Mr Beni Prasad Verma minister of steel has said that MECON Ltd has been rendering engineering consultancy services in sectors like Power, Oil & Gas and Infrastructure Projects.
Reference list of major assignments carried out by MECON in these sectors in the recent past are
Major Ongoing Consultancy Assignments - Power
| Description |
| 2 X 500 MW Thermal Power Project of NLC Tamil Nadu Power Ltd. (NTPL) at Tuticorin |
| 2 X 120 MW Expansion of CPP for National Aluminium Company, Angul, Orissa |
| 1 X 250 MW Thermal Power Project for NLC at Bithnok. |
| 1 X 500 MW Captive TPP for JSW Steel Ltd., Toranagallu (post award services) |
| CPPs of SAIL plants, NALCO, BPSCL, etc. |
Major Ongoing Consultancy Assignments - Oil & Gas
| Description |
| Project management & consultancy for different projects like Sawana tap off for Nangal pipeline project (500 km), Kochi-Koottanad-Bangalore-Mangalore pipeline project (1115 km), Karanpur-Moradabad-Kashipur-Rudrapur pipeline project (160 km), spurlines for Bawana-Nangal pipeline project (270 km) and others for GAIL Ltd. |
| Engineering & PMC services for different projects like city gas distribution & CNG project for Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad-Hyderabad-Kakinada for MNGL |
| Detailed engineering & consultancy services for construction of oil terminal at Ennore for HPCL, Mumbai |
Major Ongoing Consultancy Assignments - Infrastructure
| Description |
| COD at Agra, Jabalpur and Kanpur |
| Project Seabird at Karwar |
| 100 MLD SW-RO Desalination Plant at Nemmeli, Chennai |
| BARC - Rare Earth Material Plant |
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha he said that MECON Ltd being an Engineering Consultancy Organization does not deal in project investments. The details of financial performance of MECON during 2009-10 and 2010-11 against the targets of the company for these years are as under
| MoU Target (2009-10) | Actual | MoU Target (2009-10) | Actual | |
| Turnover | 470.00 | 604.78 | 550.00 | 641.38 |
| Total Income | 515.00 | 668.86 | 608.00 | 689.42 |
| Total Expenditure | 439.10 | 533.36 | 513.00 | 539.94 |
| Gross Margin | 76.00 | 135.50 | 95.00 | 149.48 |
| Net Profit Before Tax | 64.50 | 124.69 | 84.08 | 140.93 |
| Net Profit After Tax | 55.00 | 82.62 | 55.49 | 93.68 |
(In INR crore)
He said in order to improve its performance during the current financial year, MECON is making concerted (marketing) efforts for securing more assignments and is in constant touch with prospective clients in various sectors of its operation through Expression of Interest, presentation of MECON’s capabilities and personal contacts besides promptly responding to the enquiries received directly from the clients.
Mr Verma said, moreover, MECON has association with reputed technology providers for the engineering of higher size units of thermal power plant, as well as for Hydel Power Plant and Nuclear Power Plant. Efforts are on for entering into technological tie-up with world leaders in other identified fields.
