India's largest private lender HDFC Bank on Saturday reported a 18 per cent year-on-year growth in standalone net profit for the quarter ended March 2021 (Q4FY21) at Rs 8,186 crore. It was Rs 6,927.6 crore in the year-ago period (Q4FY20).
However, sequentially, the standalone net profit declined 6.5 per cent compared with Rs 8,758 crore in the December quarter (Q3FY21).
The lender's board of directors decided against declaring any dividend for FY21 in light of the second coronavirus wave.
Net Interest Income (NII) --- the difference between interest earned through lending and interest paid to depositors --- of the Bank