MW.

In line with corporate disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Limited has filed a Prospectus dated November 25, 2013 ("Prospectus") with the Registrar of Companies, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Haryana and shall file the Prospectus with the BSE Limited (the designated stock exchange), the National Stock Exchange of India Limited and the Securities and Exchange Board of India, in connection with its proposed public issue of tax-free secured redeemable non-convertible bonds having tax benefits under section 10(15)(iv)(h) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as amended. The base Issue size aggregates to Rs. 1,000 crore with an option to retain oversubscription up to Rs. 750 crore for issuance of additional Bonds, aggregating to up to Rs. 1,750 crore.

The Issue will open on 03.12.2013 and is scheduled to close on 16.12.2013.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC's Farakka Super Thermal Power Station in West Bengal had started the movement of imported coal by barges through inland waterway. The first set of 3 barges carrying about 1500 Tonnes each of imported coal has berthed near Farakka station on 13.11.2013. NTPC will transport 3 MMTPA of coal through inland waterway to Farakka station for 7 years.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-I of 110 MW of Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station Stage-I of Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited (A subsidiary company of NTPC Ltd.) was declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 01.11.2013, subsequent to achieving the full load on 09.08.2013.

With this the total installed capacity and total commercial capacity of NTPC Group has become 41794 MW and 40294 MW respectively.

The company will hold a conference call (through video and audio mode) for analysts and investors at 3.30 PM India time on October 30, 2013, where senior management team comprising of Dr. Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. I.J.Kapoor, Director (Commercial) & Mr. N.N.Misra, Director (Operations), will address queries on the Q2 FY 2013-14 results and other operating aspects of the Company.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following may be contacted:

Mr. Harsh Dole
IIFL - Institutional Equities
Tel. No:  +91 22 4646 4660
+91 22 4646 4660
harsh.dole@iiflcap.com

Regards 
Sangeeta Bhatia,
General Manager (Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No.  011 2436 7072
011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email ID: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

In terms of Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement executed between NTPC and National Stock Exchange of India Limited for listing of equity shares of the company, it is hereby intimated that un-audited financial results of the Company for the quarter and half-year ending September 30, 2013 shall be considered, approved and taken on record by the Board of Directors of the Company at its Meeting scheduled to be held at New Delhi on Tuesday, October 29, 2013, after these results are reviewed by the Audit Committee of the Board.

In pursuance of letter No. 8/10/2009-Th.I dated 07.10.2013 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India conveying the approval of the Competent Authority to the acceptance of resignation of Shri A.K. Singhal, Director (Finance), NTPC consequent upon his appointment as Member of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, he has relinquished the charge of the post of the Director (Finance) of NTPC Limited with effect from afternoon of 8th October 2013.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-VI of 500 MW of Rihand Super Thermal Power Project has been commissioned on 07.10.2013 at 14:17 hrs.

With this the total installed capacity of Rihand Super Thermal Power Project has become 3000 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 41684 MW.

As per Article No.39 (iv) of Articles of Association of the Company, a Director representing the Government Department shall retire on his ceasing to be an official of that Department.

Shri I.C.P. Keshari, Joint Secretary (Thermal), Ministry of Power, a Government Nominee Director on the Board of NTPC has been relieved of his duties in the Ministry of Power w.e.f. afternoon of 29th September, 2013. Accordingly, he has ceased to be Director on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 30th September, 2013.

Shri B.P. Singh has relinquished the charge of the post of Director (Projects) of the Company consequent upon attaining the age of superannuation on 30th September 2013 (A/N).

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Office Order No. 8/4/2012-Th-I dated 5th August 2013 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri S.C. Pandey, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (Projects) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years with effect from the date of taking over the charge of the post on or after 01.10.2013 or till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever event occurs the earliest.

Shri S.C. Pandey has taken over the charge as Director (Projects), NTPC with effect from forenoon of 1st October 2013.

Shri S.C. Pandey (56 years) is B.E. in Instrumentation. He joined NTPC in November, 1978 as (3rd batch) Executive Trainee. He has about 34 years of comprehensive experience in management of large size power project in the areas of engineering, project construction and power plant operation and maintenance. He has a strong background in managing, operating and maintaining few of the largest stations of the country and has a rich experience and exposure of entire life cycle from concept to commissioning of Greenfield project.

