PFC gains after its arm incorporates wholly owned subsidiary

Power Finance Corporation is currently trading at Rs. 378.40, up by 1.20 points or 0.32% from its previous closing of Rs. 377.20 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 377.55 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 387.85 and Rs. 375.75 respectively. So far 472743 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 387.85 on 06-Dec-2023 and a 52 week low of Rs. 104.16 on 26-Dec-2022.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 387.85 and Rs. 325.85 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 125024.36 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 55.99%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 34.77% and 9.23% respectively.

Power Finance Corporation’s (PFC) wholly owned subsidiary -- PFC Consulting (PFCCL) has incorporated Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) as its wholly owned subsidiary (WOS) namely Gola B - Ramgarh B Transmission for developing the Intra-State transmission system consisting of i) 400/220/132/33 KV SS at Gola-B along with associated transmission lines and (ii) 220/33 KV SS at Ramgarh along with associated transmission line under Package -B (Jharkhand) for Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC). 

PFC Consulting has been nominated as the Bid Process Coordinator (BPC) for selection of developer through tariff based competitive bidding for the Independent Transmission Projects (ITPs) by Ministry of Power, Government of India.

As per the provisions of tariff based competitive bidding Guidelines issued by the Ministry of Power, the BPC has to prepare the project profile and initiate the process of land acquisition and forest clearance, if required. For these activities, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) is required to be incorporated which will take up various preparatory activities of the and preparation of transmission projects e.g. survey report, of seeking forest initialization of the process of acquisition of land and also initiate the process clearance, if required. The SPV has to be transferred to the Successful Bidder selected through International Competitive Bidding Process under Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Guidelines for Transmission Service issued by Ministry of Power.

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) is central PSU under Ministry of Power and India's leading NBFC.