As on: May 25, 2025 07:35 PM
Dear Members,
Your Directors hereby present the 52nd Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023.
Financial Results
The Financial Performance of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2023 is summarized herein below:
Material changes affecting the Company
There were no material changes or commitments affecting the financial position of the Company having occurred between the end of the financial year to which the Financial
Statements relate and the date of report, other than the ones already provided or stated in the Financial Statements.
Financial Highlights
The total income of the Company for the year under review is Rs. 132.14 crore. The loss before tax stood at Rs. 2409.21 crore and loss after tax also stood at Rs. 2409.21 crore. On consolidated basis, the total income stands at Rs. 491.96 crore. The consolidated loss before tax stood at Rs. 3113.76 crore and loss after tax stood at Rs. 3103.29 crore.
Segmental Revenues (Consolidated)
On consolidated basis, the Real Estate and related division contributed Rs. 158.28 crore in the coffers of the Company, whereas the contribution from the Property Management business was Rs. 136.90 crore, and Rs. 167.18 crore from the Power Transmission business. Hospitality and other segments contributed Rs. 29.59 crore towards the gross revenue.
Business and Operations
During the year under review, there was no change in the business of your Company.
Operating Environment
The operating environment this year continued to remain challenging. Geopolitical conflict in Europe coupled with the global supply chain disruptions led to an unprecedented inflation in food, energy and commodity prices. Aggressive monetary tightening measures from Central Banks worldwide led to further pressure on emerging economies. The widespread inflation posed major challenges specifically with prices of several commodities inflating to their decadal highs. There was, however, a normalization in economic activities after a couple of years of Covid induced disruptions.
Management Discussion and Analysis Report
The Management Discussion and Analysis (MDA) report for the year under review, as stipulated in regulation 34 and Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as Listing Regulations'), has been enclosed separately, which may be read as an integral part of the Board Report.
Report on Corporate Governance
The Report on Corporate Governance, along with compliance certificate from CS Company Secretary (CP No. 7348), confirming compliance of the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Schedule V of the Listing Regulations, has been enclosed separately, which may be read as an integral part of the Board Report.
Consolidated Financial Statement
The Audited Consolidated Financial Statements of the
Company, its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures provided in the Annual Report have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Ind. AS 110- Consolidated Financial Statements and Ind. AS 28- Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures and Ind. AS 31 -Interests in Joint Ventures.
Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures & Associates
Pursuant to provisions of section 129 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013, a statement containing salient features of Financial Statements of subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates (Form AOC-1) of Unitech Limited is attached to the Financial Statements. The said Statement portrays the performance and financial position of each of Company's subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates. The policy for determining material subsidiaries, as approved, may be accessed at the Company's website http://www.unitechgroup.com/investor-relations/policy-determining-material-subsidiaries.asp.
The names of Companies which have become or ceased to be subsidiaries, joint ventures or associate companies during the year
There has been no change in the subsidiaries, joint ventures or associate companies during the year under review.
Annual Return
As required under section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Annual Return for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 is available on the website of the Company and can be accessed at http://www.unitechgroup.com/investor-relations/regulation-46-annual-return.asp for reference and perusal.
Details of Directors
Members are aware that faced with numerous litigations by a large number of homebuyers and other stakeholders, the Hon'ble Supreme Court directed the Union of India vide its Order dated 18.12.2019 to propose the appointment of an independent Board of Directors for Unitech Limited. In compliance thereto, the Central Government proposed the constitution of a new Board of Directors, which was approved by the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide its Order dated 20.01.2020 passed in Bhupinder Singh Vs. Unitech Limited in Civil Appeal No. 10856/2016. Following from the above, the Hon'ble Supreme Court was pleased to simultaneously direct the supersession of the erstwhile Management with the appointment of a new Board of Directors.
