New Delhi: The Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) has paid a final dividend of Rs 240.41 crore to the Government of India for FY 2020-21 being 5 per cent of net worth of the company as on 31st March 2021 (57 per cent of profit after tax (PAT) for FY 2020-21) in compliance of DIPAM guidelines.

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman received the dividend cheque from SPMCIL by Tripti P Ghosh, CMD, and Ajay Agarwal, Director, Finance, in the presence of Ajay Seth, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and Meera Swarup, Special Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Finance.

SPMCIL has achieved the targets in the production of bank notes, coins, security paper, passports, security inks and other security products during the year 2020-21. It has produced 8,288 million pieces of the bank notes, 2,757 million pieces of circulating coins, 6,870 metric ton (MT) security paper, 600.42 metric ton (MT) of security inks in 2020-21. During 2020-21, the revenue from operations of the company is Rs 4,712.57 crore and profit before tax is Rs 789.74 crore. /BI/