Your Directors are pleased to present herewith the 36th Annual Report
of the Company alongwith the Audited Financial Statements for the Financial Year ended
March 31, 2025 and Auditors' Report thereon. The PDF version of the Report is also
available on the Company's website
(https://ilshospitals.com/share-holder-information/#Financials).
1. FINANCIAL SUMMARY
H In lakh, except per share data
The Company's financial performance for the year ended March 31, 2025
is summarised below:
(H 1 lakh equals Rs. 100,000)
Particulars |
Standalone |
|
2024- 25 |
2023-24 |
Income |
|
|
Revenue from Operations |
40,709.14 |
40,019.30 |
Total Income |
41,558.57 |
40,548.44 |
Total Expenditure Before Interest, Tax and
Depreciation |
32,373.86 |
31,235.41 |
Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation
and Amortization |
9,184.71 |
9,313.03 |
Less: Interest and Depreciation |
2,250.15 |
2,508.69 |
Profit before Tax for the year |
6,934.56 |
6,804.34 |
Less: Income Tax for the year |
1,942.39 |
2,027.44 |
Profit for the year |
4,992.17 |
4,776.90 |
Add: Other comprehensive Income |
-4.77 |
1.60 |
Net Profit/(Loss) for the year |
4,987.40 |
4,778.50 |
Earnings per Share Basic and Diluted |
6.08 |
5.96 |
2. PERFORMANCE OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2024-25
During the financial year 2024-25, the Company recorded revenue from
operations of Rs. 40,709.14 lakh, a growth of 1.72 % over the previous year's revenue
of Rs. 40,019.30 lakh. The Company's EBITDA from operations stood at Rs. 9,184.71
lakh against that of Rs. 9,313.03 lakh in previous year i.e. a decline of 1.38 %. The
Profit Before Tax grew by 1.91% to Rs. 6,934.56 lakh for the current year as compared to
Rs. 6,804.34 lakh for the previous year. Similarly, Profit After Tax grew by 4.51% to Rs.
4,992.17 lakh for the current year compared to Rs. 4,776.90 lakh for the previous year.
This was the highest year Profit After Tax in the history of the Company.
3. BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY
The Company is engaged in the Healthcare Services i.e running of
hospitals and providing medical services. The Company operates a chain of mid-sized full
service hospitals under the brand name of "ILS Hospitals" and provide integrated
healthcare services, with a focus on secondary and tertiary care. As of March 31, 2025, we
operated four multispecialty hospitals with a total capacity of 561 beds. As on the date
of this report we are presently operating five multispecialty hospitals in Dum Dum, Salt
Lake and Howrah in West Bengal, Agartala in Tripura and Raipur in Chhattisgarh with a
total capacity of 719 beds. The Company has commissioned its greenfield quaternary care
hospital in Raipur, Chhattisgarh commissioned on May 11, 2025.
4. 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
Other than stated elsewhere in this report, there are no material
changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company between the end of
the financial year and the date of this report.
5. STATE OF AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY AND FUTURE OUTLOOK
The Company is exploring various options viz. greenfield, acquisitions
to enhance its bed capacity to 1,000 beds in the next 2-3 years to establish itself as a
preferred healthcare provider in the eastern part of the country. Detailed state of
Company's affair and future outlook is also discussed in the Management Discussion
& Analysis Report forming part of this Annual Report.
6. DIVIDEND
The Board of Directors declared an Interim Dividend of Rs. 1.00 per
share i.e. 10% on November 14, 2024. Further, the Board of Directors have pleased to
recommend final dividend of Rs. 1.50 per share i.e. 15% on May 23, 2025, thus, the
aggregate of total dividend is Rs. 2.50 per share i.e. 25% and the total payout will be
Rs. 2,051.37 lakh for the Financial Year 2024-25 in the following manner:
Particulars |
Dividend Per Share of J 10 each |
Date of declaration / recommendation of
Dividend |
Cash outflow (Rs. in lakh) |
1st Interim Dividend |
Rs. 1.00 |
November 14, 2024 |
820.55 |
Final Dividend |
Rs. 1.50 |
May 23, 2025 (subject of Shareholder approval
in the ensuing 36th Annual General Meeting) |
1,230.82 |
Total |
Rs. 2.50 |
|
Rs. 2,051.37 |
The dividend pay-out is in accordance with the Company's Dividend
Distribution Policy and the same is available on the Company's website at
https://ilshospitals.com/share-holder-information/#CorporatePolicies As per the prevailing
provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the dividend, if approved, will be taxable in the
hands of the shareholders at the applicable rates. The details of the same are available
in the Notice of Annual General Meeting.
