kabra drugs ltd Directors report


Dear Shareholders,

Your Directors here by present the 34th Annual Report together with the Audited statements of Accounts for the financial year ended on 31st March 2023.

OPERATIONS REVIEW:

Particulars

F.Y. 2022-23 F.Y. 2021-22

Revenue from Operations

- -

Other Income

63,764 -

Total Revenue

63,764 -

Total Expanses

34,42,767 18,53,943

Profit Before Tax

-33,79,003 -18,53,943

Tax

0 0

Profit after Tax

-33,79,003 -18,53,943

EPS

-0.77 -0.42

DIVIDEND:

Considering the loss incurred in the current financial year and accumulated losses, your directors have not recommended any dividend for the financial year under review.

CLOSURE OF REGISTER OF MEMBERS AND SHARE TRANSFER BOOKS:

The Book closure shall be from 25.09.2023 to 30.09.2023 (Both inclusive)

TRANSFER TO RESERVES:

The Company has not transferred any amount to Reserves for the period under review.

TRANSFER OF UNCLAIMED/UNPAID AMOUNTS TO THE INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND ("IEPF")

No amount to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund.

SHARE CAPITAL:

The issued, subscribed and paid-up capital of the Company is Rs. 4,38,86,000/- divided into 4,38,86,00 equity shares of Rs 10/- each. There has been no change in the share capital of the Company during the year.

SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES:

The Company does not have any subsidiary, associate companies & joint ventures.

MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS IF ANY AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY:

No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the company have occurred between the end of financial year to which the financial statements relate and the date of the Directors Report.

DEPOSIT:

Your Company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.

DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 67 (3) (c) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013:

No disclosure is required under section 67 (3) (c) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 16(4) of the Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014, in respect of voting rights not exercised directly by the employees of the Company as the provisions of the said section are not applicable.

PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS:

Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:

All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on arms length basis and were in the ordinary course of the business. There are no materially significant related party transactions made by the company with Promoters, Key Managerial Personnel or other designated persons which may have potential conflict with interest of the company at large.

SIGNIFICANT ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS, COURTS OR TRIBUNALS IMPACTING GOING CONCERN AND COMPANYS OPERATIONS:

To the best of our knowledge, the company has not received any such orders passed by the regulators, courts or tribunals during the year, which may impact the going concern status or companys operations in future.

BOARD DIVERSITY

The Company recognizes that building a Board of diverse and inclusive culture is integral to its success. The Board considers that its diversity, including gender diversity, is a vital asset to the business.

The Board has adopted a Board diversity policy which sets out the approach to diversity of the Board of Directors.

POLICIES

The Company has adopted the following policies and the same are available in the website of the Company http://www.kabradrugs.com/

i) Whistle Blower Policy/ Vigil Mechanism

ii) Policy of Directors Appointment and remuneration

iii) Policy on determining materiality of events

iv) Policy on documents preservation and archival

v) Nomination & Remuneration policy

vi) Policy on related party transactions

vii) Policy on sexual harassment of women at work place (prevention, prohibition and redressal) Act 2013

viii) Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

ix) Policy on code of conduct for prevention of Insider Trading and Fair Disclosure of unpublished Price Sensitive Information.

DISCLOSURE AS PER POLICY ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT 2013

The Company has zero tolerance for Sexual harassment at workplace and has adopted a policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of Sexual Harassment at work place in line with the requirements of the Sexual Harassment of women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and rules framed thereunder which has been made available on the Companys website (www.kabradrugs.com).

Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) has been set up to redress complaints received regarding sexual harassment. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary, trainees) are covered under this policy.

During the financial year, there was one meeting of the Committee.

Your directors state that during the year under review, there was no case filed pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of the Woman at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

HUMAN RESOURCES:

The Company believes that human capital is its biggest asset and immensely values its human resources. The Company acknowledges that employee participation and involvement is the key to sustained growth and hence encourages various measures to promote the same. The Company is of the opinion that motivated employees are very crucial to the growth of the organization and hence puts in a lot of emphasis on promoting employee engagement at all levels.

