Provisions are recognised when the Company has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it isprobable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliableestimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. Provision for contractual obligation is disclosed based on management'sassessment of the probable outcome with reference to the available information supplemented by experience of similartransactions. When the Company expects some or all of a provision to be reimbursed, the reimbursement is recognised as aseparate asset, but only when the reimbursement is virtually certain. The expense relating to a provision is presented in thestatement of profit and loss net of any reimbursement.
Provision in respect of loss contingencies relating to claims, litigation, assessment, fines, penalties etc. are recognised when it isprobable that a liability has been incurred and the amount can be estimated reliably.
Provisions are not recognised for future operating losses. Provisions for restructuring are recognised by the Company when ithas developed a detailed formal plan for restructuring and has raised a valid expectation that the Company will carry out therestructuring by starting to implement the plan or announcing its main features to those affected by it.
Where there are a number of similar obligations, the likelihood that an outflow will be required in settlement is determined byconsidering the class of obligations as a whole. A provision is recognised even if the likelihood of an outflow with respect to anyone item included in the same class of obligations may be small.
Provisions are measured at management's best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the present obligation at the endof the reporting period and are not discounted to present value. The estimates of outcome and financial effect are determinedby the judgment of the management, supplemented by experience of similar transactions and, in some cases, reports fromindependent experts.
The measurement of provision for restructuring includes only direct expenditures arising from the restructuring, which are bothnecessarily entailed by the restructuring and not associated with the ongoing activities of the Company.
Contingent liability is disclosed in the case of:
1. A present obligation arising from the past events, when it is not probable that an outflow of resources will be required tosettle the obligation;
2. A present obligation arising from the past events, when no reliable estimate is possible;
3. A possible obligation arising from the past events, unless the probability of outflow of resources is remote.
Contingent liabilities are not provided for and if material, are disclosed by way of notes to financial statements.
A contingent asset is a possible asset that arises from past events and whose existence will be confirmed only by the occurrenceor non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the entity.
Contingent assets are not recognised in financial statements since this may result in the recognition of income that may neverbe realised. However, Contingent assets are assessed continually and if it is virtually certain that an inflow of economic benefitswill arise, the asset and related income are recognised in the period in which the change occurs.
A contingent asset is disclosed by way of notes to financial statements, where an inflow of economic benefits is probable.Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets are reviewed at each balance sheet date.
(p) Exceptional Items
Certain occasions, the size, type or incidence of an item of income or expense, pertaining to the ordinary activities of theCompany is such that its disclosure improves the understanding of the performance of the Company, such income or expense isclassified as an exceptional item and accordingly, disclosed in the notes accompanying to the financial statements.
(q) Prior Period Adjustments and Pre-paid Expenses.
Income / expenditure in aggregate pertaining to prior year(s) above the threshold limit are corrected retrospectively. Prepaidexpenses up to threshold limit in each case, are charged to revenue as and when incurred.
(r) Rounding off
All amounts disclosed / presented in Indian Rupees (INR) in the financial statements and notes have been rounded off to thenearest two decimals of Crores as per the requirements of Schedule III, unless otherwise stated.
(s) Recent accounting pronouncements
Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA”) notifies new standards or amendments to the existing standards under Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules as issued from time to time. For the year ended 31st March, 2025, MCA has notified Ind AS-117 Insurance Contracts and amendments to Ind AS-116 - Leases, relating to sale and leaseback transactions, applicable to theCompany w.e.f. 1st April, 2024. The Company has reviewed the new pronouncements and based on its evaluation hasdetermined that it does not have any significant impact in its financial statements.
General reserve
The general reserve is used from time to time to transfer profits from retained earnings for appropriation purpose. As the generalreserve is created by transfer from one component of equity to another and is not an item of other comprehensive income,items included in the general reserve will not be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss.
Amalgamation and Arrangement Reserve
The "Amalgamation and Arrangement Reserve", created pursuant to scheme of amalgamation and arrangement, is treated asfree reserve based on the judgment of Honourable Gujarat High Court dated 18th April, 2015 read with relevant other courtdecisions.
Retained Earnings
Retained earnings represents surplus / accumulated earnings of the company available for distribution to shareholders.
Capital Reserve
Capital Reserve not available for distribution of dividend and expected to remain invested permanently.
Negative capital reserve represents difference between the consideration and carrying amount of net assets/liabilities acquiredas per business transfer agreement for transactions among entities under common control.
