We have pleasure in presenting the 30th Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements ofAccounts of your Company for the year ended as on 3 lsl March, 2025.
The financial results for the year ended 31st March, 2025 are as under:
Particulars
Standalone
Consolidated
31.03.2025
31.03.2024
Total Income
3,526.07
4,160.82
3,526.10
Total Expenses
3,515.12
4,142.62
3,515.24
4,142.63
Profit Before Tax
10.95
18.20
10.86
18.19
Tax Expense
2.84
5.15
Profit/(loss) after Tax
8.1 1
13.05
8.02
During the year under review, your Company has generated revenue of Rs. 3,526.07 crores ascompared to Rs 4,160.82 crores in the previous year. The net profit decreased to Rs. 8.11crores from Rs. 13.05 crores in the last year.
The Company is engaged only in the business of foreign exchange and therefore, there is nosegment reporting under Indian Accounting Standards 108-Operating Segment. The nature ofthe Company’s activities is such that geographical segments cannot be separately identified.
During the period under review, there was no change in the capital structure of the Company.Accordingly, as at March 31,2025, the Capital structure stand as follows:
The Authorised Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 10,00,00,000 divided into 1,00,00,000equity shares of Rs. 10/- each, and the Paid up Equity Share Capital is Rs. 8,24,96,500/-comprising of 82,49,650 Equity shares of Rs. 10/- each. During the year, the company has notissued any equity share and shares with differential voting rights nor granted stock options/sweat equity.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS AFFECTING THE FINANCIALPOSITION OF THE COMPANY BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEARAND THE DATE OF THE REPORT
There was no material change or commitment, affecting the financial position of the Companybetween the end of the financial year of the Company and the date of the report other thanthose disclosed in the financial statements.
The Board declared Interim dividend, on 14th February, 2025, of Rs. 1 each per share (10%)on paid up equity share capital having face value of Rs. 10 each.
Further the Directors recommended a final dividend of Re. 1 per equity share (10 %) havinga face value of Rs. 10 each payable to the members of the Company whose names appear inthe Register of Members as on the Record date, subject to the approval of shareholders at theensuing AGM.
Note: Companies are required to pay/ distribute dividend after deducting applicablewithholding income taxes.
During the year, the Company transferred the unclaimed and un-encashed dividends of? 102532.50. Further, 4,237 corresponding shares on which dividends were unclaimed forseven consecutive years were transferred.
Members are requested to claim the dividend(s), which have remained unclaimed/unpaid, bysending a written request to the Company at investor.relations@prithvifx.com or to theCompany’s Registrar and Transfer Agent Integrated Registry Management Services PrivateLimited at einward@integratedindia.in or at their address at Integrated Registry ManagementServices Private Limited, 2nd Floor, "Renees Towers" No. 1 Ramakrishna Street, NorthUsman Road, T Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. Members can find the details of Nodal Officerappointed by the Company under the provisions of the TEPF and the details of unclaimeddividend and shares at https://prithvifx.com/investor-relation/ .
As per the provisions of 1EPF Authority (Accounting, inspection. Transfer and Refund) Rules,2016 (as amended), the shareholder may lodge the claim to the IEPF Authority for suchdividends and shares by submitting an online application in Form IEPF- 5 available on thewebsite www.iepf.gov.in.
The Board of Directors of your company has decided not to transfer any amount to theReserves for the year under review.
The company has not accepted any deposits during the year.
Pursuant to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notifications amending the Companies(Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014, the Company has filed with the Registrar of Companies(ROC) the requisite forms of outstanding receipt of money/loan by the Company, which is notconsidered as deposits.
The Company did not undergo any change in the nature of its business during the fiscal 2025.
Details of loans made by the company have been given in notes No. 10 to the FinancialStatement.
Members are requested to claim the dividend(s), which have remained unclaimed/unpaid, bysending a written request to the Company at investor.relations@prithvifx.com or to theCompany’s Registrar and Transfer Agent Integrated Registry Management Services PrivateLimited at einwardfaiintegratedindia.in or at their address at Integrated Registry ManagementServices Private Limited, 2nd Floor, "Kences Towers" No. 1 Ramakrishna Street, NorthUsman Road, T Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. Members can find the details of Nodal Officerappointed by the Company under the provisions of the IEPF and the details of unclaimeddividend and shares at https://prithvifx.com/investor-relation/ .