As Executive Director (Project Planning & Monitoring), he was responsible for planning and implementation of pre-award and post-award activities related to Thermal, Hydro, Coal mining, Renewable Energy, R&M and international JVs, analyzing and identifying bottlenecks and critical issues and suggesting corrective actions for their timely resolution.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that Government of India has paid Rs. 536.30 crore to NTPC Ltd. towards the settlement of claims recoverable in respect of expenditure incurred on Loharinag-pala Hydro Power Project.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that during the 37th Annual General Meeting held today, the shareholders of the Company have approved final dividend @ Rs. 2.00 per share, including a special dividend @ Rs. 1.25 per share. The total dividend (including interim dividend) for the financial year 2012-13 is Rs. 5.75 per share (face value Rs. 10/- each).

The date of payment/dispatch of dividend shall be September 27, 2013.

Appointment of Government Nominee Director

As per office order No. 8/7/2013-Th.I dated 09.09.2013 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has appointed Shri Pradeep Kumar, Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Power as Part-time Director (Govt. Nominee Director) on the Board of NTPC Limited vice Shri Rakesh Jain, former Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Power with effect from 10.09.2013.

Shri Pradeep Kumar, aged 52 years, an Indian Administrative Service Officer of Kerala Cadre, is B. Tech in Electronics, MBA, Master Diploma in Public Administration and Governance and M. Phil in Social Sciences.

During his illustrious career of 26 years as IAS officer, he has held various administrative positions in the areas of Revenue, Finance, Transport, Shipping, Inland Water Transportation, Water Resources, Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Environment and Forests. Prior to joining as Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Power, he was Principal Secretary, Environment and Forest Department, Government of Kerala.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. has entered into a Commercial Interest Reference Rate based fixed interest rate facility for EUR 52 million with KfW, the German government developmental financial institution on September 12, 2013. The facility has a door to door maturity of 15 years and shall be utilized to part finance the capital expenditure on Mouda Stage-II project.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the 500 MW Unit-II of 1500 MW Vallur Thermal Power Project of NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co. Ltd. (NTECL), a JV of NTPC Ltd. and TANGEDCO, is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 25.08.2013.

With this the total commercial capacity of Vallur Thermal Power Project has become 1000 MW and that of NTPC Group – 40184 MW.

Appointment of Independent Director

As per office order No. 8/6/2013-Th-I dated 12.07.2013 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President of India has appointed Shri Prashant Mehta, Ex-Director General, Academy of Administration, Bhopal as Non-Official Part-Time Director on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years.

Shri Prashant Mehta, aged 61 years, an Indian Administrative Services Officer of Madhya Pradesh Cadre, is a graduate in Science and post-graduate in Physics from University of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He retired as Director General, Academy of Administration, Bhopal, Government of Madhya Pradesh in November 2011. During his illustrious career of 36 years as IAS officer, he had held various administrative positions in Madhya Pradesh Government departments including education, civil aviation, railways, revenue, mines, forests, etc. He had been actively associated with MP Cricket Association and had been Chairman, Organising Committee for One-day International Cricket matches from 1996 to 2011 at Gwalior. Presently, he is Vice-President of Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association, Executive President of the Gwalior Division Cricket Association and also the Chairman of WWF (Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh). He had been Managing Director of Kailaras Sugar Factory Morena and Government Nominee Director on the Board of NALCO, BALCO, Hindustan Zinc Limited and Hindustan Diamonds Limited.

Shri Prashant Mehta has taken the charge as Non-Official Part-time Director (Independent Director) on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 30.07.2013.

It is also hereby informed that with the appointment of Shri Prashant Mehta, Independent Director on the Board of NTPC by Ministry of Power, Government of India, NTPC has now become fully compliant of Clause 49 (IA) of the Listing Agreement.

Investment Approval of Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Project (1X500 MW)

The Board of Directors of the Company, at its meeting held on 30.07.2013, has accorded the investment approval for Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Project (1x500 MW) to be implemented in the State of Uttar Pradesh at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 3,363.12 Crore.

As per Article No.39(iv) of Articles of Association of the Company a Director representing the Government Department shall retire on his ceasing to be an official of that Department.

Shri Rakesh Jain, Government nominee Director on the Board of NTPC has been relieved of his duties in the Ministry of Power w.e.f. afternoon of 8th July, 2013. Accordingly, he has ceased to be Director on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 9th July, 2013.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Board of Directors of the Company, at its meeting held on June 25, 2013, has accorded investment approval for the development of 50 MW Solar Photo Voltaic based project at Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh at an appraised current project cost of Rs. 346.42 crore.

