Dear Members,
The Board of Directors of your Company are pleased to present the fortieth
(40th) Board Report on the business and operations of Munjal Showa Limited
("the Company") together with the Audited Financial Statements and the
Auditors? Report thereon for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 ("year
under review").
FINANCIAL SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS
The salient features of the Company?s financial performance for
the year ended March 31, 2025 are as follows:
|
Year Ended 31.03.25 |
Year Ended 31.03.24 |
Sales and other Income (Net of GST) |
1,28,071.97 |
1,20,711.03 |
Profit before Interest, Depreciation & Tax |
4,718.91 |
4,859.27 |
Financial Cost |
1.73 |
1.25 |
Depreciation |
1,200.73 |
1,228.99 |
Profit before Tax |
3,516.45 |
3,629.03 |
Tax Expenses |
|
|
-Current tax |
988.48 |
299.74 |
-Tax Adjustment for earlier Year |
7.89 |
7.95 |
-Deferred tax |
-366.90 |
244.73 |
Total Tax Expense |
629.47 |
552.42 |
Profit after Tax |
2,886.98 |
3,076.61 |
Other comprehensive income net of taxes |
-64.89 |
24.37 |
Total Comprehensive Income |
2,822.09 |
3,100.98 |
Surplus brought forward including items of other
comprehensive income |
29,717.25 |
28,416.05 |
Profit available for appropriation |
32,539.34 |
31,517.03 |
Dividend payment |
1,799.78 |
1,799.78 |
Transfer to General Reserve |
- |
- |
Surplus available including items of other comprehensive
income |
30,739.56 |
29,717.25 |
OPERATIONS & STATE OF THE COMPANY?S AFFAIRS
The Company has achieved a sales turnover (Net of GST) including other
income of Rs. 1,28,071.97 lakhs as compared to Rs. 1,20,711.03 lakhs in the previous year.
The profit before tax in the current year was Rs. 3,516.45 lakhs as compared to
Rs. 3,629.03 lakhs in the previous year.
The State of affairs of the Company is detailed in the "Management
Discussion & Analysis Report" annexed as Annexure-A and forms part
of this report.
CREDIT RATING
The Company?s financial discipline and prudence is reflected in
the credit ratings ascribed by CRISIL rating agency as given below:
Long-Term Rating |
CRISIL A/Stable |
Short-Term Rating |
CRISIL A1 |
(in crores) |
|
Rs. 80.75 Long-Term Loans |
CRISIL A/Stable |
Rs. 10 Cash Credit |
CRISIL A/Stable |
Rs. 53.50 Letter of Credit |
CRISIL A/Stable |
Rs. 6 Commercial Paper |
CRISIL A1 |
20 Crore submit to CC, 10 Crore submit to BG
TRANSFER TO GENERAL RESERVE
The Company has not transferred any amount to General Reserve during
the financial year 2024-2025. The balance amount of Rs. 30,739.56 lakhs (Previous Year Rs.
29,717.25 lakhs) will be retained as surplus in the statement of Profit and Loss.
DIVIDEND
Your Board of Directors are pleased to recommend a final dividend of
225% (i.e., Rs. 4.50 per equity share of Rs. 2.00/- each fully paid up) on the paid-up
Equity Share Capital of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 amounting
to Rs. 1,799.78 lakhs. As per Regulation 43A of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("Listing
Regulations") read with SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure
Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2021 dated May 05, 2021, the Company has
formulated the Dividend Distribution Policy of the Company and the Dividend recommendation
is in accordance with the Dividend Distribution Policy of the Company, and such policy is
available at the Company?s website at https://www.
munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dividend-Distribution-Policy.pdf In view of the
changes made under the Income-tax Act, 1961, by the Finance Act, 2020, Dividend
Distribution Tax (DDT) which used to be payable by the Company has been abolished and the
dividend paid or distributed by the Company shall be taxable in the hands of the
Shareholders. Your Company shall, accordingly, make the payment of the Dividend after
deduction of tax at source. The final dividend, if approved by the shareholders, at the 40th
Annual General Meeting shall be payable to the eligible shareholders registered in the
books of the Company and the beneficial owners whose names are furnished by the
depositories, as on the cuto_ date for determining the name of shareholder for paying
dividend i.e. Friday, August 01, 2025
SHARE CAPITAL
The authorized share capital of the Company is
Rs. 15,00,00,000 (INR Fifteen Crores only) divided into 7,50,00,000
(Seven Crores Fifty Lakh) equity shares of face value of Rs. 2 (Rupees Two) each. The
paid-up Share Capital of the Company as on March 31, 2025 was Rs. 7,99,90,000 (Rupees
Seven Crore Ninety-Nine Lakhs Ninety Thousand only) divided into 3,99,95,000 (Three Crore
Ninety-Nine Lac Ninety-Five thousand only) equity shares of face value of
Rs. 2 (Rupees Two) each.
