1. Estimated amount of Contracts remaining to be executed on Capital
Account and not provided for (Net of advances) :
(Rs. in Crore)
2010-11 2009-10
a) In relation to joint ventures 20.26 11.97
b) Others 249.56 188.74
2. Contingent liabilities not provided for:
a) Outstanding Letters of Credit & bank
guarantees 39.56 44.30
b) Bank guarantees/bid bonds for joint
ventures 126.32 167.92
c) Claims against the Company not acknowledged as debt, net of
advances/payments under protest, arbitration, court orders, etc.
[include claims of Rs. 356.68 crore (previous year: Rs. 311.92 crore)
pending in arbitration/courts pursuant to arbitration awards] 769.50
720.38 Contingent liabilities are disclosed to the extent of claims
received and include an amount of Rs. 11.61 crore (previous year: Rs.10.56
crore), which may be reimbursable to the company. Any further interest
demand on the basic claim is not considered where legal cases are
pending, as the claim itself is not certain. No provision has been made
for the contingent liabilities stated above, as on the basis of
information available, careful evaluation of facts and past experience
of legal aspects of the matters involved, it is not probable that an
outflow of future economic benefits will take place.
d) As per assessment orders under section 143(3) of the Income Tax Act,
1961, the Assessing Officer (AO) disallowed certain claims of the
company, mainly deduction under section 80IA in respect of Rail System
for assessment years 2003-04 to 2007-08 and Inland Ports (ICDs/CFSs)
for assessment years 2003-04 to 2008-09 and raised demands of tax and
interest totalling to Rs. 423.30 crore. In appeal, for AY 2003-04 to
2007-08, CIT (A) allowed claim u/s 80IA towards Rail System, whereas,
for Inland Ports, the claim has been disallowed. On this matter, the
decision of CIT (A) has been upheld by ITAT for AY 2003-04 to 2005- 06
& the company has already filed appeal(s) against the orders of ITAT in
Hon''ble Delhi High Court. On the similar issue for AY 2006-07 &
2007-08, the decision of AO has been upheld by CIT (A) & the company
has now filed appeal(s) against the orders of CIT (A) in Hon''ble ITAT.
Appeal for AY 2008-09 is pending with CIT (A). The Hon''ble Committee on
Disputes (COD) has granted permission to the company for persuing
appeal on the matter of ICD deduction u/s 80IA before the Hon''ble Delhi
High Court for AY 2003-04 to 2005-06, while the department''s
application seeking permission to persue appeal on the matter of rail
system deduction u/s 80IA before the Hon''ble Delhi High Court for AY
2003-04 to 2005-06 has been rejected.
e) CIT (A) upheld the orders of AO imposing and thereby recovering
penalty of Rs. 26.70 crore against the company''s claim of deduction in
respect of Inland Ports for AY 2003-04 to 2005-06. Appeal(s) filed with
the Hon''ble ITAT against the above orders of CIT (A) have been decided
in company''s favour vide orders dated 17th June, 2011. On the similar
issue for AY 2006-07 & 2007-08, AO has imposed/recovered a penalty of Rs.
41.94 crore against which the company has filed an appeal with CIT (A).
3. The company entered into a contract for supply of 1320 wagons by
Hindustan Engineering and Industries Ltd (HEI). After the supply of
1050 wagons, the contract was terminated during FY 2004-05, for
non-fulfilment of obligations on the part of HEI. Company invoked the
bank guarantee of Rs. 5.99 crore for refund of unadjusted advance and Rs.
7.37 crore towards performance guarantee for non-fulfilment of terms of
contract on the part of HEI. The matter has been referred to an
Arbitration Tribunal and arbitration proceedings are in progress. The
amount realized from invocation of performance guarantee stands
credited to Current Liabilities.
4. The Company has executed Custodian cum Carrier Bonds of Rs.
22,169.28 crore (previous year: Rs. 20,866.00 crore) in favour of Customs
Department under the Customs Act, 1962. These bonds are of continuing
nature, for which claims may be lodged by the Custom Authorities.
5. As in earlier years, provision for tax for the year is after
considering tax deduction of Rs. 164.64 crore (previous year: Rs. 118.00
crore) under section 80IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 in respect of
Rail System & Inland Container Depots (Inland Ports).
6. Haulage charges for transportation of containers by rail upto
30.07.2010 were paid on fortnightly basis to Indian Railways at the
rates prescribed by the Ministry of Railways (MOR) from time to time.
