Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the 22nd Board's Report along with the Audited Financial Statementsof your Company for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2025 ("FY 2025"). This Report is prepared on the basisof Standalone Financial Statements of the Company for FY 2025 and the consolidated performance of theCompany, its subsidiaries and associate has been referred to wherever required.
The financial performance of your Company is summarized below:
(Rs. in Million)
Standalone
Consolidated
Particulars
FY2025
FY2024
Income
Revenue from Operations
12,716.52
7,740.32
14,303.07
7,585.71
Other Income
23.15
26.53
26.16
26.63
Total Revenues
12,739.67
7,766.85
14,329.23
7,612.34
Expenses
Cost of Material consumed
6,864.33
5,294.36
7,313.05
5,118.31
Purchase of Stock in Trade
443.48
284.82
850.39
138.42
Change in inventories of finished goods and work in progress
23.29
(222.19)
(174.44)
(227.07)
Employee benefit expense
555.34
408.26
655.50
424.02
Finance Cost
371.35
140.32
419.33
143.13
Depreciation and amortization
83.69
79.08
127.91
85.97
Other Expenses
1,297.40
597.55
1460.05
630.79
Total Expenses
9,638.88
6,582.20
10,651.78
6,313.57
Profit/ (Loss) Before Tax
3,100.79
1,184.65
3,677.45
1,298.77
Tax expenses
Current tax
Current year
804.49
335.97
909.09
358.74
Related to previous years
18.11
(13.62)
21.07
Deferred tax expense/ (credit)
(30.75)
(27.58)
(39.84)
(23.00)
Total Tax expense
791.85
294.77
890.32
322.12
Profit/ (Loss) After Tax
2,308.94
889.88
2,787.12
976.65
Share of profit of associate (net of tax)
-
19.00
Profit for the year
2308.94
2806.13
Other Comprehensive Income
5.94
11.55
6.12
Total Other Comprehensive Income (net of tax)
Total Comprehensive Income for the year
2,314.88
901.43
2812.25
988.20
EPS
Basic
23.21
8.95
28.21
9.82
Diluted
23.19
28.18
In accordance with the Companies Act, 2013 ("theAct") and Regulation 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations& Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("SEBIListing Regulations"), the audited ConsolidatedFinancial Statements are provided as part of thisAnnual Report and shall also be laid before the ensuingAnnual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company.
The Standalone and Consolidated FinancialStatements have been prepared in accordance withthe Indian Accounting Standards (IND AS) notifiedunder the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015 (as amended from time to time).
Company's Performance / Operations
In FY 2025, the Company reported consolidatedrevenues from continuing operations of Rs. 14,303.07million and a Profit after tax of Rs. 2,806.13 million.
Considering the future business plans of theCompany, the Board of Directors of the Company donot recommend any dividend on the Equity Shares ofthe Company for FY 2025.
Dividend Distribution Policy
The Board of Directors of the Company in its meetingheld on September 12, 2024 has adopted a DividendDistribution Policy pursuant to the provisions ofthe Regulation 43A of the Listing Regulations. Thesame is available on the Company's website athttps://oswalpumps.com/investor-relations/policies/pdf/Dividend Distribution Policy.pdf
Transfer to Reserves
The Company did not transfer any amount out ofprofits to General Reserve during the FY 2025.
Listing Information
The Equity Shares of the Company are traded onBombay Stock Exchange Limited (Scrip Code '544418')and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (Symbol'OSWALPUMPS') effective June 20, 2025. The ISINnumber for dematerialization of the Equity Shares ofthe Company is INE0BYP01024.
The annual listing fees for the Financial Year 2025-26has been paid to both the Stock Exchanges.
Changes in Share Capital
As at March 31, 2025, the authorized share capital ofthe Company was Rs. 12,00,00,000/- (Rupees TwelveCrore Only) divided into 12,00,00,000 (Twelve Crore)Equity Shares of Re. 1/- (Rupee One Only) each.
The following changes took place in the Authorizedshare capital of the Company during FY 2025:
1. The Board of Directors and the Shareholders ofthe Company in the respective meetings heldon August 27, 2024 had approved increase in theAuthorized Share Capital of the Company from Rs
7.00. 00.000/- divided into 70,00,000 Equity Sharesof Rs 10/- each to Rs 12,00,00,000/- divided into
1.20.00. 000 Equity Shares of Rs 10/- each.
