Dear Members,
Your Directors are pleased to present the Eighteenth (18th) Board's Report
on the business and operations of Yatra Online Limited (the Company or
Yatra) together with the Audited Financial Statements for the financial year
ended March 31, 2024 (year under review/ FY 2023-24). This being the first
report after the Initial Public Offer (IPO) and listing of the equity shares
on BSE Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited
(NSE) (BSE and NSE hereinafter collectively referred as Stock
Exchanges), the Board takes the opportunity to connect with the shareholders post
listing of the your Company and looks forward to your continued faith and support in times
to come.
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Your Company is India's largest corporate travel services provider and the third
largest online travel company in India among key OTA players. The Company boasts the
largest number of hotel and accommodation tie-ups amongst key OTA players*. It is the
largest platform among all Indian OTAs with -108,800 domestic hotels and homestays
contracted in -1506 cities, with a strong presence across Tier II & III cities. In
addition to domestic hotels, Yatra also offers a selection of over 2 million international
hotels.
As a preferred supplier of hotel inventory, the Company serves both domestic and
international OTAs, as well as B2B players in the industry. With a strategic focus on both
corporate and consumer markets, it serves 849 large corporate clients and approximately
56,125 registered SME customers nationwide. The Company proudly maintains an impressive
corporate customer retention rate of -98%.
-15M Registered Customers
-140M Total Consumer Visits
-108.8K Largest Hotel Listings among all OTAs
-93.3% Direct and Organic traffic
-28M Mobile App Downloads
The operational performance of your Company has been comprehensively discussed in the
Management Discussion and Analysis Section, which forms part of this Annual Report.
Note: Largest in terms of gross booking revenue and operating revenue, for Fiscal
Year 2025. (Source: CRISIL Report)
FINANCIAL SUMMARY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY
In terms of the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (Act), and the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015 (Listing Regulations), the Company has prepared its
standalone and consolidated financial statements as per Indian Accounting Standards
(Ind AS) for FY 2023-24. The financial highlights of the Company's operations
for FY 2023-24 on standalone and consolidated basis, is summarized as under:
Standalone and Consolidated Financial Highlights
Particulars |
Standalone |
Consolidated |
|
2023-24 |
2022-23 |
2023-24 |
2022-23 |
Total Income |
31,934 |
26,804 |
44,827 |
39,747 |
Total Expenses |
33,823 |
27,093 |
44,957 |
38,519 |
Profit/(Loss) before Tax |
1,890) |
(299) |
(130) |
1,218 |
Profit/(Loss) after tax |
(1,890) |
(299) |
(451) |
763 |
Total Operating Revenue (excluding interest income) |
30,508 |
26,663 |
43,256 |
39,538 |
Cost of Services |
8,551 |
6,246 |
8,640 |
6,446 |
Revenue Less Service Cost (RLSC) |
21,957 |
20,417 |
34,616 |
33,092 |
The Board noted an increase of approximately 19.14% and 12.78% in Standalone Total
Income and Consolidated Total Income respectively, over those of last financial year's
coupled with an increase by approximately 14.42% and 9.40% in Standalone RLSC and
Consolidated RLSC, respectively.
MATERIAL EVENT Initial Public Offer
During the year under review, your Company successfully completed its Initial Public
Offer of Rs 7,750 Million. The issue comprised of the fresh issue of 42,394,366 equity
shares of Rs 1 each aggregating to
Rs 6,020 million and an Offer for Sale (OFS) of 12,183,099 equity shares by
Selling Shareholders viz. 11,751,739 Equity Shares by THCL Travel Holding Cyprus Limited
(Promoter Selling Shareholder) and 431,360 Equity Shares by Pandara Trust-
Scheme I represented by its Trustee Vistra ITCL (India) Limited (Investor Selling
Shareholder).
The Issue opened on September 15,2023 and closed on September 20, 2023 (for anchor
investors, the Offer opened and closed on September 14,2023). The equity shares of the
Company got listed on BSE and NSE w.e.f. September 28,2023. The Offer Price for the equity
shares of face value of Rs1/- each was fixed at Rs 142/- per equity share (including a
share premium of Rs 141 per equity share).
Utilization of Proceeds of Initial Public Offer
Your Company discloses to the Audit Committee the uses/application of proceeds/funds
raised from the IPO as part of the quarterly review of financial results. The Company has
appointed ICRA Limited as the Monitoring Agency in terms of Regulation 41 of the
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements),
Regulations 2018 (ICDR Regulations), as amended from time to time, to monitor
the utilization of IPO proceeds.
