New Delhi, Jun 7 (PTI) Kerala Financial Corporation, a Kerala government-owned finance firm, on Wednesday said it recorded about four-fold jump in its net profit at Rs 50.19 crore in the financial year ended on March 31, 2023.

The company has earned a net profit of Rs 13 crore in the preceding fiscal.

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Total income has increased to Rs 694.38 crore against Rs 518.17 crore last year, Kerala Finance said in a statement.

The interest income rose by 38 per cent to Rs 543.64 crore.

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The loan portfolio increased by 37 per cent to Rs 6,529.40 crore as against Rs 4,750.71 crore in the preceding year.

With the state government infusing a share capital of Rs 200 crore as of March 31, 2023, the capital adequacy ratio of Kerala Finance improved to 25.58 per cent against 22.41 per cent a year ago.

This is against the minimum of 15 per cent prescribed for non-banking financial companies by RBI.

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