Dear Shareholders,
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting the 51st Annual Report together with Audited
Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account for the year ended on 31st March, 2024. The
highlights of the financial results are as under:
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
The Company's financial performances for the year under review, along with the previous
year's figures, are summarized hereunder:
(Amt in Rs.)
Particulars |
Current Year 2023-24 |
Previous Year 2022-23 |
Revenue From Operations |
12,92,67,526.76 |
3,83,95,823.75 |
Other Operating Revenue Income |
9,76,326 |
5,389.07 |
Total Revenue |
1,30,243,852.76 |
3,84,01,212.82 |
Less: Expenses excluding Finance cost and Depreciation |
11,93,56,884.66 |
3,15,37,854.35 |
Profit / (Loss) before Interest, Tax and Depreciation |
1,08,86,968.60 |
68,63,358.47 |
Less: Finance Cost |
3,544.69 |
1,416.00 |
Profit/(Loss) Before Depreciation |
1,08,83,423.91 |
68,61,942.47 |
Less: Depreciation and amortization |
70,829.08 |
23,885.00 |
Profit /(Loss) Before Tax |
1,08,12,594.83 |
68,38,057.47 |
Less: Deferred Tax |
27,52,140 |
18,902.00 |
Less: Current Tax |
33,590 |
13,86,912.00 |
Profit / (loss) after tax |
80,26,864.83 |
54,32,243.47 |
STATE OF COMPANY'S AFFAIRS:
The company has Profit of Rs. 80,26,864.83/- in 2023-24 as compared to
Rs.54,32,243.47/- profit during the financial year 2022-23
DIVIDEND:
Your Directors do not recommended any dividend during the year.
THE AMOUNTS, COMPANY PROPOSES TO CARRY TO ANY RESERVES:
The Board of the Company has decided not to carry any amount to Reserves.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT, IF ANY, AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE
COMPANY OCCURED BETWEEN THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR TO WHICH THIS FINANCIAL STATEMENT
RELATES AND THE DATE OF THE REPORT:
No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company
occurred between the end of the financial year till the date to this report
SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES:
During the year under review, no Companies have become or ceased to be Company's
subsidiaries, joint ventures or associate companies. As the Company does not have any
subsidiaries, associates or joint venture companies as per the Companies Act, 2013
("the Act"), no report on the performance of such companies is provided.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:
The Company does not meet the criteria of Section 135 of the Act read with the
Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 so there is no requirement
to constitute Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.
DIRECTORS & KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:
Mr.PANKAJKUMAR PATEL (DIN: 09054613) who retires by rotation at this Annual General
Meeting and being eligible, has offered himself for reappointment. The Board of Directors
on recommendation of the Nomination and remuneration Committee has recommended his
reappointment.
During the Year Ms. Payal Shah (DIN: 02886525), Independent Director of the Company
resigned with effect from 22nd September,2023. Mr. SMIT PATEL (DIN: 10348890) was
appointed as Additional Non-Executive Director with effect from 27th October,2023
Mr. Jaydeep Bakul Shah (DIN: 09535615 ) was appointed as Additional Independent
Director with effect from 9th November,2023.
Mrs. JAYABEN HIRENBHAI PATEL(DIN: 10428008), Mr. DHRUVLKUMAR PATEL (DIN: 10439439) was
appointed as Additional Independent Director with effect from 1st January,2024.
Mr. SMIT PATEL(DIN: 10348890) has resigned as Non-executive Director with effect from
1st January,2024
Mr. Dhaval Nagar (PAN: AYHPN5106D) resigned as Company Secretary with effect from 13th
December,2023 and Mr. Sohitkumar Dineshchandra Mehta was appointed as Company Secretary
with effect from 12th March,2024
STATEMENT OF DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:
The Company has received declarations from the Independent Directors of the Company
confirming that they met the criteria of independence as prescribed under the Act.
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 134(5) of the Act, with respect to Directors'
responsibility statement, it is hereby confirmed that:
(i) in the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting standards have
been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
(ii) the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently
and 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 as at 31st March, 2023 and of the profit
and loss of the Company for the said period;
(iii) the directors have taken proper and sufficient care of the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding
the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
(iv) the directors have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern basis;
(v) the directors of the Company have laid down internal financial controls to be
followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were
operating effectively;
(vi) 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.
