Mar 31, 2025
Your Directors take pleasure in presenting the 57th Annual Report together with the Audited Statement Of
Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2025.
(? in lakhs) (? in lakhs)
|
Freight & Services |
4099.99 |
3824.17 |
|
Net Earnings |
207.92 |
267.06 |
|
Less : Provision for Taxation |
61.29 |
40.77 |
|
Surplus from Operations |
146.63 |
226.29 |
|
Gains from Extra Ordinary Items (net of taxes) |
- |
135.82 |
|
Net Surplus |
146.63 |
362.11 |
|
Other Comprehensive Income |
(1.51) |
(0.97) |
|
Total Comprehensive Income |
145.12 |
361.14 |
In order to plough back profits, the Directors do not recommend any dividend for the year ended 31st March,
2025.
Pursuant to the requirement clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, your
Directors confirm that:
i) the applicable accounting standards have been followed and wherever required, proper explanations
relating to material departures have been given.
ii) 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.
iii) proper and sufficient care has been taken 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 Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
v) the directors have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such
internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
vi) the directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable
laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Appointments and Re-Appointments
Sri Jagpal Singh (DIN:06964314) was re-appointed as Independent director for a second term of 5 years from
28th May 2024 to 27th May 2029.Sri Dinesh Arya (DIN:00168213) and Smt. Minu Tulsian (DIN:07208466) were
appointed as Independent Director for a term 5 years from 27th June 2024 to 26th June 2029.
Sri Sushil Kumar Todi (DIN:00309839) retires from the board by rotation at conclusion of the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and being eligible offer himself for re-appointment.
Necessary resolutions seeking approval of the members for the proposed re-appointment have been
incorporated in the Notice of the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
The Independent Directors of the Company have declared that they meet the criteria of Independence in terms
of Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements),
Regulations 2015 as amended and that there is no change in their status of Independence.
There has been no further appointment/reappointment of any Key Managerial Personnel during the year
under review.
The Remuneration policy of the Company comprising the appointment and remuneration of the Directors, Key
Managerial Personnel and Senior Executives of the Company including criteria for determining qualifications,
positive attributes, independence of a Director and other related matters has been provided in the Corporate
Governance Report which is annexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and applicable regulation of SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements),Regulations 2015, Independent Directors at their meeting without the participation
of the Non-independent Directors and Management, considered/evaluated the Boards'' performance,
Performance of the Chairman and other Non-independent Directors.
The Board subsequently evaluated its own performance, the working of its Committees (Audit, Nomination and
Remuneration and Stakeholders Relationship Committee) and Independent Directors (without participation of
the relevant Director).
The criteria for performance evaluation have been detailed in the Corporate Governance Report, which is
annexed to this Report as Annexure -A.
The compliance with provisions of Corporate Governance are non-mandatory for your company as per
Regulation 15 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations,2015.The Board remains
committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate Governance and has implemented several good
practices as prevalent in the industry. Corporate Governance Report and Management Analysis and Discussion
Report pursuant to Revised Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges in accordance with SEBI Listing
Regulations, are provided in separate annexure to this report as Annexure - A and B respectively.
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements. During
the year, such controls were tested and no reportable material weaknesses in the design or operations were
observed.
Your Company laid down procedures to inform Board members about risk assessment and minimization and
has implemented the Risk Management plan and continuously monitors it.
Details of Risk Management by the Company have been provided in the Management Discussion and Analysis
Report which is annexed to this Report as Annexure - B.
The Company also has constituted a Risk Management Committee (Non-Mandatory) which ensures that the
Company has an appropriate and effective Enterprise Risk Management system with appropriate policies and
processes which carries out risk assessment and ensures that risk mitigation plans are in place by validating the
same at regular intervals.
A Risk Management status report is provided to the Audit Committee for its information on a regular basis.
M/s. Patanjali & Co., Chartered Accountants (FRN:308163E) were appointed as Statutory Auditors of your
Company at the Annual General Meeting held on 4th August, 2022, for a term of five consecutive years. The
Statutory Auditors have confirmed their eligibility and submitted the certificate in writing that they are not
disqualified to hold the office of the Statutory Auditors.
The report given by the Statutory Auditors on the financial statements of the Company forms part of the Annual
Report. There is no qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer given by the statutory auditors in
their report.
Sri Debasish Mukherjee, Practising Company Secretary was appointed to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the
Company for the financial year 2024-25, as required under Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules
thereunder. The Secretarial Audit Report for FY 2024-25 is annexed herewith as Annexure C to this Report. The
Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
The Board has re-appointed Sri Debasish Mukherjee, Practising Company Secretary, as Secretarial Auditor of the
Company for the financial year 2025-26.
The Audit Committee comprised of Independent Directors namely Sri Dipak Dey (Chairman), Sri Jagpal Singh
and Sri Beni Gopal Daga as other members till 26th June, 2024. W.e.f. 27th June, 2024 the committee was
reconstituted with Sri Jagpal Singh (Chairman), Sri Dinesh Arya and Smt. Minu Tulsian as other members.All the
recommendations made by the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board.
The Vigil Mechanism of the Company also incorporates a whistle blower policy in terms of the Listing
Agreement. Protected disclosures can be made by a whistle blower through e-mail, or telephone line or letter
to the Whistle and Ethics Officer or to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Policy on vigil mechanism and
whistle blower policy may be accessed on the Company''s website link
http://www.coastalroadways.com/investors/vigil-mechanism.pdf
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading with a view to regulate trading
in securities by the Directors and designated employees of the Company. The Code requires pre-clearance for
dealing in the Company''s shares and prohibits the purchase or sale of Company shares by the Directors and the
designated employees while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the
Company and during the period when the Trading Window is closed. The Board is responsible for
implementation of the Code. All Directors and the designated employees have confirmed compliance with the
Code.
Five meetings of the board of Directors were held during the year. For further details, please refer the Report
on Corporate Governance annexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo
as required to be disclosed under the Companies Act, 2013, are provided in Annexure - D to this Report.
In accordance with the Companies Act, 2013, the annual return in the prescribed format is available on the
website of the Company at http://www.coastalroadways.com/investors/annual-return-2025.pdf
The company has not given any loans or guarantees covered under the provisions of section 186 of the
Companies Act, 2013. The details of the investments made by company are given in the notes to the financial
statements.
All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on arm''s length basis and
were in the ordinary course of the business. There are no materially significant related party transactions made
by the company with Promoters, Key Managerial Personnel or other designated persons which may have
potential conflict with interest of the company at large.
