Mar 31, 2018
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 24th Annual Report of Raminfo Limited (the Company) together with the Audited accounts for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 2018.
Financial Results:
The performance of your company for the year under review is summarized below:
Pursuant to the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, your Company is required to comply with the said provisions from the Financial Year 2017-18. Ind AS has replaced the existing Indian GAAP prescribed under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013. Accordingly, the Standalone and Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March, 2018 as well as 31st March, 2017, forming part of this Annual Report, have been prepared in accordance with Ind AS.
( Rs. In Lakhs)
Particulars |
Standalone |
Consolidated |
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31.03.2018 |
31.03.2017 |
31.03.2018 |
31.03.2017 |
|
Revenue from Operations |
2612.69 |
2036.59 |
2612.69 |
2039.59 |
Other Income |
68.60 |
23.03 |
68.60 |
23.03 |
Profit before tax |
104.80 |
91.10 |
99.79 |
91.30 |
Tax Expense |
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a) Current Tax |
25.67 |
20.64 |
25.67 |
20.68 |
b) Mat Credit |
(23.77) |
(21.01) |
(23.77) |
(21.01) |
c) Deferred Tax |
(25.33) |
(30.52) |
(25.33) |
(30.52) |
Profit after Tax |
128.22 |
121.99 |
123.22 |
122.15 |
Balance Carried to Balance Sheet |
128.22 |
121.99 |
123.22 |
122.15 |
Earnings per Share |
2.04 |
1.94 |
1.96 |
1.94 |
Operations:
During the Financial Year 2017-18, the Income from Operations (Standalone) were Rs. 2612.69 Lakhs as compared to the previous year Rs. 2036.59 Lakhs, registering increase in revenue by 30%. Consequently, the Net Profit after tax has increased from Rs. 121.99 Lakhs to Rs. 128.22 Lakhs. During the period under review, the operations of Company have witnessed an upward trend and the Board is optimistic for the future progression of the Company.
Domestic Market
Your Company provides end-to-end technology and technology related services on a broad range of Hardware and Software platforms. Your company''s top priority is to capture growth opportunities by broadening its range of offerings in the realm of Information Technology.
The Company mainly engaged in development and maintenance of e-governance projects in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. As the Governments thrust on e-governance projects for better citizenship services and mitigate problems in the public utility/ distribution systems, the Company foresees key opportunities as it has successfully, implemented and maintained various e-governance projects over the years.
Post the announcement of demonetization of specific currency denominations by the government, digital payment platforms witnessed a sharp spike in user transactions, app downloads and merchant enquiries, indicating a greater demand towards digital payments by consumers. The Company''s e-commerce platform â ''Kiyossk'' integrates B2C and G2C services into one platform. It is one stop multiple Citizen Services from various Delivery Channels like Integrated Citizen Service Centres, Internet, Banks, ATMs and Kiosks for Online Payment of Utility Bills like Electricity, Municipal, Telephone and host of other Services.
On the Healthcare front, Raminfo has developed an integrated Growth Monitoring system â ''Malnutrition Analysis and Reporting System'' (MARS), which identifies and assists in curbing malnutrition among children and maternal mortality especially from low income families enrolled in Anganwadi Centers. The solution does real time monitoring and reporting of nutritional status among children in Anganwadi Centers, Attendance tracking of Children, Pregnant and Lactating women who come to Anganwadi centres. The solution is highly scalable and can be integrated with other systems of the Government Departments for information exchange, collection of data and deliver services.
In summary, your company is well positioned in the markets as it serves with a broad range of service offerings to a diversified customer base.
Future outlook:
Technologies such as cloud computing, social media and data analytics are a paradigm shift in the sector and are offering new avenues of growth across verticals for IT companies. The SMAC (social, mobility, analytics, cloud) market is expected to grow to US$ 225 billion by 2020. Therefore, in order to grab upcoming opportunities and enormous scope in this field, Raminfo plans to enter this stream and is working to build capacity to take up projects.
Export Market:
The Company has been providing various consultancy services to its abroad customers and expects it would grow further in the current financial year as its customers are foraying into new markets.
One of the major area of concern is the slowdown in the global IT spending, particularly in the US - as global markets constitute bulk of revenues for Indian Companies - the US being the largest contributor, resulting in downward trend in exports of the Company, during the Financial Year 2017-18. However, the Board envisions to bag few projects in the current Financial Year.
Quality:
The company has implemented suitable quality measures applicable to its business. The standards currently applied and validated are ISO CMMi 3. Regular technology training is provided to upgrade and improve the skills of employees as necessary.
CARE Ratings: The Company has been assigned with the following ratings:
Long term Bank Facilities |
CARE BB â Stable |
Short term Bank Facilities |
CARE A4 |
Change in the Nature of Business:
During period under review, there was no change in the nature of business of the Company.
Dividend:
The Board of Directors do not recommend dividend for the year as at 31st March, 2018, in order to flow back the profits into business for expansion and augment the financial position of the Company.
Transfer of Unclaimed Dividend to Investor Education and Protection Fund:
The provisions of Section 125(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 do not apply as the Company has not declared and paid dividend.
Fixed Deposits:
Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits and as such no principal or interest was outstanding as on the date of the Balance sheet.
Material Changes and Commitments:
There are no material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company from the financial year ended 31st March, 2018 to the date of signing of the Director''s Report.
Share Capital:
The Authorised Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 15,00,00,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Crores Only) divided into 1,50,00,000 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each. The Paid-up Share Capital is Rs. 6,28,06,000/- (Rupees Six Crores Twenty Eight Lakhs Six Thousand Only) divided into 62,80,600 Equity Shares of Rs. 10/- each.
During the year under review, there is no change in the Share Capital of the Company.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL APPROVAL:
Your Board consist of Six Directors including Three Independent Non-Executive Directors. The declaration from all the Independent Directors are being obtained both at the time of appointment and at the First Board meeting of each Financial Year.
Mr. P.S. Raman, being a Director, is liable to retire by rotation in the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offers himself for re-appointment. His Profile is appended to the Notice. Your Board recommends his re-appointment.
During the year under review, Mr. R. Jagadeeswara Rao and Ms. Harini Ambati resigned as Directors of the Company, w.e.f. 24th August, 2017.
The Board in its meeting held on 14th July, 2017, appointed Mr. Venkateswara Rao Poosarla as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), in accordance with the provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter called as "The Act") and the Rules thereunder.
Further, Ms. Sunitha Bora resigned as the Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. 18.10.2017. The Board appointed Ms. Shreya Mangal, an Associate members of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, as Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Company as per Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Rules, 2015, in its meeting held on 14th February, 2018.
