Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 16th Annual Report of
the company together with the audited Accounts for the financial year
ended March 31, 2011.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE:
(Rs. in million)
Particulars Year ended Year ended
31.03.2011 31.03.2010
Income from sale of power 1404.42 1179.88
Income from trading of goods 29.19 889.13
Other Income 47.25 31.88
1480.86 2100.90
Profit before interest and
depreciation 209.66 173.61
Interest and Finance Charges 91.48 72.42
Depreciation 68.66 73.09
Profit after interest, but
before exceptional items 49.52 28.11
Exceptional Items (net) - 24.50
Profit before Tax 49.52 52.61
Current Tax after Adjustments 9.14 (0.56)
Profit after Tax 40.38 52.05
Profit brought forward from
previous year 157.80 105.75
Profit and Loss A/c Balance
carried forward to Balance Sheet 198.18 157.80
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS:
During the year under review, your Company achieved the gross turnover
of Rs.1480.86 million as against Rs.2100.90 million in the previous
year. The turnover for the current year was lower than the previous
year, since the income from coal trading activity was considered on net
basis during the year, in accordance with AS 24 (Discontinuing
operations). The revenue from the sale of energy for the current year
increased to Rs.1404.42 million from Rs.1179.88 million in the previous
year. The Operating Profit (PBIDT) for the current year was Rs.209.66
million as against Rs.173.61 million for the previous year. The Profit
after Tax was Rs.40.38 million compared to Rs.52.05 million in the
previous year. The company''s 20 MW plant at Bamboo flat, Port Blair
has achieved the Plant Load Factor (PLF) during the year 2010-11 at
81.60% against the benchmark of 68.49% and received the incentive of
Rs.15.60 million from Andaman & Nicobar Administration (A&N
Administration). Comparatively, during the previous year 2009-10, the
PLF was 76.49%, for which an incentive of Rs.9.85 million was received
by the company.
Management Discussion and Analysis report for the year under review, as
stipulated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchange, forms part of the Annual Report. The Board of Directors and
the Management review the progress of the Company from time to time and
guide the Company towards its goals.
DIVIDEND:
With a view to conserve resources for the planned growth of the
organization and also due to inadequacy of profits, your Directors are
unable to recommend any Dividend on the Equity Capital of the Company.
INCREASE IN CAPITAL:
During the year, the Company has increased its Authorised Capital from
Rs.900 million to Rs.1500 million, after obtaining the consent of the
members through postal ballot, to enable the Company to issue Global
Depository Receipts (GDRs), Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs)
etc., up to US$ 100 Million.
Subsequently, your Company has opened the GDR issue for subscription to
the prospective investors on 19.04.2011 and closed the issue on
26.04.2011. The Company has received the subscription of US$ 22,995,000
(Rs. 1,025 million) and issued 3,650,000 GDRs to the investors @ US$
6.30 per GDR. The underlying shares were 20 shares per GDR, which means
73,000,000 new equity shares were issued for the GDRs. Accordingly, the
paid up capital of the Company has gone up to Rs.1496.33 million.The
GDRs were listed in the Euro MTF Market of Luxemburg Stock Exchange on
28th April 2011 and the underlying equity shares were listed on BSE on
19th May 2011.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES:
During the year under review, the performance of the subsidiaries viz.,
Suryachakra Global Enviro Power Limited, South Asian Agro Industries
Limited, M.S.M. Energy Limited and Sri Panchajanya Power Private
Limited, which operate biomass based power plants at Chhattisgarh and
Maharashtra has been severely affected due to non-availability of
quality raw material at reasonable rates. The prices of biomass like
rice husk, cotton stalk etc., have been steeply rising thereby
resulting into high cost of production.
As a long term strategy, the group has proposed to enter into buy-back
agreements with some companies in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, which
will endeavor to continuous supply of Napier grass catering to about
50% of total requirement of the plants. The cost of Napier grass is
much cheaper than other conventional biomass raw material, besides
having higher Gross Calorific Value (GCV). The Napier grass supplying
companies have finalized the land required for taking on lease /
contract farming for energy plantation in Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra.
With this continuous feed supply at competitive price, the subsidiaries
are expected to improve their performance in the forthcoming years.
1) Suryachakra Global Enviro Power Limited:
During the year, the 9.8 MW plant at Madwa village, Champa–Janjgir
District, Chhattisgarh had generated 33.166 million units achieving a
PLF of 38.63%. The generation was low due to the scarcity of quality
biomass fuel. As most of the paddy is grown as single crop, husk was
available for 6 to 7 months of the year. Further, the evacuation line
at 33 KV was connected to grid at about 20 KM from the plant. Because
of the long transmission line, the plant operation was effected due to
line faults during rainy season. The transmission line losses were
approximately 5% of the generation.
