Dear Members,
The Directors are pleased to present your Company''s Forty Fourth Annual
Report together with the audited statement of accounts for the year
ended March 31, 2011.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Rs. Crores)
2010-11 2009-10
Sales (including other income) 2523.83 2081.73
EBITDA 159.06 130.61
interest 18.14 23.44
Depreciation 28.88 18.37
Profit before Tax before exceptional items 112.04 88.80
Loss on sale / diminution in value
of Fertilizer Companies GOI Special Bonds - 4.27
Profit before Tax 112.04 84.53
Provision for Tax 34.50 28.04
Profit after Tax 77.54 56.49
Net Worth 485.10* 429.61*
* includes Revaluation Reserve of Rs. 86.12 Crores and Rs. 88.35 Crores
respectively.
DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors recommended a dividend of Rs. 1.20 per equity
share ofRs. 10/- each.
PERFORMANCE
2010-11 was a yet another year of growth and improved performance, with
your Company registering the highest ever turnover and Profit Before
Tax (PBT). Your Company achieved a record sale of One Million Metric
Tonnes of fertilizers for the second year in a row. Sales (including
other income) of your Company for the year 2010-2011 was Rs. 2523.83
Crores compared to Rs. 2081.73 Crores in the previous year, registering
a growth of 21%. The PBT at Rs. 112.04 Crores was higher compared to
Rs. 84.53 Crores during the previous year, representing an increase of
33%.
PRODUCTION
Urea
Your Company achieved production of the full re-assessed capacity of
3,79,500 MTs.
Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Complex Fertilisers
Your Company achieved production of 2,23,552 MTs of Phosphatic
Fertilizers during the year compared to 2,82,173 MTs in the previous
year. The lower production is on account of erratic and inadequate
supplies of phosphoric acid.
Ammonium Bi-carbonate (ABC)
Your Company achieved full capacity production of 15,330 MTs of ABC.
SALES
During the year, your Company sold 3,79,442 MTs of Urea compared to
3,83,338 MTs in the previous year. Sales of manufactured Phosphatic
Fertilizers was 2,24,938 MTs compared to 2,80,413 MTs in the previous
year. Sales of imported products registered significant growth, with
imported Phosphatics at 2,07,320 MTs compared to 1,74,670 MTs in the
previous year. Sales of Muriate of Potash was 88,052 MTs compared to
57,435 MTs in the previous year.
SULPHONATED NAPHTHALENE FORMALDEHYDE (SNF)
In line with the Company''s growth objective, a state-of-the-art plant
with an annual production capacity of 21,450 MTs of liquid SNF was
commissioned in August 2010. SNF is predominantly used in the
construction chemical industry for manufacture of super plasticizer.
The product samples were sent to leading customers for field trials and
were well accepted. The liquid and powder forms of SNF were released to
the market with the trade names ChemCF NL and ChemCF NP respectively.
During the year, 4400 MTs of liquid SNF were produced.
INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT (INM)
The country is facing a serious problem of deterioration in soil
productivity. Indiscriminate and unbalanced use of N.P.K fertilizers
over the years and inadequate use of other nutrients essential for
plant growth are amongst the main reasons for the loss in soil
productivity.
Improvement in soil productivity and maintenance of the soil fertility
can be achieved by the adoption of an Integrated Nutrient Management
(INM) approach. Having been actively associated with the farming
community for over 3 decades, your Company believes it has a key role
to play in helping the farmers to achieve higher productivity as well
as superior quality of farm produce.
NM encompasses soil health management, water management, plant
nutrition and plant protection. Your Company has been engaged in
imparting extensive and continuous education to farmers and channel
partners on the need to practice INM techniques, so that all the
essential nutrients are made available in time at every stage of crop
growth.
To help the farmer achieve this objective, over the last few years, MCF
has been developing and introducing Plant Nutrition (PN) products that
are required for achieving root and shoot growth, more fowering, higher
fruit and seed setting, improved quality and extended shelf-life of the
produce.
Some of the crop specific PN products developed at the Company''s R&D
unit in Hassan and introduced during the year include Mangala Tur
Special and Mangala GT Booster for Tur, and Ginger & Turmeric crops,
respectively. Mangala Cotton Special and Mangala Chilli Special for
Bt. Cotton and Chilli crops are ready for introduction. These products,
in addition to improving tolerance to crop specific diseases also lead
to better quality and higher productivity. The response from the crop
growers on the effectiveness of these products has been very positive
and there is a growing demand for development of similar products for
other crops.