The Company has obtained monitoring reports from the Monitoring Agency on a quarterly
basis confirming no deviation or variation in the utilization of IPO proceeds from the
objects stated in the Prospectus. The Company has submitted the statement(s) and
Monitoring Agency Report as required under Regulation 32 of the Listing Regulations to
both the exchanges where the equity shares of the Company are listed i.e. NSE and BSE.
SHARE CAPITAL
a) Status of Shares
The equity shares of the Company were listed on the Stock Exchanges on September 28,
2023 and are compulsorily tradable in electronic form. As on March 31, 2024 and as on the
date of this report, entire (i.e. 100%) paid up share capital representing 156,916,193
(Fifteen Crore Sixty Nine Lakhs Sixteen Thousand One Hundred and Ninety Three) Equity
Shares of Rs 1/- (Rupee One Only) each are in dematerialized form.
b) Authorised Share Capital
As on March 31, 2024, the authorised share capital of the Company is Rs 200,000,000/-
(Rupees Twenty Crore Only) divided into 200,000,000 (Twenty Crore) equity shares of Rs 1/-
(Rupee One Only) each.
c) Allotment of Securities
During the year under review, 42,394,366 (Four Crore Twenty- Three Lakhs Ninety-Four
Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Six) equity shares of face value of Rs 1/- (Rupee One
Only) each at an Offer price of Rs 142/- (Rupees One Hundred and Forty- Two Only) per
equity share including a share premium of Rs 141/- (Rupees One Hundred and Forty-One) per
equity share were allotted through the IPO of the Company.
Except as mentioned above, the Company has not issued any other shares or instruments
convertible into equity shares of the Company or with differential voting rights nor has
granted any sweat equity or Stock under any scheme.
Further, till the date of signing of this report the amount of Authorised and Paid-up
Share Capital of the Company is same as on the date of closure of the financial year ended
March 31,2024.
DEBENTURES
Unlisted Non-Convertible Debentures
During the year under review, pursuant to the provision of Section 42 and 71 of the
Act, the Company issued 400 (Four Hundred), Unlisted, Secured, Redeemable, Non-convertible
Debentures having face value of Rs 5,00,000/- (Rupees Five Lakh Only) each of the
Company aggregating to Rs 200,000,000 (Rupees Twenty Crores Only) to Blacksoil Capital
Private Limited and Blacksoil India Credit Fund (acting through its investment manager
Blacksoil Assest Management Private Limited) on a Private Placement basis on August 19,
2023.
Further during the year under review, following Debentures were redeemed:
a) On January 17,2024,1 (One) number of unsecured, redeemable, unlisted Non-Convertible
Debenture having face value of Rs 19,50,00,000/- (Rupees Nineteen Crore Fifty-Lacs only),
which was allotted on January 18, 2019 to Bennett, Coleman and Company Limited were
redeemed.
b) On January 31, 2024, 600 (Six Hundred) number of Unlisted, Secured, Redeemable,
Non-convertible Debentures bearing ISIN INE0JR607013 having face value of Rs 5,00,000/-
(Rupees Five Lac only) each, which were allotted on December 20,2022 were redeemed in
full, in advance of its maturity date pursuant to the terms of Debenture Trust and
Hypothecation Deed dated December 19,2022, to the Debenture holders, represented by Vistra
ITCL (India) Limited, Debenture Trustees.
UNCLAIMED SUSPENSE ACCOUNT/DEMAT SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
As on the closure of FY 2023-24, the Company does not have any shares in unclaimed
suspense demat account.
DIVIDEND
Pursuant to Regulation 43A of the Listing Regulations, the Company has adopted the
Dividend Distribution Policy, setting out the broad principles for guiding the Board and
the management in matters relating to declaration and distribution of dividend. The policy
is available on the website of the Company at https://investors.vatra.
com/Investor-Relations-India/.
Your Directors do not recommend any dividend for the financial year 2023-24.
TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND
Since, there was no Dividend declared and paid in the previous years, the provisions of
Section 125 of the Act do not apply.
CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS
There has been no change in the nature of business of the Company
during the year under review.
REVISION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
There was no revision of the financial statements for the year under review.
AUDITORS AND AUDITORS' REPORT
a. Statutory Auditors and their report
M/s. S.R. Batliboi & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.
