Board Meeting Outcome for Outcome Of The Board Meeting Held On 12Th August 2025.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Hindu
15 hours ago
- The Hindu
SPIC Q1 net profit rises to ₹66.71 cr. on operational efficiency, lower input costs
Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd reported a consolidated net profit after tax of ₹66.71 crore for the April-June 2025 quarter, aided by operational efficiency and lower input costs, the company said on Sunday (August 17, 2025). The city-based agri-nutrient and fertiliser firm had posted a net profit of ₹62.55 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. For the financial year ending March 31, 2025, SPIC's net profit stood at ₹155.62 crore. Commenting on the performance, SPIC Chairman Ashwin Muthiah said the Q1 results reflect a buoyant performance with a clear focus on driving higher profitability. "Alongside steady sales growth, the healthy increase in profitability over the previous quarter highlights our emphasis on operational efficiency and reducing input costs," he said in a press release. The company's total income for the quarter rose to ₹798.15 crore from ₹756.37 crore a year ago. For FY25, total income was ₹3,100.25 crore. Mr. Muthiah added that SPIC continues its commitment towards ESG-led (Environment, Social, and Governance) green manufacturing, with a transition to natural gas. "Given the current global geopolitical challenges, we remain focused on staying competitive while prioritising environment and safety, as well as talent development," he said. The Board of Directors, in a recent meeting, recommended a dividend of 20% (₹2 per share) on equity capital for FY24-25, subject to approval by members at the annual general meeting scheduled on September 23 via video conference, the company said.
Mint
2 days ago
- Mint
The gilded gambler: Dwarkanath Tagore's rise and ruin in colonial Bengal
Sundeep Khanna Once among Bengal's richest men, Dwarkanath Tagore built a sprawling business empire under the British, only to see it collapse in spectacular fashion. Dwarkanath Tagore is remembered as much for his flamboyant top hats and tailored coats as for the hefty profits he drew from the colonial exploitation of impoverished indigo farmers. (Illustration: Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint) Gift this article Even in the sparsely populated gallery of 19th-century Indian business history, Dwarkanath Tagore is little more than a footnote, his reputation long eclipsed by that of his Nobel Prize-winning grandson, Rabindranath. Yet in his own time, Dwarkanath was one of Bengal's most dazzling buccaneer capitalists: a man as notable for his flamboyant top hats and tailored coats as for the handsome profits he extracted from colonial exploitation of impoverished indigo farmers. Even in the sparsely populated gallery of 19th-century Indian business history, Dwarkanath Tagore is little more than a footnote, his reputation long eclipsed by that of his Nobel Prize-winning grandson, Rabindranath. Yet in his own time, Dwarkanath was one of Bengal's most dazzling buccaneer capitalists: a man as notable for his flamboyant top hats and tailored coats as for the handsome profits he extracted from colonial exploitation of impoverished indigo farmers. Though he ended his gilt-edged life in debt and exile, he deserves to be remembered as someone struggling to forge an Indian capitalist identity under colonial constraints. Born in 1794 into a zamindar family at the sprawling Jorasanko estate in north Kolkata, a colonnaded labyrinth of salons and courtyards that doubled as a theatre of influence, Dwarkanath grew up in a world where Bengali traders and reformers mingled with the British over European dinners, sketching out the blueprint for an Anglo-Indian elite. Apprenticeship with a British barrister quickly taught him that the empire was not just a political or military force, but a vast, underexploited economic opportunity. The East India Company had brought with it the tools of modern capitalism: joint-stock companies, commercial banking, industrial ventures, commodity trade. Most Indian merchants steered clear; Dwarkanath waded straight in. In 1834 he co-founded Carr, Tagore & Company—the first India–Europe partnership of equal interests—as a proto–joint stock conglomerate managing opium trading, coal shipping, and banking. Two years earlier, in 1832, he had acquired the Raniganj coal mine, later consolidating rivals into the Bengal Coal Company, which gave him near-monopoly power