Your Directors are pleased to present their 39th Annual Report of the Company on the businessand operations of the Company and the accounts for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2024.
(In Rupees)
Particulars
For the Year ended
31st March, 2024
31st March, 2023
Net Profit/ Net Loss Before Providing forDepreciation and Tax
(17,53,032)
(41,41,734)
Less: Depreciation
15,940
89,709
Profit after Providing for Depreciation andbefore tax
(17,68,972)
(42,31,443)
Add/ (Less) Provision for:A) Deferred Tax
B) Income Tax
-
C) Tax in respect of earlier year
Profit/(Loss) after Taxation
Current Year's Operation: Gross Revenues from operations was NIL against Rs. 50,660 in theprevious year. The Company has for the year ended 31st March, 2024 made a net loss of Rs.17,68,972 as compared to previous year loss Rs. 42,31,443/- after providing for taxation.
Your Company is in the Business of Ball and Roller Bearings which are required in the AutomobileSegment. About 65% of the Bearings demand is from the Original Equipment Manufacturers(OEMs) and the rest is from the After Market and some exports. However, the management of theCompany shall timely capitalize on the market opportunities considering the strengths theCompany possesses.
In view of accumulated losses, your Directors did not recommend any dividend for its equityshareholders for the year ended 31st March, 2024.
No material changes or commitments affecting the financial position of the Company have takenplace from March 31, 2024 till the date of this report.
Your Company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
In view of accumulated losses, the Company was not required to transfer any amount to theReserves.
The Authorized Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 3,25,00,000/- (Rupees Three Crores TwentyFive Lakhs) and paid up capital of the Company is Rs. 2,18,33,340/- (Two Crores Eighteen LakhsThirty Three Thousand Three Hundred and Forty).
During the year there was no change in Share capital of the Company.
Pursuant to provisions of Companies Act, 2013 Company does not have any Subsidiary/ JointVenture and Associate Companies.
Details of investments made by the Company, are given in the notes to the financial statements(Please refer Note No. 4 under Notes to Financial Statement).
During the year under review, your Company did not give any other loans or guarantees, provideany security or make any investments as covered under Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013,other than as disclosed above.
Adequate internal controls, systems, and checks are in place, commensurate with the size of theCompany and the nature of its business. The management exercises financial control on theCompany's operations through monitoring and standard operating procedures.
The Information required under the Provision of section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013read with rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 relating to the Conservation ofenergy and technology, absorption, is not applicable as the Company mainly in the business oftrading in Bearings.
During the year under review, your Company enjoyed cordial relationship with employees at alllevels.
Further during the year, the Company considering the health and safety of employees andadvisories, orders and directions issued by central and state governments to restrict the novelcorona virus, the Company implemented a work from home facility to ensure employees safety.
All the Independent Directors of the Company have given their declarations to the Companyunder Section 149(7) of the Act that they meet the criteria of independence as provided underSection 149(6) of the Act read with Regulation 16(1) (b) 'the Listing Regulations'. There has beenno change in the circumstances affecting their status as Independent Directors of the Company.
Ms. Aishwarya C. Khanvilkar resigned from the post of Company Secretary and ComplianceOfficer w.e.f. 04th July, 2023.
Ms. Sneha D. Lohogaonkar was appointed as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer w.e.f.09th November, 2023.
In terms of the provisions of Section 152(6) of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr. Ritesh Parab(Executive- Managing Director), retires by rotation at this Annual General Meeting and beingeligible, has offered himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his re-appointment.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company has laid down the criteria forperformance valuation of the Board, its committees and individual directors includingindependent Directors covering various aspects of the Board's functioning such as adequacy ofthe composition of the Board and its Committees, Board culture, execution and performance ofspecific duties, obligations and governance.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 17 of the ListingRegulations, based on the predetermined templates designed as a tool to facilitate evaluationprocess, the Board has carried out the annual performance evaluation of its own performance,the Individual Directors including Independent Directors and its Committees on parameters suchas level of engagement and contribution, independence of judgment, safeguarding the interest ofthe Company and its minority shareholders etc.
The Board has, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, frameda policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Senior Management and their remuneration.
As the Company does not fall under the Class of Companies as prescribed under Section 135 ofCompanies Act, 2013 and Rules made thereunder, therefore the provisions related to CorporateSocial Responsibility is not applicable to the Company.
