Your Directorshave immense pleasure in presenting the 36th Annual Report on the business and operations of DuroPack Limited (“the Company”) together with the Audited financial statements for the financial year ended 31st March,2024.
The financial performance of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2024 is summarized as under:
(Amount in Lacs)
PARTICULARS
For the Financial Yearended on 31.03.2024
For the Financial Yearended on 31.03.2023
Revenue from Operation
3167.32
3104.92
Other Income
65.97
68.44
Total Income
3233.29
3173.36
Total Expenses
2950.07
2886.56
Profit/(Loss) before taxation
283.22
286.80
Less: Tax Expenses
67.31
72.70
Profit/Loss After Tax
215.91
214.11
Add: Balance B/F from Previous year
799.48
605.49
Add: Prior Period Tax Adjustment
(0.48)
(20.12)
Balance Profit/(Loss) C/F to the next year
1014.91
The Revenue from Operation including other income of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March 2024amounted to Rs. 3233.29 Lakhs as against previous year Rs. 3173.36 Lakhs. The Profit before exceptional items and taxfor the year ended on 31st March, 2024 is Rs. 283.22 Lakhs as against Rs. 286.80 Lakhs of previous year. Profit after taxfor the financial year is Rs. 215.91 Lakhs as against Rs. 214.11 Lakhs of previous year.
The Company is engaged in the field of manufacture and export of multi-layer laminate films, pouches and bags, widewidth Holographic Films, Stickers, etc. The Management Discussion and Analysis Report on the business are presentedseparately in the Annual Report.
With a view of augmenting the financial resources for generating stable growth, the Board of Directors of the Companyhas decided to carry forward entire profit and hence, they did not propose any dividend for the financial year on equityshares.
During the year under review, the Company has not transferred any amount to General Reserve.
As required pursuant to the provisions of Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12(1) of the Companies(Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, an Annual Return is uploaded on website of the Companywww.duropackindia.com.
The Authorized Share Capital of the Company is 15,00,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Crores Only) divided into 1,50,00,000(One Crore Fifteen lakh) Equity Shares of 10/- each.
There was no change in the capital structure of the Company during the financial year under review. The Issued EquityShare capital of the Company as on 31st March, 2024 was 5,27,22,000 (Rupees Five Crore Twenty Seven Lakh TwentyTwo Thousand) divided into 52,72,200 (Fifty Two Lakh Seventy Two Thousand Two Hindered) Equity Shares of 10/- each.
The Company's shares are listed on BSE under Scrip Code 526355. The ISIN code of the Company is INE138B01018.The Company has paid annual listing fees to the stock exchange for the financial year 2023-24.
There was no change in the nature of business during the financial year under review.
During the year no Company has become or ceased to be its subsidiary, joint venture or associate company during theyear. At present there isno subsidiary, joint venture or associate companies.
The details of meeting of Board of Directors and various committees of Board of Directors are attached herewith asAnnexure-1.
The Company has not given any loans, guarantees or made any investments during the year in accordance with Section186 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Your Company have an appropriate mix of executive, non-executive and Independent Directors to maintain its independence,and separate its functions of governance and management. As on 31st March, 2024, the Board comprised of 6 members,consisting of two Executive Director, one Non-Independent Woman director, 3 Independent Directors and none of thedirectors are disqualified under Section 164 of the Companies Act 2013.
Changes in Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
A) Mr. Vivek Jain, Managing Director of the Company, whose tenure expired on 31st March 2024 was reappointed asManaging Director of the Company for a further terms of 5 years in the Board Meeting held on 29th March 2024.
B) Mr. Vineet Jain, Whole time Director of the Company, whose tenure also expired on 31st March 2024 was alsoreappointed as Whole time Director of the Company for a further terms of 5 years in the Board Meeting held on 29thMarch 2024.
C) Further, In accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Articles of Association of the Company Mr. Vineet Jain(DIN: 01823758) Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the ensuing AGM and being eligible offer himself forre-appointment.
The Composition of Board of Director on 31st March, 2024 as mentioned below.
S.No
Name of Director
Designation
1.
Vivek Jain
Managing Director
2.
Vineet Jain
Whole-time director
3.
Atula Jain
Director
4.
Krishan Kumar Gupta
Independent Director
5.
