Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the 35th Annual Report together with theAudited Accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March, 2024 and the report ofthe Directors theron.
(Amount in Rs.)
Particulars
2023-24
2022-23
Total Revenue (Including Other Income)
Nil
Total Expenses
9,77,115
11,25,463
Profit / (Loss) before Prior period, Exceptionaland Extra-Ordinary items.
(9,77,115)
(11,25,463)
Prior Period items
-
Exceptional items
Tax Expenses
Profit / (Loss) for the Year
During the year under review company did not carried on any business. The Directors ofthe Company have been exploring various diversified opportunities and new businessareas to take up the company into new heights.
Overall performance of the industry is dull and the company is diversifying itself intoother business areas and to explore international markets.
The Board of Directors do not recommend any Dividend for the year 2023-24considering the financial situation of the company.
During the year under review, the Company has not accepted any fixed deposits andthere are no fixed deposits, which are pending repayment.
Your Company does not have any subsidiary company during the year under review.Company is not a subsidiary company of any Company.
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Company'sArticles of Association, Mr. Jugalkishore Harikishan Maniyar, Director of the companyretires by rotation at this AGM being eligible, offer himself for re-appointment.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 149, and the Companies (Appointment andQualifications of Directors) Rules, 2014, (including any statutory modifications or re¬enactments thereof for the time being in force) and Securities and Exchange Board ofIndia (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (ListingRegulations), the company in general meeting has to confirm the appointment of theIndependent director within 3 months from the date of such appointment.
Six meetings of the Board of Directors were held during the year on 30th May 2023, 26thJune 2023, 08th August 2023, 16th August 2023, 10th November 2023 and on 12thFebruary 2024. For further details, please refer report on Corporate Governance of thisAnnual Report.
The Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors of theCompany confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed bothunder the Act and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,2015.
The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of Independent Directors,Board, Committees and other individual Directors which includes criteria forperformance evaluation of the non-executive directors and executive directors and aprocess of evaluation was followed by the Board for its own performance and that of itsCommittees and individual Directors.
The details of programs for familiarization of Independent Directors with the Company,their roles, rights, responsibilities in the Company, nature of the industry in which theCompany operates, business model of the Company and related matters are put up onthe website of the Company.
The Directors' Responsibility Statement referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3) shallstate that—
(a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accountingstandards had been followed along with proper explanation relating tomaterial departures;
(b) The directors had selected such accounting policies and applied themconsistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of thecompany at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of thecompany for that period;
(c) The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Actfor safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing anddetecting fraud and other irregularities;
(d) The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
(e) The directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed bythe company and that such internal financial controls are adequate andwere operating effectively.
There are 4 committee formed by the Company namely,
(i) Audit Committee
(ii) Nomination & Remuneration Committee
(iii) Stakeholders Relationship Committee
(iv) Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
All the committees comprise of Ms. Sunita Maniyar, Ms. Aruna Menkudale & Mr.Mayur Bhailal Bhanushali as the committee members.
Even though the Company is outside the purview of compulsory compliancerequirements of Clause 27 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015, it has complied with the requirements of the Code of CorporateGovernance as stipulated in clause 27 of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. A Report onCorporate Governance along with Certification by the Managing Director is attached tothis Directors' Report.
The term of office of the statutory auditors M/s. C V Paturkar & Co, CharteredAccountants, will end up on the ensuing Annual General Meeting unless re-appointed atthe Annual General Meeting. The retiring Auditors being eligible for re-appointmentoffers themselves for re-appointment and if re-appointed the their appointment will bevalid for a term of 5 years from the financial year 2024-25 to 2028-29 to hold the officetill the conclusion of the annual General Meeting for the financial year 2028-29. TheAuditor's Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 is annexed herewith and ispart of the Annual Report.
Pursuant to section 204(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 and rule No.9 of the Companies(Appointment and Remuneration Personnel) Rules, 2014 the Board appointed Mr. RoyJacob, Practicing Company Secretary, to conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year
2023-24. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 isform part of the Board Report and is annexed as Annexure-1.
The relations between the employees and management continued to be cordial duringthe year.