During the year under review, there have been changes in the composition of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Balasubramanyam Sriram, Mr. Niranjan L. Hiranandani and Mr. Anoop Kumar Mittal resigned from the office of Directors with effect from 13.06.2022, 10.08.2022 and 12.08.2022 respectively. Ms. Uma Shankar was appointed as Director on the Board of the Company with effect from 19.10.2022. The composition of the Board of Directors as on 31.03.2023 was as follows:
Further, after the close of the financial year till the signing of this report, no changes have taken place in the composition of the Board of the Company.
Key Managerial Personnel
In compliance of the provisions of section 2(51) and 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, the following Directors and Officials of the Company were designated as the Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) of the Company during the year under review:
Board Meetings
Thirteen (13) meetings of the Board of Directors were held during the year under review. Details of the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which may be read as an integral part of the Board Report.
Annual Evaluation of Directors, Committees and Board
All the Directors have been appointed by the Central Government as its Nominee Directors. The annual evaluation of performance of Directors, Committees and Board has, therefore, not been undertaken.
Opinion of the Board with regard to integrity, expertise and experience of the Independent Directors appointed during the year
Ms. Uma Shankar was appointed as a Director by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its Order dated 19.10.2022, in pursuance to the Order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 13.10.2022. Since all the Directors on the Board of the Company have been appointed by the Central Government with the prior approval of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the said opinion is not required to be provided. All the Directors, including, Ms. Uma Shankar, who was appointed during the FY 2022-23, are well known professionals from diverse fields and have no personal/ pecuniary interest in the Company.
Statement on declaration by Independent Directors
The Directors of the Company have been appointed by Central Government (Ministry of Corporate Affairs), in compliance with the Order of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 20.01.2020 and all the Directors are Nominee Directors.
Policy on Director's Appointment and Remuneration
The Directors of the Company have been appointed by the Central Government with the prior approval of Hon'ble Supreme Court. No remuneration is being paid to the Directors of the Company, except sitting fee for attending the Board/ Committee meetings. The remuneration of Chairman & Managing Director of the Company, as being paid, has been determined by the Central Government in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Hence, there is no formal policy in place in respect of appointment and remuneration of Directors.
Nomination and Remuneration Policy
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy containing criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of Directors, policy relating to remuneration to Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management Personnel of the Company has been disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report, which may be read as an integral part of the Board Report.
Directors' Responsibility Statement
Subject to the Audit qualifications raised by the Statutory Auditors, findings of the investigations by different Investigating Agencies and decisions by different Courts of competent jurisdiction, the Directors confirm in terms of section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, that: (i) While preparing the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2023, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanations relating to material departures;
(ii) The Directors have 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 as on 31st March, 2023 and of the loss of the Company for the year ended on that date; (iii) 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; (iv) The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on an on-going concern basis; (v) The Directors under the new Management will lay down sound internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls would be adequately commensurate with the size of its operation and business; and (vi) The Directors under the new Management will endeavour to devise proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems would be adequate and operationally effective.
Details in respect of frauds reported by Auditors under section 143 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013, other than those which are reportable to the Central Government
To the best of our knowledge and belief and subject to the (i) outcome of the ongoing investigations by various Investigating Agencies pertaining to transactions transacted during the period of erstwhile Management or even otherwise, having cascading impact, (ii) outcome of the cases pending in Courts of competent jurisdiction, and (iii) Audit qualifications, no frauds were reported by the Auditors under section 143(12) of the Companies Act 2013, for the year under review.
Auditor and Auditors' Report
The Members of the Company appointed M/s GSA & Associates, LLP, Chartered Accountants (FRN 000257 N/ N500339), as Statutory Auditors of the Company in the 50th Annual General Meeting, for a period of five years till the conclusion of 55th Annual General Meeting.
Auditors' Report Qualified Observations
Management's Response to Independent Auditor's Report of the Statutory Auditors on the Audited Standalone
Financial Results of Unitech Limited for the Quarter and Financial Year ended 31.03.2023
(ii) For 149 Indian Subsidiary Companies, Statutory Auditors have been appointed so far whereas the due process for settlement of accounts with the existing Statutory Auditors in case of 16 other Subsidiaries is underway. For the remaining 13 Subsidiaries, wherein there is a substantial foreign investment, necessary steps are being taken by the Company in this regard.
