The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Twenty Sixth Annual
Report and the Audited Financial Statements, for the year ended March
31, 2011.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The highlights of financial results of the Company for the year under
review are given below:
(Rs. in Mn.)
For the year
ended For the year
ended
March 31, 2011 March 31, 2010
Income from operations 8291.28 6859.70
Less : Excise Duty 658.82 450.67
Other Income 56.40 118.31
Total Income 7688.86 6,527.34
Profit before interest,
depreciation and tax 580.32 703.08
Interest 20.46 15.10
Depreciation 160.52 117.77
Tax 106.08 108.81
Profit after tax 293.26 461.40
Amount brought forward from previous year 802.24 427.14
Balance available for appropriation 1095.50 888.54
Amount transferred to General Reserve 29.33 46.14
Proposed Dividend (including Corporate
Dividend Tax) 40.02 40.16
Surplus carried to Balance Sheet 1026.15 802.24
DIVIDEND
Your Directors recommend a dividend of Rs. 1.50 per Equity Share for
the year ended March 31, 2011. This is subject to the approval of the
Members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Your Directors confirm that:
(i) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed ;
(ii) such accounting policies have been selected and applied them
consistently and 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 at the end of the financial year ended March 31, 2011 and
of the profit of the Company for that year ;
(iii) proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for
preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
(iv) annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
REPORT OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Report on Corporate Governance under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
is attached to this Report.
PARTICULARS AS PER SECTION 217 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956
A statement showing particulars of employees under Section 217(2A) of
the Companies Act, 1956, read with Companies (Particulars of Employees)
Rules, 1975 is not required to attach with this Report since no
employee has drawn remuneration above the limit prescribed in Rules.
Information pursuant to Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with Rule 2 of the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the
Report of the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, relating to Conservation
of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earning and outgo
is given as Annexure-I to this report.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors thank all Customers, Suppliers, Investors, Bankers -
State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Standard Chartered Bank and other
stakeholders of the Company for their co-operation and continued
support during the year. We look forward to their continued support in
the future also.
We wish to place on record our sincere appreciation for the excellent
work put in by the employees of the Company at all levels.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place : Ahmedabad Motoo Morimoto Anil Shah
Date :May 23, 2011 Managing Director Executive Director
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