NTPC Ltd on Tuesday said that it has paid 7.14 per cent more as interim dividend.
The public sector power producer claimed to have paid the highest-ever interim dividend of Rs 3,092.06 crore compared with Rs 2,885.92 crore in the previous year. During 2011-12, NTPC paid a total dividend of Rs 3,298.19 crore.
The Government holds 75 per cent stake in NTPC. The power producer has paid Rs 231.904 crore to the Government for its share of the dividend.