Power Grid Sets Capex Target of Rs 25,000 cr for 2018-19

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed Memorandum of Understanding for the year 2018-19 with Ministry of Power, Government of India.

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed Memorandum of Understanding for the year 2018-19 with Ministry of Power, Government of India. The MoU was signed by Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India and I S Jha, CMD, POWERGRID in the presence of senior officials from Ministry and POWERGRID.

The MoU includes various targets to be achieved by POWERGRID during FY 2018-19. Capex target for the year has been set as Rs 25,000 crore. Other targets in the MoU inter-alia include parameters related to human resources, project management, R&D and innovation and other efficiency and operational performance parameters.

POWERGRID, a Navratna CPSE and the Central Transmission Utility (CTU) of the country, has been consistently receiving highest rating i.e. ‘Excellent’ under since signing of the first MoU in 1993-94. As on March 31, 2018, the company owns & operates over 148,800 ckt km of transmission lines, 236 EHV sub-stations with transformation capacity of more than 322,000 MVA. Availability of this gigantic transmission network has been consistently maintained over 99.5%.

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