Private sector Equitas Small Finance Bank has reported a dip in its net profits for the April-June 30, 2024 at Rs 25.75 crore.
The bank had registered a profit after tax of Rs 191.20 crore registered in the year ago period. For the year ending March 31, 2024 the net profit of the bank stood at Rs 798.96 crore.
Total income during the quarter under review grew to Rs 1,709.65 crore, as compared to Rs 1,425.32 crore registered in the same period of last year. For the year ending March 31, 2024 the total income of the bank stood at Rs 6,285.07 crore.
In a statement on Saturday, the bank said the decline in profit after tax for the quarter under review, was due to 'floating provision of Rs 180 crore to strengthen the Provisioning Coverage Ratio of the bank'.
In order to strengthen PCR, Bank has made additional provision in the form of floating provision of Rs 180 crore during the quarter. PCR improved to 70.29 per cent in Q1FY'25 from 56.06 per cent (during the same quarter of last year