The Directors of your Company are pleased to present their Thirty Ninth Annual Report and the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
The financial performance of the Company, for the financial year ended 31st March, 2024 is summarized below:
Rs. in Lakh
Particulars
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Standalone
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Consolidated
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Financial
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Financial
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Financial
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Financial
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Year
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Year
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Year
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Year
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2023-24
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2022-23
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2023-24
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2022-23
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Revenue from Operations
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2,182.34
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2,426.41
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2,182.34
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2,426.61
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Other Income
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61.19
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64.27
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61.19
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64.27
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Total Income
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2,243.53
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2,490.88
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2,243.53
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2,490.88
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Expenditure
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2,278.99
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2,329.68
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2,278.99
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2,329.68
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Profit /(Loss) before tax
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(35.46)
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161.20
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(35.46)
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161.20
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Share in Profit /(Loss) of Associates
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-
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-
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(4.91)
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(6.49)
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Tax Expenses
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(1.40)
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(40.00)
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(1.40)
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(40.00)
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Excess/(Short) Tax provisions
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0.85
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(463.58)
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0.85
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(463.58)
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Profit / (Loss) after Tax
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(36.01)
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(342.38)
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(40.92)
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(348.87)
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Other Comprehensive lncome/(Loss)
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(110.61)
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60.14
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(3,839.81)
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176.92
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Total Comprehensive lncome/(Loss) for the year
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(146.62)
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(282.24)
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(3,880.73)
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(171.95)
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INDIAN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (IND AS)
The Company has adopted Indian Accounting Standards (IND-AS) from April 1, 2019 with transaction date of April 1, 2018. Accordingly, the Financial Statement for the year 2023-24 have been in accordance with IND AS, prescribed under section 133 of the Act, read with the relevant rules issued thereunder and the other recognized accounting practices and policies to the extent applicable
PERFORMANCE REVIEW
The Company has adopted IND AS for reporting financial results for the year under review. During the year under review, the Company’s Net Loss of Rs. 35.46 Lakh before tax (Previous year Net Profit of Rs. 161.20 Lakh before Tax) and net total comprehensive loss for the year after tax was at Rs. 146.62 Lakh (Previous year total comprehensive Loss of Rs. 282.24 Lakh)
The Company is engaged in the business of Financing and Investment activities. There have been no material changes in the business of the Company during the financial year.
FINANCE
Your Company has made provisions for sufficient borrowing facilities to meet its long¬ term and short-term requirement in order to support the business operations.
DIVIDEND
In view of loss during the year ended after tax, your directors do not recommend any dividend for the year under review.
TRANSFER TO RESERVES
During the financial year 2023-24, in view of loss after tax, the Company has not transferred any amount (Previous year Rs. Nil) to Special Reserve Fund under RBI Act, 1934.
PUBLIC DEPOSIT
During the year, the Company has not accepted or renewed any deposit from the public as covered under Section 73 of the Act read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS
There were no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company occurred between the end of the financial year to which these financial statements relate and the date of this report.
SHARE CAPITAL
The Authorised Share Capital as on 31st March, 2024 was Rs.2,00,00,000 /-(Rupees Two Crore Only) divided into 20,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each.
There has been no change in the Share Capital of the Company during the financial year 2023-24
The Issued Share Capital as on 31st March, 2024 was Rs 1,99,20,000/- (Rupees One Crore Ninety Nine Lakh Twenty Thousand Only) divided into 19,92,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/-each.
SUBSIDIARY
As at the end of the year under review i.e. on 31st March, 2024 and also as on the date of this report, your Company does not have any Subsidiary.
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
Pursuant to Section 92(3) read with Section 134(3)(a) of the Act, the Annual Return as on 31st March, 2024 is available on the website www.meenakshisteel.in
STATEMENT CONTAINING SALIENT FEATURES OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF SUBSIDIARIES. ASSOCIATE OR JOINT VENTURES
Pursuant to section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the statement containing the salient feature of financial statement of Company’s subsidiary, associate and joint venture of the Company are as under:
The Company does not have subsidiary Company. However, the Company have Associate companies the brief details of which is being given here under:
1. Sushree Trading Limited (Associate Company)
Sushree Trading Limited (Sushree) registered with Reserve Bank of India as Non¬ Banking Financial Company (NBFC) in the category of the Company not accepting / holding public deposits
The total revenue of Sushree during the financial year 2023-24 was Rs. 20.92 Lakh. The Company Net Loss After Tax is Rs. 16.95 Lakh
The Company does not have any Joint Venture.
