(Reuters) - State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, reported a rise in second-quarter profit on Friday, helped by healthy core lending income.

The state-run lender's net profit rose 28% to 183.31 billion rupees ($2.17 billion) compared with 143.3 billion rupees a year ago.

($1 = 84.3490 Indian rupees)

(Reporting by Nishit Navin and Siddhi Nayak; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)