The financial services firm had posted a consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of Rs 441 crore in the same period last year.
"There was a strong profitability growth in Bajaj Finance where PAT grew by 46 per cent and general insurance profit by 66 per cent," the company's Chief Financial Officer, S Sreenivasan, said.
Consolidated gross revenue shot up 33 per cent to Rs 6,912 crore from Rs 5,185 crore in the same quarter last year.
"The growth was broad-based. Consumer business grew by 52 per cent, SME 14 per cent, commercial 61 per cent and rural expanded by at 195 per cent," the company's Managing Director, Rajeev Jain, said.
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Another Group firm, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance, saw its PAT zooming by 66 per cent to Rs 234 crore from Rs 141 crore a year ago. Underwriting profit was Rs 57 crore as against an underwriting loss of Rs 8 crore in the year-ago period.
The company has written crop insurance of Rs 737 crore as against Rs 159 crore in the same period last year.
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance's PAT in the quarter dropped to Rs 202 crore from Rs 216 crore in the year-ago period. Gross written premium expanded by 23 per cent Rs 1,447 crore from Rs 1,172 crore. New business premium was up 70 per cent to Rs 782 crore.
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