The Board recommends the approval of members on the matters stated below:
The term of Mr. L. Srinath Reddy as the Managing Director of the Company is about to conclude. Considering his experience and expertise in the business of the Company, and on the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board recommends the re-appointment of Mr. L. Srinath Reddy as the Managing Director for a period of Three years with effect from 01.09.2018, in accordance with Section 196 of the Companies Act, 2013.
Furthermore, the Board appointed Mr. Venkata Anil Kumar Ambati as Whole-time Director of the Company w.e.f. 14.02.2018, considering his knowledge and experience and on the recommendation of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, subject to the confirmation of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
On the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, the Board, in its meeting held on 28.05.2018 has approved the appointment of Ms. Anamolu Akhila as an Independent Director of the Company for a period of Five years, effective from the ensuing Annual General Meeting, subject to the consent of the members. Ms. Anamolu Akhila, Non-Executive Director, has given a declaration to the Board that she meets the criteria of independence as provided under Section 149(6) of the Act.
Number of Board Meetings:
During the year under review, the Board of Directors met Six times and the dates of the Board Meetings are: 27.05.2017, 14.07.2017, 24.08.2017, 09.09.2017, 14.12.2017 and 14.02.2018. The details of the Meetings of Board are covered in the Corporate Governance Report.
Key Managerial Personnel:
In compliance with the requirements of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013, following are the Key Managerial Personnel of the Company as on 31st March, 2018:
1. Mr. L. Srinath Reddy - Managing Director
2. Mr. Venkata Anil Kumar Ambati - Whole Time Director
3. Mr. P. Venkateswara Rao - Chief Financial Officer
4. Ms. Shreya Mangal - Company Secretary and Compliance Officer.
Declaration of Independent Directors:
In accordance with sub-section (7) of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Independent Directors on your Board have given a Declaration that they meet the criteria of Independence as provided in sub section (6) of Section 149 of the Act. There has been no change in terms and conditions of appointment of Independent Directors, the Policy relating to their appointment can be accessed through weblink as http://www.raminfo.com/downloads/ Terms Conditions for Appointment Dependent Director.pdf
Board Evaluation:
The Board of Directors has carried out an Annual Evaluation of its own performance and has devised a Policy on Evaluation of performance of Board of Directors, Committees and Individual Directors, pursuant to the provisions of the Act, the Corporate Governance requirements and as prescribed by Regulation 25 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015.
The Extract of the Policy on Evaluation of Performance of the Board, its Committees and individual Directors, is available on the website of the Company, the web link for http://www.raminfo.com/downloads/policy on board evaluation.pdf
Evaluation by Independent Directors:
In a separate meeting of independent directors held on 14th February, 2018, the performance of non-independent directors, performance of the Board as a whole and performance of the Chairman was evaluated, taking into account the views of Executive directors and non-executive directors. The same was discussed in the Board meeting that followed, at which the performance of the Board, its Committees and individual directors was also discussed.
The performance of the Board as a whole was evaluated by the Independent Directors, after seeking inputs from all the directors on the basis of the criteria such as the Board''s composition, structure, effectiveness of Board processes, information and functioning, etc.
The Independent Directors reviewed the performance of the individual directors on the basis of the criteria such as the contribution of the individual director to the Board like preparedness on the issues to be discussed, meaningful and constructive contribution and inputs in meetings, etc. In addition, the Chairman was also evaluated on the key aspects of his role.
Evaluation by Board (Other than Independent Directors):
In accordance with Regulation 17(10) of SEBI Listing Regulations, the entire Board of Directors of the Company shall evaluate the performance of Independent Directors of the Company. Performance evaluation of Independent Directors was done by the entire Board, excluding the Independent Director being evaluated.
Criteria for Performance Evaluation:
a. Ability of the candidates to devote sufficient time and attention to his professional obligations as Independent Director for informed and balanced decision making.
b. Adherence to the Code of Conduct in letter and in spirit by the Independent Directors.
c. Bringing objectivity and independence of view to the Board''s discussions in relation to the Company''s strategy, performance, and risk management
d. Statutory Compliance and ensuring high standards of financial probity and Corporate Governance
e. Responsibility towards requirements under the Companies Act, 2013, Responsibilities of the Board and Accountability under the Director''s Responsibility Statement
Familiarization Programme for Independent Directors:
All Independent Directors inducted into the Board attended an orientation program. The Familiarization Policy of the Company is available on its website www.raminfo.com .
Remuneration Ratio of the Directors/ Key Managerial Personnel/ Employees:
Statement showing disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, is enclosed herewith as Annexure-A to this Report.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement:
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Directors confirm that:
a. In the preparation of Annual Accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures.
b. The Directors had 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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit and loss of the Company for that period.
c. The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
d. The Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis.
e. The Directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and are operating effectively; and
f. The Directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems are adequate and operating effectively.
Statutory Auditors:
M/s. Eswaraiah & Co, Chartered Accountants, Hyderabad (Registration No. 006157S) were appointed as the Statutory Auditors of the Company, in the 23rd Annual General Meeting, who shall hold office till the conclusion of 28th Annual General Meeting, subject to ratification of their appointment by the members in every AGM.
Accordingly, a resolution seeking Members'' approval for ratification of appointment for M/s. Eswaraiah& Co, Chartered Accountants, as the Statutory Auditors of the Company is included in the Notice convening the Annual General Meeting for approval of the shareholders. The Directors recommend the ratification of their appointment.
The Board confirms that the Audit Report does not contain any qualifications or reservations made by the Auditors and hence no explanation thereto is required by the Board.
Secretarial Audit:
M/s. P.S.Rao & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, were appointed to conduct the Secretarial Audit of the Company, for the Financial Year 2017-18, as required under Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rules framed thereunder. The Secretarial Audit report for the FY 2017-18 is annexed herewith as Annexure - B to the Boards'' report.
The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualifications/ reservation or adverse remarks and is self-explanatory.
Internal Audit:
The Company has appointed M/s SLR & Associates, Chartered Accountants as its Internal Auditor, in accordance with Section 138 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 13 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. Their scope of work includes review of process for safeguarding the assets of the Company, review of operational efficiency, effectiveness of systems and processes, and assessing the internal control strengths in all areas.
Listing Agreement:
The shares of your Company are listed at BSE Ltd. Your Company has duly complied with all the requirements of concerned Stock Exchange in accordance with applicable provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 along with other applicable SEBI Regulations, as amended from time to time.
Corporate Governance:
Corporate governance is concerned about maximizing shareholder value legally, ethically and sustainably. The goal of corporate governance is to ensure fairness for every stakeholder. The Board of Directors of the Company opine that sound corporate governance is critical to enhance and retain investor trust.