7. TRANSFER TO RESERVES
The Company has not transferred any amount to the Reserves during the
financial year ended March 31, 2025.
8. DEPOSITS
During the year under review, the Company has not accepted any deposit
within the meaning of Sections 73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the
Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s) or
re-enactment(s) thereof for the time being in force).
9. LISTING OF SHARES
The equity shares of the Company are listed on BSE Limited and National
Stock Exchange of India Limited as per the following details:
BSE Limited |
National Stock Exchange of
India Limited |
Phiroze Jeejeebhoy |
Exchange Plaza, Plot no. C/1, G |
Towers, |
Block, |
Dalal Street |
Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), |
Mumbai 400001 |
Mumbai - 400 051 |
Scrip Code: 544131 |
Scrip Symbol: GPTHEALTH |
10. CHANGE IN SHARE CAPITAL
There were no changes in the share capital of the Company during the
year under review.
11. CHANGE IN THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS:
During the year under review, there was no change in the nature of
business of the Company.
12. CREDIT RATING
The long term and short term credit facilities are rated by CRISIL and
the present rating of the Company is CRISIL A-/Stable (Reaffirmed) - Long Term Rating and
CRISIL A2+ (Reaffirmed)-Short Term Rating reaffirmed on July 29, 2024.
13. FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The Annual Report of the Company, containing therein its standalone
financial statement along with audit report is available for inspection by the Members at
the Registered Office of the Company during working hours on working days, Shareholders
interested in obtaining a copy of the audited financial statement may write to the Company
Secretary and Compliance Officer at the registered email id of the Company.
Since the Company has no subsidiary or associate, the Company is not
required to prepare consolidated financial statement.
14. SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES
The Company does not have any Subsidiary, Joint Venture or Associate
Companies.
15. DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
Pursuant to Section 134(3)(c) and 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013,
the Board of Directors, to the best of their knowledge and belief, states that:
a) in the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March
31, 2025, the applicable accounting standards read with requirements set out under
Schedule III to the Act, had been followed and there are no material departures from the
same;
b) it 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, 2025 and of the profit of
the Company for the year ended on that date;
c) it had 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) it had prepared the annual accounts of your Company for the
Financial Year ended March 31, 2025 on a going concern' basis;
e) it had 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) it had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions
of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
16. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company is committed to maintain the highest standards of corporate
governance and adhere to the corporate governance requirements set out under the
provisions of the Act and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements)
Regulations, 2015 ("Listing Regulations"). In terms of Regulation 34 of the
Listing Regulations, a Report on Corporate Governance along with a Certificate issued by
Practicing Company Secretary, confirming compliance with the requirements of Corporate
Governance, forms a part of the Annual Report. In order to evidence highest corporate
governance standards, the Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee
consists entirely of independent directors.
17. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
The Management Discussion and Analysis report, capturing your
Company's performance, industry trends and other material changes with respect to
your Company is presented in a separate section forming part of the Annual Report. The
Report provides a consolidated perspective of economic, social and environmental aspects
material to our strategy and ability to create and sustain value to our key stakeholders
and includes aspects of reporting as required by Regulation 34(2)(e) read with Schedule V
of the Listing Regulations.
18. BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company has laid down procedures to inform Board members about the
risk assessment and minimization procedures. The Company's management systems,
organizational structures, processes, standards, code of conduct, Internal Control and
Internal audit methodologies and processes that governs as to how the Company conducts its
business and manages associated risks. The Company also has in place a Risk Management
Policy to identify and assess the key risk areas. The Member of Audit Committee monitors
and reviews the implementation of various aspects of the Risk Management Policy. Major
risks identified by the Company are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on
a continuous basis. The Company has also adopted Risk Assessment, Minimization and Control
Procedures. At present no particular risk whose adverse impact may threaten the existence
of the Company is visualized.
