Escorts in focus, a lots of tailwinds for the company. They reported very strong tractor sales in January. The other positive is the big push for agriculture in the Union Budget and Q3 numbers which stood fairly strong. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts spoke about the results and his outlook for the company.

Expect to see slow growth in H2 & 13-14% overall growth for FY18: Escorts

October sales for Escorts were above estimates while Q2 earnings met street estimates. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts shared his views and readings on the same.

Expect to beat industry revenue growth rate: Escorts

Escorts saw a healthy set of Q1 earnings as revenue growth at 11 percent was a strong beat while margins were a tad above estimates. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts spoke about the results and his outlook for the company.

Q2 will be stronger than Q3 considering early start of festival season: Escorts

Escorts has just released tractor sales this morning and seen a 17 percent dip year-on-year. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts said that the dip is due to de-stocking for goods and services tax (GST).

Countdown to GST: Find out how India Inc views its impacts

Watch the interview of Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CMD of Biocon, Rakesh Biyani, Joint MD at Future Retail, Gnanesh Gala of Navneet Education, Harsh Mariwala of Marico, Bharat Madan, Group CFO at Escorts and KU Subbiah, CFO, VST Tillers Tractors in which they shared their views on how goods and services tax (GST) will impact businesses across the country.

Expect 12-15% volume growth in FY18: Escorts

Escorts saw strong sales growth in many as improved monsoon outlook boosted tractor sales. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts spoke about the latest happenings in his company and sector.

Will be looking at similar acquisitions after Lloyd is finalised: Havells India

On the side-lines of AIMA's event in Delhi, Ashpreet Sethi of CNBC-TV18 caught up with Pawan Munjal, MD of Hero Motocorp and Anil Rai Gupta of Havells India.

See double-digit growth in tractor industry in FY18; uptick in market share: Escorts

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, CFO of Escorts said that they expect the growth to be better next year.

Expect 8-10% growth in tractors segment in FY18: Escorts

Government impetus on construction equipment, railways and agriculture in the Budget will keep Escorts' growth trajectory going for the next 2-3 years, says CFO Bharat Madan.

Revival in tractor sales, to pick up further in March: Escorts

Speaking to CNBC-TV-18, Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller of leading engineering conglomerate Escorts, said that a revival was witnessed in December as tractor sales beat estimates.

Escorts looks to double revenue in the next 3-4 years

In an interview with CNBC-TV18 Nikhil Nanda said that the company is at an inflection point and sees rapid growth in the coming years.

Retail numbers all-time high, expect trend to continue: Escorts

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller of Escorts said that retail numbers at all-time high of over 13,000 units.

Sentiment improving; see 15-16% industry growth in FY17: Escorts

While the strong sales number posted by Escorts in September was largely due to pre-festival exuberance, industry growth has also been fairly good for the last 5-6 months, says Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller at Escorts.

Auto biz exited, focus now on construction, railways: Escorts

Escorts will now focus on core agriculture (tractors), construction and railways businesses says Managing Director Nikhil Nanda speaking to CNBC-TV18 after the company announced divestment of its automobile parts business.

Auto product biz sale will help concentrate on core biz: Escorts

Escorts today said that it will be divesting its OEM and export business of auto product division to Badve Engineering Ltd, Pune in an all cash deal.

Expect record tractor sales in FY18 if monsoon good: Escorts

The tractor sales of Escorts peaked in FY14, when it sold around 69,000 tractors. Madan feels this year the company may report similar numbers. It has sold close to 16,300 tractors in the first quarter.

Escorts sees margins rising to 7.6% by FY18

Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller, Escorts is confident of the company clocking a run rate of 5000 units per month for this fiscal year.

Tractor business to get a push from rains: Escorts

While growth in northern market has been tepid, southern markets have been growing phenomenally, says Ravi Menon, CEO of Agri Machinery, Escorts.

See 5-8% FY17 growth; demand yet to rise in north India: Escorts

Tractor margins are expected to be at 8-9 percent in FY17, says Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller, Escorts.

ICRA ratings upgrade will help reduce interest burden: Escorts

Following the rating upgrade on short term credit as well, the company plans to launch a commercial paper shortly, says Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller of Escorts

To do around 11,000 tractor units in FY16: Escorts

Engineering and farm equipment major Escorts on Tuesday reported a 42.57 percent dip in its standalone net profit at Rs 20.49 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2015.

Hopeful of seeing volume growth in Jan and Feb: Escorts

Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller of Escorts, in an interview with CNBC-TV18 said that there will be an improvement in volumes for the month of January and February 2016.

Q2 volumes to remain low; expect 3-4% FY16 sales: Escorts

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller at Escorts says volume growth to remain low in the current quarter due to insufficient monsoon.

Festival season, monsoon to boost Q3 earnings nos: Escorts

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Bharat Madan, Group Financial Controller at Escorts said the third quarter will be bumper with festival season on and adequate rainfall.

Flat tractor sales ahead, construction to pick up: Escorts

Escorts posted a 21.5 percent decline in its third quarter net profit to Rs 35.7 crore impacted by lower revenue and operating income in tractor business.