(iii) As regards 32 foreign subsidiaries along with Libya Division and 03 foreign JVs, the management has listed down their available details. The Audited Balance Sheets of 04 foreign subsidiaries, 02 foreign JVs, and that of Libya Division are not available with the Company. For rest of the Companies, the last audited available Balance Sheets are those of 31.03.2017 except for two Companies whose available Balance Sheets are those of 31.03.2010 and 31.03.2016. ntities
Moreover, it is pertinent to mention that, as per information available to the new management, the Central Investigating Agencies are believed to be engaged with the issues pertaining to these e
The Company has not assessed loss allowance for expected credit losses on financial assets in accordance with the principles of Indian Accounting Standards AS 109
- Financial Instruments.
In view of non-existence of any expected credit loss policy in the Company, we are unable to express an opinion upon the adjustments, if any, that may be required to the carrying value of these financial assets and its consequential impact on the Standalone Financial Statement.
We had given a disclaimer of opinion on the standalone financial statements for the year ended 31 st March, 2022 in respect of this matter.
Auditors for directly obtaining the evidence from the confirming parties at their level. However,the management would initiate this exercise now keeping the Statutory Auditors in loop for the with respect to outstanding balances as on 31.03.2023.
It would, therefore, be appropriate that the Statutory Auditors take up external confirmations based on random sampling basis since obtaining confirmation from all the parties would be a time- consuming exercise.
(ii) As far as the liability of the Company towards the secured, unsecured or operational creditors is concerned, the same has been covered in Chapter-3 of the Resolution Framework (RF) submitted before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. The RF also contains a provision on the Process of Claim Settlement qua such creditors according to which the Company shall be inviting claims from all such stakeholders but it can be done only after a definitiveview on the RF is taken by the Hon'ble Supreme Court.
Pursuant to the provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rule 9 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 27.04.2023, has appointed CS Kiran Amarpuri, Company Secretary in Practice (CP No. 7348), to conduct the Secretarial
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The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year 2022-23 (Form MR-3) submitted by the Secretarial Auditor is annexed herewith at Annexure-1, which may be read as an integral part of the Board Report.
The response of your Directors to the observations made by the Secretarial Auditor is as follows:
Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments
Particulars of Loans and Guarantees given or Investments made under section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013, are given in the respective Notes to Standalone Financial Statements.
Contracts or arrangements with Related Parties under section 188(1) of the Act
With reference to section 134(3)(h) of the Companies Act, 2013, all Related Party Transactions (RPTs) under section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 and regulation 23 of the Listing Regulations were placed before the Audit Committee and the Board. All contracts/ arrangements/ transactions made by the Company during the relevant year with the Related Parties were in the ordinary course of business and on an arm's length basis.
As detailed in Note No. 46 of Standalone Financials
Statement, the Company has not entered into any transaction with related parties during the year under report, which could be considered material in accordance with the policy of the Company on materiality of Related Party Transactions. In view of the same, giving particulars of contracts or arrangements with the Related Parties in Form AOC-2 is not required for the year under review. The Company has framed a policy on dealing with Related Party Transactions and the same is available at Company's website www.unitechgroup. com. Your Directors draw your attention to Note No. 46 to the Standalone Financial Statement, which sets out the related party disclosures.
The State of the Company's Affairs
1. The Directors of your company had engaged M/s Anarock Consultants Private Limited to carry out the market valuation of unsold inventories of Unitech Group on a representative basis in its various residential projects as on 31.03.2021, with a stipulation that it would revalidate the market value of unsold inventories as of 01.10.2023 also. In compliance of the same, M/s Anarock has revalidated the market value of the unsold inventories as of 01.10.2023 and submitted its final report to the Management.