No employee of the company is drawing remuneration in excess of the limits set out interms of the provisions of Section 197 (12) of the Act read with Rules 5(2) and 5(3) of theCompanies Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
The particulars regarding the disclosure of the conservation of energy, technologyabsorption, as required under Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read withthe companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are given below.
The Company continues to accord high priority to conserve the energy. There is nomanufacturing activity is carrying on the company at present.
a) Activities relating to Exports, Initiatives taken to increase Exports, Developments ofnew Export Market for products and Services and Export Plans:
The Company has not undertaken any export activities. The company is looking outfor Export Opportunities.
b) Total Foreign Exchange used and earned:
Used : Nil
Earned : Nil
Risk Management Committee has been entrusted with the responsibility to assist theBoard in (a) Overseeing and approving the Company's enterprise wide risk managementframework; and (b) Overseeing that all the risks that the organization faces such asstrategic, financial, credit, market, liquidity, security, property, IT, legal, regulatory,reputational and other risks have been identified and assessed and there is an adequaterisk management infrastructure in place capable of addressing those risks. A Group RiskManagement Policy was reviewed and approved by the Committee.
The Company manages, monitors and reports on the principal risks and uncertaintiesthat can impact its ability to achieve its strategic objectives. The Company'smanagement systems, organizational structures, processes, standards, code of conductand behaviors together form the Reliance Management System (RMS) that governs howthe Group conducts the business of the Company and manages associated risks.
The Company has introduced several improvements to Integrated Enterprise RiskManagement, Internal Controls Management and Assurance Frameworks and processesto drive a common integrated view of risks, optimal risk mitigation responses andefficient management of internal control and assurance activities. This integration isenabled by all three being fully aligned across Group wide Risk Management, InternalControl and Internal Audit methodologies and processes.
Comments of the Board of Directors on Qualifications on Auditors Reports: AuditorsQualifications if any are self explanatory and does not require any comments
1. Company does not have proper board process and compliance mechanism.
2. There is no record available regarding dispatch of notice for the AGM held on21st September, 2023.
The Company had dispatched the notice of the AGM to all its Shareholders.Particulars of loans, guarantees or investments under section 186:
Company has not provided loans, investments and guarantees during the year.
During the year, the Company has not entered into any contract / arrangement /transaction with related parties which could be considered material in accordance withthe policy of the Company on materiality of related party transactions. The Policy onmateriality of related party transactions and dealing with related party transactions asapproved by the Board is provided in the company's web site.
The Management is grateful to the Regulatory Authorities, Share holders, Company'sBankers, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies, Investors, Clients, BusinessAssociates for their continued support and co-operation.
The Directors also wish to place on record their appreciation for the co-operation, activeinvolvement and dedication of the employees.
The Company is in the business of manufacturing and trading textile products. Duringthe year under consideration company did not carried on business and is in the processof diversification and identification of new business vertical and ventures. The key issuesof the Management Discussion and Analysis are given below.
The Indian Textile Industry is one of the Leading Textile Industries in the World. Thetextiles and apparels sector is a major contributor to the Indian Economy in terms ofGross Domestic Product (GDP), industrial production and the country's total exportearnings. India earns about 27 per cent of its total foreign exchange through textileexports. Besides, the Indian Textile Industry contributes 16 per cent of the totalindustrial production of the Country. This sector provides employment to over 37 millionpeople and it is expected that the textile industry will generate new jobs during theensuing years.
The industry is going through challenging business atmosphere since financial year 2013,in tandem with the global meltdown ravaging economies. The collapse in consumersentiments, weak exports, noteworthy drop in discretionary spending in textiles /apparels and down trading by the consumers put immense pressure on both the top-lineand the bottom-line of textile companies.
The operation of the company was stalled for last few years. Presently the managementof the Company is exploring and identifying new business verticals to start with.
The business of the Company falls under a single segment.
Internal audit and other controls have been found to be adequate. These arereviewed periodically by the Audit Committee and found the performancesatisfactory.
