The Directors’ present their 32nd Report on the business and operations of your Company for the year 2023-24.
(Amount in Lacs)
Particulars
Year Ended
31.03.2024
31.03.2023
Gross Income
191.84
28.01
Less Depreciation
0.02
Profit/(Loss) before Tax
164.44
4.38
Taxes/Deferred Taxes
42.64
1.65
Profit/(Loss) After Taxes
121.80
2.73
P& L Balance b/f
(110.843)
(113.58)
Profit/ (Loss) carried to Balance Sheet
11.00
During the year under review, the Company has generated profit of Rs.121.80 lacs as compared to profit of Rs.2.73 lacs for the previous year. The Directors of the Company assure you to efforts are being made to improvethe performance of the Company.
During the reporting period there was no change in the nature of business activities, since Company has insame chemical segment.
The Board in its meeting dated 27th May, 2024 has decided to pay a final dividend of Rs. 0.10/- (Ten PaiseOnly) per equity share i.e. 1% of the face value of Rs. 10/- each aggregating to Rs. 33,50,000/- for the financialyear 2023-24. The payment of dividend is subject to approval of the shareholders in ensuing AGM.
The Company does not have any amount which required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund (IEPF).
The Board of Directors of the Company has not proposed to transfer any amount to reserves.
The paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company as on March 31, 2024 is Rs. 3,35,00,000/-
During the year under review, the Company has not issued any shares with differential voting rights.
During the year under review, the Company has not issued any sweat equity shares.
The Company has no scheme of provision of money for purchase of its own shares by employees or by trusteesfor the benefit of employees. Hence the details under rule 16 (4) of Companies (Share Capital and Debentures)Rules, 2014 are not required to be disclosed.
The Company has not borrowed loan from any Bank or Financial institution during the year under review.
The Company does not have any shares in the demat suspense account or unclaimed suspense account. Hence,Disclosures with respect to demat suspense account/ unclaimed suspense account are not required to mentionhere.
The Company does not have Subsidiaries, Associate and Joint Venture Companies. Hence, details for thesame are not required to be mentioned here.
Mr. Raghvendra Kulkarni (06970323), Director retires by rotation at the forthcoming Annual GeneralMeeting and being eligible, offer himself for reappointment.
a) Key Managerial Personnel:
The following are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.
Mr. Raghvendra Kulkarni
Managing Director & CFO
Ms. Hiral Baldaniya
Company Secretary & ComplianceOfficer
b) Director:
Ms. Sonal Gandhi
Non-Executive Independent Director
Mr. Divyakantbhai Gandhi
Mr. Vipulbhai Jana
During the year no changes has been occurred in the composition of Directors and KMP.
The meetings of the Board of Directors are held at periodical intervals and are generally at the registeredoffice of the Company, Ahmedabad. The meeting dates are decided well in advance and the agenda and noteson agenda are circulated in advance to the Directors. All material information is incorporated in the notes onagenda for facilitating meaningful and focused discussion at the meeting. Where it is not perusable to attachsupporting or relevant documents to the agendas, the same is tabled before the meeting. In case of businessexigencies or urgency of matters, resolutions are passed by circulation. Senior Management persons are ofteninvited to attend the Board Meetings and provide clarifications as and when required.
During the year 2023-24, 06 (Six) Board Meetings were convened and duly held on:
30.05.2023
23.06.2023
11.08.2023
14.11.2023
20.12.2023
10.02.2024
The Board of Directors of the Company were present at the following Board Meeting held during the yearunder review:
Name of Director
Board MeetingHeld
Meetings
attended
Attendance atlast AGM
6
Yes
Mr. Divyakant Gandhi
A separate Meeting of Independent Directors of the Company was held on 26.03.2024.
As required under Regulation 36(3) of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, particulars of Directors seekingappointment/ re-appointment at the ensuing Annual General Meeting are annexed to this notice conveningThirty-Second Annual General Meeting.
All Independent Directors have given declarations that they meet the criteria of Independence as laid downunder Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 25 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations andDisclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The terms and conditions of the Independent Directors areincorporated on the website of the Company www.nirbhaycolours.com
15) STATEMENT INDICATING THE MANNER IN WHICH FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION HASBEEN MADE BY THE BOARD OF ITS OWN PERFORMANCE AND THAT OF ITSCOMMITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORS:
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirement), Regulations, 2015, the Board has carried out an annual performance evaluation of its ownperformance, the Directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Audit, Nomination andRemuneration Committees.
During the year, the Board adopted a formal mechanism for evaluating its performance and as well as that ofits committees and individual Directors, including the Chairman of the Board. The exercise was carried outthrough a structured evaluation process covering various aspects of the Boards functioning such ascomposition of the Board & committees, experience & competencies, performance of specific duties &obligations, governance issues etc. Separate exercise was carried out to evaluate the performance of individualDirectors including the Board Chairman who were evaluated on parameters such as attendance, contributionat the meetings and otherwise, independent judgment, safeguarding of minority shareholders interest etc.
