NEW DELHI: Hinduja Ventures Ltd (HVL)  on Thursday announced  standalone net profit after tax of Rs. 255 million for three months ended 30 June 2017 as against Rs. 242.1 million during the same period a period ago.. The net PAT for the period ended grew by 5.33 per cent.

The total income for the period under review stood at Rs. 506.6 million as against Rs. 619.1 million for the same period a year ago.

The board of HVL at its meeting held on 10 August 2017 approved un-audited standalone financial results for the quarter ended 30 June 2017.

HVL is the holding company of big Indian integrated media entities comprising MSO IndusInd Media & Communications Limited (IMCL) and Grant Investrade Limited (GIL) that has launched the HITS digital platform under brand name NXT Digital.

The company in a statement claimed the HITS platform is making good progress in its expansion plans in the rural markets. The services, being now provided in all the states of the country and 640 districts, are available in more than 1,000 locations. The company claimed that GIL has also been successful in getting more than 97 per cent of its operators/customers on a pre-paid payment mode.

According to HVL, IMCL is continuing to consolidate its position in phase I and II markets on its own, while its joint ventures too were progressing well. As part of cost rationalisation and improvement in efficiency, IMCL has outsourced the management of its extensive fibre network so that it gets optimized in a focused way.

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