Nestle India s January-March net profit up 6.7%

New Delhi May 12 (IANS) Nestle India on Friday reported a surge of 6.7 per cent in its net profit after tax for the first quarter of 2017.

The company s net profit for the January-March quarter stood at Rs 306.76 crore -- up 6.7 per cent from Rs 287.32 crore in the same period in 2016.

For the quarter ended March 31 2017 the total income from operations of the company rose by 9.48 per cent to Rs 2 591.94 crore from Rs 2 367.53 crore reported during the same period last year.

--IANS
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