The Members of M/s. Sanghi Industries Limited
The Directors take pleasure in presenting the 24th Annual Report
together with the audited financial statements for the fifteen month
period ended 30th June, 2011.
Financial Results (Rs in crore)
2010-2011 2009-2010
(15 months)
Net Income 908.45 674.51
Profit before Interest, Depreciation
and Taxation 158.02 182.96
Interest 97.64 83.40
Operating Profit 60.37 99.56
Depreciation and Amortisation 107.42 81.28
Profit / (Loss) Before Tax (PBT) (47.05) 18.28
Less : Provision for Tax
a) Current Income Tax - 3.10
b) Fringe Benefit Tax - -
c) Deferred Tax (net) (14.40) (39.66)
d) MAT Credit Entitlement (3.10) (34.20)
Profit / (Loss) After Tax (PAT) (29.55) 89.04
Profit carried to Balance Sheet 442.39 471.93
Management Discussion and Analysis
A report on Management Discussion and Analysis (MDA), which forms part
of this Report, inter-alia deals adequately with the operations as also
current and future outlook of the Company.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement
To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the
information and explanations obtained by them and pursuant to the
provisions of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956 with respect
to the Directors'' Responsibility Statement, your Directors confirm that
:
(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanations
relating to material departures, if any;
(b) the Directors had selected such appropriate accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that were
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 on 30th
June, 2011 and of the loss of the Company for the year under review;
(c) the Directors had taken proper and sufficient 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;
(d) the Directors had prepared the accounts for the fifteen month
period ended 30th June, 2011 on a ''going concern'' basis.
Board of Directors
Shri S. C. Kuchhal, the Chairman of your Board had passed away on 27th
June, 2011 after a long association spanning more than a decade with
the Company. Your Board wishes to place on record its deep appreciation
of his keen interest and valuable contribution made during his tenure
as a Director and Chairman of the Company.
Shri Anand Prakash Sanghi, Shri Sudhir Sanghi and Shri T. M. Jagan
Mohan, Directors retire by rotation.
Shri D. K. Kambale was appointed as an Additional Director of the
Company and holds office up to the date of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and is eligible for appointment as a Director of the Company.
Corporate Governance
The Company has complied with the Corporate Governance Code as
stipulated under the Listing Agreement executed with the Stock
Exchanges. A separate section on the Corporate Governance Practices
followed by the Company together with the certificate from the
Company''s Auditors confirming compliance is set out in the Annexure
forming part of this report.
Particulars of Employees
As required by the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended, the names and other particulars of employees are set out in
the Annexure to the Directors'' Report. However, as per the provisions
of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the said Act, the Annual Report and
Accounts are being sent to all the shareholders of the Company
excluding the said information. Any shareholder interested in obtaining
a copy of this statement may write to the Company Secretary at the
Registered Office of the Company.
Auditors
M/s. Ankit & Company, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad and M/s.
Haribhakti & Company, Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad, the Joint
Statutory Auditors of the Company hold office until the conclusion of
the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The Company has also received
confirmation from them to the effect that their appointment, if made by
the Company for the year 2011-12, would be within the limits prescribed
under Section 224(1-B) of the Companies Act, 1956. Your Board of
Directors commend their appointment as Joint Statutory Auditors of the
Company.
Foreign Exchange Earnings & Outgo
Particulars with regard to Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo are set
out in Note 17E and 17F of Schedule 15 to the Accounts.
Social Responsibilities
Your Company enjoys the distinction of being one of the first cement
companies in India to be awarded SA:8000:2001 i.e. Social
Accountability Certificate for its plant for the last three years.
Social accounting is a process of ongoing monitoring, evaluation and
accountability which helps an organization to measure its performance
against social, environmental and economic objectives and ensures that
its working is in accordance with its values.
This certification is a result of the sincere and untiring efforts put
in by the management for fulfilling its Corporate Social Responsibility
in toto over the last decade for
- Creating green revolution in the desert Kutch region by cultivating
land for growing trees, fruits, vegetables and flowers.
- Providing educational facilities through a CBSE affiliated School.
- Providing hospitals and first aid facilities within few hundred
kilometers.
- Conducting social awareness programmes on various issues
Environment and Pollution Control
Your plant is certified for Environment Management System
ISO:14001:2004. Stringent internal environmental measures are adopted,
adhered to and maintained to run the plant operations in an
Eco-efficient manner.
