Your directors are pleased to present the 32nd Annual Report on the business and operations of theCompany together with the Audited Financial Accounts for the Financial Year ended 31 March, 2024.
The Table below depicts the financial performance of your Company for the year ended 31st March, 2024.
Particulars
2023 - 2024(in Rs.’000)
2022 - 2023(in Rs.’000)
Net Revenue from Operations
39,456.21
36,046.24
Other Revenue
2,415.94
2,660.67
Total Revenue
41,872.15
38,706.91
Expenses
22,345.51
28,029.97
Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation andAmortization (EBITDA)
19,526.64
10,676.94
Finance Cost
32.83
52.84
Depreciation and Amortization Expense
3,247.19
2,083.50
Profit Before exceptional items and tax
16,246.62
8,540.60
Exceptional Items
-
4,600.00
Profit before tax
13,140.60
Tax Expense
4,183.14
1,395.72
Profit After Tax
12,063.48
11,744.88
There is a great positive improvement in the performance of the company.
During the year under review, the Company has recorded total revenue of Rs. 418.72 Lakhs as comparedto the previous year amount of Rs. 387.06 Lakhs. The company intends to foray into new ventures
specially involving digital and paper book lending, providing Aviation and Agro consultancy. TheCompany is looking forward to increase its numbers in the coming financial years with the support of allthe Stakeholders of the Company.
3. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY AFFECTING THE FINANCIALPOSITION OF THE COMPANY, HAVING OCCURRED SINCE THE END OF THE YEARTILL THE DATE OF THE REPORT
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company have occurredbetween the end of the Financial Year and the date of this report.
During the Financial Year under review, no Bonus Issue on the BSE SME has been issued by theCompany.
Your Company is doing well in its segment and can tap the export thrust prevailing today in India. YourCompany is also looking for new opportunities in Service Exports, Printed Books, Corporate Consultancy,Aviation, Book lending and Agriculture so that it can use its experience and goodwill to penetrate deeperin the segment.
Your Company is into the Service Exports, Corporate Consultancy, Agriculture, e-Books along with saleof Printed Books. The Services and products of the Company are commanding premium value due to theiruniqueness.
Equity Shares of the Company are in Dematerialized form with either of the depositories viz. NSDL andCDSL. The ISIN No. allotted is INE793Z01027.
The Company has transferred balance amount to Other Equity from Profit and Loss Account for theFinancial Year ended 31 March, 2024.
During the year under review, the Authorized Share Capital of the Company has increased from Rs.6,85,00,000 (Rupees Six Crore Eighty Five Lakhs only) divided into 68,50,000 (Sixty Eight Lakhs FiftyThousand) equity shares of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) each to 8,00,00,000 (Rupees Eight Crore only) dividedinto 80,00,000 (Eighty Lakhs) equity shares of Rs. 10 each.
S. No.
Designation
Name
1
Managing Director
MAJOR HARJINDER SINGH JONJUA, RETD.
2
Whole Time Director
MANINDER KAUR JONJUA
3
Non-Executive Director
HARMANPREET SINGH JONJUA
4
BRIG. SATWINDER SINGH GILL, RETD.
5
Independent Director
VINOD KUMAR KALIA
6
NARINDER PAL SINGH
7
DINESH SHARMA
8
Chief Financial Officer
RANBIR KAUR JONJUA
9
Company Secretary andCompliance Officer
VAISHALI RANI*
During the year under review, on December 08, 2023, Mrs. Riva Maini (ACS: 49612) has resigned fromthe post of Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the company.
Further, on December 09, 2023, Mrs. Jasminder Kaur (ACS: 39606) has been appointed as CompanySecretary & Compliance Officer of the company.
*After 01-April-2024 following changes have occurred till AGM - Mrs. Jasminder Kaur (ACS: 39606)has resigned from the post of Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the company on June 11, 2024and Ms. Vaishali Rani (ACS: 74379) has been appointed as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer ofthe Company from July 24, 2024.
During the Financial Year 2023-2024, total of 7 Board Meetings were held. The maximum time-gapbetween any two consecutive meetings did not exceed 120 days. The details of the Board Meetings are:
Board of Directors Meeting
Date
No. of Directors Present
24-05-2023
21-07-2023
05-09-2023
22-09-2023
11-10-2023
14-11-2023
12-02-2024
Committees:
The Company has constituted an Audit Committee, Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Nominationand Remuneration Committee.
Audit Committee:
The Company has a duly constituted Audit Committee. The Board of Directors have accepted all therecommendations given by the Audit Committee during the FY 2023 - 2024. During the year, Four AuditCommittee meetings took place on the dates as stated in the Table.
Audit Committee Meetings
Attendance
1.
2.
3.
4.
Stakeholders Relationship Committee:
The Board has constituted a Stakeholders Relationship Committee as required under Securities ExchangeBoard of India (Listing obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“the Regulations”).The Board of Directors has accepted all the recommendations given by the Stakeholders RelationshipCommittee during the FY 2023 - 2024. During the year, four Stakeholders Relationship Committeemeetings took place on the dates as stated in the Table.