Vikram Vijh
6.
Sharad Aggarwal
After the year end the tenure of Mr. Krishan Kumar Gupta, Mr. Vikram Vijh and Mr. Sharad Aggarwal, ceased to bedirector of the Company w.e.f September 25th, 2024 after completing two consecutive terms as Independent Director.
Thereafter, the Board of Director has appointed Mr. Udai Nath Piplani (DIN-10753360)and Mr. Shekhar Singal (DIN-00564384) as independent directors of the Company for the period of 5 year w.e.f 02nd September, 2024.
B) Declaration by an Independent Director(s) and re-appointment, if any
The Company has received the Declarations from all the Independent Directors confirming that they meet the criteria ofIndependence as prescribed under the provisions of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the schedulesand Rules issued thereunder as well as Regulations 16 of SEBI (Listing Obligation & Disclosure Requirements) Regulation,2015 (including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) thereof for the time being in force).
C) Formal Annual Evaluation
Pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act and the SEBI Listing Regulations, the Board has carried out an AnnualEvaluation of its own performance, performance of the Directors and the working of its Committees, based on the evaluationcriteria defined by Nomination and Remuneration Policy for performance evaluation process of the Board, its Committeesand Directors. NRC Policy of the company is available on Company's website at linkhttps://duropackindia.com/code-of-conduct-and-policies
The performance of the Board was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from all the directors on the basis ofcriteria such as the Board composition and structure, effectiveness of board processes, information and functioning, etc.
The performance of the Committees was evaluated by the Board after seeking inputs from the Committee members onthe basis of criteria such as the composition of committees, effectiveness of Committee meetings, etc.
The performance assessment of Non-Independent Directors, Board as a whole and the Chairman were evaluated atseparate meetings of Independent Directors. The same was also discussed in the meetings of NRC and the Board.Performance evaluation of Independent Directors was done by the entire Board, excluding the Independent Directorbeing evaluated.
The Company is not required to transfer any amount of unpaid/unclaimed dividend or any other amount to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund during the year under review.
The information pertaining to the conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgoas required under Section 134 (3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts)Rules, 2014 is furnished as below:
A. Conservation of Energy
The Company strives and works consistently to deploy new systems and equipment's for conservation of energy. TheCompany always tries for development of better material at optimum cost.
S.NO
PARTICULAR’S
ACTION
1
Steps taken or impact on conservation of energy;
The company has started converting itsvehicles from Diesel to CNG/ Electric.All lighting in factory changed to LED forenergy conservation.
2
Steps taken by the company for utilizing alternatesources of energy'
The company has started converting itsvehicles from Diesel to CNG / Electric.Gas based DG Sets proposed for futureexpansion. Gas based Hot Air Generatorinstalled.
3
Capital investments on energy conservationequipment's
New Printing and Lamination machines withlower per kg equipment's Energy to beinstalled in the coming year.
Effort made for technology absorption
1. 2nd UPS installed for continuous working.
Benefits derived
1. Lower Wastage amounting to Rs 1.0 lakhsper month and increased productivity.
2. Lower wastage and rejection
Expenditure on Research & Development,
NIL
Details of technology imported, if any
5
Year of import
NA
6
Whether imported technology fully absorbed
7
Areas where absorption of imported technologyhas not taken place, if any
C. Foreign Exchange Earnings/ Outgo;
Earnings
INR 44040
Outgo
USD 44935
16. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANYOCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR TO WHICH THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT RELATESAND THE DATE OF THE REPORT:
There have been no material changes and commitments affecting financial position of the Company that have occurredbetween the end of the financial year of the Company to which financial statements relates and the date of report.
The Board of the Directors are of the view that there is no such risk element which may threaten the existence of theCompany. However, the Company has well-defined Risk Management Systems and procedures for the businesses of theCompany, which are periodically reviewed to ensure that the risks can be mitigated to the extent possible.
The process of Internal Financial Control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regardingreliability of financial reporting and preparation of financial statements for various external purposes. As per extant guidelinesfor various financial reporting, the Company requires having adequate internal financial controls over financial reportingto assure reliability of financial reporting and should have risk management systems to counter and mitigate the possiblerisks involved in the business.
