The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 12th Annual Report of your Company and the Audited financial statements for the financial year ended 31st March, 2018 together with Auditors' Report thereon.
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
The performance of the Company during the year has been as under: (Amount in Rs.)
Particulars
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Standalone
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Consolidated
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2017-18
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2016-17
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2017-18
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2016-17
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Sales and other Income
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14,338,816
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24,898,456
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14,338,816
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24,898,456
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EBIDTA
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6,603,562
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14,233,242
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6,457,494
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14,206,552
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LESS :
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|
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Depreciation
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102,111
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91,488
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153,361
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228,629
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Interest and Finance charges
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208,790
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173,474
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208,790
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173,796
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Profit before Taxation
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6,292,661
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13,968,280
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6,095,343
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13,804,127
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Provision for Taxation : Current Tax
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1,195,706
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2,655,970
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1,195,706
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2,655,970
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MAT Credit Entitlement
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(259,226)
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-
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(259,226)
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-
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Taxes for earlier years
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207,303
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11,280
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238,083
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11,280
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Profit after Tax
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5,148,878
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11,301,030
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4,920,780
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11,136,877
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Add: Other Comprehensive Income
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Total Comprehensive Income
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5,148,878
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11,301,030
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4,920,780
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11,136,877
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Less: Minority Interest (Current year's Profit/(loss))
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-
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-
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(44,082)
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(36,194)
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Surplus brought forward from previous year
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8,763,670
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(2,537,360)
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9,252,630
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(1,624,986)
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Add: MAT credit of earlier years
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2,815,839
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-
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2,815,839
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-
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Add: Profit / (Loss) of earlier years on acquisition of subsidiaries
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|
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(295,455)
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Balance available for appropriation
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16,728,387
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8,763,670
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17,033,330
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9,252,630
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APPROPRIATION:
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Balance c/f to Balance Sheet
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16,728,387
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8,763,670
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17,033,330
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9,252,630
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PERFORMANCE AND OPERATIONS:
The Company is into initial stage of operations. During the year 2017-18, the Company's total sales and other income stood at Rs.1,43,38,816 and Profit Before Taxation (PBT) of Rs.62,92,661 and Profit after Tax (PAT) of Rs. 51,48,878.
The Company and its subsidiaries has sizeable land bank in and around Hyderabad. In view of the rapid growth of e-commerce as well as information technology companies in Hyderabad, the Company has set up a Warehouse at Gachibowli, Hyderabad with around 61,000 Sq.ft. and will be adding further warehouse space. Currently, the following are key tenants among others viz., Amazon India, Flipkart, Blue Dart, Big Basket, Storespace, Food Junction. Your Company is also planning to set up co-working space for IT around 30,000 Sq.ft. with high standard facilities.
Further, your company has entered into Lease Agreement with various parties for lease of the Company's part open land and the revenue earning is expected to increase substantially during the current financial year 2018-19.
SUBSIDIARIES/ ASSOCIATES:
The Company has the following subsidiary companies as on 31.03.2018. Further there has been no material change in the nature of business of the subsidiaries.
Sl.
No.
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Name of Subsidiary
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Percentage of shareholding (%)
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1
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Scientia Infocom India Private Limited
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76.00
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2
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Metropolitan Ventures India Limited
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100.00
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Further your Company acquired Masanto Containers Pvt Ltd as 100% subsidiary which is holding land to the extent of 2.13 Acres at Nacharam, IDA, Hyderabad.
In terms of proviso to sub section (3) of Section 129 of the Act, 2013 read with Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, the salient features of the financial statement of the subsidiaries and Associates is set out in the prescribed Form AOC-1, which forms part of the annual report.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
The consolidated financial statements prepared and annexed in accordance with the Accounting Standards 21 and 23 as prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 7 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and Guidelines issued by Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”) also forms part of this Annual Report.
As per the provisions of Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company has placed separate audited accounts of its subsidiaries on its website www.bhagyanagarproperties. com and copy of separate audited financial statements of its subsidiaries will be provided to the shareholders at their request.
SECRETARIAL STANDARDS:
The Directors state that applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e., SS-1 and SS-2, relating to ‘Meetings of the Board of Directors' and ‘General Meetings', respectively, have been duly followed by the Company.
SHARECAPITAL:
The Company's issued, subscribed and paid up capital as on 31.03.2018 is Rs.6,39,90,000 divided into 3,19,95,000 equity shares of face value of Rs.2/- each.
DIVIDEND:
The Board considering the Company's performance and financial position for the year under review, not recommended dividend for the financial year 2017-18.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:
The Management Discussion and Analysis forms an integral part of this Report and gives details of the overall industry structure, developments, performance and state of affairs of the Company's business, internal controls and their adequacy, risk management systems and other material developments during the financial year.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report is presented in a separate section forms part of the Annual Report as Annexure-II.
