Your Directors submit the 37th Annual Report of the Company together with the Audited Financial Statements for theFinancial Year ended March 31, 2024.
1. Financial Summary/highlights on the Performance of the Company (Standalone & Consolidated):-
Summary of the Financial Statements of the Company for the year under review is as under:
Particulars
Standalone
Consolidated
2023-24
2022-23
Revenue from Operations
-
Other Income
0.02
2.70
4.32
Total Income
Employee Benefit Expenses
24.79
22.60
29.31
30.88
Interest and Finance Charges
0.00
0.01
Depreciation and Amortizations
0.43
0.61
Impairment Loss
Other Expenses
13.84
13.17
50.32
200.24
Total Expenses
38.63
35.77
80.06
231.74
Profit/(Loss) before Tax
(38.61)
(35.77)
(77.36)
(227.42)
Tax Expense
1.16
Profit/(Loss) for the year
(78.52)
Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
(0.51)
Total Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
(39.12)
(79.03)
2. Dividend
In view of losses during the financial year 2023-24, theBoard of Directors of the Company has not recommendedany dividend on the equity shares of the Company.
3. Reserves
There is no surplus available to be carried forward toreserves. However, the negative balance in the Profit/Loss account has been duly accounted for.
4. Results of Business Operations and the State ofCompany's Affairs
Like previous year this year too no business could beconducted in your Company. The management couldnot find any possible opportunity in this regard, as theoverall financial state of the Company was not favorable.Your management for the purposes of settling their loanin a partial manner had offered its investment in theWholly owned subsidiary (WOS) to the Holding Company,such arrangement was not approved by the shareholders.The purpose of having such an arrangement was thatyour Company wanted to reduce the burden of loan andthe compliances w.r.t. WOS so that your company couldfind any possible investor. Since the Company did notconduct any business operation during the reporting yearand also no revenue was generated, the negative networth of the Company has increased from Rs. (332.87)Lakhs to Rs. (371.99) Lakhs, and the losses of theCompany has been Rs. 39.12 Lakhs which is increasedby Rs. 3.35 Lakhs from the previous year. Moreover, yourCompany has constantly reported that its project couldnot take off and is in the abandoned stage. Amidst the
aforesaid situation, your Company is focused to find asuitable business opportunity or investment and to remaincompliant in all respects.
As the company is not conducting any business, it wastotally dependent on the Financial Assistance from itsgroup companies. As informed earlier the Wholly OwnedSubsidiary (WOS), for the purpose of meeting theadministrative, legal and other day-to-day expenses andalso to settle the outstanding loan, it was selling the landrelating to the power project with the prior approval ofthe shareholders. During the year under reporting, allthe land in the Subsidiary Company has been sold incomplete. At present, the Subsidiary Company has noland in its account for further selling.
Material Events during the year under review and tillthe date of signing of this report.
a) During the year of reporting, M/s. Spice Energy PrivateLimited (the Holding Company) on account of the urgentRequirement of funds, demanded their outstanding loan,as advanced to the Company, to be repaid/settled.Considering their urgent requirement the Board of yourcompany offered the only available assets (i.e.investment in M/s. SRM Energy Tamilnadu Private Limited)to the holding company against the partial settlement oftheir loan up to an extent of Rs. 1,32,00,000/- to whichthe Holding Company gave its consent.
In this regard, your company proceeded to accord therequisite approval of the Shareholders through PostalBallot, which it could not obtained, hence theimplementation of the sale/transfer of Investment of theCompany in its Wholly-owned subsidiary did not takeplace and the loan of the Holding Company remained the
same. All the details relating to the relevant postal Ballotproceedings are disclosed to the public at large throughthe stock exchange in due course of time.
b) During the year under review, SEBI has attached theLoan as extended by Mr. Gagan Rastogi (former director)to the Wholly owned Subsidiary i.e. M/s. SRM EnergyTamilnadu Private Limited in the recovery proceedinginitiated against him. Such recovery proceedings wereunrelated to your Company and its WOS. SEBI werecontinuously demanding the loan to be repaid, howeverthe subsidiary could not meet such demand due to itsadverse financial position. Considering its inability tomeet such a huge liability and the default committed inthis regard, the Board of Directors of the WOS hasdecided to approach the Hon'ble National Company LawTribunal, New Delhi Bench under Section 10 of theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 for seeking thesuitable resolution plan for it. Till the signing of thisreport, the Hon'ble NCLT has rejected the application onaccount of maintainability, though the WOS is planningto appeal against the said order of the Hon'ble NCLT.