2. Further, the Board of Directors and Shareholdersof the Company in the respective meetings heldon August 29, 2024 had approved the sub-divisionof the Equity Shares of the Company, including thepaid-up Equity Shares in a way that the AuthorizedShare Capital of Rs 12,00,00,000/- divided into
1.20.00. 000 Equity Shares of Rs 10/- each shall besub-divided into 12,00,00,000 Equity shares havingface value of Re 1/- each.
The Issued, Subscribed and Paid-Up Share Capital ofthe Company as at March 31, 2025 was Rs. 9,94,82,300/-(Rupees Nine Crore Ninety Four Lakh Eighty TwoThousand and Three Hundred Only) comprising of9,94,82,300 (Nine Crore Ninety Four Lakh Eighty TwoThousand and Three Hundred) Equity Shares of Re. 1/-(Rupee One Only) each.
The following changes took place in the Issued,Subscribed and Paid-Up Share Capital of theCompany during FY 2025:
1. The Board of Directors of the Company in itsmeeting held on June 19, 2024 had approvedcancellation of 72,500 (Seventy Two Thousand FiveHundred) Equity Shares, which were forfeited bythe Company on October 10, 2011 and consequentdiminishing of the Issued and Subscribed ShareCapital of the Company by an amount of Rs. 0.73million being the nominal value of the forfeitedshares being cancelled.
2. The Board of Directors and Shareholders of theCompany in the respective meetings held onAugust 27, 2024 had approved the sub-divisionof the Equity Shares of the Company, includingthe paid-up Equity Shares in a way that the paid-up Share Capital of Rs. 5,85,19,000/- divided into58,51,900 Equity Shares having face value ofRs 10/- each of the Company shall stand sub¬divided into 5,85,19,000 Equity Shares having theface value of Re 1/- each.
3. The Board of Directors of the Company through acircular resolution passed by it on August 31, 2024had approved the allotment of 4,09,63,300 BonusShares fully paid-up of Re. 1/- each to the Membersof the Company, pursuant to the approval forissuance of Bonus Shares accorded by the Boardof Directors and Shareholders of the Company inthe respective meetings held on August 29, 2024.
As at March 31, 2025, your Company had followingSubsidiary/ Holding/ Associate companies. YourCompany did not have any Joint Venture Companyduring FY 2025.
S.
No.
Name of Company
Holding/ Subsidiary/Associate/ JointVenture
1
Oswal Solar StructurePrivate Limited
Wholly OwnedSubsidiary
2
Oswal Green IndustriesPrivate Limited
3
Shorya TradingCompany PrivateLimited
Holding
4
Walso Solar SolutionPrivate Limited
Associate
During the FY 2025:
1) The Company pursuant to the approval of theBoard of Directors in its meeting held on May 14,2024 had purchased 10 Equity Shares held byMr. Vivek Gupta in Oswal Solar Structure PrivateLimited and Oswal Green Industries PrivateLimited on July 24, 2024 and accordingly, boththe companies have become its Wholly OwnedSubsidiaries effective that date.
2) The Company pursuant to the approval of theBoard of Directors in its meeting held on April 05,2024 had subscribed 27,30,000 Equity Shares ofRs. 10/- each of Walso Solar Solution PrivateLimited effective April 23, 2024 i.e. the date ofincorporation and accordingly, the Walso SolarSolution Private Limited has become an associateof the Company effective that date.
A statement containing salient features of theFinancial Statements of the Company's subsidiariesand associate is enclosed with this Report as'Annexure - 1'.
Further, a detailed update on the performance of yourCompany's subsidiaries and associate is furnishedin the Management Discussion and Analysis sectionwhich forms part of this Report.
In compliance with the provisions of Section 136 of theAct, the Financial Statements and other documentsof the subsidiaries/ associate are not being attachedwith the Financial Statements of the Company andare available on the website of the Company viz.https://www.oswalpumps.com/.
The Consolidated Financial Statements presentedby the Company include financial results of itssubsidiaries and associate.
