NTPC Limited is the largest power generating company in India with a capacity of 27,350 MW as of March 2008. It is a public sector company incorporated in 1975 to accelerate power development in India as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Government of India, which holds 89.5% equity. NTPC plans to double its capacity over the next five years and treble it by 2017. The document provides an analysis of NTPC's financial performance between 2006 and 2007, including trends in sales, costs, assets, investments, working capital, liquidity, leverage, activity, and profitability ratios.