The Directors present the 64th Annual Report together with the Audited Statement of Accounts for the financial year ended March 31, 2025.
Your Company's performance for the financial year ending 31st March 2025 is stated below: .
PARTICULARS
FOR THE CURRENT YEAR ENDED31ST MARCH, 2025
FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR ENDED31ST MARCH,2024
Income for the year 2024
1005.88
0.29
Expenditure for the year.
1019.04
129.59
Profit / (Loss) before Depreciation/adjustment
(9.69)
(121.20)
Tax Expenses
-
Net Profit/(Loss) for the year
7.21
Your Directors' do not propose to transfer any amounts to the general reserves of the Company, as the Company did not earn enough profitduring the year 2024-25.
Your Directors have not recommended any dividend for the financial year under review.
During the financial year, the Company has issued and allotted 1,10,50,000 (One Crore Ten Lakhs Fifty Thousand) Equity Shares of Rs. 10/-(Rupees Ten only) each at an issue price of Rs. 16/- (Rupees Sixteen Only) per share, to the respective allottees who have exercised their optionof conversion of warrants into Equity Shares.
Further, post 31st March, 2025, the Company had Issued and allotted 53,17,529 (Fifty three Lakhs seventeen thousand five hundred twenty nineOnly) Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten only) each at an issue price of Rs. 98/- (Rupees Ninety Eight Only) per share, on preferential basis.
The issued, subscribed and paid-up equity share capital as on the date of the Notice to the Annual General Meeting is Rs. 40,49,31,540 dividedinto 4,04,93,154 equity shares of Rs. 10/- each.
The equity shares of the Company are listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
During the year under review, your Company neither accepted any deposits nor there were any amounts outstanding at the beginning of theyear which were classified as 'Deposits' in terms of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposit)Rules, 2014 and hence, the requirement for furnishing of details of deposits which are not in compliance with the Chapter V of the CompaniesAct, 2013 is not applicable.
Details of Loans, Guarantee and Investments have been disclosed in the notes to financial statements.
During the year under review, your Company has acquired balance 29% stake in NAE Mobility Private Ltd having its Registered Office situatedat 27 K M, Mysore Road, Sheshagirhalli, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 562109 engaged in the business of Manufacturing of Electric Vehiclesthereby making it a 100% Wholly Owned Subsidiary. As per the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing salient featuresof the financial statements of the Company's subsidiary in Form AOC-1 is attached to the financial statements of the Company asAnnexure - A.
Management Discussion and Analysis of the financial conditions, future outlook and results of the operations of the Company for the yearunder the review, as stipulated under Regulation 34 (2) (e) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 is given under separate section of this AnnualReport.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Annual Return referred in sub-section (3) of Section 92will be placed on the website of the Company https://www.azadindiamobility.com/.
Your Company follows the highest standards of Corporate Governance best practices. It adheres to and has implemented the requirements setout by SEBI's Corporate Governance norms. A separate section on Corporate Governance forms a part of the Directors' Report. A certificateconfirming the compliance of the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in Listing Regulations from Janki Brahmbhatt, PracticingCompany Secretaries, is forming part of the Annual Report.
The composition of Board of Directors as on March 31. 2025 is as follows:-
Sr. No.
1.
Bupinder Singh Chadha
Managing Director
2.
Charnjit Singh Chadha
Executive Director
3.
Sheetal Nagda
Independent Director
4.
Nitin Atmaram Sarfare
5.
Ramesh Chandra Pareek
6.
Ulhas Deosthale
CFO
7.
Vedant Bhatt
Company Secretary
The Company has received declarations from Independent Director under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 confirming that they meetthe criteria of independence as prescribed under Section 149 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Independent Directors of the Company have undertaken requisite steps towards the inclusion of their names in the data bank ofIndependent Directors maintained with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs in terms of Section 150 of the Act read with Rule 6 of theCompanies (Appointment & Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 as per the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification dated October 22, 2019.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Charnjit SinghChadha, Director of the Company retires by rotation and being eligible offers them for reappointment at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
Pursuant to Regulation 36(3) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, brief resume of Mr. Charnjit Singh Chadha, nature of their expertise in specificfunctional area and names of Companies in which he is a Director and Member/Chairperson of Committees of Board, are provided in the Noticeforming part of the Annual Report.
