The Supreme Court Tuesday cautioned Patanjali Ayurved, a company co-founded by yoga guru Ramdev and dealing in herbal products, against making "false" and "misleading" claims in advertisements about its medicines as cure of several diseases. "All such false and misleading advertisements of Patanjali Ayurved have to stop immediately. The court will take any such infraction very seriously...," a bench comprising justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Prashant Kumar Mishra orally observed while hearing a plea of the Indian Medical Association (IMA). The top court, on August 23, 2022, had issued notices to the Union health ministry and Ministry of Ayush and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd, on the plea of the IMA alleging a smear campaign by Ramdev against the vaccination drive and modern medicines. During the brief hearing, the bench asked Patanjali Ayurved not to publish misleading claims and advertisements against modern systems of medicine. It said the bench may also consider imposing a fine of Rs
The Food and FMCG segment achieved a revenue of Rs 2,487.62 cr in the second quarter, registering a 5.4 per cent increase from the year ago period
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Patanjali's shares closed nearly 2.2% lower ahead of the results. The stock rose nearly 23% in the April-June quarter
US-based investment firm GQG Partners has bought a 5.96 per cent stake in edible oil firm Patanjali Foods, which is promoted by Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved. GQG Partners has bought 2,15,64,517 equity shares of Patanjali Foods through Offer For Sale (OFS) route, according to a regulatory filing. This translates into a 5.96 per cent stake in Patanjali Foods. Patanjali Foods share price closed at Rs 1,332.75 apiece on Wednesday, up 4.64 per cent from Tuesday. The market cap of Patanjali Foods stood at Rs 48,245 crore. At current valuation, GQG Partners' shareholding in Patanjali Foods is worth nearly Rs 2,900 crore. Last week, Patanjali Foods announced that its promoter Patanjali Ayurved will sell up to 2.53 crore shares of the company through OFS in a bid to increase public float. The floor price was kept at Rs 1,000. The two-day Offer For Sale (OFS) was launched on July 13-14 by promoter entity Patanjali Ayurved to pare its total stake in Patanjali Foods by around 7 per cent
Following the OFS, the company will become compliant with the 25 per cent minimum public shareholding norms
"We wish to intimate the exchanges of our intention not to exercise the oversubscription option." Patanjali Foods said
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The floor price for the 'Offer for Sale' was fixed at Rs 1,000 per equity share; and the offer will be on July 13 and 14.
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Patanjali Foods Ltd plans to invest up to Rs 1,500 crore in the next five years on capital expenditure, mostly for scaling up its palm oil business, according to company CEO Sanjeev Asthana. The company (formerly Ruchi Soya Industries) has set a target of clocking a turnover between Rs 45,000-50,000 crore in the next five years as it expands its product offerings and distribution reach. "Our estimation is over five years, we'll invest about Rs 1,200 crore to Rs 1,500 crore of capital expenditure...Most of the expenditure will happen in year four and five, which is where we are pushing for and the rest in the initial years. We have enough capacity and capex already laid out," Asthana told PTI. He was responding to a query on the company's investment plans in order to meet its growth targets. When asked where the investments will be made, he said, "A large part of it will be on oil palm". On the palm oil plantation, Asthana said, "We have got about 64,000 hectares which are already
Aims for Patanjali Group turnover to touch Rs. 1 trillion in 5 years: Baba Ramdev
Patanjali Group is looking to clock a turnover of Rs 1 lakh crore in next five years as it expands reach to all sections of consumers with different offerings, its leader Baba Ramdev said on Friday. Group firm Patanjali Foods (previously Ruchi Soya) will also play a significant part in achieving the milestone, having set a target of Rs 45,000-50,000 crore turnover in next five years. As part of its portfolio premiumisation strategy, Patanjali Foods introduced a new range of offerings in nutraceuticals, health biscuits, Nutrela millet-based cereals, and dry fruits. "It is our vision to take the turnover of Patanjali Group to Rs 1 lakh crore in next 5 years and that of Patanjali Foods, which is our listed company to up to Rs 50,000 crore," Ramdev said while addressing a press conference here. Patanjali has been focussing on self reliance in India, challenging the multinationals in the domestic market, he said adding,"Today we have overtaken all the MNCs except Unilever, which is stil
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Edible oil firm Patanjali Foods has chalked out an aggressive growth plan to reach Rs 5,000 crore operational profit and over Rs 50,000 crore turnover in the next five years, banking on huge opportunity that it sees in FMCG business and oil palm plantations. Patanjali Foods Ltd, erstwhile Ruchi Soya Industries, was acquired in September 2019 by Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Group through a corporate insolvency resolution process. In an interview with PTI, Ramdev said the company would like to grow its food and FMCG business as well as oil palm plantation vertical in a big way. Patanjali Foods has prepared a vision document for the next five years to become the largest player in the food-FMCG business, he highlighted. "Our target is to achieve more than Rs 5,000 crore profitability at EBIDTA level and over Rs 50,000 crore turnover in the next five years," Ramdev said. During the full 2022-23 fiscal, the net profit rose to Rs 886.44 crore from Rs 806.30 crore in the preceding fiscal. Th
Patanjali Foods on Wednesday said its promoters plan to sell shares to institutional investors in June for dilution of a 6 per cent stake to meet minimum public shareholding norms of 25 per cent. Patanjali Foods Ltd (PFL), erstwhile Ruchi Soya Industries, was acquired in September 2019 by Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Group through a corporate insolvency resolution process. In an interview with PTI, Ramdev said: "We are planning to meet the minimum shareholding norms as prescribed by the market regulator SEBI." He further said that the company is targeting to dilute around 6 per cent stake in June through Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP) and Offer for Sale (OFS). "We have already started roadshow from Wednesday and there is a great interest from global investors," Ramdev said. At present the public shareholding in PFL stands at 19.18 per cent, which needs to be increased to a minimum of 25 per cent. Rule 19A(5) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules, 1957 mandates a lis
The company's total revenue from operation rose by 18.14 per cent to Rs 7,873 crore for the March quarter as compared to Rs 6,664 crore in the year-ago period
But other modes like OFS, QIP to raise public shareholding