Dear Shareholders,
The Board of Directors hereby submits the report of the business and operations of your
Company (Shantidoot Infra Services Ltd), along with the Standalone and for the Financial
Year ended on 31st March 2023.
STATE OF AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY
A. FINANCIAL RESULTS:
The Company's financial performance for the year ended on 31st March 2023 is summarized
below:
PARTICULARS |
AMOUNT (Rs.in Lacs) 2022-23 |
AMOUNT (Rs.in Lacs) 2021-22 |
i. Net Sales/Income from Operations |
975.95 |
761.25 |
ii. Other Income |
0.46 |
0.88 |
iii. Total Revenue (I+II) |
976.42 |
762.13 |
iv. Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization Expense |
127.55 |
91.36 |
v. Finance Cost |
3.13 |
4.62 |
vi. Depreciation and Amortization Expense |
29.36 |
36.64 |
vii. Profit Before Tax (IV-V-VI) |
127.55 |
191.36 |
viii. Tax Expense: |
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Less: Current Tax Expense |
36.57 |
56.27 |
Less: Earlier Tax |
3.65 |
1.06 |
Less: Deferred Tax |
(3.40) |
(5.19) |
Profit After Tax (VII-VIII) |
90.72 |
139.83 |
B. DIVIDEND:
For the Financial Year 2022-23, the Board of Directors has not recommended any
dividend.
C. TRANSFER TO RESERVES:
The Company has transferred 92.47 lakhs profit for the FY 2022-23 in Reserve and
Surplus.
D. INVESTOR RELATIONS
The Company believes in leading from the front with emerging best practices in investor
relations and building a relationship of mutual understanding with International and
Domestic investors. To this end, the Company continuously strives for excellence in its
Investor Relations engagement with investors through physical, video and audio meetings
through structured conference-calls and periodic investor/analyst interactions like
one-on- one meetings, participation in investor conferences, and analyst meet from time to
time. The Company's leadership team, including the Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer (MD & CEO), Chief Financial Officer, spent significant time to interact with
investors to communicate the strategic direction of the business during the previous
financial year. All the four quarterly earnings calls conducted during the year were also
well attended by investors and analysts. No unpublished price sensitive information is
discussed in these meetings. The Company ensures that critical information about the
Company is available to all the investors, by uploading all such information on the
Company's website.
MAJOR EVENTS OCCURRED DURING THE YEAR
A. BUSINESS DESCRIPTION:
We are an integrated construction and real estate development company, focused
primarily on construction and development of residential and commercial projects, in and
around Bihar. We believe that we
Are establishing a successful track record in the real estate industry in Bihar by
developing versatile projects through our focus on innovative architecture, strong project
execution, and quality construction.
B. CHANGE IN NATURE OF BUSINESS:
During the year, your Company has not changed its business or object and continues to
be in the same line of business as per the main object of the Company. The Company
converted from private to public during the FY 2022-23 resolved through EGM dated
16.06.2022
THE REGISTERED OFFICE:
The registered office of the company is at House No. 221 2nd floor Patliputra Colony
Patna - 800013 IN. SHARE CAPITAL:
During the year under review, the authorized and paid-up share capital of the Company
is as follows: AUTHORIZED CAPITAL:
The Authorised Capital of the Company is Rs 3,00,00,000/- divided into 45,00,000 Equity
Shares of Rs 10/- (Rupees Ten Only) each.
ISSUED, SUBSCRIBED & PAID UP CAPITAL:
As on 31st March 2023, the issued, subscribed, and paid-up capital of the Company is ?
1,79,80,000/- divided into 1,79,800 Equity Shares of ? 10/- (Rupees Ten Only) each.
During the year, the Company increased its Paid up share Capital from Rs. 5,00,00/-
comprising of 50,000 equity shares of Rs. 100/- each to Rs. 1,55,00,00/- comprising of
15,00,000 equity shares of Rs 10/- each Through sub-division at the ratio of 1:3 and
subsequent issue of bonus equity shares (Post Split) in proportion 1:3 by way of
Capitalization of Free Reserves.