2. During the year under review, the Management issued a public notice dated 31.08.2022 regarding meetings with the homebuyers of Unitech's Noida Projects. The said meetings were convened to share the thought process of the new Management about the future roadmap planned for Noida Projects and to seek the consent of homebuyers on the Proposed Revised Layout Plans, subject to approval of the Competent Authority, to improvise the planning of Projects with suitable modifications in compliance of (i) Uttar
Pradesh Apartment (Promotion of Construction,
Ownership and Maintenance) Act, 2010, and (ii) UP Real Estate Regulation Act, 2016. Meeting for the Unitech Golf and Country Club, Sector 96-97-98, Noida, was held on 04.09.2022, followed by Unihomes-3 in Sector-113 Noida and Unihomes in Sector-117, Noida, on 06.09.2022 and 08.09.2022, respectively. It may be noted that the number of consents received from the homebuyers fulfilled the requisite 2/3rd requirement as per law. Pursuant thereto, the Revised Layout Plans and Building Plans have been submitted to Noida Authority along with the Consent Forms. Approval of the Noida Authority is still awaited.
3. During the year under review, the Management of your Company has submitted 25 applications for renewal of licenses to the Department of Town and Country Planning, Haryana on 08.07.2022 and deposited the current renewal fees also with respect to the same. The Town & Country Planning Department has already granted renewal of 24 out of 25 Licenses vide its orders dated 07.09.2022. Further, applications have also been submitted for Grant of Occupation Certificates (OCs) in respect of six projects of Unitech in Gurugram, out of which four have duly been granted by the competent authority. Further, applications for release of revised Building Plans were submitted for three projects, which have been sanctioned. Out of the Zoning Plans submitted for three projects, the same have been approved for two projects.
4. During the year under review, on the directions of the Honble Supreme Court vide its order dated 17.08.2022, the Revised Payment Plan along with details regarding the tentative timelines for completion of the residential projects was uploaded on the website of the Company on 19.08.2022. The Homebuyers were requested to give their comments/ suggestions on the Revised Payment Plan to a dedicated e-mail id. Accordingly, 503 e-mails were received on the subject. The suggestions/ observations of 503 homebuyers were compiled along with the management's response thereto and filed before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. As on the date of this report, the said issue is yet to be adjudicated by the
Hon'ble Supreme Court.
5. During the year under review, the matter of sale of Unitech Power Transmission Limited (UPTL) has also been under consideration. The Board of Directors accorded their approval to engage M/s. Ernst & Young (EY) as Transaction Advisers for the divestment of UPTL in the Meeting of the BoD held on 14.02.2023 at a success fee of 1.75% of the Enterprise Value, capping of OPE at Rs. 5 lakhs and with an exclusivity period of 09 months. The matter of divestment of UPTL was put up on the website of Unitech Limited on 06.04.2023 inviting Expressions of Interest (EOI) from interested parties till 19.04.2023. In addition, M/s E&Y had also sent communications to 37 prospective investors. A total of 10 parties submitted their EOIs by the due date. Following from the above, Non-disclosure Agreements
(NDAs) were signed with these 10 parties. Another Notice was uploaded on the Unitech's Website and on the e-Tendering portal on 26.04.2023 inviting non-binding offers from these 10 parties up to 01.05.2023. In response thereto, non-binding offers were received within the fixed timelines only from 04 parties, namely, (a) M/s Jakson Limited (Rs. 65 Crore), (b) M/s JSC OGCC Kazstroyservice (Rs. 25 Crore), (c) M/s Shilpa Steel and Power Limited (Rs. 20 Crore), and (d) M/s Shree Metals (Mujbi) Private Limited (Rs. 10 Crore). The non-binding term-sheets were opened on 02.05.2023. Since the value offered by M/s Jakson Limited was found to be the highest among all the bidders, it was allowed to conduct Due Diligence as per the process note prepared by E&Y in consultation with UPTL to facilitate the highest bidder to submit its Binding Offer on or before 17.06.2023. Eventually, the Binding Term Sheet for an amount of Rs. 65 Crore was received on 17.06.2023, along with a BG of Rs. 1.00 Crore. The highest bidder had subsequently agreed to improve its offer to Rs. 67.00 Crore. The Board has already approved the proposal by Circulation.