5. Change in Nature of Business
There is no change in the nature of business of theCompany during the year under review.
6. Material changes and commitment if any affecting thefinancial position of the Company occurred betweenthe end of the Financial Year to which this Financialstatement relates and the date of the report
Apart from disclosed elsewhere in this report, there areno material changes or commitments affecting thefinancial position of the Company between the end ofthe Financial Year and the date of the report.
7. Financial Statements
The Audited Financial Statements of the Company drawnup both on a standalone and consolidated basis, for thefinancial year ended March 31, 2024, in accordancewith the requirements of the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (”Ind AS”) notifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, read with relevant rulesand other accounting principles. The ConsolidatedFinancial Statements have been prepared in accordancewith Ind AS and relevant provisions of the Act based onthe financial statements received from subsidiarycompany, as approved by their Board of Directors.
The Board has reviewed the affairs of the SubsidiaryCompany during the Financial Year. The auditedStandalone and Consolidated Financial Statements forthe F.Y. 2023-24 are provided in this Annual Report.
8. Internal Financial Controls
Your Company has maintained a well-establishedinternal control framework, which is designed tocontinuously assess the adequacy, effectiveness andefficiency of financial and operational controls. TheBoard is of the opinion that the Company has soundInternal Financial Controls commensurate with the size,scale and complexity of its business operations.
The Audit Committee reviews at regular intervals theInternal Financial Control and Risk Management systemand also the Statutory Auditors confirm that theCompany's Internal Financial control is adequate. Thereport on the Internal Financial Control issued by M/s.Saini Pati Shah & Co, LLP, Chartered Accountants,Statutory Auditors of the Company in compliance with
the provisions undei the Companies Act, 2013 is loiimng
part as Annexure B of the Auditor's Report for the F.Y.2023-24.
9. Annual Return and Extract of Annual Return
In terms of Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013,the Annual Return of the Company as per MCA notificationdated 25th August, 2020 is available on the website ofthe Company and the same can be obtained with thebelow link:
http://www.srmenerqy.in/Home/AnnualReturns.
10. Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Associate Companies
Your Company has one Wholly Owned SubsidiaryCompany (WOS) viz. SRM Energy Tamilnadu PrivateLimited. There has been no material change in thenature of business of the Subsidiary and the saidSubsidiary has not commenced operations.
Material Subsidiary
In terms of Regulation 15(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligationsand Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, thecompliance with the corporate governance provisions asspecified in Regulation 24, i.e., with respect to theSubsidiary of the listed entity, does not apply to theCompany during the period under review, on account ofexemption granted under this regulations, however, yourCompany has adopted a Policy for determining MaterialSubsidiaries in terms of Regulation 16(1)(c) of the ListingRegulations. The Policy, as approved by the Board, isuploaded on the Company's Website, which can beviewed with the below link:
http://Www.srmenerqv.in/Data/Documents/SRM%20Enerqv%20-
%20OD%20-%20Policv%20for%20Determining%20Material%
20Subsidiarv.pdf
11. Performance and Financial Position of each of theSubsidiaries, Associates and Joint Venture Companiesincluded in the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Board has reviewed the affairs of the Company'sSubsidiary at regular intervals. In accordance with Section129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 (”the Act”), theCompany has prepared Consolidated FinancialStatements incorporating the Financial Statements ofSubsidiary which form part of the Annual Report. Aseparate statement containing the salient features of theFinancial Statements of the Company's subsidiary, in theprescribed Form AOC-1 is annexed hereto as Annexure-1. This statement also provides details of the performanceand financial position of the Subsidiary of the Company.Further, pursuant to the provisions of Section 136 of theCompanies Act, 2013, these financial statements arealso placed on the Company's website at http://www.srmenergy.in/Home/AnnualReports
Copy of these Financial Statements shall be madeavailable to any Member of the Company, on request.
The Board has also explained about the materialdevelopments with the Subsidiary Company above atPoint No. 4.
12. Deposits
During the Financial Year 2023-24, the Company hasneither accepted/ renewed any deposit from the public,
nor there any outstanding deposit at the beginning or atthe end of the year. Also, the Company has duly compliedwith the requirements of filing of return to ROC in theform of DPT-3 in this regard.
