1. Additional information to the financial statements
1.1 Contingent liabilities and commitments (To the extent not provided
for):
(i) Contingent liabilities : -
a) Claims against the Company not acknowlegded as debts Rs. 7,442,367/-
(Previous year Rs. 5,247,601/-). Further Rs. 5,247,601/-
(Previous Year Rs. 5,247,601/-) is deposited with the High Court receiver
and Rs. 2,l94,766/-(Previous Year Nil) is deposited with the Sales tax
authority. -
b) Guarantees given by bank on behalf of the Company Rs. 480,647/-
(Previous Year Rs. 664,901).
c) The Finance Act, 2009 amended the definition of Business Auxiliary
Services w.e.f. 23rd September, 2009. By virtue of the amendment, the
production of goods (not covered under Central Excise Act, 1944) for or
on behalf of others is liable to Service Tax. The Company has
challenged the levy of the said Service tax and has filed a writ
petition with the Hon'ble High Court of Bombay. The petition has been
admitted by the Hon'ble High Court and is pending hearing. The amount
of Service tax under dispute for the period from 23rd September, 2009
to 30th June, 2012, is estimated at Rs.286,030,6 i 6/- (excluding
interest and penalty), based on the show cause notices received. During
the previous year, the Company had paid Rs.209,402,036/- (including
interest Rs.32,750,955/-) under protest and continues to litigate the
matter before all appropriate forums. The amount Rs. 209,402,036 /- paid
has been disclosed under Note 11 as service tax paid under protest
under the heading "Long term loans and advances". The Company is
confident of a positive outcome in the matter and consequently no
provision has been made in the books of account. In the event of an
unfavorable outcome, in the opinion of the Company, service tax being
an indirect tax, the incidence thereof, if any, would be on the Service
Receiver (Brand Owner) and it will charge the same to the service
receiver and will take steps for recovery of the same.
Future Cash outflows in respect of above matters are determinable only
on receipt of judgments / decisions pending at various forums
authorities.
1.2 Disclosures relating to amounts payable as at the year-end
together with interest paid / payable to Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises have been made in the accounts, as required under the
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 to the extent
of information available with the Company determined on the basis of
intimation received from suppliers regarding their status and the
required disclosure are given below:
c. Details of derivative instruments:
The following derivative positions are open as at 31 st March, 2014.
These transactions have been undertaken to act as economic hedges for
the Company's exposures to various risks in foreign exchange markets
and may/may not qualify or be designated as hedging instruments.
1.3 The principal business of the Company is of "Manufacture and Sale
of Beer" within India. Accordingly, there is only one primary
reportable business segment as defined by Accounting Standard 17 -
"Segment Reporting" (AS 17) as notified by the Companies (Accounting
Standards) Rules, 2006.
The Company caters mainly to the need of the domestic market, the
export turnover of 738,155,092/- (Previous year 756,767,695/-) is not
significant in the context of total revenue of 71,839,438,052/-
(Previous year 71,832,827,965/-).
Further, segment assets and capital expenditure incurred outside India
are not significant in relation to total assets and total capital
expenditure incurred during the year, as such there are no reportable
geographical segments.
1.4 (a) Current Tax:
The provision for Current Tax for the year is made in accordance with
the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
(b) Deferred Tax:
The breakup of the Deferred tax Asset/Liability is as under:
25.5 The disclosures under the Accounting Standard 15 notified by the
Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules 2006 are given below. Defined
Contribution Plan:
Contribution to Defined Contribution Plan recognized as an expense for
the year is as under:
Defined Benefit Plan:
The employees Gratuity Fund scheme managed by Life Insurance
Corporation of India is a defined benefit plan. The present value of
obligation is determined based on actuarial valuation using Projected
Credit Method, which recognized each period of service giving rise to
additional unit of employee benefit entitlement and measures each unit
separately to build up the final obligation.
Gratuity:
Gratuity included as part of Gratuity expnse in Note 21 Employee
benefits expense, a) Reconciliation of Opening and Closing balances of
Defined Benefit Obligation:
The estimates in the rates of escalation in salary considered in
actuarial valuation, takes into account inflation, seniority, promotion
and other relevant factors including supply and demand in the
employment market. The above information is extracted from the report
obtained from the actuary.
Other Long Term Employees Benefit
The Compensated Absences charge for the year ended 31st March 2014
Rs.255,950/- (Previous year Rs. 963,961 /-), based on actuarial valuation
carried out using the projected accrued benefit method is disclosed
under Note no. 21 Employee benefits expense grouped under Staff walfare
expenses.
Note: Comparative figures for the previous year have been given in
brackets.
1.5 Excise duty recovered from sales aggregating to Rs. 378,450,993/-
(Previous Year Rs. 234,981,593/-) has been deducted from sales and excise
duty ofRs. 16,450,488 (Previous Year Rs.2,239,141/-) relating to the
difference between closing stock and the opening stock and borne by the
Company is disclosed separately in the Statement of Profit and Loss. .
2 Previous year's figures have been regrouped / reclassified wherever
necessary to correspond with the current year's classification /
disclosure.
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