The evaluation of the Independent Directors was carried out by the entire Board and that of the Chairman andthe Non-Independent Directors were carried out by the Independent Directors. The Directors were satisfiedwith the evaluation results, which reflected the overall engagement of the Board and its Committees with theCompany.
16) PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES & EMPLOYEE REMUNERATION:
The table containing the names and other particulars of employees in accordance with the provisions ofSection 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(1) & 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is provided as “ Annexure- A” to the Board’s report.
None of the employees of the Company drew remuneration of Rs.1,02,00,000/- or more per annum andRs.8,50,000/- or more per month during the year. No employee was in receipt of remuneration during theyear or part thereof which, in the aggregate, at a rate which is in excess of the remuneration drawn by themanaging director or whole-time director or manager and holds by himself or along with his spouse anddependent children, not less than two percent of the equity shares of the company. Hence, no information isrequired to be furnished as required under Rule, 5(2) and 5(3) of The Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
17) CHANGE OF NAME:
During the year under review, the Company has not changed its name.
18) STATUTORY AUDITORS:
In the Annual General meeting held in the year 2020, the members of the Company has approved theappointment of M/s. A L Thakkar & Co (FRN: 120116W), Chartered Accountants, Ahmedabad as StatutoryAuditor of the Company, to hold the office from the conclusion of the AGM held in the year 2020 until theconclusion of the Annual General Meeting which will be held in the year 2025. Accordingly they will holdthe office as a Statutory Auditors till the conclusion of the AGM to be held in the year 2025.
19) COST AUDITORS:
The Cost audit of the Company has not been conducted for the financial year 2023-24 as provisions ofSection 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable on the Company.
20) SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Appointment andRemuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company has appointed CS Rupal Patel, PCS,Ahmedabad, to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Secretarial Audit Report is annexedherewith as “Annexure -B”.
Observation, Qualifications and Adverse Remarks raised by Secretarial Auditor in his Secretarial Audit
Report:
The Secretarial Auditor has raised following qualifications in their Audit Report:
a) The Company has not published notice of meeting of the board of directors where financial results shall bediscussed and financial results, as required under Regulation 47 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015.
b) It has been noticed that, in the absence of information regarding outstanding dues of MICRO or Small ScaleIndustrial Enterprise(s) as per The Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise Development Act, the Company hasnot disclosed the same as required by Schedule III to the Companies Act and could not file MSME formduring the year under review.
c) The Minutes of the company are not properly maintained on the minutes paper in accordance with theprovisions of the companies act, 2013 and Secretarial standard -1 as amended from time to time under review.
d) The company has not properly maintained the attendance sheet of all meetings in accordance with theprovisions of the companies act, 2013 and Secretarial standard -1 as amended from time to time under review.
e) Company’s website is not updated as per Regulation 46 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015.
f) The company has not maintained the statutory registers in accordance with the provisions of the companiesact, 2013 under review.
Reply to the qualification Remarks in Secretarial Audit Report:
Reply / Explanation of Management with reference to above qualification mentioned at serial no. (a) to (f) is
mentioned below:
a) Although Company has not published notice of meeting of the Board of Directors where financialresults shall be discussed and declared, the same has been uploaded on the website of the company.However, your Directors ensure the future compliance in this matter.
b) Since the management has made it’s best efforts to update the record about registration of all vendorsunder the MSME Act and sent various e-mails and reminders despite that Company has not receivedany response from any of the vendors of the Company and accordingly Company is unable to file thesaid Form MSME-1.
c) Due to inadvertence the certain minutes of meeting of Board of Directors were not properly printedhowever Company has rectified the same and future compliance is ensured in this matter.
d) Company has maintained the Attendance Register of all Board Meetings but the same was lost andunable to locate the same for a particular period of time. However, at present the same is being foundout and complied with the provisions of the Act.
e) Company has developed it’s website however pursuant to change of name of the C ompany the same wasunder maintenance for a particular period of time. But presently it is functioning properly.
f) As the Company is a listed entity therefore Register of Members and Register of Transfer and beneficialowners are required to be maintained by Registrar and Transfer Agent. However, Company hasmaintained the other Statutory Registers as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
There were no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by Statutory Auditors in their Auditor’sreport.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company comprises 3 (three) Members as well as thosein section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and include the reviewing of quarterly, half-yearly and annualfinancial statements before submission to the Board, ensure compliance of internal control systems andinternal audit, timely payment of statutory dues and other matters.
