The Directors have the pleasure in presenting their 64th Annual Report
on the business and operations of your Company and the audited
Financial Statements of your Company for the year ended 31st March,
2012 :
Financial Results (Rs. in Lacs)
2011-2012 2010-2011
Total Income 13731.54 14354.69
Total Expenditure 13580.35 14037.99
Profit Before Tax 151.19 316.70
Less :
Provision for Current Tax 65.40 80.00
Deferred Tax Charged/(Credit) (15.48) 22.10
Income Tax for Earlier Years 0.99 50.91 13.78 115.88
Profit After Tax 100.28 200.82
Add : Profit Brought Forward 1034.10 878.55
1134.38 1079.37
Less :
Proposed Dividend - 38.95
Corporate Dividend Tax - - 6.32 45.27
Balance Carried to Reserves & Surpls 1134.38 1034.10
DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors of your Company has not recommended payment of
any Dividend for the Financial Year 2011-2012 keeping in view of
downfall in Profit by almost 50% in the year and its continuing trend
also in the current Financial Year 2012-2013 and considering overall
future business prospect of the Company.
OPERATIONAL REVIEW
The Total Revenue during the year was Rs.137.32 Crores as against
Rs.143.55 Crores during the previous year, representing a downfall
during the year by 4.34%, mainly due to Transformer Sales decreased
from Rs.101 Crores approximately in last year to Rs.73 Crores
approximately this year. Mushroom growth and unhealthy competition from
various Transformer Manufacturing Units in unorganized sector is posing
problems to organized sector, like your Company, resulting in very low
selling prices and your Company is not in a position to sell
Transformers at such lower prices.
The Profit Before Tax (PBT) for this year is Rs 1.51 Crores, whereas it
was Rs.3.17 Crores in the last year, representing a downfall of Profit
by almost 52% compared to the last year. Many factors have contributed
towards such disproportionate fall in PBT compared to fall in Revenue,
namely, lower selling prices, so also the margins, continuous abnormal
price hike of major raw materials both in India and abroad ,unexpected
delay in payments by Electricity Boards, etc. As a result of abnormal
delay in payments by the Company''s Customers Trade Receivables have
increased to Rs.87 Crores approximately this year from Rs.69 Crores
approximately last year. To meet the additional Working Capital
requirements and maintain cash flow position of your Company arising
out of delay in payments by Customers ,the Company''s borrowings have
substantially increased. Increase in Finance Costs comprising of
Interest Expenses and other borrowing costs by about Rs.1.60 Crores
this year compared to last year has also largely contributed towards
such fall in PBT this year.
FUTURE OUTLOOK
The Total Revenue of your Company which has been badly hit by shortfall
in Transformer Sales due to lower selling prices have almost been
compensated by increase in Cable and Conductor Sales by about 100% this
year (Rs.57 Crores approximately) compared to last year (Rs.29 Crores
approximately). But here also because of lower selling prices, so also
the margins, shortfall in PBT this year compared to last year could not
be compensated. Yet, to maintain your Company''s Revenue and
Profitability position, effort is being made to achieve higher sales in
this segment by penetrating into new customer base. Your Company''s
effort in this regard has been successful in having Railways as a new
customer and your Company has started supplying Power and Signaling
Cables to them. This may help your Company to achieve further increase
in Cable and Conductor Sales in future.
Increased number of Dry Type Transformers are being manufactured in
your Company''s Dhualgori Factory in expectation of increase in sales of
such Transformers this year. Further expansion of your Company''s
Dhulagori Factory is going on a continuous basis.
Due to continuous failure in repayment of principal amount of loans and
interest thereon by various State Electricity Boards (SEBs) Banks have
stopped giving further loans to them and as a result, these SEBs could
neither pay their outstanding dues to your Company in time nor purchase
your Company''s products fully according to their requirements. On
intervention by the Central Government, the Banks have restructured the
loans of these SEBs with the condition that they should increase their
tariff for supply of Electricity and take necessary steps to stop
theft/pilferage of electricity and have started giving further loan
installments to SEBs and also allowed the SEBs to issue Bonds for
raising funds if they consider necessary. This may improve the position
of your Company in the sense that SEBs will liquidate their dues to the
Company and will start again to place Orders for purchase of your
Company''s products which may help your Company in reducing its Trade
Receivables, which is as high as Rs.87 Crores at the end of the year
compared to Rs 69 Crores of the last year and increase its Turnover.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A separate Report on Corporate Governance in format as prescribed in
the revised Listing Agreements with the Stock Exchanges forms a part of
the Annual Report of your Company and is being attached hereto, along
with the Auditors'' Certificate on its compliance. A Report on
Management Discussion and Analysis is also attached herewith.
PUBLIC DEPOSITS
Your Company has not accepted any Deposit within the meaning of Section
58A of the Companies Act, 1956 and the Rules made thereunder.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
There is no employee whose particulars are to be given pursuant to
Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with the Companies
(Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975, as amended.
ENERGY CONSERVATION, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION & FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS
AND OUTGO
The monitoring and control of consumption of sources of energy like
power, oil etc. continued to be a priority area of your Company. Energy
conservation procedures also form an important part of your Company''s
operational practices.
Your Directors have nothing to report in the matter of Technology
absorption.
