e) The Company has only one class of shares referred to as equity shares having a par value of Re.10/-.Each holder of equity shares is entitled to one vote per share.In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of equity shares will be entitled to receive any of the remaining assets of the company, after distribution of all preferential amounts.However, no such preferential amounts exist currently. The distribution will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held by the shareholders.
30 Contingent Liabilities and Commitments
A Contingent Liabilities
(i) Disputed Sales Tax and Service tax (excluding interest) which has not stipulated in the demand / assessment order Rs. 310.19 Lakhs (Previous year -Rs. 310.19 Lakhs).
(ii) Corporate Guarantee to group companies Rs. 3419 lakhs (previous year- 2870 lakhs)
(iii) Outstanding Bank Guarantees Rs.1568 lakhs (previous year-1803 lakhs)
B Capital and other commitments: '
Rs. Nil (Previous Year - Rs. Nil)
C Pending Litigations
(i) A civil suit numbering 669 of 2011 was filed in High Court of Calcutta by Union of India& Others against the Company in appeal for an arbitration award signed and published on April 8, 2011 passed by the Arbitral Tribunal. The said arbitral award was given in arbitral proceedings initiated by the Company which arose out of contract agreement numbering CEE/D/CON/TRD/809 dated September 5, 2002 entered by the Company with Chief Electrical Distribution Engineer("Respondent") relating to ADRA division-renewal/rehabilitation of overhead equipments and power supply equipments. As per the award the Respondent was inter-alia required to release the retention money of Rs. 44,66,582 and the Company was required to pay an amount of Rs. 4,48,387 to the Respondent. Currently the said matter is pending for disposal.
(ii) Rs. 71.57 Lacs Previous Year Rs 71.57 lacs For Workmen compensation
31 Employee Benefits
(i) Defined Contribution Plans
Provident Fund for certain eligible employees is administered by the Company through Employees Provident Fund as per the provisions of the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
The amount contributed is recognized as an expense and included in "Company's contributions to PF & other funds" of Statement of Profit and Loss account is Rs.15.96 lakhs (FY 2022-23 Rs.16.15 lakhs).
(ii) Defined Benefits Plan Gratuity
(i) The following table summarizes the components of the net defined benefits plan towards gratuity recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss and Other Comprehensive Income and the funded status and amounts recognized in the Balance Sheet:
The salary escalation rate usually consists of at least three components, viz. regular increments, price inflation and promotional increases. In addition to this any commitments by the management regarding future salary increases and the Company's philosophy towards employee remuneration are also to be taken into account.
Assumptions regarding future mortality experience are set in accordance with published statistics by the Actuary.
The discount rate is based on the government securities yield.
32 Disclosure under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006
The Company has not received full information from vendors regarding their status under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 (MSMED ACT); hence disclosure relating to amount unpaid at year end together with interest paid/payable have been given based on the information so far available with the Company / identified by the Company management. The detail of the same is as under.
34 Disclosure in respect of Related Parties
(i) List of related parties A. Subsidiary Company
BCL Bio Energy Private Limited - 51% of capital held by the Company as at 31/03/2024, Previous year 51.00%. BRIL Social Foundation - 19.90% of capital held by the Company as at 31/03/2024, Previous year 99.90%
35 Fair Value Hierarchy
The table shown analyses financial instruments carried at fair value. The different levels have been defined below:
Level 1: Quoted Prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (i.e.as prices) or indirectly (i.e., derived from prices)
Level 3 : Inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs)
Financial instruments at amortized cost
The carrying amount of financial assets and financial liabilities measured at amortised cost in the Ind AS financial statement are a reasonable approximation of their fair values since the Company does not anticipate that the carrying amounts would be significantly different from the values that would eventually be received or settled.
During this year there has been no transfer from one level to another.
36 Financial risk management objectives and policies
The Company's principal financial liabilities, other than derivatives, comprise borrowings and trade payable. The main purpose of these financial liabilities is to finance the Company's working capital requirements. The Company has various financial assets such as trade receivables, loans, investments, short-term deposits and cash & cash equivalents, which arise directly from its operations. The company enters into derivative transactions by way of forward exchange contracts to hedge its payables.
