The Directors have pleasure in presenting their 21st Annual Report on
the business and operations of the Company and the accounts for the
Financial Year ended March 31, 2015.
1. Financial summary
The Company's financial performance, for the year ended March 31, 2015
is summarized below:
Rsin Lakhs
Particulars Current Year ended Previous year ended
31st March 2015 31st March 2014
Gross Revenue 162.50 52.00
Profit before
interest,
depreciation &
taxes 30.19 2.14
Interest 0.00 0.11
Depreciation &
Amortization 2.97 0.34
Profit /Loss
After Tax 27.45 1.37
2. Performance of the Company
The turnover of the Company for the current year is Rs. 162.50 lacs.
The Company recorded a profit of Rs. 27.45 lacs as against a profit of
Rs. 1.37 lacs during previous year.
3. Dividend
The Company is not providing any dividend for the year.
4. State of Company's affair & Future Outlook The Company is focusing
on following segments.
1) E commerce
2) I T solutions
E Commmerce:
It is a known fact that the Company was started in 1999, with the Sole
Objective of ecommerce. As there was a com burst across the world the
company changed its business model and moved to Enterprise Solutions.
We are delighted to inform you that the Company again has started
focusing on e Commerce activities and performing immensely well in this
direction. It has become India's first listed e Commerce Company.
The Company has launched India's First Multilingual Portal by name
www.niharonline.com in three languages i.e., English, Hindi and Telugu
on 29.12.1999. The Website www.niharonline.com is almost getting more
than one lakh of visitors every day from 140 Countries at that point of
time. The Company has appointed proper team of professionals for
effective carrying out the E commerce activities.
Till now, the Company has launched the seven e-commerce portals under
the Brand Nihar Market and Six Content portals under the Brand Nihar
Web, details of which have been mentioned below.
The Company also has the following ecommerce portals under Nihar Market
www.niharmarket.com Goldsiver.in- Online portal for selling of Gold &
Silver ornaments, coins etc.
- The Portal was officially launched on the Occasion of Akshaya Tritya
on 21st April, 2015.
- It is a B2C e Commerce Portal for Minted Gold and Silver Products,
Pure Gold and Silver Products and 92.5 Silver.
- Currently the Portal has the Minted Products of MMTC-PAMP and 92.5
Silver Products.
- The portal has signed agreements with various sellers like Stock
Holding Corporation of India Ltd., Nihar Stocks Ltd. and is in the
process of on boarding more sellers on the portal. All the sellers on
Goldnsilver.in are Handpicked and are ensured that they maintain the
best quality.
- The Company is soon launching the Mobile App on different platforms.
Cinescope.in- Online movie streaming portal
- Cinescope.in provides Online Streaming of Movies on a Monthly
Subscription Fees Model.
- The portal currently has around 100 exclusive movies on its portal
and is in process of increasing the Catalogue.
- The portal is in plans to come with a unique strategy for the Medium
and Low Budget Movies to monetize huge collections on the Day of
Release.
- The Portal also has a huge collection of CDs and DVDs of movies in
Different Languages for Online buying.
Banyanstore.com- It is B2B portal focusing on LED's , furniture,
building material etc.
- It is a B2B e Commerce Portal on a Marketplace Model.
- Currently the Portal has various products like LEDs, Furniture and
other products.
- The Company is also signing agreements with Various Manufacturers in
India and is planning to have at least 100 Manufacturers on its portal
very soon.
Makeadeal.in- It is a portal for comparison of product and price with
various other portals
- It is a Product and Price Comparison Portal which aggregates good
products from various ecommerce portals.
- The Objective of this Portal is to enhance the Buying Experience of
the Online Buyers.
- The Portal has products under various categories like Men, Women,
Books, Kids, Home and Furniture etc.
- The Portal also aggregates the best deals from various ecommerce
portals like Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal and Infibeam. Smartmelody.in-
Online music portal of movies
- A Friendly User Interface that provides Catalogue of 40 Albums with
250 Songs, Customized Playlists, Provision for Online Streaming of
Audio Songs.
