A provision is recognised if, as a result of a past event, the Company has a present obligation that can be estimated reliably, and it is probable(more likely than not) that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation. Provisions are recognised at the bestestimate of the consideration required to settle the obligation at the reporting date.
Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is the present value ofthose cash flow (when the effect of the time value of money is material).
Present obligations arising under onerous contracts are recognised and measured as provision. An onerous contract is considered to existwhere the Company has a contract under which the unavoidable cost of meeting the obligations under the contract exceed the economicbenefits expected to be received from the contract.
The Company provides its clients with a fixed-period warranty on contracts as per stipulated terms. Costs associated with such contractsare accrued at the time related revenues are recorded and included in cost of sales. The Company estimates such costs based on historicalexperience and the estimates are reviewed annually for any material changes in assumption. Liquidated damages are provided as perManagement's estimates on case to case basis.
Contingent liabilities exist when there is a possible obligation arising from past events, the existence of which will be confirmed only by theoccurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the Company, or a present obligation thatarises from past events where it is either not probable that an outflow of resources will be required or the amount cannot be reliably estimated.Contingent liabilities are appropriately disclosed unless the possibility of an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits is remote.
A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity.Initial recognition and measurement:
Financial assets and liabilities are recognised when the Company becomes a part to the contractual provisions of the instruments.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value, except for trade receivables. Transaction costs that are directlyattributable to the acquisition or issue of financial assets and financial liabilities (other than financial assets and financial liabilities at fair valuethrough profit or loss (FVTPL) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, as appropriate, oninitial recognition. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profitor loss are recognised immediately in the Statement of Profit and Loss. However trade receivables that do not contain a significant financingcomponent are measured at transaction price.
Financial assets are subsequently measured at amortised cost if these financial assets are held within a business model whose objective isto hold these assets in order to collect contractual cash flows and the contractual terms of the financial asset give rise on specified dates tocash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding.
Income is recognised on an effective interest basis for debt instruments other than those financial assets classified as FVTPL. Interest incomeis recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
Financial assets are measured at fair value through profit or loss unless it is measured at amortised cost or at fair value through othercomprehensive income on initial recognition. Gains or losses arising on remeasurement are recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss.The net gain or loss recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss incorporates any dividend or interest earned on the financial asset and isincluded in the Other income as separate line item.
The Company recognises loss allowances using the expected credit loss (ECL) model for the financial assets which are not fair valued throughprofit or loss. For trade receivables or any contractual right to receive cash or another financial asset or contract assets that result from transactionsthat are within the scope of Ind AS 115, the Company always measures the loss allowance at an amount equal to lifetime expected credit losses.The Company follows 'simplified approach' for recognition of impairment loss allowance on trade receivables and contract assets. Further, for thepurpose of measuring lifetime expected credit loss allowance for trade receivables, the Company has used a practical expedient as permittedunder Ind AS 109. This expected credit loss allowance is computed based on a provision matrix which takes into account historical credit lossexperience and adjusted for forward-looking information. The amount of expected credit losses (or reversal) that is required to adjust the lossallowance at the reporting date to the amount that is required to be recognised as an impairment gain or loss in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a group of similar financial assets) is primarily derecognised (i.e.removed from the Company's balance sheet) when:
--> The rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired, or
--> The Company has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation to pay the received cashflows in full without material delay to a third party under a 'pass-through' arrangement; and either (a) the Company has transferredsubstantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, or (b) the Company has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks andrewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.
When the Company has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a pass-through arrangement, it evaluatesif and to what extent it has retained the risks and rewards of ownership. When it has neither retained substantially all of the risks and rewardsof the asset, nor transferred control of the asset, the Company continues to recognise the transferred asset to the extent of the Company'scontinuing involvement. In that case, the Company also recognises an associated liability. The transferred asset and the associated liability aremeasured on a basis that reflects the rights and obligations that the Company has retained.
The fair value of financial assets denominated in a foreign currency is determined in that foreign currency and translated at the spot rate at theend of each reporting period.