During the year, the Company came out with an Initial Public Offer (IPO) and Public
Issue of 4,96,000 Equity Shares of face value ? 10.00 each of Shantidoot Infra Services
Limited for cash at a price of ? 81.00 per Equity Shares (including premium of ? 71.00 per
Equity Shares) aggregating ? 401.76 Lakhs by our Company comprising of Fresh Issue of
2,48,000 Equity Shares of face value ? 10.00 each of our Company for cash at a price of ?
81.00 per Equity Shares (including premium of ? 71.00 per Equity Shares) aggregating ?
200.88 Lakhs and Offer for Sale of 2,48,000 equity Shares of face value ? 10.00 each for
cash at a price of ? 81.00 per Equity Shares (including premium of ? 71.00 per Equity
Shares) aggregating to ? 200.88 Lakhs by the Selling Shareholder
DEPOSITORY SYSTEM
As the Members are aware, the shares of the company are tradable compulsorily in
electronic form and our Company has established connectivity with both National Securities
Depository Limited (NSDL) and Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL). In view
of the numerous advantages offered by the depository system, the members are requested to
avail the facility of Dematerialization of the Company's shares on NSDL & CDSL. The
ISIN allotted to the Company's Equity shares is INE04AK01028.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:
Constitution of Board:
As on the date of this renort the Board comprises of following Directors'
Name of Director |
Designation |
Date of Appointment at current Term and designation |
No. of Shares held as on 31st March, 2023 |
AVIJEET KUMAR |
Managing Director |
23/03/2022 |
11,42,350 |
TRIPURARI LAL |
Director |
11/03/2019 |
1550 |
NAVIN KUMAR |
Director |
23/03/2022 |
1550 |
HIRAMANI KUMARI |
Independent Director |
16/06/2022 |
- |
NAVEEN MANI TIWARI |
Independent Director |
16/06/2022 |
- |
None of the Directors of the Board is a member of more than ten Committees or Chairman
of more than five committees across all the Public companies in which they are Directors.
DISCLOSURE BY DIRECTORS:
The Directors on the Board have submitted notice of interest under Section 184(1) i.e.
in Form MBP 1, intimation under Section 164(2) i.e. in Form DIR 8, and declaration as to
compliance with the Code of Conduct of the Company.
BOARD MEETING:
Regular meetings of the Board are held at least once a quarter. Additional Board
meetings are convened, as and when required, to discuss and decide on various business
policies, strategies, and other businesses. The Board meetings are generally held at the
registered office of the Company.
During the year under review, the Board of Directors of the Company met 10 times.
The meetings of the Board of the Companies within the intervals provided in section 173
of the Companies Act, 2013 (120 days) were compiled between two Board Meetings.
SEPARATE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:
Pursuant to the Code of Independent Directors in compliance with Schedule IV of the
Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under and regulation 25 (3) of the SEBI Listing
Regulations, 2015, a separate meeting of the Independent Directors of the Company was held
on to review the performance of Non independent directors (including the Chairman) and the
Board as a whole. The Independent directors also reviewed the quality, content, and
timeliness of the flow of information between the Management and the Board, and its
committees which is necessary to effectively and reasonably perform and discharge their
duties
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:
The Company has received the necessary declaration from each Independent Director under
Section 149 (7) of the Companies Act, 2013 that they meet the criteria of independence
laid down in Section 149 (6) of the Act. A separate meeting of Independent Directors was
held to review the performance of Non-Independent Directors and the Board as a whole and
the performance of the Chairperson of the Company including assessment of quality,
quantity, and timeliness of flow of information between Company management and Board.
The terms and conditions of appointment of Independent Directors and the Code for
Independent Directors are incorporated on the website of the Company.
DETAILS OF KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:
In terms of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr. Avijeet Kumar is the Managing
Director as well as Chief Financial Officer a Key Managerial Personnel of the Company.
Ms. Pallavi Pramod Bhandari is appointed as the Company Secretary and Compliance
Officer of the Company. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
The Board of Directors has carried out an annual evaluation of its own performance
board committees and individual directors pursuant to the provisions of the Act.
