The Directors are pleased to present the Seventeenth Annual Report and
the Audited accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March,
2011.
1. FINANCIAL RESULTS
The financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March
2011 is summarized below:
(Rs. in crores)
Particulars Standalone Consolidated
2010-11 2009-10 2010-11 2009-10
Sales and Other Income 3,981.15 2,441.03 4,427.54 2,429.26
Profit before Interest,
Depreciation 1,642.07 1,356.03 1,697.35 1,287.65
& Tax
Interest and Finance Charges 340.98 262.30 432.53 283.70
Depreciation 211.61 124.32 266.80 136.10
Profit before Tax 1089.48 969.41 998.02 867.85
Provision for Tax 203.87 122.74 156.27 122.36
Profit after Tax before
Minority 885.61 846.67 841.75 745.49
interest
Share of Profit / (Loss)
of Minority - - (0.07) -
Profit after Tax 885.61 846.67 841.82 745.49
Add: Profit brought forward
from 1,204.43 1,228.02 869.39 742.82
previous year
Profit available for
appropriation 2,090.04 2,074.69 1,711.21 1,488.31
Debenture Redemption Reserve 181.57 - 181.57 -
Dividend 164.01 123.00 164.01 123.00
Dividend Distribution Tax 26.61 20.43 26.61 20.43
Utilised for Issue of Bonus
Shares - 726.83 - 726.83
Balance Carried to
Balance Sheet 1,717.85 1,204.43 1,339.02 618.05
2. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
Standalone
- The total revenue of the Company for fiscal 2011 stood at Rs. 3,981.15
crores as against Rs. 2,441.03 crores for fiscal 2010 showing an increase
of 63.09%.
- The EBIDTA increased by 21.09% from Rs. 1,356.03 crores in fiscal 2010
to Rs. 1,642.07 crores in fiscal 2011.
- Profit After Tax witnessed a growth of 4.60% from Rs. 846.67 crores in
fiscal 2010 to Rs. 885.61 crores in fiscal 2011.
- The net worth of the Company increased to Rs. 6,025.39 crores at the
end of fiscal 2011 from Rs. 5,366.62 crores at the end of fiscal 2010.
- The debt gearing of the Company was at 0.91 times as at the end of
fiscal 2011 compared to 0.39 times at the end of fiscal 2010.
Consolidated
- The consolidated total revenue of the Company for the fiscal 2011
stood at Rs. 4,427.54 crores as against Rs. 2,429.26 crores for fiscal 2010
showing an increase of 82.26%
- The consolidated EBIDTA increased from Rs. 1,287.65 crores in fiscal
2010 to Rs. 1,697.35 crores in fiscal 2011 showing an increase of 31.82%.
- The consolidated Profit after tax has also increased from Rs. 745.49
crores in fiscal 2010 to Rs. 841.82 crores in fiscal 2011 showing an
increase of 12.92%.
- The consolidated Net Worth of the Company has increased from Rs.
4,780.19 crores at the end of fiscal 2010 to Rs. 5,676.48 crores in fiscal
2011.
- The consolidated debt gearing of the Company is at 1.70 times as at
end of fiscal 2011 compared to 1.65 times in fiscal 2010.
3. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The audited Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements of the
Company, which form part of the Annual Report, have been prepared
pursuant to Clause 41 of the Listing Agreement entered into with the
Stock Exchanges, in accordance with the provisions of the Companies
Act, 1956, the Accounting Standard (AS-21) on Consolidated Financial
Statements, the Accounting Standard (AS-23) on Accounting for
Investments in Associates and Accounting Standard (AS-27) on Financial
Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures.
4. DIVIDEND
Your Directors have recommended Dividend of Rs. 1 per share (10%) on
164,00,54,795 Equity Shares of Face Value of Rs. 10 each for financial
year 2010-11 (Rs. 0.75 per share (7.5%) in previous year), subject to the
approval of the Members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. Together
with the Dividend Distribution Tax, the total outflow on account of
Equity dividend will be Rs. 190.62 crores.
6. AMALGAMATION
The Honble High Court of Bombay vide its Order dated 24th September,
2010 approved the Scheme of Amalgamation of JSW Energy (Ratnagiri)
Limited (JSWERL), the Companys wholly owned subsidiary, with the
Company with effect from the appointed date viz. 1st April, 2010. The
Scheme became effective on 2nd November, 2010. In accordance with the
Scheme, the assets and liabilities of JSWERL were transferred to and
vested with the Company with effect from the appointed date - 1st
April, 2010.