Your Company has no export business and Foreign Exchange earnings
during this year. The Foreign Exchange outgo during this year was as
follows :
1. Value of Imports calculated on CIF basis -
Raw Materials Rs. 233.96 lacs
2. Expenditure in Foreign Currency - (Paid or Payable)
Foreign Travelling Rs. 3.61 lacs
Foreign Exchange Fluctuation Rs. 3.67 lacs
Bank Charges Rs. 0.39 lacs
Interest Expense Rs. 0.25 lacs
LISTING
Your Company''s Shares continue to be listed on Calcutta and Bombay
Stock Exchanges. Annual Listing Fees of both Bombay Stock Exchange and
Calcutta Stock Exchange have been paid upto the year
2012-2013.
DIRECTORS
Sri Loon Karan Patawari , Director of the Company will retire by
rotation at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible,
offers himself for re-appointment.
Sri Bachhraj Begwani, Director of the Company will retire by rotation
at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting and, being eligible, offers
himself for re-appointment.
Sri Rajendra Bhutoria was appointed as the Whole-time Director of the
Company for a period of 5 (five) years with effect from 1st April, 2007
mainly to manage and control function of Head Office and Eastern India
operations of the Company under the superintendence control and
direction of the Board of Directors (''the Board'') of the Company. His
appointment and remuneration as Whole-time Director were approved at
the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 28th September, 2007.
His present term as the Whole-time Director of the Company expired on
31st March, 2012.
In view of Sri Rajendra Bhutoria''s performance and capabilities the
Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company at its
Meeting held on 23rd August, 2012 and the Board at its Meetings held on
14th August, 2012 and 25th August, 2012 have re-appointed, subject to
the approval of the Members of the Company in its ensuing Annual
General Meeting. Sri Rajendra Bhutoria as the Whole- time Director of
the Company for a further period of 5(five) years with effect from 1st
April, 2012 mainly to manage and control functions of Head office and
Eastern India operations of the Company under the superintendence,
control and direction of the Board.
His principal terms of service and remuneration on such re-appointment
with effect from 1st April, 2012 has been given in detail in the
Explanatory Statement attached to the Notice convening the ensuing
Annual General Meeting.
The re-appointment and remuneration of Sri Bhutoria as the Company''s
Whole-time Director require the approval of the Members of the Company
in General Meeting by passing a Resolution in terms of Section
II of Part II and Paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule XIII to the Act
read with Section 311 of the Act and the remuneration payable to him
also requires the approval of the Members of the Company in General
Meeting under Section 309 of the Act, which will be sought for in the
forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In accordance with the provisions of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956 (the Act) and based upon representation from the Management
the Board states that :
1. in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable
Accounting Standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to material departures;
2. the Directors have selected such Accounting Policies 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 and of the Profit of
the Company for that period;
3. the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
4. the Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern
basis; and
5. the Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company have furnished the necessary certification to the Board on
these Financial Statements as required under the revised Clause 49 of
the Listing Agreements with the Stock Exchanges where the Equity Shares
of the Company are Listed.
AUDITORS
M/s. A. C. Bhuteria & Co., Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the
Company retire at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and, being
eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. Your Company has
received a letter from them to the effect that their re-appointment, if
made at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, would be within the
limits prescribed under Section 224 (1B) of the Companies Act,1956.
Accordingly, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of your
Company has recommended for their re-appointment for holding office
till the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting with a
remuneration to be fixed by the Committee in consultation with them .
BRANCH AUDITORS
Your Company has Branch Offices and Units at Jaipur-Rajasthan,
Barmer-Rajasthan, Agra-U.P and Dhule- Maharashtra. M/s. N. C. Dhadda &
Co., Chartered Accountants, Jaipur, Rajasthan were appointed the Branch
Auditors of the Company for the Financial Year 2011-2012. They have
informed the Company that their Firm has been dissolved effective from
14th July, 2012 .
Following this, the Board of Directors has appointed in its Meeting
held on 25th July,2012 M/s Jain Shrimal & Co., Chartered Accountants,
Jaipur, Rajasthan (Registration No with ICAI being 001704C ) as Branch
Auditors of the Company to fill the casual vacancy caused due to
dissolution of M/s. N.C.Dhadda & Co, the existing Branch Auditors of
the Company. The Company has obtained a consent-cum-eligibility letter
dated 20th July, 2012 from M/s. Jain Shrimal & Co., in terms of Section
224(1B) and 226(1) of the Companies Act,1956 (the Act). Pursuant to
Section 224(6 )(a) & (b) of the Act, M/s. Jain Shrimal & Co. will hold
office until the conclusion of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting
of the Company.
It is proposed to appoint M/s. Jain Shrimal & Co., Chartered
Accountants, as Branch Auditors for the Jaipur, Barmer, Agra and Dhule
Branch Offices and Units for the Financial Year 2012-2013 at a
remuneration to be fixed by the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors in consultation with them.
APPRECIATION
The Board wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation for the
continued assistance and support extended to your Company by its Banks,
State Electricity Boards, Government and Semi Government Authorities,
Power Utilities and other customers during the year under review.
The Board takes this opportunity to thank all employees for their
dedicated services and cooperation.
Your Directors are also grateful for your continued support and
encouragement.
Registered office : For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
56, Netaji Subhas Road
Kolkata - 700 001 S. S. Jain
Dated : 29th August, 2012 Chairman |