The performance of the board was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from all
the directors on the basis of the criteria such as the board composition and structure
effectiveness of board processes information and functioning etc.
The performance of the committees was evaluated by the board after seeking inputs from
the committee members on the basis of criteria such as the composition of committees,
effectiveness of committee meetings etc.
In addition, the performance of the chairman was also evaluated on the key aspects of
his role.
The Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee reviewed the performance of the
individual Directors on the basis of the criteria such as the contribution of the
individual Director to the Board and
Committee Meetings like preparedness on the issues to be discussed meaningful and
constructive contribution and inputs in meetings etc.
Pursuant to section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013; the Board of Directors to the
best of their knowledge and ability confirm that:
In preparation of Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023; the applicable
accounting standards have been followed, and that no material departures have been made
from the same;
The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and
have made judgments 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 and of
the profit or loss of the Company for that year;
The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for
safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
The Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023 on a
going concern basis;
The Directors have laid down the internal financial controls to be followed by the
Company and that such Internal Financial Controls are adequate and were operating
effectively; and
The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of
all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
COMMITTEE OF BOARD:
The Board of Directors in line with the requirement of the Companies Act, 2013 has
formed various committees, details of which are given hereunder:
A. A UDIT COMMITTEE
The Board had constituted a qualified Audit Committee pursuant to provision of the
Companies Act, 2013 as well as Regulation of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The committee has its charter for functioning having a
primary objective to monitor and provide effective supervision of the management's
financial reporting process, to ensure accurate and timely disclosures, with the highest
levels of transparency, integrity, and quality of financial reporting.
During the financial year, the Committee met Four (4) times on July 12, 2022, September
01, 2021, November 14, 2022, and March 28, 2023. Composition of the Audit Committee of the
Board are as below
NAME |
DESIGNATION |
HIRAMANI KUMARI |
Chairperson |
NAVEEN MANI TIWARI |
Member |
NAVIN KUMAR |
Member |
B. STAKEHOLDER'S RELA TIONSHIP COMMITTEE:
Pursuant to Provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under and Regulation
20 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation 2015; Our
Stakeholder Relationship Committee members, personally looking forward the issues if any,
related to the stakeholders. The primary objective of the Committee is to consider and
resolve the grievances of Security Holders of the Company.
During the year Committee met 1(One) time on October 15, 2022.
Composition of the Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Board are as below:
NAME |
DESIGNATION |
NAVIN KUMAR |
Chairperson |
NAVEEN MANI TIWARI |
Member |
HIRAMANI KUMARI |
Member |
C. NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE:
The nominated and remuneration policy is being formulated in compliance with section
178 of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made there under and Regulations of SEBI (Listing
Obligation and Disclosure Requirements) regulations 2015.
During the year Committee met 2 (Two) times on September 01, 2022, and March 28, 2023.
Composition of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee are as below:
NAME |
DESIGNATION |
HIRAMANI KUMARI |
Chairperson |
NAVEEN MANI TIWARI |
Member |
NAVIN KUMAR |
Member |
The Stakeholder Relationships Committee shall oversee all matters pertaining to
investors of our Company. The terms of reference of the Investor Grievance Committee
include the following
Redressal of shareholders' /investors' complaints;
Reviewing on a periodic basis the Approval of transfer or transmission of
shares, debentures or any other securities made by the Registrar and Share Transfer Agent;
Issue of duplicate certificates and new certificates on
split/consolidation/renewal;
Non-receipt of declared dividends, balance sheets of the Company; and
Carrying out any other function as prescribed under the SEBI (Listing Obligation
and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY:
Nomination and Remuneration Policy in the Company is designed to create a
high-performance culture. It enables the Company to attract motivated and retained
manpower in a competitive market and to harmonize the aspirations of human resources
consistent with the goals of the Company. The Company pays remuneration by way of salary,
benefits, perquisites, and allowances to its Executive Directors and Key Managerial
Personnel.
