Public sector lender Bank of Maharashtra reported a 7 per cent drop in net profit to Rs 112 crore for the quarter ended December 2009 against Rs 120.6 crore in the year-ago quarter. Net interest income, or the difference between interest earned and interest paid, grew 5 per cent to Rs 361 crore from Rs 343 crore in the December 2008 quarter.
The biggest fall was in other income, which decreased 32 per cent to Rs 113 crore from Rs 166 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. Provisions grew from Rs 35.1 crore in the December 2008 quarter to Rs 46 crore.