At the Annual General Meeting held on 30th September,2020, M/s Saini Pati Shah & Co. LLP, CharteredAccountants (FRN: 137904W/W100622) was appointedas Statutory Auditor of the Company for a period of 5 yearsto hold office till the conclusion of the Annual GeneralMeeting to be held in the Financial Year 2025-26.
The Report given by the Auditors (M/s Saini Pati Shah &Co, LLP) on the financial statement of the Company ispart of this Report. The financial statements of theCompany have been prepared in accordance with IndianAccounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section133 of the Act.
Further, basis the confirmations reported by the Auditorto the Board, there were no instances of fraud, misfeasanceor irregularity detected and reported in the Company bythe Statutory Auditor during the Financial Year 2023-24,however Auditors have expressed their qualified opinionsin their report which are as below:
a) Qualified Opinions expressed in Auditors' Reporton Standalone Financial Statements of the Company
i) We draw attention to Note 2.3 included in notes to thestandalone financial statements which describes thatthe Company has no business operations and iscontinuously incurring cash losses. The Company hasaccumulated losses and its net worth has been fullyeroded. Further, its current liabilities exceeded itscurrent assets as at the balance sheet date. In theabsence of any supportive audit evidence, there ismaterial uncertainty of the Company's continuity asgoing concern and its ability to meet its financial andoperational obligations as and when they fall due.
ii) We draw attention to Note 4(ii) included in notes to thestandalone financial statements which describes thatthe Company has equity investment in wholly ownedsubsidiary company amounting to Rs 132.00 lakhs. Asthe subsidiary has no business operations and iscontinuously incurring cash losses, has accumulatedlosses and its net worth has been fully eroded, itscurrent liabilities exceeded its current assets as at thebalance sheet date, the entire investment should beprovided for impairment. However, the managementbelieves that the investment in subsidiary is good forrecovery. In the absence of any supportive auditevidence, we are unable to comment on the recoverabilityof this investment. Had the Company made the provision,the loss for the year would have been higher by Rs132.00 lakhs and the investment as at that date wouldhave been lower by Rs 132.00 lakhs.
b) Qualified Opinions expressed in Auditors' Reporton Consolidated Financial Statements of theCompany.
i) We draw attention to Note 2.4 included in notes to the
consolidated financial statements which describesthat the Group has no business operations and iscontinuously incurring cash losses. The Group hasaccumulated losses and its net worth has been fullyeroded. Further, its current liabilities exceeded itscurrent assets as at the balance sheet date. In theabsence of any supportive audit evidence, there ismaterial uncertainty of the Group's continuity as going
concern and its ability to meet its financial andoperational obligations as and when they fall due.
ii) We draw attention to Note 17(ii) included in notes tothe consolidated financial statements which describesthat the SRM Energy Tamilnadu Private Limited(SETPL), a wholly owned subsidiary, during the yearhas received an Attachment Order from Securitiesand Exchange Board of India (SEBI) attaching anddirecting to remit the loan amount of Rs 4,326.56lakhs given to SETPL by Mr. Gagan Rastogi to SEBI.SETPL has expressed its inability to remit the amountdemanded to SEBI Recovery Officer quoting adversefinancial position of the Group. In the absence of anyappropriate audit evidence including third partyconfirmation and in lieu of the aforesaid ongoingrecovery proceedings and communications betweenSETPL and SEBI, we are unable to comment on theconsequential impact(s), if any, on these consolidatedfinancial statements.
iii) We draw attention to Note 13(i) included in notes tothe consolidated financial statements which describesthat SRM Energy Tamilnadu Private Limited (SETPL),a wholly owned subsidiary, during the year has soldbalance portion of land for a sale consideration of Rs.14.86 lakhs incurring loss of Rs 10.16 lakhs. In theabsence of sale agreement pertaining to the transferof title and any other appropriate audit evidence, weare unable to comment on the sale proceeds andresultant loss and additional financial implications, ifany, on these consolidated financial statements.
iv) We draw attention to Note 6 included in notes to theconsolidated financial statements which describesthat SRM Energy Tamilnadu Private Limited (SETPL),a wholly owned subsidiary, in the previous year hasmade provision for doubtful capital advance of Rs60.10 lakhs recoverable from a supplier. In theabsence of any appropriate audit evidence includingany legal proceedings initiated by the Group againstthe supplier, we are unable to comment on theappropriateness of the provision and additionalfinancial implications, if any, on these consolidatedfinancial statements.