The Board met Five (5) Times during the Financial Year 2023-24. The Board Meeting held are asfollows:
Sr. No
Dates
Board Strength
No. of. Directors Present
1
22nd May, 2023
4
2
4th July, 2023
3
11th August, 2023
9 th November, 2023
5
9th February, 2024
The Company has an Independent Audit Committee which has been formed in pursuance ofRegulation 18 of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015 andSection 177 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Primary objective of the committee is to monitorand provide effective supervision of the management's financial reporting process to ensureaccurate and timely disclosures, with the highest level of transparency, integrity and quality offinancial reporting.
Four Audit Committee Meetings were held during the year as below
22.05.2023
11.08.2023
09.11.2023
09.02.2024
The Following are the Members of the Audit Committee:
Name
Category
Designation
Mr. Vinay Tendulkar
Non- Executive Independent Director
Chairman
Mr. Sandip Pawar
Member
Ms. Shilpa Parab
Non Executive Independent Woman Director
The purpose of this Committee of the Board of Directors ('the Board') shall be to discharge theBoard's responsibilities related to nomination and remuneration of the Company's Directors andKey managerial personnel. The Committee has the overall responsibility of approving andevaluating the nomination and remuneration plans, policies and programs for Directors and Keymanagerial personnel.
Two Nomination and Remuneration Committee Meetings were held during the year as below:
The Following are the members of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee:
Mrs. Shilpa Parab
Non- Executive Independent Woman Director
Non-Executive Independent Director
The Committee reviews shareholders complaints and resolution thereof. The Committeeexpresses satisfaction with the Company's performance in dealing with investor grievances andits share transfer system. Details of the changes in composition and attendance of Members of theStakeholder relationship Committee during the year as follows:
Three Stakeholder relationship Committee Meetings were held during the year as below:
The Following are the members of the Stakeholder relationship Committee:
Non-Executive Independent Woman Director
Independent Directors play an important role in the governance processes of the Board. Theybring to bear their expertise and experience on the deliberations of the Board. This enriches thedecision making process at the Board with different points of view and experiences and preventsconflict of interest in the decision making process.
None of the Independent Directors serves as “Independent Directors” in more than seven listedcompanies. No person has been appointed or continuing as an Alternate Director for anIndependent Director of the Company.
Based on the disclosures received from all the Independent Directors and also in the opinion ofthe Board, the Independent Directors fulfills the conditions specified in SEBI (LODR) Regulations,2015 and are independent of the management.
During the year under review, the Independent Directors met on 09.02.2024 inter alia:
• To review the performance of the Non-Independent Directors (Executive Directors);
• To review the performance of the Board of the Company as a whole;
• To review the performance of Chairman of the Company taking into account the views ofExecutive Directors on the same;
• To assess the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of information between the Companymanagement and the Board. They expressed satisfaction at the robustness of the evaluationprocess, the Board's freedom to express views on the business transacted at the Meetingsand the openness with which the Management discussed various subject matters on theagenda of meetings.
In terms of Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Directors would like to state that:
• In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have beenfollowed.
• The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently andmade judgments and estimates that were 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 and of theprofit or loss of the Company for the year under review.
• The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding theassets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
• The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
• The Directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the companyand that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
• The Directors had devised proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions of allapplicable laws and that such system was adequate and operating effectively.
All Related Party Transactions, that were entered into during the Financial Year under review,were on an arm's length basis, and in the ordinary course of business and are in compliance withthe applicable provisions of the Act and the Listing Regulations.
Information on transactions with related parties pursuant are given in Annexure “B” under FormAOC-2 and the same forms part of this Annual report.
During the year under report, there were no significant material orders passed by the Regulators/Courts/ Tribunals impacting the going concern status and Company's operations in future.
Name of theDirector
Amount ofremuneration toDirectors
Percentageincrease(Decrease)in theremuneration
Ratio of remuneration ofDirector to medianremuneration ofemployees
Mr. Ritesh Parab
Rs.3,00,000/-
38.20%
1. The Independent Directors do not receive any remuneration except sitting fees.
2. The percentage decrease in the median remuneration of the employees in the financial Year
was 19.41% (As Compared to Previous year employee's median).
3. As on 31st March 2024, there were a total of 7 employees on the payroll of the Company.
4. It is affirmed that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the company.
A) None of the employee of the Company was in receipt of the remuneration (throughout thefinancial year or part thereof) as per Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment ofManagerial Personnel) 2014.
B) The Company do not have any Holding or Subsidiary Company and None of the Directorsof the Company are the Managing Director or Whole Time Director in the AssociateCompany.
C)
Sr
2023-2024
2022-2023
no.
1.