The Annual Return of the Company for FY 2023-24 isavailable on the website of the Company at https://oswalpumps.com/. Further, the Annual Return forFY 2025 shall be made available on the website ofthe Company upon the same being filed with theconcerned Registrar of Companies.
Employees Stock Option Plan
Your Company had adopted an employee stockoption plan viz. 'Oswal Pumps- Employee Stock OptionPlan 2024' ('ESOP Plan') with the approval of the Boardof Directors in its meeting held on August 27, 2024 andthe Shareholders of the Company through SpecialResolution in the Extra Ordinary General Meeting heldon August 27, 2024. The ESOP Plan provides for grant ofstock options aggregating not more than 5% of equityshare capital of the Company to eligible employeesand Directors of the Company and its subsidiaries.Further, the ESOP Plan is in compliance with theSecurities and Exchange Board of India (Share BasedEmployee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations,2021 (as amended from time to time). The ESOP Planis administered by the Nomination and RemunerationCommittee constituted by the Board of Directors ofthe Company.
During FY 2025, your Company has granted 91,068stock options to the eligible employees of theCompany and its subsidiaries. A statement settingout the details of options granted upto March 31, 2025and other disclosures as required under Securitiesand Exchange Board of India (Share Based EmployeeBenefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 and Rule12(9) of Companies (Share Capital & Debentures)Rules, 2014 for FY 2025, is enclosed as 'Annexure - 2'to this report.
Material changes between the end of financial yearand the date of this Report
There was no material change affecting the financialposition of the Company between the Financial Yearended March 31, 2025 and the date of this Report.However, the following events have, inter-alia, takenplace till the date of this report:
1. The Board of Directors of the Company in itsmeeting held on June 18, 2025 had approved theallotment/ transfer of Equity Shares at an Offerprice of Rs. 614/- per Equity Share including ashare premium of Rs. 613/- per Equity Share underthe Initial Public Offer ('Offer') (comprising of freshissue of 14,495,114 Equity Shares and offer for saleof 8,100,000 Equity Shares ), to the respectiveapplicants in various categories in terms of thebasis of allotment approved in consultationwith the authorized representative of NationalStock Exchange of India Limited, the designated
stock exchange in connection with the Offer andsubsequently, the Equity Shares of the Companygot listed on the BSE Limited and National StockExchange of India Limited effective June 20, 2025.
2. Further, subsequent to allotment/ transfer ofshares under the Offer on June 18, 2025, ShoryaTrading Company Private Limited ceased to bethe Holding Company and the Company becamean associate of Shorya Trading Company PrivateLimited effective that date.
Report on Corporate Governance
The Company is in compliance with all the mandatoryrequirements of Corporate Governance specified bythe Securities and Exchange Board of India throughPart C of Schedule V of the SEBI Listing Regulations.As required by the said Clause, a separate Reporton Corporate Governance forms part of the AnnualReport of the Company.
A certificate from M/s Amit Shukla & Associates,Practicing Company Secretaries regardingcompliance with the regulations of CorporateGovernance pursuant to Part E of Schedule V of theSEBI Listing Regulations and a certificate from theManaging Director and Chief Financial Officer of theCompany on compliance of Part B of Schedule II of theSEBI Listing Regulations forms part of the CorporateGovernance Report.
Management Discussion & Analysis
In terms of Regulation 34 of the SEBI Listing Regulations,a review of the performance of the Company, includingthose of your Company's subsidiaries/associate isprovided in the Management Discussion & Analysissection, which forms part of this Annual Report.
Board of Directors
As at March 31, 2025, the Board of Directors of yourCompany comprised of 6 (six) Directors with 3 (three)Executive Directors and 3 (three) Non-ExecutiveIndependent Directors as follows:
Name of Director
Designation
Mr. Vivek Gupta
Chairman andManaging Director
Mr. Amulya Gupta
Whole Time Director
Mr. Shivam Gupta
Mr. Vikas Modi
Non-ExecutiveIndependent Director
5
Mr. Sandeep Garg
6
Ms. Kanchan Vohra
The following changes have occurred in Board
composition during FY 2025:
1. Appointment of Mr. Vivek Gupta as the Chairmanof the Board of Directors effective June 10, 2024.
2. Appointment of Mr. Shivam Gupta as a WholeTime Director effective June 10, 2024.
3. Resignation of Mr. Padam Sain Gupta as a Non¬Executive Director effective closure of businesshours on August 07, 2024.