The company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.30 PM India time on May 10, 2013, where senior management team comprising of Mr. A.K.Singhal, Director (Finance), Mr. I.J.Kapoor, Director (Commercial) & Mr. N.N.Misra, Director (Operations), will discuss the Company's results for IV quarter as well as financial year 2012-13 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following may be contacted:

Mr. Harsh Dole
IIFL - Institutional Equities
Tel. No:  +91 22 4646 4660
+91 22 4646 4660
harsh.dole@iiflcap.com

Regards 
Sangeeta Bhatia
General Manager (Finance)
Investor Services Department
Tel No. 011 2436 7072
011 2436 7072
Fax No. 011 2436 1724
Email ID: sbhatia@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-III of 500 MW of Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Station at Jhajjar of Aravali Power Company Private Limited a joint venture of NTPC Limited, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited, Govt. of Haryana and Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited, Govt. of Delhi is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 26.04.2013.

With this the total commercial capacity of Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Station has become 1,500 MW and that of NTPC Group – 39,684 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the 5 MW Solar PV Power Station at Andaman & Nicobar Islands is declared for commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 31.03.2013.

With this the total capacity of non-conventional energy projects of NTPC Ltd. has become 10 MW. The total commercial capacity of NTPC has become 34820 MW and the total commissioned capacity of NTPC Group becomes 41184 MW.

During the financial year 2012-13, NTPC has added 4170 MW which is the highest ever capacity addition by NTPC in any financial year.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the 5 MW Dadri Solar PV Power Station is declared for commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 30.03.2013. This is the first non-conventional energy project of NTPC Ltd. marking its foray into generation of renewable energy.

With this the total commercial capacity of NTPC has become 34815 MW and the total commissioned capacity of NTPC Group becomes 41179 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-II of 500 MW of Mouda Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-I has been commissioned on 29.03.2013 at 18:23 hrs.

With this the total installed capacity of Mouda Super Thermal Power Project has become 1000 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 41174 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-II of 500 MW of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-IV has been commissioned on 22.03.2013 at 21:30 hrs.

With this the total installed capacity of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station has become 4260 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 40674 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit I of 500 MW of Mauda Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-I is declared for commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 13.03.2013.

With this the total commercial capacity of NTPC has become 34810 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit I of 500 MW of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, Stage-IV is declared for commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 01.03.2013.

With this the total commercial capacity of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station has become 3760 MW and the total commercial capacity of NTPC has become 34310 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

Shri S.P. Singh has relinquished the charge of the post of Director (Human Resources) of the Company consequent upon attaining the age of superannuation on February 28, 2013 (A/N).

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Office Order No.8/1/2012-Th-I(DHR) dated 3rd January, 2013 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri U.P. Pani, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (Human Resources) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years with effect from the date of taking over the charge of the post on or after 01.03.2013 till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever event occurs the earliest.

Shri U.P. Pani has taken over the charge as Director (Human Resources), NTPC with effect from forenoon of 1st March 2013.

Shri U.P. Pani is a Graduate in Electrical Engineering from BITS PILANI (1978) and joined NTPC in November, 1978 as (3rd batch) Executive Trainee. He has worked in Erection, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Technical Services Deptt. of Korba STPS (3x200+3x500 MW) and Talchar STPS, (6x500 MW). He worked as Business Unit Head (BUH) of NSPCL (joint Venture of NTPC & SAIL) at Bhilai and Durgapur. He was Head of NTPC Kahalgaon (4x210 MW+3x500 MW) Project. During his tenure, all three 500 MW Units of Kahalgaon Stage-II were commercialised. He was Head of Project of NTPC’s biggest plant, i.e. Vindhyachal STPP (4260 MW). On 15th March 2010, Sh. Pani took over as Regional Executive Director (Eastern Region-I) and was responsible for overall functioning of various regional projects of NTPC and projects of various subsidiaries and joint venture of NTPC.

As BUH in the capacity of GM & RED at various locations and regions, he has also been responsible for HR functions and has steered numbers of HR initiatives.

As Director (HR), Shri Pani shall be responsible for the entire Human Resource functions of the organization. He shall be also responsible for the Power Management Institute (PMI) of NTPC and other corporate functions such as Industrial Safety, Resettlement & Rehabilitation, Corporate Social Responsibility, Medical Services and Corporate Security & Coordination.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit II of 500 MW of Vallur Thermal Power Project of NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co. Ltd. a JV of NTPC Ltd. and TANGEDCO has been commissioned on 28.02.2013 at 02.20 Hrs.

With this, the total installed capacity of Vallur Thermal Power Project has become 1000 MW and the total installed capacity of NTPC group has become 40174 MW.

