NRL pays Rs.168.01 crore dividend to Assam government

Guwahati (Assam), September 21, 2018:

The Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. (NRL) has paid a total dividend of Rs.168.01 crore to the Assam government for the financial year 2017-18, against its equity shareholding of 12.35 per cent in the company.

The final dividend cheque of Rs.22.71 crore was handed over on Friday to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal by MD of NRL SK Barua in the presence of directors and senior officials of the company, an official release said.

This dividend is in addition to the interim dividend of Rs.145.31 crore handed over to the government in the last financial year 2017-18.