The Company has adopted a Code of Conduct for its employees including the Managing Director and the Executive Directors. The said Code of Conduct is available on Company''s Website - www.raminfo.com
A report on Corporate Governance covering amongst other details of Meetings of the Board and Committees along with a Certificate for compliance with the Corporate Governance requirements of Regulations 17 to 27 read with Schedule V and clauses (b) to (i) of Regulation 46(2) of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015, as applicable, with regard to Corporate Governance, certified by Practicing Company Secretary, forms part of the Annual Report.
Management Discussion and Analysis:
As required under Regulation 34 read with Schedule V (B) of SEBI (Listing Obligation and Disclosure Requirements), Regulations, 2015, report on "Management Discussion and Analysis" is annexed as Annexure - C forms a part of this Report.
Vigil Mechanism:
In accordance with Regulation 22 of SEBI (Listing obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, the Company has formulated and established vigil mechanism for directors and employees to report concerns about unethical behavior. No person has been denied access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee. The said policy has been made available on the website of the Company at the following link i.e. www.raminfo.com.
Sexual Harassment Policy:
The Company has adopted policy on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace in accordance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. The policy is posted on the website of the Company.
During the financial year ended 31st March, 2018, the Company has not received any Complaints pertaining to Sexual Harassment. The policy is available on the Company''s website at the link i.e. http://www.raminfo.com/downloads/ Sexual Harrassment Policy.pdf
Risk Management:
The management has put in place effective and robust system for the purposes of identification and mitigation of risks involved in the business of the Company. The Committee oversees Company''s process and policies for determining risk tolerance and review management''s measurement and comparison of overall risk tolerance to established levels. Major risks identified by the businesses and functions are systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuing basis. The Audit Committee has additional oversight in the area of financial risks and controls.
For details, please refer to the Management Discussion and Analysis report which form part of the Board Report.
Adequacy of Internal Financial Controls with reference to the Financial Statements:
The details in respect of internal financial control and their adequacy are included in the Management Discussion & Analysis, which forms part of this report.
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Pursuant to Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the audited financial statements of the Company, including the consolidated financial statements, is placed on the Company''s website www.raminfo.com.
Performance and Financial Position of the Subsidiary:
Pursuant to Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, report on the performance and financial position of the subsidiary included in the consolidated financial statement, in prescribed Form AOC-1 is appended as Annexure - D to this Report.
Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments:
Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.
Related Party Transactions:
Related party transactions entered during the financial year under review are disclosed in the Financial Statements. These transactions entered were at an arm''s length basis and in the ordinary course of business. There were no materially significant related party transactions with the Company''s Promoters, Directors, Management or their relatives, which could have had a potential conflict with the interests of the Company. Form AOC-2, containing the note on the aforesaid related party transactions is enclosed herewith as Annexure - E.
Subsidiaries:
As on 31st March, 2018, the Company has two subsidiaries i.e. M/s. RAMDYP Solutions Private Limited and M/s Raminfo Digitech Private Limited. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, a separate statement containing the salient features of the financial statement of the subsidiary in Form AOC-1 is appended as Annexure - D to this Annual Report.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo:
The particulars as prescribed under Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 with respect to Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, and Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo are provided in Annexure - F to this Report.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):
For the financial year 2017-18, the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 relating to Corporate Social Responsibility are not applicable to Company.
Extract of Annual Return:
In accordance with Section 134(3)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013, an extract of the annual return in the prescribed format in Form MGT-9 as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 12 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, is annexed as Annexure â G.
Particulars of Employees:
For the year under review, no employee of the Company was in receipt of Rs. 8.5 Lakhs per month or Rs.102 Lakhs per annum. Therefore, details pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, are not required to be furnished.
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. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend, voting or otherwise.
2. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the Company under any scheme.
3. 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.
4. No material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company have occurred between the end of the financial year and date of report.
5. No frauds were reported by the auditors during the year under review.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Your Directors place on record their sincere thanks to bankers, business associates, consultants, and various Government Authorities for their continues support extended to your Company''s activities during the year under review. Your Directors also acknowledge gratefully the Shareholders for their support and confidence reposed on the Company.
For and on behalf of the board of
RAMINFO LIMITED
(Sd/-) (Sd/-)
Date : 29.08.2018 L.Srinath Reddy V. Anil Kumar Ambati
Place : Hyderabad Managing Director Whole-time Director
DIN:03255638 DIN:06535455
Mar 31, 2015
Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 21st Annual Report of
Raminfo Limited (the Company) together with the Audited accounts for
the financial year ended 31st March 2015.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
The performance of your company for the year under review is summarized
below:
(Rs. In thousands)
Particulars 31.03.2015 31.3.2014
Gross revenue and other income 129554 101364
Profit before interest, depreciation & Taxes 15811 11827
Interest 379 1151
Depreciation & Amortization 4970 3356
Exceptional item (Income) (1145) -
Profit before tax 11607 7320
Tax Expense adj
a) Current Tax 566 1395
b) Mat Credit (566) (1395)
Profit after Tax 11607 7320
OPERATIONS:
The Company has earned total income from sales and services of Rs.1295
Lakhs for the financial year 2014-15 under review as against Rs.1013
Lakhs in the previous year 2013-14 registering a growth of 28%. The
operating profit (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and other
income) stood at Rs.158 Lakhs as against Rs.118 Lakhs for the previous
year registering a growth of 33.68%.
DOMESTIC MARKET
Major contribution to the top line comes from operations and
maintenance of e-governance projects in the states of Telangana and
Karnataka. As the Governments thrust on e-governance projects for
better citizenship services and mitigate problems in the public
utility/ distribution systems the Company foresees major opportunities
in the coming year as the Company has successfully, implemented and
maintained various e-governance projects and the Company mainly focuses
on the e-governance projects. The Company's past record in the
development of e-governance software-systems, implementation and
maintenance of e-governance projects would certainly add as an
advantage to garner some crucial projects from the Governments.
The next prominent contribution to the growth of your company is
banking services product. Your company has developed a product which
can be implemented in single/multiple branch co-operative banks. The
product is user friendly and complies with all statutory requirements.
The product has made a good headway and the coming year shall be highly
promising for this product, as deadline set by RBI for computerization
of Co- operative banks is fast approaching. Though there is competition
your company is aiming to maximize implementations.