101049W/E300004) were re-appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office for
five consecutive years starting from conclusion of the 13th Annual
General Meeting (AGM) held on September 30,2019 until the conclusion of the
18th AGM of the Company to be held in the current year 2024. Accordingly, the
existing Statutory Auditors are due for retirement at the ensuing AGM.
Subject to the approval of the members of the Company, the Audit Committee and the
Board of Directors of the Company during their respective meetings held on May 30,2024
have considered and recommended the appointment of M/s. M S K A & Associates,
Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 105047W) as the Statutory Auditors of the
Company, for a term of five consecutive years commencing from the conclusion of 18th
AGM till the conclusion of 23rd AGM of the Company.
M/s. M S K A & Associates have given their consent for the proposed appointment as
Statutory Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the ensuing AGM of the members of
the Company. They have further confirmed that the said appointment, if made, would be
within the prescribed limit under Section 141(3) of the Act and that they are not
disqualified for appointment.
Except as disclosed hereinafter, the Auditors' Report for the year under review does
not contain any other qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer.
Auditors' qualification, reservation or adverse remark |
Management Comments |
Standalone Financial Statements |
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The Company's internal financial controls over financial reporting was
not operating effectively due to non-retention of documents supporting certain controls to
demonstrate contemporaneous performance of such controls. |
Our internal controls over financial reporting were
ineffective due to inadequacy of documentation for certain review controls pertaining to
testing of control attributes, precision levels applied and documentation of completeness
and accuracy of reports used. As part of remediation plan, we have identified and begun to
implement several steps to remediate the internal control over financial reporting
ineffectiveness and to enhance our overall control environment. |
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Our remediation process principally will include: |
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We will enhance our use of IT systems and evaluate
further process automation to reduce reliance on manual controls and thereby reducing the
efforts behind documentation and retaining of evidences for appropriate execution of
controls; |
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We will enhance our individual accountability
framework for any ongoing non-compliances impacting operating effectiveness of controls; |
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We will plan for timely remediation of control
deficiencies for the control environment to be effective for a sufficient period of time
during the next fiscal year. |
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The Company's Management believes that the measures
described above will remediate the ineffectiveness that has been identified and is
committed to improving the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and internal
control over financial reporting. |
The Auditors have, vide paragraph vii (a), of the Auditors' report,
commented on certain slight delays relating to payment of statutory dues. |
The Company has taken note of it and is aware of its duty
towards depositing statutory dues in time and is taking necessary steps to comply with the
statutory requirement. |
The Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of
account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has
operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software except
as stated in note 45 the audit trail feature was: |
The Company has used various accounting software for
maintaining its books of account wherein; a) the audit trail feature (edit log) facility
in primary accounting software (ERP) was enabled during the year and operated effectively
since the date of enablement, except for direct changes at database level. |
i. Enabled for certain period for the accounting software as well as
for one of the sub system. Consequently, we are unable to comment whether audit trail
feature operated for all relevant transactions recorded in the software and sub systems in
respect of such period. |
The Management has adequate internal controls
over financial reporting which were operating effectively for the year ended March 31,
2024 and further management is in the process of evaluating the options to ensure full
compliance in the relevant software with the requirements of proviso to Rule 3(1) of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 referred above in respect of audit trail (edit log). |
ii. Not enabled for certain changes made using privileged access
rights in the underlying database. |
Further, we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature
being tampered with where the audit trail has been enabled. |
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Auditors' qualification, reservation or adverse remark |
Management Comments |
Consolidated Financial Statements |
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The Group's internal control over financial reporting was
not operating effectively due to non-retention of documents supporting certain controls to
demonstrate contemporaneous performance of such controls. |
Our internal controls over financial reporting were ineffective due to
inadequacy of documentation for certain review controls pertaining to testing of control
attributes, precision levels applied and documentation of completeness and accuracy of
reports used. As part of remediation plan, we have identified and begun to implement
several steps to remediate the internal control over financial reporting ineffectiveness
and to enhance our overall control environment. |
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Our remediation process principally will include: |
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We will enhance our use of IT systems and evaluate further