During the year under review, the Company had earned an amount of
Rs.28.52 million from 42950 CERS for the period from October 2008 to
December 2009 and Rs.20.99 million from 31604 CERs for the period from
January 2010 to March 2011.
2) South Asian Agro Industries Limited:
During the year, the 9.8 MW plant at Khajuri village, Baloda Bazar,
Raipur District, Chhattisgarh has generated 22.28 million units and
achieved a PLF of 25.96%. The plant faced the problem of fuel shortage
during rainy season as the rice husk is the main biomass fuel which is
available only during milling season lasting for 4 to 5 months in a
year since paddy is grown as a single crop in major cultivation
acreage.
During the year under review, the Company had earned an amount of
Rs.21.16 million from 31861 CERS for the period from January 2009 to
December 2009 and Rs.15.29 million from 23031 CERs for the period from
January 2010 to March 2011.
3) M.S.M. Energy Limited:
The 10 MW biomass based power plant at Parbhani, Maharashtra was
commissioned and synchronized with the grid of MSEDCL on 15th November,
2010. Total generation during the year was 5.23 million units. The
generation was low during the year due to scarcity and high price of
quality biomass fuel. Frequent grid interruptions have also contributed
for low generation.
Another 10 MW plant is under construction at Kholapur Village, Amravati
District, Maharashtra. The plant is expected to commence operations
during the year 2011-12.
4) Sri Panchajanya Power Private Limited:
The 10 MW power plant at Limbala MIDC, Hingoli, Maharashtra was
commissioned and synchronized with the grid of MSEDCL on 5th September,
2010. During the year, the total generation of the plant was 9.94
million units. The generation was low during the year due to scarcity
of quality biomass fuel and high price. Frequent grid interruptions
have also contributed for low generation.
The application for CDM Registration filed with United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) for CERs got
registration on 13th January, 2011 and date of Registration action was
4th April, 2011. Crediting period is 01.04.2011 to 31.03.2018.
Other subsidiaries:
Your company had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Govt. of
Chhattisgarh in February 2008 and subsequently executed the
implementation agreement in May 2010 for setting up of coal based
thermal power plant in the state of Chhattisgarh. The company has
transferred the project under development to Suryachakra Energy
(Chhattisgarh) Private Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of your company
for a consideration of Rs.356.40 million being the carrying value of
the assets in the project during the last quarter of the year.
In January 2011, your company has incorporated a wholly owned
subsidiary viz., Suryachakra Global Venture Limited in Hong Kong to
pursue the activities of investment in coal mine and coal trading etc.
During the year, the Company had purchased 30,000 shares of Suryachakra
Power Venture Private Limited from it promoters to make it a subsidiary
of the Company for the purpose of making the bids for the solar
projects unde JNNSM Scheme. As the bids were not successful, the
Company had sold the above shares and SPVL ceased to be th subsidiary
of the Company.
Consolidated Financial Statements:
The Consolidated Accounts presented by the Company for the year 2010-11
include the financials of its subsidiary companies In accordance with
the General Circular issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt.
of India dated 8th Februar 2011, the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss
Account and other documents of the subsidiary companies are not
attached to th Balance sheet of the Company. The Company will make
available the Annual Accounts of the subsidiary companies to an member
of the Company or its subsidiaries, upon receiving a request for the
same. Further, the annual accounts of th subsidiary companies including
the consolidated annual accounts of the Company will be kept open for
inspection at th Registered Office of the Company and that of the
subsidiaries, during the office hours. A summary of financial
informatio of the subsidiary companies is provided in the Annual Report
of the Company.
FIXED DEPOSITS:
Your Company has neither accepted nor renewed any deposits from the
shareholders / public under Section 58A of th Companies Act, 1956,
during the year under review.
INSURANCE:
The properties of the Company including its buildings, plant and
machinery and stocks have been adequately insured a required.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The Company is in conformity with the Code of Corporate Governance
enunciated in Clause 49 of the Listing Agreemen with Stock Exchanges. A
separate report on Corporate Governance forms part of Annual Report of
the company togethe with a Certificate from the Practicing Company
Secretary confirming the compliance of Corporate Governance. As pe SEBI
requirement, Secretarial audit is being carried out at specific
intervals by a Practicing Company Secretary. Th findings of the audit
have been satisfactory.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act, 1956, the Directors
confirm that:
i] in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed along with prope explanation relating to
material departures;
ii] the directors have selected such accounting policies and applied
them consistently and made judgments and estimate 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 th financial year and of the profit or
loss of the company for that period;
iii] the directors have ensured that proper and sufficient care is
taken in the maintenance of adequate accounting record in accordance
with the provisions of the Companies Act for safeguarding the assets of
the company and for preventin and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
iv] the annual accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.
DIRECTORS:
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and
Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. K Satyanarayana and Mr.