DEPOSITS FROM PUBLIC:
The Company has not accepted any deposits from public and as such, no amount on account
of principal or interest on deposits from public was outstanding as on the date of the
balance sheet.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
Your Company has complied with the requirements of corporate governance as prescribed
under Schedule V of the SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. A separate report on corporate
governance forms the part of the annual report as Annexure-III. Certificate from the
Practicing Company Secretary regarding compliance of conditions of Corporate Governance is
presented under a separate section, which forms part of this Annual Report.
ANNUAL RETURN:
The Annual Return of the Company for FY 23-24 in Form MGT-7 in accordance with Section
92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and
Administration) Rules, 2014, will be available on the website of the Company at
www.mirchtechnologies.com within 60 days after the Conclusion of 51st Annual General
Meeting.
PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS MADE WITH RELATED PARTIES:
All Contracts/arrangements/transactions entered by the Company during the financial
year with related parties were in the ordinary course of business and on arm's length
basis.
POLICY ON DIRECTORS' APPOINTEMENT AND REMUNERATION AND OTHER DETAILS:
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company formulates the criteria for
determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a director and
recommend to the Board a policy, relating to the remuneration for the directors, key
managerial personnel and other employees.
STATUTORY AUDITORS:
M/s V S S B & Associates, Chartered Accountants have tendered their resignation as
Statutory Auditors w.e.f. 3rd November, 2023 citing reasons that due to Due to
pre-occupation of work they are unable to continue. This has resulted into a casual
vacancy in the office of Statutory Auditors of the Company as envisaged by Section 139(8)
of the Companies Act, 2013. Casual vacancy caused by the resignation of auditor shall be
approved by the shareholders in General Meeting within three months from the date of
recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company.
The Board of Directors of the Company recommended the appointment of M/s S K Bhavsar
& Co., Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 0145880W) as the Statutory
Auditors of the Company to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of M/s V S S
B & Associates on 29th November,2023
Accordingly shareholders' approval by way of ordinary resolution is sought . M/s S K
Bhavsar & Co, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No. 0145880W), have conveyed
their consent for being appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company along with a
confirmation that, their appointment, if made by the members, would be within the limits
prescribed under the Companies Act, 2013 and shall satisfy the criteria as provided under
section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013
M/s S K Bhavsar & Co appointed as Statutory Auditor of the company to conduct the
audit for the period ended as on 31st March 2024, and was eligible to hold the office as
Statutory Auditor from the conclusion of the Extra-Ordinary General Meeting till the
conclusion of ensuing Annual General Meeting.
In this AGM, it is proposed to appoint M/s S K Bhavsar & Co from the conclusion of
Annual General Meeting for a period of five years (01-04-2024 to 31-03-2029).
SECRETARIAL AUDITORS:
The Board has appointed M/s Dharti Patel & Associates, Company Secretaries, to
conduct Secretarial Audit for the financial year ended March 31, 2024 and Secretarial
Audit Report is annexed herewith marked as Annexure I to this Report.
Further, Director Non- Disqualification certificate as per the requirement of
regulation 34 (3) and Schedule V Para C clause (10) (i) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations
and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed as Annexure-II.
EXPLANATION OR COMMENTS BY THE BOARD ON QUALIFICATIONS, RESERVATIONS OR ADVERSE REMARKS
OR DISCLAIMERS MADE BY THE AUDITORS:
There were no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the Auditors in
their report or by the Practising Company Secretary in their respective reports.
There are no frauds reported by the auditors under sub-section (12) of Section 143 of
the Companies Act, 2013.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:
The Management's Discussion and Analysis are annexed and forms an integral part of this
report. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY:
The Company has adequate system of internal financial controls that are commensurate
with its size and nature of business to safeguard and protect the Company from loss,
unauthorized use or disposition of its assets.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS GIVEN, INVESTMENTS MADE, GUARANTEES GIVEN AND SECURITIES PROVIDED
UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:
There were no loans, guarantees or investments made by the Company under Section 186 of
the Companies Act, 2013 during the year.
EQUTIY SUSPENSE ACCOUNT:
In accordance with the requirement of Regulation 34 (3) and Schedule V Part F of SEBI
Listing Regulations, no equity shares of the company are in suspense account.