process automation to reduce reliance on manual controls and thereby reducing the efforts
behind documentation and retaining of evidences for appropriate execution of controls; |
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We will enhance our individual accountability framework for any
ongoing non-compliances impacting operating effectiveness of controls; |
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We will plan for timely remediation of control deficiencies for
the control environment to be effective for a sufficient period of time during the next
fiscal year. |
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The Group's Management believes that the measures described above will
remediate the ineffectiveness that has been identified and is committed to improving the
Group's disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. |
The Auditors have, vide paragraph vii (a), of respective
Auditors' report of the Company and its Subsidiaries Companies i.e. Yatra For Business
Private Limited and Yatra Corporate Hotel Solutions Private Limited commented on certain
slight delays relating to payment of statutory dues. |
The Company and its Subsidiaries Companies i.e. Yatra For Business
Private Limited and Yatra Corporate Hotel Solutions Private Limited have taken note of
these and are aware of their duty towards depositing statutory dues in time and are taking
necessary steps to comply with the statutory requirement. |
Based on examination which included test
checks and that performed by the respective auditors of the subsidiaries which are
companies incorporated in India whose financial statements have been audited under the
Act, the Holding Company, subsidiaries and joint venture have used accounting softwares
for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit
log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions
recorded in the respective softwares, except as stated in note 45, the audit trail feature
was: |
The Company has used various accounting software for maintaining its
books of account wherein; a) the audit trail feature (edit log) facility in primary
accounting software (ERP) was enabled during the year and operated effectively since the
date of enablement, except for direct changes at database level. |
The Management has adequate internal controls over
financial reporting which were operating effectively for the year ended March 31, 2024 and
further management is in the process of evaluating the options to ensure full compliance
in the relevant software with the requirements of proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014 referred above in respect of audit trail (edit log). |
Enabled for certain period for the accounting
softwares as well as for two of the sub system. Consequently, we are unable to comment
whether audit trail feature operated for all relevant transactions recorded in the
software and sub systems in respect of such period. |
Not enabled for certain changes made using
privileged access rights in the underlying database. |
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Further, we and respective auditors of the above referred
subsidiaries did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with
where the audit trail has been enabled |
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b. Secretarial Auditors and their Report
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act read with Companies (Appointment
and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors had
appointed SKP & Co., Company Secretaries, as Secretarial Auditors who have undertaken
Secretarial Audit of the Company for the financial year ended March 31,2024.
The report of the Secretarial Auditors for FY 2023-24 is enclosed herewith vide Annexure
A of this Report. The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification,
reservation, observation or adverse remarks.
Further, the Secretarial Audit Report of all four material subsidiaries are also
forming part of this Report and enclosed as Annexure-A
c. Internal Auditors and their report
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 138 of the Act read with the Companies (Accounts)
Rules, 2014 M/s. KPMG Assurance and Consulting Services LLP were appointed as Internal
Auditors of the Company for the Financial year ended March 31, 2024. The report submitted
by the Internal Auditors have been reviewed by the Audit Committee.
b. Appointment of Independent Director
During the FY 2023-24, Dr. Anup Wadhawan (DIN: 03565167) was appointed as Independent
Director on the Board with effect from April 01, 2024 to hold office for a term of three
consecutive years i.e. from April 01, 2024 to March 31, 2027. Plis appointment was
approved by the members through Postal Ballot on May 07,2024.
c. Resignation of Independent Director
Mr. Ajay Narayan Jha (DIN: 02270071) tendered his resignation as an Independent
Director w.e.f. the close of the business hours of February 08,2024, due to his
appointment as a Member of the Sixteenth Finance Commission by the President of India vide
Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) Notification S.Q 369(E) dated January
30,2024.
The Board places on record its sincere appreciation for the remarkable contribution
made by Mr. Jha during his tenure with the Company and wishes him the very best in his
future endeavours.
Save and except the above, there was no change in the Directors or Key Managerial
Personnel (KMP) of the Company during the year under review.
d Maintenance of Cost Records and Audit
Maintenance of cost records and requirement of cost audit as prescribed under the
provisions of Section 148(1) of the Act read with Companies (Cost records and Audit)
Rules, 2014 (as amended from time to time), are not applicable for the business activities
carried out by the Company.
DETAILS OF FRAUDS REPORTED BY AUDITORS UNDER SECTION 143(12) OF THE ACT
During the year under review, there is no incident of fraud requiring reporting by the
Auditors under Section 143(12) of the Act during the year.
DIRECTORS & KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL Appointments, Re-appointments, Retirements and
Resignations
As on March 31,2024,your Company's Board had five Directors with an optimum combination
of Executive and Non-Executive Directors including two women directors.