During the year under review, 4 meetings of the committee were held 30/05/2023, 11/08/2023, 14/11/2023and 10/02/2024. The composition of committee and attendance at its meetings is given below:
Sr.
No.
Name
Position
Category
Number ofmeetingsAttended
1
Chairperson
Non-Executive - IndependentDirector
4
2
Mr. Vipul Jana
Member
3
Non-Executive- IndependentDirector
The Board accepted the recommendations of the Audit Committee whenever made by the Committee duringthe year.
The Company has a vigil mechanism named Whistle Blower Policy to deal with instances of fraud andmismanagement, if any. The Company has adopted a Whistle Blower Policy, which affords protection andconfidentially to whistle blowers. The Chairperson of Audit Committee is authorized to receive ProtectedDisclosures under this Policy. The Audit Committee is also authorized to supervise the conduct ofinvestigations of any disclosures made whistle blowers in accordance with policy.
No personnel has been denied access to the Audit Committee. As of March 31, 2024, no Protected Disclosureshave been received under this policy.
The Board of Directors of the company have constituted a Nomination & Remuneration Committee ofDirectors mainly for the purposes of recommending the Company’s policy on Remuneration Package for theManaging/Executive Directors, reviewing the structure, design and implementation of remuneration policy inrespect of Key Management Personnel.
The Nomination & Remuneration Committee consisted of 3 members. During the year under review, 01 (one)meeting of the committee was held on 10/02/2024. The name of members, Chairman and their attendance atthe Remuneration Committee Meeting are as under:
Number of
meeting
Attend
Non-Executive -Independent Director
Non-Executive-Independent Director
25) STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE:
The Stakeholders Relationship Committee consisted of 3 members. During the year under review, 4 meetingsof the committee were held 30/05/2023, 11/08/2023, 14/11/2023, and 10/02/2024. The name of members,Chairman and their attendance at the Stakeholders Relationship Committee are as under Committee of Board:
Number ofmeetingAttend
The status of shareholders’ complaints received so far/number not solved to the satisfaction ofshareholders/number of pending share transfer transactions (as on March 31, 2024 is given below): -
Complaints Status: 01.04.2023 to 31.03.2024
Number of complaints received so far
0
Number of complaints solved
Number of pending complaints
Compliance Officer:
Mrs. Hiral Baldaniya, is Compliance Officer of the Company for the purpose of complying with variousprovisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosuresRequirements) Regulations, 2015 with Stock Exchanges, Registrar of Companies and for monitoring the sharetransfer process etc.
a) Share Transfer System:
All the transfers are received and processed by share Transfer agents and are approved by sharetransfer committee. Share Transfer requests received in physical form are registered within 30 daysand demat requests are confirmed within 15 days.
b) Dematerialization of shares and liquidity:
Details of Registrar and Share Transfer agent of the Company for dematerialization of shares:
Name : MCS Share Transfer Agent Limited
Address : 201, Shatdal Complex, 2nd Floor
Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380009Tel : 079-26582878
Fax : 079-25681296
Email : mcsstaahmd@gmail.com
Pursuant to Sub-section 3(a) of Section 134 and Sub-section (3) of Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013read with Rule 12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return of theCompany for the Financial Year ended on 31 March 2024 in Form MGT-7 is uploaded on website of theCompany and the same can be assessed through the weblink http://www.nirbhaycolours.com/index.php .
27) MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIALPOSITION OF THE COMPANY WHICH HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE END OF THEFINANCIAL YEAR OF THE COMPANY TO WHICH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELATEAND THE DATE OF THE REPORT:
There are no any Material Changes occurred subsequent to the close of the financial year of the Company towhich the balance sheet relates and the date of the report.
28) DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS ORCOURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY’SOPERATIONS IN FUTURE:
There is no significant and material order passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the goingconcern status and company’s operations in future during the year under review.
During the year under review, there were no proceedings that were filed by the Company or against theCompany, which are pending under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 as amended, before NationalCompany Law Tribunal or other Courts.
During the year under review, there were no instances of onetime settlement with any Banks or FinancialInstitutions and hence no difference between amount of the valuation done at the time of one-time settlementand the valuation done while taking loan from the Banks or Financial Institutions.
The Company has adequate and proper internal financial controls with reference to the Financial Statementsduring the year under review.
Your Company has not accepted / renewed any deposits from the public/shareholders during the year underreview.
The Company has not made interest free Loans to other body Corporate within the limits prescribed undersection 186 of the Companies Act, 2013. The Company has not made other Guarantees and Investmentscovered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 during the year under review of theCompany.
34) PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES:
All transactions entered into by the Company with its related parties during the year were in ordinary courseof business and on arm’s length basis and in compliance of the provisions of Section 177 read with Section188 of the Act.