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on February 26, 2013 have decided, inter-alia, to pay interim dividend at the rate of 37.5% (Rs. 3.75/- per share) on the face value of paid-up equity shares of Rs. 10/- each for the financial year 2012-13. The record date for the purpose of ascertaining the eligibility of the shareholders for payment of interim dividend shall be March 04, 2013.

The date of payment / despatch of dividend shall be March 12, 2013.

The Board of Directors of the Company, at its meeting held on February 26, 2013, had accorded the investment approval for the following:

• Chatti-Bariatu Coal Mining Project having rated production capacity of 7 MTPA in the state of Jharkhand at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 1314.57 Crore;

• Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-I (2x800 MW) to be implemented in the state of Madhya Pradesh at an appraised current estimated cost of Rs. 11638.55 Crore subject to environmental clearance of Ministry of Environment and Forests.

In line with Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Nabinagar Power Generation Company Private Limited, a Joint Venture of NTPC Ltd and BSEB,Bihar has achieved financial closure for Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project consisting of three units of 660 MW each. The project is situated in the Aurangabad district of Bihar. A loan agreement for Rs 8775 crore in this regard was signed on February 08, 2013 with Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd. The loan would be utilised for financing capital expenditure of Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. has signed on 29 January 2013, a term loan agreement for USD 250 million with State Bank of India, New York Branch and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Limited., Singapore Branch as Arrangers and Lenders. The proceeds of the loan shall be utilized towards capital expenditure for procurement of goods and services for the ongoing and new projects and renovation and modernization of stations of the company. The loan carries a floating rate of interest linked to LIBOR and has a door to door maturity of 7 years.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements and further to our communication dated 22nd July, 2011, we wish to inform that Ministry of Coal, Government of India through letter dated 23rd January, 2013, has conveyed the decision to withdraw the de-allocation of Kerandari, Chatti Bariatu and Chatti Bariatu (South) coal blocks, de-allocated vide their earlier letter dated 14/06/2011.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit I of 500 MW of Vallur Thermal Power Project of NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co. Ltd. a JV of NTPC Ltd. and TNEB is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 29.11.2012.

With this the total commercial capacity of Vallur Thermal Power Project has become 500 MW and that of NTPC Group – 38,174 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit # 5 of 500 MW of Rihand Super Thermal Power Station is declared for Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 19.11.2012.

With this the commercial capacity of Rihand STPS will reach 2500 MW and that of NTPC Group will be 37,674 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-III of 500 MW of Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project at Jhajjar of Aravali Power Company Private Limited (APCPL) a JV of NTPC Limited, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited and Indraprastha Power Generation Co. Ltd. has been commissioned on 07.11.2012 at 01:25 PM. With this, the total capacity of NTPC group has become 39,674 MW.

With the coming of Unit-III, the total installed capacity of Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project has become 1,500 MW.

NTPC Ltd. will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM India time on October 26, 2012, where senior management team comprising Mr. A.K.Singhal, Director (Finance), Mr. I.J.Kapoor, Director (Commercial) & Mr. N.N.Misra, Director (Operations), will discuss the company’s results for IInd quarter of financial year 2012-13 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the followings may be contacted:

Mr. Prakash Gaurav Goel
ICICI Securities
Tel. No: +91 22 6637 7373
prakash.goel@icicisecurities.com

Ms. Firohzi Dumasia
ICICI Securities
Tel No +91 22 6637 7331
firohzi.dumasia@icicisecurities.com

Regards 
Renu Narang,
Additional General Manager 
Investor Services Department 
Telephone No.: 011 2436 7072 
Fax No.: 011 2436 1724 
Email ID: renunarang@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit #4 of 500 MW of Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station is declared under Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 30.09.2012.

With this the commercial capacity of Simhadri STPP will reach 2000 MW and that of NTPC Group will be 37174 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC Limited priced on 24th September 2012, USD 500 million Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Notes under its USD 2 billion MTN Programme. The Notes carry a coupon of 4.75 per cent per annum payable semiannually and are of 10 year tenor. The proceeds would be used to finance capital expenditure of ongoing and/or new power projects of the company.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that NTPC Limited would be holding a press conference on September 21, 2012 in New Delhi. The Performance Highlights of the company would be shared with the press.

Download the press brief.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that during the 36th Annual General Meeting held today, the shareholders of the Company have approved final dividend @ Rs. 0.50 per share. The total dividend (including interim dividend) for the financial year 2011-12 is Rs. 4.00 per share (face value Rs. 10/- each).

The date of payment/dispatch of dividend shall be 25th September 2012.