In terms of Section 134(3)(f), the para wise explanationsor comments by the Board of Directors of the Companyon each Qualified opinions of the Auditors are as follows:
a) Explanation of the Board of Directors on the qualified
opinions expressed in Auditors' Report on
Standalone Financial Statements of the Company:
i) The Parent Company's management is committed toprovide the requisite financial support to maintainthe 'Going Concern' status until some businessprojects are introduced.
ii) The Management of the WOS has decided to approachto the NCLT u/s 10 of the IBC and is hopeful that itshall receive a resolution for this Company and hence,it is believed that the said investment in the WOShas not lost its value.
b) Explanation of the Board of Directors on the qualified
Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company:
ii) The matter is under the observation of theManagement and is aware of the facts. However, tillthe date of preparation of the Statement on the
Impact of Audit Qualifications, and financialstatements, no further communication has beenreceived from SEBI.
iii) Lands sold off by WOS are in piecemeal, cordonedand scattered under remote villages falling undervarious Sub-Registrars. Regional language,remoteness adds woes to the management in sellingsuch piecemeal lands and is entirely dependent uponlocal representatives for the successful land deals.There has been a delay in arranging the executedland agreements but howsoever, the sale proceedshave been received through the banking channels.The management is making the required efforts toarrange the deeds.
iv) The management is putting all efforts to locate thesupplier through various means and channels and ishopeful to derive their whereabouts soon and theCompany shall take appropriate actions accordingly.
The Company had engaged M/s. Amar Jeet Singh &Associates, Chartered Accountants (FRN: 025470N), asthe Internal Auditors of the Company for the FinancialYear 2023-24 and their reports are reviewed by the auditcommittee from time to time. The internal audit assiststhe Company to review the operational efficiency andthe internal controls.
The Internal Auditor has not reported any qualification,reservation or adverse opinion during the period under review.During the Current year 2024-25, the Board of Directorsof the Company, on the recommendation of the AuditCommittee, has appointed M/s. A S N & Company,Chartered Accountants (FRN: 022977N), as the InternalAuditors of the Company for the financial year 2024-25.
A Secretarial Audit Report for the year ended 31st March,2024, in prescribed form, duly audited by a PracticingCompany Secretary M/s. S.K. Nirankar & Associates isannexed as Annexure-2 herewith and forming part ofthe report.
There is no qualification, reservation or adverse remarkmade by the Secretarial Auditor in its report.
The aforesaid Secretarial Auditor is further appointed forthe Financial Year 2024-25 by the Board of Directors ofthe Company in their meeting held on August 13, 2024.Further, the Company is exempted from conducting thesecretarial audit of the material subsidiary underRegulation 24A (1) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("ListingRegulations"). Such exemption is available to theCompany under the provisions of sub-regulation (2) ofRegulation 15 of the aforesaid Listing Regulations. Sincethe requirement of conducting a secretarial audit of thematerial subsidiary is not applicable to the Company thesame is not conducted.
The provisions of maintenance of cost audit records andfiling are not applicable to the Company.
During the year under review, the Company has not issuedequity shares or sweat equity shares. The Company has
not offered any shares under the Employee Stock OptionScheme and bought back any of its securities. TheCompany has not issued any debentures, bonds or anyother non-convertible securities or warrants during thisFinancial Year.
Hence, during the Financial Year 2023-24 no changestook place in the share capital of the Company.
Authorized Share Capital:
The Authorized Share Capital of the Company as atMarch 31, 2024 is Rs. 11,30,00,000/- (Rupees ElevenCrore Thirty Lakhs) divided into 1,13,00,000 Equity Sharesof Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) each.
Issued & Subscribed Share Capital:
The Issued & Subscribed Capital of the Company as atMarch 31, 2024 is Rs. 9,06,00,000/- (Rupees Nine CroreSix Lakhs) divided into 90,60,000 Equity Shares of Rs.10/- (Rupees Ten) each.
Members are requested to consider the details asmentioned herein below:
(A)
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
The steps taken or impact on conservationof energy
NA
The steps taken by the company for utilizingalternate sources of Energy
The capital investment on energy conservationequipments
(B)
TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION
The efforts made towards technology absorption
The benefits derived like product improvement,cost reduction, product development or importsubstitution
In case of imported technology (importedduring the last three years reckoned fromthe beginning of the financial year)
The expenditure incurred on research anddevelopment
There have been no dealings in forex in the financial yearunder consideration.
20. Details of policy developed and implemented by theCompany on its Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR")initiatives.