RISK MANAGEMENT:

The Company has developed and implemented a Risk Management Policy. The policy identifies the threat of such events as "Risks", which if occurred will adversely affect value to shareholders, ability of Company to achieve objectives, ability to implement business strategies, the manner in which the Company operates and reputation. Such risks are categorized into Strategic Risks, Operating Risks and Regulatory Risks.

The framework defines the process for identification of risks, its assessment, mitigation measures, monitoring and reporting. While the Company, through its employees and Executive Management, continuously assess the identified Risks, the Audit Committee reviews the identified Risks and its mitigation measures annually.

INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY:

The Company has an Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale and complexity of its operations. The Company has an Internal Audit department with adequate experience and expertise in internal controls, operating system and procedures. The system is supported by documented policies, guidelines and procedures to monitor business and operational performance which are aimed at ensuring business integrity and promoting operational efficiency.

VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY

The Company has a vigil mechanism named Whistle Blower Policy to deal with instances of fraud and mismanagement, if any.

DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:

During the year under review of the company at present Board comprise following directors:

Sr. no

Name

Designation

1

Mr. Bangalore Venkatakrishnappa Ananth Kumar

Chief Financial Officer & Whole Time Director

2

Mrs. Ananthkumar Shilpa

Independent Woman Director

3

Mr. Kuniamuthur Nanjappan Anand

Non-Executive Independent Director

4

Mrs. A Anitha

Independent Director

5

Mrs.Monika Nishant lal Sanwal

Company Secretary and Compliance Officer

6

Ms. Nidhi Mahajan

Company Secretary & Compliance Officer (Resigned- 14/07/2022)

7

Mr. Ramachandran Muralidharan

Independent Non-Executive Director (Resigned on 02.11.2022)

DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS:

The Company has received 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 Companies Act, 2013.

NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD:

The details of the number of meetings of the Board held during the Financial Year 202223 forms part of the Corporate Governance Report.

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD:

The Board of Directors has the following Committees: -

1. Audit Committee

2. Nomination and Remuneration Committee

3. Stakeholders Relationship Committee

The details of the Committees along with their composition, number of meetings and attendance at the meetings are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.

BOARD EVALUATION:

Pursuant to the provisions of the Schedule IV, clause VIII of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board has carried out an evaluation of its own performance, the directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Audit, Appointment & Remuneration Committees. The performance evaluations of Independent Directors were also carried out and the same was noted. Independent Directors in their meeting decided to bring more transparency in their performance and bring more responsibility while taking any policy decisions for the benefit of the shareholders in general.

REMUNERATION POLICY:

The Board has, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management and their remuneration.

REMUNERATION OF THE DIRECTORS/ KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL (KMP)/ EMPLOYEES:

No Directors/ Key Managerial Personnel are drawing any remuneration. Hence, the information required pursuant to Section 197 read with Rule 5 (1) (i) of The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration) Rules, 2014 in respect of ratio of remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the Company for the Financial year is not given.

SEPARATE MEETING OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

As required under Clause VII of Schedule IV of the Companies Act, 2013, the Independent Directors held a Meeting on 20th November 2021, without the attendance of Non-Independent Directors and members of Management.

FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAM FOR THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS

The Independent Directors have been updated with their roles, rights and responsibilities in the Company by specifying it in their appointment letter along with necessary documents, reports and internal policies to enable them to familiarize with the Companys procedures and practices. The Company has through presentations, at regular intervals, familiarized and updated the Independent Directors with the strategy, operations and functions of the Company and Engineering Industry as a whole.

AUDITORS AND AUDITORS REPORT:

M/s. RISHI SEKHRI AND ASSOCIATES (Firm Reg. No. 128216W) Chartered Accountants, Mumbai retiring statutory auditor be and are hereby re appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company to hold office from the conclusion this AGM until the conclusion of the AGM to be held in the year of 2022, for period of 3 years at such remuneration and out of pocket expenses, as may be decided by the Board of Directors of the Company on the recommendation of the Audit Committee.

The observations made by the Auditors in their Auditors Report and the Notes on Accounts referred to in the Auditors Report are self-explanatory and do not call for any further comments.