Further, based on the confirmations received, none of the Directors are disqualified for appointment under Section 164 of the Companies Act,2013.
During the financial year under review, the Non-Executive Directors of the Company had no pecuniary relationship or transactions with theCompany, other than sitting fees and reimbursement of expenses incurred by them for the purpose of attending meetings of the Board /Committees of the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, theperformance evaluation of the Board was carried out by the Nomination & Remuneration Committee in accordance with the BoardPerformance Evaluation Policy of the Company through a structured evaluation process covering various aspects of the Boards functioningsuch as diversity in composition of the Board & Committees, its roles & responsibilities, experience & competencies, performance of specific/ general duties & obligations, etc.
The Independent Directors were evaluated on additional criteria of independence and applicability of independent views and judgment in thedecision-making process of all matters considered important.
a) STATUTORY AUDITORS
The Company has appointed M/s. R Bhargava & Associates, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 0127887N), as the Statutory Auditorof the Company for a period of 5 consecutive years at the 60th Annual General Meeting held on 30th September 2021 until the conclusion of65th Annual General Meeting. The Company has received written consent and certificate of eligibility from the Statutory Auditors of theCompany under Section 139(1) of the Act and rules framed thereunder.
b) AUDITORS' REPORT
The statutory auditors' report for the financial year 2024-25 does not contain any qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks. The auditors'report is attached to the financial statements. There are no frauds reported by the auditors of the Company under sub-section 12 of section143 of the Companies Act, 2013 during the financial year under review. Provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 regarding mainte¬nance of cost records and audit thereof are not applicable to your Company.
c) SECRETARIAL AUDITOR AND SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT
Your Board appointed M/s Janki & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, to conduct a secretarial audit of the Company for the financialyear ended 31st March 2025.
The Report M/s. Janki & Associates, Practicing Company Secretary is provided in the Annexure B forming part of this Report, pursuant toSection 204 of the Companies Act, 2013.
As regards the Secretarial Audit report the comments are as under:
d) INTERNAL AUDITOR
Based on the recommendations of Audit Committee, the Board has approved the appointment of M/s Pratik Satyuga & Company, CharteredAccountant (Firm Registration No.: 148858W) as the Internal Auditor of the Company, with effect from 05 September, 2024 for the financialyear 2024-2025, in place of Ms. Gunjan Gangwal, Chartered Accountant.
Internal Audit is carried out on a quarterly basis, and the report is placed in the Meetings of the Audit Committee and the Board for theirconsideration and direction. Their scope of work is as decided by the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors.
The Board is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal financial control as per Section 134 of the Act. Your Company'sinternal control systems and processes commensurate with scale of operations of the Business. Periodical reviews are carried out by theInternal Auditors and are subject to assessment and trial to provide reasonable assurance as to reliable information & compliance. The Boardenquired from both the Statutory and Internal Auditors, whether they have reviewed the prevailing internal control systems in the Company andwhether they were satisfied that the internal controls were adequate and complied with. Both of them stated that the prevailing internalcontrol systems were adequate and were functioning satisfactorily for the year under review was apprised by the Audit Committee and notedby Board.
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of theCompanies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is been annexed to this report as 'Annexure C'.
None of the employees of the Company are being paid remuneration exceeding the prescribed limit under the said provisions and rules.
Particulars required under Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, regardingconservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo, are given in 'Annexure D' forming part of this report
The meetings of the Board of Directors are scheduled well in advance and generally held at the registered office of the Company. The Boardmeets at least once a quarter to review the quarterly results and other items of the Agenda.
