New Delhi: Ircon International Ltd (IRCON) on Thursday reported a 44 percent rise in consolidated Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs 250.8 crore in the September quarter.

The company had posted a consolidated PAT of Rs 174.2 crore in the year-ago period, IRCON said in a filing to the BSE.

The company said its consolidated total income increased to Rs 3,136.3 crore in the second quarter of the ongoing fiscal from Rs 2,305.9 crore in the same quarter last year.

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The total order book of the company stood at Rs 32,152 crore as on September 30, it said.

IRCON is a navratna public sector enterprise and a leading turnkey construction company. IRCON is engaged in the railways and highways sectors and comes under the Ministry of Railways.

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