For foreign currency denominated financial assets measured at amortised cost, the exchange differences are recognised in the Statement ofProfit and Loss except for those which are designated as hedging instruments in a hedging relationship.
Debt and equity instruments issued by the Company are classified as either financial liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substanceof the contractual arrangements and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.
An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all of its liabilities. Equityinstruments issued by the Company are recognised at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.
All financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Financial liabilities that are not held - for trading and are not designated as at FVTPL are measured at amortised cost at the end of subsequentaccounting periods. The carrying amounts of financial liabilities that are subsequently measured at amortised cost are determined based onthe effective interest method. Interest expense that is not capitalised as part of costs of an asset is included in the 'Finance costs' line item.
For financial liabilities that are denominated in a foreign currency and are measured at amortised cost at the end of each reporting period, theforeign exchange gains and losses are determined based on the amortised cost of the instruments and are included in the Statement of Profitand Loss.
The fair value of financial liabilities denominated in a foreign currency is determined in that foreign currency and translated at the spot rate atthe end of the reporting period.
The Company derecognises financial liabilities when, and only when the Company's obligations are discharged, cancelled or have expired.An exchange with a new lender or debt instruments with substantially different terms is accounted for as an extinguishment of the originalfinancial liability and the recognition of a new financial liability. Similarly, a substantial modification of the terms of an existing financial liability(whether or not attributable to the financial difficulty of the debtor) is accounted for as an extinguishment of the original financial liabilityand the recognition of a new financial liability. The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognised and theconsideration paid and payable is recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
The Company enters into a foreign exchange forward contracts to manage its exposure to foreign exchange rate risk. Further details ofderivative financial instruments are disclosed in Note 38.
Derivatives are initially recognised at fair value at the date the derivative contracts are entered into and are subsequently remeasured to theirfair value at the end of each reporting period. The resulting gain or loss is recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss immediately unlessthe derivative is designated and effective as a hedging instrument, in which event the timing of the recognition in the Statement of Profit andLoss depends on the nature of hedging relationship and the nature of hedged item.
The Company designates certain hedging instruments which include derivatives in respect of foreign currency risk as either cash flow hedgeor fair value hedge. Hedges of foreign currency risk on firm commitments are accounted for as cash flow hedges.
At the inception of the hedge relationship, the entity documents the relationship between the hedging instrument and the hedged item, alongwith its risk management objectives and its strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions. Furthermore, at the inception of the hedge
and on an on going basis, the Company documents whether the hedging instrument is highly effective in offsetting changes in fair values orcash flows of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk.
The effective portion of the changes in the fair value of derivatives that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges is recognised inother comprehensive income and accumulated under the heading of 'Effective portion of cash flow hedges'. The gain or loss relating tothe ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
Amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity relating to effective portion as describedabove are reclassified to the Statement of Profit and Loss in the periods when the hedged item affects profit or loss, in the same line asthe recognised hedged item.
Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or when it no longer qualifiesfor hedge accounting. Any gain or loss recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity at that time remains in equityand is recognised when the forecast transaction is ultimately recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss. When a forecast transactionis no longer expected to occur, the gain or loss accumulated in equity is recognised immediately in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
Changes in fair value of the designated portion of derivatives that qualify as fair value hedges are recognised in profit or loss immediately,together with any change in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk. The change in fair valueof the designated portion of hedging instrument and the change in the hedged item attributable to hedged risk are recognised in profitor loss in the line item relating to the hedged item.
Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or when it no longerqualifies for hedge accounting. The fair value adjustment to the carrying amount of the hedged item arising from the hedged risk isamortised to profit or loss from that date.
Cash flows are reported using the indirect method, whereby profit/(loss) before tax is adjusted for the effects of transactions of non-cashnature and any deferrals or accruals of past or future cash receipts or payments. The cash flows from operating, investing and financingactivities of the Company are segregated based on the available information.
