Provisions are recognised when the Company has apresent legal or constructive obligation as a result of pastevents, it is probable that an outflow of resources will berequired to settle the obligation and the amount can bereliably estimated. Provisions are not recognised for futureoperating losses.
Provisions are measured at the present value ofmanagement’s best estimate of the expenditure requiredto settle the present obligation at the end of the reportingperiod. The discount rate used to determine the presentvalue is a pre-tax rate that reflects current marketassessments of the time value of money and the risksspecific to the liability. The increase in the provision due tothe passage of time is recognised as interest expense.
A disclosure for a contingent liability is made when there isa possible obligation or a present obligation that may, butprobably will not require an outflow of resources embodyingeconomic benefits or the amount of such obligation cannotbe measured reliably. When there is a possible obligationor a present obligation in respect of which likelihood ofoutflow of resources embodying economic benefits isremote, no provision or disclosure is made.
Liabilities for wages and salaries, including othermonetary and non-monetary benefits that areexpected to be settled wholly within 12 months afterthe end of the reporting period are recognised andmeasured at the undiscounted amounts expected tobe paid when the liabilities are settled.
The Company operates the following post¬employment schemes:
• defined benefit plans - gratuity and post¬retirement medical benefit scheme
• defined contribution plans such as provident fund.
The liability or asset recognised in the balance sheetin respect of gratuity is the present value of thedefined benefit obligation at the end of the reportingperiod less the fair value of plan assets. The definedbenefit obligation is calculated annually by actuariesusing the projected unit credit method.
The present value of the defined benefit obligationis determined by discounting the estimated futurecash outflows by reference to market yields at theend of the reporting period on government bondsthat have terms approximating to the terms of therelated obligation.
The net interest cost is calculated by applying thediscount rate to the net balance of the defined benefitobligation and the fair value of plan assets. This cost isincluded in employee benefit expense in the statementof profit and loss. Remeasurement gains and lossesarising from experience adjustments and changes inactuarial assumptions are recognised in the periodin which they occur, directly in other comprehensiveincome. They are included in retained earnings in thestatement of changes in equity and in the balancesheet. Changes in the present value of the definedbenefit obligation resulting from plan amendmentsor curtailments are recognised immediately in thestatement of profit and loss as past service cost.
The Company’s liabilities under for long termcompensated absences is determined on the basis ofactuarial valuation made at the end of each financialyear using the projected unit credit method except forshort term compensated absences which are providedfor based on estimates. The benefits are discountedusing the market yields at the end of the reportingperiod that gave terms approximating to the terms ofthe related obligation. Re-measurements as a resultof experience adjustments and changes in actuarialassumptions are recognised in profit or loss.
Company pays provident fund contributions to publiclyadministered provident funds and National PensionScheme (NPS) as per local regulations. Company’scontribution to provident fund and NPS is recognisedon accrual basis in the Statement of Profit and Loss.Company has no further payment obligations oncethe contributions have been paid.
The liabilities for long service awards andcompensated absences which are not expected to besettled wholly within 12 months after the end of thereporting period are measured at the present valueof expected future payments to be made in respectof services provided by employees up to the end ofthe reporting period, using the projected unit creditmethod. Re-measurements as a result of experienceadjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions arerecognised in the statement of profit and loss.
The Board of Directors assesses performance of theCompany as Chief Operating Decision Maker.
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistentwith the internal reporting provided to the Chief OperatingDecision Maker (CODM).
The Company has a single operating segment that is“Sale of Natural Gas”. Accordingly, the segment revenue,segment results, segment assets and segment liabilitiesare reflected in the financial statements as at and for thefinancial year ended March 31, 2025.
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing theprofit after tax before other comprehensive income by theweighted average number of equity shares outstandingduring the financial year. Diluted earnings per share iscomputed by dividing the profit after tax by the weightedaverage number of equity and dilutive equity equivalentshares outstanding during the year, except where theresults would be anti-dilutive.
In the application of the Company's accounting policies,which are described in note 2, the management of theCompany are required to make judgements, estimates andassumptions about the carrying amounts of assets andliabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources.The estimates and associated assumptions are based onhistorical experience and other factors that are considered tobe relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewedon an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates arerecognised in the period in which the estimate is revisedif the revision affects only that period, or in the period ofthe revision and future periods if the revision affects bothcurrent and future periods.
