RAIPUR, Feb. 14 -- Union Minister of Power R.K. Singh on Tuesday said that the National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) has emerged as the one of the best and largest PSUs in India.

The NTPC's reputation for efficiency and reliability has been well established, he said this virtually at the opening of the Indian Power Stations O&M Conference hosted by the NTPC here.

"I envision the company doubling its capacity from current 73 GW to 150 GW and to become a global, multinational entity operating its power plants worldwide," an official statement quoted him as saying.

The flagship event commemorates the commissioning of the first unit of NTPC at Singrauli in 1982, marking a pivotal moment in the power sector's trajectory, leading to decades of in...