Mar 31, 2016
DIRECTORS'' REPORT
Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Twenty Third Annual Report on the business and operations of the Company and the accounts for the Financial Year ended March 31, 2016.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
The Company''s financial performance for the year under review alongwith previous year figures are given hereunder:
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
(Rupees in Lacs)
PARTICULARS |
Financial Year 2015-2016 |
Financial Year 2014-2015 |
Sales and Services |
24,416.40 |
33,653.35 |
Loss before Tax |
842.08 |
1,501.84 |
Exceptional Items |
- |
2,199.66 |
Loss Before Tax |
842.08 |
3,701.50 |
Provisions for Income Tax |
|
|
- Current tax |
- |
- |
- Deferred tax |
(0.17) |
(104.15) |
Income tax/ Deferred Tax for earlier year |
(42.59) |
4.51 |
Loss After Tax |
799.32 |
3,601.86 |
OVERVIEW OF COMPANY''S FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
During the year under review your company has on standalone basis registered a turnover of 24,416 Lacs. A net loss of 799 Lacs has been made during this year as compared to net loss of 3,601 Lacs in the previous year. The year to year decrease in the turnover is 27.45%. The losses incurred are due to lower turnover causing insufficient margins to service the fixed costs.
The Company has been the National Distributor and Service Provider of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (Sistema) and were earning revenues since January 2014. But Sistema is under a Scheme of Arrangement demerging and vesting its Telecom business segment as Transferred Undertaking by rolling out spectrum licenses and related infrastructure to Reliance group, the contract of services and telecom products with your company have been withdrawn in view thereof. Your company is exploring other avenues for business with other operators and other ancillary Industry operators.
No other material changes and commitments affecting the financial position of the Company has occurred between April 1, 2016 and the date of signing of this Report.
DIVIDEND
No Dividend was declared for the current financial year due to consistent losses incurred by the Company.
TELECOM INDUSTRY IN INDIA
India is currently the world''s second-largest telecommunications market and has registered strong growth in the past decade and half. The Indian mobile economy is growing rapidly and will contribute substantially to India''s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), The liberal and reformist policies of the Government of India have been instrumental along with strong consumer demand in the rapid growth in the Indian telecom sector. The government has enabled easy market access to telecom equipment and a fair and proactive regulatory framework that has ensured availability of telecom services to consumer at affordable prices. The deregulation of foreign direct investment (FDI) norms has made the sector one of the fastest growing and a top five employment opportunity generator in the country.
MARKET SIZE
Driven by strong adoption of data consumption on handheld devices, the total mobile services market revenue in India is expected to touch US$ 37 billion in 2017, registering a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.2 per cent between 2014 and 2017.
According to a study by GSMA, smart phones are expected to account for two out of every three mobile connections globally by 2020 making India the fourth largest Smartphone market. The broadband services user-base in India is expected to grow to 250 million connections by 2017, It is expected that India to overtake US as the second-largest Smartphone market globally by 2017 and to maintain high growth rate over the next few years as people switch to smart phones and gradually upgrade to 4G.
The Indian telecom sector is expected to generate four million direct and indirect jobs over the next five years. The employment opportunities are expected to be created due to combination of government''s efforts to increase penetration in rural areas and the rapid increase in Smartphone sales and rising internet usage.
GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
The government has fast-tracked reforms in the telecom sector and continues to be proactive in providing room for growth for telecom companies. Some of the other major initiatives taken by the government are as follows:
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed the telecom companies or mobile operators to compensate the consumers in the event of dropped calls with a view to reduce the increasing number of dropped calls.
- With a view to encourage consolidation in the telecom sector, the Government of India has approved the rules for spectrum trading that will allow telecom companies to buy and sell rights to unused spectrum among themselves. The guidelines on spectrum sharing, aimed to improve spectral efficiency and quality of service, based on the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has also been approved.
- The Central Government''s several initiatives to promote manufacturing in the country, such as ''Make in India'' campaign appears to have had a positive impact on mobile handsets manufacturing in the country. Companies like Samsung, Micromax and Spice had been assembling handsets in the country already. Xiaomi and Motorola, along with Lenovo have also started assembly of smart phones in India. Firms like HTC, Asus and Gionee too have shown interest in setting up a manufacturing base in the country.
- The Government of India plans to roll out free high-speed Wi-Fi in 2,500 cities and towns across the country over the next three years. The program entails an investment of up to Rs 7,000 crore (US$ 1.06 billion) and will be implemented soon.
ROAD AHEAD
India will emerge as a leading player in the virtual world by having 700 million internet users of the 4.7 billion global users by 2025. With the government''s favorable regulation policies and 4G services hitting the market, the Indian telecommunication sector is expected to witness fast growth in the next few years.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
The Company had only one foreign subsidiary of the Company i.e. Shyam Telecom Inc incorporated under the laws of State of Delaware has been dissolved due to its non viability, regular losses and lack of orders in US markets. The dissolution has been made effective from 22ndDecember, 2015. Hence the consolidated Accounts have not been prepared and annexed as subsidiary has no assets.
PUBLIC DEPOSIT
During the year under review, your Company has not accepted any deposit within the meaning of Sections 73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013 read together with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONS
In accordance with the provisions of section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Article of Association of the company, Mr. Alok Tandon, Director of the company, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being eligible, offer himself for re-appointment. His brief profile has been stated in the Corporate Governance Report.
Your directors recommend his re-appointment. All the directors of the Company have confirmed that they are not disqualified from staying on the Board of directors in terms of Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Company has received declaration from all the Independent directors, they meet the criteria of Independence as prescribed both under the Companies Act, 2013 and Sebi(Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulation, 2015.
FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION
Your Company in the meeting of its Board held on 8th February 2016, discussed and evaluated the performance of the Board.
Pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI (Listing Obligations & Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015, the Board has carried out the annual performance evaluation of its own performance, the Directors individually as well as the evaluation of the working of its Board Committees. A structured questionnaire was prepared after circulating the drafts forms, covering various aspects of the Board''s functioning such as adequacy of the composition of the Board and its Committees, Board culture, execution and performance of specific duties, obligations and governance.
The performance evaluation of the Independent Directors was done by the entire Board excluding the Directors being evaluated. The performance evaluation of the Chairman, Board as a whole and the Non-Independent Directors was carried out by the Independent Directors. The Board of Directors expressed their satisfaction with the evaluation process.
FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME MODULE
The Familiarization Program Module for Independent Directors of the Company has been adopted by the Board of Directors. The Independent Directors were intimated and informed about the operational, financial, legal and secretarial aspects of the company. The familiarization programme has been posted on the Company''s website.
VIGIL MECHANISM FOR DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
The Company has established a vigil mechanism programme for overseeing the genuine concerns expressed by the employees and other Directors. The Company has also provided adequate safeguards against victimization of employees and Directors who express their concerns. The Company has also provided direct access to the chairman of the Audit Committee on reporting issues concerning the interests of the employees.
Your company believes in the conduct of the affairs in a fair and transparent manner by adopting highest standards of professionalism, honesty, integrity and ethical behavior. To develop a culture where it is safe for all Directors and Employees to raise genuine concerns or grievances the company established vigil mechanism for Directors and Employees in pursuance of Regulation 22 of Sebi (LODR) 2015 and Section 177(9) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 (posted on companies website).
DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE
Your Company has adopted under The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 a policy for prevention of Sexual Harassment of
Women at workplace and has set up Committee for implementation of said policy. Details of constitution of the committee forms part of the policy and have been posted on the website of the Company (www.shya.mtelecom.com). During the year Company has not received any complaint of harassment.
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY
As per the requirements of Regulation 21 of Sebi (LODR) 2015, your Company has constituted a Risk Management Committee to oversee the risk management efforts in the Company under the Chairmanship of Mr. N. Kumbhat, Independent Director. The details of the Committee along with its charter are set out in the Corporate Governance Report forming part of this Report.
The Company has adopted the procedures in its Risk Management policy concerning the development and implementation of a Risk Management after identifying the elements of risks which in the opinion of the Board may threaten the very existence of the Company itself.
To ensure that all current and future material risk exposure of company is identified and mitigated the company has formulated Risk Management Policy. The policy explains the risk pertaining to financing activities, dependence on distribution network, and their mitigation. The policy is available on the company website (www.shyamtelecom.com) and can be read from there.
RISK FACTORS & MITIGATION
The risks associated with the Company were mostly related to expansion/modernization plan along with utilizing distribution network with current financing activities. The Company is trying to create more avenues for sale of handsets to various other buyers. The company also follows conservative finance and accounting policy and keeps regular check on various financial health parameter. Every quarter the risk analysis is reviewed by the Board of Directors.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of the provision of section I34(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013, your directors confirm that::
i) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2016, the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed and there are no material departure from the same.
ii) 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 the affairs of the company at the end of financial year 2015-2016 and of the profit/ loss of the company for the year ended as on that date;
iii) The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in the accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
iv) Annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
v) the directors had laid down internal financial controls which are followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
vi) Proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws were in place and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
AUDITORS
In the Annual General Meeting held on 30.09.2014, M/s Mehra Goel & Company, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as Statutory Auditors to hold office till the conclusion of 24th AGM, to be held for the financial year ending 2017. Their continuance of appointment and payment of remuneration are to be confirmed and approved in the ensuing Annual General Meeting through ratification. The Company has received a certificate from the above Auditors to the effect that if they are reappointed, it would be in accordance with the provisions of Section 141 of the Companies Act, 2013.
AUDITORS REPORT
The Auditor''s Report presented by M/s. Mehra Goel & Company, Chartered Accountants, the Statutory Auditors on the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2016 is unqualified.
