The profit during the quarter was primarily impacted due to lower sale volumes. Commodity prices increased steeply but the company said it continued to make efforts to reduce costs. Consolidated net sales surged 332% to Rs 17,776.40 crore in Q1 FY22 over Rs 4,110.60 crore in Q1 FY21. Pre-tax profit stood at Rs 596.50 crore in Q1 FY22 as against a pre-tax loss of Rs 369.70 crore in Q1 FY21. As per the company's press statement: "The second wave of the pandemic adversely impacted on the Q1 FY22 production and sales. While all the parameters during the quarter were substantially better than Q1 FY2020-21, a comparison is not meaningful because Q1 last year had a much higher degree of disruption due to the pandemic....