In the following areas the management of the Company hasmade critical judgements and estimates
The Company reviews the useful lives and carrying amountof property, plant and equipment at the end of eachreporting period. This reassessment may result in change indepreciation expense in future periods.
The Company has a defined policy for provision of slowand non-moving capital work in progress (CWIP) based onthe ageing of CWIP. The Company reviews the policy atregular intervals.
The cost of the defined benefit plan and other post¬employment benefits and the present value of suchobligation are determined using actuarial valuations. Anactuarial valuation involves making various assumptionsthat may differ from actual developments in the future.These include the determination of the discount rate, futuresalary increases, mortality rates and attrition rate. Due tothe complexities involved in the valuation and its long¬term nature, a defined benefit obligation is highly sensitiveto changes in these assumptions. All assumptions arereviewed at each reporting date.
Deferred tax asset is recognised for all the deductibletemporary differences to the extent that it is probable thattaxable profit will be available against which the deductibletemporary difference can be utilised. The managementassumes that taxable profits will be available whilerecognising deferred tax assets.
The Company has a defined policy for provision of slow andnon-moving inventory based on the ageing of inventory.The Company reviews the policy at regular intervals.
The recognition and measurement of other provisions arebased on the assessment of the probability of an outflow
of resources and on past experience and circumstancesknown at the balance sheet date. The actual outflow ofresources at a future date may therefore vary from thefigure so provided and included as liability.
In case of customers where meter reading dates for billing isnot matching with reporting date, the gas sales between lastmeter reading date and reporting date has been accruedby the company based on past average sales. The actualsales revenue may vary compared to accrued unbilledrevenue so included in Sale of natural gas and classifiedunder current financial assets.
1) On March 03, 2023, the Company had signed a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Unison Enviro Private Limited (UEPL)and erstwhile shareholders of UEPL for acquisition of 100% stake in UEPL. On February 01, 2024, the Company acquired100% stake in UEPL from its erstwhile shareholders for a consideration of H562.09 crore. Consequently, UEPL has becomewholly owned subsidiary of Mahanagar Gas Limited w.e.f. February 01, 2024. UEPL is in the City Gas Distribution (CGD)business and is authorised by Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) to lay, build and operate CGD pipelinenetwork in the 3 geographic areas (GA). Two GAs in the State Maharashtra namely 1. Ratnagiri District and 2. Osmanabadand Latur District and One GA in the State of Karnataka namely Chitradurga and Davangere.
2) Out of the total investment of the company in the shares of Unison Enviro Private Limited (UEPL), 51% shares (6,90,68,586shares) are pledged with PNB Investment Services Limited (Security Trustee), for security against the rupee term loan andnon-fund based facility (Letter of credit and Performance Bank Guarantee) (Refer note 31.8)
3) On October17, 2023, the Company had signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Baidyanath LNG Private Limited (BLNG) for incorporatinga Joint Venture Company (JVC) for undertaking the business of selling Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as fuel to LNG vehicles. The JVC,Mahanagar LNG Private Limited (MLPL) was incorporated on December 26, 2023. As of March 31, 2025, the Company has investedH15.30 Crore in equity shares and is holding 51% equity shares of the JVC. MLPL is a subsidiary of the Company.
4) On February 12, 2024, the Company acquired 18.94% stake through investment of H50 Crore in Compulsorily ConvertiblePreference Shares (CCPS) in 3EV Industries Private Limited (3EV). 3EV is in the business of manufacturing of 3-wheelercargo and passenger electric vehicles. During the year, the Company has further invested H23 Crore in CCPS increasingthe holding to 24.54% based on a strategic business decision for diversification. Accordingly, the Company has reclassifiedits investment in 3EV from investment held at fair value through OCI to amortised cost from February 04, 2025. 3EV isconsidered as an associate of the Company as per Ind AS 28 ''Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures''
5) The Company, International Battery Company, Inc (‘IBC US’) and International Battery Company India Private Limited (‘IBCIndia’) had entered into Share Subscription Agreement and Shareholder’s Agreement both on November 07, 2024. TheCompany has invested H35.36 Crore in the month of January 2025 (Shares allotted on February 03, 2025) and is holding44% of equity share capital of IBC India, as of March 31, 2025. Thus IBC India is considered as an associate of the Companyas per Ind AS 28 ''Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures''
31.1 Employee Benefit Obligations
i) Defined Contribution Plans
The Company makes Provident Fund and National Pension Scheme (NPS) contributions, which are defined contributionplans, for qualifying employees. Company has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. Underthe Provident Fund Schemes and NPS, the Company is required to contribute a specified percentage of the payroll costs tofund the benefits. The contributions payable to these plans by the Company are in compliance with the rates specified in therules of the schemes. The Company recognised H9.21 crore (previous year H7.85 crore) as an expense and included in Note27 - Employee Benefits Expense ‘Contribution to Provident Fund and Other Fund’s in the Statement of Profit and Loss for theyear ended March 31, 2025.