The provisions for CSR under the Companies Act, 2013, arenot applicable to the Company for the year of reporting.
The Company's policy is to maintain an optimum combinationof Executive and Non-Executive Directors on the Board. Thereis a change in the Board of Directors / Key Managerial Personnelof the Company which are detailed below:
S.
N.
Name ofDirector/KMP
Designation
Change Duringthe year
1.
Mr. SharadRastogi
Whole-time
Director
2.
Mr. Vijay KumarSharma
Non-Executive andNon-IndependentDirector
3.
Mrs. TanuAgarwal
Non-Executive andIndependent Director
Resigned w.e.f.28.02.2024
4.
Additional Director(In the Capacity ofNon-Executive andIndependent Director)
Appointed w.e.f.28.03.2024
5.
Mr. ParshantChohan
6.
Mr. RamanKumar Mallick
Chief FinancialOfficer
7
Mr. PankajGupta
Company Secretary andCompliance Officer
a) Changes in Directors: During the year under review:
Mrs. Tanu Agarwal, who was serving as an IndependentDirector on the Board of the Company had resigned fromthe Board w.e.f. close of business hours on February 28,2024 on account of personal reasons and other professionalcommitment/engagements. However, considering hervaluable engagement with the Company in her capacity asan Independent Director of the Company and her discussionwith the management of the Company, she consented tore-join the Company's Board in the same capacity, i.e.,the Independent Director of the Company. Accordingly,the Board of Directors of the Company in terms of section161(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, appointed her as anAdditional Director (in the capacity of Non-Executive andIndependent) on the Board of the Company w.e.f. fromMarch 28, 2024.
The Board recommends for the regularization of theappointment of Mrs. Tanu Agarwal as a Non-ExecutiveIndependent Director for a period of 5 years commencingfrom March 28, 2024 to March 27, 2029 to the shareholdersat the item No. 3 set out in the Notice of the AnnualGeneral Meeting appended in this Annual Report.
b) Cessation of KMP: During the reporting year, there hasbeen no change in the KMPs of the Company.
Recommendation to the shareholders for appointment
of Directors
a) In terms of Section 152(6) and other applicable provisionsof the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Articles ofAssociation of the Company, Mr. Sharad Rastogi (DIN:09828931), Director of the Company retires by rotation atthe ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, hasoffered himself for re-appointment, a brief resume andother details of Mr. Sharad Rastogi, who is proposed to bere-appointed as Director of your Company has been includedin the Notice of the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
b) In terms of Section 161 and other applicable provisions ofthe Companies Act, 2013, Mrs. Tanu Agarwal (DIN:07134266), Additional Director (Non-Executive andIndependent) shall hold office up to the date of the ensuingAnnual General Meeting. The Board recommends to theshareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting forthe regularization of the appointment of Mrs. Tanu Agarwalas the Director (in the capacity of Non-Executive and
Independent) of the Company for a term of 5 yearsbeginning from March 28, 2024 till March 27, 2029. A briefresume and other details of Mrs. Tanu Agarwal has beenincluded in the Notice of the ensuing Annual GeneralMeeting.
Declaration of Independent Directors and FamiliarizationProgram:
The Company has received necessary declarations fromthe Independent Directors confirming that they meet thecriteria of independence as prescribed under the Act andSEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015 ("the Listing Regulations") and they haveregistered their names in the Independent Director's DataBank. The Independent Directors are in compliance with theCode of Conduct prescribed under Schedule IV of the Act.
The Company conducts a familiarization program in whichvarious amendments in the Companies Act, 2013 andAmendments in SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements), Regulations, 2015 are discussed.
The details of the familiarization program imparted toIndependent Directors are available on the website of theCompany and can be viewed on the following link:http://www.srmenergy.in/Home/Policies
A formal evaluation of the performance of the Board, itsCommittees and the individual Directors was carried outfor the year 2023-24. The evaluation was done usingindividual questionnaires covering the vision, strategy &role clarity of the Board, Board dynamics & processes,contribution towards the development of the strategy, riskmanagement, receipt of regular inputs and information,functioning, performance & structure of Board Committees,ethics & values, skill set, knowledge & expertise ofDirectors, leadership etc.
As part of the evaluation process, the Performanceevaluation of all the Directors has been done by all theother Directors (except himself & herself) and the Directorshave also evaluated the performance of the Board and itsCommittees as a whole. The Directors expressedsatisfaction with the evaluation process.
