Arup Roy Choudhury

• NTPC to be 90,000 Megawatt Company in 10 Years: CMD

  At present, the company generates 44,398 MW of power from all sources of energy. Out of this, 12,115 MW or 27 per cent of the total was added in the last four and a half years.

• PSU Chiefs Meet Jaitley to Discuss Dividends

  All profit-making central public sector undertakings (CPSU) are required to declare a minimum dividend payout of 20 per cent of post-tax profit, whichever is higher, subject to the availability of disposable profits.

• Gas Price Hike Fruitful if Discoms Buy Costlier Power: NTPC

  With the government announcing increase in the price of domestically produced gas, state-run NTPC said the move will prove beneficial only if the power distribution companies buy the electricity produced from the plants consuming the costlier fuel.

• NTPC Expects Coal Import to Jump 63 Per Cent in FY15

  NTPC Ltd, India's largest power producer, will import about two-thirds more coal this fiscal year, its chairman said, as it looks to meet the country's growing power needs amid an acute shortage of coal in a sector hamstrung by scandals.

• Coal Reserves Offer No Relief for India's Fuel Crunch

  India sits on one of the world's biggest coal reserves, yet its power stations are starved of the fuel with some idle and others running dangerously low on supplies.

• NTPC's 1,320 MW Bangladesh Project Likely to be Ready by Dec 2018

  During the meeting of BIFCL's board today in Kolkata, the members emphasised the need to commission the unit of the project by December, 2018, according to a statement issued by NTPC.

• NTPC frames new policy for unprofessional vendors

  The new policy, introduced last month, comes against the backdrop of instances of projects getting adversely impacted due to unprofessional approach of some vendors.

• NTPC sets coal import target for 2014-15 at 15 million tonnes

  NTPC, India's largest power producer, has set coal import target for the next financial year (2014-15) at 15 million tonnes, which may be lowered if Coal India increases its production.

• NTPC presentation to CERC on new tariff rules within a week: report

  State-owned NTPC Ltd will make a presentation within a week to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to consider its case against new 5-year tariff regulations, according to sources.

• NTPC should commence mining from allotted coal blocks soon: CMD

  Addressing the employees on the company's 38th raising day, CMD NTPC Arup Roy Choudhury said, "Now we have 10 coal mines to take care of the fuel security and also there is urgent need to commence mining operations."

• NTPC to bid for ultra-mega power projects

  "We have been participating in UMPPs and will bid for such projects as and when they come," company's chairman and managing director Arup Roy Choudhury said today.

• Third-party sampling of CIL-supplied coal likely by December: Coal Ministry

  Third-party sampling of coal supplied by Coal India Ltd (CIL) is likely to be put in place by the end of this year, the Coal Ministry has said.

• Coal India asked to sign supply pacts with power companies even without purchase agreements

  The Coal Ministry has asked Coal India to sign fuel supply pacts with the power generation companies, including NTPC, before finalising power purchase agreements with them.

• Coal India-NTPC dispute: Full coal supply to be resumed

  After days of intense stand-off over quality of fuel with NTPC, Coal India Ltd today said it will resume full supplies even as the power producer continued to raise the quality issue.

• NTPC not to sign fuel supply agreements with Coal India over quality

  India's largest power producer NTPC has refused to sign fuel supply agreements with Coal India Ltd (CIL) as it feels the state-run firm was supplying inferior quality coal.