To,
The Members,
Procal Electronics India Limited
Your Directors have pleasure in presenting their 31st Directors Report on the business
and operations of the Company and the accounts for the Financial Year ended March 31st,
2024.
1. Financial summary or highlights/Performance of the Company
The Company's financial performance for the year under review along with previous
year's Figures are given hereunder;
Particulars |
2023-2024 |
2022-2023 |
Gross Income |
|
- |
Profit Before Interest and Depreciation |
(5,15,932) |
(5,40,020) |
Finance Charges |
|
- |
Provision for Depreciation |
- |
57,897 |
Net Profit Before Tax |
(5,15,932) |
(5,40,020) |
Provision for Tax |
- |
- |
Net Profit After Tax |
(5,15,932) |
(5,40,020) |
2. Brief description of the Company's working during the year under review
During the year, your company had not carried any business.
3. Change in the nature of business, if any
During the year, your company had neither changed any nature of business nor changed
any nature of business.
4. Dividend
Due to non-availability of surplus profit, your company had not declared any dividend
during the year under review.
5. Reserves & Surplus
Your company had transferred the losses amounting to Rs. (5,15,932)/- to reserves and
surplus in the Balance Sheet during the year under review.
6. Change of Name
Your company had not changed its name during the year under review.
7. Share Capital
Your company had neither increased its authorized capital nor made any allotment during
the year under review.
i. Buy back of securities
The Company has not bought back any of its securities during the year under review.
ii. Sweat Equity Shares
The company has not issued any Sweat Equity shares during the year under review.
iii. Bonus Shares
The company has not issued any Bonus shares during the year under review.
iv. Employee Stock Option Scheme
The company has not provided any stock option scheme to its employees during the
yearunder review.
8. Directors and Key Managerial Personnel
The company has not change the Directors and key Managerial Personnel during the year.
The Board is constituted as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. The Board at
present comprises of:
S. No. |
Name of Director |
Designation |
1 |
Mahendrakumar Bothra |
Managing Director |
2 |
Renu Bothra |
Women Director |
3 |
Dharmendra Sharma |
Independent Director |
4 |
Pradeep Kumar Kothari |
Independent Director |
9. Corporate Governance and Management discussion and analysis'
Corporate Governance not applicable to the company as per Regulation 15(2)(a) of SEBI
LODR, 2015, as per the Guideline and direction of the SEBI & Stock Exchange
accordingly the company has been adhering to the directions and guideline, as required and
if applicable on the company's size and type (as per the Regulations and rules the
Corporate Governance is not applicable) along with Management Discussion and Analysis in
all material aspects.
Management Discussion and Analysis, forms part of this report as Annexure
"A".
10. Audit Committee
There were 4 meetings of the Audit Committee during the Financial Year 2023-24.
Committee Constitution is as follows:
Name of Director |
Designation |
Nature of Directorship |
Pradeep Kothari |
Chairman |
Independent Director |
Dharmendra Sharma |
Member |
Independent Director |
Renu Bothra |
Member |
Women Director |
During the year, 4 (Four) Audit Committee meetings were dated 30/05/2023,
14/08/2023,10/11/2023 and 13/02/2024 properly convened & held.
11. Policy on Director's appointment and remuneration and other details
The Board has framed a policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Senior
Management and their remuneration. The details of this Policy are given in this Report.
12. Risk Management
The Board of the Company has formed a risk management committee to frame, implement and
monitor the risk management plan for the Company. The committee is responsible for
reviewing the risk management plan and ensuring its effectiveness. The audit committee has
additional oversight in the area of financial risks and controls. Major risks identified
by the businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on
a continuing basis. The development and implementation of risk management policy has been
covered in the management discussion and analysis, which forms part of this report.
13. Nomination & Remuneration Committee
There were 2 meetings of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee during the
Financial Year 2023-24. Committee Constitution is as follows:
Name of Director |
Designation |
Nature of Directorship |
Pradeep Kothari |
Chairman |
Independent Director |
Dharmendra Sharma |
Member |
Independent Director |
Mahendra Kumar Bothra |
Member |
Women Director |
During the year, 2 (Two) Nomination & Remuneration Committee meetings were held
dated 14/08/2023 and 10/11/2023 properly convened & held.
14. Stakeholders' Relationship Committee
There was 1 meeting of the Stakeholder's Relationship Committee during the Financial
Year 2023-24. Committee Constitution is as follows:
Name of Director |
Designation |
Nature of Directorship |
Pradeep Kothari |
Chairman |
Independent Director |
Dharmendra Sharma |
Member |
Independent Director |
Renu Bothra |
Member |
Women Director |
During the year, 1 (Four) Stakeholder's Relationship Committee meetings was held dated,
13/02/2024 properly convened & held.