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, with respect to the Directors' Responsibility Statement, the Board of Directors of the Company hereby confirms:
(a) That the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2018, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
(b) That the directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year 31st March, 2018 and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;
(c) That the directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) That the directors have prepared the annual accounts for the financial year 31st March, 2018 on a going concern basis; and
(e) That the directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
(f) That the Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
STATEMENT ON DECLARATION GIVEN BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:
The Independent Directors have submitted the declaration of independence, as required pursuant to sub-section (7) of section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 stating that they meet the criteria of independence as provided in subsection^) of Section 149.
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY:
The Board has, on the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee framed a policy which lays down a framework in relation to selection, appointment and remuneration to Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management of the Company. The details of Nomination and Remuneration Committee and Policy are stated in the Corporate Governance Report.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR SECURITIES OR INVESTMENTS:
The details of Loans, Guarantees, Securities and Investments made during the financial year ended 31st March, 2018 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements in compliance with the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
All transactions entered with related parties for the year under review were on arm's length basis and in the ordinary course of business and that the provisions of Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder are not attracted. Thus, disclosure in form AOC-2 in terms of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 is not required. Further, there are no material related party transactions during the year under review with the Promoters, Directors or Key Managerial Personnel. The policy on materiality of Related Party Transactions as approved by the Board of Directors has been uploaded on the Company's website www.bhagyanagarproperties.com.
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN:
The Extracts of Annual Return as per the provisions of Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 in Form MGT-9 are enclosed as Annexure - III to this Report.
PARTICULARS IN RESPECT OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo required to be disclosed under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are provided in the Annexure-I forming part of this Report.
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY:
In terms of the requirement Section 134(3)(n) and Regulation 21 of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 read with relevant provisions of the Companies Act 2013 the Company has developed and implemented the Risk Management Policy. The Audit Committee has additional oversight in the area of financial risks and controls. Major risks identified by the businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuing basis. The development and implementation of risk management policy has been covered in the management discussion and analysis, which forms part of this report. At present the Company has not identified any element of risk which may threaten the existence of the company.
BOARD EVALUATION
During the year under review, pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 the evaluation of performance of all Directors is undertaken annually. The company has implemented a system of evaluating performance of the Board of Directors and of its Committees and individual Directors on the basis of a structured questionnaire which comprise evaluation criteria taking into consideration various performance related aspects.
The Board of Directors have expressed their satisfaction with the valuation process.
DIRECTORS:
Shri Devendra Surana, Director of the Company will retire by rotation at this Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment.
Ms.Shresha Surana appointed as Additional Director on
26.05.2018 and holding office till the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting and also is eligible for appointment as Director. The Board recommends for appointment as Director, accordingly the resolution seeking approval of the members has been included in the Notice of this Annual General Meeting.
Further, Shri D.Venkata Subbaiah and Dr.R.N.Sreenath, Independent Directors, who attained the age above 75 years are being appointed as Non-Executive Independent Directors through Special Resolution by shareholders at this Annual General Meeting pursuant to SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018.
The brief particulars of the Directors seeking appointment /re-appointment at this Annual General Meeting are being annexed to the Corporate Governance Report.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 203 of the Act, Shri Narender Surana, Director, Shri Devendra Surana, WholeTime Director and Shri. Rohit Jain, Company Secretary were formalized as the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.
BOARD COMMITTEES:
In compliance to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI Listing Regulations, the Company has constituted various Committees of the Board. The details on Composition of the Committee, Attendance of the Directors at the Committee Meeting and terms of reference of the Committee has been provided in the Corporate Governance Report.
MEETINGS:
During the financial year under review, 5 (Five) Board Meetings were convened and held. The details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report. The intervening gap between the meetings was within the period of 120 days as prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Regulations.
DEPOSITS:
The Company has not accepted any deposits from public in terms of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 and as such, no amount on account of principal or interest on public deposits was outstanding as on the date of the balance sheet.
STATUTORY AUDITORS
M/s. Luharuka & Associates, Chartered Accountants were appointed as Statutory Auditors of your Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 26th September, 2017, for a term of five consecutive years. As per the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, the appointment of Auditors is required to be ratified by Members at every Annual General Meeting.
In accordance with the Companies Amendment Act, 2017, enforced on 7th May, 2018 by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the appointment of Statutory Auditors is not required to be ratified at every Annual General Meeting. M/s. Luharuka & Associates, Chartered Accountants have confirmed that they are not disqualified from continuing as Auditors of the Company.
AUDITORS' REPORT
There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by M/s. Luharuka & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors in their report for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2018.
The Statutory Auditors have not reported any incident of fraud to the Audit Committee of the Company in the year under review.
INTERNAL AUDITORS
The Board of Directors of the Company have re-appointed M/s Sekhar & Co., Chartered Accountants as Internal Auditors to conduct Internal Audit of the Company for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2019.