The Company has in all material aspects, an adequate internal financial control over financial reporting. In order tostrengthen the internal controls, M/s Akhilesh Agarwal & Associates., Chartered Accountants,New Delhi has conductedthe Internal Audit as an independent Internal Auditor of the Company.
The Company is fully committed to their employees specially women workforce to provide them safe environment, towork with dignity and to provide them better workplace free from any kind of discrimination including sexual harassment.As per the requirement of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013read with rules made thereunder, the company has constituted Internal Complaint Committee which is responsible for theredressal of complaint related to sexual harassment.
During the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2024 no sexual harassment and discriminatory employment complaints orcases were reported and no such complaint is pending as on date.
The Statement pertaining to provision of Rule 5(2) & (3) of the Companies (Appointment & Remuneration of ManagerialPersonnel) Rules, 2014 requiring the names of top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn are marked as Annexure2. It is also to be stated here that there were no employee during the year who were in receipt of remuneration mentionin Rule 5 (2) (I), (II) and (III) of Companies (Appointment & Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
Pursuant to the Regulation 15 of Securities & Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)2015, the Company is not required to comply Regulations 17 to 27 and Clause (b) to (i) of Regulation 46(2) and therefore,the requirement to prepare Corporate Governance Report is not applicable.
The Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (IND AS) under the historicalcost convention on accrual basis except for certain financial instruments, which are measured at fair values, the provisionsof the Companies Act, 2013 (to the extent notified) and guidelines issued by SEBI. The IND AS are prescribed underSection 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 3 of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015and Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016. Accounting policies have been consistentlyapplied except where a newly-issued accounting standard is initially adopted or a revision to an existing accountingstandard requires a change in the accounting policy hitherto in use.
(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along withproper explanation relating to material departures;
(b) The directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the companyat the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the company for that period;
(c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordancewith the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraudand other irregularities;
(d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and
(e) The directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financialcontrols are adequate and were operating effectively.
(f) The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and thatsuch systems were adequate and operating effectively.
During the year under review, neither the Statutory Auditors nor the Secretarial Auditor has reported to the Audit Committee,under Section 143 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013, any instances of fraud committed against the Company by itsofficers or employees, the details of which would need to be mentioned in the Board's report.
As per the provisions of Section 139 of the Act, read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, the Membersof the Company in its AGM held in year 2022 approved the appointment of M/s PVSP & CO., Chartered Accountants, NewDelhi (Firm Registration Number: 008940N) as the Statutory Auditor of the Company for the period of 5 years i.e. fromconclusion of the 34th AGM till the conclusion of 39th AGM of the Company to be held in year 2027.
The Auditors, M/s PVSP & CO. Chartered Accountants, have audited the annual financial statements as of and for theyear ended March 31, 2024 and submitted his audit report thereon.
The Auditors Report as provided by the auditors are self-explanatory and therefore, do not call for any further clarification/comments. The Auditor's Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act and Rules made thereunder, M/s DR Associates, Company Secretarieswere appointed as Secretarial Auditors for the financial year 2023-24.
The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended on March 31,2024 is annexed herewith marked as Annexure-3 to this Report.
Further, there was one qualifications have given by Secretarial Auditor in their Secretarial Audit Report. The qualificationsare explained in Secretarial Audit Report and do not require any further clarifications.
Since the Company is not covered under the Section 148(1) of Companies Act, 2013, therefore the maintenance of costrecords is not required.
During the year under review, the Company enjoyed cordial relations with workers, employees, Bankers, Shareholdersand all stakeholders at all levels.
The composition of the Audit Committee is in alignment with the provisions of Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013read with the Rules issued thereunder and Regulation18 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015. As on 31st March, 2024 the Audit Committee comprise of 4 Directors/Members and majority of themare Independent Directors. All the Members of the Audit Committee are well qualified, experienced and possess soundknowledge of finance, accounting practices and internal controls. All the recommendations made by the Audit Committeewere accepted by the Board of Directors of the Company.
S.No.
Name of the Director
Category
Mr. Vikram Vijh
Mr. Sharad Aggarwal
Mr. Krishan Kumar Gupta
Mr. Vivek Jain
The detail of the meetings and the attendance of the members are given in Annexure 1 and all the recommendationsmade by the Audit Committee were accepted by the Board.
