To
The Shareholders,
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the 56th Annual Report of
the Company along with the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended on 31st
March, 2023.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The Company's financial performance for the year under review along with previous
year's figures are given hereunder:
Particulars |
As on 31.03.2023 |
As on 31.03.2022 |
|
(in Rs. 000) |
(in Rs. 000) |
Total Income from Business operations |
2,49,577 |
2,27,440 |
Total Expenses |
2,47,502 |
2,23,975 |
Profit before tax |
2,057 |
3,465 |
Current Tax |
1,065 |
540 |
Tax relating to previous Year |
(202) |
- |
Deferred tax |
(486) |
(2) |
Mat Credit |
- |
1,468 |
Profit for the Year |
1,698 |
1,459 |
Net Profit /(Loss) after Tax |
1,698 |
1,459 |
DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors does not recommend any dividend for the year under review.
RESERVES
The company transferred profit of Rs. 16,98,030/- to Surplus A/c during the
year.
STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIRS
The overall performance of the Company during the year under review was similar to last
year. The year witnessed good demand of Jute Goods both in domestic and overseas markets.
Financial positions of the company is given in the above paragraphs.
HOLDING/SUBSIDIARY/ASSOCIATE
The Company does not have any Holding, Subsidiary or Associate Company & it has not
entered into any joint ventures.
ACCEPTANCE OF FIXED DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any Fixed Deposits from general public within the purview
of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013, during the year under review.
SHARE CAPITAL
The paid-up share capital as on 31st March, 2023 was Rs. 479.94 lacs. The
Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights nor granted stock options
nor sweat equity.
DIRECTORS
Mr. Mahendra Singh (DIN: 07692374) Directors of the Company, retires by rotation and
being eligible offers himself for re-appointment.
Your Board recommends his appointment / re-appointment at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
The composition of Board of Directors as on 31st March, 2023 is as under:-
Mr. Mahendra Singh Managing Director Mrs. Mousumi Sengupta Independent Director Mr.
Naba Kumar Das Independent Director Mr. Aman Jain Independent Director
Additionally, Mr. Sundip Kumar Tayal has been appointed as an additional independent
director on 16th August 2023.
KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
During the year under preview following changes took place in the composition of Key
Managerial Personnel:
Mr. Sneha Naredi resigned from the post of Company Secretary w.e.f. 13th
February, 2023.
Mrs. Archana Singh was appointed in the post of Company Secretary w.e.f. 13th
February, 2023.
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee works with the Board to determine the
appropriate characteristics, skills and experience for the Board as a whole and its
individual members with the objective of having a Board with diverse backgrounds and
experience in business, government, education and public service. The Company has
constituted a Nomination and Remuneration Committee with the responsibilities of
formulating the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and
independence of a director and recommend to the Board a policy relating to the
remuneration for the directors, Key Managerial Personnel and other employees.
DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
The Company has received necessary declaration from all Independent Directors under
section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 confirming
that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed in section 149(6) of the
Companies Act, 2013.
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has carried out the
annual performance evaluation of its own performance and of the Directors individually as
well. A discussion was done considering the inputs received from the Directors, covering
various aspects of the Board's functioning such as adequacy of the composition of the
Board and its Committees, Board culture, execution and performance of specific duties,
obligations and governance. The performance evaluation of the Board and committees are
usually carried out on the basis of questionnaires devised in house.
A separate exercise was carried out to evaluate the performance of individual Directors
who were evaluated on the basis of questionnaire, devised for this purpose. The Directors
expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.
BOARD MEETINGS
The Board met six (6) times during the financial year, viz. 15-04-2022, 25-05-2022,
25-06-2022, 02-08-2022, 14-11-2022 and 13-02-2023. The details of the Directors'
attendance at the Board Meetings are given below:
Sl. No. Director |
No. of Meetings attended |
1 Mr. Mahendra Singh (Managing Director) |
6 |
2 Mr. Naba Kumar Das (Independent Director) |
6 |
3 Mr. Aman Jain (Independent Director) |
6 |
- Resigned w.e.f 29/05/2023 |
|
4 Mr. Umesh Sinha (Independent Director) |
4 |
- Resigned w.e.f 30/09/2022 |
|
5 Mrs. Mousumi Sengupta (Non-Executive Director) |
3 |
- Appointed w.e.f 25/06/2022 |
|
6 Mr. Sundip Kumar Tayal (Independent Director) |
0 |
- Appointed w.e.f 16/08/2023 |
|
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In accordance with the provisions of Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 with
regard to the Directors' Responsibility Statement, your Board confirms that:-
a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year ended on 31st March,
2023, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures; b) 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 as at 31stMarch,
2023 and of the profit /loss of the Company for that period; c) the Directors have taken
proper and sufficient 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 fraud and other irregularities; d) the
Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; e) the Directors
have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable
laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively. f) the Directors have
laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal
financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively;
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Pursuant to provisions of Section 135 of the Act, the Company is not required to
constitute a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee or to undertake any CSR activities.