Equity instrument through OCI
The Company has elected to recognise changes in the fair value of certain investments in equity securities in othercomprehensive income. These changes are accumulated within the Equity instrument through OCI reserve within equity.
The Company has reviewed all its pending claims, litigations and proceedings and has adequately provided for where provisions arerequired and disclosed as contingent liabilities where applicable, in its financial statements. The company does not expect theoutcome of these claims, litigations and proceedings to have a materially adverse effect on its financial position.
Note 43.1 Disputed statutory dues in respect of which Appeals are filed against / by company
The Company is contesting the demands and the management including its advisors believe that its position is likely to be upheld inthe appellate process. No tax expense has been accrued in the financial statements for the tax demand raised. The managementbelieves that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the company's financial positionand results of operations.
Note 43.2 Claims / Litigations against the company not acknowledged as debt includes the following major matters:
(i) UPL Limited (UPL) a customer of erstwhile Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL) (now known as Gujarat Gas Limited) had filed
a complaint before Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) against erstwhile GGCL alleging charging of tariffillegally under the City Gas Network Distribution Agreement entered into between the parties and filed claim of approx. ' 76.98Crores. The matter was decided against the company by PNGRB vide its Order dated 20.10.2014. The company had preferredan appeal at Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) against the aforementioned PNGRB Order. APTEL has delivered finaljudgement on 10.03.2021 in favour of the Company by setting aside the aforementioned PNGRB Order, and has recorded thatinvocation of HAPI tariff by PNGRB for the negotiated arrangement between the parties was not only against the letter andspirit of regulations defining tariff zone but also tantamount to rewriting of contract.
UPL has preferred an appeal before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India against the order of APTEL dated 10.03.2021.Presently, the matter is pending before Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.
(ii) One of the gas suppliers of the Company has submitted claims of ' 212.27 crores (P. Y.' 212.27 crores), for use of allocated gasfor other than specified purpose, related to FY 2013-14 to FY 2021-22 and no claim is received from supplier forFY 2022-23, FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25. The company has refuted this erroneous claim and also there is no contractualprovision of the agreement executed with GGL that allows such claim. The management is of the firm view that the company isnot liable to pay any such claim. The company has already taken up the matter with concerned party to withdraw the claim.
(iii) The company has initiated an arbitration proceeding against one of the franchisees claiming compensation for loss of revenue.While replying to the claim, the said franchisee has also filed a counter claim of ' 177.14 crores (P.Y. ' 177.14 crores) against thecompany claiming compensation for various losses. The company has filed necessary rejoinder to the counter claim stronglyrefuting the same mainly on the grounds that the counter claims are wrong and without merits and as are not flowing from thesame agreement under which the arbitral tribunal has been constituted. Currently arbitral proceedings of this matter is pendingbefore the sole arbitrator.
Note 43.3 The following demands / Litigations / matters are not included in above
(i) Erstwhile Gujarat Gas Company Limited and Erstwhile GSPC Gas Company Limited (Now collectively known as Gujarat GasLimited "GGL”) had signed Gas supply agreement with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited (GSPCL) for purchase ofRe-gasified liquified natural gas (RLNG). As per the provision of said agreement, GGL has to pay interconnectivity charges toGSPCL for the supply and purchase of RLNG at Delivery point which is charged to GSPCL by their supplier i.e. PLL Off takers(GAIL India, BPCL, IOCL).
PNGRB had vide its order dated 13.09.2011 and the majority members of PNGRB (three member panel of Board) had vide itsorder dated 10.10.2011 held that GAIL had adopted Restrictive Trade Practices by blocking off direct connectivity to GSPCL andfurther, directed Respondents (PLL Off takers -GAIL India, BPCL, IOCL) to immediately give direct connectivity to GSPCL atDahej Terminal.
The PLL Offtakers (GAIL) filed appeals against the said PNGRB orders before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL). On23.02.2012 APTEL had issued an interim order for shifting the Delivery Point from GAIL-GSPL Delivery Point to GSPL-PLLDelivery Point. On 18.12.2013 APTEL issued its judgment and required GSPCL to pay the amount of the difference between' 8.74/MMBTU (exclusive of Service Tax) - earlier connectivity charges and ' 19.83/MMBTU (Exclusive of Service Tax) -HVJ/DVPL Zone-1 tariff to GAIL for the period from 20th November, 2008 to 29th February, 2012.
