The Directors present the 23rd Annual Report along with Audited
Statement of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2012.
Financial results at a glance:
Rs. in lacs
31st March, 2012 31st March, 2011
Sales & Other Income 14295.22 11818.31
Profit Before Tax 269.94 568.98
Profit After Tax 222.96 401.76
Balance Brought Forward 871.16 559.87
15659.28 13348.92
Appropriations:
Dividend. 26.97 64.73
Dividend Tax 4.37 10.75
General Reserve 15.00 15.00
Balance Carried Forward 1047.77 871.16
1094.11 961.64
Earning Per Share 4.13 7.45
Operations
The financial year under review began a positive note. However, the
economy started witnessing a rise in inflationary trend during the
second half of the year which together with tightening of the monetary
policy resulted in slowdown in the overall scenario.
The Company achieved total turnover of Rs. 14295.22 lacs against Rs.
11818.31 lacs in the previous year registering a growth of 20.95 %. The
net profit after tax was Rs.222.96 lacs against Rs. 401.76 lacs in the
previous year registering a decline of 44.51 %. The tightening of
monetary policy rise in finance cost and increase in the input cost had
affected the performance of the company.
Dividend
Your Directors recommended a dividend of 5 % (i.e. Re. 0.50 per share)
on 53,94,005 equity shares of Rs.10 each for 2011- 12. The previous
year dividend paid was 12 % ( i.e. Re. 1.20 per share).
Management discussion and analysis
As required under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with stock
exchange, a management discussion and analysis report, inter- alia,
deals adequately with operations and the current and future outlook of
the Company is annexed and forms a part of the Directors'' Report.
Auditors
The Auditor of the company M/s A.K.Bagadia & Co., Chartered
Accountants, retire at this Annual General Meeting and are eligible for
reappointment. The Audit Committee and your Board recommend their
reappointment.
Directors
Shri P. M. Nijampurkar and Shri Atul Desai retire by rotation and offer
themselves for re- appointment, which your Directors consider to be in
the best interests of the Company and recommend their appointment.
Directors'' responsibility statement
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956 it is hereby confirmed
1 That in the preparation of annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standard were followed along with proper explanation relating to
material departures;
2 That we selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that were 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 profit or loss
of the Company for that period;
3 That we took proper and sufficient care to maintain adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies
Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and preventing and
detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4 That we prepared the annual accounts on a ''going concern'' basis.
Corporate Governance
Your Company reaffirms and remains committed to high standards of
Corporate Governance. The Company believes that appropriate disclosures
procedures, transparent accounting policies, strong and independent
Board practices and highest levels of ethical standards are critical to
enhance and retain investor trust and generate sustainable corporate
growth. Your Company established systems and procedures to comply with
the amended provisions of the Code of Corporate Governance and complied
with all the requirements of the Code of Corporate Governance as per
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the stock exchange. A Report
separately titled Corporate Governance along with Auditors''
Certificate, regarding compliance of the same are annexed as a part of
this Annual Report.
Particulars of Employees
The Particular of Employees as required under Section 217(2A) of the
Companies Act, 1956 is not given, since no employee of the Company
draws remuneration in excess of the limit as prescribed in the above
section.
Energy conservation, technology absorption, and foreign exchange
earnings and outgo
The information relating to energy conservation, technology absorption
and foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required to be disclosed
under the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of Board
of Directors) Rules, 1988 is given in Annexure forming part of this
Report.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors wish to place on record the appreciation of the
assistance and cooperation received from bankers, customers (domestic
as well as overseas), suppliers, shareholders, staff from each level
and other business associates for their valuable contribution in the
growth of the organization whose continuous support and cooperation has
been a source of strength to the company enabling it to achieve it
goals.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Mumbai R.L. Gupta
Date: 30th August, 2012 Chairman |