During the year under review, there was no change in the authorised,
subscribed and paid-up share capital of the Company from the last financial year.
During the year under review, the Company has not issued any shares
with differential voting rights nor granted any stock options or sweat equity shares. The
Company has not issued or repaid any Debentures, Preference Shares, Bonds and Security
during the financial year. None of the Directors of the Company hold any shares or
security of the Company. The Company does not have any Debentures or Preferential Shares
as on March 31, 2025.
FINANCE
Cash and cash equivalent as at March 31, 2025 was
Rs. 2,601.27 Lakhs. The Company continues to focus on judicious
management of its working capital. Receivables, inventories and other working capital
parameters were kept under strict check through continuous monitoring.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS
During the year under review, the Company has neither given any
guarantee nor provided any security covered under the provision of Section 186 of the
Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act"). The Company has made investments in Mutual
funds, Alternative Investments Funds, Commercial paper, Perpepual Bond, debentures and has
given loans/advances to its vendors in the ordinary course of business. The details of
investments made, and loans given are provided in Note No. 5A & 5B of the financial
statements for the year ended March 31, 2025.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Your Company has been practicing the principles of good Corporate
Governance over the years. The Company has complied with the Corporate Governance
requirements as stipulated under the Listing Regulations. In terms of Regulation 34 of
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015, a separate section on Corporate Governance along with a Certificate
from M/s. Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditors of
your Company confirming the compliance of Corporate Governance is annexed as Annexure-B
and forms an integral part of the Annual Report.
TRANSFER TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 124 of the Act read with Investor
Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules,
2016 ("IEPF Rules") and subsequent amendment thereof, the amount of dividends,
which remained unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven consecutive years from the date
of transfer to Unpaid Dividend Account of the Company, and underlying equity shares on
which dividend has not been paid or claimed by the members for seven consecutive years are
required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority
established by the Central Government. The amount of unclaimed dividend of Rs. 12,91,188
was transferred into IEPF account in respect of financial year 2016-17 on October 26,
2024. The Company has transferred 33,531 Equity Shares of Rs. 2.00 each on which the
dividend remained unpaid or unclaimed for seven consecutive years, on October 25, 2024 to
the IEPF Account, after following the prescribed procedure.
STATUTORY AUDITORS
Pursuant to Section 139 of the Act, read with the Companies (Audit and
Auditors) Rules, 2014, the Members of the Company in 37th Annual General
Meeting ("AGM") approved the appointment of M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells
LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Registration No. 117366W/W-100018) as the Statutory
Auditors of the Company for the period of 5 years, whose term of office will come to end
after conclusion of 42nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company. The
shareholder of the Company in its meeting held on 12th August, 2022, approved
the re-appointment of M/s Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI
Registration No. 117366W/W-100018) as the Statutory Auditor of the Company for a second
term of 5 consecutive years and who shall hold office up to the conclusion of the 42nd AGM
of the Company to be held in financial year 2027-2028. There are no qualifications,
reservation, adverse remark, observations, comments or disclaimer given by the Auditors in
their Report except mentioned below:
The audit trail has not been enabled in respect of changes for relevant
tables made by users with privileged access and audit trail has not been enabled at the
database level to log any direct data changes. Consequently, we are unable to validate
whether there were any instances of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
Management response:
Audit Trail as pointed out by the auditor?s audit trail feature
was available throughout the year except for direct changes in the relevant tables at
application level. Internal controls for the year 2024-25 were running effectively
throughout the year.
SECRETARIAL AUDITORS
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Act and the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company had
appointed M/s AKU & Associates (COP No. 17196), a proprietorship firm of Company
Secretary, as the Secretarial Auditor to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company for
the financial year 2024-25. The Company had received their written consent that the
appointment will be in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Act and rules
framed thereunder. The Secretarial Audit Report is self-explanatory and do not call for
any further comments. There are no qualifications, reservations, adverse remark,
observations, comments or disclaimer given by the Auditors in their Report except
mentioned below:
1. The Company, in adherence to the provisions of Sections 196,
197, 203, and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made
thereunder, along with the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) Rules, 2014, had duly approved the appointment of Mr. Hitoshi Fukagawa (DIN:
10611378) as Joint Managing Director of the Company. However, the statutory filing of
e-Form MR-2being the prescribed application to the Central Government (Ministry of
Corporate Affairs) for approval of such appointmentwas submitted/ filed beyond the
prescribed timeframe. Consequently, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) did not take
the said form on record. As per the records and information/explanation/justification
furnished before us by the company, to rectify this procedural lapse, the Company, has
initiated the necessary process and submitted an application for condonation of delay in
filing e-Form MR-2 concerning the appointment of Mr. Hitoshi Fukagawa as Joint Managing
Director to the Central Government (Ministry of Corporate Affairs).