As per the provisions of IEPF Authority (Accounting, inspection, Transfer and Refund) Rules,2016 (as amended), the shareholder may lodge the claim to the IEPF Authority for suchdividends and shares by submitting an online application in Form IEPF- 5 available on thewebsite www.iepf.gov.in.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
Name of Director
Designation
Mr. Mahavir Chand
Chairman (Non-Executive Director)
Mr. Pavan Kumar Kavad
Managing Director
Ms. Anuradha Jayaraman
Non-Executive Independent Women Director
Mr. Suresh Kumar
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Kalpesh Kumar Kavad
Whole Time Director and Chief Financial Officer (KMP)
Mr. Naresh Kumar Khivraj
Non-Executive Independent Director
Dr. Amarendra Sahoo
Mr. Rajesh Gurdas Wadhwa
Ms. Nithyasree P G
Company Secretary (KMP)
Mr. Mahavir Chand has been re-designated as the Non-Executive Director with effect from18th May, 2024.
Ms. Nithyasree P G has been appointed as the Company Secretary and Compliance Officerof the Company with effect from August 13, 2024.
Ms. Sornalatha N had resigned from the post of Company Secretary and Compliance Officerof the Company on June 28, 2024.
Mr. K. N. Deenadayalan had resigned from the post of Chairman and Independent Director ofthe Company due to completion of tenure on September 26, 2024.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Act and the Articles of Association ofthe Company, Mr. Kalpesh Kumar Kavad, Whole-time Director is liable to retire by rotationat the ensuing Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) and being eligible offers himself for re¬appointment.
All the Independent Directors of the Company have given their declarations stating that theymeet the criteria of independence as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Act and Regulation16(l)(b) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations 2015 (‘the Listing Regulations’). In the opinion of the Board, theyfulfil the conditions of independence as specified in the Act and the Listing Regulations andare independent of the management.
In terms of the provisions of Regulation 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 (“the Listing Regulations”), the Management’s discussionand analysis is set out in this Integrated Annual Report as Annexure A.
All the Directors of the Company duly meet the Fit and Proper Criteria of Director as per therequirements of Guidelines on Corporate Governance issued by the Reserve Bank of Indiaand has given their declaration in this regard.
During 2024-2025, the Company held four (4) meetings of the Board of Directors as per thetable below. The intervening gap between the meetings was within the period as prescribedunder Section 173 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013.
SI.No
Date of Meeting
1
18.05.2024
2
13.08.2024
3
09.11.2024
4
14.02.2024
The Board of Directors have constituted an Audit Committee, Nomination and RemunerationCommittee and Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee as per the requirement of theCompanies Act, 2013.
Details about all the Committees, its Composition, the number and dates of meetings of suchcommittees held during the year are provided in corporate governance report.
All the recommendations of the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board during the year2024-2025.
The Company has established a vigil mechanism and accordingly framed a Whistle BlowerPolicy. The policy enables the employees to report to the management instances of unethicalbehavior, actual or suspected fraud or violation of Company’s Code of Conduct. Further themechanism adopted by the Company encourages the Whistle Blower to report genuineconcerns or grievances and provide for adequate safe guards against victimization of WhistleBlower who avails of such mechanism and also provides for direct access to the Chairman ofthe Audit Committee, in exceptional eases. The functioning of vigil mechanism is reviewedby the Audit Committee from time to time. None of the Whistle blowers has been deniedaccess to the Audit Committee of the Board. The Whistle Blower Policy of the Company isavailable on the website of the Company http://prithvifx.com
The Board on the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee framed apolicy on Directors’ appointment and remuneration including criteria for determiningqualification, positive attributes, independence of a Director and other matters provided undersub-section (3) of Section 178. The said Policy is available on the website of the Company -http://prithvifx.com/
Your Company is in compliance with all the applicable provisions of Corporate Governanceas stipulated under Chapter IV of the Listing Regulations. A detailed report on CorporateGovernance as required under the Listing Regulations is provided in a separate section andforms part of the Annual Report as Annexure F.
M/s Chandarana & Sanklecha., (Firm Registration No. 000557S) Chartered Accountants arethe Statutory Auditors of the Company.
There are no qualifications or reservations or remarks made by the auditors in their report.CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS
The consolidated financial statement of the Company is prepared in accordance with theprovisions of Section 129 of Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014 and Regulation 33 of SEBI Listing Regulations, 2015. The audited consolidatedfinancial statements together with Auditor's report forms part of the Annual report.
In conformity with the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ('Listing Regulations, 2015’),the cash flow statement for the year ended 31st March, 2025 is attached as part of the FinancialStatements of the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 24A of the SEBI (LODR) and amendments thereof,the Company has appointed Mr. V. Esaki, Practising Company Secretary (Membership No:30353), to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company for a period of five years witheffect from 01st April, 2025.
The report on the Secretarial Audit carried out for the year 2024-2025 is annexed here with as4 Annexure-G’ The Secretarial Audit Report is self-explanatory.
There are no qualifications or reservations or remarks made by the Secretarial Auditors intheir report.
