NHPC hosted its 47th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 31st August 2023 .
R.K. Vishnoi, CMD, NHPC highlighted upon various key achievements by NHPC. Vishnoi informed that NHPC achieved its highest ever annual Profit after Tax (PAT) of Rs 3833.79 Crore on standalone basis compared to Rs 3537.71 Crore in the previous Financial year i.e. an increase of 8%. He further said that NHPC’s Power Stations generated 24,907 MUs and recorded highest ever annual Plant Availability Factor (PAF) of 88.75% during the financial year 2022-23. He further added that on approval of the shareholders the total Dividend payout for FY 2022-23 will be Rs.1858.33 crore.
R.P. Goyal, Director (Finance), Biswajit Basu, Director (Projects), Uttam Lal, Director (Personnel) and Independent Directors Dr. Uday Sakharam Nirgudkar, Prof. (Dr.) Amit Kansal, Prof. (Dr.) Rashmi Sharma Rawal, Jiji Joseph, Premkumar Goverthanan and Smt. Rupa Deb, Company Secretary, NHPC were also present in the AGM .
R.K. Vishnoi, said that NHPC has already initiated action for undertaking development of three Pilot Green Hydrogen Projects in Leh & Kargil Districts of UT of Ladakh and Chamba District of Himachal Pradesh. These pilot projects will create roadmap for future development of green hydrogen and subsequent reduction of the carbon emission in transportation/ heating sector.
