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Sugar major Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd on Monday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 58.36 crore in the third quarter of this fiscal year on higher expenses. Its net loss stood at Rs 164.53 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 1,433.54 crore in the October-December quarter of 2022-23 financial year from Rs 1,261.33 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year, the company said in a regulatory filing. Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar posted a net loss of Rs 265.64 crore during the first three quarters of this fiscal year as against a net loss of Rs 327.26 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 4,301.24 crore during April-December period of this fiscal year from Rs 3,966.22 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year. Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd, which is part of the Bajaj Group (Kushagra), has 14 sugar plants, all located in Uttar Pradesh. The plants have an aggregate sugarcane crushing capacity of 1,36,000 tonnes crushed per day and .
State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is likely to incur gross marketing losses in the current fiscal as it is unable to pass cost to consumers, Fitch Ratings said Monday. The rating agency affirmed 'BBB-' rating on BPCL with stable outlook. "Fitch expects BPCL to generate gross marketing losses in FY23, as the Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) bear the largest burden of surging crude oil prices, with only limited increases being passed on to consumers despite cuts in taxes on retail sales. "We believe near-term prices will remain a function of the government's efforts to balance OMCs' financial health with inflationary and fiscal pressures," it said. The marketing segment, however, should turn profitable from FY24 (April 2023 to March 2024) as crude oil prices fall. "We expect marketing margins to remain aligned with crude oil prices over the long term," Fitch said. The government previously allowed OMCs to recoup losses from the temporary suspension of daily p