None of the Directors of the Company are disqualified from being appointed as Director interms of Section 164 of the Act and they have given their declaration to this effect. TheCompany has obtained a certificate from Practicing Company Secretary which is enclosedwith the report as Annexure H.
The Company has complied with the applicable Secretarial Standards SS-1 on meetings ofBoard of Directors and SS-2 on General Meeting, to the extent possible, issued by the Instituteof Company Secretaries of India as (ICSI) per Section 118(10) of the Companies Act. 2013.
Maintenance of cost records and requirement of cost audit as prescribed under the provisionsof Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable for the business activitiescarried out by the Company.
The Board had appointed M/s N Gopalan & Associates, Chartered Accountants, as the InternalAuditors to undertake internal audit of the Company in terms of the provisions of Section 138of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder.
In terms of Section 134 (3) (c) read with section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, theDirectors, to the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information andexplanations obtained by them, confirm that they had:
(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had beenfollowed along with proper explanation relating to material departures; if any
(b) The Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently andmade judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fairview of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the year and of the profit and lossof the company for that period;
(c) The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assetsof the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) The Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
(e) The Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions ofall applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively;
(t) The Directors, in case of a listed company, had laid down internal financial controls tobe followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate andoperating effectively.
In the opinion of the board there is no critical risks that may threaten the existence of theCompany. The details of the risk and threat as perceived by the company on a cautionary basisare annexed in the Management and discussion analysis report.
As per the requirements of Section 92(3) and 134(3) (a) of the Companies Act 2013 and Rulesframed thereunder, an extract of the annual return in form MGT-7 for FY 2024-2025 isuploaded on the website of the Company and the same is available on http://prithvifx.com
The Company has always believed in providing a safe and harassment free workplace forevery individual working in the Company. The Company has complied with the applicableprovisions of the POSH Act, and the rules framed thereunder, including constitution of the
Internal Complaints Committee. The Company has in place a policy for prevention,prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment at workplace in line with the requirements ofthe POSH Act and the same is available on the Company’s website at: https://prithvifx.com/During the financial year, the Company has not received any compliant.
REPORTING OF FRAUD BY AUDITORS
During the year under review, the Statutory Auditors has not reported to the Board underSection 143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 any instances of fraud committed against theCompany by its officers or employees.
a) The Internal control systems and adequacy are discussed in detail in the ManagementDiscussion and Analysis annexed to the Directors Report
b) The Company has established a formal vigil mechanism named “Prithvi Whistle BlowerPolicy” for reporting improper or unethical practices or actions which are volatile of the codeof conduct of the Company. There was no instance reported during the year under reviewthrough this.
PARTICULARS REGARDING CONSERVATION OF ENERGY ANDTECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS ANDEXPENDITURE
The details of conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings andoutgo are as follows:
A. Conservation of energy: N.A.
B. Technology absorption: N.A.
C. Foreign exchange earnings and Outgo:
The Foreign Exchange earned in terms of actual inflows during the year and the ForeignExchange outgo during the year in terms of actual outflows.
Earnings and outflow on account of foreign exchange are as under and also have beendisclosed in the notes to the accounts.
Particular
2024-25
2023-24
Expenditure in Foreign Currency:
13.31
16.47
There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunalswhich would impact the going concern status of the Company.
Your company keeps in line with the ongoing technological developments taking place inthe country and worldwide. The information technology adopted by the company serves asan important tool of internal control as well as providing the benefits of modern technologyto its esteemed customers. All the branches of the company are integrated and data is
centralized at the head office level. Company is taking utmost precautions for the security ofdata and having a dedicated team for this. During the financial year 2024- 2025 there was noinstance of cyber security breach happened in the company.
DISCLOSURE ABOUT THE APPLICATION AS MADE OR ANY PROCEEDINGIS PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE (IBC), 2016DURING THE YEAR ALONG WITH THEIR STATUS AS AT THE END OF THEFINANCIAL YEAR.
Not applicable.
DISCLOSURE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AMOUNTS OF THEVALUATION EXECUTED AT THE TIME OF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT ANDTHE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOAN FROM THE BANKS ORFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH THE REASONS THEREOF.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APPRECIATION
The directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the committed service of allemployees at all levels. The directors take this opportunity to thank the shareholders,financial institutions, vendors, banks, customers, Suppliers and Regulatory & GovernmentalAuthorities for their continued support to the Company. The directors also wish to thank allthe employees for their contribution, support and continued commitment throughout theyear.
For and on behalf of the Board
Sd/- Sd/-
Mahavir Cliand Pavan Kumar Kavad
Chairman Managing Director
DIN: 00671041 DIN: 07095542
Place: ChennaiDate: 24.05.2025