2. There was an instance of a delayed submission under
Regulation 30 read with Schedule III of Securities and Exchange Board
of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 and Master
circular issued by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on November 11, 2024,
concerning the letter titled "Warning Letter" dated December 27, 2024 bearing
reference number NSE/LIST/COMP/ MUNJALSHOW/01/2024-2025. This letter, issued by the
National Stock Exchange of India Limited ("NSE"), advised the Listed
Entity/Company to refrain from incorporating PAN information in any disclosure/
announcements/ any other public document filed with the Exchange. Furthermore, the letter
instructed the Listed Entity to disseminate a copy of this letter on the Stock Exchanges
where they are listed. The aforementioned letter was subsequently intimated to the
exchanges on January 07, 2025.
3. The company?s adherence to the Secretarial Standards
prescribed by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) relating to the Board,
General and Committee Meeting (s) including the Notice, Agenda and maintenance of the
Minute Book for Board, General and Committee meeting(s) was observed to be satisfactory.
Management Response:
1. Form MR-2 has been filled with the MCA with a delay of 6 days due to
unavailability of auditor certificate on time and technical issues on the Ministry of
Corporate Affair website. As per The Companies Act, 2013, condonation of delay application
should be filled with the Ministry. Earlier there was form CG-1 which was available for
condonation of delay but now it?s not available on the website. The Company has
filled the condonation of delay application with the form MR-2 as well as in physical
form. This matter of condonation of delay is pending before the ministry for their
consideration.
2. The Company?s office remained non-operational from December 26,
2024, to January 01, 2025. The Company Secretary and Compliance Officer resumed duties on
January 07, 2025, and the intimation of aforementioned letter to the exchanges was duly
submitted on the first day of rejoining. As per Regulation 30 of SEBI LODR, 2015 the
company submitted this letter to the stock exchange in as soon as reasonable possible
time.
3. The Company has established adequate systems and processes to ensure
compliance with the applicable Secretarial Standards issued by the
Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), including those
relating to Board and General Meetings. These systems are operating effectively and are
periodically reviewed. The Company has, in general, complied with all applicable
Secretarial Standards. Further, the Company is committed to continually enhancing its
corporate governance practices and will duly implement the recommendations made by the
Secretarial Auditor in this regard.
The Report given by the Secretarial Auditor for the financial year
ended on March 31, 2025 is annexed as Annexure-D and forms an integral part
of Annual report.
Further, no fraud has been reported by the Auditors in terms of Section
143(12) of the Act during the financial year.
INTERNAL AUDITORS
M/s Vaish & Associates, Chartered Accountant perform the duties of
internal auditors of the Company and their performance and reports are reviewed by the
Audit Committee.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The details pursuant to Section 134(3)(m) of the Act read with Rule 8
of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 regarding Conservation of Energy, Technology
Absorption and Foreign Exchange earnings & outgo is annexed as Annexure-E
and forms an integral part of this report.
ANNUAL RETURN
In terms of provisions of Section 92(3), 134(3)(a) of the Act read with
Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, the copy of annual
return of the Company for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2025 has been placed on the
website of the company and the same can be accessed by the any person through below given
web-link. www.munjalshowa.net.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The statement of particulars of employees as per Section 197 of the Act
read with Rule 5 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014, for the year ended March 31, 2025 is annexed as Annexure-F and
forms an integral part of this report.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES
In terms of provisions of Section 135 of the Act and the Companies
(Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, the Corporate Social Responsibility
(hereinafter referred as CSR?) Committee has formulated a CSR Policy indicating
the activities to be undertaken by the Company. The constitution of CSR Committee is
disclosed in Corporate Governance Report which forms an integral part of Annual Report.
The CSR policy may be accessed on the Company?s website i.e.
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ CSR-POLICY.pdf As part of its
initiatives under CSR, the Company has undertaken projects in the areas of Education,
Health, Water and Sanitation. These projects are largely in accordance with Schedule VII
of the Act and CSR Policy of the Company. The annual report on CSR activities as required
under the Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 is set out as Annexure-G and
forms an integral part of this report.
Munjal Showa Limited considers Corporate Social Responsibility as an
integral part of its business activities and endeavors to utilize the allocated CSR budget
for the benefit of the society. The Company has incurred the CSR expenditure as follows:
Sl. No. Particular |
Amount (in Rs.) |
(i) Two percent of average net profit of the Company as per
section 135(5) |
41,35,453 |
(ii) Total amount spent for the financial year |
45,84,117 |
(iii) Excess/(Short) amount spent for the financial year
[(ii)-(i)] |
4,48,664 |
(iv) Surplus arising out of the CSR projects or programmes or
activities of the previous financial years, if any |
NIL |
(v) Amount available for set o_ in succeeding financial years
[(iii)-(iv)] * |
4,48,664 |
*The Company has spent excess of Rs. 4,48,664 for CSR
Expenses in the financial year 2024-25. In the Year 2024-25 the Company Adjusted Rs. 1,40,044
(excess expenditure done in FY 2022-23) against CSR Expenses liability of the said year.