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy, as adopted by the Board of Directors, is placed
on the website of the Company and is annexed to this Report as Annexure - A.
REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS:
The details of remuneration paid during the Financial Year 2022-23 to Directors of the
Company are provided in the Financial Statement.
PUBLIC DEPOSIT:
The company has not accepted any deposits from the public. Hence the directives issued
by the Reserve Bank of India and provision of Section 73 to 76 of the Company Act 2013 or
any other relevant provisions of the Act and the Rules there under are not applicable.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS GUARANTEE INVESTMENTS AND SECURITY:
Details of Loans Guarantees Investments and Security covered under the provisions of
Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statement.
ANNUAL RETURN:
Pursuant to the amendments to Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of the Act read with
Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the Annual Return
(Form MGT-7) for the financial year ended March 31, 2023, is available on the Company's
website.
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY:
As of the date of this Report company does not have any subsidiary.
ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURE OF THE COMPANY:
During the year under review, the Company does not have any Associate or Joint Venture.
CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES:
During the financial year 2022-23, there were materially significant related party
transaction undertaken by the Company under Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 read
with rules framed there under Regulation 23 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. Disclosure
of related party transactions is set out in financial statements and in form AOC 2
attached with this report.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT:
There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the
Company have occurred between the end of the Financial Year of the Company i.e. 31st March
2023 to the date of this Report other than as stated above.
SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS:
There are no significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or
tribunals that impact the going concern status and the Company's operations in the future.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE:
To foster a positive workplace environment free from harassment of any nature we have
framed the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy through which we address complaints of
sexual harassment at all workplaces of the Company. Our policy assures discretion and
guarantees non-retaliation to complainants.
We follow a gender-neutral approach in handling complaints of sexual harassment and we
are compliant with the law of the land where we operate.
During the year under review, there were no incidences of sexual harassment reported.
VIGIL MECHANISM/WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:
Pursuant to Section 177(9) and (10) of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI(LODR)2015, the
Company has formulated a Whistle Blower Policy for vigil mechanism for Directors and
Employees to report to the management about the unethical behaviour, fraud or violation of
Company's Code of Conduct. The mechanism
provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of employees and Directors who
use such mechanism and make provisions for direct access to the Chairperson of the Audit
Committee in exceptional cases. The practice of the Whistleblower Policy is overseen by
the Audit Committee of the Board. None of the personnel of the Company has been denied
access to the Audit Committee. The confidentiality of those reporting violations is
maintained and they are not subject to any discriminatory practice
INSIDER TRADING CODE:
As per SEBI (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 2018, the Company has adopted
Code of Conduct for Fair Disclosures of Un-published Price Sensitive Information and
Regulating, Monitoring and Reporting of Trading by Designated Persons to deter the insider
trading in the securities of the Company based on the Unpublished Price Sensitive
Information. The Company Secretary is the Compliance Officer for monitoring adherence to
the said Regulations and has laid down an effective monitory system for the said purposes.
SECRETARIAL STANDARDS OF ICSI:
The Company is in compliance with the Secretarial Standard on Meetings of the Board of
Directors (SS-1) and General Meeting (SS-2) issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries
of India and approved by the Central Government.
RISK MANAGEMENT:
A well-defined risk management mechanism covering the risk mapping and trend analysis
risk exposure potential impact and risk mitigation process is in place. The objective of
the mechanism is to minimize the impact of risks identified and take advance actions to
mitigate them. The mechanism works on the principles of probability of occurrence and
impact if triggered. A detailed exercise is being carried out to identify evaluate monitor
and manage both business and non-business risks.
INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY:
The Company has an adequate and efficient internal and external control system, which
provides protection to all its assets against loss from unauthorized use and ensures
correct reporting of transactions. The internal control systems are further supplemented
by internal audits carried out by the respective Internal Auditors of the Company and
Periodic reviews by the management. The Company has put in place proper controls, which
are reviewed at regular intervals to ensure that transactions are properly authorized, and
correctly reported and assets are safeguarded.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
Integrity and transparency are key factors in our corporate governance practices to
ensure that we achieve and retain the trust of our stakeholders at all times. Corporate
governance is about maximizing shareholder value legally, ethically, and sustainably. Our
Board exercises its fiduciary responsibilities in the
the widest sense of the term. Our disclosures seek to attain the best practices in
international corporate governance. We also endeavour to enhance long-term shareholder
value and respect minority rights in all our business decisions.
