DIRECTORS' REPORT TO, THE MEMBERS, Your Directors are pleased to present the 35th ANNUAL REPORT of your Company together with the Financial Statements including Audited Statement of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2016 OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS The net revenue of your Company declined by 1.30% to Rs. 4,364.58 Crores as against Rs. 4,422.25 Crores in the previous year. Total Export Turnover (including overseas projects) was Rs. 2,390.19 Crores or approx. 54.76% of revenues in 2015-16. The net profit for the year stood at Rs. 199.50 Crores as against Rs. 165.61 Crores in 2014-15. Your Company has supplied 1,46,749 MTs of Transmission Line Towers as against 1,49,539 MTs in preceding year, which is lower by 1.87%. Your Company has a standalone order book of Rs. 8,300 Crores excluding fairly placed bids. The consolidated net revenue of your Company was Rs. 7,380.38 Crores as against Rs. 7,198.21 Crores. There has been no change in the nature of business of your Company during the year under review. AWARDS & RECOGNITION A) Power Grid Corporation of India, one of the major client of your Company declared awards for the year 2015-16. Your Company was winner of following three prestigious awards namely: 1. "Best Transmission Line EPC Player in the country" 2. "Best safety norms on PGCIL Projects (Zero Fatal accidents)" 3. Runners up award namely "Maximum volume of work in 2015-16 on PGCIL Projects" B) Raipur Plant of your Company has participated in India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA), 2015 conceptualized by Frost & Sullivan and received the silver certificate. C) During the year under review, your Company has also received Certificate of Conformity of the Factory Production Control for the construction product "Structural Steel Transmission Line Towers" in compliance with Regulation 305/2011/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 (the Construction Products Regulation or CPR) from SGS United Kingdom Limited. D) During the year under review, your Company has received Certificate of Appreciation from Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine for successful completion of "750 kV Rivne NPP - Kiev Substation Transmission Line" project, one of the biggest projects of its type constructed in Ukraine which was completed atleast nine months ahead of scheduled date. TRANSMISSION BOOM PROJECT Your Company has secured Third Transmission Line BOOM Project under tariff based competitive bidding process during the year under review. The project scope involves build, own, operate and maintain the transmission system for "Transmission System Strengthening in Indian System for transfer of power from new HEPs in Bhutan". Your Company will have to establish transmission system from Alipurdaur to Siliguri and Kishangarh to Darbhanga totaling to approximately line of 329 kms. Your Company has won this BOOM project with the levelized tariff of Rs. 129.42 Crores per annum. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENT AFFECTING FINANCIAL POSITION OF YOUR COMPANY There are no material changes and commitments, affecting the financial position of your Company which has occurred between end of financial year of the Company i.e. March 31, 2016 and the date of Directors' Report i.e. May 28, 2016. DIVIDEND Your Directors have declared and paid an interim Dividend of Rs. 1.50 (75%) per equity share of Rs. 2 each on March 14, 2016. Your Directors do not recommend any Final Dividend for the year ended March 31, 2016. PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL POSITION OF EACH SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURE COMPANIES A report on the performance and financial position of each of the subsidiaries, associates and joint venture companies as per the Companies Act, 2013 in the prescribed Form AOC-1 is annexed to Consolidated Financial Statements and hence not repeated here for the sake of brevity. The brief details of the activities carried out by each of the subsidiary and Joint Venture Company of your Company is provided below. > JMC Projects (India) Ltd. & its subsidiaries (JMC): JMC has a strong order book of approx. Rs. 6,200 Crores. Your Company holds 67.19% equity shares of JMC. JMC has successfully completed Rights issue of 74,62,686 Equity shares of Rs. 10 each during the year under review raising funds of approx. Rs. 150 Crores. JMC has executed 3 road BOOT projects, through its Wholly Owned Subsidiary Companies and 1 road BOOT project in Joint Venture. All the four road BOOT projects are now fully operational on full toll and full length basis, of which the SPV Company M/s Vidhyachal Expressway Private Limited has received second Provisional Certificate to start operations of Toll Plaza - 2 of Rewa Project on April 4, 2016. JMC through its Wholly Owned Subsidiary is also engaged in the mining activity however, there is no operation in the said Subsidiary. > Shree Shubham Logistics Ltd. (SSLL): SSLL undertakes an array of activities in the post-harvest value chain for agri-commodities. The activities include warehousing, procurement, primary processing, collateral management, funding facilitation, funding, testing & certification, and pest management in relation to agri-commodities. The activities are aimed at a wide spectrum of market participants dealing in agri-commodities, including farmers, traders & aggregators, government agencies, banks and electroniccommodities exchanges. Through the integrated business model, SSLL believes that they are able to create value in the post-harvest value chain. Punarvasu Holding and Trading Company Private Limited (PHTCPL), a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (WOS) of SSLL is registered with Reserve Bank of India as Non-Banking Financial Institution classified as a Non-Banking Financial Company - Loan Company and is primarily engaged in providing direct funding facilities to participants in the post-harvest agri-commodities. During the year under review, SSLL also incorporated a WOS in Singapore namely Namo Overseas Pte. Limited ("Namo") with the objects to carry the business of trading, processing, warehousing, certification and pest management of agri-commodities, collateral management and funding