The Directors of your company have pleasure in presenting their Report together with the AnnualAudited Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2024.
The salient features of the Company's financial results for the year under review are summarizedbelow:
fRunees in Larsl
Current Year
Previous Year
Particulars
2023-2024
2022-2023
(Rs. In Lacs}
Total Revenue
13.62
20.07
Total Expenses
18.26
16.13
Profit /(Loss') before Tax
(4.64}
3.94
Less: Tax Expenses
Current Year Tax
-
0.61
Earlier Year Adjustment
(0.61}
0.16
Profit / (Loss} after Tax
(4.03}
3.17
Add : Other Comprehensive Income
4.81
(11.91}
0.78
(8.74}
During the year under review, the Company has incurred loss of Rs.4.03 lacs for the year ascompared to profit of Rs.3.17 lacs in the previous year before Comprehensive Income and earnedProfit of Rs.0.78 lacs for the year after Comprehensive Income as compare to loss of Rs.8.74 lacs inprevious year.
A) Equity Share Capital:
As on March 31, 2024 Authorised share capital of the company is Rs.45 lacs divided into450000 equity shares of Rs.10/- each and Paid up Capital is Rs,40.50 lacs divided into 405000equity shares of Rs.10/-each. : .
Board of Directors have approved increase authorized equity share capital to Rs.l crore intheir Board meeting subject to approval of Share Holders in this Annual General Meeting,
B) Other Equity:
Other Equity as on 31-03-2024 stands at Rs.161.39 lacs against Rs. 160.62 lacs on 31-03-2023.DIVIDEND
To strengthen the financial position of the company, your directors have not recommended anydividend for the year under review. Ý'
Your Company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits} Rules, 2014,
INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY:
The Company has an Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale and complexityof its operations. The scope and authority of the Internal Audit function is defined in the InternalAudit Manual. To maintain its objectivity and independence, the Internal Audit function reports tothe Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board & to the Chairman of the Company, The InternalAuditor appointed by the Company viz. Shri Manish Khandelwal of Om Agarwal & Company,Chartered Accountants, monitors and evaluates the efficacy and adequacy of internal controlsystem in the Company, its compliance with operating systems, accounting procedures andpolicies at all locations of the Company. The Audit Committee of the Board addresses significantissues raised by both the Internal Auditors and Statutory Auditors,
DIRECTORS:
• Changes in Directors and Key Managerial Personnel:
i) During the year Smt. Shruti Singh (DIN : 10287690) was appointed as an additional
Director by the Board of Directors w.e.f. 29-08-2023. Her appointment as an IndependentDirector for 5 years has been approved by the shareholders in the Annual GeneralMeeting of the Company held on 30-09-2023. ,
ii) During the year Shri Saurabh Singh (DIN : 06501289) was re-appointed as an independentdirector for second term of 5 years in Annual General Meeting dated 30-09-2023.
• Statement of Declaration given by Independent Directors :
All Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet the criteria of independenceas laid down under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and clause 49 of the ListingAgreement
• Board Evaluation:
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 'of the ListingAgreement, the Board has carried out an evaluation of its own performance, the directorsindividually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Audit, Appointment &Remuneration Committees. The manner in which the evaluation has been carried out hasbeen explained in the Corporate Governance Report.
• Remuneration Policy:
The Board has, on the recommendation of the Appointment & Remuneration Committee,framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Senior Management and theirremuneration. The Remuneration Policy is stated in the Corporate Governance Report.
• Meetings:
During the year 5 (Five) Board Meetings, 4 (Four) Audit Committee Meetings, 4 Stake HoldersRelationship Committee and 1 (One) Nomination & Remuneration Committee meeting wereconvened and held, the details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report. Theintervening gap between the Meetings was within the period prescribed under the CompaniesAct, 2013.
KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:
Pursuant to the Provisions of Section 203 of the Act read with the rules made thereunder, thefollowing are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company:
1. Smt.Lalitha Ranka : Managing Director
2. Shri Aditya Mishra : Chief Financial Officer
PARTICULARS OF LOANS. GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS:
The company has not given any loans or guarantees covered under the provisions of section 186of the Companies Act, 2013 but has given Unsecured Loan to one related party, details of the sameis given in the notes to the financial statement. The details of the investments made by company isgiven in the notes to the financial'statements.
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN AS PER SEC 92 IN FORM MGT 9 *
The details forming part of extract of Annual Return in Form No. MGT 9 is enclosed in "Annexure-
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AUDITORS & AUDIT REPORT
The 2nd Term of office of M/s Chaturvedi Sohan & Co. Chartered Accountants, Mumbai [FirmReg.No.ll8424W as Statutory Auditors of the company expires upon conclusion of the ensuingAnnual General Meeting of the Company.
M/s Sanjive Radhey & Co., Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.009959C], areproposed to be appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company. They have signified their assentand confirmed their eligibility to be appointed as Auditors in terms of the provisions of Section141 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 4 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors] Rules, 2014.
The Board on the recommendations of the Audit Committee have resolved to place proposal ofappointment of M/s Sanjive Radhey & Co., Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors for aterm of five consecutive years i.e. from conclusion of ensuing Annual General Meeting until theconclusion of 47th Annual General Meeting to be held in the year 2029.