The Company is exposed to market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The Company's Board of Directors overseas the management of these risks. The Company's Board of Directors review financial risks and the appropriate financial risk governance framework for the Company. The Board ensures that the Company's financial risk activities are governed by appropriate policies and procedures and that financial risks are identified, measured and managed in accordance with the Company's policies and risk objectives. All derivative activities for risk management purposes are carried out by personnels that have appropriate skills, experience and supervision. It is the Company's policy that no trading in derivatives for speculative purposes may be undertaken. The Board of Directors reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks, which are summarized below:
(i) Market Risk
Market Risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market factors. Market risk comprises three types of risk: Interest rate risk, currency risk and other price risk, such as its equity price risk, liquidity risk and commodity risk. Financial instruments affected by market risk include loans and borrowings, deposits and financial derivative.
The sensitivity analyses have been prepared on the basis that the amount of net debt, the ratio of fixed floating interest rates of the debt and derivatives and the proportion of financial instruments in foreign currencies are all constant at March 31, 2024. The sensitivity analyses exclude the impact of movements in market variables on the carrying values of gratuity and other post-retirement obligations. The following assumptions have been made in calculating the sensitivity analyses.
The sensitivity of the relevant profit or loss item is the effect of the assumed changes in respective market risks. This is based on the financial assets and financial liabilities held at March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023
The sensitivity of equity is calculated as at March 31, 2024 for the effects of the assumed changes of the underlying risk Interest Rate Risk
The Company has incurred short term debt to finance its working capital, which exposes it to interest rate risk. Borrowings issued at variable rates expose the Company to interest rate risk. Borrowing issued at fixed rates expose the Company to fair value interest rate risk. The Company's interest rate , applying a prudent mix of fixed and floating debt through evaluation of various bank loans and money market instruments.
Although the Company has significant variable rate interest bearing liabilities at March 31, 2024, interest rate exposure of the Company is mainly on Borrowing from Bank/FI, which is linked to their prime lending rate and the Company does not foresee any risk on the same.
(ii) Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk that counterparty will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The Company is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities (primarily trade receivables) and from its financial activities, including deposits with banks and financial institutions, and other financial instruments.
Trade Receivables
Customer credit risk is managed by each business unit subject to the Company's established policy, procedures and control relating to customer credit risk management. Credit quality of a customer is assessed based on an extensive credit rating scorecard and individual credit limits are defined in accordance with this assessment. Outstanding customer receivables are regularly monitored by The Board of Directors and corrective actions taken.
As per the policy, any trade receivables overdue for more than 365 days, equivalent provision / allowance are provided in the books of accounts on the relevant date.
Financial instruments and cash deposits
For banks and financial institutions, only high rated banks/institutions are accepted. Credit risk from balances with banks and financial institutions is managed by the company's treasury department in accordance with the Company's policy. Investments of surplus funds are made only with approved counterparties and within credit limits assigned to each counterparty. Counterparty credit limits are reviewed by the Company's board of Directors on an annual basis and therefore mitigate financial loss through counterparty's potential failure to make payments.
(iii) Liquidity risk
The company objective is to at all times maintain optimum level of liquidity to meet its cash and collateral requirement at all times. The Company relies on Borrowing to meet its additional need for fund. The current committed lines of credit are sufficient to meet its short to medium term expansion needs and hence evaluates the concentration of risk with respect to liquidity as low. The Company monitors rolling forecasts of its liquidity requirements to ensure it has sufficient cash to meet operational needs while maintaining headroom on its undrawn committed borrowing facilities at all times so that Company does not breach borrowing limits or covenants (where applicable ) on any of its borrowing facilities.
^ 37 Capital management
For the purpose of the Company's capital management, capital includes issued equity capital, share premium and all other equity reserve attributable to the equity holders of the parent. The primary objective of the Company's capital management is to maximize the shareholder value.
The Company generally avails short term borrowings to bridge its working capital gap and finances its capital expenditure through internal generation of funds. The Company has a generally low debt equity ratio.
In order to achieve this overall objective, the Company's capital management, amongst other things, aims to ensure that it meets financial covenants attached to the interest-bearing loans and borrowings that define capital structure requirements. Breaches in meeting the financial covenants would permit the bank to immediately call loans and borrowings. There have been no breaches in the financial covenants of any interest-bearing loans and borrowings in the current period.
No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes for managing capital during the years ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023.
39 a) The figures in these accounts have been rounded off to nearest lakhs of rupees. Figures marked with (*) are below the rounding off norm adopted by the Company.
b) Company has used the borrowings from banks and financial institutions for the specific purpose for which it was taken at the balance sheet date.
c) No proceedings have been initiated or pending against the company for holding any benami property under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988
d) To the best of the information aeailatile, the company/ has not e ntered into ady transact ions with companies struck off under section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013 or section 560 of Companies Act, 1956
f) No new charges have been created and no charges satisfied with Registrar of Companies during the year.
g) Company has not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the financial year
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