The Board of Directors of the Company comprised of one Executive Director, two
Non-executive Non-independent Director and two Nonexecutive independent Directors
including one Woman Independent Director. The details of Board and Committees composition,
tenure of Directors, areas of expertise and other details are available in the Corporate
Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report.
a. Retirement by rotation and subsequent re-appointment
Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, Mr. Murlidhara Kadaba (DIN: 01435701), Director
of the Company, will retire by rotation at the ensuing AGM and being eligible, has offered
himself for re-appointment. The Board, on the recommendation of the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee, recommended his re-appointment at the ensuing AGM.
As on the date of this report, the Company has the following KMPs as per Section 2(51)
and 203 of the Act:
s. No. |
Name |
Designation |
1. |
Mr. Dhruv Shringi |
Whole-Time Director cum Chief Executive Officer |
2. |
Mr. Manish Amin |
Chief Information & Technology Officer |
3. |
Mr. Rohan Mittal |
Group Chief Financial Officer |
4. |
Mr. Darpan Batra |
Company Secretary cum Compliance Officer |
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Pursuant to Section 149(7) of the Act and Regulation 16 of the Listing Regulations, the
Company has received declarations from all Independent Directors confirming that they meet
the criteria of independence as specified in Section 149(6) of the Act, as amended from
time to time. In terms of Regulation 25(8) of the Listing Regulations, the Independent
Directors have confirmed that they are not aware of any circumstance or situation which
exists or may be reasonably anticipated that could impair or impact their ability to
discharge their duties with an objective independent judgement and without any external
influence and that they are independent of the Management.
The Independent Directors have also confirmed that they have complied with Schedule IV
of the Act and the Company's Code of Conduct and are registered on the databank of
Independent Directors maintained by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. The
Directors have further confirmed that they are not debarred from holding the office of
director under any SEBI order or any other such authority.
The Board is of the opinion that the Independent Directors of the Company possess
requisite qualifications, skills, experience and
expertise and they hold highest standards of integrity (including the proficiency) and
fulfils the conditions specified in the Act and Listing Regulations and are independent of
the management.
DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 197(14) OF ACT
The Whole Time Director of the Company is not receiving any remuneration or commission
from the holding Company or subsidiary company.
COMMITTEES OF BOARD AND NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND BOARD COMMITTEES
In compliance with the statutory requirements, the Company has constituted following
committees:
i. Audit Committee
ii. Nomination and Remuneration Committee in. Stakeholders' Relationship Committee
iv. Risk Management Committee
v. Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
vi. Independent Directors Committee
vii. IPO Committee
Further, during the FY 23-24 the Company has constituted Borrowing Committee w.e.f.
February 14,2024.
The IPO Committee and Independent Directors Committee were constituted specifically for
the purpose of IPO and pursuant to the consummation of the IPO and listing of equity
shares of the Company on the Stock Exchanges, the IPO Committee and Independent Directors
Committee were dissolved w.e.f. May 30,2024.
During the year under review, Audit Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee
of the Board of Directors of the Company were re-constituted w.e.f. February 08, 2024.
Further, all the recommendations made by the Committees of the Board, including the
Audit Committee, were accepted by the Board.
The Board of Directors met ten times during the FY 2023-24.
A detailed update on the Board, its composition, governance of committees including
detailed charters, terms and reference of various Board Committees, number of Board and
Committee meetings held during FY 2023-24 and attendance of the Directors and committee
members thereat, is provided in the Report on Corporate Governance, which forms part of
this Annual Report.
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 134(3)(c) of the Act, the Directors, to the best of their knowledge
and belief, confirm that for the financial year ended March 31,2024:
a. in preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been
followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
b. they had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made
judgements 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 loss of the Company for that
period;
c. they had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the
Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d. they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
e. 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 except as discloses in this report; and
f. they had devised a proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all
applicable laws and such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS,GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS
The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments covered under Section 186 of Act
and Listing Regulations have been disclosed in the standalone financial statements, which
forms part of this Annual Report.
RESERVES
The Company does not propose to transfer any amounts to reserve.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE
COMPANY OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR OF THE COMPANY TO WHICH THE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATE AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT There are no other material
changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company which have
occurred between the end of the financial year of the Company to which financial
statements relates and the date of the report except as detailed below:
Acquisition
After the closure of financial year, Company acquired 49% stake through the acquisition
of equity shares held by Snow Leopard Adventures Private Limited (Snow
Leopard), the other joint venture partner in Adventure and Nature Network Private
Limited (ANN), pursuant to share purchase agreements (SPA) dated
June 19,2024 executed amongst the Company, Snow Leopard and Mr. Ajeet Bajaj.