COST AUDITOR
Your Board in view of cessation of manufacturing activity of the company resolved and noted the non- applicability of Cost Audit provisions of the company and hence decided not to recommend the appointment of cost auditor for the financial year 2016-2017. The contribution and enlightening experience with M/s K G Goel & Associate, Cost Accountants was appreciated.
SECRETARIAL AUDIT
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, your Company has appointed M/s A.N. Kukreja, Practicing Company Secretary to conduct the Secretarial Audit of your Company. The Secretarial Audit Report is annexed herewith as "Annexure - I" to this Report. The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
The details forming part of the extract of the Annual Return in Form MGT- 9 in accordance with Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, are set out herewith as "Annexure - II" to this Report.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The details of the related party transactions as required under Accounting Standard - 18 are set out in Notes to the standalone financial statements forming part of this Annual Report. The Form AOC- 2 pursuant to Section 134 (3)(h) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is set out as "Annexure-III" to this Report.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Company has set up CSR committee to facilitate its CSR related operations. The company made various donations during the year.
DETAILS ON INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS RELATED TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Our Company has put in place adequate internal financial controls with reference to the financial statements. A note on the same has been provided in the Management Discussion and Analysis Report.
SIGNIFICANT/MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS
There are no significant/material orders passed by the Regulators or Courts or Tribunals impacting the going concern status of your Company and its operations in future.
PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, ABSORPTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information relating to conservation of energy, as required under section 134 (3) (m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rule8 of The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 , is enclosed as Annexure - IV and forms part of this Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The disclosure of remuneration of Directors is in compliance with Section 197(12) in accordance with Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 read with Section 134 of the 2013 Act.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Company remains regularly in touch with each employee for the redressal of their grievances and maintains high quality standards for them. The industrial relations of your Company are normal.
DISCLOSURE RELATING TO REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL AND PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
In accordance with Section I78 and other applicable provisions if any, of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rules issued there under and Regulation 19 of Sebi (LODR) 2015, the Company is having Nomination and Remuneration Policy framed on the recommendations of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a director etc.
The salient aspects covered in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy, covering the policy on appointment and remuneration of Directors and other matters have been outlined in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Report.
The Managing Director and CEO of your Company does not receive remuneration from the subsidiary of your Company.
The information required under Section I97 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 in respect of Directors/employees of your Company is provided in this Report as "Annexure - V".
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
The company has proper composition of the Board and has following KMP''s
Mr. Ajay Khanna - Managing Director
Mr. Gursharan Singh - CEO Mr.Vinod Raina - CFO
Mr. Dharmender Dhingra - Company Secretary & Compliance Officer
NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
The details of the number of Board and Audit Committee meetings of your company are set out in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part of this Report.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
In compliance with the provisions of Sebi(Lodr) Regulation 2015 a separate report on Corporate Governance along with a certificate from the Auditors on its compliance forms an integral part of this Report.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Your Company has received declarations from all the Independent Directors confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as prescribed under Section 149(5) of Companies Act, 2013 read with the Schedules and Rules issued there under as well as Sebi(Lodr) Regulation 2015.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
A report on Management Discussion and Analysis as stipulated under Sebi(Lodr) Regulation 2015, as applicable, forms the part of this report as Annexure - VI.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Shyam Telecom Inc. (Corporation) was a subsidiary of Shyam Telecom Limited (STL) an Indian company. The stockholders had authorized the Dissolution of the corporation by unanimous consent on 22 December 2015. The corporation has been Dissolved as per the Certificate of Dissolution issued by the State of Delaware (USA) pursuant to Section 275 and 391 (a) (b) (c). The said Corporation had no assets and ceased to transact business as of 22 December 2015. In View of above as on 31-3-2016 there was no subsidiary, the consolidation of accounts has not been done.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS MADE UNDER SECTION 186 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
Loans, guarantees and investment covered under Sec 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 forms part of the notes to the financial statements provided in this Annual Report.
COMPOSITION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE
Disclosure pursuant to the provisions of section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Audit & Finance Committee of the company consists of:
Mr. Achintya Karati - Independent Director & Chairman
Mr. Vinod Juneja - Independent Director & Member
Mr. C.S.Malhotra - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Narendra Kumbhat - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Arun Khanna - Non Executive Director & Member
Mr. Dharmender Dhingra - Company Secretary & Vice President (Legal)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Board wishes to place on records its-sincere appreciation for the continued assistance and support extended to the Company by its Bankers, Vendors, Government Authorities and Employees.
Your directors acknowledge with gratitude the encouragement and support extended by our valued Shareholders.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
SHYAM TELECOM LIMITED
Sd/- Sd/-
AJAY KHANNA ALOK TANDON
Managing Director Director
PLACE: NEW DELHI
DATE: 9th August, 2016
Mar 31, 2015
Dear Members,
The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Twenty Second Annual
Report on the business and operations of the Company and the accounts
for the financial year ended March 31st, 2015.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE COMPANY
The Company's financial performance for the year under review alongwith
previous year figures are given hereunder:
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
(Rupees in Lacs)
Financial Financial
PARTICULARS Year Year
2014-2015 2013-2014
Sales and Services 33,653.35 34,915.41
Loss before Tax and 1,501.84 142.54
Exceptional Items
Exceptional Items 2199.66 -
Loss Before Tax 3701.50 142.54
Provisions for Income Tax
- Current tax - 42.50
- Deferred tax (104.15) (61.57)
Income tax/ Deferred 4.51 11.46
Ta x for earlier year
Loss After Tax 3601.86 134.93
OVERVIEW OF COMPANY'S FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
During the year under review your Company has on standalone basis
registered a turnover of Rs. 33653.35 Lacs. A net loss of Rs. 3601.86
Lacs has been made during this year as compared to net loss of Rs
134.93 Lacs in the previous year. The year to year decrease in the
turnover is 3.61%. The increase in the net loss is due to reduction in
turnover. The amounts of continuing and dis-continued operation of the
Company have been considered.
On a consolidated basis, your Company achieved revenue of Rs. 33665.45
lacs in this year as against Rs. 35196.09 lacs in the previous year. A
net loss of Rs. 2740.38 Lacs has been made during this year as compared
to net loss of Rs 198.94 Lacs in the previous year.
Another factor for increase in losses is attributed to the exceptional
items. The Company has made provision for writing
off loans and advances given to the subsidiary Company. Additionally
provision has also been made for diminution in the value of
investments.
No other material changes and commitments affecting the financial
position of the Company has occurred between April 1, 2015 and the date
of signing of this Report.
DIVIDEND
No Dividend was declared for the current financial year due to
consistent losses incurred by the Company.
TELECOM INDUSTRY IN INDIA
AN OVERVIEW
In today's information age, the telecommunication industry has a vital
role to play. It is considered as the backbone of industrial and
economic development. The industry has been aiding delivery of voice
and services at rapidly increasing speeds, and thus has been
revolutionizing human connection.
Telecom Industry in 2014-2015 was in the value destructing phase based
on hyper competition. Outside of the US, Indians became the biggest
followers of Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter and specifically on mobile.
Indian enterprises and SMEs are adopting cloud-based services to
increase the quality and reach of their offerings. E-tailors became the
first large business segment to exploit consumer analytics. Telecom
services have been acknowledged globally as an essential tool for the
socio- economic development of a nation. India is currently the world's
second-largest telecommunications market and has registered exceptional
growth in the past few years.
MARKET SIZE
Snapshot
Description Numbers*
Total no. of phone subscriptions 1 billion
Mobiles 974 million
Landlines 26 million
Total no. of PCs 100 million
Internet users 300 million
Mobile internet Users 180 million
Sharing of fixed line internet 2-4 users
connection
Broadband 100 million (wired
16 million; wireless:
84 million)**
* The data stands as on March 2015
**Govt now defines broadband as 512 KBPS
Information about Mobiles  Users and Technology
Total duration of phone calls 17 bn mins
made every day
No. of text msgs sent every day 1.7 bn
on average
Average number of minutes 47.6
spent per day on smartphones
Share of users accessing social 56%
media via mobiles
Commonly used mobile terms
Call drop The abrupt ending of a phone
conversation because of so called
"network-failure"
Generation Stages of mobile service technology; a
2, 3, 4G higher number denotes greater speed
and efficiency
Number System that allows a subscribers to
portability retain his or her number while changing
cities or operators
Spectrum Radiowaves that carry voice and other
telecom data; its alleged arbitrary
allocation was at the heart of 2G
scandal.
Telecommunications is one of the prime support services needed for
rapid growth and modernization of various sectors of the economy.
Driven by strong adoption of data consumption on handheld devices, the
total mobile services market revenue in India will reach US$ 32.5
billion in 2015 and is expected to touch US$ 37 billion in 2017,
registering a compound annual growth rate of 5.2 per cent.
It has been expected that smartphones will account for two out of every
three mobile connections globally by 2020 and India is all set to
become the fourth largest smartphone market.
The broadband services user-base in India is expected to grow to 250
million connections by 2017.
India saw the fastest growth in new mobile-phone connections with 18
million net additions almost in each quarter, followed by China with 12
million new additions, according to a report by a reputed Swedish
mobile network equipment maker.
EXPORTS
The Company has been exporter of Telecommunication products and related
systems to various countries worldwide.
The export revenue of the Company for the financial year 2014-2015 is
Rs. 2.82 crores (F.O.B). The Company has been involved in the turnkey
projects which are inclusive of survey, planning, installation,
commissioning etc. We are already having various
agents/distributors/value added resellers worldwide.
FUTURE OF TELECOM INDUSTRY
In 2015-2016, we will witness multiple Indian players launching 4G on a
more efficient 1800 MHz spectrum. Indian subscribers will adopt 4G
wholeheartedly to satiate their need for mobile data. We expect 4G LTE
subscribers to reach 10 million to 15 million by December 2015 driven
by competitive pricing, superior network experience and affordable
smartphones.