ii) Defined Benefit Plans
The Company offers the following defined benefit schemes to its employees:
- Gratuity (Refer note 27): The Company’s gratuity plan is governed by the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. Under the Act,Employee who has completed five years of service is entitled to specific benefit, the plan is funded.
- Post-Retirement Medical Benefit Plan (PRMB) (Refer note 27): The Company has provided Post-Retirement MedicalScheme. Under the scheme eligible retired employees of the company and their spouse are provided medical claimsfor hospitalisation through insurance policy coverage.
The following table sets out the funded/unfunded status of the defined benefit schemes and the amount recognised in thefinancial statements:
Demographic risk - This is the risk of variability of results due to unsystematic nature of decrements that include mortality,withdrawal, disability and retirement. The effect of these decrements on the defined benefit obligation is not straight forwardand depends upon the combination of salary increase, medical cost inflation, discount rate and vesting criteria.
Salary risk - The present value of the defined benefit plan liability is calculated by reference to the future salaries of planparticipants. As such, an increase in the salary of the plan participants will increase the plan’s liability.
Asset Liability Matching (ALM) Risk: The plan faces the ALM risk as to the matching cash flow. Since the plan is invested inlines of Rule 101 of Income Tax Rules, 1962, this generally reduces ALM risk.
Mortality risk: Since the benefits under the plan is not payable for lifetime and payable till retirement age only, plan does nothave any longevity risk.
Concentration Risk: Plan is having a concentration risk as all the assets are invested with the insurance company and adefault will wipe out all the assets. Although probability of this is very low as insurance companies have to follow stringentregulatory guidelines which mitigate risk.
In order to protect the capital and optimise returns within acceptable risk parameters, the plan assets are well diversified.The estimate of future salary increases considered, takes into account the inflation, seniority, promotion, increments andother relevant factors.
Positive figures represent decrease in obligation and negative figures represents increase obligation.
The sensitivity analysis presented above may not be representative of the actual change in the defined benefit obligationas it is unlikely that the change in assumptions would occur in isolation of one another as some of the assumptionsmay be correlated.
Furthermore, in presenting the above sensitivity analysis, the present value of the defined benefit obligation has beencalculated using the projected unit credit method at the end of the reporting period, which is the same as that applied incalculating the defined benefit obligation liability recognised in the balance sheet.
There was no change in the methods and assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis from prior years.
Compensated absences which are accumulated and not expected to be availed within twelve months after the end of thereporting period in which the employee renders the related service are recognised as a liability at the present value of thedefined benefit obligation as at the balance sheet date. Long Service Awards are recognised as a liability based on actuarialvaluation of the defined benefit obligation as at the balance sheet date.
The Company has a single operating segment that is “Sale of Natural Gas”. Accordingly, the segment revenue, segmentresults, segment assets and segment liabilities are reflected by the financial statements themselves as at and for thefinancial year ended March 31, 2025.
Information about products and services:
The Company is in a single line of business of “Sale of Natural Gas”.
The Company operates presently in the business of city gas distribution in India. Accordingly, revenue from customersearned and non-current assets are located in one geography i.e. India.
Three customers who contributed more than 10% of the revenue during the year ended March 31, 2025 is H2,995.02 crore(previous year H2,914.79 crore).
a. Fair Value Hierarchy of Financial Assets and Liabilities
This section explains the judgements and estimates made in determining the fair values of the financial instruments that are
(i) recognised and measured at fair value and (ii) measured at amortised cost and for which fair values are disclosed in thefinancial statements. To provide an indication about the reliability of the inputs used in determining fair value, Company hasclassified its financial instruments into three levels prescribed under the accounting standards below:
Level 1: inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the company can accessat the measurement date.
Level 2: inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, eitherdirectly or indirectly.