There has been no such change during the year under review.
During the year, the Company voluntarily delisted its equity shares from the Calcutta Stock Exchange
Limited(CSE) pursuant to applicable SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations.The Company continues to
remain listed on BSE Limited(BSE), which has nationwide trading terminals.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies
Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules,
2014 ,as amended are annexed herewith as Annexure - E to this report.
Details pertaining to remuneration as required under section 197(12) of the companies Act, 2013 read with rule
5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rule, 2014.
a. There were no employees employed throughout the financial year and who were in receipt of
remuneration for the year in aggregate of not more than ? 1,02,00,000/-.
b. There were no employees employed for a part of the financial year and who were in receipt of
remuneration at a rate in aggregate of not more than ? 8,50,000/- per month.
c. There were no employees employed throughout the financial year or part thereof, who were in receipt
of remuneration in the year which, in the aggregate or at a rate which in the aggregate were in excess
of that drawn by the Managing Director or Whole-time-director and holds by himself or along with his
spouse and dependent children, not more than 2% of the equity shares of the Company.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration of top 10 employees as required under section 197(12) of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Rules 5(2) & 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, as amended are annexed herewith as Annexure - F to this report. Further,
the report and the accounts are being sent to the members excluding the aforesaid annexure. In terms of
Section 136 of the Act, the said annexure is open for inspection at the Corporate Office of the Company during
business hours on working days of the Company upto the date of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. Any
member interested in obtaining a copy of the same may write to the Company Secretary and the same will be
provided free of cost to the member.
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were
no transactions on these items during the year under review:
1. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.
2. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.
3. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the company under any scheme.
4. The company does not have any subsidiary.
5. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the
going concern status and Company''s operations in future.
6. The provisions relating to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under Section 135 of the Companies Act,
2013 are not applicable to the Company during the year under review.
7. The Auditors of the Company have not reported any instances of fraud committed in the Company by
its officers or employees as specified under section 143(12) of the Act, details of which needs to be
mentioned in this Report.
8. There are no applications made or any proceeding pending against the Company under Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016) during the financial year.
9. Details of difference between amount of the 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
There are no instances of one-time settlement during the financial year under review.
The Company has followed applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to ''Meetings of the
Board of Directors'' and ''General Meetings'' respectively.
Your Directors also state that during the year under review, there were no complaints pursuant to Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Your Directors further state that there have been no material changes and commitments affecting the financial
position of the company between the end of the financial year under review and the date of this report.
The Board wishes to place on record its gratitude for the assistance and co-operation received from Banks,
Government, Authorities, Customers, Vendors and finally to all its members for the trust and confidence
reposed in the Company. The Board further wishes to record its sincere appreciation for the significant
contributions made by employees at all levels for their competence, dedication and contribution towards the
operations of the Company.
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Place: Kolkata (K. K. Todi)
Date: The 28th day of May, 2025 Chairman, Managing Director & CEO
DIN 00112633
Mar 31, 2024
Your Directors take pleasure in presenting the 56th Annual Report together with the Audited Statement Of
Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2024.
(? in lakhs) (? in lakhs)
|
Freight & Services |
3824.17 |
38 98.74 |
|
Net Earnings |
108.94 |
67.98 |
|
Less : Provision for Taxation |
18.78 |
11.59 |
|
Surplus from Operations |
90.16 |
56.40 |
|
Gains from Extra Ordinary Items (net of taxes) |
135.82 |
438.58 |
|
Net Surplus |
225.98 |
494.98 |
|
Other Comprehensive Income |
(0.97) |
(1.93) |
|
Balance brought forward from previous year |
568.28 |
75.23 |
|
Balance carried forward to next year |
793.29 |
568.28 |
|
Appropriations: |
||
|
Transfer to General Reserve |
-- |
-- |
|
Balance carried forward to next year |
793.29 |
568.28 |
|
793.29 |
568.28 |
|
In order to plough back profits, the Directors express their inability to recommend any dividend for the year
ended 31st March, 2024.
Pursuant to the requirement clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, your
Directors confirm that:
i) the applicable accounting standards have been followed and wherever required, proper explanations
relating to material departures have been given.
ii) 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 or loss of the Company for
that period.
iii) proper and sufficient care has been taken 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 Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
v) the directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such
internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
vi) the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable
laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Appointments and Re-Appointments
Sri Udit Todi retires from the board by rotation at conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible offer himself for re-appointment.
Sri Jagpal Singh was appointed as Independent Director on 28th May, 2019 for a term of five years ending on
27th May, 2024. In view of the same, the Board of Directors have basis the recommendation of Nomination and
Remuneration Committee, proposed to re-appoint Sri Jagpal Singh as an Independent Director of the Company
for a second term of 5 years from 28th May 2024 to 27th May 2029. A resolution proposing his reappointment
for second term pursuant to Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 forms part of the Notice of Annual General
Meeting.
During the year, the Board of Directors appointed Sri Dinesh Arya and Smt. Minu Tulsian as Additional Directors
with effect from 27th June, 2024, to hold office upto the date of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Being eligible, Sri Dinesh Arya and Smt. Minu Tulsian have offered themselves to be appointed as the
Independent Director(s) of your company.
The second term of Sri Beni Gopal Daga and Sri Dipak Dey as Independent Directors of the Company will come
to an end on 4th August 2024. The Board places on records its sincere appreciation for their contribution during
their tenure of office.
Necessary resolutions seeking approval of the members for the proposed appointments and re-appointments
have been incorporated in the Notice of the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
The Independent Directors of the Company have declared that they meet the criteria of Independence in terms
of Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements),
Regulations 2015 as amended and that there is no change in their status of Independence.
There has been no further appointment/reappointment of any Key Managerial Personnel during the year
under review.
The Remuneration policy of the Company comprising the appointment and remuneration of the Directors, Key
Managerial Personnel and Senior Executives of the Company including criteria for determining qualifications,
positive attributes, independence of a Director and other related matters has been provided in the Corporate
Governance Report which is annexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and applicable regulation of SEBI (Listing Obligations and
Disclosure Requirements),Regulations 2015, Independent Directors at their meeting without the participation
of the Non-independent Directors and Management, considered/evaluated the Boards'' performance,
Performance of the Chairman and other Non-independent Directors.
The Board subsequently evaluated its own performance, the working of its Committees (Audit, Nomination and
Remuneration and Stakeholders Relationship Committee) and Independent Directors (without participation of
the relevant Director).
The criteria for performance evaluation have been detailed in the Corporate Governance Report, which is
annexed to this Report as Annexure -A.
