New Delhi, May 8 -- :Government-owned Navratna company REC on Thursday reported a 5.5 per cent year-on-year rise in consolidated net profit at Rs 4,236 crore for the January-March quarter in FY25, compared to Rs 4,016 crore in the same period of the previous financial year.

The net interest income (NII), which shows the difference in interest earned from loans and the interest paid to raise deposits, rose by 37.6 per cent to Rs 5,877 crore during the fourth quarter from Rs 4,272.5 crore in the same quarter last year.

The company's board of board of directors have recommended a final dividend of Rs 2.60 per share (face value Rs 10), in addition to the Rs 15.40 per share paid in four tranches during FY25. This takes the total dividend fo...