GSPCL had filed an appeal against the APTEL's above referred judgment before Hon'ble Supreme Court of India (GSPCL vs. GAIL& Others, Civil Appeal No. 2473-2476 of 2014) and the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India had passed the Interim Order on28th February, 2014. The Court has stated that the ends of justice would be met if as a matter of interim arrangement, theappellant is directed to pay interconnectivity charges at the rate of ' 12.00 per MMBTU (exclusive of Taxes). The Company hasalready provided and paid interconnectivity charges at the rate of ' 12.00 per MMBTU (exclusive of Taxes).
GGL has not received any bill / demand note for the amount over and above ' 12.00 per MMBTU from supplier till date. As thefinal liability would only be determined post the final order of the court, quantification of any amount as contingent liability in theinterim is inappropriate due to the uncertainty involved and hence the same is not mentioned / disclosed in the financialstatement.
(ii) The Company deposited ' 464.78 crores on 12th June, 2013 into the escrow account ("named BG Asia Pacific Holdings Pte.Limited GSPC Distribution Networks Limited Escrow Account") opened with Citibank N.A., acting as the escrow agent, pursuantto the escrow agreement executed between the BG Asia Pacific Holdings Pte. Limited (the Seller), Gujarat Gas Limited (Formerlyknown as GSPC Distribution Networks Limited) (the Purchaser) and Citibank N.A. The Payment of said amount into EscrowAccount was to be utilized to meet future tax withholding liability (if any) based on outcome of the applications to the Authorityfor Advance Rulings or otherwise to be remitted to BG Asia Pacific Holdings Pte. Limited (the Seller) directly.
The Company has received the ruling from the Hon'ble Authority for Advance Ruling ("AAR”), vide consolidated ruling orderdated 25th February, 2021 wherein the Hon'ble AAR has held that the transaction Price is not subject to any tax withholding inIndia and the Purchaser is not required to withhold tax since the capital gains is not subject to tax in India in view of Article 13(4)of the India Singapore Tax Treaty under India Singapore Double Tax Avoidance Agreement in the hands of the Seller. Pursuant tothe ruling of the Hon'ble AAR and as per the terms of the Escrow Agreement, amount of ' 464.78 crores kept in EscrowAccount had been remitted to the BG Singapore on 7th April, 2021.
In the financial year 2021-22, Commissioner of Income Tax (International Taxation) - 3 (CIT), has filed Civil Misc. Writ Petitionagainst BG Singapore, challenging the AAR Ruling before the Hon'ble High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital on 22.09.2021. CIThas also filed Impleadment /Amendment Application in Civil Misc. Writ Petition before the Hon'ble High Court of Uttarakhand atNainital on 08.01.2022 for amendment of cause title of the petition and added Commissioner of Income Tax (IT & TP),Ahmedabad as Petitioner No. 2 and GGL as Respondent No. 2. Currently, the Impleadment /Amendment Application is in processfor admission with Hon'ble High Court of Uttarakhand.
As per Share purchase agreement, the Seller had agreed to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser from and againstany Tax claim notice receives on or prior to the expiry of 10 years from the Closing date (i.e. up to 11th June, 2023) in respect ofSeller's sale of shares to the Purchaser. Company. Currently, the Impleadment /Amendment Application for challenging the AARRuling is in process for admission with Hon'ble High Court of Uttarakhand.
In view of this, there is remote possibility of any outflow in this matter and hence, the same has not been considered asContingent Liability.
(iii) Two entities, who have been authorized by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), have filed complaintsagainst the Company before the PNGRB for claiming compensation with respect to the unauthorized development / operationsof CGD infrastructure activities carried out by the Company in their authorised area. The Company has also filed a complaintagainst one of the entities before the PNGRB for unauthorized development / operations of CGD infrastructure in areaauthorised to the Company. Further, the Company has raised objections to the maintainability of the such complaints, which areyet to be determined by the PNGRB. The quantification of any liability is not ascertainable at this stage. However, the Company ishopeful of arriving at amicable resolution of the subject issues.