The details of the Company’s subsidiary, associate and Joint Venture Company as on 31st March, 2024 is given under Annexure 1
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
There was no employee in the company drawing remuneration in excess of the limits set out in the Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
Further, the disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are provided in the Annual Report as “Annexure-2”.
Furthermore, the disclosures pertaining to remuneration and Top Ten Employees details are provided in the Annual Report as “Annexure-3”.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
As required under Clause (B) of Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, A detailed Management Discussion and Analysis Report on the Financial Conditions and Result of operations of the Company is included in this Annual Report under the heading “Annexure-4”.
PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES
During the year under review, the Company had not entered into any transactions as enumerated in section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder with the related party as defined under section 2(76) of the Act.
SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY’S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE
There are no significant material orders passed by the regulators/courts/tribunals which would impact the going concern status of the Company and its future operations.
CEO / CFO CERTIFICATION:
As required by Regulation 17(8) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, The CEO / CFO certificate for the financial year 2023¬ 24 has been submitted to the Board and the copy thereof is contained in the Annual Report.
ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS
The Company believes that a strong internal control framework is an important pillar of Corporate Governance. The Company has in place adequate internal financial control system which ensure orderly and efficient conduct of its business, safeguarding of its assets and accuracy and completeness of accounting records, timely preparation of reliable financial information and various regulatory and statutory compliance
Further, company’s internal control system is commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations. The main thrust of internal audit is to test and review controls, appraisal of risks with best practices in the industry. The Management with Audit Committee periodically reviews the Internal Control System and procedure for the efficient conduct of the business.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company operates in conditions where economic environment and social risk are inherent to its businesses. In managing risk, it is the Company's practice to take advantage of potential opportunities while managing potential adverse effects.
The various elements of risk which the Directors think, that may threaten the existence of the Company are:
a) Financial Risk: Financial risk generally arises due to instability and losses in the financial market caused by movements in stock prices, currencies, interest rates and more.
b) Liquidity Risk: It is the risk that the Company will be unable to meet its financial commitment to a Bank/Financial Institution in any location, any currency at any point in time. The risk stemming from the lack of marketability of an investment that cannot be bought or sold quickly enough to prevent or minimize a loss.
c) Credit Risk: The risk of loss of principal or loss of a financial reward stemming from a borrower's failure to repay a loan or otherwise meet a contractual obligation.
d) Time Risk: To compensate for non-receipt of expected inflow of funds.
In line with Listing Regulations and as per the requirement of Section 134(3) (n) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the rules made there under, as amended, Board has a framework for Risk Management to oversee the mitigation o such risks.
REMUNERATION POLICY
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy of the company as mandated under Section 178 (3) (4) of the Companies Act, 2013 is available on the website of the company
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Pursuant to the provision of section 135(1) of the Act read with Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, the Company is required to Spend Rs. 5.31 Lac for the Financial Year 2021-22 and Rs. 7.41 Lakh for Financial Year 2022-23 towards CSR respectively and paid Rs. 5.35 Lacs and Rs. 7.45 Lakh on 27.09.2023 and 21.03.2024 respectively financial year.
Since the amount to be spent is less than Rs. 50.00 Lakh, the CSR Committee is not being constituted and the function of the committee is taken care by the Board of Director. In Compliance with Rule 3 of Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules 2014, the CSR Report is given as Annexure 5 which forms part of this Report.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, your Directors make the following statement and confirm that: -
i) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024, the applicable
ii) accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures, if any;
iii) the Directors had 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 as at 31 March 2024 and of the loss of the Company for year ended on that date;
iv) the Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
v) the Directors had prepared the Annual Accounts on a ‘going concern basis’;
vi) the Directors had laid down internal financial controls and that such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and
vii) 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.
VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
The Company has formulated a Vigil Mechanism (Whistle Blower Policy) for its directors and employees of the Company for reporting genuine concerns about unethical practices and suspected or actual fraud or violation of the code of conduct of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the rules made thereunder. This vigil mechanism shall provide a channel to the employees and Directors to report to the management, concerns about unethical behavior, and also provide for adequate safeguards against victimization of persons who use the mechanism and also make provision for direct access to the chairperson of the Audit Committee in appropriate or exceptional. The practice of the Vigil Mechanism /Whistle Blower Policy is overseen by the Audit Committee of the Board and no employee has been denied access to the Committee.