Number of meetings of the Board of Directors
Your Board meets at regular intervals to discuss and decideon various financial matters, legal and compliance matters,and other businesses. During the year under review,8 (eight) Board Meetings were convened and held and theinterim gap between the meetings was as per the periodprescribed under the Companies Act, 2013.
S.N.
Date of BoardMeeting
Board
Strength
No of DirectorsPresent
1
May 23, 2023
4
2
June 13, 2023
3
June 27, 2023
August 14, 2023
5
September 28, 2023
6
November 07, 2023
February 06, 2024
8
March 28, 2024
The objective of the audit committee is to ensure andmonitor the financial affairs of the Company, its reportingetc. This is also entrusted to ensure the effective control
relating to financial transactions and accounting activitiesof the Company. The Committee further acts as a linkamong the Management, the Statutory Auditors, the InternalAuditors and the Board of Directors to oversee the financialaffairs and the reporting process. The members of theCommittee are with requisite knowledge in financial,accounting and business matters. Minutes of the auditcommittee meetings are circulated to the Committee andBoard members.
The constitution of the audit committee is in conformity withthe Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Regulations. TheChairman of the Audit Committee is an Independent Director
Also, the functioning of the Committee is governed by theterms of reference which are in line with the regulatoryrequirements as mandated by the Companies Act, 2013 andthe Listing Regulations. The recommendations made by theAudit Committee during the year were accepted by the Board.
Moreover, the members of the Audit Committee arefinancially literate. The Chief Financial Officer, StatutoryAuditors and Internal Auditors, Internal Auditors are inviteesto the meetings of the Audit Committee. The CompanySecretary acts as the secretary to the Audit Committee.
Composition of Audit Committee and changes thereinduring the financial year 2023-24 are as follows:
S.No.
Name of Member
Mrs. Tanu Agarwal
Chairperson
Mr. Vijay Kumar Sharma
Member
Mr. Parshant Chohan
The said policy is available on the Company's website andcan be viewed with the link below:
http://www.srmenergy.in/Data/Documents/SRM%20Energy%
20-%20QD%20-%20Whistle%20Blower.pdf
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 178 of the CompaniesAct, 2013, Rule 6 of the Companies (Meetings of Board & itsPowers) Rules, 2014 and Regulation 19 read with Part D ofSchedule II of the Securities and Exchange Board of India(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,2015, your Company has constituted a Nomination andRemuneration Committee of the Board of Directors.
The Company has in place a policy formulated by the Board ofDirectors of the Company relating to the remuneration for theDirectors, Key Managerial Personnel, Senior management andother employees and also the criteria for determining thequalification, positive attributes and independence of Directors.Such Policy is annexed in this report as Annexure-3.
Composition of Nomination and RemunerationCommittee and changes therein during the financial year2023-24 are as follows:
During the year under review, Mrs. Tanu Agarwal was thechairperson of the Audit Committee, however due to herresignation from the post of Director of the Company w.e.fclose of business hours on February 28, 2024 her appointmentas the Chairperson of the Audit Committee was ceased.However, she was re-designated as the Chairperson of theAudit Committee after her appointment on the Board of Directorsof the Company w.e.f. March 28, 2024 in the capacity ofNon-Executive Independent Director.
Meetings of the Audit Committee and attendance thereat.
During the Financial Year 2023-24, the Audit Committee met6 (six) times, on the following dates:
S. N.
Date of AuditCommitteeMeeting
Total No. ofmembers entitledto attend theMeeting
No. ofmembersattended theMeeting
Details of the Establishment of Vigil Mechanism forDirectors and Employees
In order to ensure that the activities of the Company areconducted in a fair and transparent manner by adoption of thehighest standards of professionalism, honesty, integrity andethical behavior, the Company has adopted a vigil mechanismpolicy, there is direct access to the Chairperson of the AuditCommittee.
During the year under review, Mrs. Tanu Agarwal was thechairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee,however due to her resignation from the post of Director ofthe Company w.e.f close of business hours on February 28,2024 her appointment as the Chairperson of the Nominationand Remuneration Committee was ceased. However, shewas re-designated as the Chairperson of the committee afterher appointment on the Board of Directors of the Companyw.e.f. March 28, 2024 in the capacity of Non-ExecutiveIndependent Director.