Cash comprises cash on hand and demand deposits with banks. Cash equivalents are short-term balances (with an original maturity of threemonths or less from the date of acquisition), highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into known amounts of cash and which aresubject to insignificant risk of changes in value.
For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and short-term deposits, as defined above, net ofoutstanding bank overdrafts as they are considered an integral part of the Company's cash management.
The Company recognises a liability to pay dividend to equity holders when the distribution is authorised and the distribution is no longer atthe discretion of the Company. As per the Corporate laws in India, a distribution is authorised when it is approved by the shareholders or incase of interim dividend, when aprroved by the Board of Directors. A corresponding amount is recognised directly in equity.
Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net profit or loss after tax for the year attributable to equity shareholdersby the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the year.
For the purpose of calculating the diluted earnings per share, the net profit or loss for the period attributable to equity shareholders and theweighted average number of shares outstanding during the period are adjusted for the effects of all dilutive potential equity shares.
Based on the nature of products/activities of the Company and the normal time between acquisition of assets and their realisation in cash orcash equivalents, the Company has determined its operating cycle as 12 months for the purpose of classification of its assets and liabilities ascurrent or non-current. All assets and liabilities have been classified as current or non-current as per the Company's normal operating cycleand other criteria set out in the Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013.
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker. TheManaging Director of the Company has been identified as the Chief Operating Decision Maker which reviews and assesses the financialperformance and makes the strategic decisions.
In the course of applying the policies outlined in all notes under Section 2 above, the management of the Company is required to makejudgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actualresults may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the periodin which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future period, if the revision affectscurrent and future period.
In the following areas, the management of the Company has made critical judgements and estimates:
Recognition of revenue and profit from construction contracts is based on judgements made in respect of the ultimate profitability of acontract. Such judgements are arrived at through the use of estimates in relation to the costs and value of work performed to date and tobe performed in bringing contracts to completion. These estimates are made by reference to changes in work scope, the contractual termsunder which the work is being performed, including the recoverability of any unagreed income from variations and the likely outcome ofdiscussions on claims and costs incurred. Management continually reviews the estimated final outcome on contracts and makes adjustmentswhere necessary. The actual outcome of projects may deviate from the Company's estimates and calculation, which could impact revenuerecognition up to the stage of project completion with such amounts being recognised prospectively in the financial statements.
Refer Note 2.16
As described in Notes 2.9, 2.10 and 2.11 above, the Company reviews the estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment andintangible assets at the end of each reporting period. There was no change in the useful life of property, plant and equipment and intangibleassets as compared to previous year.
Provisions and liabilities are recognised in the period when it becomes probable that there will be a future outflow of funds resulting from pastoperations or events that can reasonably be estimated. The timing of recognition requires application of judgements to existing facts andcircumstances which may be subject to change. The amounts are determined by discounting the expected future cash flows at a pre-tax ratethat reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risk specific to the liability.
Refer Note 2.15Contingencies:
In the normal course of business, contingent liabilities may arise from litigation and other claims against the Company. Potential liabilities thatare possible but not probable of crystallising or are very difficult to quantify reliably are treated as contingent liabilities. Such liabilities aredisclosed in the Note 35 but are not recognised.
Deferred tax assets are recognised for unused tax losses to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which thelosses can be utilise. Significant management judgement is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognisedbased upon the likely timing and the level of future taxable profits together with future tax planning strategies.
The cost of the defined benefit plans and the present value of the defined benefit obligation are based on actuarial valuation using theprojected unit credit method. An actuarial valuation involves making various assumptions that may differ from actual developments in thefuture. These include the determination of the discount rate, future salary increases and mortality rates. All assumptions are reviewed at eachBalance Sheet date and disclosed in Note 37.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA”) notifies new standards or amendments to the existing standards under Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules as issued from time to time. During the year ended December 31, 2024, MCA has notified Ind AS - 117 Insurance Contractsand amendments to Ind AS 116 - Leases, relating to sale and leaseback transactions. The Company has reviewed the new pronouncementsand based on its evaluation has determined that it does not have any impact in its financial statements.
