OREANDA-NEWS. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has paid an interim dividend of 106% on the enhanced equity capital post-bonus, for fiscal 2012-13. In value terms, the total dividend paid amounts to Rs.518.89 Crore.

With this, the company has maintained its impeccable track record of earning profits and rewarding investors by paying dividends uninterruptedly for over three decades without a break.

A cheque of Rs.351.40 Crore towards the interim dividend for the year 2012-13 on the equity (67.72%) held by the Government of India, was presented here today to Mr. Praful Patel, Hon’ble Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises by Mr. B.P. Rao, Chairman and Managing Director, BHEL, in the presence of Mr. M.F. Farooqui, Secretary, Department of Heavy Industry.

Directors on the board of BHEL as well as other senior officials of the Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and BHEL were also present on this occasion.