As per office order No. 8/6/2010-Th-I (Vol-I) dated 21.08.2012 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President has appointed Dr. A. Didar Singh, Ex-Secretary, Government of India as Non-Official Part-Time Director on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years.

• Dr. Alwyn Didar Singh, IAS (61 years), is Masters in Social Science and M.A. in History, Political Thought. He also holds Ph.D. in Policy and Strategy of Electronic Commerce. He retired as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. During his career, he has held various posts including as Additional Secretary, Member (Finance), National Highways Authority of India, Department of Road Transport and Highways; and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and in Ministry of Commerce (Foreign Trade). Dr. Singh has hands-on-experience in the area of e-commerce and management, having been Managing Director of two Information Technology enterprises in Punjab i.e. Punjab Electronics and ESPL and also MD of MCCL (Meghalaya Cement) and MD of Meghalaya Tourism. He has also been Nominee Director on the Boards of BHEL, HMT, EPI, HEC, Cement Corporation of India, Andrew Yule. He is an expert in e-commerce and ICT development; trade and PPP. He has presented a number of papers and authored books on e-commerce and trade.

• Dr. A. Didar Singh has taken the charge as Non-Official Part-time Director (Independent Director) on the Board of NTPC w.e.f. 23.08.2012.

It is also hereby informed that with the appointment of Dr. A. Didar Singh, Independent Director on the Board of NTPC by Ministry of Power, Government of India, NTPC has nine Independent Directors which are meeting the requirement of Clause 49 (IA) of the Listing Agreement for composition of the Board as it is having seven Executive Directors including Chairman & Managing Director and two Government Nominee Directors. Thus, NTPC has now become fully compliant of Clause 49 (IA) of the Listing Agreement.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit # 3 of 660 MW of Sipat Super Thermal Power Station Stage-I is declared for Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 01.08.2012.

With this the commercial capacity of Sipat Stage-I is 1980 MW and that of NTPC Group is 36674 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that:

Shri D.K. Jain has relinquished the charge of the post of Director (Technical) of the Company consequent upon attaining the age of superannuation on June 30, 2012 (A/N).

In pursuance of Article 41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, Ministry of Power vide its Order No. 8/2/2011-Th-1 dated 10th April 2012 has conveyed the approval of the Competent Authority for appointment of Shri A.K. Jha, Executive Director, NTPC as Director (Technical) of NTPC Limited for a period of five years with effect from the date of taking over the charge of the post on or after 01.07.2012 and till the date of his superannuation or until further orders, whichever event occurs the earliest.

Shri A.K. Jha has taken over the charge as Director (Technical) with effect from forenoon of 1st July 2012.

Shri A.K. Jha (55 years) is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from BIT, Sindri, Ranchi University (1977) and has done LL.B. from Delhi University (1996). He joined NTPC in 1977 as Executive Trainee (2nd Batch). He has rich and varied experience of 35 years in NTPC in the areas of Erection & Commissioning, Project Planning & Monitoring, Project Management, O&M, Commercial and Human Resource Management. Prior to this, he was Regional Executive Director (North) and was responsible for complete Operation & Maintenance of 5490MW capacity of Northern Region. In NTPC, he has experience in different areas including Executive Director (Project Planning & Monitoring) looking after planning and monitoring of entire capacity addition program of NTPC through Thermal, Hydro and Renewable Power Projects and development of Coal Blocks. As an in-charge of HR functions in Kahalgaon, he had successfully handled the difficult IR situations during Stage-I of the Project.

Shri Jha is a certified ‘B’ level Project Manager IPMA and has represented NTPC in IPMA World Congress at London in year 2000 and in Rome in the year 2008.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-11 of 500 MW of Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station has been commissioned on 14.06.2012 at 07:35 Hrs. With this, the total capacity of NTPC group has become 39,174 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that Meja Urja Nigam Private Limited, a Joint Venture of NTPC Ltd and UPRVUN Limited has achieved financial closure for Meja Thermal Power Project (1320 MW), located in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

A loan agreement for Rs. 7,575 crore was signed on June 06, 2012 with consortium of sixteen Banks led by State Bank of India and syndicated by SBI Capital Markets Ltd.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that the Unit # 3 of 660 MW of Sipat Super Thermal Power Station Stage-I has been commissioned on 02.06.2012 at 22:10 Hrs. With this, the total capacity of NTPC group has become 38,674 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit # 5 of 500 MW of Rihand Super Thermal Power Project has been commissioned on 25.05.2012 at 02:29 Hrs. With this, the total capacity of NTPC group has become 38,014 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit # 2 of 660 MW of Sipat Super Thermal Power Station Stage-I is declared for Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 25.05.2012.