The compliance with provisions of Corporate Governance are non-mandatory for your company as per
Regulation 15 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations,2015.The Board remains
committed to maintain the highest standards of Corporate Governance and has implemented several good
practices as prevalent in the industry. Corporate Governance Report and Management Analysis and Discussion
Report pursuant to Revised Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges in accordance with SEBI (Listing Obligations
and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015 are provided in separate annexure to this report as Annexure -
A and B respectively.
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements. During
the year, such controls were tested and no reportable material weaknesses in the design or operations were
observed.
Your Company laid down procedures to inform Board members about risk assessment and minimization and
has implemented the Risk Management plan and continuously monitors it.
Details of Risk Management by the Company have been provided in the Management Discussion and Analysis
Report which is annexed to this Report as Annexure - B.
The Company also has constituted a Risk Management Committee (Non-Mandatory) which ensures that the
Company has an appropriate and effective Enterprise Risk Management system with appropriate policies and
processes which carries out risk assessment and ensures that risk mitigation plans are in place by validating the
same at regular intervals.
A Risk Management status report is provided to the Audit Committee for its information on a regular basis.
AUDITORS AND AUDITOR''S REPORT:
M/s. Patanjali & Co., Chartered Accountants were appointed as Statutory Auditors of your Company at the
Annual General Meeting held on 4th August, 2022, for a term of five consecutive years. The Statutory Auditors
have confirmed their eligibility and submitted the certificate in writing that they are not disqualified to hold the
office of the Statutory Auditors.
The report given by the Statutory Auditors on the financial statements of the Company forms part of the Annual
Report. There is no qualification, reservation, adverse remark or disclaimer given by the statutory auditors in
their report.
Sri Debasish Mukherjee, Practising Company Secretary was appointed to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the
Company for the financial year 2023-24, as required under Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules
thereunder. The Secretarial Audit Report for FY 2023-24 is annexed herewith as Annexure C to this Report. The
Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
The Board has re-appointed Sri Debasish Mukherjee, Practising Company Secretary, as Secretarial Auditor of the
Company for the financial year 2024-25.
The Audit Committee comprised of Independent Directors namely Sri Dipak Dey (Chairman), Sri Jagpal Singh
and Sri Beni Gopal Daga as other members. All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were
accepted by the Board. In view of the upcoming cessation of term of two independent directors Sri Dipak Dey &
Sri Beni Gopal Daga, the board in its meeting held on 27th June 2024 included Sri Dinesh Arya & Smt. Minu
Tulsian in the committee and Sri Jagpal Singh has been nominated as Chairman of the Committee.
The Vigil Mechanism of the Company also incorporates a whistle blower policy in terms of the Listing
Agreement. Protected disclosures can be made by a whistle blower through e-mail, or telephone line or letter
to the Whistle and Ethics Officer or to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The Policy on vigil mechanism and
whistle blower policy may be accessed on the Company''s website link
http://www.coastalroadways.com/investors/vigil-mechanism.pdf.
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading with a view to regulate trading
in securities by the Directors and designated employees of the Company. The Code requires pre-clearance for
dealing in the Company''s shares and prohibits the purchase or sale of Company shares by the Directors and the
designated employees while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the
Company and during the period when the Trading Window is closed. The Board is responsible for
implementation of the Code. All Directors and the designated employees have confirmed compliance with the
Code.
Four meetings of the board of Directors were held during the year. For further details, please refer the Report
on Corporate Governance annexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo
as required to be disclosed under the Companies Act, 2013, are provided in Annexure - D to this Report.
In accordance with the Companies Act, 2013, the annual return in the prescribed format is available at
http://www.coastalroadwavs.com/investors/annual-return-2024.pdf
The company has not given any loans or guarantees covered under the provisions of section 186 of the
Companies Act, 2013. The details of the investments made by company are given in the notes to the financial
statements.
All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on arm''s length basis and
were in the ordinary course of the business. There are no materially significant related party transactions made
by the company with Promoters, Key Managerial Personnel or other designated persons which may have
potential conflict with interest of the company at large.
There has been no such change during the year under review.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies
Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules,
2014 ,as amended are annexed herewith as Annexure - E to this report.
Details pertaining to remuneration as required under section 197(12) of the companies Act, 2013 read with rule
5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rule, 2014.
a. There were no employees employed throughout the financial year and who were in receipt of
remuneration for the year in aggregate of not more than ? 1, 02, 00,000.
b. There were no employees employed for a part of the financial year and who were in receipt of
remuneration at a rate in aggregate of not more than ? 8, 50,000/- per month.
c. There were no employees employed throughout the financial year or part thereof, who were in receipt
of remuneration in the year which, in the aggregate or at a rate which in the aggregate were in excess
of that drawn by the Managing Director or Whole-time-director and holds by himself or along with his
spouse and dependent children, not more than 2% of the equity shares of the Company.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration of top 10 employees as required under section 197(12) of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Rules 5(2) & 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, as amended are annexed herewith as Annexure - F to this report. Further,
the report and the accounts are being sent to the members excluding the aforesaid annexure. In terms of
Section 136 of the Act, the said annexure is open for inspection at the Corporate Office of the Company during
business hours on working days of the Company upto the date of the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. Any
member interested in obtaining a copy of the same may write to the Company Secretary and the same will be
provided free of cost to the member.
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were
no transactions on these items during the year under review:
1. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.
2. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.
3. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the company under any scheme.
4. The company does not have any subsidiary.
5. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals which impact the
going concern status and Company''s operations in future.
The Company has followed applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to ''Meetings of the
Board of Directors'' and ''General Meetings'' respectively.
Your Directors also state that during the year under review, there were no complaints pursuant to Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Your Directors further state that there have been no material changes and commitments affecting the financial
position of the company between the end of the financial year under review and the date of this report.
The Board wishes to place on record its gratitude for the assistance and co-operation received from Banks,
Government, Authorities, Customers, Vendors and finally to all its members for the trust and confidence
reposed in the Company. The Board further wishes to record its sincere appreciation for the significant
contributions made by employees at all levels for their competence, dedication and contribution towards the
operations of the Company.
Place: Kolkata (K. K. Todi)
Date: The 27th day of June, 2024 Chairman, Managing Director & CEO
DIN 00112633
Mar 31, 2015
Dear Members,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting the 47th Annual Report
together with the Audited statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st
March, 2015.