V.S. Murthy, Directors will retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and ar eligible for re-appointment as Directors of the
Company.
During the year, Mr. P.V. Rao has resigned from the Board as Director &
Chairman w.e.f 19th June 2010 due to persona reasons. The Board has
appointed him again as Additional Director and Chairman on 22nd
November 2010 pursuant t Section 260 of the Companies Act, 1956. The
Board has also appointed Mr. K B Trehan as an Additional Director of th
Company on 11th November 2010 pursuant to Section 260 of the Companies
Act, 1956. Mr. T. Venkata Raju has resigned from the Board w.e.f
28.02.2011 due to personal reasons.
ADEQUACY OF INTERNAL CONTROLS:
The Company has a proper and adequate system of internal controls to
ensure that all assets are safeguarded and protecte against loss from
unauthorized use or disposition, and that transactions are authorized,
recorded, and reported correctly The internal control system is
supplemented by an extensive program of internal audits, review by
management an documented policies, guidelines and procedures.
The internal control system is designed to ensure that the financial
and other records are reliable for preparing financial statements and
other data and for maintaining accountability of assets. The Audit
Committee reviews the internal control systems on a regular basis.
STATUTORY AUDITORS:
The Joint Statutory Auditors of the Company viz., M/s Visweswara Rao &
Associates, Chartered Accountants and M/s B S R and Co, Chartered
Accountants will retire at the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
EXPLANATIONS FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS MADE BY THE AUDITORS IN THEIR
REPORT:
Auditors Qualifiction
In their report, the Auditors stated that, pending the final agreement
with the Andaman & Nicobar Administration (A&N Administration) they
were unable to comment on the extent of ultimate recoverability of the
amounts due from the A&N Administration.
There were significant delays in payment of Provident Fund and Income
Tax and repayment of dues.
Scope and coverage of the internal audit system needs to be
strengthened to make it commensurate with the size and nature of its
business.
The revenue from the sale of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) and
sundry debtors balance is overstated by the subsidiaries, pending
necessary approvals for such CERs from regulatory authorities.
(Auditors Report on consolidated accounts).
Board Explanation
Adequate disclosure was made in Note 3 of Schedule 21 (Notes to the
Accounts) in this regard. The Company has taken up the matter with the
Andaman & Nicobar Administration and believes that the amounts billed
including interest thereon are recoverable based on the interpretation
that can be inferred from the formulae contained in the PPA.
After continuous and unstinted efforts, the A & N Administration has
agreed to pay monthly tariff invoices from April 2011 on the
provisional completed cost of the project of Rs. 75.60 crores instead
of the earlier provisional completed cost of Rs. 63.14 crores. The
company is hopeful of getting further increase in this.
The delay was due to the tight liquidity conditions faced by the
Company and steps would be taken by the management to ensure
non-recurrence of such events.
The adequate internal audit team is already in place. However, the team
will be further strengthened suitably.
The subsidiaries viz., Suryachakra Global Enviro Power Ltd., and South
Asian Agro Industries Ltd., have recognized the income from sale of
CERs during the year.The Project Design Documents (PDDs) were prepared
for above 2 projects and received the Host Country Approval. PDDs
havebeen validated by M/s. Det Norske Veritas (DNV), subsequently
monitoring report was done by Ernst & Young and finally verification of
the CERs receivables was completed by Designated Operational Entity
(DOE) i.e., DNV, Bangalore.The Verification Report for issuance of CERs
is submitted to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
Germany (UNFCCC) for its consent through DNV.Final issuance of CERs is
pending with UNFCCC.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION & FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
The statement giving the particulars with respect to Conservation of
Energy, Technology absorption and Foreign Exchange Earnings and
outgoings as required under Section 217(1)(e) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with Companies (Disclosure of Particulars in the Report of
Board of Directors) Rules 1988 is annexed hereto and forms part of the
Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
Information required under Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended:
None of the employees of the Company has drawn salary exceeding
Rs.60.00 Lakhs per annum or Rs.5.00 Lakhs per month during the year in
terms of section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956.
HUMAN RELATIONS:
Your Company''s industrial relations continued to be cordial throughout
the year under review at all the units.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT:
Your Directors gratefully acknowledge the valuable support, guidance
and assistance provided / extended to the Company by various
departments of the Central and State Governments, different statutory
authorities, State Bank of India, its group and SREI Equipment Finance
Pvt. Limited etc.
Your Directors also express their gratitude to the Shareholders of the
company for the confidence reposed in the management. Your Directors
also take this opportunity to offer their sincere thanks to customers,
and other organizations, that have helped the company from time to time
through their continued support and co-operation. Your Directors wish
to place on record their appreciation to the employees of the Company
for their hard work, dedication, commitment and co-operation extended
in achieving the results.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Hyderabad P.V. RAO
Date: 11.07.2011 CHAIRMAN
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