State-run Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has paid an interim dividend of Rs 1,182.63 crore to the government for financial year 2020-21
The company has also elevated Umesh Revankar as the Vice Chairman and Managing Director with effect from April 1, 2021
State-owned hydropower giant NHPC on Friday said it has paid Rs 890.85 crore as an interim dividend to the Centre for the financial year ending March 31, 2021. NHPC Chairman and Managing Director A K Singh handed over dividend payout advice to Minister of State for Power and New & Renewable Energy R K Singh in the presence of Power Secretary Alok Kumar and other senior officials of the ministry and NHPC, the company said in a statement. "NHPC has paid an interim dividend of Rs 890.85 crore to Government of India for the financial year 2020-21 on March 5, 2021," it said. The company further said it has recorded a net profit of Rs 2,829.16 crore for the nine months ended December 2020, against the previous period corresponding figure of Rs 2,624.26 crore. The company had earned a net profit of Rs. 3,007.17 crore for the financial year 2019-20.
The central government on Wednesday received the second interim dividend cheque of Rs 376.94 crores for the financial year 2020-21 from the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
ICICI Lombard General Insurance has approved an interim dividend of Rs 4 per share for the current fiscal in the midst of a pandemic year
The date of payment of interim dividend is on and from March 24
The board of directors declared payment of a third interim dividend (special) for the financial year 2020-21 at Rs 100 per share
The government, which holds 52.1 per cent of GAIL, is likely to participate in the GAIL buyback
The company plans to go for a stock split to make shares more affordable for small retail investors and increase liquidity
Majesco has also launched a Rs 631-crore share buyback programme
The board of Vedanta Ltd on Saturday approved the first interim dividend of Rs 9.50 per equity share for the current fiscal amounting to Rs 3,500 crore
This is 3rd consecutive year when the Centre has made the demand
If the RBI board agrees to interim dividend based on their six-month performance, it would provide some financial relief to the government, sources added.
Last fiscal, the RBI paid Rs 28,000 crore as interim dividend
The RBI, which currently follows July-June calendar, usually transfers dividend after closing its accounts in August
Payout from the central bank will help partly bridge the government's budget gap in the year ending March after it missed tax collection and asset sale targets
When asked how much interim dividend the government expects from the RBI, DEA Secy Garg said, 'Rs 28,000 crore'
The proposed 10% tax on dividends of over Rs 10 lakh per annum will be kicking in from April 1 and hence, there has been a frantic race through March to declare large interim dividends
RIL, HPCL, Biocon, Cadila Healthcare, TVS Motor, CESC, Shree Cement, Torrent Power & Marico went ex-dividend today.
Reliance Ind, Hero MotoCorp, Shree Cement and Torrent Power board will meet today to consider interim dividend on equity shares of the company for FY16