Mechanical Horizons: PSU's

Public sector undertakings and public sector enterprises are Government of India companies incorporated for development of nation. These government companies offer high paying, reliable and challenging jobs for ITI, Diploma engineers and graduate engineers in various management, supervisor and technical cadres. Major Public sector undertakings and public sector enterprises are:

1. National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) :

NTPC is India’s largest energy conglomerate with roots planted way back in 1975 to accelerate power development in India. Since then it has established itself as the dominant power major with presence in the entire value chain of the power generation business. From fossil fuels it has forayed into generating electricity via hydro, nuclear and renewable energy sources. This foray will play a major role in lowering its carbon footprint by reducing green house gas emissions. To strengthen its core business, the corporation has diversified into the fields of consultancy, power trading, training of power professionals, rural electrification, ash utilization and coal mining as well.

NTPC became a Maharatna company in May 2010, one of the only four companies to be awarded this status. NTPC was ranked 400^th in the ‘2016, Forbes Global 2000’ ranking of the World’s biggest companies.

The total installed capacity of the company is 51,410 MW (including JVs) with 20 coal based,7 gas based stations, 1 Hydro based station and 1 Wind based station. 9 Joint Venture stations are coal based and 10 Solar PV projects. The capacity will have a diversified fuel mix and by 2032, non fossil fuel based generation capacity shall make up nearly 30% of NTPC’s portfolio.

NTPC has been operating its plants at high efficiency levels. Although the company has 17.73% of the total national capacity, it contributes 24% of total power generation due to its focus on high efficiency.

In October 2004, NTPC launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO) consisting of 5.25% as fresh issue and 5.25% as offer for sale by the Government of India. NTPC thus became a listed company in November 2004 with the Government holding 89.5% of the equity share capital. In February 2010, the Shareholding of Government of India was reduced from 89.5% to 84.5% through a further public offer. Government of India has further divested 9.5% shares through OFS route in February 2013. With this, GOI's holding in NTPC has reduced from 84.5% to 75%. The rest is held by Institutional Investors, banks and Public.

NTPC is not only the foremost power generator; it is also among the great places to work. The company is guided by the “People before Plant Load Factor” mantra which is the template for all its human resource related policies. NTPC has been ranked as “6th Best Company to work for in India” among the Public Sector Undertakings and Large Enterprises for the year 2014, by the Great Places to Work Institute, India Chapter in collaboration with The Economic Times.

NTPC owned Thermal Power Plants:

S.No.	Project	State	Capacity MW	Units	Status
1	Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station	Uttar Pradesh	2,000	5x200 MW, 2x500 MW	All units functional
2	NTPC Korba	Chhattisgarh	2,600	3x200 MW, 4x500 MW	All units functional
3	NTPC Ramagundam	Telangana	2,600	3x200 MW, 4x500 MW	All units functional.
4.	Farakka Super Thermal Power Station	West Bengal	2,100	3x200 MW, 3x500 MW	All units functional
5	Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station	Madhya Pradesh	4,760	6x210 MW, 7x500 MW	All units functional. Largest Thermal Power Station of India
6	Rihand Thermal Power Station	Uttar Pradesh	3,000	6x500 MW	All units functional
7	Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station	Bihar	2,340	4x210 MW, 3x500 MW	All units functional
8	NTPC Dadri	Uttar Pradesh	1,820	4x210 MW, 2x490 MW	All units functional
9	Talcher Super Thermal Power Station	Odisha	3,000	6x500 MW	All units functional
10	Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station	Uttar Pradesh	1,550	5x210 MW 1×500 MW	All units functional
11	Talcher Thermal Power Station	Odisha	460	4x60 MW, 2x110 MW	All units functional
12	Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station	Andhra Pradesh	2,000	4x500 MW	All units functional
13	Tanda Thermal Power Station	Uttar Pradesh	1,760	4x110 MW 2×660 MW	4x110 MW Units functional,2×660 MW Unit Under Construction
14	Badarpur Thermal Power Station	Delhi	705	3x95 MW, 2x210 MW	All units functional
15	Sipat Thermal Power Station	Chhattisgarh	2,980	2x500 MW, 3x660 MW	All units functional
16	Mauda Super Thermal Power Station	Maharashtra	2,320	2x500 MW, 2x660 MW	All units functional
17	Barh Super Thermal Power Station	Bihar	3,300	3×660 MW 2x660 MW	2x660 MW Functional, Three more units of 660 MW under construction.
18	Kudgi Super Thermal Power Station	Karnataka	2,400	3x800 MW	2x800 MW Unit functional 1x800 MW Under construction.
19	NTPC Bongaigaon	Assam	750	3x250 MW	2x250 MW Unit functional 1x250 MW Unit Under construction.
20	LARA Super Thermal Power Station	Chhattisgarh	4,000	2x800 MW, 3x800 MW	Under construction.
21	Solapur Super Thermal Power Station	Maharashtra	1,320	2x660 MW	1x660 MW unit functional, 1x660 MW unit under construction.
22	Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Station	Madhya Pradesh	3,200	2×800MW, 2×800 MW	Under Construction
23	North Karanpura Thermal Power Station	Jharkhand	1,980	3×660 MW	Under Construction
24	Darlipali Super Thermal Power Station	Odisha	1,600	2×800 MW	Under Construction
25	Khargone Super Thermal Power Station	Madhya Pradesh	1,320	2×660 MW	Under construction
26	Telangana Super Thermal Power Project	Telangana	1,600	2×800 MW	Under construction

2. Steel Authority of India limited (SAIL):

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is one of the largest state-owned steel making company based in New Delhi, India and one of the top steel makers in world. With an annual turnover of Indian Rupees 43,337 crores (US$6.7 billion) (FY 2015-16). It is a public sector undertaking which trades publicly in the market is largely owned by Government of India and acts like an operating company. Incorporated on 24 January 1973, SAIL has 85,500 employees (as of 01-Oct-2016). With an annual production of 13.9 million metric tons, SAIL is the 24th largest steel producer in the world. The Hot Metal capacity of the Company will further increase and is expected to reach a level of 23.5 million tonnes per annum by the end of the Financial Year 2015-16. Shri P.K Singh is the current Chairman of SAIL.

SAIL operates and owns 5 integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Rourkela, Durgapur, Bokaro and Burnpur(Asansol) and 3 special steel plants at Salem, Durgapur and Bhadravathi.

It also owns a Ferro Alloy plant at Chandrapur. As part of its global ambition, the company is undergoing a massive expansion and modernization programme involving upgrading and building new facilities with emphasis on state of the art green technology. SAIL is a public sector company, owned and operated by the Government of India. According to a recent survey, SAIL is one of India's fastest growing Public Sector Units. Besides, it has R&D centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS), Centre for Engineering and Technology (CET), Management Training Institute (MTI) and SAIL Safety Organisation (SSO) located at Ranchi capital of Jharkhand.