India’s Aditya Birla group, which controls Grasim Industries Ltd and UltraTech Cement Co Saturday said its cement sales for the fiscal year ended March 2005, rose 5.44 per cent to 26.26Mt. The group said Grasim - India’s largest cement company by capacity - posted sales of 1.25Mt in March 2005. The statement didn’t provide Grasim’s year ago sales. UltraTech Cement’s March sales totaled 1.32Mt. The group’s cement production in fiscal 2004-2005 rose 5.6 per cent on year to 26.27Mt, the statement said.