Therefore,
Rs. 5,88,708 will be available for set off in succeeding financial
years.
For the subsequent years, the Company endeavors to spend the budgeted
CSR expenditure in accordance with the statutory requirements.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS
There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial
position of the Company that have occurred between the end of financial year and the date
of the report.
ENVIRONMENT COMPLIANCE
We believe that "waste is a precious resource kept in a wrong
place". We further believe that "there is no waste as per the law of the
nature". Hence from the solid waste like Iron & Steel from old scrap machines, we
are collecting the raw material and we are manufacturing "Lean and Low cost"
machines with a philosophy of Easy to run, Easy to maintain, Easy to clean and Zero
accident by meeting all the quality and productivity standard. Everything is done in-house
starting from design up to finishing the machine. This concept of reuse of metallic waste
is highly appreciated by CII, ACMA and international experts of our Japanese Collaborator.
By Regular training for workers and staff to prevent accident related to mechanical,
electrical, chemical, physiological, and psychological safety the Company has made
"Zero incidents" as acceptable standard. Hazard Identification and Risk
Assessment (HIRA) is our primary focus to mitigate and prevent the abnormalities. Because
of our dedicated and committed efforts in continual improvement of Safety, Health, and
Environment area, we had received two National Awards from Ministry of Labour and
Employment, Government of India for safety. The Company is a regular member of Haryana
Environment Management Society. The Company has started Green Vendor Development Programme
(GVDP) since 2009-10. The aim of the project is to conserve water and energy, minimize
generation of waste, terminate hazardous chemicals with non-hazardous chemicals, minimize
carbon footprint and generate pollution prevention awareness throughout the plant and to
achieve 100 percent legal compliance. The Company is rigorously improving to create a
better place for our next generation.
TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE
The Company has taken up the journey of Total Productive Maintenance
(TPM) with the help of JIPM (Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance) Japan and CII, TPM Club
India. Major objectives of TPM are to increase (PQCDSME) Productivity, to improve Quality,
to reduce Costs, to ensure in time Delivery, to increase Safety, to increase
profitability, to build Morale and to protect environment by formation of small cross
functional work groups and to improve overall Plant efficiency. The other objectives are
to procure and install maintenance free plant and machinery; and to achieve zero defects,
zero breakdown, zero losses and zero accidents. In nutshell, TPM is to identify 21 types
of Losses & converts them into Profit. We are able to reduce Repair & Maintenance
Cost and working very aggressively towards reduction in Inventory Loss.__ We have
achieved TPM Excellency Award "Category A" for Gurugram and Manesar Plants in
the years 2008 and 2010 respectively from Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance. We have
been awarded by JIPM TPM Excellence Consistency Award for both Gurugram & Manesar
Plants in the year 2013. Now we have started TPM Journey in our Haridwar Plant also &
we had TPM Kick-O_ Ceremony in November 2015.
LEAN TPM ACTIVITIES
We have clubbed TPM with lean manufacturing system. Through Lean we are
able to focus & control 8_ types of wastes. Now we are giving more focus on 3 M?s
Muda, Mura & Muri. Our Company has conducted Lean Manufacturing System (Value
Stream Mapping) Workshop through JMAC Japan. We have converted huge & complicated
machines by using TPM & Lean Concepts. These machines consume very less Electricity,
occupy less space, take very less inputs like consumables, manpower, tools, oils,
compressed air, less set-up time, less cycle time, etc. These machines are 10S Machines
(Safe, Simple, Small, Slim, Speed, Smart, Sturdy, Superb, Sushil & Sunder) and help us
in reducing Cost of manufacturing. As on date we have built & rebuild 1121 machines.
Low-Cost Automation is the need of hour. In this area we have achieved
great success in a very short span of time by manufacturing 16 numbers 2W Rod CNC machines
from manual to Automatic mode. Besides this Automation has been achieved in most of Damper
case & Bottom tube Welding process in all the 3 Plants. Many other machines in
different lines._ Resulting into Quality & Productivity improvements in many folds.
Another 7 major Projects are there in pipeline & very soon we will achieve them. We
are also working towards Introduction & implementation of Material Flow Cost
Accounting.
