Your Directors have great pleasure in presenting the 44th Annual Report together with theAudited Annual Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended on 31st March, 2024.
The summarized financial results of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2024and for the previous year ended 31st March, 2023 are as follows:
(Amount in Rs.l
Particulars
Year Ended
31.03.2024
31.03.2023
Revenue from Operations
18,636,100
-
Other Income
5,017,195
9,662,077
T otal Revenue
23,653,295
Total Expenses
23,005,980
13,078,010
Profit/Loss before Tax
445,849
(27,804,219)
Profit/ Loss for the year
Earnings Per Share
0.05
(2.84)
-Basic
-Diluted
During the year under review, the Company has total operational Income of Rs.18,636,100/- and the Company has earned profit of Rs. 445,849 during the year ended31.3.2024.
The Company's focus shall continue to be on improving specialty and efforts particularlyon embroidery business which would yield results in coming years. These actions wouldcontinue to enhance the pace of business and would contribute in long term growth.
During the year under review, there was no change in the Company's issued, subscribedand paid-up equity share capital.
The Board of Directors of the Company has not recommended any dividend during theyear after reviewing Financial Statements of the Company.
The Company has not proposed any amount to be transferred to the General Reserve.
During the year under review, the company does not accept any deposits from the publicas per Section 73 to 76 of the Companies Act, 2013.
During the year under review, there was no significant changes was made in the natureof the company.
During the Year under review there were no material changes and commitments whichaffect the financial position of the Company. An ease of doing business can give an addonto the Company to create the sustainable growth and development.
During the year under review, the Company does not have any Subsidiary, Associate andJoint Venture.
The Directors state that applicable Secretarial Standards i.e. SS-1 and SS-2, relating to'Meeting of the Board of Director' and 'General Meetings', respectively, have been dulyfollowed by the Company.
Ms. Sonia Vaid, Company Secretary of the Company had resigned dated on 30.05.2023and Ms. Manisha Choudhary was appointed as Company Secretary of the Company whohad resigned from its office - effective from dated 31st March, 2024 and Ms. RaginiMaurya has been appointed as new Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of theCompany effective from dated 29th June, 2024.
The Company believes that diversity is important to the work culture at any organisation.In particular, a diverse Board, among others, will enhance the quality of decisions byutilizing different skills, qualifications and professional experience for achievingsustainable and balanced development.
Mr. Aditya Khanna - Managing Director
Mr. Ashish Khanna - Executive Director
Mrs. Gunja Singh - Women Independent Director
Mr. Vikas Grover - Non- Executive Director
Mr. Nakul Badopalia - Independent Director
All the Independent Directors of your Company have given declarations that they meetcriteria of Independence as prescribed both under the Act and Securities and Exchangeof Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations 2015.
i. Mr. Balwan, Independent Director of the Company has been resigned from the companydated on 26th June, 2023.
ii. Mr. Nakul Badopalia has been appointed as the Independent Director of the Companydated on 10th August, 2023.
The Company's Independent Directors meet at least once in every year without thepresence of Non-Independent Directors and Management Personnel. Such meetings areconducted to enable Independent Directors to discuss matters pertaining to theCompany's affairs and put forth their views to the other Independent Directors.Independent Directors take appropriate steps to present their views to the Board.
The Independent directors met two times during the financial year 2023-24 on 30th May,2023 and 10th August, 2023.
The strength of Board of Directors as on March 31,2024 were 5 Directors. The Boardcomprises of two executive directors, one Non-Executive Director and two independentdirectors.
Date of Meetings
Board Strength
No. of Directorspresent
30th May, 2023
05
18th July, 2023
10 th August, 2023
14th November, 2023
13th February, 2024
During Financial Year 2023-24, 5 Board Meeting has been conducted and the maximum timegap between any two meetings was not more than 120 days.
The composition of Board of Directors and attendance of Directors at the Board Meetingsduring the year and at the last Annual General Meeting and also number of otherdirectorships, committee memberships and chairmanship held by them are given below:
Name of Directors
DIN
Details
Attendance
Category
Board Meeting
AGM
Mr. Aditya Khanna
01860038
M.D.
Yes
Mr. Ashish Khanna
01251582
E.D.
Mrs. Gunja Singh
08592621
I.D.
Mr. Nakul Badopalia
08589303
02
Mr. Vikas Grover
07075918
N.E.D.
E.D. - Executive Director; I.D. - Independent Director; M.D - Managing Director.NED- Non-Executive Director
M/s. Ravi Rajan & Co LLP Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 009073N/N500320) are the Statutory Auditors of the Company. They were appointed as the StatutoryAuditors of the Company in the Annual General Meeting held in the year 2021 for a period of3 years.