India will see a significant spurt in Wi-Fi hotspots driven by both the
government 'smart cities' and 'digital India' as well as private sector
initiatives. However, wired broadband for retail consumers is likely to
remain work-in-progress by the end of 2015.
BUSINESS SNAPSHOT
Your Company is a complete telecom solution provider offering suite of
both in-building and outdoor repeaters and DAS Products. The company is
a leading global telecom manufacturer supplying indoor and outdoor
wireless signal enhancement solution. Your Company also deals in
In-building solutions and state of the art Turnkey projects. Service
providers are going big way in "In-Building solution" where your
Company is one of the leading solution provider. In addition to revenue
from manufacturing, handsets and accessories contribute to the turnover
of the Company.
The Company imports mobile handsets and accessories from world renowned
suppliers like ZTE and HUAWEI. Your Company has its presence in Asia
Pacific, USA, Europe, North & South America and Russia.
OUTSOURCING OF MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES CARRIED AT PLANT SITUATED AT
UV-246, PHASE - IV, UDYOG VIHAR, GURGAON
The Company carried out its manufacturing operations from the plant
situated at UV-246, Phase-IV, Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon. The Company
initiated the process of Discontinuing/ outsourcing the manufacturing
operations in pursuance to the resolution passed in the meeting of
Board of Directors held on 9th Feberuary, 2015 and thereby vacated the
premises by 15th April, 2015 and disposed off all tangible assets
except
vehicles, discharged/provided for contractual obligations of
manpower/worker and resolved to outsource the operations henceforth.
Consequently there is only one reportable segment as on 31st March,
2015.
SUBSIDIARY COMPANY
The Company has only one subsidiary viz. Shyam Telecom Inc, USA. During
the year, Board of Directors reviewed the affairs of the subsidiary.
Sec 129(3) of the Companies Act 2013 states that where a Company has
one or more subsidiaries, a consolidated financial statement of the
Company and of all subsidiaries shall be laid before annual general
meeting of the Company in the same form and manner. In accordance with
the section we have prepared consolidated financial statements of the
Company and its subsidiary, which forms part of the Annual Report.
Further a statement containing the salient features of the financial
statements of the subsidiary in the prescribed format AOC-1 is appended
as Annexure-I to the Board's Report. The statement also provides the
details of performance, financial position of the subsidiary.
The financial statements including the consolidated financial
statements, financial statements of subsidiary and all other documents
required to be attached to this report have been uploaded on the
website of your Company. (www.shyamtelecom.com)
The financial year of the subsidiary is from 1st January 2014 to 31st
March 2015. Accordingly, accounts enclosed are for the afore-stated
period
PUBLIC DEPOSIT
During the year under review, your Company has not accepted any deposit
within the meaning of Sections 73 and 74 of the Companies Act, 2013
read together with the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of section 152 of the Companies Act,
2013 and Article of Association of the company, Mr. Arun Khanna,
Director of the Company, retires by rotation at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting and being eligible, offer himself for re-appointment.
His brief profile has been stated in the Corporate Governance Report.
Your directors recommend his re-appointment. All the Directors of the
Company have confirmed that they are
not disqualified from being staying on the Board of Directors in terms
of Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and they have also filed
their consent for such appointment.
SEBI vide its circular dated 17th April, 2014 had made it mandatory for
all the listed companies to appoint atleast one Woman Director on the
Board of Company by 31st March, 2015 in alignment with the requirement
of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013, under corporate governance
norms. Mrs. Nishi Arora Sabharwal was appointed as Women Independent
Director w.e.f. 30.09.2014 and is part of the Board.
Furthermore to comply with requirement of Section 203 of the Companies
Act, 2013 read with the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of
Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 following persons were designated as
KMPs
Mr. Ajay Khanna  KMP (Managing Director)
Mr. Dharmender Dhingra  KMP (Company Secretary & Compliance Officer)
Mr. Gursharan Singh  CFO
Mr. B S Yadav  CEO
The Board in its meeting held on May 30, 2015 appointed Mr. Vinod Raina
as CFO of the Company. Mr. Gursharan Singh was re-designated as CEO of
the Company in place of Mr. B S Yadav, who resigned from the Company.
FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION
Your Company in the meeting of its Board held on 8th February 2015,
discussed and evaluated the performance of the Board as per below
mentioned 3 tier basis:
1. Work of Chairperson evaluated by all the other Directors.
2. Work of Executive, Non-Executive Directors evaluated by all the Non
 Executive Independent Directors.
3. Independent Directors contribution evaluated by the Executive & Non
 Executive Directors.
The parameter for evaluation was based on following points:
1. Leadership initiative
2. Initiative in terms of new ideas and planning for the Company
3. Professional skills, problem solving, and decision-making.
4. Compliance with policies of the Company, ethics, code of conduct,
etc.
5. Reporting of frauds, violation etc.
6. Safeguarding of interest of whistle blowers under vigil mechanism.
7. Timely inputs on the minutes of the meetings of the Board and
Committee, if any.
8. Consideration of the independent audit plan and provides
recommendations
9. Is the board as a whole up to date with latest developments in the
regulatory environment and the market?
FAMILIARISATION PROGRAMME MODULE
The Familiarization Program Module ("the Program") for Independent
Directors ("ID") of the Company has been adopted by the Board of
Directors pursuant to Securities and Exchange Board of India vide
Circular no. CIR/CFD/POLICY CELL/7/2014 dated September 15, 2014
The Independent Directors were intimated and informed about the
operational, financial, legal and secretarial aspects of the company.
The familiarization programme has been posted on the Company's website
www.shyamtelecom.com.
VIGIL MECHANISM FOR DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
The Company has established a vigil mechanism programme for overseeing
the genuine concerns expressed by the employees and other Directors.
The Company has also provided adequate safeguards against victimization
of employees and Directors who express their concerns. The Company has
also provided direct access to the Chairman of the Audit Committee on
reporting issues concerning the interests of the employees.
Your Company believes in the conduct of the affairs in a fair and
transparent manner by adopting highest standards of professionalism,
honesty, integrity and ethical behaviour. To develop a culture where
it is safe for all Directors and Employees to raise genuine concerns or
grievances the Company established vigil mechanism for Directors and
Employees in pursuance of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement between
the Company and the Stock Exchanges and Section 177(9) of the Companies
Act, 2013 and Rule 7 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its
Powers) Rules, 2014
DISCLOSURE UNDER SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE
In order to prevent sexual harassment of women at work place The Sexual
Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention,
Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 has been notified on 9th December,
2013. Under the said Act every Company is required to set up an
Internal Complaints Committee to look into complaints relating to
sexual harassment at work place of any women employee.
Company has adopted a policy for prevention of Sexual Harassment of
Women at workplace and has set up Committee for implementation of said
policy. Details of constitution of the committee forms part of the
policy and have been posted on the website of the Company
(www.shyamtelecom.com). During the year under review, there were no
cases filed pursuant to the said act.
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY
As per the requirements of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, your
Company has constituted a Risk Management Committee to oversee the risk
management efforts in the Company under the Chairmanship of Mr. N.
Kumbhat, Independent Director. The details of the Committee along with
its charter are set out in the Corporate Governance Report forming part
of this Report.
During the financial year 2014-15, the Board of Directors have approved
the risk management policy and the risk appetite for your Company as
proposed by the Management and recommended by the Risk Management
Committee.
To ensure that all current and future material risk exposure of company
is identified and mitigated the Company has formulated Risk Management
Policy. The policy explains the risk pertaining to financing
activities, dependence on distribution network, and their mitigation.
The policy is available on the company website (www.shyamtelecom.com)
and can be read from there.
RISK FACTORS & MITIGATION
The risks associated with the Company were mostly related to
expansion/modernization plan along with utilizing distribution network
with current financing activities. The Company is trying to create
more avenues for sale of handsets to various other buyers so that
dependence on one buyer could be reduced. The Company also follows
conservative finance and accounting policy and keeps regular check on
various financial health parameter.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of the provision of section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act,
2013, your Directors confirm that:
i) in the preparation of the Annual Accounts for the year ended 31st
March 2015, the applicable Accounting Standards had been followed and
there are no material departure from the same.
ii) 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 the
affairs of the Company at the end of financial year 2014-2015 and of
the profit/ loss of the Company for the year ended as on that date;
iii) the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records in the accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities.
iv) Annual Accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.
v) the Directors had laid down internal financial controls which are
followed by the Company and that such internal financial controls are
adequate and were operating effectively.
vi) proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all
applicable laws were in place and that such systems were adequate and
operating effectively.
AUDITORS
In the Annual General Meeting held on 30.09.2014, M/s Mehra Goel &
Company, Chartered Accountants, were appointed as Statutory Auditors to
hold office till the conclusion of 24th AGM, to be held for the
financial year ending 2017. Their continuance of appointment and
payment of remuneration are to be confirmed and approved in the Twenty
Second Annual General Meeting through ratification. The Company has
received a certificate from the above Auditors to the effect that if
they are reappointed, it would be in accordance with the provisions of
the Companies Act, 2013.
AUDITORS REPORT
The Auditor's Report presented by M/s. Mehra Goel & Company, Chartered
Accountants, the Statutory Auditors
on the accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March,
2015 is unqualified. They have in the report drawn attention to the
ongoing matter with the ARM Limited for which Company has filed an
application under section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act,
1996. The matter is presently sub-judice.
COST AUDITOR
As per Section 148 and other applicable provisions, if any, of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,
2014, the Board of Directors of your Company has appointed M/s. K. G
Goyal & Associates, Cost Accountants as the Cost Auditor for the
financial year 2015-16 on the recommendations made by the Audit
Committee. The remuneration of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty Thousand
only) per annum is proposed to be paid to the Cost Auditor, subject to
the ratification by the members at the ensuing AGM, excluding taxes and
out of pocket expenses, if any.