Major breakthrough achieved by in-house manufacturing of 23 SPM
Machines for Floating Piston Technology in Rear Cushion segment. Already Proto samples
submitted with Hitachi Astemo as well as Hero CIT. Will start SOP in Jan 2026. Also
achieved another breakthrough in developing 22 machines for Inverted Front Fork Technology
shock absorbers for the prime segment Motor-cycles.
Fully Automatic Valves counting & Dispensing Machine has been
developed In-house with a very high level of accuracy. This is another breakthrough
achievement besides this was the requirement of all the Customers.
ISO/TS 16949/LATF16949 ACCREDITATION
Your Company?s manufacturing facilities are located at Gurugram,
Haridwar and Manesar and we continue to maintain and uphold the prestigious ISO/TS
16949:2009, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001: 2007 (Occupational Health
& Safety Assessment Series) certifications from reputed leading
Indian and International Certification Institutions. Further your Company is now an
"ISO-45001" certified Company. This Certificate for Safety Management System is
approved by the International Standard Organization. This is an International Standard
that specifies requirements for an occupational health and safety (OH&S) management
system.
These certifications help in continuous improvements, besides emphasis
being laid on prevention of defects, reduction of waste, prevention of near misses and to
ensure maximized customer delight.
LISTING
The shares of your Company are listed on the National Stock
Exchange of India Limited (NSE) and BSE Limited
(BSE), and pursuant to Clause C (9)(d) of Schedule V of SEBI Listing
Regulations, the annual Listing fees for the year 2025-26 has been paid to them well
before the due date i.e. April 30, 2025. Annual Custody/Issuer fee for the year 2025-26
has been paid by the Company to the depositories viz. NSDL and CDSL.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Promoting Human Resources management is the strength of our Company and
over a period of time, we have changed our vision of employees from "Human Resources
Management" to "Human Capital Management".
Your Company believes that employees form the fulcrum of growth and
differentiation for the organization. The Company recognizes that people are its principal
assets and that its continued growth is dependent upon the Company?s ability to
attract and retain quality people. The total headcounts were 2088 at the end of the year
as compared to 2330 of the previous year. The Company encourages long-term commitment to
the Company by rewarding its people for the opportunities they create, and the value
generated for customers and shareholders. The Company conducts several employee engagement
and training Programmes to upgrade the skills of the workforce and generate specialist in
quality, maintenance and manufacturing. As desired by the Government of India we have
started NEEM Scheme and NAPS Scheme in order to enhance the technical skill level of our
unemployed youths. Many initiatives have been taken to support business through
organizational efficiency, process change support and various employee engagement
Programmes which have helped the organization achieve higher productivity levels. A
significant effort has also been undertaken to develop leadership as well as technical/
functional capabilities in order to meet future talent requirement.
BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company has a Risk Management Policy to identify, evaluate business
risks and opportunities. This framework seeks to create transparency, minimize adverse
impact on the business objectives and enhance the competitive advantage of the company.
The business risk framework defines the risk management approach across the enterprise at
various levels including documentation and reporting.
The Company regularly conducts a study to develop a comprehensive 360?
view on the opportunities, risks and threats to the business. These include areas such as
market trends, new competition, changing customer preferences, disruptions in supplies,
product development, talent management etc.
The Board has identified following risks: -
Intensifying Competition, Declining margins, Imposition of strict
environmental / safety / regulatory regulations, Increase in raw material/component
prices, Dependence on Collaborators, Over dependence on limited user segment base,
Economic downturn, Risk of natural or manmade disasters, Product liability / recall,
Single vendor dependence for critical components , Investment risks in expansion projects,
Sales Catering only to Domestic Market, Over Dependence on few customers base, Retention
& development of personnel and Inappropriate addressing of customer grievances. We
through qualitative products and brand image, import only in case of cost advantage,
regular improvement in productivity, controls over overhead and Labour cost through a
robust control of approvals, internal audit of environmental safety and regulatory
compliance, localization of components, insurance, TS 16949 certification, TPM
certification, regular development of alternate vendors where only single source,
capturing customer complaints and response to them, have effective risk mitigating plans.
The website link is given below: h t t p s : / / w w w . m u n j a l s
h o w a . n e t / w p - c o n t e n t / uploads/2021/06/Risk-Management-Policy.pdf
VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
The Company has established a vigil mechanism for the Directors and
Employees of the Company by adopting the Whistle Blower Policy to report about the genuine
concerns, unethical behaviour, fraud or violation of Company?s Code of Conduct. Your
Company hereby afirms that no Director/ Employee of the Company have been denied access to
the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. The details of the Whistle Blower Policy are
explained in the Corporate Governance Report which form an integral part of this Report
and is also posted on the website of the Company.
The website link is given below:
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ VIGIL-MECHANISM-POLICY.pdf
RECOMMENDATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
During the year, all the recommendations made by the Audit Committee
were accepted by the Board.
CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS
There is no change in the nature of the business of the Company during
the Financial Year 2024-25.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL?S
During the financial year 2024-25, following changes took place in the
composition of Board of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel of the company: 1. The
Board of Director, on recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and
approval by members of the Company through postal ballot (Remote E-voting) dated March 16,
2024 (being the last date of Remote E-voting), approved the appointment of Dr. Neetika
Batra (DIN: 10219725) as a Non-Executive Independent Women Director of the Company w.e.f.
April 01, 2024 to hold office for a term of five consecutive years, i.e. up to March 31,
2029, not liable to retire by rotation.
2. Mrs. Charu Munjal (DIN: 03094545) resigned as Director
(Non-Executive) of the Company effective as of the close of business hours on May 29,
2024.
3. The Board of Director, on recommendation of the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee and subject to approval by members of the Company in ensuing Annual
General Meeting ("AGM") and Central Government, approved the appointment of Mr.
Hitoshi Fukagawa (DIN: 10611378) who was appointed by the Board as Additional Director
(Executive Director) on May 29, 2024 and as the Joint Managing Director of the Company,
w.e.f. May 29, 2024 to hold office for a term of five consecutive years, i.e. up to May
28, 2029, liable to retire by rotation on such terms of employment as agreed between the
Company.
In accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 not less
than 2/3rd (Two-third) of the total number of Directors (other than Independent Directors)
shall be liable to retire by rotation. Accordingly, pursuant to the Act read with the
Articles of Association of the Company, Mr. Yogesh Chander Munjal, Executive Director and
Mr. Hitoshi Fukagawa, Executive Director are liable to retire by rotation at the ensuing
40th AGM and being eligible they have offered themselves for re-appointment.
During the year under review, apart from the above-stated facts, there
is no change in the composition of Board of Directors. Further, there was no change in the
office of the Key Managerial Personnel of the company except as mentioned above.
Pursuant to the provisions of the SEBI Listing Regulations and the Act,
the profiles of all the Directors, seeking appointment/re-appointment at the ensuing AGM,
have been provided in the Notice of 40th AGM of the Company. All Independent
Directors have given individual declarations that they meet the criteria of independence
as laid down under Section 149(6) of the Act and Listing Regulations. All the Independent
Directors have registered themselves under data bank of Independent Directors created and
maintained by Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.
With regard to integrity, expertise and experience (including the
pro_ciency) of the Independent Directors, the Board of Directors is of the opinion that
all the Independent Directors are persons of integrity and possess relevant expertise and
experience and their continued association as Directors will be of immense benefit and in
the best interest of the Company.
All Directors of the Company have also given declarations that they are
not debarred from holding the office of Director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other
such statutory authority as required under the Circular dated 20th June, 2018
issued by BSE Limited and National Stock Exchange of India Limited.
The Company appreciates the dedicated and valuable guidance given by
all the Directors of the Company.
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
The Company has several Committees which have been established in
compliance with the requirement of the relevant provisions of applicable laws and
statutes. As on March 31, 2025, the Board has five committees: The Audit Committee,
Nomination and Remuneration
Committee, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Share
Transfer/Stakeholders Relationship Committee and Risk Management Committee. A detailed
note on the composition of the Board and its committees is provided in the Corporate
Governance Report, which forms an integral part of the Board Report.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, JOINT VENTURES OR ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
During the year under review, the Company is not having any subsidiary,
joint venture, Associate Company. Further, no Company became or ceased to be a
Subsidiary/Joint Venture/Associate of the Company.
BOARD EVALUATION
Pursuant to the provisions of the Act and Listing Regulations, the
Board in consultation with Nomination and Remuneration Committee has carried out an annual
performance evaluation of its own, the Directors individually as well as its various
committees and the Chairman on the criteria as recommended by the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee of the Company. The manner in which the formal annual evaluation
has been carried out has been explained in the Corporate Governance Report, which forms an
integral part of this report. The performance evaluation was found satisfactory.
NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY AND REMUNERATION TO THE DIRECTORS
The Board on the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration
Committee has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Senior
Management Personnel including Key Management Personnel and afixing their remuneration.
The salient features of the Nomination and Remuneration Policy are mentioned below:
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy of the Company is designed to
attract, motivate, improve productivity and retain manpower by creating a congenial work
environment, encouraging initiatives, personal growth, team work and inculcating a sense
of belongingness and involvement, besides offering appropriate remuneration packages and
superannuation benefits.
The Committee shall comprise at least three (3) Directors, all of whom
shall be non-executive Directors and at least two-third shall be Independent.
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee shall meet at least once in a
financial year.
Quorum of the meeting shall be either two members or one-third of the
members of the committee, whichever is greater, including at least one independent
director in attendance.
