The financial services provider had posted a net profit of Rs 475 crore in the year-ago quarter. The total income declined by 3 per cent to Rs 2,993 crore during the third quarter as against Rs 3,081 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, Mahindra Finance said in a release. However, for the nine months ended December 2020, the company has posted a 34 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 561 crore compared to Rs 847 crore a year ago. Total income during April-December was up 3 per cent at Rs 9,132 crore as against Rs 8,856 crore in the same period previous fiscal. On a standalone basis, there was a net loss of Rs 274 crore in the third quarter. It had posted a net profit of Rs 365 crore in the year-ago period.