- The Objective of the Portal is to have a huge collection of Audio
Songs on Online Streaming Model.
- The Company is in talks with various Record Label Companies for the
same. ITdukaan.com- Portal for Online shopping of Electronics and
Mobiles
- It is an e Commerce Portal for all types of Electronics like -
Mobiles, Tablets, Accessories, Laptops, Television, Cameras, Speakers &
Headphones, Printers, Routers & Data cards.
- The objective of the portal is to connect the Brand and the
Consumers.
- The Portal also has the various top Deals on various Brands.
- Anyservice.in- Online selling of various services like loans,
insurance, finance, plumbing, electrical etc.
- It is a B2C e Commerce Portal based on Marketplace Model that enables
users to search for various services based on Location.
- It provides various services like Home Loan, Education Loan, Auto
Loan, Personal Loan, Business Loan, Loan Against Property, Loan Against
Shares, Broking Account, Demat Account, Investigation Services,
Verification Services etc.
- The Company is in process of adding more services to the portal by
getting various reputed sellers on boarded. The Company also has the
following content portals under Nihar Web:
Niharonline.com
- NiharOnline.com is India's First Multilingual Potal launched in 1999.
- This is a Multilingual News Portal in English, Telugu and Hindi. The
Portal Contains the News under various categories like Featured,
Politics, Tollywood, Bollywood, Photogallery, Sports etc.
- The Portal is also available in the form of app for Android Devices
in English, Hindi and Telugu. Ecards4u.in- Online portal for
multilingual greetings
- Ecards4u portal is available in 3 languages English, Telugu and
Hindi.
- It contains more than 500 greeting cards under various categories
like Festivals, Events, Wishes, Holidays etc.
- The Android App is available for download and users can share the
ecards through email, Facebook and Whtasapp.
Railstar.in-
- Online portal all information related to Indian Railways like PNR
status, Train Routes, Seat availability, Fares etc. Sarasam.in-
India's first multilingual humour portal
- It is India's First Telugu Huor Portal launched in 1999.
- The Telugu Humour Portal containing cartoons, jokes and short
stories.
- It has 12 categories and a Daily Cartoon Section. Haasparihaas.in-
Online portal for Humour in Hindi. It provides a good collection of
cartoons. HumorBox.in - An Online English Humor Portal.
These portals are getting traffic and the Company is taking best
measures to increase it further. The Company has recruited well
qualified designers and content team to achieve the same.
Comprehensive Capital/ Financial Restructure Plan
The Company had gone for Scheme of Arrangement whereby equity capital
was reduced and loans were converted into equity and also further issue
of equity was made. The Scheme was cleared by High Court on 24th
January 2014. The Company had filed the same with ROC on 28th March
2014 for giving the affect on Scheme of Arrangement. Accordingly the
Company announced the record date on 24th April 2014 in fulfillment of
the terms of the Scheme of Arrangement and subsequently filed the
listing application with BSE. The Company has duly complied and
completed the entire procedure and received the approval from SEBI and
BSE on 20th November 2014. The Company has duly followed the post
reduction and consolidation formalities along with corporate action
with BSE, CDSL & NSDL and the reduced and consolidated shares have been
duly issued to the shareholders.
The Company wishes to state that the amount of shares that were unable
to be issued to the shareholders due to change in address or any other
such reason have been transferred to the suspense account maintained by
the Company with SHCIL.
Details of Associate Company
Nihar Stocks Limited is an associate company since it is holding 25%
shares of the Company.