OPERATING RESULTS : 2014-15 2013-14
(Rs. in lacs) (Rs. in lacs)
Freight Earnings 6183.78 5871.01
Net Earnings 54.29 (453.39)
Less : Provision for Taxation 9.86 (51.53)
Surplus from Operations 44.43 (401.86)
Gains from Extra Ordinary Items  192.31
(net of taxes)
Net Surplus 44.43 (209.55)
Prior Period Adjustments (7.06) (0.89)
Balance brought forward (193.45) 16.99
from previous year
Balance carried forward to (156.08) (193.45)
next year
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve  Â
Balance carried forward to (156.08) (193.45)
next year
(156.08) (193.45)
PERFORMANCE :
During the year under review, your Company witnessed a modest recovery
in the Indian economy, enabling the road transport industry to signal
an uptrend after two years of down cycle. However the continued
slowdown in mining and agricultural sector translated into contraction
in goods movement across the country which resulted into weakening of
freight rates.
Fuel prices remained highly volatile, there was an average increase of
about 6% in the first half of the year followed by a steep declining
trend of about 21% in just four and a half months till mid-Feb 2015.
While the contractual realisations got reduced, the cost of outsourced
vehicles did not decrease proportionately due to several factors
including increase in other input costs and subdued demand. However due
to constant efforts of the management in ensuring effective rotation of
the owned fleet, the business volumes have increased by over 5% to
Rs.6184lacs in the current year from Rs.5871 lacs in the previous year
which coupled with the steep decline in operations costs have resulted
into Profit Before Tax of Rs.54 lacs as against huge losses of Rs.453
lacs incurred in the previous financial year.
The introduction of GST will bring in new challenges for the road
transportation companies for which your Directors are constantly trying
to strengthen your company''s fleet network and its outreach. The
setting up of proposed warehousing and logistic projects will become
viable once the new regime is implemented. The recent uptrends in the
e-commerce supply chain services are also being explored as avenues for
future growth options for your company.
DIVIDEND:
In view of the low profitability and in order to plough back profits
for covering losses in the preceding financial year and support the
ongoing expansion program, the Directors express their inability to
recommend any dividend for the year ended 31st March, 2015.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS:
The company''s performance during the year reflects the constant focus
of the management, which led to savings in both direct and indirect
costs. Borrowings from institutional lenders for fleet acquisition were
serviced with commitment. The Networth of your company has been
recorded at Rs.1287lacs as against Rs.1272lacs in the previous
financial year.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the requirement clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section
134 of the Companies Act, 2013, your Directors confirm that:
i) the applicable accounting standards have been followed and wherever
required, proper explanations relating to material departures have been
given.
ii) 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 or
loss of the Company for that period.
iii) proper and sufficient care has been taken 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 Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
v) the directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be
followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are
adequate and were operating effectively.
vi) the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with
the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were
adequate and operating effectively.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:
Appointments and Re-Appointments
Sri Kanhaiya Kumar Todi & Sri Udit Todi retire from the board by
rotation at conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible offer themselves for re-appointment. Smt. ShikhaTodi was
appointed as Additional Director (Non Executive and Non Independent) on
the Board with effect from March 30, 2015 and will hold office till the
date of ensuing Annual General Meeting. We seek your confirmation for
her appointment as Non Executive Non Independent Director, liable to
retire by rotation.
Declaration from Independent Directors
The Independent Directors of the Company have declared that they meet
the criteria of Independence in terms of Section 149(6) of the
Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Agreement and that there is no
change in their status of Independence.
Appointment of Key Managerial Personnel
At the Board Meeting held on May 22, 2014, Sri Kanhaiya Kumar Todi,
Chairman, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and Sri Udit
Todi, Whole Time Director and Chief Financial Officer were designated
as "Key Managerial Personnel" of the Company pursuant to Sections 2(51)
and 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Appointment
and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. Further at the
board meeting held on March 30, 2015, Ms.Sneha Jain, ACS was appointed
as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer and also designated as "Key
Managerial Personnel" of the Company.
Remuneration & Selection Policies
The Remuneration policy of the Company comprising the appointment and
remuneration of the Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior
Executives of the Company including criteria for determining
qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a Director and
other related matters has been provided in the Corporate Governance
Report which is annexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
Board Evaluation
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Clause 49 of
the Listing Agreement, Independent Directors at their meeting without
the participation of the Non-independent Directors and Management,
considered/ evaluated the Boards'' performance, Performance of the
Chairman and other Non-independent Directors.
The Board subsequently evaluated its own performance, the working of
its Committees (Audit, Nomination and Remuneration and Stakeholders
Relationship Committee) and Independent Directors (without
participation of the relevant Director).
The criteria for performance evaluation have been detailed in the
Corporate Governance Report, which is annexed to this Report as
Annexure -A.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The compliance with provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement
with Stock Exchanges are non-mandatory for your company for the time
being as per SEBI''s circular no CIR/CFD/POLICY CELL/2/2014 dated 1 st
October 2014.The Board remains committed to maintain the highest
standards of Corporate Governance and has implemented several good
practices as prevalent in the industry. Corporate Governance Report and
Management Analysis and Discussion Report pursuant to Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges are provided in separate
annexures to this report as Annexure - A and B respectively.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS:
The Company has in place adequate internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements. During the year, such controls were
tested and no reportable material weaknesses in the design or
operations were observed.
RISK MANAGEMENT:
Your Company laid down procedures to inform Board members about risk
assessment and minimization and has implemented the Risk Management
plan and continuously monitors it.
Details of Risk Management by the Company have been provided in the
Management Discussion and Analysis Report which is annexed to this
Report as Annexure - B.
The Company also has constituted a Risk Management Committee
(Non-Mandatory) which ensures that the Company has an appropriate and
effective Enterprise Risk Management system with appropriate policies
and processes which carries out risk assessment and ensures that risk
mitigation plans are in place by validating the same at regular
intervals.
A Risk Management status report is provided to the Audit Committee for
its information on a regular basis.
AUDITORS AND AUDITORS'' REPORT:
Statutory Auditors:
At the Annual General Meeting held on August 5th 2014, M/s. Agarwal
Maheswari & Co, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as statutory
auditors of the Company to hold office till the conclusion of the
Annual General Meeting to be held in the calendar year 2017. In terms
of the first proviso to Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013, the
appointment of the auditors shall be placed for ratification at every
Annual General Meeting. Accordingly, the appointment of M/s. Agarwal
Maheswari & Co, Chartered Accountants, as statutory auditors of the
Company, is placed for rectification by the shareholders. In this
regard, the Company has received a certificate from the auditors to the
effect that if they are reappointed, it would be in accordance with the
provisions of Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Notes on financial statements referred to in the Auditors'' Report
are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments. The
observation of Auditors with respect to non-provision of gratuity has
been explained in details in Note 23 on financial statements.
