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Godawari Power and Ispat Ltd (GPIL) on Saturday reported about 38 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 159.39 crore in the September quarter of 2024-25. It had posted Rs 256.71 crore "net profit from ordinary activities" in the same period a year ago, the company said in an exchange filing. Total income fell to Rs 1,290.38 crore from Rs 1,314.21 crore in the July-September period of 2023-24. Expenses increased to Rs 1,073.93 crore from Rs 974.62 crore in the year-ago quarter.
State-owned Bank of Maharashtra recorded the highest growth rate last fiscal in terms of total business and deposit mobilisation among public sector lenders at a time when most banks are facing difficulty in achieving double-digit growth. The Pune-headquartered lender has registered a 15.94 per cent rise in the total business (domestic) in FY24, followed by the country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) with 13.12 per cent growth, according to published financial numbers of the public sector banks (PSBs). However, SBI's total business (deposit and advances) was about 16.7 times higher at Rs 79,52,784 crore compared to Rs 4,74,411 crore of Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) in absolute terms. Similarly, BoM continued to maintain its top spot in terms of growth in deposit mobilisation, with a 15.66 per cent rise in FY24. It was followed by SBI (11.07 per cent), Bank of India (11.05 per cent) and Canara Bank (10.98 per cent). Out of 12 public sector banks, only these four lenders could