With this the commercial capacity of Sipat Stage-I is 1,320 MW and that of NTPC Group is 36,014 MW.

With a view to have benefit of synergy of operation, enhancement of efficiency and administrative control and to optimize utilization of resources, the Board of Directors, in its meeting held on 10th May 2012 has approved a Scheme of Amalgamation of NTPC Hydro Limited (NHL), a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited with NTPC Limited subject to compliance of Companies Act, 1956 and subject to receipt of requisite approval from Ministry of Corporate Affairs, shareholders and stock exchanges. Ministry of Power, Government of India vide letter dated 10th April 2012 has also allowed amalgamation of NTPC Hydro Limited with NTPC Limited subject to approval of competent authority in terms of Section 391-394 of the Companies Act 1956 after following due process.

In accordance with the provisions of Clause 24 (f) of the Listing Agreement, the Scheme of Amalgamation shall be sent for approval of Stock Exchange(s) separately.

The company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM India time on May 11, 2012, where senior management team comprising of Mr. A.K.Singhal, Director (Finance), Mr. I.J.Kapoor, Director (Commercial) & Mr. N.N.Misra, Director (Operations), will discuss the company’s results for IVth quarter as well as financial year 2011-12 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call..

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the following may be contacted:
Mr. Harsh Dole
IIFL

Tel. No.: +91 22 4646 4660
(harsh.dole@iiflcap.com)

Regards,
Renu Narang,
Additional General Manager
Investor Services Department

Telephone No.: 011 2436 7072
Fax No.: 011 24361724
Email ID: renunarang@ntpc.co.in

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-II of 500 MW of Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Station at Jhajjar of Aravali Power Company Private Limited (APCPL) a JV of NTPC Limited, Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited, Govt. of Haryana and Indraprastha Power Generation Company, Govt. of Delhi is declared on commercial operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 21.04.2012.

With this the total commercial capacity of Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Station has become 1,000 MW and that of NTPC Group - 35,354 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-I of 500 MW of Mouda Super Thermal Power Project has been commissioned on 19.04.2012 at 05:41 Hrs. With this, the total capacity of NTPC group has become 37,514 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit # 6 of 500 MW of Farakka Super Thermal Power Station is declared for Commercial Operation w.e.f. 00:00 Hrs of 04.04.2012. With this the commercial capacity of Farakka is 2100 MW.

The Board of Directors of the Company, at its meeting held on March 19, 2012, had accorded the investment approval for the following:

• Mouda Super Thermal Power Project (2 X 660 MW) to be implemented in the State of Maharashtra at an appraised current estimated cost not exceeding 7921.47 Crore.
• Solapur Super Thermal Power Project (2 X 660 MW) to be implemented in the State of Maharashtra at an appraised current estimated cost not exceeding 9395.18 Crore.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit-IV of 500 MW of Simhadri Super Thermal Power Project has been commissioned on 30.03.2012 at 07:09 Hrs. With this, the total capacity of NTPC group has become 37,014 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform you that the Unit I of 500 MW of Vallur Thermal Power Project of NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Co. Ltd. a JV of NTPC Ltd. and TNEB has been commissioned on 28.03.2012 at 23:47 Hrs. With this, the total capacity of NTPC group has become 36,514 MW.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. has signed a Commercial Interest Reference Rate (CIRR) based fixed interest rate term loan facility backed by Euler Hermes of EUR 72.5 million with KfW, Germany on 22nd March 2012. The loan shall be utilized to fund the capital expenditure on Barh, Stage-II project located in the state of Bihar. The loan has a door to door maturity of 14 years.

In line with the Corporate Disclosure requirements, we wish to inform that NTPC Ltd. has signed a loan facility of USD 100 million with Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd. on 16th March, 2012. The proceeds of the loan shall be applied towards capital expenditure for procurement of goods and services for the ongoing and new projects, coal mining projects and renovation and modernization of stations. The loan has a door to door maturity of 7 years.

In continuation of our letter of even no. dated 31.01.2012, we had informed that the President acting on behalf of Ministry of Power, Government of India, through office order No. 8/6/2010-Th-I (Vol-I) dated 20th January, 2012 and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, has appointed the following three persons as Non-Official Part-Time Directors on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years with effect from 30.01.2012 or from the date of joining after this date or until further orders:

• Ms. Homai A. Daruwalla, Ex-CMD, Central Bank of India
• Shri Anol Nath Chatterji, Ex-Dy. C&AG
• Professor Sushil Khanna, Professor of Economics and Strategic Management at IIM-Kolkata

The above incumbents have joined the Board of NTPC as Independent Director w.e.f. 28.02.2012.