15. Particulars of Employees
The provisions of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014, statement of particulars of employees is not applicable to your company
during the year under review.
16. Meetings
A notice of Meeting is prepared and circulated in advance to the Directors. During the
year 5 Board Meetings were held.
During the year, 4 (Five) Board Meetings were held dated 30/05/2023, 14/08/2023,
10/11/2023, 13/02/2024 properly convened & held.
17. Board Evaluation
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board has carried out an
annual performance evaluation of its own performance, the directors individually as well
as the evaluation of the working of its Audit, Nomination & Remuneration and other
Committees.
A structured questionnaire was prepared after taking into consideration inputs received
from the Directors, covering various aspects of the Board's functioning such as adequacy
of the composition of the Board and its Committees, Board culture, execution and
performance of specific duties, obligations and governance.
18. Declaration by an Independent Directors and their meeting
The declarations by Independent Directors that they meet the criteria of independence
as provided in subsection (6) of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 are taken by the
company.
Independent Directors' Meeting
During the year under review, the Independent Directors met on 14/02/2024, inter alia,
to discuss:
Evaluation of the performance of Non-independent Directors and the Board of
Directors as a whole.
Evaluation of the performance of the chairman of the Company, taking into
account the views of the Executive and Non-executive directors.
Evaluation of the quality, content and timelines of flow of information between
the Management and the Board that is necessary for the Board to effectively and reasonably
perform its duties.
All the Independent Directors were present at the Meeting.
19. Details of Subsidiary/Joint Ventures/Associate Companies
Your company neither has subsidiary and/or associate companies nor has your company
entered into any joint venture during the year under review.
20. Auditors:
M/s. PAMS and Associates. (FRN: 316079E) as a Statutory Auditor of the company has
audited the financials of the company for the financial year 2023-24.
21. Auditors' Report
The Auditor's Report is self-explanatory with all the disclosures wherever required.
TheDirectors here need not require any clarifications as the company is not in operations
since last few years, except pending statutory dues, there are no further penalties except
that of due to few delays and non fulfilment of statutory SEBI requirement as
unavailability of funds and non-appointment of Company Secretary in the company.
22. Disclosure about Cost Audit
As per the Cost Audit Orders in pursuance to section 148 and all other applicable
provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, Cost Audit is not applicable to the Company during
the year under review.
23. Secretarial Audit Report
In terms of Section 204 of the Act and Rules made there under, M/s. Abhilasha Chaudhary
& Associates, Practicing Company Secretary have been appointed as Secretarial Auditor
of the Company for the year 2023-2024. The report of the Secretarial Auditors is enclosed
as Annexure"B" to this report.
The Auditor has made qualifications and marked adversely in their report the Directors
comment on qualifications and remarks as follows:
(a) As the company is a Listed Company on BSE Ltd. however the present status of the
Company on BSE Ltd. is suspended due to non-compliances, and the company has also not paid
the Annual Listing fees to the BSE Ltd. and this is the non-compliance of Regulation 14 of
SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015.
The Directors comment on qualifications and remarks in non- payment of annual listing
fees, due to in-operative business and continuous losses in the company therefore
company was unable to make payment of annual listing fees.
(b) The website of the Company is not functional.
The Directors comment on qualifications and remarks in Non-functional of website,
inoperative business and continuous losses in the company, it was not possible to maintain
functional website.
(c) The Company has not appointed the Whole time Company Secretary cum Compliance
officer and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in non-compliance of Section 203 of Companies
Act, 2013 and Regulation 6(1) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing
Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
The Directors comment on qualifications and remarks in non-appointment of company
secretary and CFO, due to in-operative business and continuous losses in the company; it
was unable to appoint Company Secretary and CFO in the company.
(d) The Company has not file form INC-22A as per Companies Act, 2013 and status of
company is Active Non-Compliant on the MCA website.
The Directors comment on qualifications and remarks in non filling of Form INC-22A And
MGT-14, due to there was no Company Secretary and proper staff in the Company. For this
reason, the Company is marked as Active Non- Compliant on the MCA Portal as the Form
INC-22A and MGT-14 could not be filed by the company.
The Directors comment on other points of qualifications and remarks in respect due to
in-operative business and continuous losses in the company, penalties and fines were
remained unpaid and adequate systems were unable to be in place to monitor and ensure
compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.
24. Internal Audit & Controls
Due to in-operative business and continuous losses in the company, the management was
unable to appoint internal auditors during the year. However, the management assures that
the internal auditors will be appointed at the earliest.