During the financial year 2023-24, the Company had not entered into any arrangement/transaction with relatedparties which could be considered material as stipulated under the provisions Section 188(1) of the Act readwith relevant rules made thereunder and accordingly, no information is required to be given in the prescribedform AOC-2.
Further, the details of the related party transactions as per IND-AS 24 are set out in Notes to the StandaloneFinancial Statements of the Company.
35) CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
As per SEBI circular no: CFD/POLICYCELL/7/2014 dated 15 th September, 2014, (Regulation 27(2) of SEBI(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 shall not be mandatory to the followingclass of companies:
Companies having paid up equity share capital not exceeding Rs.10 crore and Net Worth not exceeding Rs.25crore, as on the last day of the previous financial year;
Provided that where the provisions of (Regulation 27(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 becomes applicable to a company at a later date, such company shallcomply with the requirements of (Regulation 27(2) of SEBI (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 within six months from the date on which the provisions became applicableto the company.
Accordingly, it may be noted that the paid-up share capital of the Company is below Rs. 10 crores and NetWorth of the Company has not exceeded Rs.25 crores, as on 31st March, 2024 and hence CorporateGovernance is not applicable to the Company.
36) MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:
The Management Discussion and Analysis forms part of this Annual Report for the year ended 31st March,2024 and annexed as “Annexure-C”.
37) DETAIL OF FRAUD AS PER AUDITORS REPORT:
There is no fraud in the Company during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2024. This is also beingsupported by the report of the auditors of the Company as no fraud has been reported in their audit report forthe financial year ended on 31st March, 2024.
38) OBLIGATION OF COMPANY UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN ATWORKPLACE (PREVENTION. PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013:
The Company has zero tolerance for Sexual Harassment at workplace and has adopted a policy against SexualHarassment in line with the provisions of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the rules framed there under.
During the financial year 2023-24, the Company has not received any complaints on Sexual Harassment andhence no complaints remain pending as on 31st March, 2024.
The information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgostipulated under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule, 8 of The Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014, During the year under review it is NIL.
The Directors State that applicable Secretarial Standards i.e. SS-1 and SS-2 relating to ‘Meetings of the Board ofDirectors’ and General Meetings’, respectively, have been duly followed by the Company.
The Provision of Section 135 of the Company Act, 2013 are not applicable since the Company does not fallunder Category of Rule 9 of the Corporate Responsibility Rules 2014.
The Directors’ Responsibility Statement referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of theCompanies Act, 2013, shall state that—
a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed alongwith proper explanation relating to material departures;
b) The Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs ofthe company at 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 inaccordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventingand detecting fraud and 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 suchinternal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
f) The Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable lawsand that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
The Directors State that applicable Secretarial Standards i.e. SS-1 and SS-2 relating to ‘Meetings of theBoard of Directors’ and General Meetings’, respectively, have been duly followed by the Company.
The Company confirms that it has paid the Annual Listing Fees for the year 2023-24 to BSE where theCompany’s Shares are listed.
Your Company maintains a website www.nirbhaycolours.com where detailed information of the Companyand specified details in terms of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations & DisclosureRequirements) Regulations, 2015 has been provided.
In January 2015, SEBI notified the SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulation, 2015 which came into effectfrom May, 2015. Pursuant thereto, the Company has formulated and adopted a new code for Prevention of InsiderTrading.
The New Code viz. “Code of Internal Procedures and Conduct for regulating, Monitoring and reporting of Tradingby Insiders” and “Code of Practices and Procedures for fair Disclosure of Unpublished price Sensitive Information”has been framed and adopted. The Code requires pre-clearance for dealing in the Company’s shares and prohibitspurchase or sale of Company shares by the Directors and designated employees while in possession of unpublishedprice sensitive information in relation to the Company and during the period when the Trading Window is closed.The Company is Responsible for implementation of the Code.
The Company has laid down a policy to manage Business Risk arisen and identified threat of such events which ifoccurs will adversely affect either / or, value to shareholders, ability of company to achieve objectives, ability toimplement business strategies, the manner in which the company operates and reputation as “Risks”. Further suchRisks are categorized in to Strategic Risks, Operating Risks & Regulatory Risks. A detailed exercise is carried outto identify, evaluate, manage and monitoring all the three types of risks.
Your Directors thank the various Central and State Government Departments, Organizations and Agenciesfor the continued help and co-operation extended by them. The Directors also gratefully acknowledge allstakeholders of the Company viz. customers, members, dealers, vendors, banks and other business partnersfor the excellent support received from them during the year. The Directors place on record their sincereappreciation to all employees of the Company for their unstinted commitment and continued contribution tothe Company.
Place: Ahmedabad For, Nirbhay Colours India Limited
(Formerly known as Parth Industries Ltd.)
Raghvendra Kulkarni Sonal GandhiManaging Director Director
DIN: 06970323 DIN: 07351479