Your Company has received consent from M/s. K. G Goyal & Associates,
Cost Accountants, to act as the Cost Auditor for the financial year
2015-16 along with a certificate confirming their independence.
SECRETARIAL AUDIT
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013
read with the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) Rules, 2014, your Company has appointed M/s A.N. Kukreja,
Practicing Company Secretary to conduct the Secretarial Audit of your
Company. The Secretarial Audit Report is annexed herewith as "Annexure
- II" to this Report. The Secretarial Audit Report does not contain any
qualification, reservation or adverse remark.
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
The details forming part of the extract of the Annual Return in Form
MGT- 9 in accordance with Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 read
with the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, are set
out herewith as "Annexure  III" to this Report.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The details of the related party transactions as required under
Accounting Standard - 18 are set out in Notes to the standalone
financial statements forming part of this Annual Report. AOC- 2
pursuant to Section 134 (3)(h) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
Rule 8(2) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is set out as
"Annexure-IV" to this Report.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The Company has set up CSR committee to facilitate its CSR related
operations. The Company donated medicines worth Rs. 2.47 lakhs for the
people who were affected by the J&K Flood Disaster. In addition to this
Company supports following organizations towards well-being of the
society:
1. Shrimati Pushpawati Loomba Memorial Foundation for the purposes of
Widows Empowerment Project in India
2. Centre for Empowerment and Initiatives
3. Bhartiya Handicapped Cricket Association
4. Shri Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati Samarak Trust Tankara.
DETAILS ON INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS RELATED TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Your Company has put in place adequate internal financial controls with
reference to the financial statements. A note on the same has been
provided in the Management Discussion and Analysis Report.
SIGNIFICANT/MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS
There are no significant/material orders passed by the Regulators or
Courts or Tribunals impacting the going concern status of your Company
and its operations in future.
PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, ABSORPTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information relating to conservation of energy, as required under
section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rule 8 of
The Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014, is enclosed as Annexure  V and
forms part of this report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
The disclosure of remuneration of Directors is in compliance with
Section 197(12) in accordance with Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 read with Section 134
of the 2013 Act.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
The Company remains regularly in touch with each employee for the
redressal of their grievances and maintains high quality standards for
them. The industrial relations of your Company are normal.
DISCLOSURE RELATING TO REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS, KEY MANAGERIAL
PERSONNEL AND PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
In accordance with Section 178 and other applicable provisions if any,
of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Rules issued thereunder and
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Company is having Nomination
and Remuneration Policy framed on the recommendations of the Nomination
and Remuneration Committee for determining qualifications, positive
attributes, independence of a Director etc.
The salient aspects covered in the Nomination and Remuneration Policy,
covering the policy on appointment and remuneration of Directors and
other matters have been outlined in the Corporate Governance Report
which forms part of this report.
The Managing Director and CEO of your Company does not receive
remuneration from the subsidiary of your Company.
The information required under Section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) Rules, 2014 in respect of Directors/employees of your
Company is provided in this Report as "Annexure - VI".
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL
During the financial year 2014-15, Mrs. Nishi Arora Sabharwal was
appointed as Women Independent Directors of your Company on 30.09.2014.
Mr. Praveen Kumar Bhatia, Independent Director expressed his desire for
not continuing as an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of
your Company and stepped down on 06.06.2014. The Board in its meeting
held on May 30, 2015 appointed Mr. Vinod Raina as CFO of the Company.
Mr. Gursharan Singh was re-designated as CEO of the Company in place of
Mr B S Yadav, who resigned from the Company.
ANNUAL EVALUATION OF BOARD'S PERFORMANCE
In terms of the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rules
issued thereunder and Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the Board of
Directors on recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Board/Director(s)
for the financial year 2014-15.
NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
The details of the number of Board and Audit Committee meetings of your
Company are set out in the Corporate Governance Report which forms part
of this report.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
In compliance with the provisions of Clause 49 of the Listing
Agreement, a separate report on Corporate Governance along with a
certificate from the Auditors on its compliance forms an integral part
of this report.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Your Company has received declarations from all the Independent
Directors confirming that they meet the criteria of independence as
prescribed under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 read with the
Schedules and Rules issued thereunder as well as Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
A report on Management Discussion and Analysis as stipulated under
clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, as applicable, forms the part of
this report as Annexure - VII.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The consolidated financial statements of your Company for the financial
year 2014-15, are prepared in compliance with applicable provisions of
the Companies Act, 2013, Accounting Standards and Listing Agreement as
prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis
of Audited Financial Statements of the Company and its subsidiary.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS MADE UNDER SECTION 186
OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013
Loans, guarantees and investment covered under Sec 186 of the Companies
Act, 2013 forms part of the notes to the financial statements provided
in this Annual Report.
COMPOSITION OF AUDIT COMMITTEE
Disclosure pursuant to the provisions of section 177 of the Companies
Act, 2013, the Audit & Finance Committee of the Company consists of:
Mr. Achintya Karati - Independent Director & Chairman
Mr. Vinod Juneja - Independent Director & Member
Mr. C.S.Malhotra - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Narendra Kumbhat - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Arun Khanna - Non Executive Director & Member
Mr. Dharmender Dhingra - CS & Vice President (Legal)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Board wishes to place on records its-sincere appreciation for the
continued assistance and support extended to the Company by its
Bankers, Vendors, Government Authorities and Employees.
Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the encouragement and support
extended by our valued Shareholders.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
SHYAM TELECOM LIMITED
Sd/- Sd/-
PLACE: NEW DELHI AJAY KHANNA N Kumbhat
DATE: 30th May,2015 Managing Director Director
Mar 31, 2014
Dear Members,
The Director''s are delighted to present the Twenty First Annual Report
on the Business and Operations of the Company together with the Audited
Financial statements for the year ended 31st March, 2014.
TELECOM INDUSTRY IN INDIA
AN OVERVIEW
Globally the Telecom Industry is in the midst of a transformational
shift, driven by a huge surge in data traffic on telecom networks. A
number of mobile operators are rolling out 4G networks across the
globe. A number of wire line operators are rolling out "Fiber to the
home", providing enormous bandwidth up to 100 Mbps to the
subscribers. Users will be able to gravitate to fastest, most reliable
and best priced wireless networks available. The migration of speed
seeking data users to 4G may be accompanied by a rise in volume of
voice calls on legacy 2G and 3G networks. Operators are offering very
competitive tariffs to encourage more of their subscriber base to use
mobile data services. 4G customers are likely to generate higher
Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) than 3G customers.
Globally, the governments are making more spectrums available to
exacerbate the spectrum shortage. More and more mobile operators are
deploying emerging technologies such as HetNets to overcome the
spectrum exhaustion.
India, the second largest telecom market by subscriber base after
China, witnessed phenomenal growth in last decade. The 2G scam leading
to cancellation of a spate of licenses, high competition, heavy debt
and flip-flops on regulatory and other policy issues in recent years,
have taken a heavy toll on the sector, hurting the profitability of
companies.
India becomes one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world.
The unprecedented increase in teledensity and sharp decline in tariffs
in the Indian telecom sector have contributed significantly to the
country''s economic growth. Besides contributing about 5.3% to India''s
GDP, Telecommunications alongwith Information Technology has greatly
accelerated the growth of the economic and social sectors.
DRIVING BROADBAND GROWTH
Department of Telecommunication in India has planned to increase rural
teledensity from 40 to 60 by year 2017 and 100 by year 2020. Moreover,
the National Broadband Plan envisages 160 million broadband connections
including 60 million wireless broadband connections by the year 2014.
There are plenty of opportunities for the communication service
providers in India to address this growth path.
Government of India has approved building of National Optical Fiber
Network (NOFN) to provide connectivity to 250,000 Gram Panchayats of
the country. The project envisages providing high-speed and
high-quality broadband access to all village panchayats through optic
fiber by year 2014 and progressively to all villages and habitations.
ADDRESSING AND RURAL CHALLENGE
India''s mobile service providers (MSP''s) have yet to tap the full
potential of rural India, as large parts of rural India are in dire
need of telecom service. Bridging the rural-urban digital divide is
critical for India''s inclusive growth in financial, healthcare and
education sector, among others. The challenge, however, is to deliver a
mobile service to rural users, that is viable and profitable at the
current low levels of ARPU.
Notwithstanding the economic progress over the last decade, the digital
divide in the country continues to be significant. Expansion of
telecommunication in the rural areas has been slow as compared to urban
areas, with the former accounting for only 39.6% of the total
connections. In addition to this, there is wide variation in
teledensity from one state to the other. States such as Punjab, Kerala,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Maharashtra have higher teledensity
in the range of 87% to 109% vis-a-vis states such as Bihar, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Assam having teledensity in the range of
44% to 55%.
EXPORTS
Your Company is exporting Telecommunication products and system to
various countries worldwide.
The export revenue of the Company for the financial year 2013-14 is of
Rs 12.38 crores (F.O.B). The Company has taken turnkey projects
worldwide, which includes the survey, planning, installation,
commissioning etc. We already have various agents/distributors/value
added resellers worldwide
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
The consolidated foreign direct investment (FDI) policy of India 2014
has been announced by India and it has brought many far reaching
changes and reforms. FDI in the licensee company/ India
promoters/investment companies including their holding companies shall
require approval of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) if it
has a bearing on the overall ceiling of 100 %. The investment up to 49%
is through Automatic Entry
Route but beyond it, the approval of FIPB is required. While approving
the investment proposals, FIPB takes note that investment is not coming
from countries of concern and/or unfriendly entities.
