NBFC major Pune based Bajaj Finance on July 21 reported a 19 per cent year-on-year (YoY) fall in consolidated net profit at Rs 962.32 crore for the quarter ended June 30. It had posted a net profit of Rs 1,195.25 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The Pune-based company's net interest income rose 12% over the year-ago period to Rs 4,152 crore, against the Rs 3,637-crore forecast. Bajaj Finance made additional contingency provisions worth Rs 1,450 crore for Covid-19, taking the overall contingency provision to Rs 2,350 crore during the quarter. Consolidated revenue for the quarter came in at Rs 6,648.2 crore rising 14.5 per cent over Rs 5,805.5 crore in the corresponding period the previous year. Consolidated asset under management of the company increased 7 per cent YoY to Rs 1,38,055 crore during the quarter.
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