(i) The Company has raised claim of ' 43.08 crores (Previous year ' 43.08 crores) for net credit of natural gas pipeline tariff as perPNGRB Order with one of the suppliers and supplier is disputing company's claim and indicating for adjusting the partial claim of' 30.72 crores (Previous year ' 30.72 crores) out of total claim ' 43.08 crores (Previous year ' 43.08 crores) against disputedliability for use of allocated gas other than specified purpose, against demand in earlier year (Refer Point 43.2-(ii) above).
(ii) The Company has filed an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) against the PNGRB order related to thematter held that the Gas Swapping Arrangement Guidelines of PNGRB is applied erroneously. APTEL has issued the order infavour of GGL. The said supplier has filed appeal at Hon'ble Supreme Court of India against the order of APTEL.
Presently, the matter is pending in Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. Currently, GGL is paying ' 19.83 per mmbtu or tariffdetermined as transmission charges for domestic gas being purchased and delivered by GAIL at one of the delivery points . Ifverdict is in favour of GGL, GGL will get refund of ' 413.71 crores (Previous year ' 305.82 crores) from December 2013 tillMarch 2025 and the company shall be required to pass on the benefit to its customers as per relevant order of the Court.
(iii) The Company is having other certain claims, litigations and proceedings which are pursuing through legal processes. Themanagement believe that probable outcome in all such claims, litigations and proceedings are uncertain. Hence, the disclosure ofsuch claims, litigations and proceedings is not required in the financial statements.
(i) All term contracts for purchase of natural gas with suppliers, has contractual volume off take obligation of "Take or Pay” (ToP)as specified in individual contracts. Quantification of ToP amount is dependent on various factors like actual purchase quantity,gas purchase prices of respective contract etc. As these factors are not predictable, ToP commitment amount is notquantifiable.
(ii) The Company has been granted authorization for laying, building, operating and expanding CGD network in the total 27geographical area under the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (Authorizing entities to lay, build, operate or expandcity or local Natural Gas Distribution Networks) Regulation 2008, against which Company is required to complete MinimumWork Programme (MWP) target for development of CGD network under the terms of authorisation awarded by Petroleum andNatural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB). For this purpose, the Company had submitted performance bank guarantees (issued bybanks on behalf of the Company) amounting to ' 5986.43 crores (previous year ' 6528.83 crores) to the Petroleum andNatural Gas Regulatory Board.
Fair Value Hierarchy of Financial Assets and Liabilities :
Investment in equity accounted investee i.e. Guj Info Petro Limited (GIPL) carried at cost.
# Fair value of financial assets and liabilities which are measured at amortised cost is not materially different from the carrying value
(i.e. amortised cost). Accordingly, the fair value has not been disclosed separately.
Level 1: Level 1 hierarchy includes financial instruments measured using quoted prices.
Level 2: The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (for example, traded bonds, over-the counterderivatives) is determined using valuation techniques which maximise the use of observable market data and rely as littleas possible on entity-specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument are observable, theinstrument is included in level 2.
Level 3: If one or more of the significant inputs is not based on observable market data, the instrument is included in level 3. This isthe case for unlisted equity securities included in level 3.
B. MEASUREMENT OF FAIRVALUES
i) Valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs
The following tables show the valuation techniques used in measuring Level 2 and Level 3 fair values, as well as the significantunobservable inputs used.
The Company has exposure to the following risks arising from financial instruments:
• Credit risk ;
• Liquidity risk ; and
• Market risk
i. Risk management framework
The Company's Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the Company's riskmanagement framework.
The Company has a well-defined Risk Management framework for reviewing the major risks and has adopted a Business RiskManagement Policy which also takes care of all the financial risks. Further, pursuant to the requirement of Regulation 21 of SEBI(Listing obligation and disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015, the company has constituted a Risk ManagementCommittee inter-alia to monitor the Risk Management Plan of the Company.
Risk management policies and systems are reviewed regularly to reflect changes in market conditions and the Company'sactivities.
ii. Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet itscontractual obligations, and arises principally from the Company's trade receivables from customers and security deposits.TheCompany's maximum exposure to credit risk is limited to the carrying amount of financial assets recognized at reporting date.
The Company's exposure to credit Risk is the exposure that Company has on account of goods sold or services rendered to acontractual counterparty or counterparties, whether with collateral or otherwise for which the contracted consideration is yetto be received. The Company's customer base are Industrial, Commercial-Non Commercial, Domestic and CNG.
The Commercial and Marketing department has established a credit policy for each category of customer viz. industrial,domestic, commercial, non-commercial and CNG.
