1.11 Provisions & Contingent Liabilities:
a. A provision is recognized if, as a result of a past event, the Company has a present legal obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are determined by the best estimate of the outflow of economic benefits required
to settle the obligation at the reporting date. Where no reliable estimate can be made, a disclosure is made as contingent liability. Contingent assets are not recognized.
b. Where there are a number of similar obligations, the likelihood that an outflow will be required in settlement is determined by considering the class of obligations as a whole. A provision is recognised even if the likelihood of an outflow with respect to any one item included in the same class of obligations may be small.
c. Provisions are measured at the present value of management's best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the present obligation at the end of the reporting period. The discount rate used to determine the present value is a pre-tax rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the liability. The increase in the provision due to the passage of time is recognised as interest expense.The measurement of provision for restructuring includes only direct expenditures arising from the restructuring, which are both necessarily entailed by the restructuring and not associated with the ongoing activities of the entity.
1.12 Income Tax :
i. The income tax expense or credit for the period is the tax payable on the current period's taxable income based on the applicable income tax rate for each jurisdiction adjusted by changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to temporary differences and to unused tax losses.
ii. The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of the tax laws enacted or substantively enacted at the end of the reporting period. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulation is subject to interpretation.
iii. Current income tax expense comprises taxes on income from operations in India and is determined in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
iv. Deferred income tax is provided in full, using the balance sheet approach, on temporary differences arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial statements. However, deferred tax liabilities are not recognised if they arise from the initial recognition of goodwill.
Deferred income tax is also not accounted for if it arises from initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction other than a business combination that at the time of the transaction affects neither accounting profit nor taxable profit (tax loss). Deferred income tax is determined using tax rates (and laws) that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the end of the reporting period and are expected to apply when the related deferred income tax asset is realised or the deferred income tax liability is settled.
v. Deferred tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences and unused tax losses only if it is probable that future taxable amounts will be available to utilise those temporary differences and losses.
vi. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are set off when there is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and when the deferred tax balances relate to the same taxation authority. Current tax assets and tax liabilities are set off where the entity has a legally enforceable right to offset and intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
vii. Current and deferred tax is recognised in profit or loss, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, the tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively.
1.13 Revenue Recognition :
i. Revenue is measured at fair value of consideration received or receivable. Amount disclosed as revenue are net of returns, trade allowances, rebates, Goods and services tax and amounts collected on behalf of third parties.
ii. It recognises revenue when the amount of revenue can be reliably measured and it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the company.
iii. The company adopts the following criteria for recognizing the revenue:-
a) Sale of goods is recognized when all the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods have been passed to the buyer, usually on delivery of the goods.
b) Sale of stock in trade is recognized when the goods are dispatched to the customers.
1.14 Purchases :
Purchase of materials is recognized on dispatch of such goods by the suppliers based on certainty of receipt of such goods at the factory. It is shown net of GST credit wherever applicable.
1.15 Employee Benefits :
(i) Short-term employee benefit obligations
Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non¬ monetary benefits that are expected to be settled wholly within 12 months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service are recognised in respect of employees' services up to the end of the reporting period and are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled. The liabilities are presented as current employee benefit obligations in the balance sheet.
All Short term employee benefits such as salaries, incentives, special award, medical benefits which fall due within 12 months of the period in which the employee renders related services, which entitles him to avail such benefits and non accumulating compensated absences (like maternity leave and sick leave) are recognized on an undiscounted basis and charged to Statement of Profit and loss.
(ii) Post-employment obligations
The entity operates the following post-employment schemes:
(a) defined benefit plans such as gratuity,Superannuation; and
(b) defined contribution plans such as provident fund. Provident fund obligations
Contribution to the provident fund, which is a defined contribution plan, made to the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner is charged to the Statement of Profit and loss on accrual basis.
Gratuity and Superannuation obligations
The company has not made any provision with regard to gratuity and superannuation benefits on actuarial basis in compliance to the provisions laid in accounting standard on accounting for retirement benefits. However the company has taken a group gratuity policy with life insurance corporation of india in respect of retirement benefits of its employees,the annual premium of whihc is charged to the Statement of Profit and Loss.
(iii) Bonus plans
The entity recognises a liability and an expense for bonus. It recognises a provision where contractually obliged or where there is a past practice that has created a constructive obligation.