During the Financial Year 2023-24, the Nomination andRemuneration Committee met 3 (three) times, on the followingdates:
Date of NRCMeeting
Total No. ofMembersentitled toattend theMeeting
No. ofMembersattended theMeeting
The composition of the Stakeholders Relationship Committee isin compliance with the provisions of Section 178 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and Regulation 20 of the Listing Regulations.
The Prime responsibility of the Stakeholders RelationshipCommittee is to ensure that the proper liasoning is establishedwith the shareholders of the Company and the grievances of
c) The percentage increase in the median remuneration ofemployees in the Financial Year
- There were no employees on the payroll of the Companyother than CFO and Cs of the Company. The percentageincrease in the median remuneration of the employees ofthe Company is 6.89%. Median remuneration of theemployee is provided only for those employees whohave drawn remuneration from the Company for the fullfiscal of 2024 and 2023. Only CFO has remain employedfor the entire fiscal of 2024 and 2023.
d) The number of permanent employees on the roll of theCompany:
- During the year 2023-24, two employees were on thepayroll of the Company which are the Company Secretaryand the Chief Financial Officer.
e) Average percentile increase already made in the salaries ofemployees other than the managerial personnel in the lastFinancial Year and its comparison with the percentile increasein the managerial remuneration and justification thereof andpoint out if there are any exceptional circumstances forincrease in the managerial remuneration:
- As explained above, there is no employee on the roll ofthe Company other than the managerial personnel(CS and CFO). Hence, no such comparison can bedrawn.
f) The Remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of theCompany.
g) The names of the top 10 employees during the year ofreporting in terms of remuneration are:
security holders are resolved efficiently and effectively i.e.within the given time period.
Composition of Stakeholders Relationship Committeeand changes therein during the financial year 2023-24are as follows:
Mr. Viiay Kumar Sharma
Chairman
Mr. Sharad Rastogi
Mr. Prashant Chohan
There were no changes in the Committee during the year ofreporting.
Meetings of the Stakeholders Relationship Committeeand attendance thereat.
During the Financial Year 2023-24, the Stakeholders RelationshipCommittee met on May 23, 2023 in which all the Members ofthe Stakeholders Relationship Committee were present.
The Company has neither granted any Loans, extended anyGuarantees or provided any Securities nor made anyInvestments during the Financial Year 2023-24, pursuant tothe provisions of Companies Act, 2013.
Particulars of contracts or arrangements made with relatedparties.
During the Financial Year 2023-24, your Company has notmade any new contracts with related parties pursuant to Section188 of the Companies Act, 2013. Like previous years therewere instances of transactions with related party as detailedbelow:
As informed earlier, the SRM Energy Tamilnadu Pvt. Ltd.(Wholly Owned Subsidiary) related party as per Section 2(76)of the Companies Act, 2013, had provided unsecured loansto our Company to fulfill the Company's requirements relatedto legal expenses, necessary statutory compliances and tomeet the outstanding liabilities. Such loan transactions donot fall under the criteria of Section 188 of the CompaniesAct, 2013. All these transactions are material related partytransactions in terms of Reg 23 of SEBI (Listing Obligationsand Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, however,this regulation is not applicable to the Company as perexemption given under Regulation 15(2) of the saidregulations.
The Company has taken omnibus approval from the auditcommittee for above mentioned transactions as per provisionsof Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Company has a Related Party Transaction and Arm'sLength Pricing Policy, which can be accessed with the linkmentioned below:
http://srmenergy.in/Data/Documents/SRM%20Energy%20-% 2 0 O D % 2 0 - % 2 0 P o l i c y % 2 0 o n % 2 0 D e a l i n g % 2 0with%20Related%20Party%20Transactions.pdf
Disclosure pursuant to Section 197(12) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and Rule 5 of Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is providedbelow:
a) The Ratio of the remuneration of each Director to the Medianremuneration of the employees of the Company for the year2023-24:
- None of the Directors of the Company has drawn anyremuneration in any form during the Financial Year 2023¬24, hence no such ratio could be calculated.
c) The percentage increase in remuneration of each Director,
CFO, CEO, CS or Manager in the Financial Year:
- None of the Directors of the Company has drawn anyremuneration in any manner whatsoever from theCompany during the year and hence there was no eventof increase in the remuneration of any of the Directorsduring the Financial Year 2023-24.
- Increment in the remuneration of the Chief FinancialOfficer and Company Secretary of the Company hadtaken place during the year of reporting as compared tothe previous year. The percentage increase in theremuneration was as follow:
Name
Raman KumarMallick
Pankaj Gupta
C.F.O.