The Company raises the invoice for quantities sold based on periodicity as per the agreement. Sales are subject to securitydeposit and/or bank guarantee clauses to ensure that in the event of non-payment the company's receivables are secured. Incase of short/non receipt of security deposit/or bank guarantee, the Company is exposed to credit risk to that extent.
For sales to domestic customers for household purposes like cooking, geyser application, etc., invoices are raised periodically.Security deposits along with connection deposits are taken for mitigation of potential credit risk arising in the event of non¬payment of invoices. Company is exposed to credit risk beyond the value of deposits.
CNG sales made through operators of the CNG stations owned by the Company and CNG Franchises outlet are exposed tocredit risk as amounts so collected is deposited/transferred in company bank account on next working day. Bank Guarantee /Security Deposit is taken to mitigate the credit risk. In case of short/non receipt of security deposit/or bank guarantee, theCompany is exposed to credit risk to that extent.
For CNG sales made through Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), the Company raises the invoice for quantities sold based onperiodicity as per the agreement. The OMCs are well established companies, where no significant credit risk is anticipated.
The Company provides for allowance for impairment that represents its estimate of expected losses in respect of trade andother receivables. All trade receivables are reviewed and assessed for default on regular basis. Our historical experience ofcollecting receivables, supported by the level of default, is that credit risk is low. Credit risk is considered high when the counterparty fails to make contractual payment within 180 days of when they fall due. The risk is determined by considering thebusiness environment in which the company operates and other macro economic factors.
Assets are written off when there are no reasonable expectation of recovery such as debtor declaring bankruptcy or failing toengage in a repayment plan with the Company. Where receivables have been written off the company continues to engage inenforcement activity to attempt to recover the receivables. where recoveries are made, these are recognised in the statementof profit and loss.
The impairment provisions for financial assets - Security Deposit as disclosed above are based on management judgment /assumptions about risk of performance default . The Company uses judgment in making these assumptions and selecting theinputs to the impairment calculation, based on the company's past history as well as forward looking estimates at the end ofeach reporting period.
(c) Other financial assets
The company maintains its Cash and cash equivalents, bank balances and deposits with financially strong banks and financialinstitutions having good reputation, good past track record and high quality credit rating and also reviews their credit¬worthiness on an on-going basis.
Investments are made in credit worthy companies / group companies.
Loan and advances to employees are considered good in nature and hence the Company does not have exposure to any creditrisk.
All other financial assets are of low credit risk and considered good.
iii. Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting the obligations associated with its financialliabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. The Company's approach to managing liquidity is toensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when they are due, under both normal andstressed conditions, without incurring unacceptable losses or risking damage to the Company's reputation.
Management monitors rolling forecasts of the Company's liquidity position and cash and cash equivalents on the basis ofexpected cash flows. Short term liquidity requirements comprises mainly of trade payables arising in the normal course ofbusiness and is managed primarily through internal accruals and/or short term borrowings. Long term liquidity requirement isassessed by the management on periodical basis and managed through internal accruals as well as from undrawn borrowingfacilities.
- Other current financial liabilities include customer deposits which are considered repayable on demand.
- The gross inflows/(outflows) disclosed in the above table represent the contractual undiscounted cash flows relating tonon-derivative financial liabilities held for risk management purposes and which are not usually closed out before contractual maturity.
iv. Market risk
Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in marketprices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: interest rate risk, currency risk and other price risk, such as equity price risk.Financial instruments affected by market risk include loans and borrowings, deposits and FVTOCI investments.
a) Currency risk
The functional currency of the Company is Indian Rupee ('). The Company's transactions are majorly denominated in INRand the quantum of the foreign currency transactions being immaterial, the company is not exposed to currency risk onaccount of payables and receivables in foreign currency. The company does not have any exports. Import amount to 0.00 %(Previous Year 0.06 %) of total consumption of stores and spares, this is not perceived to be a major risk.
b) Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk can be either fair value interest rate risk or cash flow interest rate risk. Fair value interest rate risk is the riskof changes in fair values of fixed interest bearing investments because of fluctuations in the interest rates. Cash flowinterest rate risk is the risk that the future cash flows of floating interest bearing investments will fluctuate because offluctuations in the interest rates.
During the period, the Company does not have any long term borrowings at fixed rate and has not entered into interest rateswaps for its exposure to long term borrowings at floating rate.