NTPC’s appeal has been allowed in the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the case against Ansaldo Caldaie Boilers India Private Limited & Another on 16.02.2012 and the impugned judgement of High Court has been set aside.

In this regard, following may please be noted:

• Based on the directive dated 04.09.2009 of Government of India regarding bulk tendering by NTPC, the bids for Steam Generator and Steam Turbine Generator packages of 660 MW Bulk Tender for Mouda STPP (2X660MW), Solapur STPP (2X660MW), Nabinagar STPP (3X660MW), Meja TPP (2X660MW) and Raghunathpur TPP (2X660MW) were invited separately on 16.10.2009.

• Four parties namely BHEL, L&T MHI, BGR Energy Limited and Ansaldo Caldaie Boilers India Private Limited (Ansaldo) participated in the bidding for SG Package. During the Techno Commercial evaluation, the bid of Ansaldo was rejected since it did not satisfy the tender condition in respect of qualification.

• In January 2011, Ansaldo approached Delhi High Court seeking relief against their disqualification. The Delhi High Court pronounced judgment in March 2011 directing NTPC to allow Ansaldo to participate in Stage-II (Price) bidding.

• Aggrieved by the judgment of the Delhi High Court, NTPC filed Special Leave Petition (SLP) in Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on 09.03.2011 against the decision of the High Court.

• The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has pronounced the judgement on 16.02.2012 allowing the Appeal in favour of NTPC Limited and has set aside the impugned judgement of the Delhi High Court.

As per office order No. 8/6/2010-Th-I (Vol-I) dated 20th January, 2012 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President has appointed the following three persons as Non-Official Part-Time Directors on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years with effect from 30.01.2012 or from the date of joining after this date or until further orders:

• Ms. Homai A. Daruwalla (63 years), is a qualified Chartered Accountant. In her career in Banking, spanning more than three decades, she has worked in various capacities in Union Bank of India, Oriental Bank of Commerce and retired as Chairman & Managing Director of Central Bank of India in December 2008. During her tenure as CMD of Central Bank of India, bank had undergone radical changes by rejuvenating the working of the Bank through series of bold initiatives, which yielded positive results for the Bank. She ensured introduction of innovative products to cater the requirements of its multi-cultural clients. Her main areas of concern included HRD, Technological upgradations matching industry levels, Business Process Reengineering with active participation from field and customizing the products/ services as well as systems and procedures to match the market requirements. She also handled prestigious assignment as Region of India Director on the Board of ‘The Institute of Internal Auditors’, Florida, USA. During her tenure, Central Bank of India was awarded ‘National Award for Excellence in Medium and Small Enterprise Lending for the year 2007-08 in recognition of the Bank’s outstanding performance in lending to Medium and Small Enterprise Sector. Ms. Daruwalla is also a recipient of many awards.

• Shri Anol Nath Chatterji (62 years) is graduated from Presidency College, University of Calcutta, with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Comprehensive Audit Foundation, Ottawa. Shri Chatterji joined the Indian Audit and Accounts Service in 1974. He has held several important posts during his career. These include Director of Audit, Department of Atomic Energy and Space, Accountant General Himachal Pradesh, Principal Director of Audit, Ordnance Factories and Principal Director of Audit, Railways. He has worked in the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India as Asst. CAG (Personnel), Principal Director, International Relations and as Director General, Performance Audit. He has been Director General of the National Academy of Audit and Accounts, Shimla and later became Director of the National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad. Shri Chatterji has been Additional Deputy CAG responsible for audit of Autonomous Bodies and State Commercial Enterprises. He was promoted as Deputy CAG and was responsible for the audit of Indian Railways, Local Bodies and the Accounts of the States. Concurrently he was also Chairman Audit Board responsible for the Audit of all Central Public Sector Undertakings. Immediately prior to his retirement Shri Chatterji was Deputy CAG responsible for the administration of the whole Indian Audit and Accounts Department. He was also responsible for all Professional Practices in the Department and was Chairman of the Govt. Accounting Standards Advisory Board. Currently, he serves as a member of the Independent Advisory and Oversight Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Geneva and member of the Quality Review Board constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs under the Chartered Accountants Act.