Summarized performance and financial position of the associate company
is given below (Pursuant to first proviso to Sub-section (3) of Section
129 of the Companies act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014)
Name of the Company- Nihar Stocks Limited
Financial period ended- 31st March 2015
Share Capital- Rs. 15,25,000 equity share capital
Reserves & Surplus- Rs. (14,59,569)
Total Assets- Rs. 2,21,72,546
Total Liabilities Rs. 2,21,07,115
(excluding share capital & Reserves & Surplus)
Non Current Investments Rs. 1,75,47,337
Turnover Rs. 1,21,000
Profit/ Loss before taxation Rs. 6,632
Profit/ (Loss) after taxation Rs. 6,632
Extract of the annual return
Extract of the annual return in Form No. MGT - 9 is given as Annexure-I
Directors Responsibility Statement
In terms of the provisions of section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act,
your Directors confirm as under:
- In preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed along with proper explanations and
disclosures relating to material departures.
- The relevant accounting policies are applied consistently and the
Directors' have made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view to the state of affairs of
the Company as on 31st March, 2015 and of the loss of the Company for
the period.
- Proper and sufficient care has been taken in the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provision of the
Companies Act, 1956, for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
- The annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
- The directors, in the case of a listed company, had laid down
internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such
internal financial controls are adequate and were operating
effectively.
- The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were
adequate and operating effectively.
Material changes and commitments affecting financial position between
the end of financial year and date of report No material changes have
taken place in the mentioned period. Significant and Material orders
There are no Significant and Material orders passed by the Regulators
or Courts or Tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company's
operation in future.
Particulars of Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and
Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo The Particulars with respect to
Conservation of energy, Technology observation and Foreign exchange
earnings and outgo as per Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies
(Disclosure of Particulars)Rules, 1988 are given below:
- Conservation of Energy: The operations of the Company are not energy
intensive and every effort has been made to ensure the optimal use of
energy, avoid waste and conserve energy by using energy efficient
computers and equipment with latest technologies.
- Research and Development: No amount was spent in Research and
Development during the year 2014-15.
- Technology Absorption: Your Company is constantly upgrading its
technological excellence with emerging technologies.
- Foreign Exchange Earning and outgo: The Company had a foreign
exchange earning of Rs. 33,02,700/- in 2014-15.
Corporate Governance
The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate
Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements set out
by SEBI. The report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under the
Listing Agreement forms an integral part of this Report. The requisite
certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming compliance with
the conditions of Corporate Governance is attached to the report on
Corporate Governance.
Directors & Key Managerial Personnel:
The Board of Directors consists of Managing Director Mr. BSN
Suryanarayana, whole time Director Mr. B Divyesh Nihar, Mr. Jagdeswara
Rao Reddi Independent Director, Mr. J Sundara Sekhar and Ms. Nithisha
Boda.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Articles of
Association of the Company, Mr. Jagadeeswara Rao Reddi, Director of the
Company, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and
being eligible have offered himself for re-appointment The Company has
received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company
confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed
both under the Act and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the
Stock Exchanges.
Policy on Director's Appointment and Remuneration
The current policy of the Company is to have an appropriate mix of
executive and independent Directors to maintain the independence of the
Board, and separate its functions of governance and management. The
Board periodically evaluates the need for change in its composition and
size.
The policy of the Company on Director's appointment and remuneration,
including criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes,
independence of a Director and other matters provided under Sub section
(3) of Section 178 of Companies Act, 2013, adopted by the Board, is
appended to the Board Report. We affirm that the remuneration paid to
the Director is as per the terms laid out in the remuneration policy of
the Company.
Declaration by Independent Directors
The Company has received necessary declaration from each independent
director u/s 149(7) of Companies Act, 2013, that he/ she meets the
criteria of independence laid down in Section 149(6) of Companies Act,
2013 and clause 49 of the Listing Agreement.
AUDITORS AND AUDITORS' REPORT:
Statutory Auditors
M/s Ramachandaram & Co. Statutory Auditors of the Company hold the
office till the conclusion of ensuing Annual General Meeting and are
eligible for re-appointment. They have confirmed their eligibility to
the effect that their re-appointment, if made, would be within the
prescribed limits under the Act and that they are not disqualified for
re-appointment.