Profit or loss is sensitive to higher/lower interest expense from borrowings as a result of change in interest rates.
The Company does not account for any fixed-rate financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, and theCompany does not have any designate derivatives (interest rate swaps) . Therefore, a change in interest rates at the reporting datewould not affect profit or loss.
c) Commodity Price Risk
Risk arising on account of fluctuations in price of natural gas is mitigated by ability to pass on the fluctuations in prices tocustomers over period of time. The company monitors movements in the prices closely on regular basis.
d) Equity Price Risk
The Company do not have any investment in quoted equity shares hence not exposed to equity price risk.
Total equity as shown in the balance sheet includes equity share capital, general reserves and retained earnings.
There are no interest bearing loans and borrowings by the Company as on 31st March, 2025.
The Company's objectives when managing capital is to Safeguard their ability to continue as a going concern, so that they cancontinue to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders.
The Company's policy is to maintain a stable and strong capital structure with a focus on total equity so as to maintain investor,creditors and market confidence and to sustain future development and growth of its business. The Company will take appropriatesteps in order to maintain, or if necessary adjust, its capital structure. The management monitors the return on capital as well as thelevel of dividends to shareholders.
The Company monitors capital using a ratio of 'adjusted net debt' to 'adjusted equity'. For this purpose, adjusted net debt is defined astotal liabilities, comprising interest-bearing loans and borrowings, less cash and bank balances. Adjusted equity comprises allcomponents of equity.
For funded plans that rely on insurers for managing the assets, the value of assets certified by the insurer may not be the fairvalue of instruments backing the liability. In such cases, the present value of the assets is independent of the future discountrate. This can result in wide fluctuations in the net liability or the funded status if there are significant changes in the discountrate during the inter-valuation period.
C Liquidity Risk:
Employees with high salaries and long durations or those higher in hierarchy, accumulate significant level of benefits. Ifsome of such employees resign / retire from the company there can be strain on the cash flows.
D Market Risk:
Market risk is a collective term for risks that are related to the changes and fluctuations of the financial markets. Oneactuarial assumption that has a material effect is the discount rate. The discount rate reflects the time value of money. Anincrease in discount rate leads to decrease in Defined Benefit Obligation of the plan benefits & vice versa. This assumptiondepends on the yields on the corporate / government bonds and hence the valuation of liability is exposed to fluctuations inthe yields as at the valuation date.
E Legislative Risk:
Legislative risk is the risk of increase in the plan liabilities or reduction in the plan assets due to change in the legislation /regulation. The government may amend the Payment of Gratuity Act thus requiring the companies to pay higher benefits tothe employees. This will directly affect the present value of the Defined Benefit Obligation and the same will have to berecognized immediately in the year when any such amendment is effective.
(ii) The company has participated in Group Gratuity Scheme Plan with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), HDFC LifeInsurance Co. Ltd, SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd(collectively referred as Insurance Co.) through Gratuity Trust to meet its gratuity liability. The present value of the plan assetsrepresents the balance available at the end of the year. The total value of plan assets is as certified by the various lifeinsurance co.
(i) The expected rate of return on Plan Assets is determined considering several applicable factors, mainly the composition ofPlan Assets held, assessed risks, historical results of return on Plan Assets and the Company's policy for the Plan Assetsmanagement.
(ii) The actuarial valuation takes into account the estimates of future salary increases, inflation, seniority, promotion and otherrelevant factors such as supply and demand in the employment market. The management has relied on the overall actuarialvaluation conducted by the actuary.
(iii) The company has provided long service award benefits to its employees who completed 15/20/25 Years of employmentwith company. Long Service Awards are recognised as a liability based on actuarial valuation of the defined benefitobligation as at the balance sheet date. Accordingly, expenses of ' 0.25 crores (previous year ' 0.16 crores) has beencharged to the Statement of Profit and Loss towards Long service awards. The Company has recognised Current Liabilityof ' 0.14 crores (Previous year ' 0.07 crores) and Non-current Liability of ' 1.20 crores (Previous year ' 1.07 crores) as at31st March, 2025 and Discount rate considered for current year is 6.80 % (previous year 7.20 %).
