NLC India Limited

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NLC India Limited

NLC India's corporate office
Company type	Central Public Sector Undertaking
Traded as	BSE: 513683 NSE: NLCINDIA
Industry	Mining and electric utility
Founded	1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Founder	T. M. Jambulingam Mudaliar
Headquarters	Neyveli, Tamil Nadu, India
Products	Lignite and electric power
Revenue	₹11,592.70 crore (US$1.4 billion)[1] (2020)
Operating income	₹2,345.11 crore (US$280 million)[1] (2020)
Net income	₹1,441.37 crore (US$170 million)[1] (2020)
Total assets	₹53,488.13 crore (US$6.4 billion)[2] (2020)
Total equity	₹12,905.13 crore (US$1.5 billion)[2] (2020)
Owner	Ministry of Coal, Government of India[3]
Number of employees	11,379 (as on 01.01.2023)[4]

NLC India Limited (NLC) (formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited) is a central public sector undertaking under the administrative control of the Ministry of Coal, Government of India. It annually produces about 30 million tonnes of lignite from opencast mines at Neyveli in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India and at Barsingsar in Bikaner district of Rajasthan state. The lignite is used at pithead thermal power stations of 3640 MW installed capacity to produce electricity. Its joint venture has a 1000 MW thermal power station using coal. Lately, it has diversified into renewable energy production and installed 1404 MW solar power plant to produce electricity from photovoltaic (PV) cells and 51 MW electricity from windmills.

It was incorporated in 1956 and was wholly owned by the Government of India. A small portion of its stock was sold to the public to list its shares on stock exchanges where its shares are traded.