The Role of the Committee includes: Periodically reviewing the size and
composition of the Board to have an appropriate mix of executive and independent Directors
to maintain its independence and separate its functions of governance and management and
to ensure that it is structured to make appropriate decisions, with a variety of
perspectives and skills, in the best interests of the Company;
Formulate the criteria for determining qualifications, positive
attributes and independence of a Director and recommend to the Board, relating to the
remuneration for the Director, key managerial personnel and other employees.
Establishing and reviewing Board, KMP and Senior Management succession
plans in order to ensure and maintain an appropriate balance of skills, experience and
expertise on the Board and Senior Management.
The Board as per the criteria approved by the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee shall carry out evaluation of performance of its own, its
committees, and individual Directors and the Chairman.
The Nomination and Remuneration Policy is available on the website of
the Company at: https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ NRC-POLICY.pdf The
details of remuneration under Section 197 of the Act paid to Directors are given in point
No. IV of Corporate Governance Report which forms an integral part of this Report.
BOARD DIVERSITY POLICY
The Company recognizes and embraces the importance of a diverse Board
in its success. We believe that a truly diverse board will leverage differences in
thought, perspective, knowledge, skill, regional and industry experience, cultural and
geographical background, age, ethnicity, race and gender, which will help us, retain our
competitive advantage. The Board has adopted the Board Diversity Policy which sets out the
approach to diversity of the Board of Directors. The Board Diversity Policy is available
on our website at: h t t p s : / / w w w . m u n j a l s h o w a . n e t / w p - c o n t e
n t / uploads/2016/02/Boards-Diversity-Policy.pdf
MEETINGS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A calendar of Meetings is prepared and circulated in advance to the
Directors. During the financial year, four (4) Board Meetings were convened and held on
May 29, 2024, August 12, 2024, November 11, 2024, and February 06, 2025. The details of
Board and Committee Meetings and Board members and Committee members who have attended the
meetings are given in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Report.
DIRECTORS? RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Your Directors make the following statement in terms of Section
134(3)(c) & (5) of the Act, which is to the best of their knowledge and belief and
according to the information and explanations obtained by them: a. In the preparation of
the annual accounts for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2025, the applicable accounting
standards had been followed and no material departures were made from the same; b.
Appropriate accounting policies have been selected and applied 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 at the end financial year ended March 31, 2025 and
of the profits of your Company for that period; c. Proper and sufficient care has been
taken for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions
of the Act, for safeguarding the assets of your Company and for preventing and detecting
fraud and other irregularities; d. The annual accounts have been prepared on a going
concern basis; e. They have laid down Internal Financial Controls to be followed by the
Company and that such Internal Financial Controls are adequate and were operating
effectively; and f. They have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the
provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating
effectively.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
During the year under review, all transactions entered by the Company
with Related Parties as defined under the Act and Listing Regulations were in the ordinary
course of business and on an arm?s length pricing basis and do not attract the
provisions of Section 188 of the Act. Hence, the requirement of Form AOC-2 as required
under Section 188(1) of the Act is not applicable to the Company. The Company has not
entered into any material related party transactions, i.e., transactions exceeding 10% of
the annual consolidated turnover or Rs. 1000 Crore, whichever is lower, as per the last
audited financial statements.
All transactions with related parties were periodically placed before
Audit Committee and committee has also given omnibus approval for repetitive and foreseen
transactions. The Board and Audit Committee also noted these related party transactions on
a quarterly basis. The details of related party transactions are given in Note No. 33 of
Audited Financial Statements. The Related Party Transactions Policy is available on the
website of the Company at: https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/
RELATED-PARTY-TRANSACTIONS-POLICY.pdf
MAINTAINANCE OF COST RECORDS
The provisions of Section 148 of the Act is not applicable to the
Company so the Company is not required to maintain cost records under the aforesaid
section.
INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND THEIR ADEQUACY
The Company has a comprehensive system of internal control to safeguard
the Company?s assets against any loss from unauthorized use and ensure proper
authorization of financial transactions.
The Company has internal control systems commensurate with the size and
nature of the business and has experienced personnel positioned adequately in the
organization to ensure internal control processes and compliances. The Company takes
abundant care in designing, reviewing and monitoring regularly the working of internal
control systems and their compliances for all important financial internal control
processes. The Audit findings are reported on a quarterly basis to the Audit Committee of
the Board headed by a Non-Executive Independent Director.
The Company has robust ERP systems based on SAP platform. This ensures
high degree of systems-based checks and controls.
The Company maintains a system of internal controls designed to provide
a high degree of assurance regarding the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, the
reliability of financial controls and compliance with laws and regulations.