Secretarial Auditor:
Sri Debasish Mukhopadhyay, Practicing Company Secretary, was appointed
to conduct the secretarial audit of the Company for the financial year
2014-15, as required under Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and
Rules thereunder. The secretarial audit report for FY 2014-15 is annexed
herewith as Annexure C to this Report. The Secretarial Audit Report does
not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
The Board has appointed Sri Debasish Mukhopadhyay, Practicing Company
Secretary, as Secretarial auditor of the Company for the financial year
2015-16.
DISCLOSURES:
Audit Committee:
The Audit Committee comprises of Independent Directors namely Sri Dipak
Dey (Chairman), Sri Om Prakash Kanoria and Sri Beni Gopal Daga as other
members. All the recommendations made by the Audit Committee were
accepted by the Board.
Vigil Mechanism:
The Vigil Mechanism of the Company also incorporates a whistle blower
policy in terms of the Listing Agreement. Protected disclosures can be
made by a whistle blower through an e-mail, or telephone line or a
letter to the Whistle and Ethics Officer or to the Chairman of the
Audit Committee. The Policy on vigil mechanism and whistle blower
policy may be accessed on the Company''s website.
Meetings of the Board:
Five meetings of the board of Directors were held during the year. For
further details, please refer the Report on Corporate Governance
annexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange
earnings and Outgo:
The particulars relating to conservation of energy, technology
absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo as required to be
disclosed under the Companies Act, 2013, are provided in Annexure - D
to this Report.
Extract of Annual Return:
Extract of Annual Return of the Company is annexed herewith as Annexure
- E to this report.
Particulars of Loans, Guarantee and Investments:
The company has not given any loans or guarantees covered under the
provisions of section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013. The details of
the investments made by company are given in the notes to the financial
statements.
Particulars of Contracts or arrangements with related parties referred
to in sub-section (1) of section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013:
All related party transactions that were entered into during the
financial year were on arm''s length basis and were inthe ordinary
course of the business. There are no materially significant related
party transactions made by the company with Promoters, Key Managerial
Personnel or other designated persons which may have potential conflict
with interest of the company at large.
The names of the Company which have become or ceased to be its
subsidiary, joint ventures or associate company during the year:
The proposed logistic hub on NH-6 near Kolkata has been abandoned due
to litigation issues in the land offered by one of the proposed joint
venture partner Todi Services Ltd and the entire contribution received
from the said company for setting up of the joint venture has been
returned to them during the year.
Particulars of Employees and Related Disclosures:
There are no employees drawing remuneration in excess of limits set out
in Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rules 5(2) &
5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) Rules, 2014.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required
under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1)
the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014 are annexed herewith as Annexure - F to this report.
GENERAL:
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in
respect of the following items as there were no transactions on the
these items during the year under review:
1. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.
2. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend,
voting or otherwise.
3. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the
company under any scheme.
4. The company does not have any subsidiary.
5. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or
Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company''s
operations in future.
Your Directors also state that during the year under review, there were
no complaints pursuant to Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Your Directors further state that there have been no material changes
and commitments affecting the financial position of the company between
the end of the financial year under review and the date of this report.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
The Board wishes to place on record their appreciation towards the
contributions made by all employees of the company and their gratitude
to the Company''s valued customers, bankers, vendors, and shareholders
who have reposed trust and extended their constant support to the
company.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: Kolkata (K. K. Todi)
Date : the 27th day of May, 2015 Chairman & Managing Director
Mar 31, 2014
Dear Members,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting the 46th Annual Report
together with the Audited statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st
March, 2014.
OPERATING RESULTS :
2013-14 2012-13
(? in Lacs) (? in Lacs)
Freight Earnings 5871.01 8284.79
Net Earnings (453.39) 21.84
Less: Provision for Taxation (51.53) 4.89
Surplus from Operations (401.86) 16.95
Gains from extraordinary items
(net of taxes) 192.31 -
Net Surplus 209.55 16.95
Prior Period Adjustments (0.89) 0.41
Balance brought forward from previous year 16.99 14.63
(193.45) 31.99
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve - 15.00
Proposed Dividend & Tax thereon -
Balance carried forward to next year (193.45) 16.99
(193.45) 31.99
PERFORMANCE :
The Indian economy performed poorly in the last fiscal. Faced with
economic turbulence abroad and an unsupportive policy environment at
home, industrial activity slowed steadily through the year, critical
infrastructure projects stalled and private corporate investments lost
much of their dynamism. Food prices shot up, keeping inflation and
interest rates high through most of the year, while rural incomes lost
momentum. Consumer demand, as a result, slowed sharply, impacting
business performance and profitability across the board. The year saw
steep currency depreciation in an environment where industrial activity
remained in contraction mode, consumer demand continued to weaken,
while lackluster capital goods production pointed to stalled investment
demand.
The continued weak industrial demand coupled with supply of excess
vehicles from underperforming sectors especially mining had grossly
distorted equilibrium of demand and supply of vehicles leading to heavy
undeployment and resultant decline in freight rates also pulled down
realizations very steeply. Due to high inflation environment all input
costs witnessed steep increases, HSD prices increased over 14%, third
party insurance premiums recorded new highs, introduction of new toll
booths and manifold increase in existing ones, collectively pushed the
cost of operations. Socio-political disturbances in several states
especially Andhra Pradesh, Lower parts of Assam and terrifying
conditions of NH-34 connecting to North East, shut down of several
bridges in Bihar resulted into vehicles getting stranded for days
thereby reducing the turn arounds and fleet utilization. The collective
impact was a unprecedented fall in turnover which was recorded at ?
5871 lacs as against ? 8285 lacs in the previous fiscal and the net
losses during the year under review amounted to ? 210 Lacs as compared
to the net surplus of ? 17 Lacs in the previous year.
Your Company is relentlessly putting all its efforts to reduce the cost
and improve the operating margins and is optimistic about the future
considering the past track record of your company and the anticipated
political stability. With the new Union Government having thrust on
infrastructure development it is likely that the logistic sector will
revive very soon and your company certainly envisages opportunities of
diversification into Warehousing, Logistic hubs and 3PL services which
will open new avenues for changed and improved transportation service
system in the time to come and will enhance ''the company''s earning
abilities on long term basis.