7. SUBSIDIARIES
The details of the Subsidiary Companies are as follows:
a) Raj WestPower Limited (RWPL)
RWPL, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is implementing the
8X135 MW Lignite based Thermal Power Plant in Village Bhadresh, Barmer
District, Rajasthan at a total estimated cost of Rs. 6,085 crores. During
the year, RWPL commenced commercial operation of its Second Unit of 135
MW on 4th October, 2010, thereby increasing the installed capacity to
270 MW. RWPL has achieved Plant Load Factor (PLF) of 53.28% and has
generated 938.45 million units (gross) during the year from this
project. Out of the gross generation, RWPL has sold 794.95 million
units to Rajasthan Distribution Companies (Discoms). The project is
expected to be fully commissioned in fiscal 2012 in phases.
RWPL had executed Implementation Agreement (IA) with the Government of
Rajasthan on 29th May, 2006 for the implementation, operation and
maintenance of Lignite Mining cum Thermal Power Plant with associated
facilities of 8X135 MW Power Plant based on Lignite mined from the
Jalipa and Kapurdi Mines in the Barmer District of Rajasthan. In
accordance with the IA, Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited (BLMCL)
was incorporated on 19th January, 2007 as a Joint Venture Company
between Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Limited (RSMML), a Government
of Rajasthan enterprise & RWPL, with equity participation of 51% and
49% respectively to develop lignite mines in two contiguous blocks viz.
Kapurdi and Jalipa in the district of Barmer for supplying lignite to
the mine-head located 1080 MW (8x135 MW) capacity Thermal Power Plant
of RWPL. BLMCL will meet the entire fuel requirement of the Power
Plant. BLMCL has acquired land and mine development activity has
commenced at Kapurdi block while the land acquisition is being
completed for Jalipa block. The transfer of mining lease of Kapurdi
Mining Block in favour of BLMCL is under process. The lignite mining is
expected to commence in fiscal 2012 for Kapurdi block and in fiscal 2013
for Jalipa block. Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) has been entered between
RWPL and BLMCL on 16th February, 2008 to provide lignite to RWPL by
BLMCL for a period of 30 years. BLMCL has incurred a cost of Rs. 799.27
crores till 31st March, 2011. RWPL has invested equity of Rs. 9.80 crores
besides providing subordinate unsecured debt of Rs. 311.10 crores.
RWPL also plans to expand capacity by setting up another 2X135 MW Power
Plant at the same location for which necessary regulatory consents are
awaited. The cost of this Project was estimated at Rs. 1,350 crores and
was proposed to be fnanced with a Debt to Equity ratio of 75:25. RWPL
has incurred a cost of Rs. 61.25 crores towards the expansion project and
the entire amount has been fnanced out of the investment by your
Company in RWPL.
RWPL has incurred Rs. 5,088.07 crores for the project (excluding
investment in BLMCL & towards expansion project) as on 31st March,
2011. Your Company has invested Rs. 2,148.73 crores in RWPL (including
equity for expansion project & BLMCL) till 31st March, 2011.
RWPL and BLMCL have fled petition with Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory
Commission for grant of provisional tariff and transfer price of
lignite respectively which will enable the units to operate on the
pit-head based Power Plant.
b) JSW Power Trading Company Limited (JSWPTC)
JSWPTC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, is engaged in power
trading activities with a category I license, the highest Power
Trading license issued by Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to
trade in power in India.
During financial year 2010-11, JSWPTC has procured power from the
Company and its associates as well as other suppliers. It has traded
6,227.10 MUs as against 3,774.94 MUs during the previous financial year
and generated total sales turnover of Rs. 3,095 crores with Profit after
Tax of Rs. 10.17 crores. JSWPTC is a member in both the Power Exchanges
namely, IEX-India Energy Exchange and PXIL-Power Exchange of India
Limited. With the already commissioned Terminals of these Power
Exchanges, it has traded 381.28 MUs in financial year 2010-11.
JSWPTC has, through its efforts over a period of time, emerged as one
of the leading Power Trading Companies and is today amongst the top six
power trading Companies in India, by volume. It has been one of the
active members of the prestigious Northern Regional Power Committee
which is at the forefront of discussing and resolving issues with key
regulatory authorities, both at the Central and State level (CEA, CERC,
Ministry of Power, etc.) on behalf of the industry players.
c) Jaigad PowerTransco Limited (JPTL)
Your Company entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Maharashtra
State Electricity Transmission Company Limited [(MSETCL) (74% held by
your Company and 26% held by MSETCL)] for development of Transmission
System as part of Intra-state transmission system aimed at evacuation
of power generated from the Ratnagiri region.