In compliance with the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 & Regulation 19 of the SEBI (LODR)Regulations, 2015, the Board has constituted the “Nomination and Remuneration Committee” (NRC).
Nomination and Remuneration Policy:
In accordance with the provisions of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Nomination and Remuneration Committeerecommended the nomination and remuneration policy relating to the appointment, removal and remuneration of theDirectors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management Personnel which was approved and adopted by the Boardof Directors. As on 31st March, 2024 the NRC Committee comprise of 3 Independent Directors.
The policy formulated by the Nomination and Remuneration Committee is available on the website of the company(www.duropackindia.com) under the section Investor Relations. The detail of the meetings and the attendance of themembers are given in Annexure 1
In compliance of provisions of Section 178 of Companies Act, 2013 & Regulation 20 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations,2015, the Board has constituted Stakeholders' Relationship Committee. The Stakeholders Relationship Committee isentrusted with the responsibility of addressing the shareholders'/ investors' complaints with respect to share transfers,non-receipt of annual reports, dividend payments, issue of duplicate share certificates, transmission of shares and othershareholder related queries, complaints etc.
The detail of the meetings and the attendance of the members are given in Annexure 1.
The Company is always committed to the high standards of Corporate Governance and stakeholder responsibility.
The Company promotes ethical behavior in all its business activities and has put in place a mechanism for reportingillegal or unethical behavior. The Company has a vigil mechanism and Whistle blower policy under which the employeesare free to report violations of applicable laws and regulations and Company's Code of Conduct. The Vigil Mechanismand Whistle Blower Policy may be accessed on the Company website at the link https://duropackindia.com/code-of-conduct-and-policies
The Board of Directors periodically reviews the functioning and status of complaints received under this policy. Thesummary of complaints received and disposed of during the year under the Vigil mechanism policy is as follows:
No. of complaints/ cases pending as on 01.04.2023
No. of complaints/ cases received during F.Y. 2023-24
0
No. of complaints/ cases disposed of during F.Y. 2023-24
No. of complaints/ case pending as on 31.03.2024
The information required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of the Companies(Appointment & Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is given in the Statement annexed herewith asAnnexure 4.
The Management Discussion and Analysis Report in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (ListingObligations And Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is marked as Annexure 5 and form part of this Report.
All transactions entered by the Company with related parties during the year were in the ordinary course of business. TheAudit Committee has duly approved the same. There have been no ‘conflict of interest' transactions with related partiesduring the financial year 2023-24. Suitable disclosures as required under IND AS 24 have been made in the notes to thefinancial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2024. Details of the contracts and arrangements with therelated parties under Section 188 of the Act are provided in Form AOC-2, which is enclosed herewith as Annexure -6.
There were no significant material orders passed by the Regulators/ Courts which would impact the going concern statusof the Company and its future operations.
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following matters as there were notransactions on these matters during the year under review:
• There is no proceeding pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
• There was no instance of onetime settlement with any Bank or Financial Institution.
The provisions relating to CSR is not applicable to the Company as the Company does not meet the criteria prescribedunder Section 135 of the Company Act 2013 read with Rules made there-under.
Your Directors state that no disclosure or reporting is required in the respect of the following items as there were notransaction on these items during the year under review:
• Disclosure regarding Issue of Equity Shares with Differential Rights
• Disclosure regarding issue of Employee Stock Options
• Disclosure regarding issue of Sweat Equity Shares.
• Voluntary Revision of Financial Statements or Board's Report.
• Details related to Deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act.
• Receipt of any commission by MD /WTD /from a company or for receipt of commission/ remuneration from it holding orsubsidiary.
Your Directors place on record their sincere thanks to bankers, business associates, consultants, and various GovernmentAuthorities for their continued support extended to your Company's activities during the year under review. The Boardalso places on record its deep appreciation for the dedication and commitment of the employees at all level. YourDirectors also acknowledges gratefully shareholders for their support and confidence reposed on your Company.
Date: 02nd September, 2024Place: New Delhi
Sd/- Sd/-
Vivek Jain Vineet Jain
Managing Director Whole Time Director & CFO
DIN:01753065 DIN: 01823758
Address 3123, Sector D, Pocket 3 Address: 3194, Sector D, Pocket 3
Vasant Kunj Delhi 110070 Vasant Kunj Delhi 110070