Consequent to completion of this transaction, the Company's shareholding in ANN has
increased from 50% (pre-acquisition) to 99% (post-acquisition) and ANN has become a
Subsidiary of the Company effective from June 19, 2024.
SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS
IMPACTING GOING CONCERN STATUS OF THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE
During the FY 2023-24,there were no significant and material orders passed by the
regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and the Company's
operations in the future.
THE DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND
BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016 (31 OF 2016) DURING THE YEAR ALONG WITH THEIR STATUS AS AT THE END
OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR
In January 2022, Ezeego One Travel and Tours Limited (Ezeego), being
a company admitted into insolvency filed a company petition under Section 9 of the
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code) before National company Law
Tribunal, Mumbai (NCLT') seeking to initiate corporate insolvency resolution
plan of Yatra Online Limited (Company Petition). Ezeego filed the
Company Petition pursuant to a demand notice dated November 30,2021 demanding payment of
Rs 2.15 Crores to which Yatra issued its reply dated December 10, 2021 stating that the
amount claimed by Ezeego is not in accordance with its books of accounts. The Company
Petition was filed on the basis of a default of Rs 3.15 Crores (including interest). Yatra
filed its reply to the company petition along with an application seeking rejection of the
Company Petition for being barred under Section 10A of the Code (Application).
On March 17,2023, the NCLT dismissed the Application (NCLT Order). Yatra
challenged the NCLT Order before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi (NCLAT).
By an order dated March 31, 2023, the NCLAT allowed Yatra's appeal and dismissed the
Company Petition filed against Yatra (NCLAT Order). Ezeego challenged
the NCLAT Order before the Supreme Court (Civil Appeal). By an order
dated May 02, 2023, Ezeego withdrew the Civil Appeal on account of a settlement between
the parties whereby Yatra paid a sum of Rs 1.6 Crores to Ezeego as full and final
settlement of all outstanding dues between the parties. Accordingly, the proceedings
against Yatra under the Code stand concluded.
ONE-TIME SETTLEMENT WITH ANY BANK OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
During the year under review, there was no instance of any one-time settlement with any
bank or financial institution.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information pertaining to conservation of energy, technology absorption, Foreign
exchange Earnings and outgo as required under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act read with Rule
8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is furnished in Annexure B and forms
part of this report.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The Board has constituted a Risk Management Committee which has been entrusted with the
responsibility to assist the Board in framing policy, guiding implementation, monitoring
and reviewing the effectiveness of the risk management policy and framework. The
composition of Risk Management Committee and number of meetings held are given in the
Corporate Governance Report, forming part of this Annual Report. Further, pursuant to
Section 134(3)(n) of the Act and Regulation 17(9) of Listing Regulations, the Company has
formulated and adopted the Risk Management Policy inter-alia including the
details/process about identification of elements of risks of any, which in the opinion of
the Board may threaten the existence of the Company.
The objective of this policy, as amended from time to time, is to have a well-defined
approach to risk. The policy lays down broad guidelines for timely identification,
assessment, and prioritisation of risks affecting the Company in the short term and in the
foreseeable future. The policy suggests framing an appropriate response action for the key
risks identified, so as to make sure that the risks are adequately addressed or mitigated.
The Company relies upon its internal risk assessment and internal audits conducted from
time to time to take appropriate actions and strategies to address and mitigate the risks
identified through such systems and audits. Further, based on such risk assessments and
aud its, the elements of risk threatening the Company's existence are considered to be
minimal.
PREVENTION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE
Your Company has zero tolerance for sexual harassment at workplace and has adopted a
policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment at workplace in line
with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,
Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the rules thereunder for prevention and redressal
of complaints of sexual harassment at workplace. An Internal Complaints Committee (ICC)
has also been set up at where employees can register their complaint(s) against sexual
harassment.
To build awareness in this area, Company has been conducting induction/training
programmes in the organisation on a periodical basis. For further details, please refer to
the Report on Corporate Governance, which forms a part of this Annual Report.
During the year under review, no complaint was received under the Sexual Harassment of
Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
The provisions of Section 135 of the Act relating to constitution of CSR committee were
not applicable to the Company during the year under review, however, the Company has
voluntary constituted the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. The Company was not
required to make any mandatory CSR Contribution for the year under review under Section
135 of the Act.
The annual report on Corporate Social Responsibility under Section 135 of the Act is
annexed as Annexure C to this Report.