facilitation in relation to agri-commodities and allied activities. However, in view of prevailing market conditions in Singapore, Namo was struck off during the year under review. Your Company holds 72.97 % equity shares of SSLL. > Energylink (India) Ltd. (EIL): EIL is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. EIL through its 100% subsidiary namely, Saicharan Properties Limited (Saicharan) is implementing commercial cum residential project in Indore (Project). Saicharan started initial construction activities and has launched the Project for sale. > Amber Real Estate Ltd. (Amber): Amber is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. Amber has leased out and/or sold the entire premises developed at Thane IT Park in Maharashtra. > Adeshwar Infrabuild Ltd. (Adeshwar): Adeshwar was incorporated to venture into new areas of business which can be conveniently or advantageously run by Company in the coming years which may include mining, cement, transmission and related activities etc. It is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. > Kalpataru Satpura Transco Private Ltd. (KSTPL): KSTPL, a Special Purpose Vehicle ("SPV") was incorporated to implement DBFOT Project from Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board to build, own, operate and transfer 240 kms, 400 KV double circuit power transmission line between Satpura to Ashta in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The Company would own project for 25 years with an option to extend the period for further period of 10 years as mutually agreed for which transmission license has been granted by Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) for transmission of electricity from 2X250 MW extention units at Satpura TPH. It is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. > Kalpataru Metfab Private Ltd. (KMPL) (Formerly known as Gestamp Kalpataru Solar Steel Structures Private Ltd.): KMPL is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. The name of the Company was changed from Gestamp Kalpataru Solar Steel Structures Private Limited to Kalpataru Metfab Private Limited during the year under review. The Company was a joint venture Company for manufacturing of steel structures for solar power panel wherein your Company and GONVARRI MS CORPORATE, S.L., Spain (Gonvarri) held 50-50% share capital. Your Company purchased balance 50% stake from Gonvarri during the year under review. > Alipurduar Transmission Ltd. (ATL): ATL was incorporated as Special Purpose Vehicle ("SPV") Company by REC Transmission Projects Company Limited (REC TPCL) to establish Transmission System Strengthening in Indian System for transfer of power from New HEP's in Bhutan on BOOM basis (Project). ATL will own the Project for 35 years from scheduled COD. Since your Company has secured this Project under tariff based competitive bidding process, your Company has acquired ATL, which is SPV Company for the Project, from REC TPCL on January 6, 2016. ATL is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. > Kalpataru Power Transmission USA INC. (KPT USA): KPT USA was incorporated to increase focus on American markets with local presence. It is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. > Kalpataru SA (Proprietary) Ltd. (KPTL SA): KPTL SA was formed in South Africa to bid for EPC Power Transmission jobs in South Africa as local Company. It is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. Your Company is in process for closing KPTL SA since there is hardly any extra benefit of having local presence in South Africa. > Kalpataru Power Transmission (Mauritius) Ltd. (KPTML): KPTML was incorporated to engage in investment holding activities. It is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. KPTML has a 100% Wholly Owned Subsidiary in Dubai, namely Kalpataru Power DMCC, UAE. The Company was formed with the purpose of carrying out General trading activities, Pipes & Fittings Trading and Metal Alloys Trading. > LLC Kalpataru Power Transmission Ukraine (KPT Ukraine): KPT Ukraine was incorporated to explore & execute Power Transmission contracts in Ukraine. It is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. > Kalpataru Power Transmission Nigeria Ltd. (KPTL Nigeria): KPTL Nigeria was incorporated to explore the Power Transmission market in Nigeria. It is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of your Company. The Company is in process for closing the KPTL Nigeria since there is hardly any extra benefit of having local presence in Nigeria. > Jhajjar KT Transco Private Ltd. (Jhajjar KT): Jhajjar KT is a Joint Venture Company, in which your Company holds 49.72% stake. Jhajjar KT was incorporated with the objects of exclusive right and authority to construct, operate, maintain and transfer the 400kv / 200kv Transmission Lines & Substations (Transmission System) in the state of Haryana on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis and provide transmission services for a period of 25 years with an option to extend the period for further period of 10 years mutually agreed for which transmission license has been granted by Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) for transmission of electricity from 2X660 MW Thermal Power Plant at Jhajjar. > Kalpataru IBN Omairah Company Ltd. (KPTL- IOC LLC): KPTL-IOC LLC was incorporated as a Joint Venture Company between your Company and IBN Omairah Contracting Company Limited in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in which your Company holds 65% stake. The Joint Venture Company has been formed to undertake and execute overhead Transmission Lines and / or substation projects on turnkey basis in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the year under review, Alipurduar Transmission Limited have become subsidiary Company, Kalpataru IBN Omairah Company Limited, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have become Joint Venture Company and Namo Overseas Pte Limited, Singapore have become Step down subsidiary Company (through SSLL) of your Company. During the year under review, no new Company has become Associate Company of your Company. During the year under review, no Company have ceased to be Subsidiary Company, Associate Company or Joint Venture Company of your