Company Secretary
Percentage Change
6.89%
31.25%
Name of Employee
Mr. Raman Mallick
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Pankaj Gupta
Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer
h) There were no employees in the Company during the yearwho were in receipt of remuneration in excess of Rs.1,02,00,000/- per annum or Rs. 8,50,000/- per month.
Your Company has developed and implemented a RiskManagement Policy, including the identification of elements
of risk and its severity, that may impact the existence of theCompany. Though the applicability of the risk managementcommittee does not apply to the Company. However, theAudit Committee of the Board is entrusted to ensure the RiskManagement Policy and System.
The Board of Directors has a Risk Management Policy whichis available on the Company's website with the below link:
http://www.srmenergy.in/Data/Documents/SRM%20
Energy%20-%20OD%20-%20Risk%20Management.pdf
In terms of Regulation 34(3) read with Schedule V of the SEBI(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations,2015, a Management Discussion and Analysis Report hasbeen prepared and the same is forming part of this Report.
As per regulation 15(2) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, compliance withthe corporate governance provisions as specified in regulation17 to 27 and clauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation46 and para C, D and E of Schedule V, shall not apply inrespect of the listed entity having paid up equity share capitalnot exceeding rupees ten crore and net worth not exceedingrupees twenty five crore, as on the last day of the previousfinancial year. At present, the Company's Paid up capital isRs. 9.06 Crores and the net worth is Rs. 3.72 Crores innegative, which is within the threshold limits as prescribed inthe aforesaid regulation,therefore it is exempted to complywith the aforesaid requirements of the Corporate Governanceand hence the said report is not annexed.
Your Company being eligible has claimed exemption underRegulation 15(2) of SEBI (LODR), Regulations, 2015 to BSEfor submitting Annual Secretarial Compliance Report. Suchexemption was duly filed to the exchange.
The Company's Securities are currently listed on BombayStock Exchange Limited (BSE Limited) with I SI N-INE173J01018 and scrip code 523222. The annual listing feesfor the Financial Year 2023-24 and 2024-25 have been paid tothe exchange.
The Financial Statements of the Company were prepared inaccordance with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS).
In terms of Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013, theDirectors would like to state/confirm that:
(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the FinancialYear ended on 31st March, 2024, the applicable accountingstandards have been followed along with properexplanation relating to material departures;
(b) the appropriate accounting policies have been selectedand applied consistently and made judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to givea true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Companyat the end of the Financial Year 2023-24 and of the profitand loss of the Company for that period;
(c) the proper and sufficient care has been taken for themaintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Companies Act,2013 for safeguarding the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting fraud and otherirregularities;
(d) the annual accounts for the Financial Year ended on 31stMarch, 2024 have been prepared on a going concernbasis;
(e) the Directors, have laid down internal financial controlsto be followed by the Company and that such internalfinancial controls are adequate and were operatingeffectively, and
(f) the Directors had devised proper systems to ensurecompliance with the provisions of all applicable laws andthat such systems were adequate and operatingeffectively.
During the Financial Year 2023-24, no such event has arisenas the Company has not declared dividend for the concernedyears. Hence, the provisions of Section 125(2) of theCompanies Act, 2013 do not apply.
The Board of Directors affirms that the Company has compliedwith the applicable Secretarial Standards, i.e., SS-1 and SS-2issued by the Institute of Companies Secretaries of India.
In terms of the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Womenat Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act,2013, your Company is exempted from compliance undersaid provisions. Hence, no Internal Complaint Committee (ICC)is constituted during the period under review.
No application has been made under the Insolvency andBankruptcy Code by or against the Company till the date ofthis report; hence the requirement to disclose the details ofapplication made or any proceeding pending under theInsolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 during the year alongwith their status as at the end of the financial year is notapplicable.
However, as disclosed above, the Wholly-owned subsidiaryhas made an Application under Section 10 of the Insolvencyand Bankruptcy Code, 2016 which was rejected by the tribunalon the ground of maintainability. The subsidiary is planning tochallenge the said order of the hon'ble tribunal NCLT.
Your directors are pleased to place their gratitude to all theshareholders of the Company and also the Bank andGovernment Authorities for their co-operation to the Company.Your Directors are also grateful to the employee/ s for theirdedication and support given to the Company, especially inthis adverse position.
Whole-time Director Director
DIN: 09828931 DIN:03272034
Place: New DelhiDate: August 13, 2024