Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Eleventh Annual Report
together with the Audited Accounts of the Company for the financial
year ending 31st March, 2011.
1. Financial Highlights
(Rs. in crores)
Particulars 2010-11 2009-10
Sales & Other Income 1257.47 1013.09
Profit before Depreciation, Interest and Tax 279.22 187.70
Less : Depreciation 28.22 13.54
Interest 99.03 53.07
Profit Before Tax 151.97 121.09
Less : Tax Expenses
a) Current Year 30.23 25.33
b) Earlier Year - -
c) Deferred Tax 9.57 5.68
Profit After Tax 112.17 90.07
Balance brought forward from previous year 169.97 86.34
Amount Available for Appropriation 282.14 176.42
Appropriations
a) Dividend 1.48 2.96
b) Tax on Dividend 0.24 0.54
c) Transfer to General Reserve 1.48 2.96
Balance Carried to Balance Sheet 278.93 169.97
Earning per Share (In Rs.) 75.57 70.48
(equity shares of face value of Rs. 10)
2. Result of Operation
During the year, your Company has scaled new heights and several new
benchmarks in terms of revenue and asset base has been created. Total
revenue for the year was Rs. 1257.47 crores against Rs. 1013.09 crores
in the previous year showing an increase by 24.12%.
Profit after tax for the year was Rs. 112.17 crores as against Rs.
90.07 crores for the previous year showing an increase by 24.53%.
3. Order Book
Your Company has an order book of more than Rs. 3,221 crores, which
includes the following major works:
a) Construction, rehabilitation and widening of Cuttack - Paradeep
road, Orissa with a contract value of Rs. 208.27 crores
b) Construction of BRTS Corridor and Development of road, Jaipur
Development Authority, Rajasthan, having a contract value of Rs. 159.02
crores
c) JSPL, Angul, Orissa Project-Work Order for execution of Rail
Infrastructure Work with a contract Value of Rs. 261.00 crores
d) Construction for widening and strengthening of existing carriageway
to two lane for Chandbali- Bhadrak-Anadpur (Km 0/0 to Km 45/0 of SH-9
and Km 0/0 to Km 50/0 of SH-53), Orissa, having a contract value of Rs.
216.23 crores
e) Widening and Strengthening of Existing Carriageway to 2 lane for
Bhawanipatna to Khariar (2/0 Km to 70/0 Km SH-16), Orissa, with a
contract Value of Rs. 105.51 crores
f) Construction for widening and strengthening of existing carriageway
to two lanes for Berhampur to Taptapani (Km 0/0 to Km 41/0 of SH-17)
Orissa, with a contract Value of Rs. 81.97 crores
g) Construction of a new 2-lane Highway from km 38/00 to km 71/00
(length=33.0 Km) in Mizoram, with a contract value of Rs. 163.11 crores
h) Widening to 2 lane and improvement in km 0/0 to 102/9 km of
Parlakhemundi-R. Udayagiri-Mohana road (SH-34) under LWE Scheme. Orissa
with a contract value of 153.91
i) Construction of earthwork, bridges, supply of P-way material, supply
of ballast and P-way linking for proposed private railway siding taking
off from Chacher railway station to in plany yard and including inplant
yard of NTPC Mauda (but excluding works within railway boundary and
excluding rail over rail bridge) Dist Nagpur (M.S.) with a contract
value of 114.49
j) Improvement of existing single intermediate lane of NH-44 to two
lane with paved shoulders from km 230/200 to km 247/00, km 261/504 in
the State of Assam with a contract value of 104.05
k) Widening & Reconstruction of Package-1, Shahdol- Singhpur-Turla
Pandariya Road (SH-9) under Regular Contract with a contract value of
Rs. 99.90 crores
4. Auditors
M/s. P.A. & Associates, Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of
the Company, hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and are eligible for reappointment.
The Company has received letter from them to the effect that their
reappointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limits under
Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act., 1956 and that they are not
disqualified for reappointment within the meaning of Section 226 of the
said Act.
5. Report of Auditors
The notes on accounts and observations of the Auditors in their report
on the accounts of Company are self explanatory except clause no. 4.2
which calls for further explanation. They are as follows;
Profit from HCIL-Adhikaria- ARSSPL JV has been ascertained on the basis
of Provisional Accounts as on 31.03.2011 and also for earlier years
instead of audited accounts, which is not in accordance with Accounting
Standard – 27, Financial Reporting of Interest in Joint Ventures
issued by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
HCIL-Adhikaria- ARSS, an international J V, a partner of the Company,
which prepare their accounts in a different basis for a different
period than our Company. As their accounts are not yet finalised, the
profit from the JV has been considered on provisional basis. This is
beyond the control of the management and the Company does not expect
any substantial deviations in the audited accounts.