(a) Securities premium is used to record the premium on issue of shares. The reserve is utilised in accordance with the provisions of theCompanies Act, 2013.
(b) General reserve is used from time to time to transfer profits from retained earnings for appropriation purposes. As the general reserve iscreated by a transfer from one component of equity to another and is not an item of other comprehensive income, items included in thegeneral reserve will not be reclassified subsequently to the Statement of Profit and Loss. The reserve is utilised in accordance with theprovisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
(c) Retained earnings are the profits that the Company has earned till date, less any transfers to General reserve, dividends or other distributionspaid to shareholders.
(d) The effective portion of cash flow hedges represents the cumulative effective portion of gains or losses arising on changes in fair value ofdesignated portion of hedging instruments entered into for cash flow hedges. The cumulative gain or loss arising on changes in fair value ofthe designated portion of the hedging instruments that are recognised and accumulated under the heading of ‘Effective portion of cash flowhedges' will be reclassified to profit or loss only when the hedged transaction affects the profit or loss.
During the period April 2010 to December 2014, the Company had paid service tax for services rendered and paid excise duty on dispatch ofgoods considering contracts as divisible contracts. Service tax department issued Show cause Notice dated October 21, 2015 for demandingservice tax of ' 4,817.55 lakhs categorised as "works contract” service by the Department on which excise duty of ' 10,510.51 lakhs had beenpaid. The Company had replied to Show cause notice and personal hearing had also been held. The Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax,Large Taxpayer Unit vide their order dated November 30, 2016 upheld the service tax liability of ' 4,817.55 lakhs, penalty of ' 4,817.65 lakhs andinterest, as applicable, estimated to be ' 9,956.80 lakhs. An appeal had been filed by the Company before CESTAT Mumbai dated March 20, 2017.The Company had paid appropriate excise duty on goods manufactured and service tax on service rendered. The order is seen by the Companyas change of opinion by the department after higher bench judgement in one of the recent case. The Company had pre-deposited ' 361.32 lakhs.
In continuation to the above matter, the Company had further received show cause notice dated December 22, 2017 for the period January 2015 toMarch 2015 demanding service tax of '175.46 lakhs categorised as "works contract” service on which excise duty of ' 377.56 lakhs had been paid andshow cause notice dated March 19, 2018 for the period April 2015 to June 2017 demanding service tax of '759.27 lakhs categorised as "works contract”service on which excise duty of ' 1,670.08 lakhs had been paid. The Company had replied to Show cause notice and personal hearing had also beenheld. The Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax, Large Taxpayer Unit vide their order dated February 14, 2019 upheld the service tax liabilityof ' 175.46 lakhs and ' 759.27 lakhs respectively and penalty of ' 175.56 lakhs and ' 759.37 lakhs respectively and interest, as applicable, ' 273.85lakhs and ' 1,017.36 lakhs respectively. An appeal had been filed by the Company before CESTAT, Mumbai dated May 06, 2019. The Company hadpaid appropriate excise duty on goods manufactured and service tax on service rendered. The order is seen by the Company as change of opinion bythe Department after higher bench judgement in one of the recent case. The Company had pre-deposited ' 13.16 lakhs and ' 56.94 lakhs respectively.
Panvel Municipal Corporation had raised Local Body Tax demand for the period from 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017 and from 01.04.2017to 30.06.2017under rule 33 of Panvel Municipal Corporation Act vide order dated November 13, 2018 & March 14, 2019 respectively. Total demand was of '186.97 lakhs consisting LBT Tax of ' 117.80 lakhs, interest of ' 12.92 lakhs and penalty initially levied of ' 56.25 lakhs. Out of penalty initially leviedin LBT assessment has been reduced to ' 14.14 lakh at Appellate level. Of which Tax had been paid and interest is provided in the books. Penaltyis not provided in the books. Writ Petitions have been filed against the orders issued by Appellate Authorities by the Company in Hon'ble MumbaiHigh Court on 29th July 2023 against demand of interest and penalty.
