The firm reported earnings of 3.36 rupees per share for the quarter. In the year to March the group reported profits of 9.04 rupees per share on total profits of 3.6 billion rupees which grew 11.6 percent.
Group revenues grew 25.7 percent to 11.7 billion rupees in the March 2014 quarter and direct expenses grew at a slower 19.3 percent to 2.6 billion rupees. Raw materials and consumables grew 62 percent in the quarter to 3.9 billion rupees.
Indirect expenses also rose to 1.89 billion rupees from 1.0 billion rupees a year earlier.
Other operating income of 243 million rupees, boosted by a fire insurance claim, helped the bottomline.
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