1.16 Borrowing Costs :
a) General and specific borrowing costs that are directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying asset are capitalised during the period of time that is required to complete and prepare the asset for its intended use or sale. Qualifying assets are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to get ready for their intended use or sale.
b) Other borrowing costs are expensed in the period in which they are incurred.
1.17 Segment Reporting :
(i) The Company is primarily engaged in the business of manufacturing of steel.
(ii) The company's products are dispatched from plants located at Rajgangpur (Odisha) to various parts of the country and considering the customer base which is wide spread all over the country, no such geographical differentiation can be done for presenting the information.
1.18 Reserves:
(i) General Reserve: Created by transferring a portion of the net profit to meet future obligations or expansions.
(ii) Securities Premium: Amount received in excess of the face value of shares issued. This reserve can be utilized in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
(iii) Capital Reserve: Represents the surplus arising from capital transactions such as forfeiture of shares, revaluation of assets,subsidies and gains on sale of fixed assets.
(iv) Reserve for Investments at Fair Value through OCI: Comprises the cumulative gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of equity instruments designated through OCI.
(v) Retained Earnings: Accumulated profits after tax, adjusted for dividends, transfers to reserves, and other appropriations.
1.19 Rounding of Amounts :
All amounts disclosed in the financial statements and notes have been rounded off to the nearest lakhs as per the requirement of Schedule III, unless otherwise stated. Also the figures of additions and/or substractions have been rounded up/off autometically for reporting at INR in lakhs.
NOTE - 1B: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES & JUDGEMENTS
The preparation of the Company's financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the accompanying disclosures, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities. These include recognition and measurement of financial instruments, estimates of useful lives and residual value of Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangible Assets, valuation of inventories, measurement of recoverable amounts of cash-generating units, measurement of employee benefits, actuarial assumptions, provisions etc.
Uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets or liabilities affected in future periods. The Company continually evaluates these estimates and assumptions based on the most recently available information. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized prospectively in the Statement of Profit and Loss in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any future periods affected.
A. JUDGEMENTS
In the process of applying the company's accounting policies, management has made the following judgements, which have the significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements:
Materiality
Ind AS requires assessment of materiality by the Company for accounting and disclosure of various transactions
in the financial statements. Accordingly, the Company assesses materiality limits for various items for accounting and disclosures and follows on a consistent basis. Overall materiality is also assessed based on various financial parameters such as Gross Block of assets, Net Block of Assets, Total Assets, Revenue and Profit Before Tax. The materiality limits are reviewed and approved by the Board.
Contingencies
Contingent liabilities may arise from the ordinary course of business in relation to claims against the Company, including legal, contractor, land access and other claims. By their nature, contingencies will be resolved only when one or more uncertain future events occur or fail to occur. The assessment of the existence, and potential quantum, of contingencies inherently involves the exercise of significant judgement and the use of estimates regarding the outcome of future events.
B. ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS
The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation at the reporting date, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year, are described below.
Existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments, however, may change due to market changes or circumstances arising that are beyond the control of the company. Such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they occur.
Income Taxes
The Company uses estimates and judgements based on the relevant facts, circumstances, present and past experience, rulings, and new pronouncements while determining the provision for income tax. A deferred tax asset is recognised to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences and tax losses can be utilised.
Level 1 : This hierarchy includes financial instruments measured using quoted prices. This includes listed equity instruments and mutual funds that have quoted price. The fair value of all equity instruments(including bonds) which are traded in the stock exchange is valued using the closing price as at the reporting period.
Level 2 : Fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (for example, traded bonds, over the counter derivatives) is determined using valuation techniques which maximize the use of observable market data and rely as little as possible on entity-specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument is observable, the insturment is included in level 2.
Level 3 : If one or more of the significant inputs is not based on observable data, the instrument is included in level 3. This is the case for unlisted equity securities, contigent consideration and indemnification assets.
(iii) As per Ind AS 107 “Financial Instrument: Disclosure", fair value disclosures are not required when the carrying amounts are reasonably approximate to the fair value. Accordingly fair value disclosures have not been made for the following financial instruments:-
1. Trade receivables
2. Cash and cash Equivalent
3. Loans and advances
4. Borrowings
5. Trade Payables
6. Capital Creditors
7. Other payables
Note -34 : Financial risk management
The company's few portion of activities are exposed to variety of financial risks i.e. market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The company's primary focus is to foresee the unpredictability of financial markets and seek to minimize potential adverse effects on its financial performance. The company's financial instruments (excluding receivables from related parties) are influenced mainly by the individual characteristics of each customer. The company's exposure to credit risk is the concentration of risk from the top few customers and the demographics of the customers.
