psu public company traded as bse 532555 nse ntpc bse sensex constituent cnx nifty constituent industry electric utility founded 1975 headquarters new delhi india key people gurdeep singh ntpc 1 chairman & md 2 products electrical power natural gas services electricity generation and distribution natural gas exploration production transportation and distribution revenue inr 71696.07 crores us 10.73 billion 2015 16 3 net income inr 10242.91 crores us 02.31 billion 2015 16 3 number of employees 21 633 march 2016 4 website www.ntpc.co.in ntpc limited previously known as national thermal power corporation limited is an indian psu public sector undertaking engaged in the business of generation of electricity and allied activities . it is a company incorporated under the companies act 1956 and a government company within the meaning of the act . the headquarters of the company is situated at new delhi . ntpc s core business is generation and sale of electricity to state owned power distribution companies and state electricity boards in india . the company also undertakes consultancy and turnkey project contracts that involve engineering project management construction management and operation and management of power plants . the company has also ventured into oil and gas exploration and coal mining activities . it is the largest power company in india with an electric power generating capacity of 45 548 mw . 5 although the company has approx . 16 % of the total national capacity it contributes to over 25 % of total power generation due to its focus on operating its power plants at higher efficiency levels approx . 80.2 % against the nationalk plf rate of 64.5 % . 5 it was founded by government of india in 1975 which now holds 74.96 % of its equity shares on 30.09.2015 6 after divestment of its stake in 2004 2010 2013 and 2014 in may 2010 ntpc was conferred maharatna status by the union government of india . 7 it is ranked 424th in the forbes global 2000 for 2014 . 3 contents 1 history 1.1 1975 to 1994 1.2 1995 to 2004 1.3 2005 to present 2 operations 3 ntpc plants and their capacity 3.1 coal based thermal power plants 3.2 coal based owned through jvs 3.3 gas based thermal power plants 3.4 gas based owned through jvs 3.5 hydro electric power plants 3.6 solar photovoltaic power plants 4 future goals 5 listings and shareholding 6 employees 7 awards and recognitions 8 criticism 9 see also 10 references 11 external links history edit 1975 to 1994 edit the company was founded in november 1975 as national thermal power corporation private limited . it started work on its first thermal power project in 1976 at shaktinagar named national thermal power corporation private limited singrauli in uttar pradesh . 8 in the same year its name was changed to national thermal power corporation limited . in 1983 ntpc began commercial operations of selling power and earned profits of inr 4.5 crores in fy 1982 83 . by the end of 1985 it had achieved power generation capacity of 2000 mw . in 1986 it completed synchronisation of its first 500 mw unit at singrauli . in 1988 it commissioned two 500 mw units one each in rihand and ramagundam . in 1989 it started a consultancy division . in 1992 it acquired feroze gandhi unchahar thermal power station with 2 units of 210mw capacity each from uttar pradesh rajya vidyut utpadan nigam of uttar pradesh . 9 by the end of 1994 its installed capacity crossed 15 000 mw . 1995 to 2004 edit in 1995 it took over the talchar thermal power station from orissa state electricity board . 8 in the year 1997 government of india conferred it with navratna status . in the same year it achieved a milestone of generation of 100 billion units of electricity in a year . 8 in 1998 it commissioned its first naptha based plant at kayamkulam with a capacity of 350 mw . in 1999 its plant in dadri which had the highest plant load factor plf in india of 96 % was certified with iso 14001 . during 2000 it commenced construction of its first hydro electric power project with 800 mw capacity in himachal pradesh . 8 in 2002 it incorporated 3 subsidiary companies ntpc electric supply company limited for forward integration by entering into the business of distribution and trading of power ; ntpc vidyut vyapar nigam limited for meeting the expected rise in energy trading ; ntpc hydro limited to carry out the business of implementing and operating small and medium hydro power projects . 10 in the same year its installed capacity crossed 20 000 mw . 8 listing ntpc got listed on bse and nse on 5 november 2004 . against the issue price of inr 62 per share it closed the first day of listing with inr 75.55 per share . 11 on the day of listing it become the third largest company in india in terms of market capitalisation . 12 2005 to present edit in october 2005 the company s name was changed from national thermal power corporation limited to ntpc limited . 8 the primary reason for this change was the company s foray into hydro and nuclear based power generation along with backward integration by coal mining . in 2006 it entered into an agreement with government of sri lanka to set up two units of 250 mw each in trincomalee in sri lanka . 8 during 2008 and 2011 ntpc entered into joint ventures with bhel bharat forge nhpc coal india sail nmdc and npcil to expand its business of power generation . 8 9 by the end of 2010 its installed capacity crossed 31 000 mw . 