The Act has introduced under Section 143(3)(i) stating that the
statutory auditors of the Company shall include in his audit report whether the Company
has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness
of such controls in addition to the reporting by Board of Directors in director?s
responsibility statement. The concept of reporting on internal financial controls is still
new in India. This new reporting requirement has thrown up many challenges. The Company
has developed the internal financial control processes and that was vetted by the internal
auditors during the year. The same has also been verified by the statutory auditors and
who have reported that all the material Internal financial controls exist during the
financial year 2024-25.
The Company has developed a compliance tool for the purpose of legal
compliance of all the applicable Acts to the Company.
COMPLIANCE OF THE SECRETARIAL STANDARDS
The Directors have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the
provisions of all applicable Secretarial Standards on Board and General meetings issued by
the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and that such systems are adequate and
operating effectively. The board has complied all the secretarial standard applicable on
the Company.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS
The Management Discussion & Analysis Report for the year under
review as stipulated under Regulation 34 of the Listing Regulations is presented in a
separate section forming part of this Annual Report.
GENERAL
Your Directors 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:
1. Details relating to deposits covered under Chapter V of the Act
The Company did not invite/accept any deposit within the meaning of Chapter V of
the Act, and the rules made thereunder.
2. No significant or material orders were passed by the Regulators or
Courts or Tribunals which impact the going concern status and Company?s operations in
future.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION &
REDRESSAL), ACT, 2013
The Company has in place a Policy on prevention of Sexual Harassment at
workplace in line with the requirements of The Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013. 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.
Your Directors further state that during the year under review, no
complaints were received or pending pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
Various workshops and awareness Programmes w.r.t., prevention of sexual
harassment has been carried out during the F.Y. 2024-25.
PROCEEDING UNDER INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016
The Company has not made any application or any proceeding pending
under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016) ("IBC Code") during
the year. Further, at the end of the year, Company does not have any proceedings related
to IBC Code.
THE DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AMOUNT OF THE VALUATION DONE AT THE
TIME OF ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND THE VALUATION DONE WHILE TAKING LOAN FROM THE BANKS OR
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ALONG WITH THE REASONS THEREOF
During the year under review, the Company has not made one-time
settlement therefore, the same is not applicable.
POLICIES
We seek to promote and follow the highest level of ethical standards in
all our business transactions guided by our value system. The SEBI Listing Regulations
mandated the formulation of certain policies for all listed companies. All our corporate
governance policies are available on website of the company i.e. www.munjalshowa.net
Policy |
Web-link |
Policy for Determination of Materiality |
of
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/POLICY-ON- |
Information or Events |
DETERMINATION-OF-MATERIALITY-OF-INFORMATION-OR-EVENT.pdf |
Boards Diversity Policy |
https://www.munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Boards-
Diversity-Policy.pdf |
Corporate Social Responsibility Policy |
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CSR-POLICY.pdf |
Vigil Mechanism / Whistle Blower Policy |
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/VIGIL-
MECHANISM-POLICY.pdf |
Nomination and Remuneration Policy |
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/VIGIL-
MECHANISM-POLICY.pdf |
Records and Archives Management Policy |
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RECORD-AND-
ARCHIVES-MANAGEMENT-POLICY.pdf |
Related Party Transaction Policy |
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/RELATED-PARTY-
TRANSACTIONS-POLICY.pdf |
Code of Conduct for Regulating, Monitoring
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CODE-OF- and Reporting of Trading by
Designated CONDUCT.pdf |
|
Persons |
|
Code of Conduct for Directors and Senior
https://www.munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Code-of- |
|
Management Personnel |
conduct.pdf |
Policy on prevention of Sexual Harassment at
https://munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/POSH-POLICY.pdf workplace |
|
Quality Policy |
https://www.munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Quality-
Policy.pdf |
Occupational Health and Safety Policy |
https://www.munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/
Occupational-Health-and-Safety-Policy.pdf |
Environment Policy |
https://www.munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/
Environment-Policy.pdf |
Risk Management Policy |
https://www.munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Risk-
Management-Policy.pdf |
Dividend Distribution Policy |
https://www.munjalshowa.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Dividend-
Distribution-Policy.pdf |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors place on record their appreciation of the co-operation
and support extended to the Company by Government of India, State Governments of Haryana
and Uttarakhand, other local authorities, bankers, suppliers, customers and other
stakeholders whose continued support has been a source of strength to the Company. The
continued dedication and sense of commitment shown by the employees at all levels during
the year deserve special mention.
The Directors also place on record their appreciation for the valuable
assistance and guidance extended to the Company by Astemo Ltd., (earlier Hitachi Astemo
Limited) Japan and for the encouragement and assurance, which our collaborator has
provided from time to time for the growth and development of the Company. The Directors
also take this opportunity to express their deep gratitude for the continued co-operation
and support received from its valued shareholders.