Future outlook: Your Company has identified smart cities development
projects, e-commerce services, street line LED lights installation in
various states, cloud computing, mobile applications and health care
applications as major areas of growth and accordingly entered into joint
ventures. As most of the e-governance projects are contemplating work on
mobile based services, the potential to unlock is very huge GPS
applications, which are useful in Dial 100, 104 services are likely to
add revenues to your company in coming years. Your company is foraying
into defense sector and we are taking relevant steps to prove our
strength.
EXPORT MARKET
Your Company has registered a robust growth in export revenue. We have
achieved this revenue on rendering of consultancy services.
Future outlook: We have identified mobile testing and legacy
applications as major areas of growth and started working towards
generating revenues in coming years. As part of expansion we are likely
to operate from South-East Asia, Middle East and US to explore the
opportunities.
QUALITY:
Your company has been following strict quality management standards and
constantly upgrading the processes. During the financial year your
company has been appraised for Capable Maturity Model - level 3 (CMM I
3).
DIVIDEND:
The Board of directors does not recommend any dividend for the year as
at 31st March 2015.
STATUTORY AUDITORS:
M/s. Vara Prasad & Associates, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as
the statutory auditors of your company with the shareholders' approval
in the Annual general Meeting of the company held on 10th September,
2014 to hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for Re- appointment. The company has obtained
confirmation, under Section 139(1) of the Companies Act, 2013,
confirming their eligibility and willingness to accept the office of
the Statutory Auditors for the financial year 2015-16, if re-appointed.
The audit committee and the Board of Directors of the company recommend
the appointment of M/s. Vara Prasad & Associates as Statutory Auditors
of the Company for the financial year 2015-16.
The members are requested to reappoint Auditors for the current year
and authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
SECRETARIAL AUDITOR:
M/s.PS.Rao & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries, was appointed
to conduct the secretarial audit of the Company for the financial year
2014-15, as required under Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and
Rules there-under. The secretarial audit report for FY 2014-15 forms
part of the Annual Report as Annexure-B to the Board's report. The
Board has appointed M/s.P.S.Rao & Associates, Practicing Company
Secretaries, as secretarial auditors for the financial year 2015-16.
DIRECTORS:
The Board of Directors, on the recommendation of Nomination and
Remuneration Committee, have appointed Ms. A.Harini as an Additional
Director of the Company who holds office till the ensuing Annual
General Meeting. The said appointment is being proposed for the
ratification of shareholders at the ensuing annual general meeting.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 152 of the Companies Act,
2013, Mr. PS.Raman, Director of the Company retires by rotation and
being eligible, has offered himself for re-appointment.
All Independent Directors have submitted the declarations as required
U/s. 149(7) of the Act confirming that they meet the criteria of
independence.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS:
Details of Loans, Guarantees and Investments covered under the
provisions of Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 are given in the
notes to the Financial Statements.
FIXED DEPOSITS:
Your Company has not accepted any fixed deposits and as such no
principal or interest was outstanding as on the date of the Balance
sheet.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR):
During the financial year 2014-15, the provisions relating to Corporate
Social Responsibility are not applicable to Company.
VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:
The Company has a Whistle Blower Policy framed to deal with instance of
fraud and mismanagement if any, the details of the Policy are explained
in the Corporate Governance Report and also posted on the website of
the Company www.raminfo.com.
RISK MANAGEMENT:
The Risk Management is overseen by the Audit Committee of the Company
on a continuous basis. The Committee oversees Company's process and
policies for determining risk tolerance and review management's
measurement and comparison of overall risk tolerance to established
levels. Major risks identified by the businesses and functions are
systematically addressed through mitigating actions on a continuous
basis. For details, please refer to the Management Discussion and
Analysis report which form part of the Board Report.
DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
Pursuant to the requirement of Section 134(5) of the Act, and based on
the representations received from the management, the directors hereby
confirm that:
i. In the preparation of the annual accounts for the financial year
2014-15, the applicable accounting standards have been followed and
there are no material departures;
ii. They have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the Company at the end of the financial year and of the profit of the
Company for the financial year;
iii. They have taken proper and sufficient care to the best of their
knowledge and ability for the maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provisions of the Act. They confirm that
there are adequate systems and controls for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
iv. They have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis;
v. They have laid down internal financial controls to be followed by
the Company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and
operating properly; and
vi. They have devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the
provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate
and operating effectively.
BOARD EVALUATION:
The performance evaluation of the Board, its Committees and individual
directors was conducted and the same was based on questionnaire and
feedback from all the Directors on the Board as a whole, Committees and
self-evaluation.
Directors, who were designated, held separate discussions with each of
the Directors of the Company and obtained their feedback on overall
Board effectiveness as well as each of the other Directors.
Based on the questionnaire and feedback, the performance of each
director was evaluated in the meeting of the Nomination and
Remuneration Committee (NRC). The meeting of NRC also reviewed
performance of the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director on
goals (quantitative and qualitative) set at the beginning of the year
in April 2015. Ms. A.Harini, additional director, being appointed on
28th March, 2015, was excluded from the process of evaluation.
A separate meeting of the Independent Directors ("Annual ID meeting")
was convened, which reviewed the performance of the Board (as a whole),
the non-independent directors and the Chairman. Post the Annual ID
meeting, the collective feedback of each of the Independent Directors
was discussed by the Chairman of the NRC with the Board's Chairman
covering performance of the Board as a whole performance of the non-
independent directors and performance of the Board Chairman.
Some of the key criteria for performance evaluation are as follows -
Performance evaluation of Directors:
* Attendence at Board or Committeee meetings.
* Contribution at Board or Committee meetings.
* Guidance/Support to management outside Board or Committee meetings.
Performance evaluation of Board and Committees:
* Degree of fullfilment of key responsibilities.
* Board structure and composition.
* Establishment and delineation of responsibilities to Committees.
* Effectiveness of Board proceses, Information and functioning.
* Board culture and dynamics.
* Quality of relationship between Board and Management.
* Eficiency of Communication with external stakeholders.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
The particulars as prescribed under Rule 8(3) of the Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014, are set out in Annexure-C to this Report.
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN:
The details forming part of the extract of the Annual Return in form
MGT 9 is annexed herewith as Annexure-D to this report.
REMUNERATION RATIO OF THE DIRECTORS/KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL/
EMPLOYEES:
Statement showing disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other
details as required under Section 197(12) of the Companies Act read
with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 is enclosed herewith as Annexure - E.