COST AUDITORS
The Board of Directors, subject to the approval of the Central Government, re-appointed M/s BVR & Associates, Cost Accountants, holding certificate of practice No.16851, as a Cost Auditor for conducting the Cost Audit for the financial year 2018-19. Subject to Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 issued by the MCA, the Audit Committee recommended their re-appointment. The Company has also received a letter from the Cost Auditor, stating that the appointment, if made, will be within the limits prescribed pursuant to the Section 141 of Companies Act, 2013.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The Company has implemented the procedures and adopted practices in conformity with the Code of Corporate Governance as per the requirements of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015.
A separate report on corporate governance practices followed by the Company together with a Certificate from the Company's Auditors confirming compliances forms an integral part of this Report.
VIGIL MECHANISM:
The Company has adopted a Whistle Blower Policy establishing vigil mechanism, to provide a formal mechanism to the Directors and employees to report concerns about unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of Code of Conduct and Ethics. It also provides for adequate safeguards against the victimization of employees who avail of the mechanism and provides direct access to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee in exceptional cases. It is affirmed that no personnel of the Company has been denied access to the Audit Committee. The policy of vigil mechanism is available on the Company's website. The Whistle Blower Policy aims for conducting the affairs in a fair and transparent manner by adopting highest standards of professionalism, honesty, integrity and ethical behavior.
SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, and The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has appointed Ms. Rakhi Agarwal, Company Secretary in Practice as Secretarial Auditors to conduct Secretarial audit of the company for the financial year ended March 31, 2018.
The Secretarial Audit Report issued by Ms. Rakhi Agarwal, Company Secretary in Practice in Form MR-3 is enclosed as Annexure - IV to this Annual Report.
The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualifications, reservation or adverse remarks.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The Company has not employed any individual whose remuneration falls within the purview of the limits prescribed under the provisions of Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
PARTICULARS OF REMUNERATION
The remuneration and perquisites provided to the employees and Management are at par with the industry levels. The remunerations paid to the Whole-time Director and senior executives are reviewed and recommended by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
(i) The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the company for the financial year;
Name of the Director
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Ratio to Median Remuneration
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Shri Devendra Surana, WTD
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0
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(ii) The percentage increase in remuneration of each director, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Company Secretary or Manager, if any, in the financial year;
Name of Person
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% increase in remuneration
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Ms. Bhavana Dagia, CFO*
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20.00
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Shri. Rohit Jain, CS
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21.88
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* Resigned w.e.f. 30/06/2018
(iii) The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year - 7.75%
(iv) The number of permanent employees on the rolls of company - 8.
(v) Average percentile increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentile increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration;
The average increase in salaries of employees other than managerial personnel in 2017-18 was 23.62%. Percentage increase in the managerial remuneration for the year was Nil.
(vi) Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the company - Yes.
INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY
The Company has an Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations. To maintain its objectivity and independence, the Internal Audit function reports to the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board.
The Internal Audit Department monitors and evaluates the efficacy and adequacy of internal control system in the Company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting procedures and policies at all locations of the Company and its subsidiaries. Based on the report of internal audit function, process owners undertake corrective action in their respective areas and thereby strengthen the controls. Significant audit observations and corrective actions thereon are presented to the Audit Committee of the Board.
CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS
There is no change in nature of business of the Company.
SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURT:
There are no significant and material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS
There are no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial position of the Company which occurred between the end of the financial year 31st March, 2018 to which the financial statements relates and the date of signing of this report.
HUMAN RESOURCES
The industrial relations of the Company continued to be harmonious during the year under review.
POLICY ON SEXUAL HARRASSEMENT
The Company has adopted policy on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace in accordance with The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been setup to redress complaints received regarding sexual harrassement. During the period under review, no complaint was received by the ICC.
APPRECIATION
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation to employees at all levels for their hard work, dedication and commitment. The enthusiasm and unstinting efforts of the employees have enabled the Company to remain at the forefront of the industry, despite increased competition from several existing and new players.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
Statements in the Board's Report and the Management Discussion & Analysis describing the Company's objectives, expectations or forecasts may be forward-looking within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the statement. Important factors that could influence the Company's operations include global and domestic demand and supply conditions affecting selling prices of finished goods, input availability and prices, changes in government regulations, tax laws, economic developments within the country and other factors such as litigation and industrial relations.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Directors take this opportunity to place on record their sincere thanks to the suppliers, customers, strategic partners, Banks and Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies, Central and State Government Departments and the shareholders for their support and co-operation extended to the Company from time to time. Directors are pleased to record their appreciation of the sincere and dedicated services of the employees and workmen at all levels.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
NARENDER SURANA DEVENDRA SURANA
DIRECTOR WHOLE-TIME DIRECTOR
DIN-00075086 DIN-00077296
Place: Secunderabad
Date: 06.08.2018
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