On the segmental front, revenue from Agri was Rs 1,018.98 crore (down 7.8% YoY) while that from Energy was Rs 48.46 crore (down 3.1% YoY) in the second quarter.

Total expenses fell by 6.2% YoY to Rs 875.76 crore in Q2 FY22.

Profit before tax in Q2 FY22 stood at Rs 183.46 crore, down by 9.3% from Rs 202.22 crore in Q2 FY21.

KRBL is a basmati rice producer and has fully integrated operations in every aspect of basmati value chain, right from seed development, contract farming, procurement of paddy, storage, processing, packaging, branding and marketing.

The scrip gained 3.42% to end at Rs 294.90 on the BSE yesterday.