JPTL is one of the few private players to have entered into
transmission system under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) model
and your Company has demonstrated exceptional capabilities in terms of
executing amidst diffcult and challenging environmental terrain.
The Transmission System is being developed by JPTL consisting of 400kV
Double Circuit Quad Transmission Lines of about 55 km between Jaigad -
New Koyna and of about 111 km between Jaigad to Karad and is being
developed at a project cost of Rs. 576 crores. JPTL was granted
Transmission License for 25 years from Maharashtra Electricity
Regulatory Commission (MERC).
Jaigad-New Koyna transmission line achieved Commercial Operation Date
(COD) on 7th July, 2010. This Transmission Line segment is presently
evacuating the power generated from power station at Ratnagiri. The
second segment of the Transmission Project, 400kV Double Circuit Quad
Jaigad –
Karad Transmission Line is under advanced stage of construction and is
expected to be ready in the frst quarter of financial year 2011-12.
JPTL has incurred Rs. 491 crores on the Project till 31st March, 2011.
Your Company has invested Rs. 106.90 crores as Equity contribution
(including share application money) till 31st March 2011.
d) JSW Energy (Raigarh) Limited (JERL)
JERL, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was incorporated on
31st August, 2009 for setting up a 1,320 MW power plant at Raigarh,
Raipur District, Chhattisgarh based on coal. Total land required for
the Project is approximately 795 acres and acquisition process is in
progress. Public Hearing was successfully done on 7th August, 2010 and
fnal clearance from Ministry of Environment and Forests is awaited. The
total Project Cost is estimated at Rs. 6,500 crores and is proposed to be
fnanced with a debt equity ratio of 75:25. Your Company has invested Rs.
54.04 crores as Equity contribution (including share application money)
till 31st March, 2011.
e) JSW Energy (Bengal) Limited (JSWEBL)
JSWEBL was incorporated on 8th February, 2010 as a SPV between JSW
Bengal Steel Limited (JSWBSL) and your Company with 26% of share
holding held by JSWBSL and 74% by your Company. JSWEBL proposes to set
up a 300 MW power plant in the 1st phase and 1,320 MW captive power
plant in the subsequent phases to meet the power requirement of
JSWBSLs projects as a Captive Power Plant (CPP). A part of the surplus
power is proposed to be sold to West Bengal State Electricity and
Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) for which JSWEBL has entered in
to a Power Purchase Agreement with WBSEDCL on 29th December, 2010
subject to the approval of West Bengal Electricity Regulatory
Commission and balance power is proposed to be sold on merchant basis.
JSWEBL has entered into long-term Coal Supply Agreement in March 2010
with West Bengal Mineral Development Corporation Limited (WBMDCL) for
supply of coal from the Ichhapur coal block.
Your Company has invested Rs. 56.49 crores as Equity contribution
(including share application money) till 31st March, 2011.
f) JSW Green Energy Limited (JSWGEL)
JSWGEL was incorporated on 12th January, 2011 as a wholly owned
subsidiary Company for taking up the business pertaining to Renewable
Energy.
Your Company has invested Rs. 0.05 crores as Equity contribution till
31st March, 2011.
OVERSEAS SUBSIDIARIES
g) PT Param Utama Jaya (PTPUJ)
The Company had acquired controlling interest in financial year 2007 in
PTPUJ, an Indonesian Company. The Company is actively evaluating the
opportunities to acquire Coal mining assets in Indonesia besides
rendering services.
h) JSW Energy Minerals Mauritius Limited (JSWEMML)
JSWEMML was incorporated on 19th April, 2010 in Mauritius as wholly
owned subsidiary of your Company for achieving the
objective of overseas acquisition of coal assets. It has made
downstream equity investment of Rs. 26.79 Crores in JSW Energy Natural
Resources Mauritius Limited (JSWENRML) and advance of Rs. 124 crores as
loan as on 31st March, 2011 for acquiring and developing Coal mining
assets in South Africa.
