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<in-capmkt:DateOfStartOfTradingWindowClosure contextRef="OneI">2025-04-01</in-capmkt:DateOfStartOfTradingWindowClosure>
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<in-capmkt:Agenda1 contextRef="OneD">Financial results</in-capmkt:Agenda1>
<in-capmkt:Agenda2 contextRef="OneD">Dividend</in-capmkt:Agenda2>
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<in-capmkt:NatureOfReportStandaloneConsolidated contextRef="OneD">Standalone And Consolidated</in-capmkt:NatureOfReportStandaloneConsolidated>
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<in-capmkt:RemarksWebsiteDissemination contextRef="OneI">In terms of Regulation 29 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“SEBI Listing Regulations, 2015”), it is hereby intimated that a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company is scheduled to be held at New Delhi on Saturday, 24th May 2025, to inter-alia, consider &amp; approve the following:  1. Annual Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year ended on 31st March 2025 after these results are reviewed by the Audit Committee of the Board.   2. Subject to approval of shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting, recommendation of final dividend for the Financial Year 2024-25, if any.   Further, in terms of the Code for Prevention of Insider Trading in the Securities of the Company, the Trading Window for transactions in the securities of the Company which was closed from 1st April 2025, shall remain closed until 26th May 2025 for the purpose of announcement of aforesaid results.</in-capmkt:RemarksWebsiteDissemination>
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