This note explains the sources of risk which the entity is exposed to and how the entity manages the risk and the impact of hedge accounting in the financial statements
(A) Credit risk
Credit risk refers to the risk of default on its obligation by the counter party resulting in a financial loss. The maximum exposure to the credit risk at the reporting date is primarily trade receivables from customers other than government entities .These Trade receivables are typically unsecured and are derived from revenue earned from domestic and foreign customers. Credit risk is managed through credit approvals, establishing credit limits and continuously monitoring the credit worthiness of customers to which the company grants credit terms in the normal course of business. On account of adoption of Ind AS 109, the company uses expected credit loss model to assess impairment loss or gain. the company uses a matrix to compute the expected credit loss allowance for trade receivable .
Credit risk management
Credit risk is managed on instrument basis.For Banks and financial institutions ,only high rated banks /institutions are accepted.For other financial instruments, the company assesses and maintains an internal credit rating system. The finance function consists of a separate team who assesses and maintain internal credit rating system. Internal credit rating is performed on a company level basis for each class of financial instrument with different characterstics.
VL1 : High-quality assets, negligible credit risk
VL2 : Quality assets, low credit risk
VL3 : Standard assets, moderate credit risk
VL4 : Sub-standard assets, relatively high credit risk
VL5 : Low-quality assets, very high credit risk
VL6 : Doubt full assets, credit-impaired
The company consideres the probability of default upon initial recognition of asset and whether there has been a significant increase in credit risk on an ongoing basis throughout each reporting period. To assess whether there is a significant increase in credit risk the company compares the risk of a default occuring on the asset as at the reporting date with the risk of default as at the date of initial recognition. It considers available reasonable and supportive forward¬ looking information. Especially the following indicators are incorporated:
1. Internal credit rating
2. External credit rating (as far as available)
3. Actual or expected significant adverse changes in business, financial or economic conditions that are expected to cause a significant change to the borrower's ability to meet the obligation.
4. Actual or expected significant changes in the operating results of the borrower.
5. Significant increase in credit risk on other financial instruments of the same borrower
6. Significant changes in the value of the collateral supporting the obligation or in the quality of the third-party guarantees or credit enhancements.
7. Significant changes in the expected performance and behaviour of the borrower, including changes in the payment status of borrowers in the group and changes in the operating results of the borrower.
8. Macro economic information (such as regulatory changes, market interest rate or growth rate) is incorporated as part of the internal rating model.
In general , it is presumed that credit risk has significantly increased since intial recognition if the payments are more than 30 days past due.
A default on a financial asset is when the counterparty fails to make contractual payment within 180 days of when they fall due. This definition of default is determined by considering the business environment in which entity operates and other-economic factors.
(B) Liquidity Risk
Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities and the availability of funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities to meet obligations when due and to close out market positions. Due to the dynamic nature of the underlying businesses, the company treasury maintains flexibility in funding by maintaining available under committed credit lines.
Management monitors rolling forecasts of the company's liquidity position (comprising the undrawn borrowing facilities below) and cash and cash equivalents on the basis of expected cash flows. This is generally carried out at local level in accordance with practice and limits set by the company. These limits vary by locations to take into account the liquidity of the market in which the entity operates. In addition, the company's liquidity management policy involves, projecting cash flows in major currencies,considering the level of liquid assets necessary , monitoring balance sheet liquidity ratios against internal and external regulatory requirements and maintaining debt financing plans.
(ii) Maturities of financial liabilities
The tables below analyse the group's financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on their contractual maturities for :
1. All non-derivative financial liabilities and
2. Net and gross settled derivative financial intruments for which the contractual maturities are essential for an understanding of the timing of cash flows.
The company is not an active investor in equity market. It continues to hold certain investments in equity for long term value accretion which are accorddingly measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. Accordingly,fair value fluctations arisng form market volatitlity is recognised in other comprehensive income.
(i) Foreign Currency Risk
The company's exposure to foreign currency risk & Derivative financial Instruments as on 31st March, 2025
The Company don't have foreign currency exposure hence no foreign exchange forward contracts are required to hold and to mitigate the risk of foreign exchange fluctuation.