Telecom is considered to be highly potential for investments and
upcoming industries. The Investments in telecom equipment manufacturing
is allowed up to 100% and entry route is fully automatic but subject to
sectoral caps.
FUTURE OF TELECOM
The Indian telecom sector has proved to be an international success
story. The success has witnessed a commendable growth over the past
couple of years within overall subscriber base 951.34 million and
teledensity of 78.66. the sector continues to leapfrog from strength to
strength with the urban teledensity reaching 169.55. The market has
been showing signs of maturity.
The telecom industry is geared up to drive the next round of growth
particularly with voice based services. It is envisaged that the 3G and
BWA are expected to reinvigorate the maturing urban market and would
help in bringing balance growth of the economy.
The phenomenal growth observed in mobile services is yet to be
replicated in broadband and other related services where the subscriber
base is quiet low. Other areas on which majority of players in this
industry are concentrating is the rural India where enormous untapped
potential exists.
With the advent of new generation technologies & products, operators
are looking out aggressively to roll out 3G & broadband wireless access
services. The demand for telecom equipments has contemplated increased
to cease such surfacing opportunities. Even government is also coming
out with such conducive policies to support and give impetus
manufacturing industries. With all around efforts from being an import
centric industry, it is becoming a global telecom manufacturing hub.
The road map of its growth is being travelled by setting up domestic
manufacturing facilities by Indian Companies along with multinational
companies.All the big players- Multinational Companies like Nokia,
Alcatel, Motorola, LG Electronics, Samsung etc. have already set up
their production facilities in the country and many more are planning
to set up.
COMPANY''S OVERVIEW
Your company is a leading global telecom manufacturer supplying indoor
and outdoor wireless signal enhancement solution for more than 100
networks in 5 continents. Your company designs and manufactures cost
effective RF Repeaters , Optical distributive antenna solutions, IP
Cellular backhauls systems and signals enhancement accessories that
enable mobile operators, real estate developers, neutral host providers
and business provide seamless, wireless coverage within their network.
Besides manufacturing we are also in trading of CDMA handsets, data
cards and accessories. Substantial turnover from these handsets and
accessories contributes to the top line of the company.
The company import these mobile handsets and accessories from world
renowned suppliers like LG, Samsung, ZTE, and HUAWEI. The company is
also planning to add a range of new handsets and accessories in the
market in the coming years.
Despite of concern and cautious approach prevailing in the telecom
industry, post cancellation of licenses, your company has still been
trading handsets and accessories with encouraging growth levels. There
is a freeze of Capital Expenditure being observed by Telecom Industry
as a whole but your company has products which can help operators to
enhance their existing networks to achieve optimum efficiency with very
low costs.
The company got FCC certification for its 43dBm Repeater and also
launched its IP based software feature which will fasten the
application of products and make it more user friendly.
Your company has been instrumental in translating the requirements of
the operators by using the products of the company like RF Repeaters,
Optical Das, IP Backhaul, etc. with minimum capital expenditure and
maximum network optimization.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
(Rupees in Lacs)
Financial Financial
PARTICULARS Year Year
2013-2014 2012-2013
Sales and Services 34,915.41 42,579.51
Profit/(Loss) before Tax and
Exceptional Items (142.54) 148.45
Exceptional Items - 118.31
Profit/(Loss) Before Tax (142.54) 30.14
Provisions for Income Tax
- Current tax 42.50 133.00
- Deferred tax (61.57) (107.92)
Income tax/ Deferred
Tax for earlier year 11.46 -
Profit/(Loss) After Tax (134.93) 5.06
OPERATIONS
During the Year under review your company has registered a turnover of
Rs. 34915.94 Lacs against Rs. 42,579.51 Lacs in year 2012- 2013. A net
loss of Rs. 134.93 Lacs has been made during this year as against a
profit of Rs 5.06 Lacs in the previous year. This year to year
decrease in the turnover is 18 %. The reduction in the net profit is
due to reduction in turnover.
DIVIDEND
In view of losses incurred during the year under review, the Board of
Directors of the Company has not recommended any divided to the
shareholders for this financial year.
SUBSIDIARY
The Company has only one subsidiary viz. Shyam Telecom Inc, USA and
therefore as per section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, the report and
Audited Accounts of the subsidiary company along with the statement
from the part of Annual Report. Subsidiary also provides the logistic
benefits which helps in quick delivery of products at the customer end.
The financial year of the subsidiary is from 1st January to 31st
December, accordingly, Accounts enclosed are for the period of whole
year i.e. from 1st January 2013 to 31st December 2013.
PUBLIC FIXED DEPOSIT
During the year under review the company has not accepted any deposits
from public under section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956 and rules made
there under.
DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of section 152 of the Companies Act,
2013 and Article of Association of the company, Mr. Rajiv Mehrotra and
Mr. Ajay Khanna, Directors of the company, retire by rotation at the
ensuing Annual General Meeting and be eligible, offer themselves for
re-appointment. Their brief profile has been stated in the Corporate
Governance Report.
Necessary resolutions for the appointment/re-appointment of the
aforesaid directors have been included in the notice convening the
ensuing AGM and details of the proposal for appointment/re-appointment
are mentioned in the explanatory statement of the notice.
Your directors recommend their appointment/re-appointment. All the
directors of the Company have confirmed that they are not disqualified
from being appointed as directors in terms of Section 164(2) of the
Companies Act, 2013 and they have also filed their consent for such
appointment.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of the provision of section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956, your directors confirm that:
i) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable Accounting
Standards had been followed along with the proper explanation relating
to material departure wherever necessary;
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 the
affairs of the company at the end of financial year 2013-2014 and of
the profit/ loss of the company for the year ended as on that date;
iii) The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate Accounting Records in the accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv) The Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern
basis.
AUDITORS
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013
and the Companies (Audit & Auditors) Rules, 2014 and pursuant to the
recommendations of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, M/s.
Mehra Goel & Company, Chartered Accountants (Registration No. 000517N),
re- appointed as auditors of the Company, to hold office from the
conclusion of this AGM to the conclusion of the 24th AGM, for the
financial year ending 2017 (subject to ratification of the appointment
by the members at every AGM held after this AGM) at the remuneration to
be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company.
AUDITOR''S REPORT AND CLARIFICATION
The auditor''s report presented by M/s. Mehra Goel & Company, Chartered
Accountants, Statutory Auditors on the accounts of the Company for the
financial year ended 31sr March, 2014 is self explanatory and requires
no comments.
COST AUDITOR
The Board, on the recommendation of the Audit Committee, has approved
the appointment of M/s K. G Goyal & Associates and remuneration of Cost
Auditors to conduct the audit of the cost records of the Company for
the financial year ending 31 March, 2015.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 148 of the Companies Act,
2013 read with the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, the
remuneration payable to the Cost Auditors has to be ratified by the
shareholders of the Company.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Your Company endeavours to grow its business in a socially and
environmentally responsible way, while upholding the interest of the
stakeholders. the company also believes in taking an active role and
responsibility in helping NGO''s and other charitable institutions.
The company shows an exceptional caution in use of paper (as duplex
printing is the standard setting for printer and copiers). No paper is
trashed unless it has been used both the sides. The company is
conscious and committed towards its social responsibility.
PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, ABSORPTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO
The information relating to conservation of energy, as required under
section 217 (1) (e) of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the companies
(Disclosure of Particulars in the report of Board of Directors) Rule,
1988, is annexed and form the part of this Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
In compliance with provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956, read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rule 1975,
statement of particulars of employees has not been given as none of
employee during the financial year drew remuneration more than Rs. 5
Lacs per month or Rs. 60 Lacs per annum.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Relation with the Employees remain cordial and your Directors wish to
place on record their appreciation of the co-operation and contribution
made by the employees at all levels.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The Company is regularly complying with the regulatory norms of
Corporate Governance as stipulated under clause 49 of the listing
agreement. A Report on Corporate Governance as required under Clause 49
of the Listing Agreement, as applicable, form the part of this report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
A report on Management Discussion and Analysis as required under clause
49 of the Listing Agreement, as applicable, form the part of this
report.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In accordance with the Accounting Standard 21, Audited Consolidated
Financial statements have been attached which form the part of this
report and accounts.
COMPOSITION OF AUDIT & FINANCE COMMITTEE
Disclosure pursuant to the provisions of section 292A of the Companies
Act, 1956, the Audit & Finance Committee of the company consists of:
Mr. Achintya Karati - Independent Director & Chairman
Mr. Vinod Juneja - Independent Director & Chairman
Mr. Narendra Kumbhat - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Praveen Kumar Bhatia - Independent Director & Member
Mr. C.S.Malhotra - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Arun Khanna - Non Executive Director & Member
Mr. Dharmender Dhingra - Vice President (Legal) & Company Secretary.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation received
from bankers , Central and State Government Departments, Local
Authorities and Customer for their continued guidance and support.
Your Directors also convey their gratitude to the Shareholders,
Statutory Auditors and Employees of the company for their commit and
support which has contributed to the growth and success of the company.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
SHYAM TELECOM LIMITED
Sd/- Sd/-
PLACE: NEW DELHI AJAY KHANNA ALOK TANDON
DATE: 30th May,2014 Managing Director Director
Mar 31, 2013
Dear Members,
The Director''s are pleased to present the Twentieth Annual Report on
the business and operations of the company together with the Audited
Financial statements and Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2013.