Foreign Exchange Earnings :
[Export of Goods(F.O.B.)]
Nil
2.
Foreign Exchange Outgo:
Traveling
Professional Fees
Imports
Raw - Materials on C.I.F.
Trading Goods on C.I.F
The Company has prepared policy and has put in place vigil Mechanism for Directors andEmployees of the Company.
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading with a view toregulate trading in securities by the Directors and designated employees of the Company. TheCode requires pre-clearance for dealing in the Company's shares and prohibits the purchase orsale of Company shares by the Directors and the designated employees while in possession ofunpublished price sensitive information in relation to the Company and during the period whenthe Trading Window is closed. The Board is responsible for implementation of the Code. All BoardDirectors and the designated employees have confirmed compliance with the Code.
M/s Suvarna & Katdare, Chartered Accountant was re-appointed as the Statutory Auditor of theCompany at 38th Annual General Meeting and whose tenure was upto conclusion of 39th AnnualGeneral meeting.
M/s Suvarna & Katdare, Chartered Accountant has provided their consent to get re-appointed asthe Statutory Auditor of the Company for further period of 1 year at their Board meeting held on22nd May, 2023.
The Audit Committee and the Board at their meeting held on 22nd May, 2023 approved the re¬appointment of M/S. Suvarna & Katdare, Chartered Accountants as statutory auditors for aperiod of 1(One) year.
The remuneration payable to the Statutory Auditors shall be determined by the Board ofDirectors based on the recommendation of the Audit Committee.
The Auditors of the Company have not reported any fraud as specified under second proviso ofSection 143 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The provision of Section 204 read with section 134(3) of the companies Act, 2013. The Board hadappointed M/s. Pooja Gandhi & Co., Practicing Company Secretary, as the Secretarial Auditor forthe year 2024-2025 and their report is annexed to this Report as “Annexure A”.
We further report that the Share Holding of some of the Promoters and Promoter Group are notheld in dematerialized form and in this regard the company has taken effective actions andcontinues to follow up with other promoters and promoters group as well as other shareholdersto get their shares in dematerialized form through RTA.
The Company is regularly pursuing promoters, promoter groups and other shareholders whoseshares are in physical mode for the compliance with the SEBI order directly and/or through theCompany's Share Transfer agent for getting their respective shares dematerialized.
The Annual Report of the Company as on March 31, 2024 is available on the Company's websiteand can be accessed at https: //www.deccanbearings.in/investor.php?val=17.
The Board has adopted risk Management policy for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct ofits business, including adherence to company's policy, safeguarding of its assets, Preventiondetection fraud and error etc.
As per the Rules made by Central Government for the maintenance of cost record under section148 (1) of the Companies act, 2013, does not apply in respect of Company's Business.
The information required pursuant to Section 197 read with rule 5 of the Companies(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 in respect of employeesof the Company, will be provided upon request. In terms of Section 136 of the Act, the reports andaccounts are being sent to the members and others entitled thereto, excluding the information onemployees' particulars which is available for inspection by the members at the Registered officeof the company during business hours on working days of the company up to the date of ensuingAnnual General Meeting. If any member is interested in inspecting the same, such member maywrite to the company in advance.
Pursuant to Regulation 27 of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation,2015 a Report on Corporate Governance Report is not applicable to the Company as it does notfall under the criteria of Paid up Share Capital of Rs. 10 Crores and Turnover of Rs. 25 Crores.
The Company confirms that it has paid the Annual Listing Fees for the year 2023-24 to BSE wherethe Company's shares are listed.
Pursuant to Regulation 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015 ('Listing Regulations'), the Management Discussion and Analysis Report ispresented in a separate section forming part of this Annual Report.
DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS ORCOURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY’SOPERATIONS IN FUTURE
There were no orders passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting thegoing concern status and company's operations in future.
There are no proceedings initiated/ pending against the Company under the Insolvencyand Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
The management takes due care of employees with respect to safeguard at workplace. Further,No complaints are reported by any employee pertaining to sexual harassment.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Your Company and its Directors wish to extend their sincerest thanks to the Members of theCompany, Bankers, State Government, Local Bodies, Customers, Suppliers, Executives, Staff andworkers at all levels for their continuous cooperation and assistance.
By order of board of directors,Deccan bearings Limited
Date: 5th September, 2024 Sd/- Sd/-
Place: Mumbai Mr. Ritesh Parab Mr. Vinay Tendulkar
Managing Director Director
DIN: 09494605 DIN: 00343153