Your Directors are pleased to present their 41st Annual Report on the Business and operations of the Company together with the Audited Accounts of your Company (‘S P Capital Financing Limited’) for the year ended March 31, 2024.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS
The financial performance of your Company for the year ended March 31, 2024 is summarized below:
(INR in Lakhs)
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Particulars
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Standalone
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Consolidated
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Year ended March 31,2024
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Year ended March 31, 2023
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Year ended March 31, 2024
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Year ended March 31,2023
|
Revenue from Operations
|
255.10
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157.02
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255.10
|
157.02
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Other Income
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Total Income
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255.10
|
157.07
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255.10
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157.02
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Total Expenses
|
181.34
|
75.64
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181.34
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93.54
|
Profit/(Loss) from operations after other incomes, finance cost but before exceptional items
|
73.76
|
81.43
|
73.76
|
63.53
|
Exceptional Items: Share of Profit/(Loss) of Associates
|
|
|
0.19
|
0.37
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Profit / (Loss) before Tax
|
73.76
|
81.43
|
73.95
|
63.90
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Less: Extra-Ordinary Items
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
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Tax Expense
|
17.39
|
18.66
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17.39
|
15.45
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Net Profit / (Loss) after tax
|
56.37
|
62.77
|
56.56
|
48.44
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Other Comprehensive Income
|
173.16
|
-7.55
|
173.16
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-48.29
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Total Comprehensive Income
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229.53
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55.22
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229.72
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0.15
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Earnings per Equity share of face value of INR 10/- each (Basic & Diluted)
|
0.94
|
0.80
|
0.94
|
0.80
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2. OVERVIEW OF COMPANY’S FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
On standalone basis, your company earned the gross income of INR 255.10 Lakhs as against INR 157.02 Lakhs in previous year. The total expenditure during the year under review was INR 181.34 Lakhs as against Rs.75.64 Lakhs in the previous year. The Total Comprehensive Income was INR 229.52 Lakhs as against INR 55.22 Lakhs in the previous year.
On consolidated basis, your Company has earned the gross income of INR 255.10 Lakhs as against INR 157.07 Lakhs in the previous year. The total expenditure during the year under review was Rs.181.34 Lakhs as against INR 93.54 Lakhs in the previous year. The Total Comprehensive Income was INR 229.72 Lakhs as against INR 0.15 Lakhs in the previous year.
3. PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE ASSOCIATE COMPANY
Pursuant to Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 8(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, the report on performance and financial position of associate company is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements (CFS) in the Company. A statement containing the salient features of financial statements of associate company of the Company in the prescribed Form AOC - 1 forms a part of Consolidated Financial Statements (CFS) in compliance with Section 129 (3) and other applicable provisions, if any, of the Act read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and forming part of this Annual Report as Annexure 4. In accordance with Section 136 of the Act, the financial statements of associate company is available for inspection by the members at the Registered Office of the Company during business hours on all days except Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays up to the date of the AGM. Any member desirous of obtaining a copy of the said financial statements may write to the Company Secretary at the Registered Office of the Company. The financial statements including the CFS, and all other documents required to be attached to this report have been uploaded on the website of the Company at www.spcapital.in.
Brief Financial and Operation of Associate Company are given here under:
Pride Orchades Private Limited: It earned gross income of Rs.1,64,782/- as against Rs. 1,50,580/- in the previous year. The total expenditure during the year under review was Rs.1,27,248/- as against expenditure of Rs.69,859/- in the previous year.
4. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”), Regulation 33 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as “Listing Regulations”) and applicable Accounting Standards, the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year 2023-24, together with the Auditors’ Report form part of this Annual Report
5. DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors had declared the Interim Dividend at the rate of 10% per Equity Shares (Rs. 1/-per Equity Share), the face value of Equity Shares is Rs. 10/- per equity share.
6. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
During the year your Company has not transferred any amount to general reserve.
7. RBI GUIDELINES
Your Company has complied with all the applicable regulations prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India from time to time.
8. INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARD (IND AS)
The Company has adopted Indian Accounting Standards (“IND AS”) from April 01,2019 with a transition date of April 01,2018. Accordingly, the financial statement for the year 2023-24 have been prepared in accordance with IND-AS, prescribed under Section 133 of the Act, read with the relevant rules issued there under and the other recognised accounting practices and policies to the extent applicable.
9. LISTING WITH STOCK EXCHANGES
The Equity Shares of the Company continued to be listed and traded on the BSE. The scrip code number of the Equity Shares of the Company on BSE is 530289.
The Company has paid up to date listing fees to the stock exchange.
10. ANNUAL RETURN
As per the provisions of section 92(3) read with section 134(3)(a) of the Act, the Annual Return of the Company for the Financial Year ended on March 31,2024, is hosted on the website of the Company at www.spcapital.in/investorrelations.html
11. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENT
The particulars of loans, guarantees and investment have been disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.
12. MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
Your Board of Directors duly met Ten (10) times during the financial year i.e. May 18, 2023, July 18, 2023, August 10, 2023, September 01, 2023, October 09, 2023, November 07, 2023, November 09, 2023, December 11, 2023, February 13, 2024 and March 01, 2024 in respect of which proper notices were given and the proceedings were properly recorded and signed in the Minute Book maintained for the purpose. The intervening gap between the Meetings was within the period prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
13. DECLARATIONS FROM INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Pursuant to the provisions of Sub-Section (7) of Section 149 of the Companies Act 2013, the Company has received individual declarations from all the Independent Directors confirming that they fulfil the criteria of independence as specified in Section 149(6) of the Companies Act 2013. As per Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013, independent directors shall hold office for a term up to five consecutive years on the board of a company, but shall be eligible for re-appointment for another term up to five years on passing of a special resolution by the company and disclosure of such appointment in Board's Report. Further Section 152 of the Act provides that the independent directors shall not be liable to retire by rotation in the Annual General Meeting ('AGM') of the Company.
14. DISCLOSURES UNDER SECTION 134(3) (I) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
No material changes and commitments which could affect the Company financial position have occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company and the date of this report, except as disclosed elsewhere in this report.
15. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS STATEMENT
Pursuant to Regulation 34 read with Schedule V to Listing Regulations, Management Discussion and Analysis Report, capturing your Company’s performance, industry trends and other material changes with respect to your Company’s and its associates, wherever applicable, for the year under review is presented in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report as Annexure 5
16. REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
During the year under review the Company’s Net-worth has been exceeded the threshold limit, that is Rs. 25 Crore. Hence, pursuant to the provisions of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, the Corporate Governance provisions have become applicable to the Company, and accordingly your company is complying with the same. The Report on Corporate Governance is been attached with this report as
Annexure 6.
17. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The present strength of Board of Directors consists of two (Promoter) Directors and two Non-Executive (independent) Directors who are themselves experienced industrialists heading their business empire and category are given below:
(A) The Constitution of the Board as on March 31, 2024.
The Composition of the Board of Directors and also the number of other Directorship of Committees of which they are member/Chairperson are as given below:
Directors
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Category
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No. of Directorships
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No. of position
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Committee
|
|
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Public
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Private
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Member
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Chairman
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SURESHCHAND PREMCHAND JAIN
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Promoter, Chairman & Managing Director
|
3
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9
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2
|
|
MEENA
SURESHCHAND JAIN
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Promoter NonExecutive Director
|
2
|
8
|
2
|
-
|
BALDEV
LAKHMICHAND
BOOLANI
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Independent NonExecutive Director
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
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RAJENDRA LADAKCHAND JAIN
|
Independent NonExecutive Director
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
3
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ARUN KUMAR NAYAR (w.e.f August 13, 2024)
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Additional
Independent NonExecutive Director
|
1
|
-
|
1
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-
|
(B) Attendance of each Director at the Board Meeting and the Last Annual General Meeting:
During the year under review, Ten Board meetings were held which were attended by each the Director as detailed herewith.