TELECOM INDUSTRY IN INDIA
AN OVERVIEW
India''s telecommunication network is the second largest in the world
based on the total number of telephone users (both fixed and mobile
phone). It has one of the lowest call tariffs in the world enabled by
the mega telephone networks and hyper-competition among them. It has
the world''s third- largest Internet user-base with over 137 millions.
Major sectors of the Indian telecommunication industry are telephony,
internet and television broadcasting.
The central paradox inherent in the business of telecommunications over
the past several years was at its most vivid in 2013. Having finally
recovered fully from the global economic downturn and come to terms
with the challenge of mass broadband and digitization, the industry had
to contend with the ongoing issues of how to grow and become more
profitable. We define digitization as the mass adoption of connected
digital technologies and applications by consumers, enterprises, and
governmentsÂa revolutionary movement that is reshaping the sector.
The Indian telecommunication industry is one of the fastest growing in
the world. Government policies and regulatory framework implementation
by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) have provided conducive
environment for service providers. This has made the sector more
competitive, while enhancing the accessibility of telecommunication
service at affordable tariffs to the consumers. In the last two
decades, the Indian Telecom Sector and mobile telephony in particular
has caught the imagination of Indian by revolutionizing the way we
communicate, share information; and through its staggering growth
helped millions stay connected.
The Telecom industry has witnessed significant growth in subscriber''s
base over the last decade, with increasing network coverage and a
competition- induced decline in tariffs acting as catalysts for the
growth in subscriber''s base. The growth story and the potential have
also served to attract newer players in the industry, with the result
that the intensity of competition has kept increasing.
According to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the number
of telephone subscriber base in the country reached 898.02 million as
on March 31, 2013, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.67%
resulting to overall teledensity of 73.32 million. The share of urban
subscriber database is 548.80 million whereas share of rural subscriber
base reached to 349.22 million resulting in teledensity of 146.96
million in Urban & 41.02 million in Rural.
The wireless subscriber base reached to 867.80 million at the end of
March 2013 having teledensity of 140.67 million in urban & 40.23 in
rural which results in a total wireless teledensity as 70.85 million.
The wireline subscriber base reached to 30.21 million at the end of
March 2013 having teledensity of 6.29 million in urban & 0.79 in rural
which results in a total wireline teledensity as 2.47 million.
Mobile Number Portability requests increased to 89.70 million at the
end of March 2013. In the month of March 2013 alone, 2.87 million
requests have been made for MNP.
The controversies surrounding the telecom sector, notwithstanding,
Industry still present a positive picture of this area, saying the
telephone density has increased and call prices have dropped to the
lowest level in the world.
Telephone density in rural areas has increased 25 times, while India
now has one of the lowest telecom rates in the world making phones
accessible to the poor.
With an aim to provide connectivity to the farthest corner of the
country, the government is also connecting around 2.5 lakh gram
panchayats through optical fibre by 2014.
The telecom sector, which has been hit by controversies and court
judgements in the last few years, has also witnessed regulatory
uncertainty and hurt the investor sentiment.
NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY, 2012
The National Telecom Policy 2012 was encapsulated to adopt such
telecommunication technologies which would offer viable options in
subjugating developmental challenges in the field of education, health
and employment generation. NTP 2012 strives to ensure an investor
friendly environment thereby attracting domestic as well as foreign
investors. Currently, there is 74% FDI in the Indian telecom sector.
The core objective of this policy is to provide affordable and
effective communication facilities to all the citizens.
The key objectives of NTP 2012 are as follows:
- To provide broadband on demand by 2015 to all citizens and businesses
in both rural and urban areas, and participate in internet and web
economy. It also aims to achieve 175 million broadband connections by
the year 2017 and 600 million by the year 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps
download speed and making available higher speeds of at least 100 Mbps
on demand.
- To support platform neutral services in e-governance and m-governance
in key social sectors such as health, education and agriculture.
- To address and enable the coordinated action to respond to the
dynamic needs resulting from confluence of telecom, broadcasting and IT
sectors.
- To incorporate framework for enhancing spectrum availability,
comprising of triple play services (voice, video and data) using
broadband technology.
- Common Service Centers, AADHAR based electronic authentication
framework and Cloud computing enabled.
- To provide clear cut strategies to overcome challenges in network and
communication security and communication assistance to law enforcement
agencies.
- To recognize and reinforce the role of PSUs in proving telecom
services in rural areas and broadband penetration in the country.
- To further empower the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
as a backbone of policy implementation.
- To recognize the need of robust and resilient telecom networks for
mitigating any kind of natural or manmade calamities.
- To recognize the futuristic role of Internet Protocol Version 6
(IPv6) and its application in different sectors of Indian economy.
- Increase rural teledensity from the current level of around 39 to 70
by the year 2017 and 100 by the year 2020.
- Create a corpus to promote indigenous R&D, IPR creation,
entrepreneurship, manufacturing, commercialization and deployment of
state-of-the-art telecom products and services during the 12th five
year plan period.
- To meet Indian telecom sector demand to the extent of 60% and 80%
with a minimum value addition of 45% and 65% by the year 2017 and 2020
respectively.
- To simplify the licensing framework and create a one nation  one
license policy across service and service areas.
- To achieve full mobile portability throughout India work towards free
roaming.
- To reinvent mobile communication so as to provide proof of identity,
full financial security, multi-lingual services, high quality seamless
voice, data, multimedia and broadcasting services, fixed- mobile
convergence.
- To make available additional 300 MHz spectrum for IMT services by the
year 2017 and another 200 MHz by 2020.
- To provide for regular audit of spectrum usage, de-licensing
additional frequency bands for public use, address the Right of Way
(RoW) issues in setting up of telecom infrastructure, setting up of a
common platform for interconnection of various networks for providing
non-exclusive and non-discriminatory access.
- To enhance and continue adoption of green policy in telecom and
incentivize use of renewable energy sources for sustainability.
TELECOM SECTOR: STRAREGIC REVIEW
In 2012, the telecom sector in India came under intense scrutiny due to
a number of reasons ranging from cancellation of 2G licenses, ambiguity
in implementation of key policy measures and dip in wireless subscriber
net additions. Topping them all was the spectrum auction debacle. In
February 2012, the Supreme Court of India cancelled 122 telecom
licenses issued in 2008. The cancellation of telecom licenses and muted
response to their re-auction has resulted in consolidation in the
telecom industry. These events have stolen the limelight from the
National Telecom Policy (NTP), the draft of which is hailed as
progressive and encouraging for the sector in the coming decade. The
past year induced negative sentiment in the sector and affected
investor confidence. As a result, international interest in the India
telecom market is gradually waning.
EXPORTS
Your Company is exporting Telecommunication products and system to
various countries.
Your Company has done some major exports is the New Markets which
includes Dominican Republic, Jersey Island, Vietnam, Georgia, Mongolia,
Mozambique, Zanzibar, Bolivia, etc. The Export revenue is growing on
yearly basis. In the recent past the Company has completed some major
in- building projects in different countries. The Company has taken
Turnkey Projects in many countries, which includes the survey,
planning, installation, commissioning etc. The products are being sold
to more than 100 operators in 40 countries. We have also appointed
many Agents/ Distributors/ Value Added Resellers in many countries. In
the recent past
we have been short listed as a preferred supplier for many operators in
Europe, Africa, and Latin America etc. We are expecting many big
orders from the North and South America.
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLICY
The consolidated foreign direct investment (FDI) policy of India 2013
has been announced by India and it has brought many far reaching
changes and reforms. FDI in the licensee company/ India
promoters/investment companies including their holding companies shall
require approval of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) if it
has a bearing on the overall ceiling of 74 percent. The investment up
to 49% is through Automatic Entry Route but beyond it, the approval of
FIPB is required. While approving the investment proposals, FIPB takes
note that investment is not coming from countries of concern and/or
unfriendly entities.
Telecom is considered to be highly potential for investments and
upcoming industries. The Investments in telecom equipment manufacturing
is allowed up to 100% and entry route is fully automatic but subject to
sectoral caps.
FUTURE IN TELECOM
The Indian telecommunication sector has registered a phenomenal growth
during the past few years and has emerged as the second largest network
in the world. On back of ongoing investments into infrastructure, the
country is projected to witness high penetration of Internet,
broadband, and mobile subscribers in the near future.
India''s mobile services market will touch Rs.1,200 billion (US$20.24
billion) in 2013, registering a growth of 8 percent from Rs.1,100
billion (US$18.55 billion) in 2012, according to a report by Gartner
Inc. Mobile connections are expected to grow to 770 million in 2013, an
11 percent increase from 712 million connections in 2012.
Internet traffic in India is expected to reach from 393 retabytes per
month in 2012 to 2.5 exabytes per month in 2017, as highlighted that
the "Internet traffic growth in India is the fastest globally."
Key Statistics
India is expected to have 130.6 million mobile internet users by March
2014, as per a joint study by the Internet and Mobile Association of
India (IAMAI) and Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB).
The mobile value-added services (MVAS) market is expected to reach
US$9.5 billion in 2015, from US$4.9 billion in 2012, stated a joint
research report by Wipro Technologies and the Internet and Mobile
Association of India (IAMAI).
The telecommunications industry attracted foreign direct investments
(FDI) worth US$12,856 million between April 2000 to March 2013, an
increase of 7 percent to the total FDI inflows in terms of US$,
according to data published by Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP).
Market Dynamics
The Indian mobile phone market is highly competitive with more than 150
device manufacturers trying to woo the consumers with their offerings.
Most of these producers focus their efforts on the low-cost feature
phone market, which constitutes over 91 percent of overall mobile phone
sales, offering a huge scope for growth.
"India will add more Internet users than any country in the world over
the next three years, as average penetration rises from 10 percent to
28 percent," as per McKinsey and Co report. Besides, with increased
Internet penetration, 22 million jobs would be created by 2015.