1 The company deals on regular basis with entities (apart from Group Companies) directly or indirectly controlled by the StateGovernment of Gujarat. Such entities are collectively referred as "Government related entities” and includes companies inwhich Government of Gujarat has majority shareholding, government authorities, agencies, affiliations and other organizations.Apart from transactions with its group companies, the Company has transactions with government related entities, includingbut not limited to the followings:
- Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas
- Investment, renewal & redemption of funds/deposits
- Interest income from investments in deposits
- Payment of Dividend
- Rendering and Receiving Services
- Payment of Rent
- Use of Public Utilities
Below are the details of significant transactions carried with Government Related Entities. In order to determine the level ofsignificance of the transaction with Government Related Entities, threshold limits have been considered as prescribed in thedefinition of "Material Related Party Transaction" of GGL's "Policy on Materiality of Related Party Transactions and dealing withRelated Party Transactions".
Contract asset is the right to consideration in exchange for goods or services transferred to the customer. Contract liability is theentity's obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration from the customer inadvance. Contract assets (unbilled receivables) are transferred to receivables when the rights become unconditional and contractliabilities are recognised as and when the performance obligation is satisfied.
Performance obligations -Connection, Service and Fitting Income
Connection charges from customers deferred over the period when the performance obligation is satisfied:
Industrial Customers: The performance obligations as per the contractual arrangement with the customer is to deliver gas over thetenure of the contract. Consequently, the connection charges is to be deferred over the contract period.
Domestic Customer: The connection charges is to be deferred over the period of delivery of gas. It is reasonably expected by theCompany that the gas is procured by the customer and supplied by the Company on a perpetual basis. Consequently the connectioncharges are to be deferred over the useful life of the connection facility (i.e. 18 years).
The Company has adopted Ind AS-116 'Leases', effective from 1st April, 2019, using modified retrospective approach.
Note 50.1 The Company as a lessee
The Company has taken various assets on lease primarily consist of leases for land, buildings, vehicles, Plant & machinery,Way leave charges and Hooking up charges. Under Ind AS-116, the Company recognises right-of-use assets and leaseliabilities.
The weighted average incremental borrowing rate of 8.59% p.a. has been applied to lease liabilities recognised in thebalance sheet at the date of initial application.
The likely weighted average incremental borrowing rate @ 7.75%-8.00 % p.a. has been applied to lease liabilities recognisedin the balance sheet during the year.
50.1.1 The Company used a number of practical expedients summarised here below:
1) Applied the exemption not to recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for leases with less than 12 months of leaseterm on the date of initial application.
2) Applied the exemption not to recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for leases of low value assets.
Land Leases
The Company has taken several plots of land on lease for setting up CNG, City Gas Station, CPRS/DPRS/DCS station andfor site office purpose. The lease term mentioned in the agreements ranges from 11 months to 99 years. Lease agreementsare renewable on mutually agreed terms and do not contain any non-cancellable period. In certain contacts, the Company isrestricted from assigning and subletting the leased assets.
Building Leases
The Company has taken various office/warehouse buildings on lease with monthly and annual payment terms. The leaseterm mentioned in the agreements ranges from 11 months to 9 years. Most of the agreements are renewable on mutuallyagreed terms, some of them are having non - cancellable period whereas few agreements are silent on renewal. In certaincontacts, the Company is restricted from assigning and subletting the leased assets.
Other Leases
The Company has also taken various commercial vehicles, CNG Cascade, booster compressor, way leave, hooking upfacility (connectivity) and IT equipment etc. on lease. The lease term mentioned in the agreements ranges from 6 monthsto 25 years. Some portion of the lease rentals is based on usage of the equipment considered as variable lease payment.Lease rentals include lease and non lease component viz. manpower, fuel cost, repair and maintenance etc. and only hiringportion is considered for ROU accounting.
50.1.3 The following is the carrying amounts of Company's Right of use assets and the movement in lease liabilities during the yearended 31st March, 2025.
The company is not declared as wilful defaulter by any bank or financial institution or other lender.
The company has used the borrowings from banks for the specific purpose for which it was taken. The company has nottaken any borrowings from financial institution.
Note 51.5 Registration of charges or satisfaction with Registrar of Companies (ROC)
The company has registered charge and satisfaction with ROC within statutory time period.
Note 51.6 Details of Benami Property held
The company does not hold any benami property under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 (45 of 1988)and rules made thereunder, hence no proceedings initiated or pending against the company under the said Act and Rules.Note 51.7 Utilisation of borrowed funds, share premium and other funds
The Company has not given any advance or loan or invested funds from borrowed funds or share premium or any othersources with the understanding that intermediary would directly or indirectly lend or invest in other person or entitiesincluding foreign entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company as ultimate beneficiaries orprovide any guarantee or security or the like to on behalf of ultimate beneficiaries.
