Your Directors have pleasure in sharing with you the 51st
Annual Report on business and operations of Company, alongwith the audited financial
statements for financial year ended March 31, 2024 ("FY").
IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF BIFR SCHEME
The Central Government vide its Notification No.S.O.3568 (E) Dated 25
November 2016 put into force the provisions of the Sick Industrial Company (Special
Provisions) Repeal Act 2003 repealing SICA 1985. However, the Repeal Act shall not affect
any order made by the BIFR for sanctioned Scheme. In compliance of direction issued by
BIFR, your company continue to implement the unimplemented provisions of sanctioned scheme
by the BIFR on 8.4.2008.
In this respect, industrial rehabilitation for Modinagar Tyre Factory
(MTF) could not be achieved as yet. The matter for possession of MTF Plant is pending with
Hon'ble Allahabad High Court. The OL appointed by the Allahabad High Court in Modi
Export Processors Limited's (MEPL) winding up proceedings has put his seal on MTF
Plant. Company has taken a legal recourse for re-possession of MTF Plant. Litigation with
one creditor is also pending who have till date not accepted the dues as per scheme
sanctioned by the BIFR. Your Company has been following up with Govt
agencies/authorities/department/Creditors to provide relief and concessions and to accept
settlement as per scheme sanctioned by the BIFR. The Company has taken new initiatives to
improve its long term prospects and performance. These include:-
1. Your Company has been very vigorously taking actions to get
re-possession of Company's properties which were occupied by illegal occupants/Ex-
Employees. Efforts include legal recourse, and also settlement as per BIFR Scheme wherever
possible.
2. Company is taking several steps to utilize its real- estate
resources and wherever possible to put them to generate revenue and monetize non
productive assets. FINANCIAL RESULTS During the FY 2023-24, your company has earned a net
Profit (Standalone) after tax Rs 2856.14 Lacs as compared to net profit of Rs 796.64 Lacs
in previous year and a total comprehensive income of Rs 2896.64 Lacs as compared to income
of 137.69 Lacs in the previous year. Income of your company is mainly from guest house
operations, Interest & dividend. DIVIDEND Since, there is no adequate profit; your
Board does not recommend any dividend. RESERVES During the FY 2024, the Company has not
transferred any amount to the Reserves. FIXED DEPOSITS Your Company has not accepted any
fixed deposits from public during the year under review. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION &
ANALYSIS & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORTS A detailed Management Discussion &
Analysis Report and a Corporate Governance Report along with certificate from the
statutory auditors of the Company in pursuance with compliance of Listing Regulations are
attached and form part of this Annual Report of the Company.
Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
A) Appointment/Re-appointment of Directors and Key Managerial
Personnel Ms Nadira Faraz Hamid was appointed on 14/11/2023 as Independent non-executive
director (Additional), she is regularized by special resolution passed by way of postal
ballot Through remote e-voting process by members of Modi Rubber limited on February 9th,
2024.
Mr. Kanwaljit Singh Bains, Non-Executive Independent Director of the
Company has expired on 22nd September 2023.
Apart from abovementioned there is no change in the Composition of
Board of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel.
B) Meeting of the Board of Directors
During the financial year ended on March 31, 2024, 4 (Four) Board
Meetings and 1 (one) meeting of Independent Directors were held. Further, details of the
meetings of the Board and its Committees are given in Corporate Governance Report, forming
part of the Annual Report. C) Declaration by Independent Director(s) The Company
has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of the Company confirming
that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed under subsection (6) of Section
149 of the Companies Act, 2013 and under applicable regulations of SEBI (LODR) 2015 with
the Stock Exchanges. D) Board Evaluation The Company has formulated a policy on
performance evaluation for the Directors, Board and its Committees and other individual
Directors on the parameters inter alia covering attendance, effective participation,
domain knowledge, access to management outside Board Meetings and Compliance with the Code
of Conduct, vision and strategy and benchmark to peers. Pursuant to policy on performance
evaluation, a process for performance evaluation was carried out for Independent
directors, board, committees and other individual directors. Policy for Board evaluation
is available on company's website.https://modirubberlimited.com/polices/
SUBSIDIARIES/JOINT VENTURES/ ASSOCIATE COMPANIES As on March 31, 2024, your Company has 2
(two) subsidiaries).
