NALCO Pays Record Dividend for FY25

14 Nov 2025 CW Team

National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), a Navratna CPSE under the Ministry of Mines, has paid a record dividend of Rs 19.28 billion for the financial year 2024–25. This includes the Government of India’s share of Rs 9.89 billion — the highest dividend payout in the company’s history. The cheque was handed over to G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of Coal and Mines, by NALCO Chairman and Managing Director Brijendra Pratap Singh, in the presence of Mines Secretary Piyush Goyal (IAS) and senior officials from the ministry and the company.

Since commencing commercial operations in 1987, NALCO has consistently posted profits and paid dividends every year since 1992. To date, the company has distributed a cumulative dividend of Rs 143.31 billion, of which Rs 95.56 billion has been remitted to the Government of India, which holds a 51.28 per cent equity stake.

During the first half of the current financial year, NALCO delivered strong operational and financial results. Following its best-ever quarterly and half-yearly performance in Q2 FY26, the company has declared an interim dividend of Rs 4 per equity share — equivalent to 80 per cent of the face value of Rs 5 — amounting to Rs 7.35 billion for FY26.

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