NOMINATION AND REMUENRATION POLICY:
A committee of the Board named as "Nomination and Remuneration
Committee" has been constituted to comply with the provisions of
section 178, Schedule IV of the Companies Act and Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement. It has been entrusted with the task to recommend a
policy of the Company on Directors' appointment and remuneration,
including criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes,
independence of a Director and other matters and to frame proper
systems for identification, appointment of Directors & KMPs, Payment of
Remuneration to them and Evaluation of their performance and to
recommend the same to the Board from time to time. Nomination and
Remuneration Policy of the Company is enclosed herewith as Annexure -F.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS:
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, a
report on Management Discussion & Analysis is herewith annexed as
Annexure-G to this report.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The Company has been making every endeavor to bring more transparency
in the conduct of its business. As per the requirements of the Listing
Agreement with the Stock Exchanges, a compliance report on Corporate
Governance for the year 2014-15 and a Certificate from the Practicing
Company Secretatries of the Company are furnished which form part of
this Annual Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
No employee of the Company was in receipt of Rs.5 lacs per month or Rs.
60 lacs per anum during the financial year hence, as such no details
are furnished pursuant to Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
HUMAN RESOURCES:
Your Company considers its Human Resources as the key to achieve its
objectives. Keeping this in view, your Company takes utmost care to
attract and retain quality employees. The employees are sufficiently
empowered and such work environment propels them to achieve higher
levels of performance. The unflinching commitment of the employees is
the driving force behind the Company's vision. Your Company appreciates
the spirit of its dedicated employees.
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. Issue of equity shares with differential rights as to dividend,
voting or otherwise.
2. Issue of shares (including sweat equity shares) to employees of the
Company under any scheme.
3. As there are no subsidiary(ies), as such the Managing Director nor
the Whole-time Director of the Company had not received any
remuneration or commission.
4. 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.
5. No material changes and commitments affecting the financial
position of the Company have occurred between the end of the Financial
year and date of report.
Your Directors further state that during the year under review, there
were no cases filed/registered pursuant to the Sexual Harassment of
Women at Work place (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The Directors wish to convey their appreciation to business associates
for their support and contribution during the year. The Directors would
also like to thank the employees, shareholders, customers, suppliers,
alliance partners and bankers for the continued support given by them
to the Company and their confidence reposed in the management.
For and on behalf of the board
(Sd/-) (Sd/-)
Date : 14.08.2015 L.Srinath Reddy P S Raman
Place : Hyderabad Managing Director Non-Executive Director
Mar 31, 2014
Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the 20th Annual Report
together with the Audited accounts for the financial year ended 31st
March 2014.
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
The performance of your company for the year under review is summarized
below:
(Rs. In thousands)
Particulars 31.03.2014 31.3.2013
Gross revenue and other income 101364 29994
Profit before interest, depreciation & Taxes 11827 5099
Interest 1151 917
Depreciation & Amortization 3356 2978
Exceptional item (Provision for diminution
of investment in subsidiary) - 853
Profit before tax 7320 351
Tax Expense adj
a) Current Tax 1395 -
b) Mat Credit (1395) -
Profit after Tax 7320 351
OPERATIONS:
Due to the initiatives of new management the Company has achieved gross
revenues over Rs.10 Crores and also profit before tax Rs.73 Lacs.
During the year under review the Company under the new management has
implemented various initiatives to improve the operational activities
and get new projects. Management is in the process of exploring various
other avenues where the Company deploys its products/ services without
much difficulty or capital out-lay. The efforts of the new management
have started to pay and they are confident of sustaining this growth in
years to come.
DOMESTIC MARKET :
The operations and maintenance of mee-seva (e-seva) in the twin cities
of Hyderabad and Secunderabad has a major contribution to the growth.
Apart from other contributions with mee-seva, majority of your Company
revenue is from e-governance projects and the same shall help the
company to pitch for similar projects with other governments with
thrust on last mile delivery of all governmental activities, your
Company has lot of opportunities to explore with the formation of new
state from AP, we expect more opportunities as we have been providing
them impeccable services. AP tourism ticket process is maintained by
your company and we are likely to get the new state also.
The next prominent contribution to the growth of your company is
banking services product. Your company has developed a product which
can be implemented in single/multiple branch co-operative banks. The
product is user friendly and complies with all statutory requirements.
The product has made a good headway and the coming year shall be highly
promising for this product, as deadline set by RBI for computerization
of Co-operative banks is fast approaching. Through there is competition
your company is aiming to maximize implementations.
Future outlook: Your Company has identified cloud computing, GPS,
mobile applications and health care as major areas of growth and
accordingly entered into joint ventures. As most of the e-governance
projects are contemplating work on mobile based services, the potential
to unlock is very huge GPS applications, which are useful in Dial 100,
104 services are likely to add revenues to your company in coming
years. Your company is foraying into defense sector and we are taking
relevant steps to prove our strength.
EXPORT MARKET:
Your Company has registered a robust growth in export revenue. We have
achieved this revenue on rendering consultancy services.
Future outlook: We have identified mobile testing and legacy
applications as major areas of growth and started working towards
generating revenues in coming years. As part of expansion we are likely
to operate from South-East Asia, Middle East and US to explore the
opportunities.
QUALITY:
Your company has been following strict quality management standards and
constantly upgrading the processes. During the financial year your
company has been Appraised at Maturity level 3 of the Capability
Maturity Model Integration for development fersion 1.3 popularly termed
as CMMi Level 3.
DIVIDEND:
The Board of directors does not recommend any dividend for the year as
at 31st March 2014.
CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE:
As you are aware the Company under went with capital restructure scheme
with the approval of High Court of Andhra Pradesh. As per the scheme
the existing equity capital has been written-off to the extent of 90%
and loans to the extent of Rs.2,65,65,000 were converted into equity
shares of Rs.10/- each at par and also 25,00,000 equity shares of
Rs.10/- each at par on preferential basis were allotted.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SEC. 217(2AA):
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
(amendment) Act, 2000, with respect to Directors Responsibility
statement, it is hereby confirmed that:
a In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March
31, 2014, the applicable accounting standards read with requirements
set out under Schedule VI of the Companies Act, 1956 have been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
b The directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company as at March 31, 2014 and of the profit or loss of the
company for that period; c The directors have taken proper and
sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in
accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets
of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities; and
d The directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on a
going concern basis.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
Information with respect to conservation of energy, technology
absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo pursuant to Sec.
217(1)(e) of the Act read with rule 2 of Companies (disclosure of
particulars in the report of board of directors) Rules, 1988 are set
out in Annexure-B to this Report
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS:
Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review,
as stipulated under Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock
Exchanges in India, is set out as Annexure-C and forms part of the
Annual report.
REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The Company is committed to maintain the standards of Corporate
Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements as set
out by SEBI. Your Directors re-affirm their commitment to these
standards and a detailed report on Corporate Governance along with a
certificate from statutory auditors on its compliance is given as an
Annexure-D to this report.
