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Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on Thursday posted its highest ever quarterly profit after tax of Rs 5,229.33 crore for September quarter 2022-23 mainly due to higher revenues. The consolidated profit is 4 per cent higher as compared to the year-ago period when it logged a profit of Rs 5,023.42 crore, it said in a BSE filing. Total income rose to Rs 19,344.39 crore from Rs 19,282.60 crore in the same period a year ago. The board in its meeting on Thursday also approved second interim dividend of Rs 3 per share of Rs 10 each for 2022-23. The PFC group delivered its highest ever consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 5,229 crore in Q2FY23, it said in a statement. The group reported a PAT of Rs 9,809 crore in April-September FY23 as against Rs 9,578 crore in the year-ago period. The consolidated net worth crossed Rs 1 lakh crore mark and stood at Rs 1,02,280 crore (including non-controlling interest) as on September 30, 2022. This is reflective of PFC group's strong fundamentals
Power Finance Corporation on Friday said it has paid Rs 886.97 crore as an interim dividend to the government for the financial year 2021-22. This is in addition to Rs 333 crore and Rs 370 crore paid as first and second interim dividend, respectively, earlier, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) said in a statement. PFC CMD Ravinder Singh Dhillon presented the interim dividend RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) intimation advice of Rs 886.97 crore to Minister for Power, New & Renewable Energy RK Singh in the presence of the Power Secretary Alok Kumar and other senior ministry and company officials. The third interim dividend at a rate of Rs 6 per equity share of face value Rs 10 each was declared by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on February 11, 2022. "With this, PFC has so far paid interim dividends amounting to Rs 2,838 crore to its shareholders...for the financial year 2021-22, which is the highest ever dividend paid by PFC," it said.