RN Nayak, Chairman & MD, Power Grid, says capitalization is more than Rs 7,000 crore as on date. According to him, it is sufficient to take a view for the whole year.
RN Nayak, CMD of Power Grid Corporation of India told CNBC-TV18 that it has reviewed the capex of the plan and have found that the capex is increasing from Rs 100,000 crore to Rs 110,000 crore.
Power Grid's June quarter profit rose slightly lower-than-expected 19.5 percent year-on-year to Rs 1,040 crore. Total income increased higher-than-expected 23 percent to Rs 3,560 crore in April-June quarter from Rs 2,888 crore in a year ago period.
In an interview with CNBC-TV18, RN Nayak, CMD of Power Grid said there has been a 32% jump in its transmission revenue, while consultancy has gone up by 7% in Q1.
State-run Power Grid Corp of India is on track to spend its planned five-year capital expenditure of Rs 550 billion (USD 11 billion) by March 2012 and has achieved close to 80% of it till now, its chairman and managing director RN Nayak told reporters.