In order to increase the coverage under its Integrated Nutrient
Management program, your Company introduced two unique concepts viz.
Mangala Mitra and Mangala Saathi. Under Mangala Mitra, opinion leaders
in the villages are identifed and enrolled to educate fellow farmers on
various aspects of crop cultivation. Under the Mangala Saathi, the
key channel partners are identifed and are given special attention for
promoting INM awareness.
All these efforts have led to the Company achieving a turnover of
Rs.100 Crores during the year compared to about Rs. 62 Lakhs achieved
during the year 2002-2003 when the INM concept was frst introduced.
In order to meet the increasing demand for PN products, your Company
has set up a Specialty Fertilizer manufacturing facility at its factory
in Mangalore, to produce Water Soluble Fertilizers and Micronutrient
Mixtures. The plant with an annual capacity of 12,000 MTs was
commissioned in April 2011. Another facility to produce 10,000 MTs per
annum of soil conditioners is under construction and will be
commissioned during the current financial year.
PLANT PROTECTION CHEMICALS
As part of its diversification and growth strategy and in order to offer
a wider range of agri inputs, your Company introduced Plant Protection
(PP) Chemicals in July 2010. As an entry strategy, a collaborative
approach was adopted, with your Company marketing the products of
reputed pesticide companies through its channel partner network.
During the first 9 months of operations, the business registered an
impressive turnover of Rs. 12 crores. In the current financial year
2011-2012, in addition to the above arrangement, your Company also
plans to launch its own brand of PP products for a few select
molecules.
WORKING CAPITAL
During the year, the domestic production of fertilizers and import of
fertilizers were almost at the same level as in the previous year. In
order to meet its working capital needs, your Company also availed of
short term loans from banks that carried lower rate of interest
compared to normal cash credit limits. Settlement of subsidy claims was
also relatively better during the year. All these factors and efficient
working capital management contributed to reduction of interest costs.
FERTILIZER POLICY
Stage -III of the New Pricing Scheme (NPS) for Urea announced by the
Government of India in March 2007 lapsed on March 31, 2010. As the new
policy is yet to be finalized and announced, the existing scheme has
been extended provisionally until further orders.
As per the existing policy, all Naphtha/Furnace Oil/LSHS based units
were to convert to gas by March 31, 2010. However, this time limit is
expected to be extended upto 31.03.2013 by Government of India, for
which an official communication is awaited. A Gas Sale Agreement has
been entered into with Indian Oil Corporation for supply of RLNG from
Kochi Terminal of Petronet LNG Limited and a Gas Transmission Agreement
has been signed with Gail (India) Limited. Based on latest indications,
supply of gas to Mangalore is expected to commence by end 2012. Leading
consultants have been engaged for the basic engineering study for gas
conversion and for the power plant conversion from furnace oil to gas.
Your Company has already placed orders with Wartsila, Finland for
supply of Dual Feed/NG DG sets to be commissioned in two phases in
April 2012 and in April 2013 without affecting the normal production of
Urea.
With effect from April 1, 2010, the government introduced a Nutrient
Based Subsidy (NBS) policy for Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers. In
terms of this policy, each nutrient content in fertilizer, is assigned
a value and the aggregate of these values is considered to arrive at
the concession rates. Under NBS, the government announces the rate of
subsidy in advance for the full year thereby enabling higher import and
sale of fertilizers to meet the market needs.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
MCF International Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
had filed a Scheme, for its amalgamation with the Company, before the
Hon''ble High Court of Karnataka, with the effective date of April 1,
2010. This scheme of amalgamation has been sanctioned by the Hon''ble
High Court on July 8, 2011.
SAFETY, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION CONTROL
Safety and Health
The Company has obtained Occupational Health and Safety Management
System Certification OHSAS 18001 as a part of its commitment to
continual improvement. In addition to the periodic audits carried out
under the integrated management system, a statutory safety audit was
also carried out by cross functional internal auditors. DNV, the
certification agency has recertified your Company''s OHSAS 18001 system,
conforming to the latest 2007 version.
Extensive training programs including rescue operations, usage of
personal protective equipment, emergency management, safe handling of
LPG at home, awareness training on near miss incident reporting, S,H&E
management system, were organized for employees and regular mock drills
were conducted to check the emergency preparedness. In addition, fre
fghting training was conducted periodically to train the employees as
well as contractors'' workman. Your Company received the Second Best
Safe Industry award in the large sector, which was instituted by the
Directorate of Factories and Boilers, Govt. of Karnataka.