DIVIDEND :
In view of the current losses, the Directors express their inability to
recommend any dividend for the year ended 31st March, 2014.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS :
The year witnessed a remarkable slow down in realization cycles.
Borrowings from institutional lenders for fleet acquisition were
serviced with commitment. The Networth of your company has been
recorded at ?1272 lacs as against ?1482 lacs in the previous financial
year.
DEPOSIT :
No Public Deposits were invited or accepted during the year under
report.
AUDITORS :
M/s. Agarwal Maheswari & Co., Chartered Accountants, retires at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
AUDITORS REPORT :
The report of the Auditors is self-explanatory and does not call for
any further comments from the Directors.
INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER THE COMPANIES (DISCLOSURE OF PARTICULARS IN
THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS) RULE 1988
A. Conservation of Energy :
The Company''s operation involve no energy consumption.
B. Form of Disclosure of particulars wrt absorption of Technology and
Development of R&D:
i) Research and Development - The Company do not have any R&D Division
and Company''s Operations do not require this type of establishment.
ii) Technology absorption, adoption and innovation - The Company has
not imported any technology due to its nature of operation.
DIRECTORS :
Sri Ashok Kumar Todi and Sri Sushil Kumar Todi retire from the board by
/otation at conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible offer inemselves for re-appointment.
In view of the recent amendments in the Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement & requirement of Companies Act, 2013 with regard to
appointment and term of independent directors, all the existing
non-executive independent directors i.e. Sri Om Prakash Kanoria, Sri
Beni Gopal Daga and Sri Dipak Dey being eligible offer themselves for
re-appointment as Independent Directors at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
The Board of Directors of the Company is of the view that in the
context of various new requirements as prescribed by Companies Act,
2013 and relevant rules framed thereunder, it would be appropriate that
the present terms of the existing whole time directors including
Managing Director be concluded at the ensuing Annual General Meeting
and that they may be re-appointed by the members at the said Annual
General Meeting in accordance with the new provisions of the law. The
concerned directors i.e. Sri Kanhaiya Kumar Todi, Sri Udit Todi, Sri
Sushil Kumar Todi & Sri Ashok Kumar Todi have consented for the same.
Information on the Directors'' eligible for reappointment as required
under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges is
disclosed in the profiles of Directors under item Nos. 5 to 11 forming
part of Notice dated 22nd May 2014.
PERSONNEL :
The true index to a Company''s success is not only its turnover and
quantum of profits but its valuable human resource. The Directors
sincerely thank the employees at all levels for their dedicated
services and co-operation which enabled the Company to perform
satisfactorily. There are no employees drawing remuneration of ?
5,00,000/- a month or
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT :
Statement under sub-section (2AA) of Section 217 of the Companies Act,
1956 :
In the preparation of the Annual Accounts :
i) the applicable accounting standards have been followed and wherever
required, proper explanations relating to material departures have been
given.
ii) 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 or
loss of the Company for that period.
iii) proper and sufficient care has been taken 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 Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE :
Corporate Governance Report and Management Analysis and Discussion
Report pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock
Exchanges are provided in separate annexures to this report.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS :
The Board wishes to place on record their appreciation towards the
contributions made by all employees of the company and their gratitude
to the Company''s valued customers, bankers, vendors, and shareholders
who have reposed trust and extended their constant support to the
company.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Place : Kolkata ( K. K. Todi)
Date : The 22nd day of May, 2014 Chairman & Managing Director
Mar 31, 2013
Dear Members,
The Directors take pleasure in presenting the 45th Annual Report
together with the Audited statement of Accounts for the year ended 31
st March, 2013.
OPERATING RESULTS
2012-13 2011-12
(Rs. in Lacs) (Rs. in Lacs)
Freight Earnings 8284.79 9174.92
Net Earnings / 21.84 136.92
Provision for Taxation 4.89 38.16
Net Surplus 16.95 98.76
Prior Period Adjustments 0.41 (3.51)
Balance brought forward
from previous year 14.63 13.75
31.99 109.00
Appropriations:
Transfer to General Reserve 15.00 51.00
Proposed Dividend& Tax thereon 43.37
Balance carried forward to next year 16.99 14.63
31.99 109.00
PERFORMANCE :
The Indian Economy is currently going through a challenging phase as
GDP growth slowed down to nearly a decade low of around 5%. Weak
industrial demand, particularly from the manufacturing and construction
sectors along with policy logjams adversely affecting the mining sector
hampered the overall growth of the transportation sector. The supply of
excess vehicles from the underperforming sectors had a major impact on
v supply demand equilibrium and freight rates. Unprecedented hikes in
dtesel prices by 19.54% on YoY basis had continued effect on costs and
margins which could not be fully passed on to the customers in such
stiff and competitive environment. Persistent efforts were made to
optimize the asset re-deployment and abandonment policy for loss making
lanes was applied to minimize the mounting deficits, The Freight
Earnings were recorded at Rs.8285 lacs as against Rs.9175 lacs in the
previous fiscal. Despite increasing cost pressures and lower business
volumes, pro-active margin management strategy helped your company to
record positive PBT of T22 lacs.
Overall economic uncertainty reflected by declining GDP and IIP index
results demonstrate real reductions in logistic industry activity.
Domestic consumption has slowed and corresponding decline in production
has meant a decline in real tonnage bandied across the logistic
industry. Your Directors anticipate that tough times are here to stay
for some more time owing to subdued economic growth and uncertainty
over fuel prices. The organized sector of the Indian Logistics is
industry currently estimated at 6% of total direct spends as the
industry is-still dominated by small marginal players. The anticipated
structural changes to the operation of the industry are expected from
introduction of GST and FDI in multi-brand retail will primarily
benefit larger organized players with a pan-India presence. In
alignment with the future growth prospects and to compete in the new
environment your company had already initiated the process of strategic
alliance and has entered into long term joint ventures agreements for
developing new warehouses, transshipment hubs and logistic parks which
will open a new avenue for a changed and improved transportation
service system in the time to come.
DIVIDEND :
In order to plough back profits for ongoing expansion program and
because of low profitability, the Directors express their inability to
recommend any dividend for the year ended 31st March, 2013.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS :
The year witnessed a remarkable slow down in realization cycles.
Borrowings from institutional lenders for fleet acquisition were
serviced with commitment. The Networth of your company has improved
marginally to 71482 lacs as against 71465 lacs in the previous
financial year.
DEPOSIT :
No Public Deposits were invited or accepted during the year under
report.
AUDITORS :
M/s. Agarwal Maheswari & Co., Chartered Accountants, retires at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and is eligible for re-appointment.
