Thanks to the increased capacity addition target and diversified fuel mix strategy, NTPC is poised to maintain its lead even in the years to come.

NTPC lights more than a fourth of India, besides powering the growth of the country. The largest power generation company of India grabbed 317^th ranking in `2009 Forbes Global 2000' list of the world's largest companies, up 94 notches from 411^th ranking in 2008. Interestingly, as per a global benchmarking study covering 25 largest power generation companies in the world during 2008-09, it has turned out to be the world's most efficient utility in terms of capacity utilization. Moreover, the largest power generation company in Asia has also occupied the 7^th slot in the world in terms of market capitalization.

NTPC Ltd., formerly National Thermal Power Corp, has topped the list of `The Analyst Top 500 companies' ranking under the power sector for the financial year 2008-09, based on net sales. NTPC topped the list with Rs 44,926.50 cr net income, a y-o-y rise of 12.41% from 2008. The profit after tax is Rs 8,201.3 cr, with a 10.61% jump from the previous year. NTPC occupies 8^th rank in the list with a market capitalization of Rs 1,56,766.98 cr, while it was ranked 9^th during the previous year. Importantly, it posted this huge growth on the back of augmented power generation, owing to fresh capacity addition.

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