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Orchid Chem Q1 consolidated net zooms 345%
BS Reporter / Mumbai July 19, 2007
Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals has posted a 345% jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 48.59 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 when compared with Rs 10.83 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
According to an official release issued by the company to the BSE today, total income has increased to Rs 304.63 crore from Rs 213.40 crore for Q1FY07.
On a stand-alone basis, the company has posted a net profit of Rs 51.30 crore for Q1FY08 as compared to Rs 14.59 crore for Q1FY07. Total income has increased to Rs 291.36 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 from Rs 202.49 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
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What rising ruppe can do - fyi
Strong rupee hits Indians in the Gulf
Press Trust of India / Dubai July 19, 2007
Continued appreciation of the rupee against the US dollar, coupled with rising inflation in Gulf countries, has adversely hit nearly five million Indians working in the region.
Weakness of the dollar has dragged the value of Gulf currencies to which it is pegged, and Indian workers' salaries are nearly 30% less in terms of rupee than a year ago. Last year, each UAE dirham was worth Rs 12.70, but today the rate has slumped to below Rs 11.
Indian workers were flooding into the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to cash in on a construction boom driven by soaring oil prices in 2006.
With a weak US dollar and inflation in the region, the salaries of Indians working in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and other Gulf countries have come down nearly by 30%, The Arab News reported.
In the Gulf region alone, the plunge has been as steep as 15% in the value of dollar-pegged currencies against the rupee. With another 15% dent due to high livings costs, the salary of an average Indian in the Gulf remains the least attractive among the Asians.
The Gulf currencies have substantially declined that many in India feel that it makes no sense to relocate to the Gulf countries to make money, the report said.
The decline in the Gulf currencies has been so sharp that one Saudi riyal, which fetched Rs 12.50 in 2006, now gets only Rs 10.70.
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