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National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd(NTPC):

Key data:

Industry: Power generation and distribution
No of shares: 8,245,464,400
Face value: Rs 10
BSE code: 532555
NSE code: NTPC
Chairman & Managing Director: R. S. Sharma

Share holding pattern (as on 30th June 2008):

Promoters: 89.5%
Foreign & Institutional investors: 6.68%
Public & others: 3.82%

NTPC is the largest power company in India set up in 1975. NTPC occupied 411th place in forbes list of World’s 2000 Largest Companies for the year 2007. NTPC total installed capacity is 29,394 MW. Out of which 23,395 MW is being generated by 15 coal based poer stations, 3,955 MW is being generated by gas based power stations and 1,794 MW is being generated under joint venture.

NTPC has been listed in major stock exchanges of India in November 2004 with Government holding 89.5% of the equity share capital and rest held by Institutional Investors and Public.

NTPC plans to be a 75,000 MW company by 2017.

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