Jharkhand GST Department has conducted Audit for four financial years - 2017-18 to 2020-22, On completion of the Audit, Adjudication Order wasissued on 14.02.2024 with demand of ' 1.04 lakh, penalty of ' 1.04 lakh and estimated interest of ' 0.96 lakh. The demand was raised by JharkhandGST Dept. with contention that less taxable Turnover in GST Returns shown as compared Form 26 AS and not shared GSTR-3B of a particular vendoras proof of payment of GST Tax. The Company has filed Appeal before Commissioner, Appeal (GST Dept. Jharkhand) on 06.05.2024 against theadjuducation order. The Company had pre-deposited ' 0.10 lakh.
*** Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) had raised Property tax bill in May 22 for FY2022-23 of ' 85.89 lakhs and cumulative demand is ' 111.39 lakhsand the Company had provided for property tax of ' 30.34 lakhs in the books. In March 23, PMC issued notice for recovery of the said bill amount. TalojaManufacturers Association, of which the Company is a member, have filed a writ petition bearing (St) No. 9175 of2022 before the Hon'ble High Court ofJudicature at Mumbai. The said issue being a matter which is subjudice before the Hon'ble High Court and in identical petition filed by the Associationand other Member-Industries, the Hon'ble High Court has already passed order to the effect of restraining the PMC from taking any coercive action.
Above Income-tax contingent liablity of ' 118.61 lakhs, include income-tax liability of ' 90.09 lakhs for AY 2010-11, which is already adjusted againstrefund of AY 2019-20 and hence same is not outstanding as per income-tax department record.
The following is the summary of practical expedients elected on application:
• Used a single discount rate to a portfolio of leases with reasonably similar characteristics
• Applied the short-term leases exemptions to leases with lease term that ends within 12 months of the date of initial application
• Excluded the initial direct costs from the measurement of the right-of-use asset at the date of initial application
The Company has lease contracts for various items of Plant and machinery, land, flat, vehicles and other equipment used in its operations. Leasesof land generally have lease terms between 49 and 66 years, while flat generally have lease terms between 1 and 5 years. Generally, the Companyis restricted from assigning and subleasing the leased assets.
The Company also has certain leases of Plant and machinery and vehicles with lease terms of 12 months or less and leases of office equipment withlow value. The Company applies the 'short-term lease' and 'lease of low-value assets' recognition exemptions for these leases.
The Company had total cash outflows for leases of ' 116.18 lakhs during the year ended December 31,2024 (for the nine months ended December31, 2023: ' 19.59 lakhs).
Refer Note 5 for additions to right-of-use assets and the carrying amount of right-of-use assets as at December 31, 2024.
The effective interest rate for lease liabilities is 10.70% & 13.10%.
The maturity analysis of lease liabilities are disclosed in Note 38.13.
All eligible employees are entitled to benefits under superannuation, a defined contribution plan. The Company makes quarterly contributionsuntil retirement or resignation of the employee. The Company recognises such contributions as an expense when incurred. The Companyhas no further obligation beyond its quarterly contribution.
Company's contribution to superannuation recognised in Statement of Profit and Loss is ' 28.95 lakhs (for the nine months ended December31, 2023'25.05 lakhs) (included in Note 28).
All eligible employees of the Company are entitled to receive benefits under the provident fund, a defined contribution plan in which both theemployees and employer (at a determined rate) contribute monthly. Contributions are made to provident fund in India for employees at therate of 12% of basic salary as per regulation. The contributions are made to registered provident fund administered by the government. Theobligation of the Company is limited to the amount contributed and it has no further contractual nor any constructive obligation.
Company's contribution to Provident fund/Social security recognised in Statement of Profit and Loss is ' 219.35 lakhs (for the nine monthsended December 31, 2023'182.97 lakhs) (included in Note 28).
The Company sponsors funded defined benefit plans for all eligible employees. The defined benefit plan is administered by a separate fundthat is legally separated from the entity.