The Risk Management Policy of the Company may be accessed at the link
https://ilshospitals.com/share-holder-information/#CorporatePolicies
19. CONTRACTS AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH RELATED PARTIES
InlinewiththerequirementsoftheActandListingRegulations, your Company
has formulated a Policy on Related Party Transactions which is also available on
Company's website at the link
https://ilshospitals.com/share-holder-information/#CorporatePolicies.The Policy intends to
ensure that proper reporting, approval and disclosure processes are in place for all
transactions between the Company and Related Parties. This Policy specifically deals with
the review and approval of Material Related Party Transactions keeping in mind the
potential or actual conflicts of interest that may arise because of entering into these
transactions. All Related Party Transactions are placed before the Audit Committee for
review and approval. Prior omnibus approval is obtained for Related Party Transactions
which are of repetitive nature and / or entered in the Ordinary Course of Business and are
at Arm's Length basis. A statement of all related party transactions is presented
before the Audit Committee on a quarterly basis, specifying the nature, value, and terms
and conditions of the transactions and also filed with the Stock Exchanges bi-annually.
All the contracts / arrangements / transactions entered by the Company
during the financial year with related parties were in its ordinary course of business and
on an arm's length basis.
During the year, the Company had not entered into any contract /
arrangement / transaction with related parties which could be considered material in
accordance with the policy of the Company on Materiality of Related Party Transactions and
on dealing with Related Party Transactions. Since there are no material Related Party
Transactions and also all the transactions with related parties are at arm's length
and are in the ordinary course of business, no transactions are required to be reported in
Form AOC 2.
The Company has made full disclosure of transactions with the related
parties as set out in Note of Standalone Financial Statement, forming part of the Annual
Report. There were no materially significant related party transactions which could have
potential conflict with interest of the Company at large.
20. NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
During the year 4 (Four) Board Meetings were convened and held, the
details of which are given in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of the Annual
Report.
21. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR)
The Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Board has
formulated and recommended to the Board, a Corporate Social Responsibility Policy (CSR
Policy) indicating the activities to be undertaken by the Company, which has been approved
by the Board. The CSR Policy may be accessed on the Company's website at the link:
https://ilshospitals.com/ share-holder-information/#CorporatePolicies In terms of Section
135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility)
Rules, 2014 as amended ("CSR Rules") and in accordance with the CSR Policy,
during the financial year 2024-25, the Company has spent above two percent of the average
net profits of the Company during the three immediately preceding financial years.
Annual report on CSR activities as required under the Companies
(Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 has been appended as Annexure-I and
forms integral part of this Report.
22. INTERNALCONTROLS/INTERNALFINANCIAL CONTROLS AND THEIR ADEQUACY
The Company's internal controls are commensurate with the nature
of its business and the size of its operations. These have been designed to provide
reasonable assurance with regard to recording and providing reliable financial and
operational information, complying with applicable statutes, executing transactions with
proper authorization and ensuring compliance with corporate policies.
The Company has, in all material respects, adequate internal financial
controls with reference to financial statements and such internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements were operating effectively as at March 31, 2025. During
the year, such controls were tested and no reportable material weaknesses in the design or
operation were observed. Internal Audit is carried out in accordance with auditing
standards to review design and effectiveness of internal control system & procedures
to manage risks, operation of monitoring control, compliance with relevant policies &
procedure and recommend improvement in processes and procedure and the report is placed in
the Audit Committee.
The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in
accordance with Indian Accounting Standards (IND AS) as per the Companies (Indian
Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended from time to time notified under Section 133
of Companies Act, 2013, (the Act') and other relevant provisions of the Act.
The Company maintains all its records in ERP system (SAP) and the audit trail have been
enabled through the year as well in the ERP system.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors regularly reviews
execution of Audit Plan, the adequacy & effectiveness of internal audit systems, and
monitors implementation of internal audit recommendations including those relating to
strengthening of company's risk management policies & systems.