Name of Directors
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Category
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No. of Board Meetings attended
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Attendance of last AGM
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SURESHCHAND PREMCHAND JAIN
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Promoter /Chairman / Managing Director
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10
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Present
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BALDEV LAKHMICHAND BOOLANI
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Non-promoter / Independent Director
|
10
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Present
|
MEENA SURESHCHAND JAIN
|
Promoter /Woman Director
|
10
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Present
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RAJENDRA LADAKCHAND JAIN
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Non-promoter / Independent Director
|
10
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Present
|
18. DIRECTOR AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL (KMP)(i) Changes in Director and Key Managerial Personnel (KMP):
During the year, there is no change in the Directors of the Company.
However following were the changes in the post of Company Secretary & Compliance officer
1. Resignation of Ms. Sonal Naik, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer resigned w.e.f July 12, 2023
2. Appointment of Mr. Pratik Tirlotkar as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer w.e.f July 18, 2023
3. Resignation of Mr. Pratik Tirlotkar, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer w.e.f. December 14, 2023.
4. Appointment of Ms. Sonali Sudhir Bapardekar as the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer w.e.f. March 01,2024.
(ii) Retirement by rotation:
Mr. Sureshchand Premchand Jain (DIN 00004402), who retires by rotation and, being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. If re-appointed, his term would be in accordance with the policy for directors of the Company.
The following policies of the company are attached herewith
Policy on appointment of Directors and Senior Management (Annexure 1)
Policy on Remuneration to Director’s (Annexure 2)
Policy on Remuneration of Key Managerial Personnel and Employees (Annexure 3)
(iii) Woman Director
In terms of the provisions of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013, and Regulation 17 (1) (a) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, the Company shall have at least one Woman Director on the Board. Your Company has Mrs. Meena Sureshchand Jain, as Woman Director on the Board of the Company.
(iv) Key Managerial Personnel
In accordance to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, the following persons are the KMPs of the Company, as recorded by the Board as on March 31,2024:
Mr. Sureshchand P Jain : Managing Director
Ms. Sonali Sudhir Bapardekar : Company Secretary
Mr. Sandeep Gopale : Chief Financial Officer
19. AUDITORS
At the Annual General Meeting held on September 30, 2021, JMT & Associates, Chartered Accountants (FRN:104167W), were appointed as statutory auditors of the Company to hold office till the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting to be held in the calendar year 2025.
(I) Statutory Auditors Report
The observations made by the Statutory Auditors in their Report for the Financial Year Ended March 31,2024, read with the explanatory notes therein are self-explanatory and therefore, do not call for any further explanation or comments from the Board under section 134(3) of the Companies Act, 2013. Further, pursuant to Section 143(12) of the Act, the Statutory Auditors of the Company have not reported any instances of frauds committed in the Company by its officers or employees.
(II) Secretarial Audit Report
A Secretarial Audit Report for the year ended March 31, 2024 in prescribed form duly audited by the Practicing Company Secretary Firm M/s. Shobha Ambure & Associates is annexed as Annexure 9 herewith and forming part of the report.
Explanation by the Board on qualifications made by Secretarial Auditor is as follows:
1. The Outcome of the Board Meeting dated 13/02/2024, Pursuant to Regulation 30 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, was uploaded within the stipulated time (i.e. 30 minutes) but the accompanying documents were uploaded after 11 minutes of the stipulated time.
Management’s Reply
The supporting documents were inadvertently missed due to hardware technical issues and the same was uploaded 11 minutes after the stipulated time.
2. The Shareholding pattern for the quarter ended December 31, 2023, Pursuant to Regulation 31 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 was uploaded 3 days after the stipulated time (i.e. 21 days after the end of the quarter). The Company has paid a fine to the Securities Exchange Board of India on March 04, 2024.
Management Reply
The delay was due to technical error. Further the Company has paid fine to the Stock Exchange for the same.
3. Whereas as per Section 117 and 179 of the Companies Act, 2013 and other applicable rules and provisions of the Act, if any, Form MGT-14 shall be filed with the Registrar within 30 days of passing the resolution. The Company has not filed the same for Approval of financial statements at the Board meeting dated 18/05/2023 and Issue of preference shares on private placement basis at the Board meeting dated 01/09/2023.