During the FY 2023-24, no company has ceased to be a subsidiary of the
Company.
A statement containing salient features of financial statements of
subsidiaries (including their contribution) forms part of the Consolidated Financial
Statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and
applicable Ind-AS 110 on Consolidated Financial Statement, Ind-AS 28 on Accounting for
Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures, the audited consolidated financial statement
for the year ended March 31, 2024 is provided in the Annual Report. AUDIT COMMITTEE The
details of the Audit Committee including its composition and terms of reference mentioned
in the Corporate Governance Report forms part of Annual Report.
All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were accepted by
the Board.
DIRECTORS'RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 134(3)(c) of the
CompaniesAct,2013,with respect to Directors' Responsibility Statement, it is hereby
confirmed that: i) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year ended
March 31, 2024, the applicable Ind-AS with the requirements set out under Schedule III to
the Companies Act, 2013, have been followed and there are no material departures from the
same; 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 as at March 31, 2024 and
of the profit of the Company for the year ended on that date; iii) the Directors have
taken proper and sufficient care for 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; iv) the
Directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company for the financial year ended
March 31, 2024 on a going concern 'basis; v) the Directors have laid down
internal financial control to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial
control are adequate and were operating effectively; and vi) 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. RISK ASSESSMENT/ MANAGEMENT The
Company has formulated and adopted a Risk Management Policy. Board of Directors of the
Company is responsible for the direction and establishment of internal control to mitigate
material business risks. The policy is framed to identify element of risks like
misstatement, frauds etc and their mitigation for achieving its business objective and to
provide reasonable assurance. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS The Company has in place well
defined and adequate internal financial control framework. During the year, such controls
were tested and no material weaknesses in their design or operation were observed. COST
RECORD The provision of Cost audit as per section 148 are not applicable on the Company.
PREVENTION AND PROHIBITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORK PLACE At Modi Rubber
Limited ("MRL"), it is our desire to promote a healthy and congenial working
environment irrespective of gender, caste, creed or social class of the employees. We
value every individual and are committed to protect the dignity and respect of every
individual. The Company has always endeavored for providing a better and safe environment
free of sexual harassment at all its work places. Consequent to the enactment of Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and
Rules made thereunder, MRL had constituted an Internal Complaints Committee
("ICC") to deal with complaints or issues that may arise, in the nature of
sexual harassment of women employees. The Company has also prepared and implemented Policy
for Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace.
During the year ended March 31, 2024, there was no case reported to ICC. CORPORATE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
During the year under review there was insufficient profit from the
operations hence no CSR activities was undertaken. The applicable disclosures as
stipulated under the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 is
provided in Annexure I to this Report. VIGIL MECHANISM The Company promotes ethical
behavior in all its business activities. Towards this endeavor the Company has adopted a
policy on vigil mechanism and whistle blower. Company has developed a Mechanism where
violation can be reported to the Chairman of the Audit Committee for appropriate
resolution. The confidentiality of such reporting will be maintained and they are not
subjected to any discriminatory practice or victimization. The Audit Committee shall
overseas the Vigil Mechanism. The Board of MRL confirmed that no
personnel/official/employees etc has been denied tha access to the audit committee. The
policy on vigil mechanism and whistle blower is available on Company's website.