SECRETARIAL AUDIT AND SECRETARIAL AUDITORS REPORT:

Pursuant to provisions of section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 the Company has appointed Mrs. N.SRIVIDHYA, Company Secretary in practice to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company. The Secretarial Audit report in the prescribed Form No MR-3 is annexed herewith.

QUALIFICATION IN SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT AND EXPLANATIONS BY THE BOARD: -

Sr.No.

Qualifications made by Secretarial Auditor

Explanations by the Board

a)

Acknowledgment for sending the notices of the Meeting of the Board and Committees are not maintained by the company.

The notice and agenda for the Board and committee meeting are sent by the email or hand delivery. The company will ensure to maintain to the acknowledgments for sending the notice of the meeting of the board and the committee.

b)

The company has not complied with certain regulation of SEBI (LODR), Regulation, 2015 as regards publication of Notice of Board Meeting, Notice of AGM, quarterly results.

The company will take necessary steps to comply with the same.

c)

As per section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company is required to appoint Internal Auditor. The Company has not appointed Internal Auditor.

The size of operation of the Company is very small, it is not viable to appoint Internal Auditor but the Company has established the internal control system.

d)

The company has not maintained the attendance register for Board and committee meeting

The company will take necessary steps to maintain the attendance register for board and committee meetings.

e)

Statutory Registrar as per companies Act 2013 is yet to be updated.

The company will take necessary steps to update Statutory Register as per companies Act 2013.

f)

The company has not followed the Secretarial Standards

The company will ensure to update the same.

EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN:

An extract of Annual Return as prescribed under Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) and rule 12(1) of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, in the prescribed Form No. MGT 9 forming part of this report is annexed herewith.

REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS:

Pursuant to Regulation 34(3) read with Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 Company has taken adequate steps to ensure that all mandatory provisions of Corporate Governance as prescribed under SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 are complied with, a separate section titled Report on Corporate Governance together with a Certificate from the Practicing Company Secretary forms part of this Report. A detailed Management Discussion & Analysis forms part of this Report.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES:

The Company has not developed and implemented any Corporate Social Responsibility initiative under the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 9 of Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, as the said provisions are not applicable.

PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:

In terms of the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Act read with Rules 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is not required to be given as there were no employees coming within the purview of this section.

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT

The Board of Directors had adopted a Code of Conduct for the Board Members and employees of the Company. This Code helps the Company to maintain the Standard of Business Ethics and ensure compliance with the legal requirements of the Company.

The Code is aimed at preventing any wrong doing and promoting ethical conduct at the Board and by employees. The Compliance Officer is responsible to ensure adherence to the Code by all concerned and is available on the Companys website .

The Code lays down the standard of conduct which is expected to be followed by the Directors and the designated employees in their business dealings and in particular on matters relating to integrity in the work place, in business practices and in dealing with stakeholders.

All the Board Members and the Senior Management personnel have confirmed compliance with the Code.

TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO:

The details of conservation of energy, technology absorption etc. as required to be given under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule, 8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, are not applicable to Company, as our Company has not carried out in the manufacturing activities. The foreign exchange earnings on account of the operation of the Company during the year was Rs. Nil.

DISCLOSURE UNDER SECTION 197(12) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 AND OTHER DISCLOSURES AS PER RULE 5 OF COMPANIES (APPOINTMENT & REMUNERATION) RULES, 2014:

Pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 5 of Companies (Appointment & Remuneration) Rules, 2014, every Listed Company mandate to disclose in the Boards Report the ratio of the remuneration of each director to the permanent employees remuneration. However, since there is no permanent employee in the Company, no disclosure under the said provision has been furnished.

DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:

The Directors Responsibility Statement referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (3) of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, shall state that:

a) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation by way of notes to accounts relating to material departures;

b) The Directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that were 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 period;

c) 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;

e) Directors have prepared the accounts on a "going concern basis".

f) The directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the assistance and cooperation received from the Banks, Government Authorities, Customers, and Shareholders during the year. Your directors also wish to take on record their deep sense of appreciation for the committed services of the employees at all levels, which has made our Company successful in the business.

For and on Behalf of the Board

Place: Indore

KABRA DRUGS LIMITED

Date: 02/09/2023

Sd/-

KN. ANAND

DIRECTOR