However, w.e.f 31.07.2010, Indian Railways have introduced Terminal
Management System (TMS), where the Haulage charges are paid upfront on
generation of Railway Receipts (RRs) from the TMS. Reconciliation of
the amount paid/payable to railway is done on an ongoing basis
periodically and difference, if any, is adjusted in the payments for
the ensuing periods and/or claims is preferred against railways.
7. i) Income from operations consists of revenue from freight,
handling, terminal service charges, demurrage and other operating
income and is net of waivers of Rs. 0.08 crore (previous year: Rs. 0.50
crore).
ii) Terminal & other service charges include expenses for rail freight,
handling, road transportation and other operating expenses. These also
include Rs.14.03 crore (previous year Rs. 14.99 crore) and Rs. 2.67 crore
(previous year Rs. 2.29 crore) towards power & fuel and consumption of
stores & spare parts respectively.
8. i) Loans and Advances include Rs. 1.17 crore (previous year: Rs. 1.11
crore) given to Customs & Port Trust.
ii) Loans to employees include Rs. 0.09 crore (previous year: Rs. 0.12
crore) being amount due from Directors and officers of the company.
Maximum outstanding balance during the year was Rs. 0.11 crore (previous
year: Rs. 0.12 crore).
9. During the year, the company realised Rs. 8.99 crore (previous year:
Rs. 18.22 crore) (net of auction expenses) from auction of undelivered
containers. Out of the amount realized, Rs. 1.71 crore (previous year: Rs.
4.13 crore) is paid/payable as custom duty, Rs. 6.02 crore (previous
year: Rs. 10.25 crore) has been recognised as income and the balance of Rs.
1.26 crore (previous year: Rs. 3.84 crore) has been shown under Current
Liabilities.
10. Depreciation on assets created on leasehold land is provided in
line with the accounting policy of the company irrespective of the land
lease period, as the leases are likely to be renewed/extended.
11. Current liabilities-others includes Rs. 0.23 crore (previous year: Rs.
0.25 crore) towards unutilised grant received for acquisition of
specific fixed assets in CONCOR/business arrangement. Amount of Rs. 4.25
crore (previous year: Rs. 0.38 crore) towards capital grants received &
utilised during the year for acquisition of fixed assets has been
deducted from the gross value of fixed assets.
12. Book Overdraft represents cheques issued by the company pending
clearance against the flexi/other deposits with the banks.
13. During the year 1998-99, the company gave loan of Rs. 2.00 crore to
Indian Railway Welfare Organization (IRWO) at simple interest of 8.5%
p.a. in terms of Presidential Directives received from the Ministry of
Railways. The amount is being repaid as per schedule and the amount of
loan outstanding as at 31.03.2011 is Rs. NIL (previous year: Rs. 0.20
crore).
14. a) During the year, the company changed its accounting policy for
revenue recognition from Freight, Handling income and related expenses
are accounted for at the time of booking of containers. Terminal
service charges and wharfage are accounted for on receipt/ at the time
of release of containers on completed service contract method to Rail
Freight Income & related Expenses are accounted for at the time of
issue of RRs by Indian Railways whereas Road Transportation/Handling
Income & related Expenses are accounted for at the time of booking of
containers. Terminal service charges and wharfage are accounted for on
receipt/at the time of release of containers on completed service
contract method.
Consequent upon such change, income from operations is lower by Rs.
9.82crores; terminal & other service charges are lower by Rs. 7.60 crore
& net profit before tax is lower by Rs. 2.22 crore.
b) During the year, the company changed its accounting policy related
to amortization of capital expenditure on land not belonging to the
company from Capital expenditure on land not belonging to the company
is written off to the profit and loss account over its approximate
period of utility or over a relatively brief period not exceeding five
years, whichever is less. For this purpose, land is not considered to
be belonging to the company if the same is not owned or leased/
licensed to the company. to Capital expenditure on enabling assets,
like roads, culverts & electricity transmissions etc., the ownership of
which is not with the Company are charged off to revenue in the
accounting period of incurrence of such expenditure. However, capital
expenditure on enabling assets, ownership of which rests with the
company and which have been created on land not belonging to the
Company is written off to the P&L Account over its approximate period
of utility or over a period of 5 years, whichever is less. For this
purpose, land is not considered to be belonging to the company, if the
same is not owned or leased/licensed to the company.
Consequent upon such change, depreciation during the year is higher by
Rs. 41.25 lakhs with a matching decline in the profit before tax.
