From Bhupen Goswami
Guwahathi: Managing Director, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) S.K. Barua today presented the cheque of company’s first interim dividend amounting Rs. 122,60,88,144/- (Rupees one hundred twenty two crore sixty lakh eighty eight thousand one hundred and forty four) to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal for the financial year 2020-21 at Chief Minister’s official residence. This was the dividend for the 2 nd quarter of the financial year till September. Notably, Chief Minister Sonowal received the cheque as part of the dividend against Government of Assam’s equity holding of 12.35 per cent in the company. The final dividend will be decided at the NRL’s annual general meeting after the current financial year ending on 31 st March 2021. Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah, Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Paban Kumar Borthakur, Commissioner and Secretary of Industries and Commerce K.K. Dwivedi, senior officials of NRL were present during presentation of the dividend cheque.