Some of these measures include :
- Adoption of designing processes and cleaner technologies for
minimizing the adverse environmental impact.
- Optimizing resource efficiency in plant operations to minimize waste
while maximizing treatment of inevitable wastes in an environmentally
compatible manner.
- Optimum utilisation of resources including mineral, chemical, water,
energy and other non-renewable resources.
- Efforts to improve the green cover and for conservation of
bio-diversity and natural environment. Multi-purpose trees including
mango grafts are planted and nurtured for tackling the natural
adversity of the local environment such as scarcity of water, saline
land, falling short of minerals etc.
- Adopting sound emergency preparedness and resources programme.
- Encouraging the recycling of inevitable wastes including from other
industrial units.
- Efficient Surface mining at captive mines and use of fly-ash in
operations for reducing the environmental impact.
- Collection and treatment of entire sewage generated from various
places of the Plant/Colony through Root Zone Technology System (RZTS)
for augmenting the supply of water for gardening, plantation and green
belt development within the premises.
- Environmental Audit is being conducted by Det Norske Veritas (DNV)
(Authorised Independent Management System Auditors) since the last few
years for conforming to and improving the environmental standards
adopted at Plant.
- Efforts to reduce the green house effect on environment are
continuously made by adopting the Clean Development Mechanism Cell
(CDM).
- Company has put in place measures required for rain water harvesting
and has also developed five check dams for conservation of precious
water at its Plant/ Limestone mines.
- The Company has developed environment friendly and safe mining
practices and has received various awards for its mining practices over
the years as follows :
- Noise, Vibration and Aesthetic Beauty for Limestone Mines.
- Overall Best Performance for all Captive Mines.
- Best Safety Practices in Mines.
Conservation of Energy
The MIS Cell & Energy Steering Committee analyses the energy
consumption parameters on daily basis with an intention to reduce the
high and ever rising cost of energy in the manufacturing process, as
well as to reduce its adverse impact on the environment. The Committee
constantly updates itself with the new developments in the field of
energy including use of alternative resources and its viability for the
use in our Plant.
Energy Conservation Measures
Already Implemented :
- Installation of new generation screw compressors by replacing
conventional reciprocating compressors.
- Modification in raw mill operating software, even during mill
operation at low output, energy consumption does not increase
drastically.
- Installation of start-stop interlocks in operating software to
minimize idle running of equipments.
- Optimisation of compressed air consumption and fine tuning of
load/unload set points of compressors.
- Installation of energy efficient street lights in Plant/Colony area.
- Replacement of conventional lamps with energy efficient CFL lamps in
Plant/ Colony area.
- Installation of water spray system in SLC & C-2 top stage cyclones.
- Installation of membrane bags in raw mill bag house.
- Modification done in coal firing PIDs in pyro section.
- Installation of third string of pre-heater in pyro process.
- Installation of VFD in all Cooler fans.
- Replacement of HPSV lamps with energy efficient Metal Halide lamps.
- Arresting false air ingress in kiln, raw mill and coal mill circuit.
- Pyro process optimization.
- Cement mill optimization.
- Voltage optimization.
- Star Delta Star starting arrangement done in less running KWLT
Under Implementation :
- Installation of soft starter in conveyor belts operating motors.
- Installation of need-based distribution system of compressed air.
- Installation of solar tower lights in mines area.
- Installation of water spray system in clinker cooler section.
- Installation of VFD drives in process ID fans.
- Power generation through waste heat recovery system.
- Use of alternate fuel in pyro process.
Technology Absorption, Adaptation and Innovation
Your Company adopts value engineering techniques for enhancing
productivity and cost effectiveness. All efforts are made to explore
the possibility of replacing certain imported parts of machineries with
indigenous parts for reducing the cost and level of inventory
considering the easy availability on time.
Your Company continues to make conscious efforts to evaluate
opportunities for technological innovation, up gradation for improving
level of operations resulting into savings in cost and enhanced
efficiencies.
Industrial Relations
Industrial relations continued to be cordial throughout the year under
review. Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for
the excellent team work with which the workers and officers of the
Company at all levels have contributed individually and collectively to
the performance of the Company.
Acknowledgements
Your Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation for
the excellent assistance and co-operation received from the
Governmental authorities, the consortium of banks and financial
institutions, customers, vendors and investors for their continued
support during the year.
for and on behalf of the Board
Ravi Sanghi
Vice-Chairman & Managing Director
Place : New Delhi
Date : 11th November, 2011 |