Under the gratuity plan, the eligible employees are entitled to post-retirement benefit at the rate of 15 days salary for each year of service untilthe retirement age of 60 years, without any payment ceiling. The vesting period for gratuity as payable under The Payment of Gratuity Act is 5years.
The plans in India typically expose the Company to actuarial risks such as investment risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and salary risk.
The probability or likelihood of occurrence of losses relative to the expected return on any particular investment.
b) Interest rate risk
The plan exposes the Company to the risk of fall in interest rates. A fall in interest rates will result in an increase in the ultimate cost ofproviding the above benefit and will thus result in an increase in the value of the liability (as shown in financial statements).
c) Liquidity risk
This is the risk that the Company is not able to meet the short-term gratuity pay outs. This may arise due to non availability of enoughcash / cash equivalents to meet the liabilities or holding of liquid assets not being sold in time.
d) Salary escalation risk
The present value of the defined benefit plan is calculated with the assumption of salary increase rate of plan participants in future.Deviation in the rate of increase of salary in future for plan participants from the rate of increase in salary used to determine the presentvalue of obligation will have a bearing on the plan's liability.
No other post-retirement benefits are provided to these employees.
The discount rate is based on the prevailing market yields of Government of India securities as at the balance sheet date for the estimatedterm of the obligations.
Interest income on plan asset is a component of the return on plan asset and is determined by multiplying the fair value of the plan assets bythe discount rate, both as determined at the start of the annual reporting period, taking account of any changes in the plan assets held duringthe period as a result of contributions and benefit payments.
The estimate of future salary increase, considered in actuarial valuation, take into account the inflation, seniority, promotion and other relevantfactors, such as supply and demand in the employment market.
Due to absence of data provided by Life Insurance Corporation of India, break-up of plan assets (asset allocation) in insurer managed fundshave not been furnished.
The Company manages its capital to ensure that it will be able to continue as a going concern while maximising the returns to stakeholdersthrough the optimisation of the debt and equity balance. For the purpose of the Company's capital management, capital includes issuedequity capital and all other equity reserves attributable to the equity holders of the Company. The primary objective of the Company's capitalmanagement is to maximise the shareholder value.
The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments in light of changes in economic conditions and the requirements of thefinancial covenants. To maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Company may adjust the dividend payment to shareholders. The Companyis a debt free company and cash required for operation is managed through internal accruals.
The Company has a Risk Management Committee established by its Board of Directors for overseeing the Risk Management Frameworkand developing and monitoring the Company's risk management policies. The risk management policies are established to ensure timelyidentification and evaluation of risks, setting acceptable risk threshold, identifying and mapping controls against these risks, monitor the risksand their limits, improve risk awareness and transparency. Risk management policies and systems are reviewed regularly to reflect changesin the market conditions and the Company's activities to provide reliable information to the management and the Board to evaluate theadequacy of the risk management framework in relation to the risk faced by the Company.
The risk management policies aims to mitigate the following risk arising from the financial instruments:
- Market risk (includes foreign currency risk and price risk)
- Credit risk and
- Liquidity risk
Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instruments will fluctuate because of changes in the market prices.The Company in the ordinary course of its business is exposed to risks related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
The Company seeks to minimise the effect of these risks by using derivative financial instruments to hedge risk exposures. The Companydoes not enter into or trade financial instruments, including derivatives for speculation purposes.
The Company's functional currency is Indian Rupees (INR). The Company undertakes transactions denominated in foreign currencies;consequently, exposure to exchange rate fluctuations arise. Volatility in exchange rates affects the Company's revenue from export marketsand the costs of imports, primarily in relation to raw materials. The Company is exposed to exchange rate risk under its trade portfolio.
Favourable movements in the exchange rates will conversely result in reduction in the Company's receivables in foreign currency. In order tohedge exchange rate risk, the Company hedges cash flows up to a specific tenure using forward exchange contracts in respect of exports,imports, other receivables and payables. The Company uses forward foreign exchange contracts to hedge its exposure in foreign currencyrelated to firm commitments and highly probable forecast transactions.