The requisite Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming
compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated
under the aforesaid Clause 49 is attached to this Report.
CEO''S DECLARATION AS REQUIRED UNDER CLAUSE 49 OF THE LISTING AGREEMENT:
Declaration as required under clause 49(I)(D)(ii) of the listing
agreement with regard to compliance with the code of conduct of the
company is set out as Annexure-E to this report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES - PURSUANT TO SEC. 217(2A) OF THE COMPANIES
ACT, 1956:
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended. There are no employees in the Company who is drawing the
remuneration worth Rs. 5,00,000 per month or Rs. 60,00,000 per annum
during the financial year .
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING:
The Equity Shares of the company are listed on the BSE Limited. The
listing fee for the year 2014-15 has been paid to the BSE. The Company
has also paid custodial fee for the year 2014-15 to both the
depositories'' viz. NSDL and CDSL on the basis of number of beneficial
folios maintained by them as on 31st March 2014.
FIXED DEPOSITS:
Your company has not accepted / renewed any fixed deposits which fall
under the category of deposits as per the provisions of Section 73 of
the Companies Act, 2013 or under previous act, 1956 during the year
2013-2014.
AUDITORS'' & AUDITORS'' REPORT:
M/s. Vara Prasad & Associates, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as
the statutory auditors of your company with the shareholders'' approval
in the Annual general Meeting of the company held on 27th June 2013, to
hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting
and are eligible for Re-appointment. The company has obtained
confirmation, under Section 139(1) of the Companies Act, 2013,
confirming their eligibility and willingness to accept the office of
the Statutory Auditors for the financial year 2014-15, if re-appointed.
The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of the company recommend
the appointment of M/s. Vara Prasad & Associates as Statutory Auditors
of the Company for the financial year 2014-15.
The members are requested to reappoint Auditors for the current year
and authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
REPLY TO THE AUDITORS'' QUALIFICATIONS:
The company was having liquidity constrains during the financial year.
Regarding updation of fixed assets registered the Company is in the
porcess of verification of fixed assets to identify assets which are to
be written off and to get reflects true value of assets. On complition
the asset register would be updated.
Due to some liquidity crunch Company could not meet its liabilities on
time. As the operations of the Company are very small in size, internal
audit is being conducted internally by the Company.
Regarding statutory dues, the majority of the statutory dues have been
paid by the year and the dues that are pending are proposed to be
cleared in the current period.
RE-APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS BY ROTATION:
In accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and the
Articles of Association, Mr. R. Jagadeeswara Rao is liable to retire by
rotation and being eligible to offer himself for re- appointment.
For and on behalf of the board
Place: Hyderabad L Srinath Reddy P S Raman
Date: 14-08-2014 Managing Director Non-Executive Director
Mar 31, 2013
Dear Shareholders,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting the Nineteenth Annual Report
together with the Audited accounts for the financial year ended 31st
March 2013.
FINANCIAL RESULTS:
The performance of your company for the year under review is summarized
below: (Rs. In thousands)
Particulars 31.03.2013 31.03.2012 ''
Gross revenue and other income 29994 68287
Profit before interest,
depreciation & Taxes 5099 (15599)
Interest 917 1403
Depreciation & Amortization 2978 1309
Exceptional item (Provision for
diminution of investment in
subsidiary) 853 -
Profit before tax 351 (18311)
Tax Expense adj - 1698
Profit after Tax 351 (20009)
The results for the financial year 2012-13 relates to the stand alone
operations only. The US subsidiary did not have any operations during
the year and an application was filed with the US authorities for
dissolution. The operating revenue of the company for the year is Rs.
294.24 lacs against Rs274.99 lacs for the previous year. The net profit
for the year achieved is Rs 3.51 lacs against the net loss of Rs.200.09
for the year ending 31st March, 2012.
DIVIDEND:
No dividend has been recommended for the year, in view of the net
accumulated loss position as at 31st March 2013.
PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY:
Your company''s net operating revenue reported is at Rs 294.24 lacs for
the year ended 31st March 2013 against Rs 274.99 lacs in the previous
year. The domestic revenue grew by 13.3% over the previous year. The
export revenue was ''nil'' against Rs 14 .41 lacs in the previous year.
SUBSIDIARY and BRANCH:
The investment in the US subsidiary was fully provided for in the
financial year 2010-11 and subsequently written off in this financial
year. The subsidiary was dissolved in 2012. The branch operations at
Connecticut, USA also ceased effective 1st April 2012. These steps were
undertaken as part of the comprehensive restructure plan implemented by
your company.
DOMESTIC MARKET:
Your company''s domestic revenue is continuing to accrue out of the
existing e governance projects in the states of AP and Karnataka. A
significant achievement made by your company in this financial year is
winning the contract for Mee seva (eseva) operations and maintenance,
in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad as a prime bidder in
consortium with another technology company. The contract is for a
period of three years beginning mid March 2013 with an average monthly
revenue potential of above Rs 40 lacs. There were no new businesses
that could be addressed on account of the financial restructure
processes being carried out in that period. The banking product
development team was revamped and the product up gradation exercise was
resumed.
COMPREHENSIVE CAPITAL/ FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURE PLAN:
An Extra ordinary General Meeting was held on 18th of October 2012 as
per the Hon''ble AP High Court''s directive and the shareholders''
approval obtained for the ''comprehensive restructure'' scheme. The final
approval was given by the Hon''ble High Court on and on 21st January
2013 and which was filed with the Registrar of Companies on 25th
February 2013 which is the effective date of scheme. The effective
implementation of the scheme has reduced and consolidated to 1124140
no. of shares of Rs. 10/- each
The allotment of 51,56,500 shares of Rs 10 each was approved in the
board meeting dt 24th April 2013, and the listing application filed
with Bombay Stock Exchange in May2013, is awaiting for approval. The
Board in their meeting held on 24th April, 2013 has alloted 2656500
shares to its unsecured lenders and 2500000 equity shares on
preferential basis pursuant to the seheme of arrangement,
The Company has filed the listing application with the Bombay Stock
Exchange in May 2013 which is awaiting for the approval.
QUALITY:
Your company has been following strict quality management standards and
constantly upgrading the processes in the ISO 9000 and the ISO 27001
standards. During the financial year your company has been appraised
for Capable Maturity Model - level 3 (CMMI 3).
PARTICULARS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 212 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 1956:
Your Company had one subsidiary (including step down subsidiaries) as
on 31st March, 2012. As part of the ''restructure'' exercise, an
application for dissolution was filed on 30th June 2012 in the US.