15. (a) Miscellaneous expenses include loss on sale of fixed assets Rs.
94.97 lakhs (Previous Year: Rs. 23.59 lakhs) and exchange fluctuation
(loss) Rs. 0.04 lakhs (previous year: Rs. 0.05 lakhs).
(b) Wagons and containers damaged in an accident have not been written
off pending settlement of claim. The estimated claim
realized/realizable and provision for loss of wagons totalling to Rs.
1.36 crore (Previous year: Rs. 1.36 crore) is continued to be adjusted in
the accumulated depreciation since FY 2008-09.
16. (a) As per the tripartite business arrangement of the company with
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. and Mysore Sales International Ltd. for
operating air cargo complex at Bangalore (JWG-ACC), a loss of Rs. 0.45
crore (Previous year: Rs. 0.51 crore) being company''s share in the entity
as per audited accounts upto 14th January, 2011 (being the date of exit
by CONCOR) has been accounted for under ''Miscellaneous Expenses.''
Consequent upon such exit, CONCOR''s share of investment in the business
arrangement stands debited to Loans & Advances.
(b) HALCON is a business arrangement of the company with Hindustan
Aeronautics Ltd. for operating an Air Cargo Complex and ICD at Nasik. A
profit of Rs. 0.08 lakhs (Previous year: Rs. 10.89 lakhs) being company''s
share in the entity as per unaudited accounts for the year ended 31st
March, 2011 has been accounted for under ''Miscellaneous Income''.
17. Works carried out by Railways/its units for the company are
accounted for on the basis of correspondence / estimates/advice etc.
18. Land license fee paid/payable to the Indian Railways (IR) is
calculated on the basis of number of twenty feet equivalent units
(TEUs) handled in terms of instructions issued by Ministry of Railways
from time to time. The company lodged claim of Rs. 2.82 crore towards
land license fee paid to Indian Railways for internal movement of empty
containers during the years 1999-2000 to 2003-04. The case is being
continuously followed up with Railway authorities for its recovery.
However, as a matter of prudence, the same will be accounted for on
receipt/acceptance.
19. Stores & spare parts include items costing Rs. 2.01 crore (previous
year: Rs. 2.16 crore), which have not been consumed during last three
years. These items by their very nature are essentially to be kept and
are fit for their intended use.
20 Remittance in foreign currency for dividend:
The company has not remitted any amount in foreign currency on account
of dividend during the year.
21. The Company has not received any intimation from the suppliers
regarding their status under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development Act, 2006 as at the Balance Sheet date and therefore no
such disclosures under the said Act have been made.
22. a) As per Presidential Directives received during FY 2008-09,
Employee''s Salaries and Perquisites have been revised w.e.f 1st
January, 2007. Disbursement pursuant to such directives was/is being
made to the eligible employees.
b) Pursuant to DPE circular in respect of 2nd pay committee
recommendations, the company is in the process of framing a pension
scheme for its employees. Pending finalization of the scheme, a
provision of Rs. 4.03 crore
(Previous year: Rs. 0.50 crore) has been made on the basis of actuarial
valuation towards company''s contribution to the Scheme.
c) The impact of pay revision in respect of custom cost recovery &
security expenses, etc. payable to the Govt. is being accounted for as
and when the claims are finalized.
23. Provisions relating to disclosure of information as required by
other sub-clauses of Clause-3 of Part-II of Schedule VI to the
Companies Act, 1956, are not applicable, as the company has no
manufacturing activity.
24. During FY 2009-10, company received duty credit entitlement scrips
amounting to Rs. 82.46 crore (Rs. 29.75 crore in May 2009 and Rs. 52.71 crore
in February, 2010) under the Served From India Scheme (SFIS) of the
Govt. of India. As per the scheme, the scrips can be utilized within
two years for duty credit for import of capital goods & payment of
excise duty on domestic purchases. During the current financial year
2010-11, an amount of Rs. 14.24 crore (previous year: Rs. 8.28 crore) has
been utilized for custom duty credit on import of capital goods and Rs.
17.41 crore (Previous year: Rs. 7.87 crore) for excise duty credit on
domestic purchase, leaving a balance of Rs. 34.66 crore as on
31.03.2011.During the year, there is no expired amount, which remained
unutilized (Previous year: Rs. 33.12 crore).
