THDC India Limited is a leading Power Sector and Profit making Public sector Enterprise and registered as a Public Limited Company in July-88 under the Companies Act, 1956. THDCIL was conferred ‘Mini Ratna–Category-I Status in Oct-09 and up-graded to Schedule ‘A’ PSU in July-10 by the Govt. of India.
 
The Equity of company was earlier shared between Govt. of India and GoUP in the ratio of 75:25. Recently, the Share Purchase Agreement was executed between NTPC Limited and President of India on March 25, 2020, for acquisition of legal and beneficial ownership of equity held by the President of India in THDC India Limited which represents 74.496% of the total paid up share capital of THDCIL for an aggregate consideration of INR 7500 crore.