During the financial year ended on March 31, 2025, Thirteen (13) Board Meetings were held. The dates on which the Board Meetings were heldare as follows:
19.04.2024, 20.04.2024, 06.05.2024, 09.05.2024, 14.08.2024, 05.09.2024, 30.09.2024, 13.11.2024, 20.01.2025, 13.02.2025, 03.03.2025,
11.03.2025, 28.03.2025.
The members of the Audit Committee are financially sound and literate. During the financial year ended on March 31, 2025, Six (5) Audit Commit¬tee Meetings were held. The dates on which the Audit Committee Meetings were held are as follows: 06.05.2024, 14.08.2024, 13.11.2024,13.02.2025 and 28.03.2025.
During the financial year ended on March 31, 2025, One (1) Nomination and Remuneration Committee Meeting was held on 06.05.2024.
Provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with applicable Rules, not applicable to the Company during the year under review.
The Company has formulated a policy in respect of Sexual Harassment of women at workplace as per the provisions of the Sexual Harassmentof Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. There was no complaint received by the Company during the financialyear 2024-25 under the aforesaid Act.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 178 of the Act read with the Rules made thereunder, the Company has in place, a Policy on "Criteria forappointment of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior Management Employees and their remuneration.” There has been no change in theaforesaid policy during the year under review. The Policy is available on the website of the Company and can be accessed at Nomination andRemuneration Policy”) (https://www.azadindiamobility.com/).
Internal financial control system and timely review of external, operational and other risks enables the Board of your company towards identifi¬cation and mitigation of the risks. The Company's approach to mitigate business risks is through periodic review and reporting mechanism tothe Audit Committee and the Board and thereby maximizing returns and minimizing risks.
The Company has established a Vigil Mechanism Policy for the employees to report their genuine concerns or grievances. The Audit Commit¬tee of the Company oversees the Vigil Mechanism. However, no instances of fraud or other irregularities have been observed, which need to bereported to the Board/Audit Committee. The Policy is available on the website of the Company (https://www.azadindiamobility.com/).
A declaration signed by the Managing Director affirming compliance with the Company's Code of Conduct by the Directors and Senior Manage¬ment Personnel, for the financial year 2024-25 as required under Schedule V of the SEBI LODR Regulations forms part of this Annual Report
During the year under review, your Company has acquired balance 29% stake in NAE Mobility Private Ltd having its Registered Office situatedat 27 K M, Mysore Road, Sheshagirhalli, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, 562109 engaged in the business of Manufacturing of Electric Vehiclesthereby making it a 100% Wholly Owned Subsidiary.
There are no significant material orders passed by the Regulators/Courts which would impact the going concern status of your Company andits future operations.
The contracts or arrangements made with related parties as defined under section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 are detailed in the FinancialStatement. The details of the same in given in AOC 2 annexed to the Board Report forming part of Annexure A.
To the best of their knowledge and belief and according to the information and explanations obtained by them, your Directors make thefollowing statement in terms of Section 134 (3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013:
a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and there have are no materialdepartures;
b) They have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2025 and of the profit or loss of the Companyfor that period;
c) They have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of theCompanies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
d) They have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
e) They have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and wereoperating effectively;
"Internal financial control” means the policies and procedures adopted by the Company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of itsbusiness including adherence to Company's policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financial information.
f) They have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provision of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate andoperating effectively.
During the year under review and as at 31st March, 2025, no application was made or any proceedings were pending under the Insolvency andBankruptcy Code, 2016.
The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards and that suchsystems are adequate and operating effectively.
Your Directors acknowledges the efforts of its employees, at all levels, for their continued hardwork, dedication and commitment towards thegrowth of the Company. The Directors also places on record continued support of its investors, clients, vendors, bankers and financialinstitutions during the year under review and look forward for the same in the years to come. The Company also expresses its sincere gratitudeto the Stock Exchanges, Regulatory Authorities and all the government agencies for the continued support extended during the year 2024-25.
By Order of the Board of DirectorsFor Azad India Mobility Ltd
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Managing DirectorDIN: 00151568
Place: MumbaiDate: 07.08.2025