NTPC said its board has decided to pay interim dividend of 40 per cent (₹4 per equity share) for the current fiscal. The dividend will be paid on February 10.

NTPC said that the third quarter profit increased by 10.19 per cent to ₹2861.28 crore against ₹2596.76 crore in the same quarter last year. These numbers are excluding one-off items (previous year’s sales and fuel cost adjustments received this fiscal).

The total income for October-December 2013 increased by 18.21 per cent to ₹19,554.07 crore against ₹16,541.04 crore in the same quarter previous year. NTPC scrip closed at ₹128.70, down 0.58 per cent on the BSE on Tuesday.

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