The Notes of Financial Statements referred to in the Auditor's Report are self-explanatory and donot call for any further comments.
SECRETARIAL AUDIT:
Pursuant to provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies' (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel] Rules, 2014 the company hasappointed Pankaj & Associates, a firm of company Secretaries in practice to undertake theSecretarial Audit of the Company.
As required under section 204 (1] of the Companies Act, 2013 the Company has obtained asecretarial audit report and the Secretarial Audit report is annexed herewith as "Annexure- II".
It has no major observations made by the Auditor in the Report except the following:
1. Rule 20 (3] (v] of Companies (Management and Administration] Rules, 2014 was notcomplied by the Company which requires the Company to publish the Notice of E-voting inat least one vernacular newspaper in the principal vernacular language of the district inwhich the registered office of the company is situated and at least once in English languagein an English Newspaper having a wide circulation in that district.
2. Rule 10 of Companies (Management and Administration] Rules, 2014 was not complied bythe Company which requires every listed company to give advertisement for Closure ofregister of members in at least one vernacular newspaper in the principal vernacularlanguage of the district and having a wide circulation in the place where the registered -office of the company is situated, and at least one- in English language in an Englishnewspaper circulating in that district and having wide circulation in the place where the
. registered office of the company is situated.
3. Regulation 47 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements] Regulations, 2015require Company to give advertisement in Newspaper for intimation of Board Meeting inwhich the financial results will be considered and approved along with the Publication offinancial results in newspapers, which was not complied by the Company. ‘ Ý
4. As per the requirement of Amendment provisions of Rule 6 of the Companies (Appointmentand qualification of Directors] Rules, 2014, the individuals who have been appointed as anindependent director in the company have not applied for inclusion of their name in theIndependent Director's Data Bank.
INTERNAL FINANCE CONTROL:
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements. It has established an integrated framework in managing risks and internal controls.The internal financial controls have been documented, digitized and embedded in the businessprocesses. Such controls have been assessed during the year under review and were operatingeffectively.
PARTICULARS OF ENERGY CONSERVATION:
The Company's operations are not energy intensive and as such involve low energy consumption.However adequate measures have been taken to conserve the consumption of energy. !
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUT-GO :
During the period under review there was no foreign exchange earnings or out flow.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Your Company continues to take new initiatives to further align its HR policies to meet thegrowing needs of its business. People development continues to be a key focus area of theCompany. The industrial relations in all the units of the Company remained cordial and peacefulthroughout the year. Ý
DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT .
In terms of Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the directors would like to state that:i] In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been:: followed. :
' ii) , The directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and madejudgments and estimates that were reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair viewof the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of: the Company for the year under review.
iii) The directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities,
iv] The directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis. .
v) The directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company andthat such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
vi] The directors had devised proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions of allapplicable laws and that such system were adequate and operating effectively.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on arm'slength basis and were in the ordinary course of the business. There are no materially significantrelated party transactions made by the company with Promoters, Key Managerial Personnel orother designated persons which may have potential conflict with interest of the company at large.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES:
The Company does not have any subsidiary.
VIGIL MECHANISM :
The Company has a vigil mechanism named Fraud and Risk Management Policy to deal withinstance of fraud and mismanagement, if any,
In staying true to our values of Strength, Performance and Passion and in line with our vision ofbeing one of'the most respected companies in India, the Company is committed to the highstandards of Corporate Governance and stakeholder responsibility.
PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING: '
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading with a view toregulate trading in securities by the Directors and designated employees of the Company. TheBoard is responsible for implementation of the Code. All Board Directors and the designatedemployees have confirmed compliance with the Code.
CODE OF CONDUCT:
The Board of Directors has approved a Code of Conduct which is applicable to the Members of theBoard and all employees in the course of day to day business operations of the company,
All the Board Members and the Senior Management personnel have confirmed compliance with' the Code. All Management Staff were given appropriate training in this regard.
FAMILIARISATION PROGRAM FOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Pursuant to requirements of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Company has afamiliarization program for Independent Directors with regard to their role, rights,responsibilities in the Company, nature of the industry in which the Company operates, businessmodel of the Company etc. The Board Members are provided with all necessary documents/reports and internal policies to enable them to familiarize with the Company's procedures andpractices. Periodic presentations are made at the Board and Board constituted CommitteeMeetings pertaining to business and performance updates of the Company, global businessenvironment, business strategies and risks involved. Directors attend training programs/conferences on relevant subject matters and keep themselves abreast of the latest corporate,regulatory and industry developments. :
The same has been posted on website of the Company viz; http://www.ganeshholdings.comCORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company is making all efforts to comply with the provisions relating to Corporate Governancepursuant to clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchange. A Report on CorporateGovernance forming part of directors' report is annexed herewith.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors would like to express their appreciation for the assistance and co-operationreceived from employees at all levels performed their duties and responsibilities and for closereceived from them during the year. Your Directors also record their sincere appreciation of thecontinued support; assistance and co-operation extend by the Company's Bankers and alsoShareholders of the Company who put their confidence in the company.
• FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD '
(Lalitha Ranka)
Date : 9th September, 2024 . Chairperson & Managing Director
Place : Mumbai DIN : 01166049