Your Company has made equity investment of Rs. 35.55 crores in JSWEMML
and advance of Rs. 115.20 crores as loan as on 31st March, 2011.
i) JSW Energy Natural Resources Mauritius Limited (JSWENRML)
JSWENRML was incorporated on 19th April, 2010 in Mauritius as a wholly
owned subsidiary of JSWEMML for achieving the objective of overseas
acquisition of coal assets. It has made downstream investment of Rs.
26.61 crores in equity of JSW Energy Natural Resources South Africa
(PTY) Limited (JSWENRSAL) and advanced Rs. 124.08 crores as loan as on
31st March, 2011.
j) JSW Energy Natural Resources South Africa (PTY) Limited (JSWENRSAL)
JSWENRML has acquired 100% shareholding of JSWENRSAL, a South African
Company amounting to Rs. 26.61 crores. JSWENRSAL has invested an amount
of Rs. 21.91 crores in Equity of Royal Bafokeng Capital (Proprietary)
Limited (RBC) and has given an advance of Rs. 10.45 crores to RBC.
Further JSWENRSAL has invested an amount of Rs. 26.99 crores in Equity of
South African Coal Mining Holdings Limited (SACMH) and advanced Rs. 45.73
crores as loan as on 31st March, 2011 and balance amount advanced to
SACM Breyton (PTY) Limited, subsidiary of SACMH.
k) JSW Energy Natural Resources (BVI) Limited (JSWENRBL)
JSWENRBL was incorporated on 3rd December, 2010 in British Virgin
Islands as a wholly owned subsidiary of your Company for achieving the
objective of overseas acquisition of coal assets.
8. EXEMPTION U/S 212 FOR SUBSIDIARIES
The Company has availed the exemption from attaching a copy of the
Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account, Directors Report and Auditors
Report of the subsidiary Companies and other documents required to be
attached under Section 212(1) of the Companies Act, 1956, to the
Balance Sheet of the Company. The said exemption is available vide
circular issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs dated 8th February,
2011.
Accordingly, the said documents are not being attached with the Balance
Sheet of the Company. A gist of the financial performance of the
subsidiary Companies is contained in the report. The Annual Accounts of
the subsidiary Companies are open for inspection by any member/investor
at the Companys Registered Offce and at the Corporate Offce and the
Company will make available these documents and the related detailed
information upon request by any investor of the Company or any investor
of its subsidiary Companies who may be interested in obtaining the
same.
9. NEW PROJECTS, INITIATIVES AND JOINT VENTURES
Kuther Hydro Project
Your Company is implementing the 240MW (3X80 MW), run of the river
Hydro Electric Project (HEP) on the upper reaches of river Ravi in the
district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. An Implementation Agreement (IA)
is signed with Himachal Pradesh Government on 4th March, 2011.
Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has granted consent for the project
on 31st August, 2010 and has approved the estimated project cost at Rs.
1,798.13 crores. The Company intends to fnance the Project with a Debt
Equity ratio of 75:25.
In terms of IA, the Company will be required to sell certain quantum of
power to the Government of Himachal Pradesh with the balance power
being available for sale by way of short-term power purchase agreements
through JSWPTC.
The Project is progressing well and your Company has invested Rs. 119.42
crores into the Project upto 31st March, 2011.
660 MW Power Plant at Vijayanagar
Your Company proposes to expand the capacity at Vijayanagar by setting
up one unit of 660MW based on super critical technology. Steps have
been initiated to obtain necessary consents to set up and operate the
Power Plant. Total project cost is estimated at Rs. 3,630 crores and is
proposed to be fnanced with a debt equity ratio of 75:25.
3200 MW Power Plant at Ratnagiri
Your Company is also considering the development of the 4 X 800 (3200)
MW super-critical coal-based power plant at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The
Environment Clearance for this project is pending on account of the
review being undertaken by Western Ghat Expert Ecology Panel
constituted by Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Your Company has acquired certain portion of the land and also proposes
to acquire/lease further land for this project as may be required /
necessary. The estimated project cost is approximately Rs. 15,000 crores.
Your Company has invested Rs. 61 crores on this project as on 31st March,
2011.
1620 MW - Coal based Thermal Power Plant at Jharkhand
Your Company has plans to develop a 1,620 MW Power Plant near Baranda,
Jharkhand. The Company is still in the process of fnalizing the
location for the Power Plant and initiating steps to secure the fuel
linkage for the proposed power project.