Stakeholders Relationship Committee Meetings
Attendance Directors
1)
2)
3)
4)
Nomination and Remuneration Committee:
The Board has constituted a Nomination and Remuneration Committee as required under SecuritiesExchange Board of India (Listing obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“theRegulations”). The Board of Directors has accepted all the recommendations given by the Nominationand Remuneration Committee during the FY 2023-2024. During the year, four Nomination andRemuneration Committee meetings took place on the dates as stated in the Table.
Nomination and Remuneration Meetings
The Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 mandates that the Board carry out anannual evaluation of its own performance, the Board Committees, and the individual Directors pursuant tothe provisions of the Act. The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputsfrom all the Directors based on the criteria such as the Board composition and structure, effectiveness ofBoard processes, information flow, frequency of meetings, and functioning, etc. The performance of theCommittees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from the Committee members. The Boardand the Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance of the individual Directorsbased on the criteria such as the contribution of the individual Director to the Board and CommitteeMeetings. The Managing Director was also evaluated on the key aspects of his role. In a separate meetingof Independent Directors, held on performance of Non-Independent Directors, performance of the Boardas a whole and performance of the Managing Director was evaluated, considering the views of ExecutiveDirectors and Non-Executive Directors.
The Company has always believed in providing a safe and harassment free workplace for every individualworking in the premises and always endeavors to create and provide an environment that is free fromdiscrimination and harassment including sexual harassment. Under the said Act, every Company isrequired to set up an Internal Complaints Committee to investigate complaints relating to sexualharassment at work place of any women employee. During the year ended 31st March, 2024, the Companyhas not received any complaint pertaining to sexual harassment.
The remuneration paid to the Directors is in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013
and any other re-enactment(s) for the time being in force. The information relating to remuneration ofDirectors and details of the ratio of the remuneration of each Director to the median employees’remuneration and other details as required pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 andthe Rules made thereunder read along with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remunerationof Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are as under:
I. The ratio of the remuneration of each Director to the median remuneration of the employees of theCompany for the Financial Year:
Major Harjinder Singh Jonjua (Retd.)
Salary (Rs.)
Ratio
Maninder Kaur Jonjua
II. The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), CompanySecretary and Compliance Officer:
There is no increase in remuneration pursuant to applicability of section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013.
III. The percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the Financial Year:
Nil (The figure is calculated by comparing median remuneration of FY 2022-2023 with medianremuneration of 2023-2024).
IV. The number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company: 4.
The total number of employees including Whole-Time Director and Managing Director as on 31 March,2024 is 6.
V. The Company has formulated a remuneration policy as per provisions of Companies Act, 2013 duringthe Financial Year and henceforth the remuneration will be in accordance with such policy.
Your Company is committed to highest standards of ethical, moral, and legal business conduct.Accordingly, the Board of Directors has formulated a Whistle Blower Policy which follows the provisionsof Section 177(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Employees can raise concerns regarding anydiscrimination, harassment, victimization, any other unfair practice being adopted against them or anyinstances of fraud by or against your Company. It also provides for adequate safeguards against thevictimization of employees who avail of the mechanism and allows direct access to the Chairman of the
Audit Committee in exceptional cases.
The Company has formulated a Risk Management Policy and a Risk Management Committee for dealingwith different kinds of risks which it faces in day-to-day operations of the Company. Risk ManagementPolicy of the Company outlines different kinds of risks and risk mitigating measures to be adopted by theBoard. The Company has adequate Internal Control Systems and procedures to combat the Risk. The RiskManagement procedure will be reviewed by the Audit Committee and Board of Directors on time-to-timebasis.
The Company has formulated a Policy pursuant to Regulation 9 of the Securities Exchange Board of India(Listing obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Regulations”) on Preservation ofthe Documents to ensure safekeeping of the records and safeguard the Documents from getting mutilatedor destroyed, while at the same time avoiding superfluous inventory of Documents.
The Policy is framed in accordance with the requirements of the Regulation 30 of Securities and ExchangeBoard of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Regulations”).The objective of the Policy is to determine materiality of events or information of the Company and toensure that such information is adequately disseminated in pursuance with the Regulations and to providean overall governance framework for such determination of materiality.
During the year under review, all the Related Party Transactions were in the ordinary course of thebusiness and at arm’s length basis and, therefore, the provisions of Section 188 are not applicable. Thosetransactions were placed before the Audit Committee of Directors for prior approval in the form ofOmnibus Approval.
Related Party Transactions under Accounting:
Material Related Party Transactions are disclosed in Annexure-1 in Form AOC-2 pursuant to clause (h) ofsubsection (3) of Section 134 read with Rule 8(2) of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
The Company has appointed M/s. Jain and Associates, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditorsof the Company. They have confirmed that they are not disqualified from continuing as Auditors of theCompany. The Notes on Financial Statement referred to in the Auditors’ Report are self-explanatory anddo not call for any further comments. The Auditors’ Report does not contain any qualification,
reservation, or adverse remark.
