Rural Electrification Corporation Limited announced that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on January 25, 2012 have declared and approved payment of interim dividend at the rate of INR 5 per share on the face value of the fully paid-up equity shares of INR 10 each for the financial year 2011-12. This interim dividend on equity shares, subject to the provisions of Section 206A of the Companies Act, 1956, will be payable on February 07, 2012.