As our company has been listed on the SME Platform of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited
(BSE), by virtue of Regulation 15 of the SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015 the compliance with the Corporate Governance provisions as
specified in Regulation 17 to 27 and Clause (b) to (i) of subregulation (2) of Regulation
46 and Para C D and E of Schedule V are applicable to the company. Hence Corporate
Governance Report form a part of this Board Report as ANNEXURE-D
STATUTORY AUDITOR AND THEIR REPORT:
The Company has appointed M/S Gupta Agarwal & Associates, (Firm Registration No.
329001E), Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditor of the company.
The Notes to the Financial Statements referred to in the Auditor's Report are
self-explanatory and therefore do not call for any comments under Section 134 of the
Companies Act 2013.
The Auditors' Report does not contain any qualification reservation or adverse remark.
The Auditors' Report is enclosed with the financial statements in this Annual Report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT:
In terms of Regulation 34 and Schedule V of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations 2015, a review of the performance of the Company for the year
under review Management Discussion and Analysis Report is presented in a separate section
which is annexed to this Report as Annexure - C.
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR AND THEIR REPORT:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel Rules) 2014, the Company had Govind
Khandelwal & Co. (Certificate of Practice no. 12327, to undertake the Secretarial
Audit of the Company. The Secretarial Audit Report for the financial year 2022-23 is
attached as Annexure-E
The Auditors of the Company have not reported any fraud as specified under Section
143(12) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Auditors have remarked about some non-compliances in due filing of some forms and
information on MCA, BSE and Companies Website which are as follows: -
During the period under review were carried out in compliance with the
provisions of the Act. The company has passed the relevant resolution under section 179(3)
for power of Board but has not been filed form mgt-14 and other forms due to inadvertence
of the some and not maintained some statutory register.
During the period under review were carried out in compliance with the
provisions of the Act DPT-03 for the year 2022 and 2023 were wrongly filed as per Balance
sheet of the company.
The company has not complied the web site disclosures and some return require to
file with stock exchange with respect to LODR and other guidelines Issued by SEBI Act.
The Company has appointed Company Secretary Ms. Amrita Rathi dated 28.03.2023
which is more than 3 months from the resigned Company Secretary Ms. Anshu Anshuman dated
29.10.2022.
During the period under Review Company fail to disclosure of related party
transaction to RoC and Stock Exchange.
The Board has taken note of these lacunas and is keen to update this information to the
extent possible at the earliest. The Board is also devising a better recording and
reporting mechanism to avoid such lacunas in future.
WEBSITE:
As per Regulation 46 of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations 2015 the Company has maintained a functional website containing basic
information about the Company. The website of the Company contains information like
Policies, Shareholding Patterns, Financial, and information of the designated officials of
the Company who are responsible for assisting and handling investor grievances for the
benefit of all stakeholders of the Company, etc.
GENERAL DISCLOSURE:
Your Directors state that the Company has made disclosures in this report for the items
prescribed in section 134 (3) of the Act and Rule 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014
and other applicable provisions of the Act and listing regulations to the extent the
transactions took place on those items during the year. Your Directors further state that
no disclosure or reporting is required in respect of the following items as there were no
transactions on these items during the year under review:
i. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act;
ii. Issue of Equity Shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting, or
otherwise;
iii. Annual Report and other compliances on Corporate Social responsibility;
iv. There is no revision in the Board Report or Financial Statement;
v. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or Courts or
Tribunals that impact the going concern status and the Company's operations in the future.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your Directors acknowledge the dedicated service of the employees of the Company during
the year. They would also like to place on record their appreciation for the continued
cooperation and support received by the Company during the year from bankers, business
partners, and other stakeholders.
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