in the eastern belt. He also established the Great Western of Bengal Railway Company to link his mines to Kolkata by rail. Also Read | Cowasjee Readymoney's pioneering path from profit to purpose At a time when British banks dominated India's financial system, Dwarkanath founded the Union Bank in 1828 to serve Indian zamindars, industrialists, and traders excluded from formal banking channels. But his fortunes were fatally tethered to British markets, British credit, and British favour. He was as much a creation of imperial patronage as of personal acumen, and therein lay his undoing. His business style invited suspicion: over-leveraging on a spectacular scale, speculative land deals, and the entrapment of farmers in debt. The Union Bank, lacking formal controls, functioned largely as an in-house financier for under-collateralised ventures, many of them his own. In the 1840s, as commodity prices fell and credit tightened, the global economy slowed. The bank's exposure proved fatal, and by its collapse in 1848, it had lost ₹ 4.7 lakh to defaults and mismanagement. But before the fall came one last hurrah. On a visit to London in 1842, Dwarkanath was greeted by Queen Victoria, feted by the press as 'Prince Dwarkanath," painted by society artists, and welcomed into elite circles. Beneath the glitter, however, he was catastrophically overextended. His debts mounted; his assets crumbled. In 1846 he died alone in London, buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, a bitter irony for a man who had staked everything on being accepted as an equal within the imperial order. Dwarkanath's life foreshadowed the boom-and-bust cycles that would define Indian capitalism in the late 19th century. He was both pioneer and cautionary tale: too compromised to be a national icon, too visionary to be dismissed as a mere colonial collaborator. His son Debendranath turned away from commerce toward spirituality, dismantling much of what his father had built. The Tagore name would be resurrected decades later through Rabindranath's literary genius, the kind of global recognition that had eluded the family's capitalist patriarch. Dwarkanath believed the British Empire could be an equalising force, that capital might transcend colour, that a brown man in a waistcoat could claim his place among peers. It was an illusion that cost him everything. His tragedy lay in the very vision that had elevated him, and in the end, destroyed him. Still, he stands as India's first modern capitalist: brilliant, flawed, and undone by the system he sought to master. Topics You May Be Interested In
Mint
3 days ago
- Mint
Income Tax: After ITR-1 to ITR-5, excel utility of ITR-6 also released
Nearly six days after releasing the excel utility of ITR-5, income tax department on Thursday released the utility of ITR-6 as well. Those who are not aware, ITR-6 is the income tax form meant for companies other than the ones claiming exemption under section 11. Additionally, income tax department has also released the facility for filing updated returns for AY 2021-22 and AY 2022-23 for ITR-3 & ITR-4. It is worth mentioning here that offline and online utilities of ITR-3 were released on July 30. Prior to this, online and excel utilities were released for other income tax forms including ITR-1, ITR-2 and ITR-4. Date Tax return form released 29 May 2025 ITR-1 and ITR-4 excel utilities released 4 June 2025 ITR-1 and ITR-4 online utilities released 11 July 2025 ITR-2 and ITR-3 excel utilities released 17 July 2025 ITR-2 online utility released 30 July 2025 ITR-3 offline and online utility 8 Aug 2025 ITR-5 excel utility released 14 Aug 2025 ITR-6 excel utility released (Source: Some experts believe that it is a little late now for releasing income tax forms when only one month is remaining before the deadline for filing of return end on September 15. 'This is the time for chartered accountants to work on companies' audit reports – the deadline for which is Sept 30. Only last week, ITR-5 was released. So, the time which is left for filing income tax return is not sufficient,' says CA Pratibha Goyal, partner of PD Gupta & Company. Meanwhile, some experts and taxpayers are complaining about the issues that are facing while filing of income tax return. Some claimed that they were unable to download crucial documents such as AIS (Annual Information Statement) and TIS (Tax Information Summary) whereas a few others faced concerns with regards to bugs in ITR-2 (see post above). For all personal finance updates, visit here
