State-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has paid a final equity dividend of 39 per cent for 2016-17.

With this, the total dividend paid during the year stands at 79 per cent, including an interim one of 40 per cent paid earlier, BHEL said in a statement on Wednesday.

Shares of three companies – Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Bharat Electronics (BEL) and Bharat Forge – will turn ex-bonus at their respective ratios on Thursday, September 28, 2017.

BEL has fixed Friday, the 29th September, 2017, while BHEL and Bharat Forge have fixed September 30, 2017 as the record date to determine the eligible shareholders to receive bonus shares.

New Delhi: State-owned power equipment maker Bhel has received shareholders’ approval for the proposal to issue 1 new equity bonus share for every 2 existing shares.

The proposal to issue bonus share in the ratio of one bonus share for every 2 existing shares to members was listed on the agenda for annual general meeting held on 22 September, 2017, which as passed by the requisite majority, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) said in a BSE filing on Monday.

Calcutta, Sept. 22: Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) is looking to diversify into areas such as solar power, transportation, defence, aerospace and water business.

"The company wants to increase its share of business in non-coal areas," said Bhel chairman and managing director Atul Sobti at the company's annual general meeting.

NEW DELHI: State-owned power equipment maker BHEL-2.52 % today said it will create a diversified portfolio for its next wave of growth that will include areas like solar energy, transportation and water business.

Going beyond thermal power, other areas for capitalising on emerging opportunities include defence and aerospace "to increase the share of business from non-coal areas", BHEL CMD Atul Sobti said at the 53rd Annual General Meeting here.

For Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), the joint venture with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) may well turn out to be a relief considering the recent drop in order inflows for the company.

According to its annual report, BHEL got orders worth only Rs 23,489 crore in 2016-17, a 46 per cent drop from Rs 43,727 crore in 2015-16. The company’s order book outstanding at the end of the last financial year stood at Rs 1,05,200 crore, down from Rs 1,10,730 crore in the year-ago period. Even new orders for the first quarter of the current financial year dropped 41 per cent to Rs 1,800 crore.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has moved higher by 10% to Rs 146 on the back of heavy volumes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday laid foundation stone for India's first bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

Till 11:00 AM; a combined 23.1 million equity shares changed hands against an average 3.2 million shares were traded daily in past two weeks on BSE and NSE.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) is changing its business model to focus on solar power generation, create equipment to help thermal plants drastically reduce emissions and get a larger share of transportation business like metro coaches.

This follows the recent rap by the Comptroller and Auditor General for not doing enough to diversify and grow aggressively.

Ahead of its June quarter results announcement, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd’s (Bhel) shares had fallen 25% in the past three months. In comparison, the Nifty Infrastructure index had risen by about 2%. As it turns out, investors were on the right track in assessing Bhel’s performance. Its performance in the June quarter was dismal, with its dangerous mix of weak revenues and bloated expenses resulting in operating losses.

State-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has posted a 3.92 per cent jump in standalone net profit to Rs 80.82 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2017.

The company had reported a standalone net profit of Rs 77.77 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, BHEL said in a BSE filing on Thursday.

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