The Company has not received any fund from any person or entities including foreign entity (funding parties) with theunderstanding that the Company would directly or indirectly lend or invest in other person or entity identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the funding party (ultimate beneficiary) or provided any guarantee or security orthe like on behalf of the ultimate beneficiary.
Note 51.8 Compliance with number of layers of companies
As the company is a Government Company, in terms of section 2(45) of the Companies Act, compliance with number oflayers of the companies as per section 2(87) of the Companies Act read with Companies (Restriction on number ofLayers) Rules 2017, is not applicable.
Note 52.1 Details of Crypto Currency or Virtual Currency
The company has not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the period.
There is no transaction, which has not been recorded in books of accounts, that has been surrendered or disclosed asincome during the period in tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961.
The Company primarily operates in the segment of Natural Gas Business. Natural gas business involves distribution of gasfrom sources of supply to centres of demand and to the end customers. The Managing Director of the Company allocateresources and assess the performance of the Company, thus is the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM). The CODMmonitors the operating results of the business as a one, hence no separate segment needs to be disclosed.
Information about products and service:
The Company is in a single line of business of Sale of Natural Gas.
Information about geographical areas:
1. The Company does not have geographical distribution of revenue outside India and hence segmentwise disclosure isnot applicable to the Company.
2. None of the Company's assets are located outside India hence segmentwise disclosure is not applicable to theCompany.
Information about major customers:
None of the customer account for more than 10% of the total revenue of the Company.
Certain reclassifications have been made to the comparative period's financial statements to:
- enhance comparability and ensure consistency with the current year's financial statements; and
- ensure compliance with the Guidance Note on Division II - Ind AS Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013.
The Company believes that such presentation is more relevant for understanding of the Company's performance.However, this does not have any impact on the profit, equity and cash flow statement for the comparative period.
Adjusting events (that provides evidence of condition that existed at the balance sheet date) occurring after the balancesheet date are recognized in the financial statements. Material non adjusting events (that are inductive of conditions thatarose subsequent to the balance sheet date) occurring after the balance sheet date that represents material change andcommitment affecting the financial position are disclosed in the Board's Report. Further, the shareholders of the Companyhave the power to amend the financial statements after the same has been authorized for issue by Board of Directors asper the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Company evaluates events and transactions that occur subsequent to the balance sheet date but prior to approval ofthe financial statements to determine the necessity for recognition and/or reporting of any of these events andtransactions in the financial statements. As on date of approval of these financial statements, there are no subsequentevents to be recognized or reported that are not already disclosed.
The Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on 30th August, 2024, have approved a Composite Scheme ofAmalgamation and Arrangement among Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited (GSPC /Transferor Company),Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL /Transferor Company), GSPC Energy Limited (GEL /Transferor Company), GujaratGas Limited (GGL/Transferee Company & Demerged Company) and GSPL Transmission Limited (GTL /ResultingCompany) and their respective Shareholders under Sections 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and rules made thereunder ("Scheme”). The Scheme, inter alia, provides for -
1. amalgamation of GSPC, GSPL and GEL with GGL with appointed date as 1st April, 2024;
2. post the amalgamation, demerger of "Gas Transmission Business Undertaking” into GTL with appointed date as1st April, 2025 and
3. various other matters consequential or otherwise integrally connected therewith.
The Scheme is, inter alia, subject to sanction of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and receipt of necessary approvalsfrom statutory and regulatory authorities.
Previous period figures have been re-grouped / re-classified wherever necessary, to conform to current period'spresentation.
The Accompanying Notes (1-59) are an integral part of the financial Statements.
For Ashok Chhajed & AssociatesChartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Reg. No. - 100641W Pankaj Joshi, IAS Milind Torawane, IAS Balwant Singh, IAS (Retd.)
Chairman Managing Director Director
Naresh Bahroo DIN - 01532892 DIN - 03632394 DIN- 00023872
Partner
M. No. : 117743 Rajesh Sivadasan Sandeep Dave
Chief Financial Officer Company Secretary
Place : Gandhinagar Place : Gandhinagar
Date : 19th May, 2025 Date : 19th May, 2025