The Company will take appropriate action for its resolution. During the year, no whistle blower event was reported and mechanism is functioning well.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Company’s Board has laid down a Code of Conduct for all the Board Members and Senior Management Personnel of the Company. The Code of Conduct is available on the Company’s website www.meenakshisteel.in. All Board Members and Senior Management Personnel have affirmed compliance with Code of Conduct for Board Members and Senior Management during the financial year 2023-24. The declaration in this regard has been made by the Management Director which forms the part of this report as an annexure.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your company has been proactive in following the principle and practice of good corporate governance. The Company has taken adequate steps to ensure that the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Regulation 27(2)(a) of the Listing Regulations of the Stock Exchanges are complied with.
A separate statement on corporate governance is annexed as a part of the Annual Report along with the Secretarial Auditor’s certificate on its compliance. A report in the form of Management Discussion and Analysis, pursuant to Regulation 27(2)(a) of the Listing Regulations, as a part of this report forms a part of the Annual Report. (Annexure
DISCLOUSRE OF SECRETARIAL STANDARD BY DIRECTORS
The company complies with all applicable standards issued by the institute of Company Secretaries of India. The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING/
The Company has adopted the Code of conduct for prevention of Insider Trading with view to regulate trading in securities by Directors and designated employees of the Company. The Code of conduct require pre-disclosure for dealing in Company’s Shares and prohibit the purchase or sale of Company’s shares by the Directors and the designated employees while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the Company and during the period when trading window is closed. The Board is responsible for implementation of the code. All Board of Directors and the designated employees have confirmed the compliance of code.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS
The particulars of loans, guarantees or investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, if any, are given in the Audited Financial Statements, wherever applicable.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION. FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
In view of the nature of activities which are being carried on by the Company, the particulars as prescribed under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act read with Companies’ (Accounts) Rules, 2014 regarding Conservation of Energy and Technology Absorption, and research and development are not applicable to the Company.
There were no foreign exchange earnings and outgoings during the year under review.
DIRECTORS AND KMP
Mrs. Sudha P. Jajodia (DIN - 00376571), who is retiring by rotation at this Annual General Meeting is to be re-appointed. Her involvement with the affairs of the Company is beneficial to the Company as well as Stakeholders.
Mrs. Sudha P. Jajodia has attained the age of 75 year continuing it till 05.01.2025. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee at their meeting held on 30th August, 2024, based on her skill, rich experience, knowledge and valuable guidance to the Management, recommended continuation of the appointment of Mrs. Sudha P. Jajodia (DIN-00376571) as Non-Executive Non-Independent Director even though she has attained the age exceeding 75 years.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy of the Company empowers the Nomination and Remuneration Committee to formulate the process of evaluating the performance of Individual Directors, Committees of the Board and the Board as whole.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company also evaluated the performance of all individual Directors on various parameters such as level of participation of Directors, preparing themselves well in advance to take active participation at the meeting(s), level of knowledge and expertise etc.
All the Independent Directors of the Company also had a separate meeting on 12th February, 2024 to review the performance and evaluation of Non-Independent Directors and Board as a whole.
The Board after taking into consideration the evaluation as done by Nomination and Remuneration Committee and by Independent Directors, carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance and that of its Committees and individual Director. The overall outcome of such evaluation is that the Board, its committees and individual Directors have performed effectively and satisfactorily
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
All the Independent Director have confirmed to the Board that they meet the criteria of Independence as specified under section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and they qualify to be an Independent Director pursuant to the Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors), Rule 2014. The Independent Directors have also confirmed that they meet the requirements of “Independent Director” as mentioned under Regulation 16(1 )(b) of the Listing Regulations.
BOARD MEETINGS
During the year under review the Company held Six (6) meetings of the Board of Directors as per Section 173 of Companies Act, 2013 on 7th April 2023, 22nd May 2023, 11th August 2023, 31st August 2023, 8th November 2023 and 12th February, 2024
The frequency of board meetings and quorum at such meetings were in accordance with the Companies Act, 2013 and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulations”) and compliances of Secretarial Standards-1 (SSI) on Meeting of the Board of Directors issued by ICSI. The intervening gap between any two meetings was within the period prescribed by the Companies Act, 2013, the Listing Regulations and SS-1.
BOARD COMMITTEE - AUDIT COMMITTEE
The Audit Committee is constituted pursuant to the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013. Members of the Audit Committee possess financial / accounting expertise / exposure. Further, all the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were duly accepted by the Board of Directors. The Company Secretary is acting as Secretary of this Committee.
The Composition of Audit Committee as on 31.03.2024 are as under:
Sr.
No.
