Castrol India Limited has delivered another impressive set of results for the second quarter of 2008. The performance has been underpinned with profitable volume growth. During the Quarter April - June 2008, Profit Before Tax increased by 26% to Rs.128 crores, Profit After Tax increased by 26% to Rs. 83 crores and Net Sales was up by 15% to Rs. 621 crores.  For the six month period, January - June 2008, Profit Before Tax is up by 47% to Rs 246.1 crores based on a net sales increase of 13% over the corresponding period in 2007. The company has declared an interim dividend of Rs.6 per share for the year ending 31st December 2008. Responding to the challenges of a difficult environment, the company has suitably enhanced  marketing  support  through informative advertising and value adding promotions. The scale-up for Castrol BikeZone - a franchised motorcycle servicing concept - slowed with high real estate rentals. 

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