6. The Hon'ble Supreme Court, vide its order dated 18.05.2022, appointed Justice (Retd.) A. M. Sapre to be associated with every stage of tendering process and that the same be carried out under his supervision. Based on the ground-work done by PMCs, it was estimated that about 130 Tenders would be required to be floated for completion of all the 74 residential and 12 commercial projects. Since, it was practically not possible to float all the 130 tenders in one go, the Management decided to float these 130 odd tenders in four to five Lots with each Lot comprising about 30-35 tenders. Accordingly, after the approval of the Board of Directors (BoD) and Justice (Retd.) A. M. Sapre in the month of November/ December 2022, a total of 35 Tenders (as Lot-1) were floated on 02.01.2023 on Unitech's e-tendering web portal etenders.unitechgroup.com. After the last date of submission of tenders, it was discovered that no bids were received against 18 tenders (out of 35) whereas both the bids received in case of one tender failed to meet the eligibility criteria and both the bids received in respect of another tender were abnormally high, resulting in the rejection of bids for these 02 tenders. Thus, bids were required to be called afresh in respect of these 20 tenders (18+1+1). Balance 15 tenders, which were found to be technically eligible and financially acceptable, were recommended for Award of Contracts by the PMCs and EIL, which in turn was duly approved by the BoD in April, 2023 and submitted to Justice (Retd.) A.M. Sapre for his approval and onward recommendation to the Hon'ble Supreme Court seeking its permission for Award of Contracts to the successful bidders qua these 15 tenders. Justice (Retd.) A. M. Sapre scrutinized the same and submitted his recommendations to the Hon'ble Supreme Court.
Approval of the Hon'ble Supreme Court for Award of Contracts in respect of these 15 Tenders is awaited. The Letters of Intent (LoIs) would be issued to the Contractors after approval of the Hon'ble Supreme Court is received and works would commence at the respective projects thereafter.
7. In continuation of the Tendering process, 2nd Lot of 31 Tenders were prepared by the PMCs and duly reviewed by the EIL. Thus, a total of 51 Tenders (20 re-tenders of Lot-1 and 31 tenders of Lot-2), duly approved by BoD and Justice (Retd.) A. M. Sapre, were uploaded on Unitech's e-tendering web portal on 08.05.2023 and 09.05.2023. Accordingly, these tenders were uploaded/ floated on the portal. A total of 103 bids were received against 42 Tenders as no bids were received against 09 Tenders. Finally, after technical and financial evaluation and negotiations held with 15 bidders, bids received against a total of 34 Tenders have been finalised, approved by the Board and Justice Sapre. As on date, 15 Tenders of Lot-1 and 34 Tenders of Lot-2, have been recommended by Justice (Retd.) A.M. Sapre for the approval of the Hon'ble Supreme Court.
8. During the year under review, M/s MSTC were engaged as the Auctioneers for handling the auction of various unencumbered land assets of Unitech Group. M/s MSTC has an experience of about 50 years in conducting/ handling auctions of various items including properties belonging to various Government Organizations and has developed a robust e-auction platform for the purpose. Further, the e-auction processes had been approved to be incorporated in the Land Sale Policy and SOP which has been duly approved by the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 17.08.2022. As on the date of this report, M/s MSTC has been supplied with information in order to develop the auction catalogue and it is proposed that the unencumbered properties will be hosted for e-Auction shortly.
9. Document Management System/ Content Management System has been installed and configured in the Company. Data Storage Structure for Documents related to Projects has been created. Project Documents in electronic format are being moved to the DMS.
Amount, if any, proposed to be carried to any Reserves
As the Company is incurring losses since last several years, no amount is proposed to be carried to any reserve during the year under review.