The number of mobile banking transactions in India doubled to 5.6
million worth US$114.72 million in January 2013 from 2.8 million
transactions worth US$35.06 million in January 2012.
COMPANY''S OVERVIEW
Your company is a leading global telecom manufacturer supplying indoor
and outdoor wireless signal enhancement solution for various networks.
Your company designs and manufactures cost effective RF Repeaters ,
Optical distributive antenna solutions, IP Cellular backhauls systems
and signals enhancement accessories that enable mobile operators, real
estate developers, neutral host providers and business providers,
seamless, wireless coverage within their network. Besides manufacturing
we are also in trading of CDMA handsets, data cards and accessories.
Substantial turnover from these handsets and accessories contributes to
the top line of the company.
The company import these mobile handsets and accessories from world
renowned suppliers like Alcatel, ZTE, and HUAWEI. The company is also
planning to add a range of new handsets and accessories in the market
in the coming years.
The present Telecom Environment post cancellation of the Telecom
Licenses, Industry is looming under immense pressure from all fronts.
Uncertainty and Insecurity in the sector has compelled the companies to
hold on all expansions & capital expendituresactivities. Financial
Institutions and other lenders have also shown indifferent lending
terms for the present state of industry and have shown cold feet in
funding few big projects. Your Company believes the sector goes through
a next level change on all fronts like regulatory, Legal, Policy, etcÂ
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
(Rupees in Lacs)
Financial Financial
PARTICULARS Year Year
2012-2013 2011-2012
Sales and Services 42,579.51 79,975.15
Profit before Tax & Exceptional Items 148.45 825.55
Exceptional Items 118.31 339.75
Profit before Tax 30.14 485.80
Provision for Income Tax
- Current Tax 133.00 240.00
- Deferred Tax (107.92) (69.49)
- Income Tax/ Deferred Tax
for earlier year 40.92
Profit after Tax 5.06 274.37
OPERATIONS
During the Year under review your company has registered a turnover of
Rs. 42,579.51 Lacs against Rs. 79,975.15 Lacs in year 2011- 2012. A net
profit of Rs. 5.06 Lacs has been made during this year as against a
profit of Rs 274.37 Lacs in the previous year. This year to year
decrease in the turnover is 46.76 %. The reduction in the net profit is
due to reduction in turnover.
The fall in turnover is on account of cancellation of Telecom
operator''s licenses, which has reduced the circles of various operators
including Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd. (SSTL). Your company is the
national distributer of handsets for SSTL and accordingly the hit to
our top line was imperative along with them. The full potential of the
Repeater business could also not fructify due to capital expenditure
freeze, squeezed liquidity in the industry and on the planned rollouts
by operators.
The company during the year restructured its working capital
requirements and reconfigured the consortium partners as full working
capital credit limits were not optimally utilized, hence your company
surrendered the limits extended by the State Bank of India.
DIVIDEND
The Board considering prudent to conserve resources for investment in
business regrets its inability to recommend any dividend for the year
ended 31st March 2013.
SUBSIDIARY
The Company has only one subsidiary viz. Shyam Telecom Inc, USA and
therefore as per section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, the report and
Audited Accounts of the subsidiary company along with the statement
from the part of Annual Report. The subsidiary being near to the
customer is able to provide the end to the end support to the
customers. The subsidiary has appointed to the local manpower so that
it can fully understand the customer requirement and can provide the
best solutions. Your Subsidiary also provides the logistic benefits
which helps in quick delivery of products at the customer end.
The financial year of the subsidiary is from 1st January to 31st
December, accordingly Accounts enclosed are only for the full year i.e.
from 1st Jan 2012 to 31st December 2012.
PUBLIC FIXED DEPOSIT
During the financial year, the company has not accepted any deposits
from Public under section 58A of the Companies Act, 1956.
DIRECTORS
Inaccordance with the provisions of section 256 of the Companies Act,
1956 and Article of Association of the company, Mr. Rajiv Mehrotra, Mr.
Alok Tandon and Mr. Arun Kumar, Directors of the company, retire by
rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and be eligible, offer
themselves for re-appointment. Their brief profile has been provided in
the Corporate Governance Report.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of the provision of section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956, your directors confirm that:
i) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable Accounting
Standards had been followed along with the proper explanation relating
to material departure wherever necessary;
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 the
affairs of the company at the end of financial year 2012-2013 and of
the profit/ loss of the company for the year ended as on that date;
iii) The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate Accounting Records in the accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv) The Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern
basis.
AUDITORS
M/S Mehra Goel and Co. Chartered Accountants, the retiring Auditors of
your company expressed their willingness to continue as Auditors, if
re- appointed at the Annual General Meeting to hold the office until
the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting. The company has
received from the Auditors a certificate to this effect that their
appointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limit under
section 224(1-B) of the Companies Act, 1956.
AUDITOR''S REPORT AND CLARIFICATION
The notes to the accounts in Auditors'' Report are self explanatory.
COST AUDITOR
The Company has appointed M/s K.G Goyal and Associates as Cost
accountants on the recommendations of the Audit and Finance committee.
M/s K.G Goyal and Associates has confirmed their independence and arms
length relation with the company and their eligibility under section
224 (1B), 233B and 226 of the Companies act 1956 for the year
2013-2014.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Your Company endeavours to grow its
business in a socially and environmentally responsible way, while
upholding the interest of the stakeholders. The company also believes
in taking an active role and responsibility in helping NGO''s and other
charitable institutions.
In the tragedy caused by the catastrophic flood which devastated the
whole Uttarakhand state, Your Company participated in the Rescue
Operations whole heartedly and vigorously. Besides Financial help,
Members of Shyam family came forward and strove physically with
material like blankets, bottled water, biscuits, candles, milk powder,
woolen clothes (collected from Shyam family and Associates) to
distribute and deliver personally. An Ashram in Rishikesh, where
thousands of people got stranded, your company extended physical and
financial help to them. The sole endeavor was to reach to needy and
aggrieved with help. Your company places its condolences for those who
lost their lives and properties in the unfortunate abysmal happening.
Your company is cautious, participating, committed and responsible
corporate citizen of the society. The company shows an exceptional
caution in use of paper (as duplex printing is the standard setting for
all printer and copiers). No paper is trashed unless it has been used
both the sides. The company is conscious and committed towards its
social responsibility.
PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, ABSORPTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO The information relating to
conservation of energy, as required under section 217 (1) (e) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the companies (Disclosure of Particulars
in the report of Board of Directors) Rule, 1988, is annexed and form
the part of this Report.
PARTICULARS OF THE EMPLOYEES In compliance with provisions of Section
217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956, read with Companies (Particulars of
Employees) Rule 1975, statement of particulars of employees has not
been given as none of employee during the financial year drew
remuneration more than Rs. 5 Lacs per month or Rs. 60 Lacs per annum.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Relation with the Employees remain cordial and your Directors wish to
place on record their appreciation of the co-operation and contribution
made by the employees at all levels.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A Report on Corporate Governance as required under Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement, as applicable, form the part of this report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
A report on Management Discussion and Analysis as required under clause
49 of the Listing Agreement, as applicable, form the part of this
report.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In accordance with the Accounting Standard 21, Audited Consolidated
Financial statements have been attached which form the part of this
report and accounts.
COMPOSITION OF AUDIT & FINANCE COMMITTEE
Disclosure pursuant to the provisions of section 292A of the Companies
Act, 1956, the Audit & Finance Committee of the company consists of:
Mr. Achintya Karati - Independent Director & Chairman
Mr. Vinod Juneja - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Narendra Kumbhat - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Praveen Kumar Bhatia - Independent Director & Member
Mr. C.S.Malhotra - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Arun Khanna - Non Executive Director & Member
Mr. Dharmender Dhingra - Vice President (Legal) & Company Secretary.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation received
from bankers, Centeral and State Government Departments, Local
Authorities and Customer for their continued guidance and support.
Your Directors also convey their gratitude to the Shareholders,
Statutory Auditors, Cost Auditors and Employees of the company for
their commitment and support which has contributed to the growth and
success of the company.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
SHYAM TELECOM LIMITED
Sd/-
PLACE : New Delhi RAJIV MEHROTRA
DATE : 25th May, 2013 Chairman & Managing Director
Mar 31, 2012
The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting their Nineteenth
Annual Report on the business and operations of the company together
with the Audited Financial statements and Accounts for the year ended
31st March, 2012.
TELECOM INDUSTRY - AN OVERVIEW
India is the world's second largest telecom market in terms of
subscribers. There are more than a dozen players in GSM/CDMA industry
entailing a fierce competition thereby causing lowest call rates not
only in India but in world.
The telecom industry was bludgeoned by the verdict of Honorable Supreme
Court-122 licenses were cancelled. This verdict shook up India
fragmented telecom market necessitating consolidation in this industry.
It is also estimated that 75 million mobile users across the countries
would be affected henceforth.
Strategic and structural changes like Spectrum linked to the market
prices and being auctioned again which effectually would increase the
call rates and post cancellation as ordered by Honorable Supreme Court,
the existing operators seem to benefit.
The Indian Telecom Industry is one of the fastest growing industry in
the world but the current teledensity is still low in rural areas.
The total telephone subscribers (including wireless and wire line) are
951.34 million at the end of financial year 2012, the overall density
in India has reached to 78.66. The urban teledensity is 169.55 and
rural teledensity is 39.22. As evident from above its important to note
that there is a huge untapped potential in rural India.
The one billion mark also appears to be achievable. The penetration of
internet and broadband has also improved with 20.99 million internet
subscribers and 13.30 million broadband subscribers across the country.