M/s Ravi Rajan & Co LLP Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 009073N/ N500320)shall hold the office till the conclusion of 44th Annual General Meeting to be held in the year2024.
Management's Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review, as stipulatedunder the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015, (“Listing Regulations”) is presented in a separate section,forming part of the Annual Report as an Annexure-'A'
M/s Narender Singh & Co. Chartered Accountants, (Firm Registration No. 030207N) are theInternal Auditors of the Company.
As per section 135 of the companies Act 2013 Corporate Social Responsibility are notapplicable for our company.
In pursuance of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Corporate SocialResponsibility) Rules, 2014, the above rules are not applicable to the company during theyear as the company has not earned the adequate profit in this financial Year 2023-24.
M/s. Choudhary Pankaj & Associates Company Secretaries in practice holding MembershipNo. 6642 and COP No. 5417, are the Secretarial Auditors of the Company pursuant to theprovisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Report of the Secretarial Auditors(Form MR-3) for Financial Year ended on 31st March, 2024 is being annexed to the Report asper Annexure 'B'.
Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments cover under the Provisions of Section 186 ofthe Companies Act, 2013 are given in the accompanying Financial Statements.
The extracts of the Annual Return as per section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and rule12(1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 will be available onthe Company's website www.rlfltd.com.
None of the transactions with any of related parties were in conflict with the Company'sinterest. Suitable disclosures as required by the Accounting Standard 18 (AS 18) issued byThe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (The ICAI) have been made in the notes to theFinancial Statements.
All related party transactions are negotiated on an arms-length basis and are in the ordinarycourse of business. Therefore, the Provisions of Section 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013has been in compliance. Further the board of the company has given its approval totransaction with the related parties.
Pursuant to Sections 134(3), 188(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(2) of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 the particulars of contracts/arrangements entered intoby the Company with related parties referred to in sub-section (1) of section 188 of theCompanies Act, 2013 in Form AOC-2 are provided under Annexure-'C'.
In terms of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure requirements) 2015, The provisions ofRegulation 17,18, 19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26, 27 and clause (b) to (i) of sub regulation 2 ofregulation 46 and Para C, D and E of Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosurerequirements) 2015 are not applicable to the Company.
The shares in the Company are under compulsory dematerialized trading. The Company'sISIN No. is INE629C01014. The number of shares dematerialized as on 31.03.2024 are asfollows:
CDSL : 2163858 Shares
The Committee's composition and terms of reference meet with requirements of Section 177of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 18 of Listing Regulations. Members of the AuditCommittee possess financial/accounting expertise/exposure.
The role and the powers of the audit committee are as per the guidelines set out in the ListingRegulations. The Committee also act as a link between the auditors and the Board of Directors.The Committee meets the auditors periodically and reviews the quarterly/half-yearly andannual financial statements and discusses their findings and suggestions and seeksclarification thereon.
The audit committee met five times during the financial year 2023-24:
? 30th May, 2023,
? 18th July, 2023,
? 10th August, 2023
? 14th November, 2023
? 13th February, 2024.
The attendance of meeting is given hereunder:
Name
Designation
No. of meeting(s) attended
Independent Director
4 Appointed on 10/08/2024
Director & CFO
5
Ms. Gunja Singh
Mr. Balwan
1(Cessation on 26/06/2024)
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee constituted by the Board of Directors consistsof 3 non-executive independent/non independent directors:
To formulate the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independenceof a director, formulate the criteria for evaluation of Independent Directors and the Boardand performance of every Directors of the Board and recommend to the Board, allremuneration, in whatever form, payable to Senior Management i.e. Chief Executive Officer,Managing Director, Whole time Director, Manager, Chief Financial Officer and CompanySecretary.
The Nomination and Remuneration committee met Three times during the financial year2023-24.
? 30 th May, 2023,
? 18 th July, 2023
Chairman/Member
Chairman
3
Member
1 (Appointment on 10/08/2024
1 (Cessation on 26/06/2024)
The Stakeholder Relationship Committee was constituted to comply with the Companies Act,2013 and Regulation 20 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015.
To approve issue of duplicate Share Certificate and to oversee and review all mattersconnected with transfer of Company's Securities and to resolve concerns/complaints/grievances of the security holders including complaints related to transfer/transmission ofshares, non-receipt of annual report, non-receipt of declared dividends, issue ofnew/duplicate certificates, general meetings etc.