4. Resignation of Mr. Naresh Chand Goyal, Mr. VishalGoela and Mr. Sachin Gupta as Non-ExecutiveIndependent Directors effective closure ofbusiness hours on August 07, 2024.
5. Appointment of Mr. Sandeep Garg, Ms. KanchanVohra and Mr. Vikas Modi as Non- ExecutiveIndependent Directors effective August 07, 2024.
In terms of Section 152 of the Act and the Articlesof Association of the Company, Mr. Shivam Guptashall retire by rotation at the ensuing AGM of theCompany. Being eligible, he has offered himself forre-appointment at the ensuing AGM. Your Directorsrecommend his re-appointment. A brief profile of Mr.Shivam Gupta, forms part of the Notice conveningAGM of the Company.
Board Meetings
The Board of Directors met 14 (Fourteen) times duringFY 2025. The details of meetings and the attendanceof directors are provided in the Corporate GovernanceReport which forms part of this Annual report.
Statement of Declaration by Independent Directors
In terms of Section 149(6) of the Act, the Companyhas received declaration of independence from allIndependent Directors namely Mr. Sandeep Garg, Mr.Vikas Modi and Ms. Kanchan Vohra.
In the opinion of the Board, the Independent Directorsfulfil the conditions of independence specified inSection 149(6) of the Act and also meet the criteria inrelation to integrity, expertise and experience (includingthe proficiency) as outlined by your Company. TheIndependent Directors have also confirmed that theyhave complied with the Company's Code of Conductand the inlaid policies and applicable laws.
Key Managerial Personnel
As at March 31, 2025, in terms of provisions of Section203 of the Act, read with the Companies (Appointmentand Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules,2014, Mr. Vivek Gupta, Chairman and ManagingDirector, Mr. Amulya Gupta, Whole Time Director, Mr.Shivam Gupta, Whole Time Director, Mr. Anish Kumar,Company Secretary and Compliance Officer and Mr.Subodh Kumar, Chief Financial Officer were the KeyManagerial Personnel of the Company.
The following changes have occurred in KeyManagerial Personnel during FY 2025:
3. Appointment of Mr. Subodh Kumar as the ChiefFinancial Officer effective August 29, 2024.
4. Appointment of Mr. Anish Kumar as the CompanySecretary effective August 29, 2024 and as theCompliance Officer effective September 12, 2024.
As at March 31, 2025, the Company had 6 (Six)committees of Board of Directors of the Companyviz. Audit Committee, Nomination & RemunerationCommittee, Stakeholder's Relationship Committee,Risk Management Committee, Corporate SocialResponsibilty Committee and IPO Committee, whichhave been established as a part of the best CorporateGovernance practices and are in compliance with therequirements of the relevant provisions of applicablelaws and statutes.
A detailed note on Board and Committeescomposition, its terms of references and themeetings held during FY 2025 has been provided inthe Corporate Governance Report which forms partof this Annual Report.
Independent Directors' Meeting
The Independent Directors met on April 03, 2024, inter-alia, to:
1. Review the performance of non-independentDirectors and the Board as a whole;
2. Review the performance of the Chairman/Managing Director of the Company, taking intoaccount the views of executive Directors and non¬executive Directors; and
3. Assess the quality, quantity and timeliness offlow of information between the Companymanagement and the Board that is necessary forthe Board to effectively and reasonably performtheir duties.
The performance evaluation of the Board as stipulatedunder the SEBI Listing Regulations and Section 134of the Act read with Rule 8(4) of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014, a formal annual evaluationhas been carried out for evaluating the performanceof the Board, the Committees of the Board andthe Individual Directors including the IndependentDirectors and the Chairman.
The performance evaluation was carried out by
obtaining feedback from all Directors throughemail. The Directors were also provided an optionto participate in physical mode. The outcome ofthis performance evaluation was placed beforeNomination & Remuneration Committee, IndependentDirectors' Committee and the Board in their respectivemeeting for the consideration of members.