Level 3: inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. Company’s policy is to recognise transfers into and transfersout of fair value hierarchy levels as at the end of the reporting period. There is no Level 1 and Level 3 type Financial Assetsor Financials Liabilities as on March 31, 2025.
(i) Measured at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss (FVTPL)
The Company has investments in debt mutual funds which are not quoted in the active market. These debt mutualfunds are subsequently measured at FVTPL as per the closing NAV statement provided by the mutual fund house.The corresponding unrealized gain or loss on fair valuation is recorded in profit and loss account under other income.Accordingly, such debt mutual funds fall under fair value hierarchy level 2. The fair value of these mutual funds as atMarch 31, 2025 is H1,054.23 crore (previous year H968.38 crore).
(ii) Measured at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income (FVOCI):
The Company has investments in Compulsorily Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS) which are not quoted in theactive market. These CCPS are subsequently measured at FVOCI on the basis of fair valuation on the reporting date.The corresponding unrealized gain or loss on fair valuation is recorded in OCI. The fair value of these CCPS as at March31, 2025 is HNil (previous year H50.00).
(iii) Measured at Amortised Cost for which Fair Value is disclosed
The fair values of all current financial assets and liabilities including trade receivables and unbilled revenue, cash and cashequivalents, bank balances, bank fixed deposits, corporate fixed deposits, security deposits, trade payables, lease liabilities,payables for purchase of property, plant and equipment and other current financial assets and liabilities are consideredto be the same as their carrying values, due to their short term nature. The fair values of all non-current financial assetsand liabilities including security deposits, trade receivables and lease liabilities and other non-current financial assets andliabilities are considered to be the same as their carrying values, as the impact of fair valuation is not material.
Total equity as shown in the balance sheet includes equity share capital, general reserves and retained earnings. There areno interest bearing loans and borrowings by the Company.
The Company aims to manage its capital efficiently to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern and to optimisereturns to its shareholders.
The Company's policy is to maintain a stable and strong capital structure with a focus on total equity to maintain investor’s,creditor’s and market confidence and to sustain future development and growth of its business. The Company will takeappropriate steps in order to maintain, or if necessary adjust, its capital structure. The management monitors the return oncapital as well as the level of dividends to shareholders.
c. Financial risk management
Company’s activities expose it to credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk. This note explains the sources of risk which thecompany is exposed to and how the company manages the risk and its impact on the financial statements.
(i) Credit Risk
Credit risk refers to the risk that the counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in financial loss tothe Company. The credit risk arises from trade receivables, security deposits, cash and cash equivalents and depositswith banks and corporates.
The Company supplies natural gas to customers.
Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade receivables are limited as majority credit sales are made to highcredit worthy entities and balance credit sales are against securities in the form of customer security deposits, bankguarantees and letter of credit. All trade receivables are reviewed and assessed for default on regular basis. Ourhistorical experience of collecting receivables, supported by the level of default, is that credit risk is low.
For trade receivables, except for specifically identified cases, Company follows a simplified approach where provisionis made as per the ageing buckets which are designed based on historical facts and patterns.
The Company maintains exposure in security deposits, reinstatement charges receivable, cash and cash equivalentsand term deposits with banks and corporates.
In case of security deposits and reinstatement charges, majority of which are given to Municipal authorities (whichare government controlled entities) towards pipeline laying activity, the credit risk is low. However, historically thecompany has experienced a delay/ non receipt of these amounts and hence allowances have been taken into accountfor the expected credit losses of these security deposits and reinstatement charges.
In case of bank /corporate fixed deposits regular quotations for interest rate are invited and based on best offeredrate the bank deposits are placed with banks/corporates having reasonably high net worth. Exposures of depositplaced are restricted to limits per bank/corporate as per policy and limits are actively monitored by the Company. Weunderstand that the credit risk is very low to moderate for such deposits.
The Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk is the carrying value of each class of financial assets as disclosed innote 4,5,6,9,10,11 and 12.
(ii) Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will find it difficult in meeting its obligations associated with its financialliabilities on time.
Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and marketable securities and the availabilityof funding through an adequate amount of committed credit facilities to meet obligations when due and to close outmarket positions. Due to the dynamic nature of the underlying business, Company’s treasury maintains flexibility infunding by maintaining availability under cash and cash equivalents, bank fixed deposits, corporate fixed depositsand mutual funds.
Management monitors rolling forecasts of the Company’s liquidity position and cash and cash equivalents on the basisof expected cash flows.
