NTPC recently organised a Vendors Meet on a digital platform reinforcing reduction of imports and to focus on Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Central PSU said in a release.
Ashok Kumar Juneja, Executive Director, Corporate Contracts & Materials, NTPC Ltd, inaugurated the Vendor Meet and emphasised that imports need to be reduced to make ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ a success. He also stated that NTPC will encourage and support its vendors for indigenous manufacturing.
D. Sarkar, ED(OS), Awadhesh Kumar, ED(OS-Boiler), S M Gokhale, CGM(CS & CPC), K L Mahobe, GM(CPC), Ms Shoba Pattabhiraman, GM(C&M) were also present and addressed the vendors on the occasion.
During the meet the significant role of NTPC’s partners i.e. vendors, contractors and suppliers, who helped NTPC in providing uninterrupted power supply even during the pandemic was appreciated.
About 160 vendors of NTPC took part in the virtual meet.
It was emphasised that NTPC has always been the frontrunner in adopting new technologies and has always ensured that vendors benefit from the progress.
NTPC’s digitisation drive in procurement activities like uploading of documents by vendors and evaluation of bids and applications have made its systems more efficient, agile and transparent.
Vendors were urged to adhere the standards in quality, cost-effectiveness and timely delivery of goods to assist NTPC with supplying sustained and reliable power.
Through this Vendor Meet, NTPC aims to seek feedback from the vendors and plans to consider their opinions to improve the company’s systems.
Double-digit growth in generation
Meanwhile, NTPC Group companies recorded a year-on-year growth of 13.3 per cent in generation in the second quarter (July to September) of FY21. Group generation in first half (April to September) of the current financial year FY21 was 145.87 billion kwh, higher by 0.4 per cent than the same period last year.
NTPC coal stations have maintained high availability of 94.21 per cent in the first half of FY21, as against 90.26 per cent during the same period last year.
NTPC Group has 70 power stations with a total installed capacity of 62.9 GW. Out of this, 45 are fully-owned by NTPC. These comprise 24 coal, 7 gas (including combined cycle and liquid fuel), 1 hydropower and 13 renewables. The remaining 25 are owned by subsidiary and joint venture companies.