There has been no activity or income from the subsidiary reportable for
the financial year 2012-13. Accordingly, the annual report 2012-13 does
not contain the financial statements of subsidiaries nor any statement
containing particulars of the subsidiaries are attached to the annual
report.
DIRECTORS'' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SEC. 217(2AA):
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956, with respect to Directors Responsibility statement, it is
hereby confirmed that:
In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended March 31,
2013, the applicable accounting standards read with requirements set
out under Schedule VI of the Companies Act, 1956 have been followed
along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
The directors have selected such accounting policies and applied them
consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of
the company as at March 31, 2013 and of the profit or loss of the
company for that period;
The directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance
of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of
this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing
and detecting fraud and other irregularities; and
The directors have prepared the annual accounts of the Company on a
going concern basis.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS:
Management''s Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review,
as stipulated under Clause 49 of the listing agreement with the Stock
Exchanges in India, is set out as Annexure-B to and forms part of the
Annual report.
REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The Company is committed to maintain the standards of Corporate
Governance and adhere to the Corporate Governance requirements as set
out by SEBI. Your Directors re-affirm their commitment to these
standards and a detailed report on Corporate Governance along with a
certificate from statutory auditors on its compliance is given as an
Annexure-C to this report.
The requisite Certificate from the Auditors of the Company confirming
compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated
under the aforesaid Clause 49, is attached to this Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES - PURSUANT TO SEC. 217(2A) OF THE COMPANIES
ACT, 1956:
In terms of the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956 read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended. There are no employees in the Company who is drawing the
remuneration worth Rs. 5,00,000 per month or Rs. 60,00,000 per annum
during the financial year .
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING:
The Equity Shares of the company are listed on the BSE Limited. The
listing fee for the year 2013-14 has been paid to the BSE Ltd. The
Company has also paid custodial fee for the year 2013-14 to both the
depositories'' viz. NSDL and CDSL on the basis of number of beneficial
folios maintained by them as on 31st March 2013. It may be noted that
there are no payments outstanding to the Stock Exchange.
FIXED DEPOSITS:
Your company has not accepted / renewed any fixed deposits under
Section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 during the year 2012-2013.
AUDITORS'' & AUDITOR''S REPORT:
M/s. Vara Prasad & Associates, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as
the statutory auditors of your company with the shareholders'' approval
in the Annual general Meeting of the company held on 18th October 2012,
to hold office until the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and are eligible for reappointment.. The company has obtained
confirmation, under Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956,
confirming their eligibility and willingness to accept the office of the
Statutory Auditors for the financial year 2013-14, if re-appointed. The
audit committee and the Board of Directors of the Company recommend the
appointment of M/s. Vara Prasad & Associates as Statutory Auditors of
the Company for the financial year 2013-14.
The members are requested to appoint Auditors for the current year and
authorize the Board of Directors to fix their remuneration.
REPLY TO THE AUDITORS'' QUALIFICATIONS:
The company was having severe financial difficulties and during the
financial year, had been fully engaged in completing the ''comprehensive
capital and financial restructure scheme'' processes. Regularization
regarding internal audit procedures and fixed assets register related
issues are being undertaken currently.
Regarding statutory dues, with additional investment funds infused as
part of the ''scheme'', the majority of the statutory dues have been paid
by the year end. The dues that are pending are proposed to be cleared
in the current period after re-assessing the values once the scheme
processes are completed fully.
RE-APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS BY ROTATION:
In accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act, 1956 and the
Articles of Association, Mr. K. Visweswar Rao is liable to retire by
rotation and eligible to offer himself for re- appointment.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
The Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the
continued co-operation and support by the Banks, Government
authorities, Business Partners, Customers and other Stakeholders and
more importantly, more specifically to the contribution made by all the
Executives, Staff members of the Company in the achievements of the
Company during the year under review.
For and on behalf of the Board
Date: 30-05-2013 P.S.Raman
Place: Hyderabad Executive Chairman
Mar 31, 2010
The directors take pleasure in presenting the Sixteenth Annual Report
of the company and the Audited accounts for the financial year ended
31st March 2010 together with Auditors Report thereon.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
The performance of your company for the year under review is summarized
below:
(Rs. In thousands)
Particulars (stand alone) 2009-10 2008-09
Gross revenue & other income 61382 90455
Profit before interest,
depreciations taxes (153059) 16047
Interest 2997 2826
Depreciation & amortization 5664 7035
Profit before tax (161720) 6186
Profit after tax (161720) 429
On a consolidated basis (including US subsidiarys results), your
Company achieved revenue of Rs. 742.65 lacs and net loss of Rs. 1641.79
lacs for the year ended 31st March 2010 as compared to revenue of Rs.
1137.15 lacs and PAT of Rs. 2.53 lacs for the previous year. This is
mainly due to a substantial amounts of bad debts and balances written
off to the tune of Rs 1688.21 in the AY 2009-10.
DIVIDEND:
No dividend has been recommended for the year, in view of the net
accumulated loss position as at 31" March 2010.
PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY:
Your companys gross revenue declined to Rs. 613.82 lacs on a stand
alone basis for the year ended 31st March 2010 compared to Rs. 904.55
lacs in the previous year. The consolidated revenue for the year-end
stood at Rs. 744.09 lacs against Rs. 1138.42 lacs in the previous year.
The domestic software revenue dropped by 28% while the exports revenue
dropped by 53%. The net loss for the year was at Rs. 1617.20 lacs
(Stand alone) and consolidated loss was at Rs. 1641.79 lacs.
US SUBSIDIARY:
Aravali Technologies Inc., your companys US subsidiary, registered
revenues of US $ 0.29 million for the year ended 31st March 2010
against US $ 0.46 million for the previous year. There is a net loss of
US $ 54293 for the current year against a net loss of US $ 40246 in the
previous year. As a small sized consulting company, the subsidiary
suffered reduction in revenue with recessionary tendencies continuing
to have severe impact in its sustenance as well as in growth. There was
a vast reduction in the number of billable consultants due to decline
in the number of new clients as well as orders. The Company expects the
recessionary tendencies to continue. It is felt that sizeable funds are
required for enhancement of billable resources and for marketing
initiatives if recovery visible has to be taken advantage of in the
coming years. Your Companys revenue and margins are expected to be
under further pressure during the year 2010-11 also.
EXPORTS:
On a consolidated basis, the total exports revenue achieved amounted to
Rs 130.27 lacs which is primarily the consulting revenue of the US
subsidiary. There was no offshore billing by the parent company for the
year.
