State-run power enterprise, NTPC, and the power-engineering major, BHEL, are expected to complete the balance funds infusion of Rs 75 crore, each, into the equity capital of their joint venture company (JVC), NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Private Limited (NBPPL), before the end of the current fiscal-- that is by March 2011.
- This will be the second round of equity infusion-- these two entities have both already contributed Rs 25 crore towards their equipment manufacturing JV.
- To facilitate the timely release of the funds, NBPPL will send its additional equity requirements to its two parent firms by mid-January.
- The Board of Directors of, both, NTPC and BHEL have already approved the infusion of Rs 100 crore, each, in NBPPL as per the requirements of the JV company.
- So far, NBPPL has spent around Rs 21 crore and has made commitments for another Rs 48 crore.
- To note, NBPPL was incorporated on April 28, 2008 as a 50:50 joint venture company of NTPC and BHEL, and has been endowed with a capital of Rs 750 crore.
- Through this JV, NTPC and BHEL plan to set up power equipment manufacturing facilities with a capacity of 4,000 MW per annum, to be commissioned in the next 4-5 years.
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