The Statutory Auditor have issued an unmodified opinion on the internal
controls of the Company for the quarter and year ended March 31, 2025.
23. CEO & CFO CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to Regulation 17(8) read with Schedule II Part B of the
Listing Regulations, a certificate from the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company addressed to the Board of Directors, inter alia, confirming the
correctness of the financial statements and cash flow statements, adequacy of the internal
control measures and reporting of matters to the Audit Committee, is provided elsewhere in
this Annual Report.
24. DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
(i) In accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Articles of
Association of the Company, Dr. Ghanshyam Goyal, Non-Executive Non- Independent Director
of the Company, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible offers himself for re-appointment. The Board recommends his reappointment.
(ii) Mr. Dwarika Prasad Tantia, Executive Chairman, Dr. Om Tantia,
Managing Director, Mr. Anurag Tantia, Executive Director, Mrs. Kriti Tantia, Chief
Financial Officer and Mr. Ankur Sharma, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer are the
Key Managerial Personnel of the Company in accordance with the provisions of Sections
2(51), 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies(Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 (including any statutory modification(s) or
reenactment(s) thereof for the time being in force).
(iii) There were no changes in the Board and KMPs during the year under
review.
25. DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
The Company has received declarations from all the Independent
Directors of the Company confirming that they meet the criteria of independence and that
they are not aware of any circumstance or situation, which exist or may be reasonably
anticipated, that could impair or impact their ability to discharge their duties with an
objective of independent judgment and without any external influence, pursuant to
Regulation 25 of the Listing Regulations. None of the Directors have been subjected to any
disqualification under the Act.
All the Independent Directors of your Company have been registered and
are members of Independent Directors Databank maintained by Indian Institute of Corporate
Affairs. Out of five Independent Directors of the Company, three Independent Directors
have passed the Online Proficiency Self Assessment Test conducted by Indian Institute of
Corporate Affair (IICA) and Two Independent Directors were exempted by Indian Institute of
Corporate Affair (IICA) from appearing Online Proficiency Self-Assessment Test, as they
have fulfilled the conditions for seeking exemption from appearing for the Online
Proficiency Self-Assessment Test.
26. SEPARATE MEETING OF INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
The Independent Directors are fully kept informed of the Company's
business activities in all areas. A separate meeting of Independent Directors was held on
February 18, 2025, without the attendance of Non-Independent Directors and members of the
Management except the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company who was
requested by the Independent Directors to be present at the meeting. All the independent
directors were present at the meeting. The Independent Directors reviewed the performance
of Non-Independent Directors, the Board as a whole, and the performance of the Executive
Chairman of the Company, after considering the views of Executive Directors and Non
Executive Directors. They also assessed the quality, quantity and timeliness of flow of
information between the Company Management and the Board that is necessary for the Board
to effectively and reasonably perform their duties. Independent Directors expressed their
satisfaction on the working of the Company, Board deliberation and contribution of the
Executive Chairman and other Directors in the growth of the Company. Mr. Kashi Prasad
Khandelwal is the Lead Independent Director of the Company.
27. COMMITTEES OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
In compliance with the requirements of Companies Act, 2013 and Listing
Regulations, your Board had constituted/ reconstituted various Board Committees to assist
in discharging its responsibilities. The Board has adopted charters setting forth the
roles and responsibilities of each of the Committees. The Board has
constituted/reconstituted following Committees to deal with matters and monitor activities
falling within the respective terms of reference:
a. MANDATORY COMMITTEES
Audit Committee
Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Stakeholder's Relationship Committee
Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
b. NON-MANDATORY COMMITTEES
Executive Committee
Risk Management Committee (Dissolved w.e.f May 23,
2025 for details please refer corporate governance)
All related details as required under law are provided in the Corporate
Governance Report forming part of the Annual Report. There has been no instance where the
Board has not accepted the recommendations of its Committees.
28. ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE BOARD, ITS COMMIITTEES AND INDIVIDUAL
DIRECTORS
The Company has devised a Policy for performance evaluation of
Independent Directors, Board Committees, the Executive Chairman and other individual
Directors which includes criteria for performance evaluation of the non-executive
Directors and executive Directors. On the basis of Policy approved by the Board for
performance evaluation of Independent Directors, Board Committees and other individual
Directors, a process of evaluation was followed by the Board for its own performance and
that of its Committees and individual Directors. The Independent Directors, in their
separate meeting, evaluated the performance of Non- Independent Directors, the Board as a
whole, its Committees and that of the Chairperson of the Company, considering the views of
Executive Directors and Non-Executive Directors. Performance evaluation of independent
directors was done by the entire board, excluding the independent director being
evaluated.
The Independent Directors have expressed satisfaction at the robustness
of the evaluation process, the Board's freedom to express its views on matters
transacted at the Meetings and the openness and transparency with which the Management
discusses various subject matters specified on the agenda of meetings. Parameters and
process applied for carrying out the evaluation has been discussed in detail in the
Corporate Governance Report.
Ongoing familiarization program aims to provide insights into the
Company and the business environment to enable all the Independent Directors to be updated
of newer challenges, risks and opportunities relevant in the Company's context and to
lend perspective to the strategic direction of the Company. The details of familiarization
programmes imparted to Independent Directors on February 11, 2025 alongwith, their roles,
rights, responsibilities in the Company, nature of the industry in which the Company
operates, business model of the Company and related matters and the details are available
on the website of the Company and can be accessed at the link:
https://ilshospitals.com/share-holder-information/#CorporatePolicies
29. NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY
The Company has a Board approved Remuneration Policy as required under
Section 178(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the said Policy enumerates the criteria on the
appointment and remuneration of Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management
Personnel, containing criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and
independence of a director.
Proviso to Section 178 (4) of the Companies Act, 2013 requires the
Company to place its Remuneration policy on its website and disclose the salient features
of such policy and changes therein, if any, along with the web address of the policy in
the Board's report. Accordingly, the Remuneration Policy of the Company has been made
available on the Company's website at the link https://ilshospitals.com/
share-holder-information/#CorporatePolicies The Remuneration Policy of the Company is also
appended as Annexure-II to this Report.
30. PARTICULARS OF MANGERIAL REMUNERATION
The statement required under Section 197 (12) read with Rule 5(1) of
the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is given
in Annexure-III forming part of this Report.
31. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The statement in respect of employees, as required under Section 197 of
the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is not applicable to the Company.
During the year, none of the employees other than the Managing Director
or Whole time Directors/ Executive Directors received remuneration in excess of the limits
as prescribed under Rule 5(2)(i) & (ii) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration
of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014. Further pursuant to Rule 5(2)(iii )no employees
received remuneration in excess of that drawn by the Managing Director or Whole time
Directors/ Executive Directors, holding by himself or along with his spouse and dependent
children not less than two percent of the equity shares of the company.
32. HUMAN RESOURCES
Your Company treats its Human Resources as one of its most important
assets, given the service nature of the industry. Your Company continuously invests in
attraction, retention and development of talent on an ongoing basis. Your Company believes
in the promotion of talent internally through job rotation and job enlargement.
33. AUDITORS AND AUDITORS' REPORT
a. Statutory Auditor (s)
S R Batliboi & Co LLP, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.
301003E/E300005) were appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company, to hold office for a
period of 5 (five) consecutive years from the conclusion of 35th Annual General
Meeting till the conclusion of 40th Annual General Meeting of your Company to conduct the
audit of accounts of the Company from the Financial Year 2024-25 till the Financial Year
2028-29. Further, they have confirmed that they hold a valid certificate issued by the
Peer Review Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) as required
under the Listing Regulations.
The Statutory Auditors' Report for Financial Year 2024-2025 on the
financial statements, forms part of this Annual Report. Your Company has a policy to
maintain an unqualified audit report and therefore, the Auditors' Report does not
contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer. The Notes on
financial statement referred to in the Auditors' Report are self-explanatory and do
not call for any further comments.
b. Cost Auditors
In terms of the provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013
read with the Companies (Cost Records and Audit), Rules, 2014 the Company is required to
get its cost record audited by a cost accountants in whole time practice. In this regard
the Board of Directors has re-appointed S.K. Sahu & Associates, Cost Accountants,
(Membership No. 28234) as the Cost Auditor of your Company to conduct the audit of cost
records for the financial year 2025-26.
