Arup Roy Choudhury, Chairman and Managing Director, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) shares his views on the company´s plans for doubling its current installed capacity, its capex plan for this fiscal, the Corporate Plan-2032, and CSR activities.
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Tag: Arup Roy Choudhury
NTPC commits to add 10,000 MW of solar
NTPC has committed to add 10,000 MW through solar projects at RE-Invest - 2015, the first renewable energy global investment meet which was held in New Delhi. Dr Arup Roy Choudhury, CMD, NTPC, presented the certificate of commitment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy and PK Sinha, Secretary, Power, GOI.
NTPC to import 17 mt of coal this fiscal
The state-owned NTPC plans to import 17 million tonne (mt) of coal this fiscal which is higher than the quantity purchased last financial year.
Govt asks power firms to sign FSAs within a month
One month deadline has been given to the public sector power companies to sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with Coal India (CIL). The deadline has been set up by the Prime MinisterÂ’s Office (PMO) on December 17. The PSUs include NTPC and it they fail to meet the deadline the FSAs would be withdrawn, the PMO has warned.
Sources told a leading news agency that the PMO has asked Power Ministry to direct power PSUs to sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with CIL within a month from December 17.