25. Vigil Mechanism:
In pursuant to the provisions of section 177(9) & (10) of the Companies Act, 2013,
a VigilMechanism for directors and employees to report genuine concerns has been
established.
26. Constitution of Committee - Sexual Harassment
The provisions of Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal act, 2013 relating to
constitution of a sexual harassment committee are not applicable to the Company.
27. Extract of Annual Return
As required pursuant to section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and rule 12(1) of the
Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, an extract of annual return in MGT
9 as a part of this Annual Report as Annexure "C".
28. Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the
company which have occurred between the end of the financial year of the company to which
the financial statements relate and the date of the report
No such changes occurred subsequent to the close of the financial year of the Company
to which the balance sheet relates and the date of the report like settlement of tax
liabilities, operation of patent rights, depression in market value of investments,
institution of cases by or against the company, sale or purchase of capital assets or
destruction of any assets etc.
The great Global impact of Corona Virus have forced the management to delay its reports
as the directors' meeting could not be held in its due time. This would be taken care of
in future to avoidsuch delays.
29. Conservation of energy, technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and
outgo. The details of conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange
earnings and outgo are as follows:
A) Conservation of energy:
Particulars in respect of conservation of energy are NIL.
(B) Technology absorption:
Particulars in respect of conservation of energy are NIL.
(C) Foreign exchange earnings and Outgo:
The Foreign Exchange earned in terms of actual inflows was NIL during the year andthe
Foreign Exchange outgo was NIL during the year in terms of actual outflows.
30. Details of significant and material orders passed by the regulators or courts or
tribunals impacting the going concern status and company's operations in future
No such orders were passed against the company by any regulators, courts and/or
tribunals impacting the going concern status and company's operations in future during the
year under review, except amount of Rs. 2,36,160/- is not paid to Income Tax Authorities,
Central Excise Tribunal, Mumbai levied a penalty of Rs. 1,65,20,069 which is still unpaid
and the company has defaulted in payment of dues amounting of Rs. 4,45,60,127 to Canara
Bank and Rs. 7,35,38,115 to Gujarat State Financial Corporation and penalties by SEBI for
non-compliance of Reg 6(1) of SEBI LODR for non-appointment of a Company Secretary as a
compliance officer in the company and various non-compliances under SEBI LODR, 2015 during
the period.
Deposits
Your company had not accepted any deposits during the year under review.
31. Particulars of loans, guarantees or investments under section 186 Details of Loans:
SL No |
Date of makin g Loan |
Details of Borrower |
Amoun t |
Purpose for which the loan is to be utilized by the recipient |
Time period For which it is given |
Date of BR |
Date of SR (if reqd) |
Rate of Interest |
Security |
1. |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
Details of Investments: -
SL No |
Date of investment |
Details of Investee |
Amount (in rs.) |
Purpose for which the proceeds from investment is proposed to be utilized by the
recipient |
Date of BR |
Date of SR (ifreqd) |
Expect ed rate of return |
1. |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
Details of Guarantee / Security Provided:
SL No |
Date of providing security/guar Antee |
Details of recipient |
Amount |
Purpose for which The security/ guarantee is proposed to be utilized by the recipient |
Date of BR |
Date of SR (if any) |
Commission |
1. |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
NIL |
32. DETAILS OF APPLICATION MADE OR PROCEEDING PENDING UNDER INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY
CODE 2016:
During the year under review, there were no applications made or proceeding pending in
the name of the company under the Insolvency Bankruptcy Code, 2016.
33. DETAILS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VALUATION AMOUNT ON ONE TIME SETTLEMENT AND VALUATION
WHILE AVAILING LOAN FROM BANKS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS:
During the year under review, there has no one-time settlement of Loans taken from
Banks and Financial Institutions.
34. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Your Directors wish to place on record their appreciation and sincere thanks to the
State Governments, Government agencies, Banks & Financial Institutions, customers,
shareholders, vendors and other related organizations, who through their continued support
and co-operation have helped, as partners in your Company's progress. Your Directors, also
acknowledge the hard work, dedication and commitment of the employees.
By Order of the Board of Directors |
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For Procal Electronics india Limited |
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Sd/- |
Sd/- |
Pradeep Kumar Kothari |
Mahendrakumar Bothra |
Director DIN: 01963758 |
Chairman & Managing Director |
Date: 13/08/2024 |
DIN: 01103297 |
Place: Mumbai |
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Registered Office: |
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201, Shyam Baba House CHS. LTD., |
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Upper Govind Nagar, Malad (E), |
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MUMBAI-400097 |
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E-mail: procalelectronics@gmail.com |
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Tel: 022-9820035565 |
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