Management’s Reply
The Company had filed form MGT-14 under Section 55 of Allotment of Preference shares resolution passed by the Board of Directors in their Board Meeting dated 01/09/2023. However same was not filed for Section 179 of Companies Act, 2013.
(III) Annual Secretarial Compliance Report
Annual Secretarial Compliance Report is applicable to your Company for the FY 2023-24. The same has been filed with the BSE Limited within the prescribed timelimit.
(IV) Cost records and Cost Audit
Maintenance of cost records and requirement of cost audit as prescribed under the provisions of Section 148(1) of the Act are not applicable for the business activities carried out by the Company.
20. VIGIL MECHANISM:
The Company has established a vigil mechanism for directors and employees to report to the appropriate authorities concerns about unethical behaviour, actual or suspected, fraud or violation of the Company’s code of Conduct. During the financial year 2023-24, no cases under this mechanism were reported to the Company and associate Company. During the year no personnel has been denied access to the Audit Committee.
21. INTERNAL CONTROL
The Board ensures the effectiveness of the Company’s system of internal controls including financial, operational and compliance control and same is subject to review periodically by the Board of Directors and M/s. M.M. Dubey and Co, Chartered accountants, Internal Auditors of the Company for its effectiveness. The control measures adopted by the company have been found to be effective and adequate to the Company’s requirement.
22. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company hereby confirms that:
i. In the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year ended March 31,2024 the applicable
accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.
ii. 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 and of the profit and loss of the Company for the year ended March 31,2024.
iii. The Directors have taken sufficient and proper care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting material fraud and other irregularities.
iv. The Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis.
v. There are proper systems have been devised to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
vi. That the Directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
23. DETAILS OF COMMITTEE OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors has constituted three committees of the Board (i) Audit committee (ii) Nomination
& Remuneration Committee and (iii) Stakeholder’s Relationship Committee.
(i) AUDIT COMMITTEE
Audit Committee comprised of following members and attendance of Audit Committee members as
follows:
Composition:
|
Sr. No.
|
Name of the Director
|
Position held Chairman / Member
|
Meeting
held
|
Meeting
attended
|
1.
|
Rajendra Ladakchand Jain
|
Chairman
|
4
|
4
|
2.
|
Sureshchand Premchand Jain
|
Member
|
4
|
4
|
3.
|
Baldev Lakhmichand Boolani
|
Member
|
4
|
4
|
The Committee met on May 18, 2023, August 10, 2023, November 07, 2023 and February 13, 2024.
(ii) NOMINATION & REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Nomination and Remuneration Committee comprised of following members and attendance of NRC members as follows:
Composition:
|
Sr.
No.
|
Name of the Director
|
Position held Chairman / Member
|
Meeting
held
|
Meeting
attended
|
1.
|
Baldev Lakhmichand Boolani
|
Chairman
|
2
|
2
|
2.
|
Meena Sureshchand Jain
|
Member
|
2
|
2
|
3.
|
Rajendra Ladakchand Jain
|
Member
|
2
|
2
|
The Committee met on July 18, 2023 and March 01,2024
iii) STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE:
Stakeholder Relationship Committee comprised of following members and attendance of Stakeholers Relationship Committee members as follows:
Sr. No.
|
Name of the Director
|
Position held Chairman / Member
|
Meetings
held
|
Meetings
attended
|
1.
|
Rajendra Ladakchand Jain
|
Chairman
|
1
|
1
|
2.
|
Meena Sureshchand Jain
|
Member
|
1
|
1
|
3.
|
Sureshchand Premchand Jain
|
Member
|
1
|
1
|
a) The Particulars of Investors, grievances received and redressed during the year are furnished below:
|
Sr. No.
|
Nature of Complaints
|
No. of Complaints
|
|
Received
|
Resolved
|
Pending as on 31/03/2024
|
1.
|
Non receipt of Annual Report
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
2.
|
Complaints relating to dematerialization of Shares
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
3.
|
Non-receipt of Share Certificates after transfer / duplicate / name correction
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
4.
|
Others
|
3
|
3
|
Nil
|
|
TOTAL
|
3
|
3
|
Nil
|
24. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The prescribed particulars of the employees required under Rule 5 (1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration) Rules, 2014, are attached as Annexure 8 and forms part of this report. None of the employees of the Company is in receipt of remuneration prescribed under Section 197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration) Rules, 2014. Thus furnishing of particulars under the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration) Rules, 2014 does not arise.
25. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR TO WHICH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATE AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of your Company occurred between the end of the financial year to which Financial Statements relate and the date of this report.
26. RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY
The Company has developed and implemented a risk management policy which identifies major risks which may threaten the existence of the Company. The same has also been adopted by your Board and is also subject to its review from time to time. Risk mitigation process and measures have been also formulated and clearly spelled out in the said policy.
27. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILTY
Section 135(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 is not applicable to your Company. Hence, report of the same is not forming part of this report.
28. PARTICULARS OF CONTRACT OR ARRANGEMENT WITH PARTY
During the year under review, Company has not entered into Related Party which requires disclosure under Section 134 (3) (h) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
29. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTIONS AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The requirements of disclosure with regard to Conservation of Energy in terms of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, are not applicable to the Company since it doesn’t own any manufacturing facility.
Further the Company has not earned nor spends foreign exchange during the year.
30. ANNUAL EVALUATION BY THE BOARD OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE, ITS COMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS:
The Board carried out formal annual evaluation of its own performance and that of its Committees viz., the Audit Committee, Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee, Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC). The Board also carried out the performance evaluation of all the individual directors including the Chairman of the Company. Additionally, NRC also carried out the evaluation of the performance of all the individual directors and Chairman of the Company.
31. NAMES OF COMPANIES WHICH HAVE BECOME OR CEASED TO BE ITS SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES DURING THE YEAR
There were no such event during the year under review.
32. PUBLIC DEPOSITS
Since your Company is a non-deposit taking Non-Banking Financial Company, it has not accepted any deposits under Chapter V of Companies Act, 2013 applicable guidelines of Reserve Bank of India, during the year under review
33. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS
There were no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals, which may impact the going concern status of the Company and its operations in future.
34. ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS
Company has adequate system of internal financial controls in place to ensure the reliability of their financial statements, prevent fraud and mismanagement, and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
35. MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS
As the Company not fall in the list as specified by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, hence Company is not maintaining accounts and records
36. DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013
The Company has zero tolerance towards sexual harassment of women at the workplace. The Company has in place a Policy on Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder for reporting and conducting inquiry into the complaints made by the victim on the harassments at the work place.
During the FY 2023-24, the Company has not received any complaint of sexual harassment and hence there were no complaints pending for redressal as on 31st March, 2024.
37. DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016 (31 OF 2016) DURING THE YEAR ALONGWITH THEIR STATUS AS AT THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR
There were no such event during the year under review.
38. DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNT OF THE VALUATION DONE AT THE TIME OF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND THE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOAN FROM THE BANKS OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH THE REASONS THEREOF
There were no such event during the year under review.
39. OTHERS
1. The Company has complied with Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India on Board Meetings, Annual General Meetings and Dividend.
2. The details of difference between amount of the valuation done at the time of one time settlement and the valuation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions along with the reasons thereof- Not Applicable.
3. There has been no material change in the nature of business of the Company during the year under review.
4. During the year under review, there were no instances of any frauds reported by the Statutory Auditors under section 143(12) of the Act.
40. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Yours Directors take this opportunity to thank the Financial Institutions, Banks, Business Associates, Central and State Government authorities, Regulatory authorities, Stock Exchanges and all the various stakeholders for their continued co-operation and support to the Company and look forward to their continued support in future. We very warmly thank all of our employees for their contribution to your Company’s performance. We applaud them for their superior levels of competence, dedication and commitment to your Company.
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