Mar 31, 2009
The Directors are pleased to present the Fifteenth Annual Report,
together with the Audited Statement of Accounts of the Company for
the year ended 31st March, 2009
FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Rs. in lac)
Year Ended Year Ended
Particulars 31.03.2009 31.03.2008
Gross Sales 1439.56 3537.33
Net Sales 1234.96 2993.53
Other Income 1.49 3.94
Total Expenditure 1360.23 3420.38
Operating Profit/(Loss) before
Interest, Depreciation and Tax (123.78) (422.91)
Interest Received/(Paid) (255.38) (66.99)
Gross Profit/(Loss) after
Interest but before
Depreciation and Tax (379.16) (489.90)
Depreciation (126.50) (130.54)
Profit/(Loss) Before Tax (505.66) (620.44)
Provision for Tax/FBT (0.70) (0.97)
Profit/(Loss) After Tax (506.36) (621.41)
Balance brought forward from
previous year (1464.53) (843.12)
Balance carried to
Balance Sheet (1970.89) (1464.53)
Year in retrospect
Your Directors regretfully place on record that the financial statement
for the year 2008-09 reflect significant decline in the sates as
compared to the last year and the bottomline reveal continuous losses
due to non-utilisation of plant capacity.The Company had to discontinue
the manufacture of PIJF Cables, in view of its low demand and
unrealistic prices, consequent to cut throat competition on account of
excess capacity amongst the cable players. It could be evidenced from
the financial statements, that the Company is incurring continuous
losses during the last 5-6 years and in turn, the Company is facing
severe financial difficulties and not able to fulfill the payment of
statutory dues viz. commercial tax on time. The Company is seriously
pursuing the company bankers for higher limits of working capital
facilities. On the other hand, the promoters too are having plans to
infuse additional long term funds to meet out the financial obligations
that may arise in the near future.The Audited Balance Sheet of the
Company for the financial year shows that its accumulated losses as at
the end of the financial year have exceeded . its net worth as at the
same date. The Board of the
Company shall consider the said fact along with applicability of, and
compliance required with the provisions of Sick Industrial Companies
(Special Provision) Act, 1985 at its next meeting.
The Company has been laying emphasis on the products viz. Quad Cables
and Power Cables. Although, the Company could procure orders in the
past, of smaller quantities from the Railways for Quad Cables, the
encouraging factors that revealed recently, indicate that the Companys
status as far as eligibility to procure big orders are concerned, have
been upgraded by the Indian Railways and hence, in the ensuing year,
the Company is optimistic that orders for large quantity could flow in,
from the Railways. The demand of the Railways for this product is high
due to overall expansion of the railway network across the country and
hence, with the flow of valued orders, the topline is expected to scale
up in the next year. Similarly, in the Power Cables, the silver lining
is that the Company had got the approval for its status to manufacture
high voltage cables in the range of 33 KV and with this recognition in
the background, the Company would strive in the next year to procure
value added orders for Power Cables, thereby contributing to the
topline growth to a level of Rs.30-35 Crore.
Dividend
Your Directors do not recommend dividend for the year 2008-09 in view
of continuous losses.
Corporate Governance
Pursuant to Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement with the Stock
Exchanges, Management Discussion and Analysis, Corporate conditions of
Corporate Governance are made part of the Annual Report.
Directors Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to Section 217 (2AA) of the Companies Act,1956, your Directors
report as under:
(i) the applicable Accounting Standards as specified by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India have been followed in the preparation
of the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2009;
(ii) that the Company has selected such Accounting policies and applied
them consistently (read with Notes) and made judgements and estimates
that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of
the state of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year
ended 31st March 2009 and of the loss for the year ended 31st March,
2009;
(iii) that the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(iv) That the Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going
concern basis.
Directors
Shri K.M. Gupta, retires by rotation at this Annual General Meeting and
is eligible for re-appointment
Shri Prabodh Mahajan, retires by rotation at this Annual General
Meeting and is eligible for re-appointment.
Auditors
M/s V. Bapna & Co. Chartered Accountants. Auditors of the Company
retires at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible have
offered themselves for re- appointment.The notes to the accounts
referred to in the Auditors Report are self-explanatory and, therefore,
do not call for any further comments.
STATUTORY INFORMATION
Information on Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign,
Exchange, Earning and Outgo required to be disclosed under Section 217
(I) (e) of the
Companies Act, 1956 is annexed hereto and forms a part of the
Directors Report.
PERSONNEL
The Board of Directors wish to express its appreciation to all the
employees of the Company for their continued contribution to the
operations of the Company during the year despite adverse conditions.
Particulars of employees in accordance with the provisions of Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies (Particulars of
the Employees) Rules 1975 as amended, are not given, as none of the
employees qualify for such disclosure.
FIXED DEPOSITS
The Company has not accepted any fixed deposits during the year under
review.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors wish to place on record its gratitude for the continued
support from its bankers and other Govt. Departments.Your Directors are
also grateful to members for the confidence reposed in the Company and
acknowledge their contribution.
On Behalf of the Board
KASHIRAM GUPTA
Chairman
Gwalior
April 16, 2009
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