Toshiba JSW Turbine & Generator Private Limited (Toshiba JSW)
Toshiba JSW has been incorporated with a shareholding of 75% by Toshiba
Corporation Limited, Japan, 20% by your Company and 5% by JSW Steel
Limited to design, manufacture, marketing and maintenance services of
large sized Supercritical Steam Turbines & Generators of size 500 MW to
1000 MW. Technology transfer agreement was signed between Toshiba
Corporation, Japan and Toshiba JSW for transferring supercritical
turbine manufacturing technology.
The land development, civil work, engineering and procurement of
equipment have been completed and Toshiba JSW has achieved 86 %
progress on construction of manufacturing facility on land leased from
Government of Tamil Nadu near Ennore Port, Chennai. The Blade shop is
ready and trial manufacturing of blades have commenced. The
manufacturing of complete Steam Turbine Generator is expected to
commence from July
2012. The JV with Toshiba is expected to provide the Company with
advantage while enhancing its generation capacity in terms of being its
preferred client.
MJSJ Coal Limited (MJSJ)
In terms of the Joint Venture Agreement to develop Utkal-A and Gopal
Prasad (West) Thermal coal block in Orissa, your Company has
participated in the 11% equity of MJSJ, Orissa along with four other
partners. The Government of India has decided to allot 1,522 acres of
Gopal Prasad west area to MJSJ. Mahanadi Coalfelds Limited, a Public
sector Company holds 60% of the equity. Land acquisition is currently
under progress. Your Company has invested Rs. 4.41 crores in MJSJ for 11%
stake as on 31st March, 2011.
Power Exchange of India Limited (PXIL)
Your Company has acquired 3.64% stake by investing Rs. 1.25 crores in
PXIL which provides the platform for trading in electricity. PXIL is
promoted by National Stock Exchange of India Limited and National
Commodities & Derivatives Exchange Limited.
CIC Energy Corp (CIC)
Your Company has entered into a binding Agreement with CIC, a Company
incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and listed on the Toronto
and Botswana Stock Exchanges and having Coal reserves of 2.7 billion
tons in Botswana, to acquire all of the shares of CIC at a price of CAD
7.42 per share, amounting to a total consideration of approximately CAD
422 million. The acquisition is to be effected by a subsidiary of the
Company which is subject to regulatory approvals and completion of
confrmatory due diligence while CIC has to comply with certain
conditions precedent to the offer.
Acquisition of South African Coal Mining Holdings Limited (SACMH)
Your Company through JSWENRSAL has acquired 49.80% shareholding of
Royal Bafokeng Capital (Proprietary) Limited (RBC), a majority
shareholder of SACMH with 58.47% shareholding.
JSWENRSAL has acquired an additional 30.37% stake in SACMH under the
open offer for acquiring the shares of SACMH. Thus, your Company now
has an aggregate holding of 59.49% in SACMH as on 31st March, 2011.
10. CREDIT RATING
CARE has assigned CARE AA- (Double AA minus) rating to the long-term
bank facilities of your Company, aggregating to Rs. 1,386.01 crores. Non
Convertible Debentures of your Company aggregating to Rs. 1,200 crores
and Rs. 2,400 crores also have rating CARE AA- (Double AA minus). The
rating assigned to the short- term bank facilities of your Company,
aggregating to Rs. 1,151 crores is PR 1+ (PR One Plus). The rating
assigned to the Non Convertible Debentures of your Company aggregating
to Rs. 100 crores is PR 1+ (PR One Plus).
11. FIXED DEPOSITS
Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits from the public and is
therefore not required to furnish information in respect of outstanding
deposits under Non-Banking Financial Companies (Reserve Bank)
Directions, 1966 and Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975.
12. AWARDS
Your Company was awarded the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards
2010 under the Power Industry vertical.
13. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1. Composition
The Board comprises of Eight Directors, of which four are Independent
Directors with one of them being nominee Director.
2. Retirement by Rotation
In accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act, 1956 and
Article 129 of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. S. S.
Rao and Mr. Chandan Bhattacharya, retire by rotation and being
eligible, offer themselves for reappointment.
3. Changes in the Composition of Directors
- Mr. Lalit Kumar Gupta was appointed as an Additional Director and as
a Whole-time Director designated as Joint Managing Director & Chief
Executive Offcer w.e.f. 1st June, 2010.
- With effect from 1st June, 2010, Mr. S.S. Rao ceased to be Joint
Managing Director and Chief Executive Offcer but continues as a
Whole-time Director. Your Company has appointed Mr. S. S. Rao afresh as
Whole-time Director w.e.f 1st July, 2010 for a period of 5 years.