Environment & Pollution Control
As an ISO 14001 certifed Company, many environmental management
programs have been implemented. During the year, your Company installed
waste water recovery facility to treat, recycle and reuse the entire
quantity of sewage and process effuents, thereby achieving zero liquid
effuent discharge.
Your Company has also implemented a rain water harvesting system and
sewage treatment plant at its township. The treated sewage water is
used for gardening purpose. Continuing with its green initiative, the
Company planted an additional 5000 saplings in the green belt area in
its factory in Mangalore.
In recognition of these efforts, your Company received the
Environmental protection award for NP/NPK fertilizer plants for the
year 2009-10 instituted by the Fertilizer Association of India.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Your Company undertakes its Social Responsibility obligation in its
true spirit and has always been actively engaged in the up-liftment/
development of the communities in its operating territory. Your Company
has formulated a comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
policy under which Rural Health and Rural Education have been the areas
of specific focus during the year.
In line with this philosophy, your Company formulated two schemes viz.
Project Eye Care intended to prevent/eradicate eye related ailments
in identifed rural areas and Mangala Akshara Mitra intended to
provide basic facilities and infrastructure to rural schools to promote
education and to make schooling a pleasant experience. These schemes
were implemented in rural and remote locations in the Company''s
operating territory for the benefit of the poor and needy.
Under Project Eye Care two free eye camps each were conducted in
collaboration with Justice K S Hegde Charitable Hospital at Sacharipete
in Udupi district and Vogga village in Dakshina Kannada district during
the year. Over 1000 people attended these eye camps of which about 150
were recommended surgery, to be carried out free of cost by the
hospital and about 650 people received free spectacles from your
Company.
A free diabetes detection and cardiac check-up camp was held in
January, 2011 at the staff club of the Company''s colony for the benefit
of poor and needy residing nearby. Over 100 persons benefited by the
camp where ECG and ECHO tests were conducted free of cost.
Under its Mangala Akshara Mitra program, the basic infrastructure
that is required, but is lacking in identifed schools in remote
locations, was provided by your Company. Those include, desks, tables,
chairs, green boards, racks, cupboards, school bags, lunch plates,
water glasses and computers. Ten government primary & higher primary
schools located in the districts of Bellary, Bijapur, Chamaraja Nagara,
Chickkaballapur, Dharwar and Gadag and about 4000 poor students were
the beneficiaries under this project.
In addition to the above, your Company organized various cultural
activities, felicitated young sports persons, sponsored community
development programmes, health awareness camps, sports events, and
provided financial assistance, uniforms, computers and sanitation
facilities to the neighborhood schools. During the year, your Company
conducted several training programs, field demonstrations, crop seminars
and krishi melas and organized rural sports and health camps for
farmers/ channel partners.
Representatives from the public, government and other public
administrative bodies actively supported and participated in all the
programs of the Company.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, ETC.
A report in respect of conservation of energy, technology absorption,
foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required under Section 217(1)
(e) read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of
the Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, is set out as Annexure-1 to this
report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
There were no employees, in respect of whom information in accordance
with sub-section (2A) of Section 217 of the Companies Act, 1956, read
with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, is to be
provided.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company has fully complied with the requirements relating to
Corporate Governance as mandated by the Listing Agreements with the
Stock Exchanges. A detailed report on Corporate Governance is contained
in Annexure-2 to this report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
The Management Discussion and Analysis report is annexed to this report
(Annexure-3).
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY
Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, your
Directors confrm that:
- the applicable accounting standards have been followed in the
preparation of the annual accounts and there are no material
departures.
- the accounting policies are in conformity with those generally
accepted and have consistently been followed and the judgements and
estimates made 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 for the year under review.
- 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.
- the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the
Company''s Articles of Association, Mr. S R Gupte and Mr. N Sunder Rajan
retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
AUDITORS
M/s.K.P.Rao & Company, Chartered Accountants, retire as Statutory
Auditors of the Company at the conclusion of the ensuing forty fourth
annual general meeting, and being eligible offer themselves for
re-appointment.
COST AUDITORS
Mr. PR.Tantri, Cost Auditor has submitted the cost audit report for the
financial year 2010-2011 which has been considered by your Directors.
The Cost Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2010 which
was due for filing on September 30, 2010 was filed with The Ministry of
Corporate Affairs on September 24, 2010.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the
excellent performance of the employees of the Company during the year.
Your Directors also express their gratitude to the bankers, government
agencies, customers, business associates and shareholders for their
co-operation and look forward to their continued support in the future.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
New Delhi Vijay Mallya
August 2, 2011 Chairman
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