The review concluded by affirming that theBoard as a whole as well as its Chairman, all of itsmembers, individually and the Committees of theBoard continued to display commitment to goodgovernance by ensuring a constant improvement ofprocesses and procedures and contributed their bestin overall growth of the organization.
Nomination & Remuneration Policy
In terms of the provisions of Section 134(3)(e) and 178 ofthe Act, the Board of Directors on the recommendationof the Nomination & Remuneration Committee haveput in place a policy on Director's appointment andremuneration including criteria for determiningqualifications, positive attributes, independence ofa Director and other matters provided. The policyon Nomination, Remuneration and Board Diversityis available on our website at https://oswalpumps.com/investor-relations/policies/pdf/Nomination%20Remuneration%20Board%20Evaluation%20&%20Board%20Diversity%20Policy.pdf
Disclosure under Sexual Harassment of Women atWorkplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act,2013
The Company has requisite policy for prevention,prohibition and redressal of Sexual Harassment ofWomen at Workplace. This comprehensive policyensures gender equality and the right to work withdignity. The Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) is inplace for redressal of complaints received relating tosexual harassment.
During FY 2025 and till the date of this report, nocomplaint pertaining to sexual harassment wasreceived.
Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments inSecurities
The details of loans, guarantees and investments areprovided in Note No. 40 to the Standalone FinancialStatements forming part of this Annual Report.
Contracts or Arrangements with Related Parties
All transactions entered by the Company during FY2025 with related parties under the Act were in theordinary course of business and on an arm's lengthbasis. Further, your Company did not enter into anyRelated Party Transaction which may be consideredmaterial and thus disclosure in Form AOC-2 isconsidered to be not applicable to the Company.
The details of all related party transactions areprovided in Note No. 39.8 to the Standalone FinancialStatements attached to this Report.
The Policy on materiality of related party transactionsand dealing with related party transactions asapproved by the Board can be accessed onthe Company's website at https://oswalpumps.com/investor-relations/policies/pdf/Policy%20on%20Materiality%20of%20Related%20Party%20Transactions.pdf
Risk Management
Your Company considers that risk is an integral partof its business and therefore, it takes proper steps tomanage all risks in a proactive and efficient manner.The Company management periodically assessesrisks in the internal and external environment andincorporates suitable risk treatment processes in itsstrategy, business and operating plans.
There are no risks which, in the opinion of the Board,threaten the very existence of your Company. However,some of the challenges faced by the Company and/or its key operating subsidiaries have been set outin the Management Discussion and Analysis Reportforming part of this Annual Report.
Vigil Mechanism
The Company has a vigil mechanism pursuant towhich a Whistle Blower Policy ('Policy') has beenadopted and the same is hosted on Company'swebsite at https://oswalpumps.com/investor-relations/policies/pdf/Whistleblower%20Policy.pdf
It provides opportunity to the directors, stakeholdersand employees to report in good faith about theunethical and improper practices, fraud or violation ofCompany's Code of Conduct. The Policy also providesfor adequate safeguard against victimization of thewhistleblowers using such mechanism. The Policy alsoprovides for direct access to the Chairperson of theAudit Committee in exceptional cases.
The Company affirms that no person was deniedaccess to the Audit Committee on matters relating tothe Policy during FY 2025.
The information required under Section 197(12) of theAct read with Rule 5(1) and Rule 5(2) of the Companies(Appointment and Remuneration of ManagerialPersonnel) Rules, 2014, as amended from time to time,is given in 'Annexure - 3'.
Particulars of Conservation of Energy, TechnologyAbsorption & Foreign Exchange Earning and Outgo
The information on conservation of energy, technologyabsorption and foreign exchange earnings & outgoas stipulated under Section 134(3)(m) of the Act read
with Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is as follows:
a) Conservation of Energy
(i) the steps taken or impact on conservation ofenergy. Regular efforts are made to conservethe energy through various means such asuse of low energy consuming lightings, etc.
(ii) the steps taken by the Company for usingalternate sources of energy. Regular effortsare made to conserve the energy and use ofthe alternate sources of energy.