In terms of the provisions of Section 148(3) of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Rule 14(a) (ii) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, the
remuneration as recommended by the Board shall be ratified by the Members. Accordingly,
requisite resolution seeking ratification of remuneration payable to the Cost Auditors for
the Financial Year 2025-26 is forming part of the notice convening the ensuing Annual
General Meeting.
Your Company has received consent from S.K. Sahu & Associates, Cost
Accountants, to act as the Cost Auditor for conducting audit of the cost records for the
financial year 2025-26 along with a certificate confirming their independence and
arm's length relationship. The Company is maintaining the cost records as specified
by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013.
c. Secretarial Audit Report
The Board of your Company had earlier reappointed Mr. Ashok Kumar Daga,
Practicing Company Secretary (Certificate of Practice Number 2948), as Secretarial Auditor
to conduct Secretarial Audit of the Company for the Financial Year 2024-25 and his report
for the year 2024-25 in prescribed Form MR-3 is appended hereto as Annexure-IV to this
Report. There are no qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks made by the
Secretarial Auditor in his report. Further, pursuant to the provisions of Regulation 24A
& other applicable provisions of the SEBI Listing Regulations read with Section 204
read with Rule 9 of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel)
Rules, 2014, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors at their respective meetings
held on May 23, 2025 have approved & recommended for approval of Members, appointment
of Mr. Ashok Kumar Daga, Practicing Company Secretary as Secretarial Auditor for a term of
upto 5(Five) consecutive years, to hold office from April 1, 2025 upto March 31, 2030.
Your Company has also received consent and peer review certificate from
Mr. Ashok Kumar Daga, Practicing Company Secretary, to act as the Secretarial Auditor as
well as Annual Secretarial Compliance Auditor of the Company.
A detailed proposal for appointment of Secretarial auditor forms part
of the Notice issued for convening this AGM.
d. Internal Auditors
Sumit Binani & Associates, Chartered Accountants and ARVS &
Associates, Chartered Accountants, acted as Internal Auditors of the Company as required
vide section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013, for the financial year 2024-25 and their
reports were placed before the Audit Committee of the Board on quarterly basis.
The Board has appointed RSM Astute Consulting Private Limited, in place
of Sumit Binani & Associates, Chartered Accountants, as Internal Auditors for ILS
Hospitals, Dum Dum, ILS Hospitals, Salt Lake and ILS Hospitals, Raipur and reappointed
ARVS & Associates, Chartered Accountants, as Internal Auditors for Head Office, ILS
Hospitals, Howrah and ILS Hospitals, Agartala as required vide section 138 of the
Companies Act, 2013, for the financial year 2025-26, as per the scope, functioning,
periodicity and methodology for conducting the internal audit of the Company at a
remuneration as per the engagement letters.
None of the Auditors of the Company have reported any fraud as
specified under the second proviso of Section 143 (12) of the Companies Act, 2013
(including any statutory modification(s) or re-enactment(s) thereof for the time being in
force), therefore no detail is required to be disclosed under Section 134 (3)(ca) of the
Act.
34. DISCLOSURES
a. Whistle Blower Policy/ Vigil Mechanism
The Company promotes ethical behaviour in all its business activities
and has put in place a mechanism for reporting illegal or unethical behavior. The Vigil
Mechanism of the Company also incorporates a whistle blower policy in terms of the Listing
Regulations. Protected disclosures can be made by a whistle blower through an e-mail, or a
letter to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. As confirmed by the Chairman of the Audit
Committee, No whistle blower complaints has been received during the year under review.