The composition, terms of reference of the CSR Committee and the salient features of
the Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy) is provided in the
Corporate Governance Report, which forms part of this Annual Report. CSR Policy is
available on the website of the Company at https://investors.yatra.com/Investor-Relations-
India/.
VIGIL MECHANISM/WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
Pursuant to Section 177(9) of the Act read with rules made thereunder, the Company has
a Vigil Mechanism/Whistle Blower Policy which has been communicated within the
organization to eliminate and help prevent malpractices, to investigate and resolve
complaints, to take appropriate action to safeguard the interests of the Company, and
to ensure that the whistleblower is protected. The Whistle Blower Policy is available
on the website of the Company at I ittps://investors.
vatra.com/lnvestor-Relations-lndia/. For further details, please refer to the Report
on Corporate Governance, which forms a part of this Annual Report.
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY ("NRC POLICY")
In terms of the requirement of Section 178 of the Act, the Board of Directors has
adopted a "Nomination and Remuneration Policy on appointment and remuneration
of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel & Senior Management. The Policy includes, inter-alia,
criteria for appointment of Directors, KMPs, Senior Management and other covered
employees, their remuneration structure and disclosures in relation thereto. The Company's
NRC Policy is available at the website of the Company at https://investors.vatra.com/
Investor-Relations-India/.
The remuneration paid to the Directors is as per the terms laid out in the NRC Policy
of the Company.
For further details, please refer to the Report on Corporate Governance, which forms a
part of this Annual Report.
BOARD EVALUATION
The Board has put in place a mechanism for evaluation of its own performance and the
performance of its Committees and individual Directors.
The evaluation of the Board, Committees, Directors and Chairman of the Board was
conducted based on evaluation parameters, such as Board composition and structure,
effectiveness of the Board, participation at meetings, domain knowledge, awareness and
observance of governance etc.
In a separate meeting of Independent Directors, performance of non-independent
directors, the Board as a whole and Chairman of the Company was evaluated, taking into
account the views of executive directors and non-executive directors and assessed the
quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information between the management and the
Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably perform their duties.
Performance evaluation of independent directors was done by the entire Board, excluding
the independent director being evaluated.
A detailed disclosure on the framework of Board Evaluation including outcome and action
plan has been provided in the Report on Corporate Governance, which forms a part of this
Annual Report.
FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME
Company periodically presents updates at the Board/Committee meetings to familiarise
the Directors with the Company's strategy, business performance, finance, risk management
framework, human resources and other related matters including one-to-one interactive
sessions with the top management team, business and functional heads among others to
understand the operations and technology.
The Company has putin place a familiarization programme for all its Directors including
the Independent Directors.
A detailed note on the familiarization programme adopted by the Company for training of
the Directors, is provided in the Report on Corporate Governance, which forms a part of
this Annual Report.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY
The Company has in place proper and adequate internal financial control system,
commensurate with the size of its business operations, which is constantly assessed and
strengthened with new/revised standard operating procedures (SOP) and time bound action
plans to improve efficiency at all levels.
The Company has in place adequate procedures for ensuring the orderly and effective
control of its business. Assurance on the effectiveness of internal financial controls is
ensured through management reviews, controlled self-assessment and independent testing by
the internal auditor.
During the year under review, except as reported by the statutory auditors in the
Auditors' Report on Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements, no other reportable
weakness in the operations and accounting procedures were observed.
Barring the above, adequate internal financial controls with reference to its financial
statements are ensured by the Company.
TRANSACTION WITH RELATED PARTIES
All contracts,arrangements and transactions entered by the Company with related parties
during the year under review were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm's
length basis.
Form AOC - 2 pursuant to Section 134(3) (h) of the Act read with Rule 8(2) of the
Companies (Accounts) Rule, 2014 is set out in Annexure D to this report.
None of the contracts or arrangement or transactions with any of the Related Parties
were in conflict with the interest of your Company.
All applicable related party transactions were presented before the Audit Committee.
The policy on Materiality of Related Party Transactions and on dealing with Related
Party Transactions was amended during the year under review to align with the provisions
of Listing Regulations and the same is available on the website of the Company at https://investors.vatra.
com/l nvesto r: Relations-lndia/.
PUBLIC DEPOSITS
Your Company has not accepted any deposits in terms of Section 73 of the Act read with
Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules, 2014 and falling within the meaning of Chapter V
of the Act during the financial year under review.