(ii) Cash flow and fair value interest rate risk
The company's main interest rate risk arises from long term borrowings with variable rates, which exposes the company to cash flow interest rate risk. Group policy is to maintain most of its borrowings at fixed and variable rate using interest rate swaps to achieve this when necessary.
The company's exposure to equity securities price risk arises from investments held by the company and classified in the balance sheet either as fair value through OCI or at fair value through profit or loss .
Profit for the period would increase/ decrease as a result of gains/losses on equity securities classified as at fair value through profit or loss. Other components of equity would increase/decrease as a result of gains/losses on equity securities classified as fair value through other comprehensive income.
Note-35 : Capital Management
Risk management
The company's objectives when managing capital are to:
(a) safeguard their ability to continue as a going concern, so that they can continue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders, and
(b) maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital.
In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the company may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return on capital to shareholders or issue new shares.The company monitors capital using gearing ratio, which is net debt divided by total Equity. Net debt comprises of long term and short term borrowings less cash and bank balances. Equity includes equity share capital and reserves that are managed as capital.For relevant ratios please refer Note- 23 financial ratios.
(iii) Use of Funds raised and statements submitted with Banks or Financial Institution
During the year under audit, the Company did not raise any funds from banks for working capital requirements (Previous Year: INR 1,600 Lakhs). Additionally, no funds were raised from any Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) for the acquisition of vehicles and heavy earth-moving equipment (Previous Year: INR 77.72 Lakhs). The funds disbursed in the previous year were utilized for their intended purposes.
The Company has borrowing from banks or financial institutions on the basis of security of current assets,it shall confirm that the quarterly returns or statements of current assets filed by the company with banks or financial institutions are in agreement with the books of accounts.
Note -38 :
As per the requirements of Ind AS, the company has implemented / adopted the following policies and procedures for accounting:
i Componentisation
As per prevailing practice, company compontises fixed assets as detailed in the Invoice. It does not have a separate componetisation policy. Accordingly, components identified ( as mentioned above ) are also depreciated based on the useful lives prescribed under Schedule-II ( of the Companies Act. ) for the main asset.
The company is in the process of identification of the major components significant to the total cost of the asset accordingly necessary requirements to be complied.
ii Stores and Spares
The company on purchases of stores and spares,if it relates to an item of PPE, the same are capitalised on the date of issue, and which are issued for revenue expenditure purpose, are charged to Profit & Loss Account on the date of consumption.
Note -39 : Expected Credit Loss
On the basis of historical information and findings from analysis of the trade receivables recovery pattern, it is expected that the trade receivables within three years are realizable, not doubtful. Hence the expected credit loss is calculated on the trade receivable falling under the age group of more than 3 years. For this purpose, an expected credit loss rate is taken into account considering the historical credit loss experience and is adjusted for forward-looking information.
Note -41 : Leases
Effective from April 01,2019, the company has applied Ind AS 116 ''Leases''. The standard is applied prospectively and the cumulative effect of applying this standard is recognised. The adoption of Ind AS 116 did not have any significant impact for the company.
Note -42 : Leasing Out of a Unit
The company has leased out, one of its undertaking having a sponge iron manufacturing facility situated in Bellary in the state of Karnataka, from the 1st day of December, 2022 On monthly rental. No other consideration is charged or received during the leasing process.
Note -43 : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activity
As per Section 135 of the Companies Act,2013 , a company, meeting the applicability threshold, need to spend at least 2% of its average net profit for the immediately preceeding 3 financial years on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The areas for CSR activities are promoting education, animal welfare , healthcare,promoting Sports,drinking & sanitation and for rural development projects. A CSR committee has been performed by the company as per Act. The funds were primarily allocated to a corpus and utilised throughout the year on these activities which are specified in Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 :
Note -44
Previous year figures have been regrouped and/or rearranged wherever necessary, confirming to current year. Figures in bracket represent previous year figure.
For Das Pattnaik & Co For and on behalf of the Board
Chartered Accountants Scan Steels Limited
F. Regd. No.321097E
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Debashis Pattnaik Ankur Madaan Praveen Kumar Patro
Partner Director Director
M.No.316339 DIN: - 07002199 DIN: - 02469361
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17-May-2025 Prabir Kumar Das Kalyan Kiran Mishra
Bhubaneswar Company Secretary Chief Financial Officer
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