The Indian textile industry has inherent strengths in terms of rich legacy of textileproduction, strong multi-fiber raw material base, large and expanding productioncapacities, very low import intensity, vast pool of skilled workers and technical andmanagerial personnel, flexible production systems, large and expanding domesticmarket, dynamic and vibrant entrepreneurship, etc. However, these strengths havebeen diluted to a great extent due to severe disadvantages suffered by the industry incertain other areas affecting its productivity, quality and cost competitiveness. Suchfactors are technological obsolescence, structural anomalies, poor productivity of labourand machine, lopsided fiscal policies, multiplicity of taxes and levies, high cost of capital,redundant and outdated controls/regulations, restrictive labour and industrial laws, lackof aggressive marketing, poor perception of Indian products abroad, proceduralproblems in exporting, poor infrastructure relating to transport, communication andbanking, high power tariff, etc.
Overall performance of the textile industry is dull and the company is diversifying itselfinto other business areas and to explore international markets.
The Managing Director / Whole Time Director certification provided in the reportdiscusses the adequacy of our internal control systems and procedures.
The most important asset of the company is its Human Resources.
Statements in the Management Discussion and Analysis describing the Company'sobjectives, projections, estimates, expectation may be forward looking statementswithin the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. Actual results coulddiffer materially from those expressed or implied.
In accordance with SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,2015 some of the best practices followed internationally on Corporate Governance, thereport containing the details of corporate governance systems and processes at HARIGOVIND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED is as follows:
At HARI GOVIND INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, Corporate Governance is all aboutmaintaining a valuable relationship and trust with all stakeholders. At HARI GOVINDINTERNATIONAL LIMITED, we consider stakeholders as partners in our success, and weremain committed to maximizing stakeholder value, be it shareholders, employees,suppliers, customers, investors, communities or policy makers. This approach to valuecreation emanates from our belief that sound governance system, based on relationshipand trust, is integral to creating enduring value for all. We have a defined policyframework for ethical conduct of businesses.
1. Company's Philosophy on Code of Corporate Governance:
The Company's philosophy on Corporate Governance is to achieve business excellenceand to meet the expectations of its customers, shareholders, employees, businessassociates, and the society at large and in complying with the dictates of the regulatoryframe work. The Company is committed to transparency in all its dealings and placeshigh emphasis on business ethics. We believe that Corporate Governance is voluntaryand self-discipline code which means not only ensuring compliance with regulatoryrequirements but also by being responsive to our stakeholders needs.
2. Ethics/Governance Policies:
At HGIL, we strive to conduct our business and strengthen our relationships in a mannerthat is dignified, distinctive and responsible. We adhere to ethical standards to ensureintegrity, transparency, independence and accountability in dealing with allstakeholders. Therefore, we have adopted various codes and policies to carry out ourduties in an ethical manner. Some of these codes and policies are:
• Code of Conduct
• Code of Conduct for Prohibition of Insider Trading
• Policy on Materiality of Related Party Transactions and on Dealing with RelatedParty Transactions
• Policy for Selection of Directors and determining Directors Independence
• Remuneration Policy for Directors, Key Managerial
• Personnel and other Employees
• Policy for determining Material Subsidiaries
3. Code of Conduct:
The Company has in place a comprehensive Code of Conduct (the Code) applicable to allthe employees and Non-executive Directors including Independent Directors. The Codeis applicable to Non-executive Directors including Independent Directors to such extent
as may be applicable to them depending on their roles and responsibilities. The Codegives guidance and support needed for ethical conduct of business and compliance oflaw. The Code reflects the values of the Company viz. - Customer Value, OwnershipMind-set, Respect, Integrity, One Team and Excellence.
The Board of Directors comprises of executive and non-executive directors with richprofessional experience in various fields. The present strength of the Board of Directorsis 4 in number. The Board consists of Two independent Directors.
During the year, Six meetings of the Board of Directors were held on 30th May 2023, 26thJune 2023, 08th August 2023, 16th August 2023, 10th November 2023 and on 12thFebruary 2024.
The composition of Board of Directors, attendance at the Board Meetings during thefinancial year and attendance at the last Annual General Meeting, number of outsideDirectorship, Chairman/Membership of Committees is as under:
Name of Directors
Category
No. ofBoardmeetingsattended
Last AGMattendance
No of
Directors
hips
Membership/Chairmanship ofother Audit,Shareholders'Grievance,Committees
Mrs. Amaridevi Maniyar
Chairman
6
Yes
1
Mr. Jugal KishoreManiyar
Executive
Director
3
Mrs. Sunita Maniyar
Non¬
2
Mr. Mayur Bhanushali
Independent
5
Mrs. Aruna MaheshMenkudale
Pursuant to Section 156 (6) of the Companies Act, 2013 Mr. Jugalkishore HarikishanManiyar who retires by rotation and being eligible offers herself for re-appointment. TheBoard of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on 12th August 2024 approved theproposal for her re-appointment as a Director liable to retire by rotation.