(iii) Capital investment on energy conservationequipment. Nil
b) Technology Absorption
Your Company is engaged in manufacturingactivities therefore, has taken number of initiativesduring the year under review for technologyabsorption as and when required. There wasno expenditure on Research and Developmentduring the period under review.
c) Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo
The foreign exchange earnings and outgo duringFY 2025 are given below:
Total Foreign Exchange earned : Rs 502.68 million
Total Foreign Exchange used : Rs 884.45 million
Statutory Auditors and Auditors' Report
Pursuant to provisions of Section 139 and otherapplicable provisions of the Act, M/s. Singhi & Co.,Chartered Accountants (FRN - 302049E) were re¬appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company for afirst tenure of five years at AGM held on September 11,2024 to hold office till the conclusion of the AGM of theCompany to be held in the year 2029.
The Auditor's Report annexed with this Annual Report,is self-explanatory and requires no further comments.Further, there are no adverse remarks or qualificationin the report that call for Board's explanation exceptas following remark:
“Based on our examination, which included testchecks, the Company has used accounting software(ERP) for maintaining its books of account whichhas feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facilityand the same has operated throughout the yearfor all relevant transactions recorded in accountingsoftware (ERP), except that.
i. No audit trail feature was enabled at the database
level throughout the year in respect of all theaccounting software (Microsoft Navis ion) to logany direct data changes;
ii. In respect of accounting software, in which the feature of audit trail (edit log) was enabled but was notcapturing the nature of changes made for certain categories of transaction.
Further, other than as mentioned above, during the course of our examination, we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, except to the extent audit trail was not enabledfor the previous year, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention."
The audit trail feature was not enabled at the database level due to legacy system settings and technicalconfigurations in the existing ERP software. The Company in the process of implementing upgraded version ofERP software to overcome such shortcomings.
“As disclosed in note 22.3 to the standalone financial statements, the Company has been sanctioned workingcapital limits in excess of five crores in aggregate from banks during the year on the basis of security ofcurrent assets of the Company. Based on the records examined by us in the normal course of audit of thestandalone financial statements, the quarterly returns/ statements filed by the Company with such banks arenot in agreement with the audited books of account of the Company and the details are as follows:
(Rs. in millions)
Quarter
ended
Name of Banks
Value asper booksof accounts(A)
Value perquarterlyreturn/statement (B)
Amount ofDifference(A-B)
Whether return/statementsubsequentlyrectified
June 30, 2024
SBI, Yes Bank &
Trade
5,615.66
5,646.89
(31.23)
No
CITI Bank
Receivables
March 31,
State Bank of
6,150.94
6,128.26
22.68
2025
India, Yes Bank
Limited and CITI
Bank N.A.
Inventories
1,397.67
1,385.55
12.11
700.15
1,865.26
-1,165.11
Payables
$ the amount disclosed in the quarterly statement includes payables under the supply chain financingarrangement, whereas in the standalone financial statements of the Company, the same has been classifiedunder Other Current Financial Liabilities."
The Company regularly submits provisional drawing power (dp) statements on a monthly basis to State Bank ofIndia Limited, Yes Bank Limited and Citi Bank N.A. by the 15th of the following month. The DP limit is computed inaccordance with the terms and conditions outlined in the sanction letter. Discrepancies between DP statementand financial statement arise since DP statements are prepared on a provisional basis after exclusion of certainitems of inventory and debtors are done as per the bank sanction letter. During the current year, the Companyhas submitted revised DP statements tallying with the books of accounts for other than aforesaid period. In FY24-25, the actual utilization of working capital remained within the bank sanction/ DP limits.
Secretarial Auditors and Secretarial Audit Report
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act read with the Companies (Appointment and Remunerationof Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, your Directors have appointed M/s. Amit Shukla & Associates, CompanySecretaries to undertake the Secretarial Audit of your Company. The Report of the Secretarial Auditors has beenannexed as 'Annexure - 4' to this Report, which is self-explanatory.
There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remarks or disclaimers given by the Secretarial Auditors intheir Report for the year under review, except that "the Company has filed petition under section 441 of theCompanies Act, 2013 for the matter of Section 149(l)(b) of the Companies Act, 2013 before the Regional Director(North) and has yet to obtain the order".
The Company has filed a petition under section 441 of the Companies Act, 2013 ('Act') for the matter of Section149(l)(b) of the Act before the Regional Director (North) on August 22, 2024 and order is awaited till the date ofthis report.
