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State-run Power Grid is planning an undersea interconnection worth up to Rs 40,000 crore with countries in the Middle East, a top official said on Monday. After the soft June quarter, which witnessed revenues being almost flat, the company sees the topline inching by only 4-5 per cent in FY25, its chairman and managing director R K Tyagi told reporters here after the earnings announcement on Friday. The company plans to invest Rs 18,000 crore this fiscal year, which will help accelerate the growth rate going forward, Tyagi said, explaining that as projects become older, the earnings from transmission projects go down and the company has to keep commissioning new projects to have higher revenue growths. On the interconnected projects front, it is looking at companies beyond the immediate neighbourhood and will be looking at countries in the Middle East, Tyagi said. He specified that discussions are ongoing with Oman, Saudi Arabia and the UAE for the interconnection. The company has
State-owned Power Grid Corporation on Wednesday reported a nearly four per cent dip in its consolidated net profit to Rs 4,166.33 crore in the March 2024 quarter, mainly due to a marginal decline in income. The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 4,322.87 crore in the quarter ended on March 31, 2023, a BSE filing showed. Total income declined to Rs 12,305.39 crore in the quarter as compared to Rs 12,557.44 crore in the same period a year ago. For fiscal 2023-24, the consolidated net profit rose to Rs 15,573.16 crore from Rs 15,419.74 crore a year ago. Total income in the fiscal rose to Rs 46,913.12 crore as against Rs 46,605.64 crore in the year-ago period. The board also recommended a final dividend of Rs 2.75 per share (i.e. 27.5 per cent on the paid-up equity share capital) for the financial year 2023-24 subject to the approval of the shareholders at the ensuing annual general meeting of the company. The final dividend will be paid within 30 days from the date of
Skipper Limited, leading manufacturers for power transmission and distribution structures, on Sunday said it has secured an order worth Rs 737 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) for design, supply and construction of a cutting-edge 765 kV transmission line for the central PSU. Skipper director Sharan Bansal expressed enthusiasm about this latest achievement in the power transmission and distribution sector, emphasising the company's optimistic outlook on the industry. He highlighted the substantial boost to Skipper's order book in the transmission and distribution landscape, with the year-to-date order intake exceeding Rs 3,900 crore. "The orders from PGCIL have notably bolstered our order book in the transmission and distribution (T&D) landscape. With a year-to-date order intake surpassing Rs 3,900 crore, these recent victories are poised to significantly contribute to our envisioned growth trajectory in the foreseeable future," he said. The company, which
State-owned Power Grid Corporation on Wednesday posted a 10.5 per cent rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 4,028.25 crore in the December quarter, mainly on the back of higher revenues. Its consolidated net profit stood at Rs 3,645.29 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a regulatory filing. Total income increased to Rs 11,819.70 crore in the third quarter of FY24 from Rs 11,530.22 crore a year ago. The company's board of directors, in their meeting on Wednesday, approved the payment of second interim dividend of Rs 4.50 per equity share of Rs 10 each (at the rate of 45 per cent of the paid-up equity share capital) for 2023-24. The second interim dividend shall be paid to members on March 5, 2024.
State-owned Power Grid Corporation board on Friday approved raising of Rs 2,200 crore through bonds. The company's committee of directors for bonds, in their meeting on July 29, 2023, approved the raising of up to Rs 5,700 crore in FY 23-24 in multiple tranches to part finance its capex requirement, for providing inter corporate loan(s) to wholly owned subsidiaries/JVs and for general corporate purposes, according to a regulatory filing. Further, it stated that the committee of director for bonds in their meeting on Friday approved the raising of up to Rs 2,200 crore towards the third tranche of bonds. The base issue size is Rs 500 crore with a greenshoe option of Rs 1,700 crore, the the filing added.
Leading exchanges BSE and NSE have imposed a fine of Rs 5,42,800 each on state-owned Power Grid Corporation for not having the required number of independent directors, including one woman. The NSE and BSE have imposed a fine of Rs 5,42,800 for non-compliance, Power Grid Corporation said in a regulatory filing said. It informed that the company has received notices from NSE and BSE on November 21, 2023, regarding non-compliance with the provision of Regulation 17(1) of the Sebi (LODR) for not having a requisite number of independent directors (including one woman independent director) on the Board during the quarter ended September 30, 2023. The company said that in response to the notices, it has requested NSE and BSE to grant a waiver of the fine with regard to non-compliance of Regulation 17(1) of the Sebi (LODR), Regulations, 2015. Powergrid, being a government company within the meaning of Section 2(45) of the Companies Act, 2013, the power to appoint functional/Official ...