- Mr. J.K. Tandon resigned as Director with effect from 1st June, 2010.
The Board placed on record its appreciation for the valuable
contribution made by Mr. J.K. Tandon during his tenure with the
Company.
4. Board Meetings
The Board met ten times during the year.
14. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company has complied with the requirements of Corporate Governance
as stipulated under Clause 49 of the Equity Listing Agreement of Stock
Exchange and accordingly, the Report on Corporate Governance forms part
of the Annual Report.
The requisite Certificate from the Auditors of the Company, M/s. LODHA
& CO., regarding compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance
as stipulated in Clause 49 is annexed to this Report as also the
Management Discussion and Analysis which is given as Annexure to this
report.
15. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956 with respect to Directors Responsibility Statement, it is
hereby confrmed:
1. That in preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures;
2. That the Directors had selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgements 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 and of the
Profit of the Company for the year under review;
3. That the Directors had taken proper and suffcient care 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;
4. That the Directors had prepared the annual accounts for the year
under review, on a going concern basis.
16. AUDITORS
M/s. LODHA & CO., Chartered Accountants, the Auditors of the Company,
retire at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offer
themselves for reappointment.
17. ENERGY CONSERVATION
a) Measures taken for conservation of energy:
i) Optimised the Instrument air compressor operation for all units.
ii) Stopped ash water booster pump, Chlorination booster pump and side
stream filter back wash pump by providing bypass.
iii) ACW pump casing grid blasting and glide coating done.
iv) Optimize the ESP ash conveying cycles to ensure dense phase
operation.
v) Energy saver for lighting installed at different locations.
b) Additional investments and proposals, if any, being implemented for
reduction of consumption of energy:
Installing mechanical seals for DM water pumps to reduce friction loss
& water leakage.
c) Impact of the measures at (a) and (b) above for reduction of energy
consumption and consequent impact on the cost of production of goods:
The energy conservation measures have reduced energy consumption by
468KWh.
d) Total energy consumption and energy consumption per unit of
production as per Form A in Respect of industries specifed in the
Schedule thereto: Not Applicable.
e) Your Company follows the ash utilisation norms stipulated in
environmental clearances issued by the respective State Pollution
Control Board / Ministry of Environment and Forests.
18. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND INNOVATION
a) The form for disclosure of particulars with respect to Technology
Absorption in Form B is attached as Annexure A to this report.
b) The Company has carried out 41 numbers of logic/structural
modifications in plants located at Toranagallu, which has resulted in
enhanced plant performance and has achieved remarkable PLF of 95.93%.
20. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 (Act) read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules,
1975, as amended, the names and other particulars of the employees are
set out in the Annexure to the Directors Report.
However, having regard to the provisions of Section 219(1)(b) (iv) of
the said Act, the Annual Report excluding the aforesaid information is
being sent to all the members of the Company and others entitled
thereto. Any member interested in obtaining such particulars may write
to the Company Secretary at the Registered Offce / Corporate Offce of
the Company.
21. SEARCH AND SEIZURE OPERATIONS BY INCOME-TAX AUTHORITIES
The Income-Tax Authorities carried out a search and seizure operations
at certain locations of the Company and some of its Subsidiary
Companies in March 2011. The Company co-operated with the authorities
and various statements were recorded during the course of these
operations. The Company informed the stock exchanges about the search
and seizure operations by the Income-Tax Authorities.
The Company has not received any communication from the Income-Tax
Authorities till date regarding documents seized during the search
proceedings having any potential financial or tax implications on the
Company. No notice has been received from the Income-Tax authorities
till date. The Income-Tax Authorities are yet to conclude the search
and seizure proceedings on the Company.
22. GROUP COMING WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF GROUP AS DEFINED IN THE
MONOPOLIES AND RESTRICTIVE TRADE PRACTICES ACT, 1969 (MRTP)
Persons constituting group as defned under the MRTP for the purpose
of Regulation 3(1)(e)(i) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
(Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997, as
amended from time to time, include, those given in Annexure B which
is attached herewith and forms part of this Annual Report.
23. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Your Directors would like to express their appreciation for the
co-operation and assistance received from the Government authorities,
the financial institutions, banks, vendors, customers, debenture holders
and shareholders during the year under review. Your Directors also
wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the
committed services by all the employees of the Company.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Mumbai Sajjan Jindal
Date: 28th April, 2011 Chairman & Managing Director
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