The Policy on vigil mechanism and whistle blower may be accessed on the Company's
website at the link: https://ilshospitals.com/ share-holder-information/#CorporatePolicies
b. Particulars of Loans given, Investments made, Guarantees given and
Securities provided
Details of investments made and/or loans or guarantees given and/or
security provided, if any, are given in the notes to the financial statements which forms
part of the Annual
Report and are within the limits as per the provisions of section 186
of the Companies Act, 2013.
c. Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption and Foreign Exchange
Earnings and Outgo
Information on conservation of energy, technology absorption and
foreign exchange earnings and outgo as stipulated in Section 134(3) (m) of the Companies
Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(3) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is given in
Annexure-V hereto and forms a part of this Report.
d. Annual Return
Pursuant to the amendments to Section 134(3)(a) and Section 92(3) of
the Act read with Rule 12 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014,
the annual return in Form MGT-7 is available on Companies website and can be accessed at
the link: https://ilshospitals.com/shareholder-information/#AnnualReturn
e. Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace
The Company has zero tolerance towards sexual harassment at the
workplace and to this end, has adopted a policy in line with the provisions of Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH
Policy) and the Rules thereunder. All employees (permanent, contractual, temporary,
trainees) are covered under the said Policy. The said policy can be accessed at the link:
https://ilshospitals.com/share-holder-information/#CorporatePolicies An Internal
Complaints Committee has also been set up to redress complaints received on sexual
harassment.
During the year under review, there were no complaints pertaining to
sexual harassment has been received by the Company.
The Company is committed to providing a safe and conducive work
environment to all its employees and associates. The Company has also filed the Annual
Report with the respective authorities.
35. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY REGULATORS OR COURTS OR
TRIBUNALS
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.
36. UNPAID/UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND AND SHARES
In accordance with the provisions of Section 124 and 125 of the
Companies Act, 2013 (the Act') read the with the Investor Education and
Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016 (IEPF
Rules'), there are no dividends declared by the Company which is remained unclaimed
for seven years as on March 31, 2025 which are due to be transferred to the Investor
Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) and also therefore, no shares are required to be
transferred to IEPF. However, the balance of unpaid dividend account as on March 31, 2025
is Rs. 1.50 Lakhs.
37. OTHER DISCLOSURES
a. The Company has complied with Secretarial Standards issued by the
Institute of Company Secretaries of India on Board and General Meetings.
b. The Company does not have any scheme or provision of money for the
purchase of its own shares by employees/Directors or by trustees for the benefit of
employees/ Directors.
c. The Company has not issued equity shares with differential rights as
to dividend, voting or otherwise.
d. Since the Company does not have any subsidiary or associate company
as on date of this report, no remuneration or commission has been received from any of its
subsidiary/associate company by the Managing Director or the Whole-time Directors of the
Company.
e. There were no frauds reported by auditors under subsection (12) of
Section 143 other than those which are reportable to the Central Government.
f. Since the Company is a listed Company, the company has complied with
the listing norms of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,
2015 ("Listing Regulations") and other applicable statutory provisions.
g. There was no revision in the financial statements.
h. 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:
i) the details of application made or any proceeding pending under the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016) during the year along with their status
as at the end of the financial year.
ii) 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.
38. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APPRECIATION
Your Directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the
assistance and co-operation received from the doctors, banks, government authorities,
customers, vendors, business associates, stock exchanges, members and all other
stakeholders during the year under review. Your Directors also acknowledge the support and
co-operation from the Government of India, state governments, their agencies and other
regulatory authorities.
Your Directors also appreciate the commendable efforts, teamwork and
professionalism of the employees of the Company.
Your Directors is also deeply grateful to our investors and
shareholders for the unwavering confidence and faith in us. Your Directors also takes this
opportunity to thank the communities your Company operates in, who have reposed their
trust in us. Your Directors appreciates and values the efforts and commitment of the
Management headed by the Executive Directors who have all worked together as a team in
achieving a commendable business performance despite a challenging business environment.
Your Directors wishes to place on record its deep appreciation of the
Independent Directors and the Non-Executive Directors of the Company for their valuable
contribution by way of strategic guidance which helps your Company to take the right
decisions in progressing towards its business goals.
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For and on behalf of the Board of
Directors |
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GPT Healthcare Limited |
Registered Office: |
Dwarika Prasad Tantia |
GPT Centre, JC-25, Sector-III |
Executive Chairman |
Salt Lake, Kolkata-700 106 |
DIN: 00001341 |
West Bengal, India |
May 23, 2025 |