• Shri Sushil Khanna (60 years) is Fellow of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C). He is Professor of Economics and Strategic Management at IIM-C since 1991. He has been visiting Professor in various Universities and institutes abroad. His past positions included Member, Task Force on New Industrial Policy, Govt. of Kerala, Chairman, Kerala Financial Corp. Member, Management Studies Board of All India Council for Technical Education etc. He has published several articles and chapters in the books on the topics relating to Industrial Policy, Industrial Economics, Strategic Management and Management of Services. His recent studies/ Consultancy assignments include study of Government/ Public Sector, Private Sector and Civil Society. He is currently, Member, Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises, and Independent Director on the Board of Oil India, Shipping Corp of India and Nicco Internet Ventures Limited.

Further, we would also like to inform you that the above three Directors are appointed in place of the following four Directors whose 3 years tenure has expired on 29.01.2012:

• Shri A.K. Sanwalka
• Shri Kanwal Nath
• Shri Adesh C. Jain
• Shri Santosh Nautiyal

NTPC has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDP) on 29.01.2012 with the objective of setting up and implementing 1320 MW coal based power plant(s) in Bangladesh to cater to the growing power requirements of Bangladesh. This project will be developed through a 50:50 Joint Venture Company between NTPC Limited and BPDP on Build, Own and Operate basis.

The Board of Directors in its meeting held on 27th January 2012 have decided, inter-alia, to pay interim dividend at the rate of 35% (Rs.3.50/- per share) on the face value of paid-up equity shares of Rs.10/- each for the financial year 2011-12.

The date of payment / despatch of dividend shall be 9th February 2012.

MOP has appointed two Independent directors on the Board of NTPC whose profile are as under:

As per office order No. 8/6/2010-Th-I (Vol-I) dated 20th January, 2012 of the Ministry of Power, Government of India and in pursuance of Article 40/41 of the Articles of Association of NTPC Limited, the President has appointed the following two persons as non-official part-time Directors on the Board of NTPC Limited for a period of three years with effect from the date of his joining on the Board or until further orders, whichever is earlier:

• Shri Ajit M. Nimbalkar (68 years), is a retired Indian Administrative Service Officer of 1967 Batch, Maharashtra Cadre. He is M.A. in Political Science & Public Administration. He has over 37 years of experience as IAS and has held several positions at the District, State and Central Levels. He worked in different fields which included sugar industry of Maharashtra, upliftment of Labour in State and Central Level, generation & distribution of power, gas distribution, infrastructure in Mumbai. He retired as Chief Secretary, Maharashtra in May 2004. Subsequently, after retirement, in order to utilise his services for infrastructure development, he was appointed as Advisor to the State Government from June 2004 to March 2005. From August 2005 and till August 2011, he served as the first Chairman of the newly enacted Maharashtra Water Resources Regulatory Authority, a qausi-judicial post. Shri Nimbalkar has taken over the charge as Non-Official Part-time Director on the Board of NTPC on 20.01.2012.

• Shri S.R. Upadhyay (62 years), is B.Sc (Hons.) (Mining) from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. He has obtained 1st Class Mines Managership Certificate of Competency (Coal), 1975. He has retired as Chairman & Managing Director, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited. He has wide experience in the area of coal mining. He has contributed a lot in introducing systems of working and capacity utilisation through use of new and technology-savvy techniques. He was pioneer in making turnaround of productivity from stagnant or low productivity/ profits to highest ever production or huge profits. He has published papers on Use of Long Wall Method of work at shallow depth at Jhanra and on Dealing with fire in Long Wall face. He is Independent Director on the Board of Northern Coalfield Limited and a consultant of Power Finance Corporation Consulting Limited. He is life Member of IMMA, MGMI and was also member of prestigious Board of Mining Examinations of the Director General of Mines Safety, GOI, while in service. Shri Upadhyay has taken over the charge as Non-Official Part-time Director on the Board of NTPC on 20.01.2012.

The company will hold a conference call for analysts and investors at 4.00 PM India time on January 30, 2012, where senior management team comprising of Mr. A.K.Singhal, Director (Finance), Mr. I.J.Kapoor, Director (Commercial) & Mr. N.N.Misra, Director (Operations), will discuss the company’s results for IIIrd quarter of financial year 2011-12 and answer questions from participants.

To participate in the conference call, please dial the numbers provided below five to ten minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. The operator will provide instructions on asking questions before the call.

A transcript of the conference call will be available on our website post the conference call.

For any further enquiries regarding the conference call the followings may be contacted:
Mr. Amit Rustagi and Mr. Mohit Kumar
Antique Stock Broking Limited
Tel. No: +91 22 40313418
Mobile No: +91 9892644535
(mohit.kumar@antiquelimited.com)