of some machines, selling prices remained unchanged and increases in costs of about 13 per cent had to be mostly absorbed. In the event, gross profit fell from Rs 85 lakhs to Rs 65 lakhs. The maintained dividend, of 10 per cent, is still covered 2.3 times. Of the proposed payment, only six per cent is the 'immediate
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