Name of the director
Mr. Jugalkishore Harikishan Maniyar
Age
63 Years
Date of appointment
31/01/1989
Expertise in specific functional areas
Management and Administration
Qualifications
Graduate
List of companies in which outside
directorships as on 31st March 2023
(excluding private limited)
Chairman/member of the committees of
the boards of other companies in which
she is a director as on 31st March 2024
The Company's Board of Directors has designated no one as the Lead IndependentDirector. The Lead Independent Director's role is as follows:
• To preside over all meetings of Independent Directors
• To ensure there is an adequate and timely flow of information to IndependentDirectors
• To liaise between the Chairman and Managing Director, the Management andthe Independent Directors
• To preside over meetings of the Board and Shareholders when the Chairman andManaging Director is not present, or where he is an interested party
• To perform such other duties as may be delegated to the Lead IndependentDirector by the Board/ Independent Directors
The Company's Independent Directors meet at least once in every financial year withoutthe presence of Executive Directors or management personnel. Such meetings areconducted informally to enable Independent Directors to discuss matters pertaining tothe Company's affairs and put forth their views to the Lead Independent Director.
The Lead Independent Director takes appropriate steps to present IndependentDirectors' views to the Chairman and Managing Director.
One meeting of Independent Directors was held during the year.
The Audit Committee has been constituted pursuant to Section 177 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.The Primary object of Audit Committee of the company is to monitor and provideeffective supervision of the management's financial reporting process with a view toensure accurate, timely and proper disclosures and transparency, integrity and quality offinancial reporting.
The Audit Committee comprises of 3 members. All the members of the Committee arefinancially literate. During the year, the Committee has been re-constituted and therewas a change in the members of the committee. The Committee met 4 times during theyear and the gap between any 2 meetings was less than 4 months.
Attendance at the Audit Committee Meeting:
Name
Designation
Attendance outof 4 meetings
Ms. Sunita Maniyar
Member
Non- Executive,Non-Independent
4
Mrs. ArunaMenkudale
Non-Independent
Mr. Mayur BhailalBhanushali
The committee comprises of Mrs. Sunita Maniyar, Mr. Mayur Bhailal Bhanushali andMrs. Aruna Menkudale.
Attendance at the Shareholders' Relationship Committee Meeting:
Attendance out of 2meetings held
Mrs. Aruna Menkudale
• During the year, the Company received No complaints on various matters. TheCompany has attended the same and complaints pending unresolved at the end ofthe financial year were NIL.
The Shareholders' Relationship Committee focuses on shareholders' grievances andstrengthening of investor relations, specifically looking into redressal of grievancespertaining to Transfer and transmission of shares, Non-receipt of balance sheet, Non¬receipt of declared dividend and other related issues
With a view to regulate trading in securities by the directors and designated employees,the Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for Prohibition of Insider Trading.
The Board constituted a Nomination and Remuneration Committee comprising of Mrs.Sunita Maniyar, Mr. Mayur Bhailal Bhanushali and Mrs. Aruna Menkudale.
Attendance at the Remuneration / Compensation Committee Meeting:
Attendance ofmeetings
There was 1 meeting held during the year under consideration.
The terms of reference of the Remuneration Committee are as per the guidelines set outin the Listing Agreement with the stock exchanges that include determination of theCompany's policy on specific remuneration packages for Directors.
The remuneration of the Executive Directors is recommended by the Remunerationcommittee, based on criteria such as industry benchmarks, the Company's performancevis-a-vis the industry and responsibilities shouldered. The Company pays remunerationby way of salary and perquisites to its Executive Directors.
The Directors are not paid any remuneration except sitting fees. Further the companyhas not entered into any pecuniary relationship or transactions with the Non-executivedirectors.
(i) Details of Annual General Meetings during the last three years
Financial
Year
Day, Date & Time
Venue
2020-2021
Thursday, 30th September,2021 at04:00 p.m.
