“Net profit for the quarter was at Rs 1,729 crore… and for H1 (April-September) FY24 it was Rs 3,693 crore, down 36 per cent year-on-year, primarily on account of lower EBITDA partly offset by lower tax expense,” the company said in a statement.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/business/companies/hindustan-zinc-q2-net-profit-revenue-declines-8992381/

The situation is a tad comfortable for food subsidy, where the government has spent Rs 95,149.44 crore on food subsidy during April-September as against Rs 1,16,209.54 crore spent during the corresponding period last year.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/business/not-much-impact-on-the-fisc-from-the-five-year-extension-of-food-grains-subsidy-crude-surge-a-bigger-worry-9016480/