ANNUAL RETURN
In terms of Section 92(3) read with Section 134(3)(a) of the Act and rules thereto, the
Annual Return of the Company in Form MGT - 7 for the financial year ended on as on March
31,2024, will be available on the Company's website at https://investors.vatra.com/lnvestor-
Relations-lndia/.
SUBSIDIARY, ASSOCIATE AND JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES
As on March 31,2024,your Company had 8 subsidiaries (direct and indirect) and 1 joint
venture. Further, the Company does not have any associate company.
As on March 31,2024, out of 8 subsidiaries the Company had four material subsidiaries
namely Yatra TG Stays Private Limited, TSI Yatra Private Limited, Yatra Online Freight
Service Private Limited and Yatra For Business Private Limited.
According to Section 129 of the Act, the consolidated financial statements of the
Company and its subsidiaries and joint venture are prepared in accordance with the
relevant Indian Accounting Standard specified under the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules
thereunder and forms part of this Annual Report.
Further, in accordance with Section 136 of the Act and the Listing Regulations, copies
of the standalone and consolidated financial statements of the Company and the financial
statements of the subsidiary companies and all other documents required to be attached are
available on the Company's website at ttps://investors. vatra.com/lnvestor-Relations-lndia/.
Pursuant to Section 129(3) of the Act read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Accounts)
Rules, 2014, a statement containing the salient features of the financial statement of the
subsidiary and joint venture in Form AOC-1 is forming part of the Consolidated Financial
Statements, which forms part of this Annual Report.
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL AND PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEE
Disclosures relating to remuneration of Directors u/s 197(12) of the Act read with Rule
5(1) of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is
annexed as Annexure E of this Report.
Particulars of employee remuneration, as required under Section 197 (12) of the Act and
read with Rule 5(2) and Rule 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 forms part of this Report. In terms of the provisions of
the first proviso to Section 136(1) of the Act, this Report is being sent to the
shareholders, excluding the aforementioned information. The information will be available
for inspection at the registered office of the Company on all working days (Monday to
Friday) between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 pm. upto the date of AGM.
Any shareholder interested in obtaining the copy of the aforesaid information, may send
an email to the Company Secretary & Compliance Officer at investorsravatra.com.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Pursuant to Regulation 34 of the Listing Regulations, the Management Discussion and
Analysis Report for the FY 2023-24, has been presented in a separate Section forming part
of this Annual Report.
BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITY & SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Pursuant to Regulation 34(2)(f) of the Listing Regulations, the Business Responsibility
and Sustainability Report ("BRSR") on initiatives taken from an environmental,
social and governance perspective, in the prescribed format is available as a separate
Section of this Annual Report and is also available on the Company's website at https://
investors.vatra.com/lnvestor-Relations-lndia/.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
Your Company has complied with the Corporate Governance requirements under the Act and
as stipulated under the Listing Regulations. A separate Section on Corporate Governance
under the Listing Regulations, along with the certificate from the Practicing Company
Secretary confirming the compliance, is available as a separate Section of this Annual
Report.
CERTIFICATE ON STATUS OF COMPLIANCE WITH FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT (FEMA)
PROVISIONS
As per the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security
by a Person Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2017, the Company has obtained a
certificate from the Statutory Auditors of the Company as regards the status of compliance
with the instructions on downstream investment and compliance with the FEMA provisions. As
per the certificate from the statutory auditors, the Company is in compliance with the
applicable regulations as regards downstream investment and other related FEMA provisions.
SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The Company has adhered to the applicable Secretarial Standards with respect to
meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) and General meetings (SS-2) issued by the
Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Board is gratified and humbled by the faith shown in the Company by its
Shareholders. The Board also places on record its appreciation for the support provided by
various stakeholders including various authorities, BRLMs, Stock Exchanges, Depositories,
Counsels, Consultants, Auditors and Employees of the Company for making the IPO success.
Your Board of Directors would also like to place on record their sincere appreciation
for the wholehearted support and contributions made by all the employees of the Company as
well as customers, vendors, consultants/advisors, bankers, investors and other
authorities. Our continued efforts to strive for a better growth has been made possible
due to solidarity, co-operation and continued support of each of the stakeholders.
For and on behalf of Board of Directors Yatra Online Limited
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DhruvShringi |
Neelam Dhawan |
Date: August 12,2024 |
DIN: 00334986 |
DIN: 00871445 |
Place: New Delhi |
Whole-time Director cum CEO |
Director |