The Company is exposed to movement in metal commodity price of steel. Our sales contracts are on fixed price basis. Profitability in caseof firm price orders is impacted by movement in the prices of steel. The Company primarily purchases its raw materials in the open marketfrom third parties. The Company either places long term firm price order with the suppliers or builds stock on need basis to mitigate therisk.
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instruments will fluctuate because of changes in market interestrates. The Company is debt free Company and has not borrowed fund during the year from banks, therefore, the Company is not exposed tointerest rate risk.
Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss to the Company. TheCompany is exposed to credit risk for trade receivables, contract assets, deposits with banks, derivative financial instruments and otherfinancial instruments.
Customer credit risk is managed centrally by the Company. The Company evaluates the creditworthiness based on publicly available financialinformation and the Company's historical experiences. Further, majority of the Company's customers are Companies with strong financialstability. Credit risk on receivables is also mitigated by securing the same against letters of credit of reputed banks. Trade receivables spreadacross diverse geographical areas with no significant concentration of credit risk. Outstanding trade receivables are regularly monitored andappropriate actions are taken for collection of overdue receivables. The Company's exposure to counterparties are continuously reviewedand monitored by the management. Credit period varies as per the contractual terms with the customers. No interest is generally charged onoverdue trade receivables.
The Company directly reduces the gross carrying amount of financial assets when the Company has no reasonable expectations ofrecovering a financial asset in its entirety or a portion thereof. The amount of financial assets are net of allowance for doubtful accounts,estimated by the Company and based, in part, on the age of specific receivable balance and the current and expected collection trends.The Company has used practical expedient by computing expected credit loss allowance for trade receivables by taking into considerationhistoric credit loss experience and adjusted for forward looking information. The expected credit loss is based on the ageing of the days andthe expected credit loss rate.
Apart from the major customers of the Company in India and Belgium (where the parent company is based), the Company does not havesignificant credit risk exposure to any single customer. Concentration of credit risk related to the customers in India 77% of the tradereceivables of the Company as at December 31, 2024 (As at December 31,2023: India accounts for 79%). Concentration of credit risk to anyother customer did not exceed 10% of the trade receivables of the Company at reporting date.
As at December 31, 2024 the Company had contract assets amounting to ' 8,935.64 lakhs (As at March 31, 2023: ' 21,983.82 lakhs). AtDecember 31,2024 the Company had 2 customer (As at December 31, 2023: 3 customer) that owed the Company more than ' 1,000 lakhseach and accounted for approximately 81% (As at December 31, 2023: 98%) of all the contract assets outstanding.
The history of trade receivables shows a negligible impairment allowance.
The Company maintains exposure in cash and cash equivalents, term deposits with banks, and derivative instruments. The Company attemptsto limit the credit risk by only dealing with reputable banks having high-credit ratings assigned by credit-rating agencies. The Company'smaximum exposure to the credit risk for the component of Balance Sheet as at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 is the carryingamounts of each class of financial assets.
Liquidity risk refers to the risk of financial distress or extraordinary high financing costs arising due to shortage of liquid funds in a situationwhere business conditions unexpectedly deteriorate and require financing. The Company requires fund both for short-term operational needsas well as for long-term capital expenditure growth projects. The Company generates sufficient cash flow for operations, which together withthe available cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments provide liquidity in the short-term and long-term. The Company managesliquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves, banking facilities and reserve borrowing facilities by continuously monitoring forecast andactual cash flow and by matching the maturity profiles of the financial assets and liabilities.
The Company regularly monitors the rolling forecasts to ensure it has sufficient cash on an on-going basis to meet operational needs. Anyshort-term surplus cash generated, over and above the amount required for working capital management and other operational requirements,is retained as cash and cash equivalents (to the extent required) and any excess is invested in bank fixed deposits to optimise the returns oncash and cash equivalents while ensuring sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities.