AUDITORS REPORT :
The report of the Auditors is self-explanatory and does not call for1
any further comments from the Directors.
INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER THE COMPANIES (DISCLOSURE OF PARTICULARS IN
THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS) RULE 1988
A. Conservation of Energy :
The Company''s operation involve no energy consumption.
B. Form of Disclosure of particulars wrt absorption of Technology and
Development of R & D:
i) Research and Development - The Company do not have any R&D Division
and Company''s Operations do not require this type of establishment.
ii) Technology absorption, adoption and innovation - The Company has
not imported any technology due to its nature of operation.
DIRECTORS :
Sri Sushil Kumar Todi and Sri Beni Gopal Daga retire from the board by
rotation at conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible offer themselves for re-appointment.
Sri Ravi AgarwaUa resigned from the Board wef 12.02.2013. Your
Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation and
gratitude for the guidance and advice received from him during his
tenure as Director of the company.
Information on the Directors'' eligible for reappointment as required
under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges is
disclosed in the profiles of Directors under item Nos. 2 and 3 forming
part of Notice dated 22nd May 2013.
PERSONNEL :
The true index to a Company''s success is not only its turnover and
quantum of profits but its valuable human resource. The Directors
sincerely thank the employees at all levels for their dedicated
services and co- operation which enabled the Company to perform
satisfactorily. There are no employees drawing remuneration of
Rs.5,00,000/- a month or ^O.OO.OOO/- a year and therefore no particulars
in terms of Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 are attached to
this report.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT :
Statement undersub-section (2AA)of Section 217 of the Companies Act,
1956 :
In the preparation of the Annual Accounts :
i) the applicable accounting standards have been followed and wherever
required, proper explanations relating to material departures have been
given.
ii) 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 or
loss of the Company for that period.
iii) proper and sufficient care has been taken for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance i with the provisions of the
Act for safeguarding die assets of the Company and for preventing and
detecting fraud and other irregularities.
iv) the Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE :
Corporate Governance Report and Management Analysis and Discussion
Report pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock
Exchanges are provided in separate annexures to this report.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS :
The Board wishes to place on record their appreciation towards the
contributions made by all employees of the company and their gratitude
to the Company''s valued customers, bankers, vendors, and shareholders
who "~" have reposed trust and extended their constant support to the
company.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Place : Kolkata (K.K.Todi)
Date ; the 22nd
day of May, 2013 Chairman & Managing Director
Mar 31, 2012
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 44th Annual Report
together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st
March, 2012
OPERATING RESULTS 2011-2012 2010-2011
(Rs. In Lacs) (Rs. In Lacs)
Freight Earnings 9174.92 8854.32
Net Earnings from operations 136.92 122.16
Provision for Taxation 38.16 33.66
Net Surplus 98.76 88.50
Prior Period Adjustments (3.51) (1.56)
Gains from extraordinary
items (net of taxes) - 202.12
Balance brought forward from
previous year 13.75 13.06
109.00 302.12
Appropriations :
Transfer to General Reserve 51.00 245.57
Proposed Dividend & Tax thereon 43.37 43.37
Balance carried forward to next year 14.63 13.75
109.00 302.12
PERFORMANCE :
The year under review was a challenging year with unprecedented
economic uncertainty in Europe, geopolitical upheaval in the Middle
East and slowing down the economic growth across Asia. Our economy had
tight liquidity and high interest rates to contain rising inflation and
this coupled with unstable political environment had a profound impact
on demand and resulted into industrial sluggishness.
Even under these tough times, your company had its Freight Earnings at
Rs. 9175 lacs as against Rs. 8854 lacs thereby recording a marginal
growth of about 4% in business. As as result of constant efforts to
reduce costs and optimize operational efficiencies the Profit before
Tax was recorded with a 12% increase at Rs. 137 lacs as against Rs. 122
lacs in the previous fiscal.
Your Directors anticipate that there is likely to be more tough time in
near future owing to stiff competition, increasing fuel and auto
component prices, high cost of asset replacement and enhance interest
rates all having very prominent impact on margins as well as on
business. The threat from competitors offering complete logistic and
supply chain solutions has also increased manifold and is having very
adverse impact on companies which offer pure transportation services
only. In order to combat these adversities and compete in the new
environment your company has already initiated the process of strategic
alliance and has entered into joint ventures agreements for developing
new warehouses, transshipment hubs and logistic parks.
DIVIDEND :
The Directors recommend for consideration of the shareholders at
ensuing annual General meeting, payment of Dividend @ 9% for the year
ended 31st March 2012. The amount" of dividend and the tax thereon
aggregates to Rs.43 lacs.
FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS :
The company's performance during the year reflects the constant focus
of the management which led to savings in both direct and indirect
operational costs. Both pie and post tax profits were recorded with
about 12% increase over previous year vis-a-vis a 4% increase in
business The impact on procurement due to enhanced interest
rates was countered by effective redesigning of disbursement forms of
trade payables. Borrowings from institutional lenders for fleet
acquisition were serving committed manner. The Networth of your company
was recorded for Rs. 1465 lacs as against Rs. 1413 lacs in the previous
financial year.
DEPOSIT :
No Public Deposits were invited or accepted during the year under
report.
AUDITORS :
M/s. Agarwal Maheswari & Co., Chartered Accountants, retire at the
ensuing Annual Genera' Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
AUDITORS REPORT
The report of the Auditors is self-explanatory and does not call for
any further comments from the Directors.
INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER THE COMPANIES (DISCLOSURE OF PARTICULARS IN
THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS) RULE 1988
A. Conservation of Energy :
The Company's operation involve no energy consumption.
B. Form of Disclosure of particulars wrt absorption of Technology and
Development of R & D :
i) Research and Development - The Company do not have any R & D
Division and Company's Operations do not require this type of
establishment.
ii) Technology absorption, adoption and innovation - The Company has
not imported any technology due to its nature of operation.
DIRECTORS :
Shri Ashok Kumar Todi and Shri Dipak Dey retire from the board by
rotation at the conclusion of ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible offer themselves for re-appointment.
Information on the Directors' eligible for reappointment as required
under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges is
disclosed in the profiles of Directors under item Nos. 3 and 4 forming
part of Notice dated 18th May 2012.
The Board takes note of the sudden demise of Dr. V.C. Shah who expired
on 13th December 2011 and places on record its appreciation for
valuable contribution made by him to the Company during his tenure of
office as Director.