During the current financial year 2010-11, company received additional
SFIS scrips amounting to Rs. 99.18 crore in September 2010; thus leaving
a cumulative balance of Rs. 133.84 crore as on 31.03.2011(Previous year:
Rs. 66.31 crore)
25. The Govt. has imposed cess on building and other construction
works under the provisions of the Delhi Building and Other Construction
Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules,
2002, Building and other Construction Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1996
and Building and Other Construction Workers Cess Rules, 1998. Similar
cess has also been imposed by some other States. During FY 2008-09, a
notice was received from the Labour Department at Delhi for payment of
Rs. 46.05 lakhs towards this cess from 1996 onwards. Since the Gazette
notification for levy of cess has been issued in August 2005, the
liability from that date amounting to Rs. 4.13 Lakh has been deposited in
FY 2008-09, which is recoverable from the contractors.
26. The Company has, with effect from 1st April, 2007, adopted
Accounting Standard 15, Employee Benefits (revised 2005), issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). The disclosures as
required as per the above accounting standard are as under:
(a) Defined Contribution plans:
(i) Employers'' contribution to Provident Fund
(ii) Employers'' contribution to Employees Pension scheme, 1995
Company pays fixed contribution to Provident Fund at predetermined
rates to a separate trust, which invests the fund in permitted
securities. The contribution to the fund for the period is recognized
as expense and is charged to the profit & loss account. The obligation
of the company is limited to such fixed contribution. However, the
trust is required to pay a minimum rate of interest on contributions to
the members as specified by Government. During the year, the company
has recognized the following amounts in the profit and Loss Account.
(i) Employers'' contribution to Provident Fund Rs. 3.93 crore (previous
year: Rs. 4.42 crore)
(ii) Employers'' contribution to Employees Pension scheme, 1995 Rs. 0.79
crore (Previous year: Rs. 0.78 crore)
(b) Defined benefit plans:
Gratuity:
The Company has a defined benefit gratuity plan, which is regulated as
per the provisions of Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. The scheme is
funded by the company and is managed by a separate trust. The liability
for the same is recognized on the basis of actuarial valuation.
Leave Travel Concession :
The company provides LTC facility to its employees, which is regulated
in accordance with the policy framed in this regard. The liability for
the same is recognized on the basis of actuarial valuation.
Leave Encashment :
The company has a defined benefit leave encashment plan for its
employees. Under this plan, they are entitled to encashment of earned
leaves and medical leaves subject to certain limits and other
conditions specified for the same. The liabilities towards leave
encashment have been provided on the basis of actuarial valuation.
Post Retirement Medical Benefits :
The company has formed a medical trust, which takes care of medical
needs of its employees after their retirement. Their entitlement for
reimbursement of medical expenses is regulated as per the policy in
vogue. The liability for the same is recognized on the basis of
actuarial valuation.
Long-term Medical Liability :
As per the medical policy in vogue, employees are entitled for
reimbursement of medical expenses equivalent to one-month basic pay
plus DA in a calendar year. If in any particular year, the employee
does not spend the full amount, the balance is carried forward to the
subsequent years. The liability for the same is recognized on the basis
of actuarial valuation.
27. Segment Information as per Accounting Standard-17:
(a) Primary Segments:
The company is organized on All-India basis into two major operating
divisions- EXIM and Domestic. The divisions are the basis on which the
company reports its primary segment information. Both EXIM and Domestic
divisions of the company are engaged in handling, transportation &
warehousing activities.
Segment revenue and expenses directly attributable to EXIM and Domestic
segments are allocated to the two segments. Joint revenue and expenses
have been allocated on a reasonable basis. Segment assets include all
operating assets used by a segment and consist principally of
inventories, sundry debtors, cash & bank balances, loans & advances,
other current assets and fixed assets net of provisions. Similarly,
segment liabilities include all operating liabilities and consist
principally of sundry creditors, advance from customers, other
liabilities and provisions. Segment assets and liabilities do not,
however, include provisions for taxes. Joint assets & liabilities have
been allocated to segments on a reasonable basis.
28. The disclosure, in terms of clause 32 of the listing agreement is
as under:
a) Loan to wholly owned subsidiary, M/s Fresh & Healthy Enterprises
Ltd. (FHEL): Rs. 28.14 crore (previous year: Rs. 33.64 crore). Maximum
amount outstanding during the year is Rs. 33.64 crore (previous year: Rs.
38.64 crore).
29. a) Unless otherwise stated, the figures are in rupees crores.
b) Previous year''s figures have been recast/regrouped/rearranged
wherever considered necessary to conform to this year''s classification.
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