REC Limited, formerly Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, is an Indian public sector company which finances and promotes power projects across India. It provides loans to Central/State Sector Power Utilities in the country, State Electricity Boards, Rural Electric Cooperatives, NGOs and Private Power Developers. It is a subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation and is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Power, Government of India. On 20 March 2019, PFC signed an agreement to acquire a 52.63% controlling stake in REC for ₹14,500 crore. On 28 March, PFC announced that it had completed making the payment for the acquisition and intended to merge REC with itself in 2020. However, REC has maintained that merging PFC-REC is no longer an option. In 2023, REC was included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Global Standard Index, effective from 1 September 2023. REC has also diversified into non-power infrastructure & logistics sector to cover areas such as airports, metro, railways, ports, and bridges. REC has 22 regional offices.. Wikipedia