Date:16/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/16/stories/2008091656221500.htm

Business - Briefly

NMDC pays dividend to Government

HYDERABAD: Chairman and Managing Director of the Hyderabad-based NMDC Rana Som presented a cheque for Rs. 210.64 crore towards final dividend of the Navratna company to Minister for Chemicals and Fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan in New Delhi on Friday last. The company released two interim dividends of Rs. 430.37 crore earlier. Thus, the total dividend paid to the Government amounted to Rs. 641 crore. — Special Correspondent