Dividend
As your Company has incurred a net loss during the year under review, your Directors have not recommended any dividend for the year ended 31st March, 2023.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption
Since the Company does not own any manufacturing facility, except Unitech Power Transmission Limited (UPTL), a wholly-owned subsidiary company, the requirement of disclosure of particulars relating to conservation of energy and technology absorption is not applicable.
Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo
The Company is engaged in developing/ constructing residential and commercial properties in India and it used to sell the immovable properties to customers in India and abroad in the past. However, no sale of immovable properties has been carried out after the change of Management. During the year under review the Company has not sold any overseas property. The foreign exchange earnings and outgo of the Company during the year under review were NIL.
Risk Management
Risk Management Policy of the Company is in place and has been updated and approved in the meeting of the Board of Directors held on 13.07.2023. The objective of the policy is to identify and assess the key risk areas, and to mitigate risks, and monitor/ report effectiveness of the processes and controls and advance action, which may need to be taken to mitigate such risks.
Corporate Social Responsibility
The Company has not undertaken any CSR activities during the year under review, since there is loss during the preceding three financial years. The Annual Report on CSR activities is attached herewith at Annexure-2, which may be read as an integral part of the Board Report.
Internal Financial Control for Financial Statements
The Board of Directors have been reviewing the sufficiency of existing internal control systems and assessing the need to bring better financial control measures, which are commensurate with the size of the business of the Company.
Audit and Risk Management Committee
The composition of the Audit and Risk Management Committee is provided in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms an integral part of the Board Report.
Vigil Mechanism
Pursuant to section 177 (9) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rules made thereunder and regulation 22 of the Listing Regulations, the Company has Vigil Mechanism for Directors and Employees to report genuine concerns. The policy has been posted at Company's website i.e. http:// www.unitechgroup.com/investor-relations/whistle-blower-policy.asp During the year under review, the Company has not received any such report in this behalf.
Secretarial Standards
The Company has devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
Deposits
During the year under review, the Company has not accepted any Deposits under the provisions of section 73 and 76 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014. Particulars of Deposits covered under Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013 are as follows:
Particulars of Employees and Related Disclosures
The ratio of remuneration of each Director to the median employees' remuneration and other details in terms of section
197 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is provided as Annexure-3, forming part of this report.
During the year under review, no employee was drawing remuneration of Rs 1.02 crore per annum which is required for inclusion in the statement containing particulars of employees as required under section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
Significant and Material Orders
During the year under review, apart from various Orders passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, there were no significant and material orders tribunals that may impact the going-concern-status' and Company's operation in future.
Details of applications made or any proceedings pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 during the year along with their status as at the end of the financial year
During the year under review, no application was made nor was any proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as per the records available with the Company.
Details of difference between the amount of valuation done at the time of one-time settlement and the valuation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions along with the reasons thereof
The same is not applicable for the year under review.
Cost Accounts and Cost Auditors
The Company is required to make and maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 148 of the Act. The Company has in its Board Meeting held on 13.07.2023 appointed M/s Pant S. & Associates (FRN: 101402) as Cost Auditors of the Company for conducting audit of cost records from FY 2022-23 to 2023-24. The remuneration to be paid to the Cost Auditor for FY 2022-23 & 2023-24 will be ratified in the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Company.
Further, the observations of the Cost Auditor as given in his Cost Audit Reports for the Financial Years from 2017-18 to 2021-22 are given herein below along with the response of the Management on the same
Prevention of Sexual Harassment at work place
The Company has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of the Internal Complaints Committee under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules framed thereunder. During the year under review, no case/ complaints pursuant to the same were reported to the Board.
Acknowledgments
Your Directors wish to place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the co-operation received from the Members, Government authorities, customers and vendors. Your Directors also wish to place on record appreciation for the contribution made by each and every employee of the Company. The Directors are also thankful to all the stakeholders for their continued help, assistance and support.