Company except Namo Overseas Pte Limited, Singapore, which was struck off. Accordingly, as on the date of this Report your Company have 21 direct and indirect Subsidiaries and 2 Joint Venture Companies. The statement pursuant to Section 129 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013 containing details of these Subsidiaries forms part of the Annual Report. As per Section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 your Company has placed Consolidated Financial Accounts before the Members for their approval. Since the Consolidated Financial Accounts are being approved by the Members, your Company has not attached the individual Annual Report of each of the Subsidiary Company with this Annual Report. However, your Company will make available the Annual Accounts of the Subsidiary Companies and the related detailed information to any Member of the Company who may be interested in obtaining the same. The Annual Accounts of the Subsidiary Companies will also be kept open for inspection at the Registered Office of your Company and that of the respective Subsidiary Company. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Your Directors have pleasure in attaching the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements pursuant to Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 prepared in accordance with Accounting Standards prescribed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The Consolidated Financial Statements presented by your Company include the financial results of its Subsidiary Companies, Associate and Joint Venture Companies. DIRECTORS The Board of Directors of your Company, pursuant to recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, in their Meeting held on May 30, 2015 re-designated and elevated Mr. Manish Mohnot as a Managing Director of your Company w.e.f. June 1, 2015 upto March 31, 2020. The Members of your Company at the Annual General Meeting held on September 29, 2015 has approved such appointment of Mr. Manish Mohnot as a Managing Director of the Company w.e.f. June 1, 2015 upto March 31, 2020. The Members of the Company at the Annual General Meeting held on September 29, 2015 has appointed Ms. Anjali Seth as Director of your Company, liable to retire by rotation. Mr. Imtiaz Kanga was appointed as an Additional Director of your Company w.e.f. March 8, 2016. Pursuant to Section 161 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Imtiaz Kanga holds office upto the date of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. Your Company has received notice under Section 160 of the Companies Act, 2013 along with the requisite deposit proposing appointment of Mr. Imtiaz Kanga as Director of the Company. Your Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors confirming that they meet with the criteria of independence as prescribed under Section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 and under Regulation 16 (1) (b) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. Further, pursuant to Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013, all the Directors have provided declarations in Form DIR-8 that they have not been disqualified to act as a Director. In terms of Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013, Ms. Anjali Seth, Director being the longest in the office shall retire at the ensuing AGM and being eligible for re-appointment, offes herself for reappointment. A brief resume of directors being appointed along with the nature of their expertise, their shareholding in your Company and other details as stipulated under Regulation 36 (3) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is appended as an annexure to the Notice of the ensuing Annual General Meeting. BOARD MEETINGS The Board met Ten (10) times during the financial year ended on March 31, 2016. The dates on which the Board Meetings were held are May 30, 2015, July 17, 2015, August 7, 2015, September 10, 2015, September 29, 2015, November 5, 2015, January 13, 2016, February 10, 2016, March 8, 2016 and March 14, 2016. The number of Meetings of the Board that each Director attended is provided in the Report on Corporate Governance. COMMITTEES Your Company has several Committees which have been established as a part of best corporate governance practices and are in compliance with the requirements of the relevant provisions of applicable laws and statues. The Board has constituted following Committees: > Audit Committee > Nomination and Remuneration Committee > Stakeholder's Relationship Committee > Corporate Social Responsibility Committee > Risk Management Committee > Share Transfer Committee > Executive Committee The details with respect to the compositions, powers, roles, terms of reference etc. of relevant Committees are given in detail in the 'Report on Corporate Governance' of your Company which forms part of this Annual Report. The dates on which Meeting of Board Committees were held during the financial year under review and the number of Meetings of the Board Committees that each Director attended is provided in the 'Report on Corporate Governance'. The minutes of the Meetings of all Committees are circulated to the Board for discussion / noting / ratification. All recommendation of the Audit Committee was accepted by the Board of Directors of your Company. KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL (KMP) Mr. Manish Mohnot, Managing Director, Mr. Kamal Kishore Jain, Director (Finance) & Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Rahul Shah, Company Secretary of your Company are the Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) as per provisions of Companies Act, 2013. Mr. Ranjit Singh, Managing Director and KMP of your Company resigned from the Board w.e.f. May 31, 2015. FIXED DEPOSITS Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits from the public as per the provisions of Section 73 to 76 of the Companies Act, 2013. Hence, the disclosures required as per Rule 8 (5) (v) & (vi) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, are not applicable to your Company. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Your Company believes that sound Corporate Governance is critical for enhancing and retaining stakeholder's trust and your Company always seeks to ensure that its performance goals are met accordingly. The efforts of your Company are always focused on long term value creation. Inherent to such an objective is to continuously engage and deliver value to all its stakeholders including members, customers, partners, employees, lenders and the society at large. A separate section on Corporate Governance followed by your Company, as stipulated under Regulation 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 is annexed to this Report. The Report on Corporate Governance also contains certain disclosures required under Companies Act, 2013. A certificate from M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells, Chartered Accountants, confirming compliance to the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, is annexed to Corporate Governance Report. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS As per Regulation 34 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, a separate section on Management Discussion and Analysis outlining the business of your Company forms part of this Annual Report. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Your Company has formed the CSR Committee as per the requirement of the Companies Act, 2013. On recommendation of CSR Committee, the Board of Directors' of your Company has approved the CSR Policy which is available on the website of your Company at www.kalpatarupower.com The brief outline of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy of your Company and the initiatives undertaken by your Company on CSR activities during the year under review are set out in Annexure of this report in the format prescribed in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. VIGIL MECHANISM The details of establishment of Vigil Mechanism ("Whistle Blower Policy") is given in the 'Report on Corporate Governance' of your Company which is annexed to this Report. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY The Board has adopted policies and procedures for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the Company's policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial disclosures. M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells, (Firm Registration No. 117365W), Chartered Accountants, have been appointed as Statutory Auditor of the Company at the thirty third Annual General Meeting held on September 27, 2014 to hold office from the conclusion of thirty third Annual General Meeting (AGM) till the conclusion of the thirty seventh Annual General Meeting of the Company, subject to ratification by the Members annually. Accordingly, ratification of appointment of Statutory Auditor is being sought from the Members of the Company at the ensuing AGM. In this regard, your Company has received a certificate from the Statutory Auditor to the effect that appointment if ratified, it would be in accordance with the provisions of Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013. Statutory Auditor comments on your Company's accounts for year ended March 31, 2016 are self explanatory in nature and do not require any explanation as per provisions of Section 134(3)(f) of the Companies Act, 2013. There were no qualifications, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by Statutory Auditor in its report. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR AND SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT Pursuant to the Provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013, your Company had appointed Mr. Urmil Ved, Practising Company Secretary, Gandhinagar, as its Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of your Company for FY 201516. The Report of the Secretarial Auditor for the FY 2015-16 is annexed to this report as Annexure l . There were no qualifications, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by Secretarial Auditor in its report. COST AUDITOR Pursuant to the provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 14 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, the cost records in respect of Electricity and Steel business need to be audited. In compliance to the above, the Board of Directors upon the recommendation of the Audit Committee, appointed M/s. K. G. Goyal & Associates, Cost Accountants, as the Cost Auditor of your Company for the FY 2015-16. RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Your Company has reviewed the existing risk framework with the help of experts and has implemented Risk Management framework, wherein all material risks faced by your Company are identified and assessed. For each of the risks identified corresponding controls are assessed and policies and procedures are put in place for monitoring, mitigating and reporting of risk on a periodic basis. Your Company has revamped the Standard Operating Procedures in light of the amendment and / or re-enactment of various statutes. The Risk Management Committee reviewed the Company's risk management practices and activities from time to time. PARTICULARS OF REMUNERATION A. The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median employee's remuneration and other details in terms of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are forming part of this report as Annexure C. B. The statement containing particulars of employees as required under Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is provided in a separate annexure forming part of this report. However, this report and the accounts are being sent to the Members excluding the said annexure. In terms of Section 136 of the Act, the said annexure is open for inspection at the Registered Office of your Company. Any Member interested in obtaining a copy of the same may write to the Company Secretary. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION The criteria for performance evaluation and the statement indicating the manner in which formal annual evaluation has been made by the Board are given in the "Report on Corporate Governance", which forms part of this Annual Report. POLICY ON DIRECTORS' APPOINTMENT AND REMUNERATION INCLUDING CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING QUALIFICATIONS, POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES AND INDEPENDENCE OF A DIRECTOR Your Company's Policy on remuneration for the Directors', Key Managerial Personnel and other employees and Company's policy on Directors' appointment including criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a director and other matters as required under sub-section (3) of Section 178 of the Companies Act, 2013 is available on the website of your Company www.kalpatarupower.com There has been no change in the policy since last financial year. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY & TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE INFLOW & OUTFLOW Information required under Section 134 (3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is annexed hereto as Annexure and forms part of this Report. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN Pursuant to sub-section 3(a) of Section 134 and sub-section (3) of Section 92 of the Companies Act 2013, read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 the extract of the Annual Return as at March 31, 2016 forms part of this report as Annexure . PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS UNDER SECTION 186 Particulars of loans given, investments made, guarantees given and securities provided alongwith the purpose for which the loan or guarantee or security is proposed to be utilized by the recipient are provided in the standalone financial statements (Please refer to Notes to the Standalone Financial Statements). PARTICULARS OF CONTRACTS OR ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES All related party transactions that were entered during the financial year were on arm's length basis. There were no material related party transactions i.e. transaction / transactions entered into individually or taken together with previous transactions entered during the financial year, exceeds ten percent of the annual consolidated turnover of the Company as per the last audited financial statements, entered by your Company with its Related parties which may have a potential conflict with the interest of your Company. All Related Party Transactions are placed before the Audit Committee for approval in terms of requirement of Regulation 23 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The policy on materiality of Related Party Transactions is uploaded on the website of your Company and the link for the same is provided in the 'Report on Corporate Governance'. Attention of Members is drawn to the disclosure of transactions with related parties set out in Note No. 46 of Standalone Financial Statements, forming part of the Annual Report. STOCK OPTIONS Your Company does not have any stock options schemes. DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 22 OF THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013 Your Company has zero tolerance towards any action on the part of any executive which may fall under the ambit of 'Sexual Harassment' at workplace and is fully committed to uphold and maintain the dignity of every women executive working in your Company. The Sexual Harassment Policy provides for protection against sexual harassment of women at workplace and for prevention and redressal of such complaints. There were no complaints pending as on the beginning of the financial year and no new complaints were filed during the financial year under review. POLICY ON CODE OF CONDUCT AND ETHICS As an organization your Company places a great importance in the way business is conducted and the way each employee performs his/her duties. Your Company encourages transparency in all its operations, responsibility for delivery of results, accountability for the outcomes of our actions, participation in ethical business practices and being responsive to the needs of our people and society. Towards this end, your Company has laid down a Kalpataru Code of Conduct (KCoC) applicable to all the employees of your Company and conducted various awareness sessions across the Company. The Code provides for the matters related to governance, compliance, ethics and other matters. SIGNIFICANT OR MATERIAL ORDERS AGAINST COMPANY No significant or material orders were passed by the regulators or courts or tribunals impacting the going concern status and your Company's operation in future. STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY Pursuant to requirement under Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013 (Act), Directors, confirm that: (a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended on March 31, 2016, the applicable accounting standards read with requirement set out under Schedule III to the Act, have been followed and there are no material departures from the same; (b) they have 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 March 31, 2016 and of the profit of the Company for the year ended on that date; (c) they have taken proper and sufficient care for 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; (d) they had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; (e) they had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively and (f) they had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively. Based on the framework of internal financial controls and compliance systems established and maintained by the Company, work performed by the internal, statutory and secretarial auditors and external consultants, including audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting by the statutory auditors, and the reviews performed by management and the relevant board committees, including the audit committee, the board is of the opinion that the Company's internal financial controls were adequate and effective during FY 2015-16. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Your Directors take this opportunity to thank all the financial institutions, Banks, Government and Regulatory Authorities, customers, vendors and members and all other stakeholders for their continued support. Your Directors place on record their deep appreciation to employees at all levels for their hard work, dedication and Commitment. The enthusiasm and unstinting efforts of the employees have enabled your Company to remain as one of the top industry leader. On behalf of the Board of Directors Mofatraj P. Munot Chairman DIN: 00046905 Place: Mumbai Date: May 28, 2016 |