6. Dividend
Your Directors propose to recommend a dividend of Rs. 1/- per equity
share (last year Rs. 2/- per equity share) for the financial year
ending March 31, 2011, amounting to Rs. 148.43 lacs (Excluding of
dividend tax of Rs. 24.08 lacs). The lower rate of dividend than
previous year is due to owing to deployment of more internal earnings
in the working capital requirement of the company.
7. Directors
During the year Mr. S.R. Chaudhuri and Mr. S.C.Chakraborty have
resigned w.e.f 07.02.2011 due to their other pre occupations. D r.
Bidhubhusan Samal retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and being eligible, have offered himself for re-appointment.
Brief resumes of Dr. Bidhubhusan Samal proposed to be reappointed,
nature of his experience and names of the companies in which he holds
directorship and membership are provided in the Notice for convening
the Annual General Meeting.
8. Particulars of Employees
As required under the provision of section 217(2A) of the Companies
Act, 1956, read with the Companies (particulars of employees) Rules,
1975 as amended, the names and other particulars of employees are given
below :
Sl.Name of the Designation Qualification Age Date of Experi
-ence Gross
No person in Joining (No of Remuneration
years years) (Rs.)
1 Subash
Agarwal Executive
Chairman B. Com 46 05/11/
2007 20 1,50,00,000
2 Rajesh
Agarwal Managing
Director B.E. Civil 36 01/10/
2006 15 90,00,000
3 Sunil
Agarwal President
& CEO B.com 35 01/04/
2005 12 34,80,000
4 Anil Agarwal Sr. VP & COO B.com 42 01/04/
2006 16 34,80,000
5 S. K. Singla VP & Project
Head B. Tech, Civil 47 01/07/
2006 17 42,00,000
6 C.J. Soni Sr. Vice
President D.C.E 51 16/12/
2010 30 10,50,000
9. Responsibility Statement
In pursuance of Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Board
of Directors of the Company confirms:
i) that in the preparation of Annual Accounts, the applicable
Accounting Standards issued by The Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India have been followed by the Company and there has been no
material departure
ii) that the Directors have selected such Accounting Policies and
applied them consistently and have 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 31st March, 2011 and of the
profit of the Company for the year ended on that date
iii) that the Directors have taken Proper and sufficient care for
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of Sec-209 of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the
assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other
irregularities and
iv) that the Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going
concern basis
10. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange
Earnings and Outgo etc. U/S 217 (1) (e)
During the year under review, the Company has taken adequate measures
for conservation of energy and also has not gone for any technology
absorption whatsoever in accordance with the provisions of Section 217
(1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosures
of particulars in the Report of Board of Directors ) Rules, 1988.
The Company has neither earned any income nor incurred any expenditure
in foreign currency during the financial year ended 31st March, 2011.
11. Public Deposits
Your Company has not invited any deposit from public and shareholders.
So, the provisions of the Section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 are
not attracted.
12. Corporate Governance
Your Company is committed for adopting best ethical business practices
in the management within the regulatory framework applicable to it.
Accountability, Disclosure and strict compliance is the essence of good
corporate governance. On the one hand good corporate governance calls
for accountability of the persons who are the helm of affairs of the
Company and on the other hand it also brings benefits to all
stakeholders of the Company such as investors, customers, employees and
the society at large. Your Company continues to believe in such
business practices and has been extremely transparent in providing
reliable financial information and in maintaining transparency in all
its business transactions and ensuring strict compliance of all
applicable laws.
Your Company has adopted the requirement of corporate governance as
prescribed under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement and a separate
section titled Corporate Governance has been included in the Annual
Report along with Management Discussion and Analysis Report.
13. Industrial Relation
Employee relations continued to be cordial throughout the year. The
whole-hearted support of employees and a sense of belongingness with
the organisation and solidarity with the management of the Company have
helped achieve better performance during the year.
14. Acknowledgement
Your Directors would like to place on record their appreciation for
assistance and co-operation received from the financial institutions,
banks, Government authorities, customers and members during the year
under review. Your Directors also place on record their deep sense of
appreciation for the committed services by the executives, staff and
workers of the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Bhubaneswar Subash Agarwal
Dated: The 11th day of May, 2011 Chairman
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