VIGIL MECHANISM:
Your Company is committed to highest standard of ethical, moral and legal business
conduct. Accordingly, the Board of Directors have formulated a Whistle Blower Policy which
is in compliance with the provisions of Section 177(10) of the Act. The policy provides a
framework and process whereby concerns can be raised by its employees against any kind of
discrimination, harassment, victimization or any other unfair practice being adopted
against them.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION & FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNING AND OUTGO:
Presently, your Company has been carrying the business activities whose nature does not
require to take steps for the conservation of energy. Additionally, the Company will
introduce and implement several technological upgradations, with an objective to obtain
improved quality of output at a reduced cost in upcoming times, if it requires. Further,
there was neither Foreign Exchange Earning nor Foreign Exchange outgoing during the year
under review
BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS:
A. BOARD MEETINGS
Thirteen Board Meetings were held during the year.
Attendance of Directors in Board and Annual General meeting is summarized below.
Director |
No. of Board Meetings held |
No. of Board Meetings attended |
Attended last AGM |
Payal Ronak Shah |
13 |
5 |
Yes |
Pankajkumar Patel |
13 |
13 |
Yes |
Apurvkumar Pankajbhai Patel |
13 |
13 |
Yes |
Yash Ghanshyambhai Savdhariya |
13 |
11 |
Yes |
Mr. Smit Patel |
13 |
5 |
No |
Mr. Jaydeep Bakul Shah |
13 |
5 |
No |
Mrs. Jayaben Hirenbhai Patel |
13 |
2 |
No |
Mr. Dhruvlkumar Patel |
13 |
2 |
No |
There were Thirteen board meetings held during the financial year i.e. on 12-05-2023,
27-07-2023, 01-08-2023, 11-09-2023, 22-09-2023, 27-10-2023, 03-11-2023, 09-11-2023,
29-11-2023, 13-12-2023, 0101-2024, 12-01-2024 ,12-03-2024.
B. COMMITTEE MEETINGS
i. AUDIT COMMITTEE
The company's Audit Committee is comprising of three Directors. The board has accepted
all the recommendation of the Audit Committee.
There were Five Audit Committee meetings held during the financial year i.e. on 12th
May,2023,1st August,2023,3rd November,2023,29th November,2023,12th January,2024
ii. NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
There were Six Nomination and Remuneration Committee meetings held during the financial
year i.e., on 22nd September,2023, 27th October,2023, 9th November,2023,13th
December,2023,1st
January,2024,12th March,2024
a. TERMS OF REFERENCE
To identify persons who are qualified to become Directors and who may be appointed in
senior management in accordance with the criteria laid down, recommend to the Board their
appointment and removal and shall carry out evaluation of every Director's performance.
b. REMUNERATION POLICY
Remuneration to Executive Directors:
The remuneration paid to Executive Directors is recommended by the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee and approved by Board in Board meeting, subject to the subsequent
approval of the shareholders at the General Meeting and such other authorities, as may be
required.
Remuneration to Non-Executive Directors:
The Non-Executive Directors are paid remuneration by way of sitting fees and
commission.
iii. STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP COMMITTEE
There were two Stakeholders Relationship Committee meetings were held during the
financial year i.e., on 27th July,2023 and 22nd September,2023.
ANTI SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY:
The Company has adopted a policy and constituted Internal Complaints Committee as
required under the Sexual Harassment of Women at the Work Place (Prevention Prohibition
& Redressal) Act, 2013. During the year under review no complaints were reported to
the Committee.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
There are no employees covered by provision contained in Rule 5(2) and Rule 5(3) of
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, as amended.
DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS OR
TRIBUNALS IMPACTING THE GOING CONCERN STATUS AND COMPANY'S OPERATIONS IN FUTURE:
No significant and material orders were passed by any Regulators or Courts or Tribunals
impacting the going concern status and Company's operations in future during the year
under review.
ANNUAL EVALUATION:
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has carried out an
annual performance evaluation of its own performance, the Directors individually as well
as the evaluation of the working of committees of the Board.
DEATAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR ANY PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND
BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016 DURING THE YEAR ALONG WITH THEIR STATUS AS AT THE END OF THE
FINANCIAL YEAR:
There was no application made or any proceedings pending under the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code, 2016 during the year under review.
MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS:
The Company is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central
Government under sub- section (1) of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the assistance and
co-operation received from the financial institutions, banks, Government authorities,
customers, vendors and members during the year under review. Your Directors also wish to
place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the committed services by Company's
executives, staff, workers and valued shareholders.
For and on behalf of the Board of Director of |
HARSHIL AGROTECH LIMITED |
Sd/- |
PANKAJKUMR PATEL |
DIN:09054613 |
Managing Director |
Date: 03/09/2024 |
Place: Ahmedabad |
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