The tables below analyses the Company’s financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings based on theircontractual maturities.
(iii) Market Risk
Foreign Exchange Risk
Company is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from direct transactions in foreign currency and also indirectlythrough transactions denominated in foreign currency though settled in functional currency (INR), primarily with respectto the US Dollar (USD). Foreign exchange risk arises from future commercial transactions and recognised assets andliabilities denominated in a currency that is not the company’s functional currency (INR).
(iv) Interest Rate Risk:
There are no interest bearing borrowings and hence company is not exposed to interest rate risk presently. TheCompany’s investments in fixed deposits with banks/corporates and liquid debt mutual funds are for short durations,and therefore do not expose the Company to significant interest rates risk.
The Company has various operating lease arrangements for hiring of vehicles, equipment, offices, stores premises and land.Operating leases relate to land with lease term ranging between 17 to 116 years. The Company does not have an option topurchase at the end of the lease term.
The following are the practical expedients availed by the Company:
• Right-to-use assets and liabilities for leases not recognised for leases with lease tenure less than 12 months fromtransition date.
a. Estimated amount of contracts to be executed for project execution including labour and purchase of material relatingto construction of pipeline network and CNG outlets not provided for (net of advances) H720.10 crore (previous yearH680.13 crore).
b. All term contracts for purchase of natural gas with suppliers, has contractual obligation of “take or pay” for shortfall incontracted Minimum Guaranteed Quantity (MGQ) as specified in individual contracts. Estimation of these MGQ commitmentsis dependent on nomination of quantity by suppliers and actual purchase by the company. As both the factors “quantitynomination by supplier” and “quantity to be purchased by the company”, are not predictable, MGQ commitment isnot quantifiable.
c. The Company has issued Corporate Guarantees of H566.00 crore on behalf of Unison Enviro Private Limited (UEPL) to thelenders for Rupee Term loan and non - fund based facility. The Amount of rupee term loan as on March 31, 2025 is HNIL(previous year HNIL) and the amount of non fund based facility availed is H19.38 crore (previous year H21.45 crore)
Claims against the Company not acknowledged as debts in respect of which the Company does not expect outflow of resources
H432.10 crore (previous year H364.41 crore), includes:
i) Claims disputed by the Company relating to issues of applicability aggregating to H96.03 crore (previous year H27.74 crore)as detailed below:
ii) On January 09, 2025, The Joint Commissioner CGST and Central Excise Mumbai East Commissionerate, has passed anorder (received by the Company on January 18, 2025) demanding GST liability under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM)towards road re-instatement (“Rasta Nuksan Bharpai”) charges paid to the Local Authorities by the Company while layingunderground pipelines, amounting to H54.33 Crore plus applicable penalty and interest under Section 74 (1) of CGST Act, 2017.
The Company had filed an appeal with First Appellate, Commissioner Appeal against the said order and the decision fromthe hearing held on April 30, 2025, is currently pending. Based on the legal opinion obtained, the Company believes that ithas a strong case and does not expect any outflow of economic resources.
iii) Central/State/Local Authority property taxes, lease rents, pipeline related re-instatement charges etc. claims disputed by theCompany relating to issues of applicability and determination aggregating to H3.80 crore (previous year H4.37 crore).
iv) GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) raised demand in April 2014 for transportation tariff with respect to ONGC’s Uran Trombay NaturalGas Pipeline (UTNGPL) pursuant to demand on them by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), based on thePetroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) order dated December 30, 2013, determining tariff for ONGC’sUTNGPL as a common carrier. The total demand raised by GAIL for the period from November 2008 till July 2021 wasH331.80 Crore. The Company disputed the demand with GAIL based on contractual provisions and since the transportationcharges are to be paid by a third-party user for utilisation of UTNGPL to ONGC as common carrier and not for transportationof its own gas by ONGC.