Therefore, the Company is not required to make any disclosure as specified in Section
134(3) (o) of the Act.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Management Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulated
under
Regulation 34 of the SEBI LODR Regulations, 2015 with the Stock Exchanges in India, is
included in a separate section annexed to and forming part of the Director's Report.
AUDIT COMMITTEE & NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Pursuant to Sections 177 and 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rules made
thereunder, the Company has constituted an Audit Committee, Nomination and Remuneration
Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Board as the Company is listed
with BSE Ltd.
The Audit Committee is working according to the terms of the Companies Act, and SEBI
Listing Regulations, 2015 which includes duties and functions and also such other
functions as maybe specifically delegated to it by the Board from time to time. Therefore,
the Board has duly constituted Audit Committee comprising of Mr. Aman Jain, Independent
Director; Mr. Naba Kumar Das, Independent Director and Mr. Mahendra Singh, Executive
Director. The Audit committee held four meetings during the year 2022-23.
However, on resignation of Mr. Aman Jain, Independent Director; the Board duly
appointed Mr. Sundip Kumar Tayal, Independent Director, in the Audit Committee of the
Company.
The Audit Committee held four meetings on 25/05/2022, 02/08/2022, 14/11/2022 and
13/02/2023 during the year ended 31st March 2023. The necessary quorum was
present for all the meetings.
The Company Secretary acts as a Secretary to the Committee.
The terms of reference of Audit Committee includes:- a) the recommendation for
appointment, remuneration and terms of appointment of auditors of the company; b) review
and monitor the auditor's independence and performance, and effectiveness of audit
process; c) examination of the financial statement and the auditors' report thereon; d)
approval or any subsequent modification of transactions of the company with related
parties; e) scrutiny of inter-corporate loans and investments; f) valuation of
undertakings or assets of the company, wherever it is necessary; g) evaluation of internal
financial controls and risk management systems; h) monitoring the end use of funds raised
through public offers and related matters; i) any other as may be decided by the Board.
The Board has also constituted Nomination and Remuneration Committee comprising of Mr.
Aman Jain, Independent Director; Mr. Naba Kumar Das, Independent Director and Mr. Mahendra
Singh, Executive Director.
However, on resignation of Mr. Aman Jain, Independent Director; the Board duly
appointed Mr. Sundip Kumar Tayal, Independent Director, in the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee of the Company.
The role of Nomination and Remuneration Committee includes formulation of the criteria
for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and
recommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration of the Directors, Key
Managerial Personnel and other employees etc. The Nomination & Remuneration committee
met four times during the year.
STAKEHOLDERS' RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE (FORMERLY SHARE TRANSFER CUM INVESTORS' GRIEVANCE
COMMITTEE) NOMENCLATURE
AND TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE
The Board of Directors of the Company has formed Stakeholders' Relationship
Committee' (the committee'). The committee deals with various matters relating to
satisfactory redressal of shareholders and investors' grievances and recommends measures
for overall improvement in the quality of investor services. The Stakeholder's
Relationship Committee met three times during the year. An insight of the matters deals
with by the committee is given hereunder:
To review and note all matters relating to the registration of transfer and
transmission of shares and debentures, transposition of shares, sub-division of shares,
issue of duplicate share certificates or allotment letters and certificates for debentures
in lieu of those lost/misplaced;
To look into the redressal of shareholders' and investors' complaints relating
to the transfer of shares, non-receipt of Annual Report/notices, dividends, etc;
To oversee the performance of the Registrar & Share Transfer Agents;
To review dematerialization and rematerialization of the shares of the Company;
To comply with all such directions of Ministry of Corporate Affairs & other
regulatory bodies w.r.t. shareholders'/investors' rights and market regulations, from time
to time.
DETAILS OF ESTABLISHMENT OF VIGIL MECHANISM
As per the provisions of Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 6 and
7 of the Companies (Meeting of the Board and its Powers) Rules, 2013the Company has formed
vigil mechanism named 'Whistle Blower Policy', wherein the employees / directors can
report the instances of unethical behavior, actual or suspected fraud or any violation of
the Code of Conduct and / or laws applicable to the Company and seek redressal. This
mechanism provides appropriate protection to the genuine Whistle Blower, who avail of the
mechanism.
ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to the
Financial Statements. During the year, such controls were tested and no reportable
material weakness was observed in the design or implementation.
RISK MANAGEMENT
During the year, Management of the Company evaluated the existing Risk Management
Policy of the Company to make it more focused in identifying and prioritizing the risks,
role of various executives in monitoring & mitigation of risk and reporting process.
Its aim is to enhance shareholders value and provide an optimum risk-reward tradeoff. The
Risk Management Policy has been reviewed and found adequate to the requirements of the
Company, and approved by the Board.
The Management evaluated various risks and that there is no element of risk identified
that may threaten the existence of the Company.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Company has not developed and implemented any Corporate Social Responsibility
initiatives as the said provisions are not applicable.
LOAN, GUARANTEES AND INVESTMENTS
Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section
186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.
CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES
All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on
an arm's length basis and were in the ordinary course of business. There were no
materially significant related party transactions made by the Company with Promoters,
Directors, Key Managerial Personnel or other designated Persons which may have a potential
conflict with the interest of the Company at large. Accordingly, no transaction are being
reported in Form AOC- 2 in terms of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule
8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
All Related Party Transactions are placed before the Audit Committee as also the Board
for approval. Prior omnibus approval of the Audit Committee is obtained for the
transactions which are of a foreseen in repetitive nature. The Company has developed a
Related Party Transactions Policy for purpose of identification and monitoring of such
transactions.
AUDITORS & AUDITORS' REPORT
M/s. AMK & Associates, Chartered Accountants (FRN: 327817E) were appointed as
Statutory Auditors of the Company at the 51st Annual General Meeting for 5 consecutive
years until the conclusion of the 56th Annual General Meeting.
M/s AMIT RAY & CO., Chartered Accountants (having firm Registration Number:
000483C) proposed to be appointed in the said Annual General Meeting as the
statutory auditor of the company from the Financial Year 2023-24 for a period of 5
consecutive years from the till the conclusion of the 61st AGM to be held in 2028.
The Auditors have subjected themselves for the peer review process of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and they hold a valid certificate issued by the
"Peer Review Board" of ICAI.
The observations, if any, made by the Auditors of the Company in their report read with
relevant notes to the Accounts are self-explanatory and therefore do not call for any
further comments.
SECRETARIAL AUDIT
Pursuant to provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has
appointed Mrs. NITU SINGH, Company Secretaries, Kolkata, to undertake Secretarial
Audit of the Company for the Financial Year 2022-23. The Secretarial Audit Report is
annexed herewith as Annexure "B". The Secretarial Audit Report does not
contain any qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer.
INTERNAL AUDIT
As per the provisions of Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board with the
recommendation of the audit committee has appointed M/s. A. Bharadwaj & Co. (FRN:
329974E), Kolkata, to undertake Internal Audit of the Company. The Internal Audit Report
does not contain any qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES AND RELATED DISCLOSURES
None of the employees were in receipt of remuneration in excess of the limits laid down
under section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration) Rules, 2014. Hence, no particulars are required
to be given for the same.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The Company is not engaged in manufacturing, has no foreign collaboration and has not
exported or imported any goods or services.
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
The details forming part of the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT 9 is annexed
herewith as
Annexure A'.
STATUTORY DISCLOSURES
A copy of audited financial statements of the said Companies will be made available to
the members of the Company, seeking such information at any point of time. A cash flow
statement for the year 2022-23 is attached to the Balance Sheet.
GENERAL DISCLOSURES
The Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the
following items during the year under review as:
1. During the year under review, no significant or material orders were passed by the
Regulators or
Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company's operations in
future.
2. No material changes and commitments have occurred between the end of financial year
of the Company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the Report,
affecting the financial position of the Company under section 134(3)(1) of the Companies
Act, 2013.
3. No Deposits covered under Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013 were accepted.
4. No equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise; or
shares (including sweat equity shares) were issued to employees of the Company under any
scheme.
5. During the year under review, there were no cases filed pursuant to the Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
FRAUD REPORTING (REQUIRED BY THE COMPANIES AMENDMENT ACT, 2015)
The Company has adopted best practices for fraud prevention and it follows
confidential, anonymous reporting about fraud or abuse to the appropriate responsible
officials of the Company. No fraud on or by the company has been reported by the Statutory
Auditors.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors express their sincere appreciation to the Central and State Governments,
Banks,
Customers, Vendors and the Company's valued investors for their continued co-operation
and support.
Your Directors also wish to acknowledge the support and valuable contributions made by
the employees, at all levels.