NHPC advances on submitting proposal seeking Navratna status

07 Oct 2013 Evaluate

NHPC is currently trading at Rs. 19.40, up by 0.15 points or 0.78% from its previous closing of Rs. 19.25 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 19.30 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 19.65 and Rs. 19.20 respectively. So far 567049 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 29.40 on 20-Feb-2013 and a 52 week low of Rs. 14.80 on 07-Aug-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 19.95 and Rs. 19.15 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 23740.43 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 86.36% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 5.72% and 7.92% respectively.

State-owned NHPC has submitted the proposal seeking Navratna status to the government. The proposal is submitted to the Power Ministry, which has forwarded the same to the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), the nodal agency for public sector undertakings, comes under the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.

The move comes at a time when the country’s largest hydel power generator has firmed up plans to foray into thermal, solar and wind energy segments. Currently, NHPC is a Mini Ratna Category-I enterprise. Established in 1975, the company has an authorised share capital of Rs 15,000 crore.

Navratna status provides for greater autonomy and more powers to the company's board, especially on investment decisions

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