The Stakeholder Relationship committee met Three times during the financial year 2023-24.
? 10 th August, 2023,
2(Appointment on 10/08/2024)
The Share Transfer comprises of following members:
Mr. Aditya Khanna - Member
Mr. Ashish Khanna - Member
Mr. Gunja Singh - Member
Mr. Vikas Grover - Member
The Company has a policy for performance evaluation of the Board, Committees and otherindividual Directors (including Independent Directors) which includes criteria forperformance evaluation. In accordance with the manner specified by the Nomination andRemuneration Committee, the Board carried out performance evaluation of the Board, itscommittees, and Individual Directors (including Independent Directors).
The Independent Directors separately carried out evaluation of Chairperson, Non¬Independent Directors and Board as a whole. The performance of each Committee wasevaluated by the Board, based on views received from respective Committee Members. Thereport on performance evaluation of the Individual Director was reviewed by the Chairpersonof the Board and feedback was given to Directors.
The Company has adopted a Whistle Blower policy, to provide a formal mechanism to theDirectors and employees of the Company for reporting genuine concerns about unethicalpractices and suspected or actual fraud or violation of the code of conduct of the Company asprescribed under the Companies Act, 2013, Regulation 22 of the Listing Obligation andDisclosure Requirements, 2015.
This Vigil Mechanism shall provide a channel to the employees and Directors to report to themanagement concerns about unethical behavior, and also provide for adequate safeguardsagainst victimization of persons who use the mechanism and also make provision for directaccess to the chairperson of the Audit Committee in appropriate or exceptional cases. It isaffirmed that no personnel of the company have been denied access to the Audit Committee.
The Company has less than ten number of employees therefore the company is not requiredto constitute/ re-constitute Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), however if any caserecorded in that case the reporting shall be made with Local Complaint Committee.
During the year there was no any case was recorded by the company hence no complaint isoutstanding or made as on 31.03.2024.
The Company does not belong to the category of power intensive industries and henceconsumption of power is not significant. However, the management is aware of theimportance of conservation of energy and also reviews from time to time the measurestaken/ to be taken for reduction of consumption of energy.
During the year, your Company was running successfully its embroidery unit in Gurugramcomprising 8 computerized, high quality embroidery machines purchased from Saurer,Switzerland. The Company sold out the less efficient machines and in the process of phasingout the less efficient machines in the coming years.
Total Foreign exchange earned : Nil
Total Foreign exchange used : Nil
In terms of the provision of Section 197 of the Act read with Rules 5(2) and 5(3) of theCompanies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, Noemployee is drawing remuneration in excess of the limits set out in the said rules are providedin the Act.
The Company's business is exposed to both external and internal risks. Your Company hasincorporated processes and systems to proactively monitor, manage and mitigate these risksalong with appropriate review mechanisms. The Company has an elaborate RiskManagement Framework, which is designed to enable risks to be identified, assessed andmitigated appropriately.
The Company has adequate system of internal financial controls to safeguard and protect theCompany from loss, unauthorized use or disposition of its assets. All the transactions areproperly authorized, recorded and reported to the Management. The Company is followingthe applicable Accounting Standards for properly maintaining the books of accounts andreporting financial statements. The internal financial controls have been embedded in thebusiness processes.
Assurance on the effectiveness of internal financial controls is obtained through managementreviews, continuous monitoring by functional leaders as well as testing of the internalfinancial control systems by the internal auditors during the course of their audits. The AuditCommittee reviews adequacy and effectiveness of Company's Internal Controls and monitorsthe implementations of audit recommendations.
There is no significant and material order passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunalsimpacting the going concern status and Company's operations in future.
No proceedings are made or pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 andthere is no instance of one-time settlement with any Bank or Financial Institution.
T o the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the explanations obtained by them,your Directors make the following statements in terms of Section 134(3) (c) of the CompaniesAct, 2013:
(i) In preparation of the annual accounts the applicable accounting standards had beenfollowed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
(ii) The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently andmade judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true andfair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year March 31,2024 and the profit of the company for that period;
(iii) The Directors have been taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act forsafeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing / detecting fraud and otherirregularities;
(iv) The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
(v) The Directors, in case of listed Company, have laid down internal financial controls tobe followed by the company and that such financial controls are adequate and operatingeffectively.
(vi) The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisionsof all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
Your Directors wish to thank the collaborators, financial institutions, bankers, customers,suppliers, shareholders and employees for their continued support and co-operations.
Place: Delhi ASHISH KHANNA ADITYA KHANNA
DIN:_01251582 DIN:_01860038