The Secretarial Audit Report for the Year under reviewdoes not call for any further comments.
M/s. J V K S & Co., Chartered Accounts were appointedas the Internal Auditors of the Company for conductingthe Internal Audit of key functions and assessment ofInternal Financial Controls for FY 2025.
The Company has in place adequate internal financialcontrols with reference to Financial Statements. DuringFY 2025, such controls were tested and no reportablematerial weaknesses in the design or operationeffectiveness were observed.
Further, the testing of such controls was also carriedout independently by the Statutory Auditors for FY2025.
In the opinion of the Board, the existing internal controlframework is adequate and commensurate with thesize and nature of the business of the Company.
Reporting of Frauds by Auditors
During FY 2025, neither the Statutory Auditors northe Internal Auditors or Secretarial Auditors or CostAuditors of the Company have reported to the AuditCommittee under Section 143(12) of the Act, anyinstances of fraud committed against the Companyby its officers or employees, the details of which arerequired to be mentioned in the Board's Report.
Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR Policy)
In terms of the provisions of Section 135 of the Act,read with Companies (Corporate Social ResponsibilityPolicy) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors of yourCompany has approved a CSR policy which isavailable on the website of the Company at https://oswalpumps.com/investor-relations/policies/pdf/Coporate%20Social%20Responsibility%20Policy.pdf
The Annual Report on CSR Activities of the Companyfor FY 2025 is enclosed as 'Annexure - 5' to this Report,which is self-explanatory.
During FY 2025, the Company has maintained the costrecords and M/s. Sanjay Kumar Garg & Associates,were appointed as the Cost Auditor of the Company.Further, there are no adverse remarks or qualification inthe Cost Audit report that call for Board's explanation.
Public Deposits
During FY 2025, the Company has not accepted orrenewed any deposits from the public.
Compliance of Secretarial Standards
During FY 2025, the Company has complied with
the applicable Secretarial Standards with respectto meeting of board of directors (SS-1) and GeneralMeetings (SS-2) issued by the Institute of CompanySecretaries of India (ICSI) pursuant to the provisionsof Section 118 of the Companies Act 2013.
Directors' Responsibility Statement
In terms of Section 134(3)(c) of the Act and to the bestof their knowledge and belief, and according to theinformation and explanation provided to them, yourDirectors hereby confirm that:
(a) in preparation of the Financial Statements, theapplicable accounting standards have beenfollowed along with proper explanations relatingto material departures, if any;
(b) such accounting policies have been selectedand applied consistently and judgments andestimates made that are reasonable and prudentso as to give a true and fair view of the state ofaffairs of the Company as on March 31, 2025 andof the profit of the Company for year ended onthat date;
(c) proper and sufficient care has been taken for themaintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of the Act forsafeguarding the assets of the Company andfor prevention and detection of fraud and otherirregularities;
(d) the financial statements have been prepared ongoing concern basis;
(e) proper internal financial controls were in placeand that such financial controls were adequateand were operating effectively; and
(f) the systems to ensure compliance with theprovisions of all applicable laws were in place andwere adequate and operating effectively.
Significant and/or material Orders passed byRegulators or the Courts
There were no significant and/or material orderspassed against your Company by the regulators /courts / tribunals during FY 2025 which may impactthe going concern status and your Company'soperations in future.
Cautionary Statement
Statements in this Report, particularly those whichrelate to Management Discussion and Analysisdescribing the Company's objectives, projections,estimates and expectations may constitute "forwardlooking statements" within the meaning of applicablelaws and regulations. Actual results might differmaterially from those either expressed or implied inthe statement depending on the circumstances.
Your Directors would like to place on record their sincere appreciation for the continued co-operation andcontribution made by its management and employees towards the growth of the Company. Your Directorsacknowledge with thanks the co-operation and assistance received from various agencies of the Central andState Governments, local authorities, Financial Institutions and Banks, valued Customers, Suppliers, Vendors,Shareholders and all other business associates.
For and on behalf of the Board of DirectorsFor Oswal Pumps Limited
Chairman and Managing DirectorDIN: 00172835
Corr. Add.: Oswal Estate, NH-1, Kutail Road,PO Kutail, Distt. Karnal, Haryana 132037
Date: July 10, 2025Place: Karnal