DOMESTIC MARKET:
Your company continued to deliver solutions for the egovernance
projects more effectively as a result of which the extension of
Bangalore One project was approved of for a term of five years. The
volume of transactions touched ten lacs. The number of centres that are
operational is currently sixty including forty mini centres. In the
Karnataka One project, eight more districts were added for providing
citizen services in the district level. Increase in revenue will be
visible from the second quarter of FY 2010-11.
Your company won the bid in the renewal tender of the AP district eseva
project, in consortium with HCL Infosystems Ltd as technology partner
for fourteen districts in AR The software service and support for the
balance seven districts will be provided by your company, to another
vendor who has won the bid for that region. A letter of intent has been
received by your company for implementing solutions through 639 Common
Service Centres (CSCs) covering four districts, in consortium with a
Hyderabad based IT company.
A contract for implementation of integrated egovernance system for the
New Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) was awarded to your company in
consortium with a Hyderabad based technology company. The deliverables
by your company cover development of specific modules for the project
with a value of Rs 1.20 crores, including one year warranty.
PRODUCTS DIVISION: BANKING
Migration of e-smart banker product from Asp.net to Vb.net is
completed. This will enhance the security features of the product and
enable additional delivery channel possibilities like SMS banking,
Mobile banking, etc. Two more orders for providing core banking
solution to small cooperative banks were received during the year under
review.
QUALITY:
Your company has been following strict quality management standards and
constantly upgrading the processes in the ISO 9001 and the ISO 27001
standards adopted by the company.
PARTICULARS REQUIRED UNDER SECTION 2120FTHE COMPANIES ACT, 1956:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956,
documents in respect of subsidiary viz. Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss
account, Directors Report and Auditors Report are required to be
attached to the Balance Sheet of the holding company. An application
was made to the Government of India seeking partial exemption from the
provisions of Sec. 212 of the Companies Act, 1956. The Government of
India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, vide its letter no.
47/622/2010-CL-III dt. 01.07.2010, has granted exemption from the
provisions of Section 212(1) of the Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly
the Annual Report does not contain the full financial statements of its
subsidiary M/s. Aravali Technologies Inc., US. A statement under sec.
212(8) containing aggregate information as directed by the approval,
has been annexed. The Company will make available the audited annual
accounts and related detailed information to the investors upon request
at any point of time. These documents are also available for inspection
at the registered office of the Company during business hours.
Statement pursuant to Section 212( 1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956 in
respect of the wholly owned subsidiary is annexed.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SEC. 217(2AA):
The directors confirm that:
i. In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to
material departures;
ii. The directors had 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 at the end of the financial year and of the profit or
loss of the company for that period;
iii. The directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv. The directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern
basis.
CONSERVATION OF-ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, FOREIGN EXCHANGE
EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
Information with respect to conservation of energy, technology
absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo pursuant to Sec. 217(1)
(e) of the Act read with rule 2 of Companies (disclosure of particulars
in the report of board of directors) Rules, 1988 are set out in
Annexure-A to this Report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS:
Pursuant to clause 49 of the listing agreement, a report on Management
Discussion and Analysis for the year under review is set out as
Annexure-B to and forms part of this report.
REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE:
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has prescribed
certain corporate governance standards vide clause 49 of the listing
agreement. Your Directors re-affirm their commitment to these standards
and adetailed report on Corporate Governance along with a certificate
from statutory auditors on its compliance is given as an Annexure-C to
this report.
CEOS DECLARATION AS REQUIRED UNDER CLAUSE 49 OF THE LISTING AGREEMENT:
Declaration as required under clause 49(l)(D)(ii) of the listing
agreement with regard to compliance with the code of conduct of the
company is set out as Annexure-D to this report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES - PURSUANTTO SEC. 217{2A) OF THE COMPANIES
ACT, 1956:
There are no employees in India whose remuneration during the year is
Rs. 2,00,000 per month or Rs. 24,00,000 per annum as per the provisions
of Section. 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with Companies
(particulars of employees) Rules, 1975.
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING:
The Equity Shares of the company are listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange Limited. The listing fee for the year 2010-11 has been paid to
the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. The Company has also paid custodial fee
for the year 2010-11 to both the depositories viz. NSDL and CDSL on the
basis of number of beneficial folios maintained by them as on 31st
March 2010. FIXED DEPOSITS:
Your company has not accepted any fixed deposits and as such, no amount
of principal or interest was outstanding as of the balance sheet for
the year ended 31st March 2010.
AUDITORS:
The auditors M/s S.S. Kothari & Co., Chartered Accountants, who retire
at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the company, are eligible for
reappointment till the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting.
The company has obtained their willingness for-reappointment and a
certificate under sec. 224(1 B) of the Companies Act, 1956.
CHANGES IN DIRECTORS AND IN KEY OFFICIALS:
In accordance with the Articles of Association and pursuant to the
provisions of Companies Act 1956, Mr. RS. Venkateswaran and Dr.
Khushwant Singh retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General
Meeting and being eligible, offer themselves for reappointment.
A brief resume of the above directors with the nature of expertise in
specific functional areas, details of .other directorships and
memberships on committees of board as required under Clause 49 of the
listing agreement are given at appropriate section in the Report on
Corporate Governance attached to this report.
During the year Mr P R Balasubramanian who was an independent director
and Mr. Kumar Raja, promotor & Non-Executive Director resigned. Ms.
Shraddha Mishra has been appointed as Company Secretary in place of Mr.
Shailesh Baheti.
REPLY TO THE AUDITORS QUAUFICATIONS: .
The Auditors, in point no. ix(a) and xi of the Annexure to their report
have stated that the company is not regular in depositing the Provident
fund, Employees State Insurance, Income tax and Service tax dues and
also that the company has defaulted in repayment of dues to the bank.
Your Directors would like to submit that the reasons for the above are
that the company continued to face severe liquidity pressure since 2008
on account of large over due receivables and also due to severe
economic downturn affecting business. Part payment of Rs. 60 lacs were
made towards PF & TDS and Rs. 13.5 lacs towards bank loan subsequently
and additional time has been sought for balance payment of arrears. As
regards the bank loans, an appeal has been made to the Debt Recovery
Tribunal against their notice of possession of property under SARFAESI
Act. The management is in discussion with investors for strategic
alliance to mobilise larger resources for clearing the liabilities and
for working capital.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:,
The Directors wish to place on record their appreciation for the
continued co-operation and support by the banks, government
authorities, business partners, customers and other stakeholders. Your
Directors wish to place on record their sincere appreciation for the
dedicated contribution made by all the executives, staff members of the
company in the achievements of the company during the year under
review.
For and on behalf of the board
Date: 30.07.2010 P.S. Raman
Place: Hyderabad Executive Chairman
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