8 the company in 2009 joined forces with other state enterprises rashtriya ispat nigam steel authority of india coal india national minerals development corporation and national thermal power corporation to invest in coal mining operations through a joint venture vehicle named international coal ventures private limited icvl . in july 2014 icvl acquired a 65 percent stake in the benga coal mine in mozambique from the rio tinto group 13 operations edit ntpc operates from 55 locations in india one location in sri lanka and 2 locations in bangladesh . headquarters in india it has 8 regional headquarters hq sr. no . headquarters city 1 ncrhq delhi 2 er i hq patna 3 er ii hq bhubaneshwar 4 nrhq lucknow 5 sr hq secunderabad 6 wr i hq mumbai 7 wr ii hq raipur 8 hydro hq delhi scheduling and generation dispatch the scheduling and dispatch of all the generating stations owned by national thermal power corporation is done by respective regional load dispatch centres which are the apex body to ensure integrated operation of the power system grid in the respective region . all these load dispatch centres come under power system operation corporation limited posoco . ntpc plants and their capacity edit the total installed capacity of the company is 45548 mw including jvs with own 18 coal based and 7 gas based stations and 6 coal based and 1 gas based in jv subsidiary companies located across the country . 14 coal based thermal power plants edit sr. no . project state capacity mw units status 1 singrauli super thermal power station uttar pradesh 2 000 5x200 mw 2x500 mw all units functional 2 ntpc korba chhattisgarh 2 600 3x200 mw 4x500 mw all units functional 3 ntpc ramagundam telangana 4 200 3x200 mw 4x500 mw 2x800 mw 3x200 mw 4x500 mw units functional 2x800 mw unit s under construction 4 . farakka super thermal power station west bengal 2 100 3x200 mw 3x500 mw all units functional 5 vindhyachal super thermal power station madhya pradesh 4 760 6x210 mw 7x500 mw all units functional.largest thermal power station of india 6 rihand thermal power station uttar pradesh 3 000 6x500 mw all units functional 7 kahalgaon super thermal power station bihar 2 340 4x210 mw 3x500 mw all units functional 8 ntpc dadri uttar pradesh 1 820 4x210 mw 2x490 mw all units functional 9 talcher super thermal power station odisha 3 000 6x500 mw all units functional 10 feroze gandhi unchahar thermal power station uttar pradesh 1 550 5x210 mw 1 500 mw 5x210 mw units functional 1 500 mw unit under construction 11 talcher thermal power station odisha 460 4x60 mw 2x110 mw all units functional 12 simhadri super thermal power station andhra pradesh 2 000 4x500 mw all units functional 13 tanda thermal power station uttar pradesh 1 760 4x110 mw 2 660 mw 4x110 mw units functional 2 660 mw unit under construction 14 badarpur thermal power station delhi 705 3x95 mw 2x210 mw all units functional 15 sipat thermal power station chhattisgarh 2 980 2x500 mw 3x660 mw all units functional 16 mauda super thermal power station maharashtra 2 320 2x500 mw 2x660 mw 2x500 mw 1x660 mw units functional 15 1x660mw are under cunstruction . 17 barh super thermal power station bihar 3 300 3 660 mw 2x660 mw 2x660 mw functional three more units of 660 mw under construction 16 17 18 kudgi super thermal power station karnataka 2 400 3x800 mw under construction . 19 ntpc bongaigaon assam 750 3x250 mw 1x250 mw unit functional 2x250 mw unit under construction . 20 lara super thermal power station chhattisgarh 4 000 2x800 mw 3x800 mw under construction . 21 solapur super thermal power station maharashtra 1 320 2x660 mw under construction . 22 gadarwara super thermal power station madhya pradesh 3 200 2 800mw 2 800 mw under construction 23 north karanpura thermal power station jharkhand 1 980 3 660 mw under construction 24 darlipali super thermal power station odisha 1 600 2 800 mw under construction 25 khargone super thermal power station madhya pradesh 1 320 2 660 mw under construction 18 coal based owned through jvs edit sr. no . name of the jv sail location state inst.capacity in megawatt 1 nspcl . joint venture with sail . durgapur west bengal 120 2 nspcl . joint venture with sail . rourkela orissa 120 3 nspcl . joint venture with sail . bhilai chhattisgarh 574 4 npgc . joint venture with bihar state electricity board . aurangabad bihar 1980 5 muzaffarpur thermal power station mtps . joint venture with bihar state electricity board . kanti bihar 610 6 brbcl joint venture with indian railways . nabinagar bihar 1000 7 aravali power cpl jv with hpgcl & ipgcl jhajjar haryana 1500 8 ntecl jv with ntpc & tneb chennai tamil nadu 1500 9 meja thermal power station jv with ntpc & uprvunl allahabad uttar pradesh 1320 10 puvnl patratu patratu jharkhand 325 total 9049 gas based thermal power plants edit sr.no . power project state capacity mw 1 anta rajasthan 413.33 2 auraiya uttar pradesh 663.36 3 kawas gujrat 656.20 4 dadri uttar pradesh 829.78 5 jhanor gandhar gujrat 657.39 6 kayamkulam kerala 359.58 7 faridabad haryana 431.59 total 4 017.23 gas based owned through jvs edit ratnagiri gas and power private limited rgppl is joint venture project with gail in indian state of maharashtra . its installed capacity is 1967.08 mw . hydro electric power plants edit the company has also stepped up its hydroelectric power hydel projects implementation . some of these projects are loharinag pala hydro power project by ntpc ltd loharinag pala hydro power project 600 mw i.e. 150 mw x 4 units is located on river bhagirathi a tributary of the ganges in uttarkashi district of uttarakhand state . this is the first project downstream from the origin of the ganges at gangotri . project was at advance stage of construction when it was discontinued by government of india in august 2010 . tapovan vishnugad 520mw hydro power project by ntpc ltd in joshimath town . the project is under construction . lata tapovan 130mw hydro power project by ntpc ltd is