Audited Financial Results for the Year ended on 31st March 2000
			Financial Year ended on 31.03.2000
1	Production	'000 Tonnes	3,262
2	Sales	"	3,210
3	Net Sales/Income	Rs. Crores	6,890.87
4	Expenditure
a)	(Increase) /decrease in stock in trade	"	(33.19)
b)	Consumption of raw materials	"	986.00
c)	Staff Cost	"	958.41
d)	Excise Duty	"	796.86
e)	Other Expenditure	"	2,949.65
f)	Total Expenditure ( 4a to 4e)	"	5,657.73
5	Operating Profit	"	1,233.14
6	Other Income	"	52.46
7	Profit before Interest, Depreciation, Extraordinary Items and Tax	"	1,285.60
8	Interest	"	359.96
9	Profit before Depreciation, Extraordinary Items and Tax	"	925.64
10	Depreciation	"	426.54
11	Profit before Tax and Extraordinary Items	"	499.10
12	Extraordinary Items
a)	Employee Separation Compensation	"	(157.99)
b)	Profit on sale of net assets of Cement Division	"	125.26
c)	Profit on sale of long term investments	"	10.22
d)	Total of Extraordinary items ( 12a to 12c)	"	(22.51)
13	Profit before Tax	"	476.59
14	Tax	"	54.00
15	Profit after Tax	"	422.59
16	Transfer to Debenture Redemption Reserve	"	110.00
17	Add: Transfer from Investment Allowance (Utilised ) Reserve	"	-
18	Add Amount brought forward from previous year	"	90.50
19	Disposable Profit	"	403.09
20	Appropriations
a)	Proposed Dividend (1999-00 - Interim Dividend, also includes Rs.7.75 Crs on Preference shares. 1998-99 - Final Dividend)	"	154.86
b)	Tax on Dividend (1999-2000 includes Rs.0.86 Crs on Preference Shares, 1998-99 Rs.Nil.)	"	17.04
c)	General Reserve	"	42.26
21	Balance carried forward	"	188.93
22	Paid-up Equity Share Capital	"	367.97
23	Reserves excluding revaluation reserves	"	4,040.43
24	Earnings per Share	Rupees	11.26
	Considering the interim dividend for 1999-2000 on 36,77,71,781 shares of Rs.10 each fully paid up and on 99 shares of Rs.10 each fully paid prorata, the directors did not recommend final dividend.	-	-
	1999-2000 40% (Interim)	Rs. Crs.	154.86
	1998-1999 40% (Final)	Rs. Crs.	-