Property, plant and equipment, capital work-in-progress, specific right-of-use asset, investment properties with a carrying amount of' 3,337.00 lakhs (As at December 31, 2023: ' 2,934.40 lakhs), have been mortgaged as security for fund based and non-fund based creditfacilities from banks.
Further, these facilities are also secured by hypothecation against trade receivables and inventories. The amount of unused borrowingfacilities (fund and non fund based) available for future operating activities and to settle commitments as at December 31,2024'17,998.50lakhs (As at December 31, 2023'11,882.88 lakhs). The returns/statements filed by the Company with such banks are in agreement with thebooks of accounts of the Company.
The fair values of the financial assets and liabilities are defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liabilityin an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair valuesare consistent with those used for the nine months ended December 31, 2023.
For financial assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value, the carrying amounts are equal to the fair value.
1. The fair values of the forward contracts used for expected future sale has been determined using forward pricing, based on presentvalue calculations.
2. The Company has disclosed financial instruments such as trade receivables (current), cash and cash equivalents, other bank balances,loans to employees, other current financial assets, trade payables (current) and other current financial liabilities at carrying value,because, their carrying amounts are a reasonable approximation of the fair values due to their short-term nature.
The principal activities of the Company comprise customised manufacturing and installation of cold rolling mills, galvanizing lines, colour coatinglines, tension levelling lines, skin pass mills, acid regeneration plants, wet flux line and pickling lines ("the projects”) for ferrous and non-ferrousindustries world wide.
For management purpose, the Company comprise of only one reportable segment - Original equipment manufacturer and project management.Information is reported to and evaluated regularly by the Chief Operational Decision Maker (CODM) i.e. Managing Director for the purpose ofresource allocation and assessing the performance of the business as a whole. The CODM reviews the Company's performance on the analysisof profit before tax and turnover at an overall entity level. Accordingly there is no other separate reportable segment as defined by Ind AS 108"Operating Segments”.
(vi) The Company has not received any fund from any person or entity including foreign entities (Funding Party) with the understanding(whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:
• directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(vii) The Company does not have any such transaction which is not recorded in the books of accounts that has been surrendered ordisclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (such as, search or survey or any otherrelevant provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
(viii) The accounting software used by the Company for maintaining its books of account during the year ended December 31, 2024, had thefunctionality of recording an audit trail/edit log, throughout the said period. However, the audit trail is disabled/not effective for changes todata at a database level and also in data for certain specific tables at an application level. There are no instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with in respect of the accounting software wherever it is enabled. Additionally, the audit trail of previous year has been preservedby the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention to the extent it was enabled and recorded in the previous year.
(ix) The revised quarterly returns or statements of current assets filed by the Company with banks are in agreement with the books of accounts.(b) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Expenditure
As per Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, a Company meeting the applicability threshold, needs to spend at least 2% of it's averagenet profit for the immediately preceding three financial years on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. A CSR committee has beenformed by the Company as per the Companies Act, 2013. The expenditure has been incurred on activities specified in Schedule VII of theCompanies Act, 2013.
Since the Company does not have debt, Debt Equity Ratio and Debt Service Ratio is not applicable.
Explanations given where the change in the ratio is more than 25% as compared to the preceding year.
Note 1: Decrease due to net loss incured during the current year.
Note 2: Decrease due to reduction in business activities.
Note 4 Previous year's figures have been regrouped/reclassified wherever necessary to correspond with the current year's classification/disclosure.
As per our report of even dateFor R B C & CO LLP
Chartered Accountants Michael Kotas Vivek Bhide
ICAI Firm Registration No. 324982E/E300003 Managing Director Director
DIN: 10053364 DIN: 02645197
per Vinayak Pujare
Partner Marc Dumont Haresh Vala
Membership No. 101143 Chief Financial Officer Company Secretary
Place: Mumbai Place: Mumbai
Date: February 20, 2025 Date: February 20, 2025