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Name of the Director
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Position
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Category
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1
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Mr. Rajgopal R. Dhoot
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Chairman
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Independent Director
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2
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Mr. Arvind Kumar Newar
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Member
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Independent Director
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3
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Ms. Shivangi Murarka
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Member
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Managing Director
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Four meetings of the Audit Committee were held during the financial year 2023-24 on 22nd May 2023, 11th August 2023, 8th November 2023 and 12th February 2024. The accounts and financial positions were perused by the Audit Committee and thereafter placed before the Board for their consideration.
BOARD COMMITTEE - NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee is constituted pursuant to the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013. Members of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee possess sound expertise / knowledge / exposure. The Company Secretary of the Company is the Secretary of this committee
The Composition of Nomination and Remuneration Committee as on 31.03.2024 are as under:
Sr.
No.
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Name of the Director
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Position
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Category
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1
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Mr. Rajgopal R. Dhoot
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Chairman
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Independent Director
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2
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Mr. Arvind Kumar Newar
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Member
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Independent Director
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3
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Mrs. Sudha Jajodia
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Member
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Non-Executive Director
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Two meetings of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee were held during the financial year 2023-24 on 31st August 2023 and 12th February, 2024.
BOARD COMMITTEE - STAKE HOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE
The Stake Flolders Relationship Committee is constituted pursuant to the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Company Secretary of the Company is the Secretary of this committee
The Composition of Stakeholder Relationship Committee as on 31.03.2024 are as
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Sr.
No.
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Name of the Director
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Position
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Category
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1
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Mr. Rajgopal R. Dhoot
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Chairman
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Independent Director
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2
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Mr. Arvind Kumar Newar
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Member
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Independent Director
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3
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Mrs. Sudha Jajodia
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Member
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Non-Executive Director
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One meetings of the Stake Flolder Relationship Committee were held during the financial year 2023-24 on 12th February, 2024.
AUDITORS:
At the Annual General Meeting held on 28th September, 2022 M/s Vijay R. Tater & Co (Now Known as VRSK & CO. LLP), Chartered Accountants were appointed for the first term of Five years from the conclusive of 37th Annual General Meeting to the conclusion of 42nd Annual General Meeting.
As per the requirement of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) as amended, M/s Vijay R. Tater & Co. (Now Known as VRSK & CO. LLP), Chartered Accountants have given their consent to act as the Statutory Auditors of the Company and confirmed that appointment, if made would be within the limits specified under section 141 (3)(g) of the Act and it is not
disqualified to be appointed as Statutory Auditor in terms of the provisions of the Section 139 and 141 of the Act and the rules made thereunder.
AUDITORS REPORT
The observation of the Auditors in their report read with relevant notes on the accounts, as annexed are self-explanatory and do not call for any further explanation under section 134(3)(f)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013.
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR
Pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder, the Company has appointed M/s Girish Murarka & Co., Company Secretaries in Practice having membership No. 7036 to undertake Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year 2023-24 as issued by him in the prescribed Form MR-3 is annexed to this Report as Annexure 7. The said Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by Secretarial Auditor.
On the recommendation of Audit Committee M/s Girish Murarka & Co., Company Secretaries in Practice has been appointed as Secretarial Auditor for the Financial Year 2024-25
INTERNAL AUDITOR
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the rules made thereunder the Board of Directors had approved the appointment of M/s Milind P. Shah, Chartered Accountants, as "Internal Auditor” of the company for conducting Internal Audit for the financial year 2023-24. The Internal Audit Reports for each quarter were received by the Company and the same were reviewed by the Audit Committee and Board of Directors.
The Board has appointed M/s JITENDRA PAREEK & ASSOCIATES, Chartered Accountants, as Internal Auditor for the financial year 2024-25
COST AUDIT
The provisions of Cost Audit as prescribed under section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable to the Company
OTHER DISCLOSURES
• Your Company has not issued: -
- Any shares with differential rights;
- Any sweat equity shares
• There are no significant or material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company’s operation in future.
• There were no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of your Company between the end of the financial year and the date of this report.
• There was no revision in the financial statements.
• Your Company has not received any complaints under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
APPRECIATION
Your Directors express their deep sense of gratitude to the banks, financial institutions, stakeholders, business associates, Central and State Governments for their co-operation and unstinted support received from them during the year and look forward to their continued support in future.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of Meenakshi Steel Industries Limited
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Shivangi Murarka SudhaJajodia Place: Mumbai Managing Director Director
Date: 30th August, 2024 (DIN: 08370325) (DIN: 00376571)
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