The Notes on financial statement referred to in the Auditors' Report
are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The
Auditors' Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or
adverse remark.
Secretarial Auditor
The Board had appointed B. Surender & Associates, Practising Company
Secretary, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year 2014-15.
The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31,
2015 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure to this Report. The
Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification,
reservation or adverse remark.
Director's comments to Statutory Auditors qualification
The Company has already paid the statutory dues of related to VAT and
TDS as appearing in the Auditors qualification remarks.
The pending dues of service tax are proposed to be cleared in the
current period.
Disclosures: Audit Committee
The Audit Committee comprises Independent Directors namely Mr.
Jagadeeshwara Rao Reddi (Chairman), J. Sundara Sekhar and B.S.N
Suryanarayana as other members. All the recommendations made by the
Audit Committee were accepted by the Board.
Vigil Mechanism
The Vigil Mechanism of the Company, which also incorporates a whistle
blower policy in terms of the Listing Agreement, includes an Ethics &
Compliance Task Force comprising senior executives of the Company.
Protected disclosures can be made by a whistle blower through an
e-mail, or dedicated telephone line or a letter to the Task Force or to
the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Company's policy on Vigil
Mechanism has been enclosed in the Annual Report.
Code of Conduct
The Company has framed the Code of Conduct for Directors and Senior
Management. The Code of Conduct is applicable to all the Directors and
Senior Management of the Company. All the members of the Board and
Senior Management of the Company have affirmed compliance with their
respective code of conducts for the financial year ended 31st March
2015. A copy of the Code of Conduct is available on the Company's
website www. Niharinfo.com at the Investors page.
Meetings of the Board
Seven meetings of the Board of Directors were held during the year
which is enclosed in the Corporate Governance Report.
Particulars of loans, guarantees or investments under section 186
Particulars of loans given, investments made, guarantees given and
securities provided along with the purpose for which the loan or
guarantee or security is proposed to be utilized by the recipient are
provided in the financial statement (Please refer to Note 13 to the
financial statement).
Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties:
The particulars of every contract or arrangements entered into by the
Company with related parties referred to in sub-section (1) of section
188 of the Companies Act, 2013 including certain arms length
transactions under third provision thereto has been disclosed in Form
No. AOC -2. (Format enclosed) along with the policy on Related Party
Transactions.
Management's discussion and analysis Report
In terms of the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the
Management's discussion and analysis report is set out in this Annual
Report.
Corporate Governance Certificate
The Compliance certificate from the auditors or practicing company
secretaries regarding compliance of conditions of corporate governance
as stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing agreement is annexed with the
report.
Details of policy developed and implemented by the Company on its
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives The Company has not
developed and implemented any Corporate Social Responsibility
initiatives as the said provisions are not applicable. Particulars of
Employees and related disclosures As required by the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees)
Rules, 1975 no employee is drawing remuneration at or above the limits
mentioned therein.
Fixed Deposits
The Company has not raised any Fixed Deposits during the year so as to
attract the provision of Section 81 of the Companies Act, 2013, read
with Companies (Acceptance of deposits) rules, 2014 as amended from
time to time.
Green Initiatives
Electronic copies of the Annual Report 2014-15 and notice of the 21st
Annual General Meeting are sent to all members whose email address are
registered with the Company/RTA/DPs. For members who have not
registered their email address, physical copies of the Annual Report
2015 are sent in the permitted mode. Members requiring physical copies
can send a request to the Company.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the
assistance and co-operation received from the financial institutions,
banks, Government authorities, customers, vendors and members during
the year under review. Your Directors also wish to place on record
their deep sense of appreciation for the committed services by the
Company's executives, staff and workers.
For and behalf of the Board
of Directors
(Sd/-)
Place: Secunderabad BSN Suryanarayana
Date: 27/08/2015 (Managing Director)
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