Internal Audit Controls and their Adequacy:
The Company had appointed Internal Auditor in accordance with provisions of Companies Act, 2013.During the year, the Company continued to implement their suggestion and recommendations to improvethe control environment. Their scope of work includes review of process for safeguarding the assets of theCompany, review of operational efficiency, effectiveness of systems and processes, and assessing theinternal control strengths in all areas. Internal Auditors findings are discussed with the process owners andsuitable corrective actions taken as per the directions of Audit Committee on an ongoing basis to improveefficiency in operations.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Appointmentand Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has appointed SK Sikka andAssociates, a Practicing Company Secretary bearing Membership No. 4241 and CP No. 3582 to undertakethe Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Report of the Secretarial Audit carried out is annexed herewithas Annexure-2 as Secretarial Audit Report. The Report does not contain any observation or qualificationrequiring explanation or comments from the Board under Section 134(3) of the Companies Act, 2013.During the period under review, the Company has complied with the applicable Secretarial Standardsnotified by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Your directors’ place on record, their deep appreciation for the contribution made by the employees of theCompany at all levels. The information on employees’ particulars as required under Section 197(12) of theAct read with Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of ManagerialPersonnel) Rules, 2014 (as amended), is forming part of this Directors’ Report. There are no employeesdrawing remuneration more than the limits prescribed under Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointmentand Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
As per Regulation 27 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015relating to Corporate Governance is not applicable to the Company listed on the SME Platform (BSE).Hence the Company is not required to disclose information as covered under Para (C), (D) and (E) ofSchedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. As per Para(F) of Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 theCompany is not required to have the Demat Suspense Account neither Unclaimed Suspense Account.
However, the Company is maintaining these accounts.
During the Financial Year 2023 - 2024, the Company has not accepted any deposit within the meaning ofSections 73 and 76 of the Act, read together with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
During the financial year ended 31st March, 2024, the Company is a Bank debt free Company andNo Government Subsidy.
There is no technology absorption required under Section 134 (3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 readwith Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. However, the details forming part ofConservation of Energy, Foreign exchange earnings and outgo is annexed herewith as “Annexure 3.”
The Company is fully in compliance with the applicable Secretarial Standards (SS) viz. SS-1 & SS-2 onMeetings of the Board of Directors and General Meetings respectively.
27. DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGUALTORSOR COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS ANDCOMPANY’S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE
There were no significant and material Orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals impactingthe going concern status and Company’s operations in future.
The particulars of loans, guarantees and investments have been disclosed in the Financial Statements.
The relationship with the staff and workers continued to be cordial during the entire year. The Directorswish to place on record their appreciation of the valuable work done and co-operation extended by them atall levels. Further, the Company is taking necessary steps to recruit the required personnel from time totime.
Your Company did not have any funds lying unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven years. Therefore,there are no funds which are required to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF).
As on the reporting day, your Company does not have any subsidiary. Further where ever required under
Indian Accounting Standards necessary accounting treatment has been complied with.
Based on the requirements under SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 1992 read with SEBI(Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015, as amended from time to time, the code of conduct forprevention of Insider Trading and the Code for Fair Disclosure (“Code”), as approved by the Board fromtime to time, are in force by the Company. The objective of this Code is to protect the interest ofshareholders at large, to prevent misuse of any price sensitive information and to prevent any InsiderTrading activity by dealing in shares of the Company by its Directors, designated employees, and otheremployees. The Company also adopts the concept of Trading Window Closure, to prevent its designatedemployees and other employees from trading in the securities of Jonjua Overseas Limited at the timewhen there is unpublished price sensitive information.
A detailed Report on the Management Discussion and Analysis is provided as a separate “Annexure-4” inthe Annual Report.
In accordance with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, an Extract of the Annual Return as perSection 92 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12(1) of the Companies (Management andAdministration) Rules, 2014 in the prescribed Form MGT-9 is appended as “Annexure-5” to the Board’sReport.
Pursuant to Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company state:
a) In preparation of the Annual Accounts for the Financial Year ended 31 March 2024, the applicableAccounting Standards have been followed along with proper explanation to material departures;
b) The Directors have selected Accounting Policies, in consultation with the Statutory Auditors andapplied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent to give a trueand fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at end of the financial year and of the profit or lossof the Company, for that period;
c) The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their knowledge and ability for themaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act,2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and otherirregularities;
d) The Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts of the company on a going concern basis;
e) The Directors, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that suchinternal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively; and
f) There is a proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that suchsystems are adequate and operating effectively.
36. POLICIES
The Companies Act 2013 along with the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 and mandate formulations ofcertain policies for all listed Companies. Accordingly, the Company has formulated the Policies for thesame as the Company’s belief is to retain and encourage high level of ethical standard in businesstransactions.
37. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your directors’ place on record their appreciation for the overwhelming co-operation and assistancereceived from investors, customers, business associates, bankers, vendors, as well as regulatory andgovernmental authorities. Your directors’ also thank the employees at all levels, our consistent growth wasmade possible by their hard work, solidarity, cooperation and support.
Date: 12/08/2024. For and on behalf of
Place: Mohali. Jonjua Overseas Limited
Maninder Kaur Jonjua Harjinaer singn Jonjua
Whole Time Director Managing Director
DIN: 01570885 DIN: 00898324