India, May 17 -- State-owned NHPC has posted over 68 per cent jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,549.42 crore for the March quarter 2025-26, supported by higher revenues.

It had logged a profit of Rs 919.63 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in an exchange filing on Friday. Total income during the period increased to Rs 3,120.52 crore from Rs 2,557.71 crore in the fourth quarter of 2024-25. Annual net profit was at Rs 4,220.46 crore as against Rs 3,411.73 crore. Total income was at Rs 12,686.09 crore as compared to Rs 11,614.61 crore earlier. The company's board also approved a final dividend of 21 paise per equity share for FY26.

In a separate statement, NHPC said during FY 2025-26, it added capacity of 1850 MW by comm...