New Delhi, Feb. 19 -- India's largest hydropower firm, NHPC Ltd, will shortly decide upon acquiring shares of other public sector entities in power trading major PTC India, and the state-run firm will inform the power ministry about its decision, said NHPC chairman and managing director Raj Kumar Chaudhary.

On 10 January,Mintreported that NHPC is keen on buying out its public sector co-promoters' shares in power trading firm PTC. NHPC, NTPC Ltd, Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd and Power Finance Corp. Ltd hold about 4.05% each in PTC India, totalling 16.2%. Chaudhary said that the discussions are ongoing within the company.

"We currently have about 4% equity share, and the other companies also have about 4% each. A few of the companies wan...