PERSONNEL :
The true index to a Company's success is not only its turnover and
quantum of profits but its valuable human resource. The Directors
sincerely thank the employees at all levels for their dedicated
services and co-operation which enabled the Company to perform
satisfactorily. There are no employees drawing remuneration of
Rs.5,00,000/- a month or Rs. 60,00,000/- a year and therefore no
particulars in terms of Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 are
attached to this report.
DIRECTORS'RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT :
Statement under sub-section (2AA) of Section 217 of the Companies Act,
1956 :
In the preparation of the Annual Accounts :
i) the applicable accounting standards have been followed and wherever
required, proper explanations relating to material departures have been
given.
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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit or
loss of the Company for that period.
iii) proper and sufficient care has been taken 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 Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE :
Corporate Governance Report and Management Analysis and Discussion
Report pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock
Exchanges are provided in separate annexures to this report.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS :
The Board wishes to place on record their appreciation towards the
contributions made by all employees of the company and their gratitude
to the Company's valued customers, bankers, vendors, and shareholders
who have reposed trust and extended their constant support to the
company.
On behalf of the Board of Directors
Place : Kolkata ( k K Todi)
Date . the 18th day of May, 2012 Chairman & Managing Director
Mar 31, 2010
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 42nd Annual Report
together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended
31st March, 2010
OPERATING RESULTS 2009-2010 2008-2009
(Ra. In Lacs) (Rs. In Lacs)
Freight Earnings 7837.20 6463 92
Net Earnings from operations 85.69 69. 58
Provision for Taxation 16.96 3.44
Net Surplus 68.73 61.14
Balance brought forward from
previous year 13.18 11 30
81.91 72.44
Appropriations.
Transfer To General Reserve 35.00 35.00
Proposed Dividend & Tax thereon 33.85 24.26
Balance carried forward to next year 13.06 13.18
81.91 72 44
PERFORMANCE :
During the year under review the Indian economy came out of the
unprecedented global economic meltdown and business turbulence and
fared better than most developed economies, although its growth was a
bit muted The performance of the industrial sector has markedly
improved. The country is now exhibiting signs of resurgence, despite
contradiction in exports and a subnormal monsoon in 2009.
Your Company continued its growth trajectory and achieved an impressive
growth of 21% in business volumes thereby recording Its Freight
Earnings at Rs. 7637 lacs as against Rs. 6464 lacs in the previous
year. The PBT was recorded with a 23% increase at Rs 86 lacs as against
Rs. 70 lacs in the previous year. The company maintained its commitment
to Road-Safety and was recognized by several customers and associations
for its Best Practices and Innovative Solutions.
The Year also witnessed stiff competition from railroad transporters
due to price benefits and faster delivery benefits embedded in the
railway operations. Your Directors have taken adequate steps to focuson
specialized areas like End to End Solutions, 3PL Services and dedicated
fleet operations to ensure adequate growth of the company. With
private demand expected to pick up in FY11, industrial production
growth should remain buoyant thereby generating positive opportunities
for the road freight sector in line with its philosophy of offering
dedicated and innovative solutions to its customer and reduce
dependence on outsourced vehicles the copmpany had acquired 15 new
heavy commercial vehicles in the year under review and has also
acquired 40 vehicles in ongoing financial year.
DIVIDEND ;
The Directors recommend for consideration of the shareholders at
ensuing annual general meeting, payment of Dividend @ 7% for the year
ended 31rd March 2010. The amount of dividend and the tax thereon
aggregates to Rs.34 lacs.
FINANCE AMD ACCOUNTS :
The companys performance during the year reflects the constant focus
of the management which led to savings in both direct and indirect
operational costs. The average working capital requirements was higher
compared to the previous year due to tighter liquidity conditions
prevalent. The company could cope up with the adverse situation by
effectively managing disbursement norms of its trade payables.
Borrowings from Institutional lenders for fleet acquisition was
serviced in committed manner. The shareholders funds recorded for
RS.1167 lacs.
DEPOSIT :
No Public Deposits were invited or accepted during the year under
report.
-AUDITORS :
M/s. AgarwaL Maheswari & Co. .Chartered Accountants, retire at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and are eligible for re-appointment.
AUDITORS REPORT
The report of the Auditors is self-explanatory and does not call for
any further comments from the Directors.
INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER THE COMPANIES (DISCLOSURE OF PARTICULARS IN
THE REPORT Of THE BOARS OF DIRECTORS) RULE 1988
A. Conservation of Energy :
The Companys operation involve no energy consumption.
B Form of Disclosure of particulars wrt absorption of Technology and
Development of R & D; i) Research and Development _ The Company do not
have any R & 0 Division and Companys Operations do not require this
type of establishment.
il) Technology absorption, adoption and Innovation - The Company has
not Imported any technology due to its nature of operation.
DIRECTORS :
Shri Lallan Kumar Todi, resigned from the Board with effect from
16.01.2010, the Board places on record its sincere appreciation.
Shri Sushil Kumar Todi and Shri Beni Gopal Daga retire from the board
by rotation at the conclusion of ensuing Annual General Meeting and
being eligible offer themselves for re- appointment.
- Information on the Directors eligible for reappointment as required
under clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with Stock Exchanges is
disclosed in the profiles of Directors under item Nos 3 and 4 forming
part of Notice dated 27th May 2010.
PERSONNEL :
The true index to a Companys success is not only its turnover and
quantum of profits but its ultimate resource. The Directors sincerely
thank the employees at all levels for their dedicated services and
co-operation which enabled the Company to perform satisfactorily There
are no employees drawing remuneration of Rs 2,00,000/- a month or Rs.
24,00,000/-a year and therefore no particulars in terms of Section 217
(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 are attached to this report.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT :
Statement under sub-section (2AA) of Section 217 of the Companies Act.
1956 ;
In the preparation of the Annual Accounts :
i) the applicable accounting standards have been followed and wherever
required, proper ex- planations relating to material departures have
been given.
ii) 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 or
loss of the Company for that period,
iii) proper and sufficient care has been taken 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 arid
detecting fraud and other irregularities.
iv) the Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE :
Corporate Governance Reportand Management Analysis and Discussion
Report pursuant to Clause 49 of the Dating Agreement with Stock
Exchanges are provided in separate annexures to this report.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS :
The Board wish to place on record their appreciation towards the
contributions made by all employ ees of the company and their gratitude
to the Companys valued customers, bankers, vendors, and shareholders
for that continued support and confidence in the company
On behalf of the Board of Directors
( K K Todl)
Chairman ft Managing Director
Place : Kolkata
Date : the 27th day of May2010
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