https://modirubberlimited.com/polices/ RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The contracts/
arrangements / transactions by the company during the year under review with related
parties were in the ordinary course of business and on arm's length basis and do not
attract the provisions of section 188 of the companies Act 2013. During the year, the
Company had not entered into any contract/ arrangement/ transactions with related parties
which could be considered material in accordance with the policy of the Company on
materiality of related party transactions. Suitable disclosure as required by the
Accounting Standards has been made in the Notes to the Financial Statement. The policy on
Related Party Transaction and determining material Subsidiaries as approved by the Board
is uploaded on the company's website https://modirubberlimited.com/polices/
PARTICULARS OF LOAN, GUARANTEES, SECURITY OR INVESTMENTS Details of Loans, Guarantee,
Securities and Investments during the year under review are given in the Notes to the
financial statements pursuant to requirement of under Section 186 of the Companies Act,
2013. AUDITOR & AUDITOR'S REPORT M/s PNAM & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants
(Firm Registration No. 001092N),have submitted their Report on the Financial Statements of
the Company for the FY 2023-24, which forms part of the Annual Report 2023-24. There are
no observations (including any qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer)
of the Auditors in their Audit Reports on standalone and consolidated financial
statements. The Auditors have issued an unmodified opinion on the Financial Statements,
both standalone and consolidated, for the financial year ended March 31, 2024. During the
year 2023-24, the statutory auditors has not reported any matter under Section 143(12) of
the Act. The said Auditors' Report(s) for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 on
the financial statements of the Company forms part of the Annual Report. MANAGERIAL
REMUNERATION The information required in terms of the provisions of Section 197(12) of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Rules 5 (1), (2) and (3) of the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 forms part of this Report. (Annexure-II)
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR & SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT The Secretarial Audit Report for the
financial year ended March 31, 2024, in the prescribed format is attached and marked as
Annexure III with this report. The secretarial audit report contains certain remarks,
explanations which are given as under:- ? Promotes not having shares in DEMAT form assured
to comply with regulation 31(2) of LODR, 2015 ? Due to technical glitches at BSE
Web-Portal filling was delayed for which due intimation was sent to BSE and acknowledge by
them as well. Certificate from Company Secretary in practice regarding
Non-disqualification of Directors M/s. MN Gupta & Co. has issued a certificate under
the Listing Regulations, confirming that none of the Directors on the Board of the Company
has been debarred or disqualified from being appointed or continuing as Director of
Company by SEBI, Ministry of Corporate Affairs or any such statutory authority. The said
certificate is enclosed as Annexure-IV to this report. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN In terms
of Sections 92(3) and 134(3)(a) of the Act, annual return is available under the
Investors' section of the Company's website,
https://modirubberlimited.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Annual-Return-2022-23.pdf
COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS The Company is fully compliant with the applicable
Secretarial Standards (SS) viz. SS-1 & SS-2 on Meetings of the Board of Directors and
General Meetings respectively. STATUTORY DISCLOSURES Since there was no production and the
Company did not have any operating business during the FY 2023-24, most of the information
as required under Section 134 of the Act, read with Rule 8 of Companies (Accounts) Rules,
2014, as amended, is not applicable. However, the information as applicable has been given
in Annexure VI and forms part of this Report. OTHER DISCLOSURES. During the financial year
under review:
1. The Company has complied with the applicable Secretarial Standards,
i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to Meetings of the Board of Directors and General Meetings,
respectively.
2. The Company do not have any stock option plan in force.
3. The Company have neither invited nor accepted any deposits from the
public within the purview of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and accordingly no
amount on account of principal or interest on public deposits was outstanding as on March
31, 2024.
4. The Company has not issued shares with differential voting rights
and sweat equity shares.
5. No disclosure is required under Section 67 (3) (c) of the Act in
respect of voting rights not exercised directly by employees of the Company, as the
provisions of the said section are not applicable.
6. No significant or material orders were passed by the regulators or
courts or tribunals which could impact the going concern status of the Company and its
future operations.
7. No material changes and commitments have occurred after the close of
the year till the date of this report which may affect the financial position of the
Company.
8. During the year under review, there are no proceedings, either filed
by the Company or filed against Company, pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,
2016, before Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal or other Court.
9. 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. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors place on record their sincere thanks for support and co-operation from
Banks, UP Government and other Government Authorities and shareholders during the year
period review. Your
Directors also appreciate services of executives and staff of the
Company for unstinted support. For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Piya Modi |
(DIN: 03623417) |
Whole-time Director |