BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT POWERGRID

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), is a schedule ‘A’, ‘Maharatna’

Public Sector Enterprise of Govt. of India which was incorporated on 23rd Oct 1989 under the
Companies Act, 1956. POWERGRID is a listed Company, with 51.34% holding of
Government of India and the balance is held by Institutional Investors and public.

POWERGRID, a company operating under Ministry of Power is the Central Transmission

Utility (CTU) of the country, responsible for planning, coordination and development of Inter-
State Transmission system.

The vision of the Company is to be “World class, Integrated, Global Transmission Company
with Dominant Leadership in Emerging Power Markets Ensuring Reliability, Safety and
Economy”.

The registered office of the Company is at New Delhi with its Corporate Centre at Gurugram.
Also, POWERGRID is having 10 Regional Head Quarters, Project offices and other
establishments located in various parts of the Country.

POWERGRID has diversified into Telecom and Consultancy business and is providing
services to Domestic and International clients with Global footprints in 21 countries.

POWERGRID being one of the Largest Transmission Utility in the World is playing a strategic
role in the development of Indian Power Sector and has proved its capabilities time and again
to execute the large transmission projects on schedule. POWERGRID owns and operates
the inter-State transmission network of the country and transmission system availability is
consistently maintained over 99%, at par with international utilities, by deploying best
Operation and Maintenance practices.

A strong and vibrant National Grid has already been established in the country and is being
augmented / strengthening continuously to facilitate growing power transmission requirement
with reliability. The present Inter-Regional power transfer capacity of the National Grid is
about 103,550 MW which shall be enhanced to 1,18,050 MW by 2022.

Total Income and Net Profit achieved by POWERGRID during the last three years on
standalone basis is given below:
Year Total Income (in Rs. crore) Net Profit (in Rs. crore)
2017-18 30,767 8,245
2018-19 35,618 9,939
2019-20 38,318 10,811

Performance on other parameters achieved by POWERGRID during the last three years is
given below:
Parameter Achieved during last 3 yrs.
Capex Rs. 66,911 crore
Transmission Line 17,807 ckm
Transformation Capacity 1,10,726 MVA