125, Wardhman Nagar Nr. Radha KrishnaMandir, Nagpur - 440008
2021-2022
Friday, 30th September, 2022 at 04:00p.m.
2022-2023
Friday, 21st September, 2023 at 04:00p.m.
(ii) Special Resolution Passed in the last three Annual General Meetings: Company has notpassed special Resolutions during the last Annual General Meetings.
(iii) Special Resolution passed through Postal ballot last year: NIL
i. There were no transactions of material nature with its Promoters, Directors or theManagement, or their relatives during the period that may have potential conflictwith the interest of the company at large.
ii. There were no transactions with the related parties under AS-18 issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India.
iii. The Board has adopted a Code of Conduct including for its Directors and SeniorManagement. This is available on the Company's web-site.
iv. The Directors of the Company have submitted before the Board a declaration ofcompliance with the Code of Conduct by the Directors during the financial yearended March 31, 2024.
v. The Company follows the Accounting Standards issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India and in the preparation of the financial statement; the Companyhas not adopted a treatment different from that prescribed by any AccountingStandard.
vi. Risk assessment and minimization procedures are periodically reviewed by the RiskManagement Committee, Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of theCompany.
vii. The Whole Time Director has submitted a certificate to the Board of Directors inCompliance of Clause 49 (V) of the Listing Agreement with the Stock Exchanges.
viii. The Company has complied with all mandatory requirements SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirement) Regulations, 2015. The adoption of non¬mandatory requirements has been dealt with in this Report.
ix. The Company has adopted the Risk Management Policy of the Company and thesame is available on the Company's website.
x. The Company has adopted the Whistle Blower Policy and the same is available in thecompany's website.
xi. The Company has adopted policy in handling Unpublished Price SensitiveInformation and the same is available in the company's website.
Quarterly un-audited financial results are published in the website of Stock Exchange,.
The half yearly report is not sent separately to the Shareholders. Annual Reports sent tothe shareholders at their registered address with the company and also put up onCompany's web site.
The quarterly results, shareholding pattern and other mandatory information areavailable at the website of Bombay Stock Exchange (www.bseindia.com).
Date : 10th September, 2024Time : 2:00 P.M
Venue : 125, Wardhman Nagar Nr. Radha Krishna Mandir,
Nagpur 440008 India
Listing on Stock Exchanges : Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd (BSE)
Payment of Annual Listing fees : Listing fees for the financial year 2023-24
has been paid to the Stock Exchanges BSE
Demat ISIN for NSDL & CDSL : INE167F01018
Stock performance vs. BSE:
Market Price Data during the year ended 31.03.2024: There were no trading taken placein the Company's Scrip during the year.
Registrars & Transfer Agents: Satellite Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd.
A/106-107, Dattani Plaza, East West Indl.Compound,Andheri Kurla Road, Safed Pool,
Sakinaka, Mumbai-400072
Share Transfer System
• Securities lodged for transfer at the Registrar's Office are normally processed within15 days from the date of lodgment, if the documents are clear in all respects. Allrequests for dematerialization of securities are processed and the confirmation isgiven to the depositories within 15 days. The Compliance Officer is empowered toapprove transfer of shares and other investor related matters. Grievances receivedfrom investors and other miscellaneous correspondence on change of address,mandates, etc are processed by the Registrars within 30 days
• Pursuant to Clause 55A of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 with the StockExchanges, certificates, on half-yearly basis, have been issued by a CompanySecretary-in-Practice for due compliance of share transfer formalities by theCompany. Pursuant to Securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories andParticipants) Regulations, 1996, certificates have also been received from a CompanySecretary-in-Practice for timely dematerialization of the shares of the Company andfor conducting a Secretarial Audit on a quarterly basis for reconciliation of the ShareCapital of the Company.
In accordance with Clauses of the SEBI (Listing and Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015 with the Stock exchanges, I hereby confirm that, all the BoardMembers and Senior Management personnel of the Company have affirmed compliancewith the Code of Conduct and Ethics during the financial year ended March 31.03.2024.
By order of the Board of DirectorsFor Hari Govind International Ltd,
Place: Nagpur
Date: 13/08/2024 S/d S/d
Sunita Maniar Jugal Kishore Maniyar
Director Wholetime Director
DIN:01796143 DIN:00094237