New Delhi: The Board of Directors of RITES Ltd, (NSE: RITES, BSE: 541556) a leading Infrastructure Consultancy and Engineering Company, at its meeting held today declared second interim dividend of 4 per share on the share with face value of 10 each (at the rate of 40% of paid-up capital).
The second interim dividend brings the company’s total dividend for FY21 so far, to 9 per share amounting to 216.27 crores. The record date for the purpose of payment of dividends is 20th March 2021.
Standalone revenue of the company for the nine months of FY21 has been Rs 1315 crore and profit after tax has been Rs 290 crore.
The company has commenced the export shipments to Sri Lanka and Mozambique. The 10 stateof-the-art railway passenger coaches have been successfully delivered to Sri Lanka and first shipment of two 3000 HP Cape Gauge AC-AC locomotives has been flagged off to Mozambique Commenting on export shipments, Mr. Rajeev Mehrotra, Chairman & Managing Director, RITES Ltd, said, “For exports, new product lines in Railways are way forward and such products demonstrate India’s ‘design, manufacture and export’ capabilities. We hope the project of supplying Cape Gauge locomotives to Mozambique will open up more export opportunities, for us, in new markets.”
About RITES Limited:
RITES Limited is a Miniratna (Category – I) Schedule ‘A’ Public Sector Enterprise and a leading player in the transport consultancy and engineering sector in India, having diversified services and geographical reach. Company has an experience spanning 46 years and has undertaken projects in over 55 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, South America and Middle East region. RITES Limited is the only export arm of Indian Railways for providing rolling stock overseas (other than Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia).