The Company filed an appeal with the PNGRB in February 2015, the same was dismissed in October 2015. The Companyfiled a writ petition, in November 2015, with the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi. The Court advised the Company to file anappeal with Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) being Appellate Authority of the PNGRB in November 2016. The matterwas heard by APTEL and remanded back to the PNGRB on technical grounds in September 2019. PNGRB in March 2020,had passed an Order which directed the Company and GAIL to pay the disputed transportation tariff to ONGC. The Companyfiled an Appeal before APTEL against the PNGRB order in April 2020. The matter was heard by APTEL in October 2020.APTEL remanded back the case in July 2021 to PNGRB for proper adjudication. The matter was heard by PNGRB in April2022 and an order was passed in September 2022 directing the Company to pay the disputed transportation tariff for theperiod 2014 to 2021 as per the transportation tariff fixed by PNGRB for UTNGPL. The Company had filed a writ before theHon’ble High Court of Delhi challenging the PNGRB’s September 2022 order. The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi vide its orderdated December 13, 2022 has stayed the recovery against the PNGRB order and has directed the Company to deposit asum of H50 Crore with GAIL by February 15, 2023, which was deposited with GAIL on February 14, 2023. The Hon’ble HighCourt has rescheduled the next hearing to July 10, 2025.
Based on the legal opinions obtained, the Company believes that it has a strong case and does not expect any outflow ofresources. Hence, no provision has been recognised.
v) Claims from consumers are not acknowledged as debts H0.47 crore (previous year H0.49 crore).
vi) Negotiation with respect to the revision of trade margin with the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) is pending from April 2019to March 2023 for Mumbai Metro region and provision towards liability has been considered appropriately by the Company,pending final settlement.
iv. The Company does not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with ROC beyond the statutory period.
v. The Company have not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the financial year.
vi. The Company have not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities
(Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall:
a. Directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
b. Provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
vii. The Company have not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Party) with theunderstanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall:
a. Directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
b. Provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
viii. The Company has not surrendered or disclosed any transaction, previously unrecorded in the books of account, in the taxassessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961 as income during the year.
ix. The Company has not been declared wilful defaulter by any bank or financial institution or other lender or government orany government authority.
x. The Company has complied with the requirement with respect to number of layers as prescribed under Section 2(87) of theCompanies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Restriction on number of layers) Rules, 2017.
31.16The Code on Social Security 2020 has been notified in the Official Gazette on September 29, 2020. However, the date on whichthe code will come into effect have not been notified and the final rules/interpretation have not yet been issued. The Companywill assess the impact of the code when it comes into effect and will record any related impact in the period the code becomeseffective. Based on a preliminary assessment, the entity believes the impact of the change will not be significant.
31.17 The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on May 06, 2025, has proposed a final dividend of H 18.00 per equity share of facevalue H 10.00 each for the financial year ended March 31, 2025. This is in addition to the interim dividend of H 12.00 per equity sharepaid during the year. With this, the total dividend for the year is H 30.00 per equity share of face value H 10.00 each. The proposal issubject to the approval of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting to be held and if approved would result in a final dividendcash outflow of approximately H 177.80 Crore.
31.18A scheme of Amalgamation of Unison Enviro Private Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary) with the Company (the “Scheme”) wasapproved by the Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on October 24, 2024, with effect from appointed date ofFebruary 01, 2024. The Scheme has been submitted with National Company Law Tribunal, Mumbai bench on December 06, 2024and the matter was heard by the Mumbai Bench on January 17, 2025, and reserved for pronouncement of its interim order.
31.19Events after the reporting period - The Company has evaluated subsequent events from the balance sheet date through May 06,2025, the date at which the financial statements were available to be issued, and determined that there are no material items todisclose other than those disclosed above.
31.20The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has prescribed a new requirement for companies under the proviso to Rule 3(1) of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 inserted by the Companies (Accounts) Amendment Rules 2021 requiring companies, whichuses accounting software for maintaining its books of account, shall use only such accounting software which has a feature ofrecording audit trail of each and every transaction, creating and edit log of each change made in the books of account along withthe date when such changes were made and ensuring that the audit trail cannot be disabled. The Company uses an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the accounting software.
Further there is no instance of audit trail feature being tampered with in respect of the accounting software where suchfeature is enabled.
The Company has implemented a framework to identify relevant applications from the overall IT universe as “Books of account”as per the Companies Act 2013. The Company’s books of account maintained in the electronic mode comply with the requirementsto the Companies Act 2013, read with relevant rules and notifications, The audit trail has been preserved by the Company as perthe statutory requirements for record retention from the date it was enabled.
31.21Fig ures for the previous year have been regrouped/reclassified to conform to the figures of the current year.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors of
Mahanagar Gas Limited
(CIN: L40200MH1995PLC088133)
Managing Director Deputy Managing Director
DIN: 08268176 DIN: 09172642
Chief Financial Officer Company Secretary
FCA No:048326 ACS No:64051
Date : May 06, 2025