The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) has presented a cheque of Rs 255 million to the government as dividend for 2016-17 on October 17, 2017 in addition to the interim dividend of Rs 1 billion paid earlier. During 2016-17, IREDA achieved the highest loan sanctions and disbursements during any financial year, amounting to Rs 101.99 billion and Rs 65.93 billion respectively.