The future progress of telecommunication in our country is very
encouraging as operators have started rolling out the wireless
broadband networks in the country and soon the services are expected to
be available in the entire country.
Broadband connectivity is increasingly being seen as an integral driver
of improved socio-economic performance. The Indian Government strongly
believes that all citizens of the country should have access to
broadband and the transformative opportunities. Broadband services
empower masses. They allow individuals to access new career and
educational opportunities, they help businesses reach new markets and
improve efficiency and they enhance the Government's capacity to
deliver critical services like health, banking and commerce to all of
its citizens.
Provision of Broadband in rural and remote areas will also help in
bridging the "digital divide" and the widespread adoption of broadband
in rural areas will have a multiplier effect over the long-term. It
will help improve productivity in rural areas, help overcome the
constraints of an inadequate transport infrastructure and overall
improve the quality of life in rural areas. Given the significant
economic and social benefits, expanding affordable access to broadband
has become a high priority for the Government. The development of a
robust broadband ecosystem will be the key to meet Government's
objectives. It is a known fact that wireless is the quickest and most
efficient medium to provide broadband services in the access network.
To ensure broadband coverage, the Government has approved a project for
creation of a National Optical Fiber Network (NOFN) for providing
broadband connectivity to 2.5 lakh Village Panchayats. The 3G and BWA
auctions that took place last year are expected to act as catalysts for
enabling internet access to even the remotest parts of India. Indian
Telecom market is on the cusp of an "Information Revolution".
The changing demographic profile of India has also played an important
role in subscriber growth. The changed profile is characterized by a
large young population, a burgeoning middle class with growing
disposable income, urbanization, increasing literacy levels and higher
adaptability to technology. These new features have multiplied the need
to be connected always and to own a wireless phone and therefore, in
present times mobiles are perceived as a utility rather than a luxury.
EXPORTS
Your Company is exporting telecommunication products and system to
various countries worldwide.
Your Company has done some major exports to the New Markets which
includes Lebanon, Mozambique, Zanzibar, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Australia,
Sri Lanka etc. The Export revenue is growing on yearly basis. In the
recent past the Company has completed some major in- building projects
in different countries. The Company has taken Turnkey Projects in many
countries, which includes the survey, planning, installation,
commissioning etc. The products are being sold to more than 100
operators in 40 countries. We have also appointed more than 50
Agents/Distributors/Value Added Resellers in many countries. In the
recent past we have been short listed as a preferred supplier for many
operators in Europe, Africa, and Latin America etc. The product was
recently approved by one of the biggest operators in USA i.e. Verizon.
We are expecting many orders from the North and South America.
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
The consolidated foreign direct investment (FDI) policy of India 2012
has been announced and it has brought many far reaching changes and
reforms. FDI in the licensee company/Indian promoters/investment
companies including their holding
companies shall require approval of the Foreign Investment Promotion
Board (FIPB) if it has a bearing on the overall ceiling of 74 percent.
The investment up to 49% is through Automatic Entry Route but beyond
it, the approval of FIPB is required, While approving the investment
proposals, FIPB takes note that investment is not coming from countries
of concern and/or unfriendly entities.
Telecom is considered to be highly potential for investments and
upcoming industries. The Investments in telecom equipment manufacturing
is allowed up to 100% and entry route is fully automatic but subject to
sectoral caps.
FUTURE OF TELECOM
The Indian telecom sector has proved to be an international success
story. The success has witnessed a commendable growth over the past
couple of years within overall subscriber base 951.34 million and
teledensity of 78.66. The sector continues to leapfrog from strength to
strength with the urban teledensity reaching 169.55. The market has
been showing signs of maturity.
The telecom industry is geared up to drive the next round of growth
particularly with voice based services. It is envisaged that the 3G and
BWA are expected to reinvigorate the maturing urban market and would
help in bringing balance growth of the economy.
The phenomenal growth observed in mobile services is yet to be
replicated in broadband and other related services where the subscriber
base is quiet low. Other area on which majority of players in this
industry are concentrating is the rural India where enormous untapped
potential exists.
With the advent of new generation technologies & products, operators
are looking out aggressively to roll out 3G & broadband wireless access
services. The demand for telecom equipments has contemplated increased
to cease such surfacing opportunities. Even government is also coming
out with such conducive policies to support and give impetus
manufacturing industries. With all around efforts from being an import
centric industry, it is becoming a global telecom manufacturing hub.
The road map of its growth is being travelled by setting up domestic
manufacturing facilities by Indian Companies along with Multinational
Companies. All the big players-Multinational Companies like Nokia,
Alcatel, Motorola, LG Electronics, Samsung etc. have already set up
their production facilities in the country and many more are planning
to set up.
COMPANY'S OVERVIEW
Your company is a leading global telecom manufacturer supplying indoor
and outdoor wireless signal enhancement solution for more than 100
networks in 5 continents. Your company designs and manufactures cost
effective RF Repeaters, Optical distributive antenna solutions, IP
Cellular backhauls systems
and signals enhancement accessories that enable mobile operators, real
estate developers, neutral host providers and provide seamless wireless
coverage within their network. Besides manufacturing we are also in
trading of CDMA handsets, data cards and accessories. Substantial
turnover from these handsets and accessories contributes to the top
line of the company.
The company import these mobile handsets and accessories from world
renowned suppliers like LG, Samsung, ZTE, and HUAWEI. The company is
also planning to add a range of new handsets and accessories in the
market in the coming years.
Despite of concern and cautious approach prevailing in the telecom
industry, post cancellation of licenses, your company has still been
trading handsets and accessories with growth levels. There is a freeze
of capital expenditure being observed by Telecom Industry as a whole
but your company has products which can help operators to enhance their
existing networks to achieve optimum efficiency with very low costs.
But if the licenses are not restored the business of the company may
get severely affected.
The company got FCC certification for its 43dBm Repeater and also
launched its IP based software feature which will fasten the
application of products and make it more user friendly.
The company is currently working on Ethernet based RF & Optical
Repeaters products and will be launching the same in the FY 2012-13.
Your company has been instrumental in translating the requirements of
the operators by using the products of the company like RF Repeaters,
Optical Das, IP Backhaul, etc. with minimum capital expenditure and
maximum network optimization.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
(Rupees in Lacs)
Financial Financial
PARTICULARS Year Year
2011-2012 2010-2011
Sales and Services 79975.15 68315.02
Profit before Tax and
Exceptional Items 825.55 376.20
Exceptional Items 339.75 -
Profit before Tax 485.80 376.20
Provisions for Income Tax :
- Current Tax 240.00 90.12
- Deferred Tax (69.49) (48.60)
MAT Credit available for set off - 12.92
Income Tax/Deferred Tax for
earlier year 40.92 (60.14)
Profit After Tax 274.37 381.90
OPERATIONS
During the period under review your company has registered a turnover
of Rs. 799.75 crore against Rs. 683.15 crore in the year 2010-2011. A
net profit of Rs. 2.74 Crore has been made during this period as
against a profit of Rs. 3.82 crore in the previous year. The year to
year increase in the turnover is 17.07 percent. The reduction in the
net profit is due to an exceptional expenses of Rs. 3.40 crore
(explained in the Other Notes to Accounts) has been charged to the
revenue.
DIVIDEND
The Board considering prudent to conserve resources for investment in
business regrets its inability to recommend any dividend for the year
ended 31st March, 2012.
SUBSIDIARY
The Company has only one subsidiary viz. Shyam Telecom Inc, USA and
therefore as per section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, the report and
Audited Accounts of the subsidiary company along with the statement
from the part of Annual Report. The subsidiary being near to the
customer is able to provide the end to end support to the customers.
The subsidiary has appointed the local manpower so that it can fully
understand the customer requirement and can provide the best solutions.
Subsidiary also provides the logistic benefits which helps in quick
delivery of products at the customer end.
There has been a change in the financial year of the subsidiary as it
observed financial year commencing from 1st January to 31st December.
Accordingly, accounts enclosed are for the period from 1st Jan 2011 to
31st December, 2011.
PUBLIC FIXED DEPOSIT
The company has not accepted deposits from Public under section 58A of
the Companies Act, 1956.
DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of section 256 of the Companies Act,
1956 and Article of Association of the company, Mr. Ajay Khanna, Mr.
Achintya Karati and Mr. Praveen Kumar Bhatia, Directors of the company,
retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. Their brief profile has
been stated in the Corporate Governance Report.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of the provision of section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956, your directors confirm that:
i) In the preparation of the Annual Accounts, the applicable Accounting
Standards had been followed along with the proper explanation relating
to material departure wherever necessary;
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 the
affairs of the company at the end of financial year 2011-2012 and of
the profit/loss of the company for the year ended as on that date;
iii) The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate Accounting Records in the accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and
for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;
iv) The Directors have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern
basis.
AUDITORS
M/S. Mehra Goel and Co. Chartered Accountants, the retiring Auditors of
your company expressed their willingness to continue as Auditors, if
re-appointed at the Annual General Meeting to hold the office until the
conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting. The company has received
from the Auditors a certificate to this effect that their appointment,
if made, would be within the prescribed limit under section 224(1-B) of
the Companies Act, 1956.
AUDITORS' REPORT AND CERTIFICATION
The notes to the accounts in Auditors' Report are self explanatory
except the following whereby management response to
qualification/observations made in Annexure to the Auditors' Report is
stated as under.
Point 9 of Annexure to Auditors Report The delays are very nominal and
were due to delay in assimilation and compilations of data from some
branches. However delays were regularised at the earliest.
COST AUDITOR
The Company has appointed M/s. K.G. Goyal and Associates as Cost
Accountants on the recommendations of the Audit and Finance Committee.
M/s. K.G. Goyal and Associates has confirmed their independence and
arms length relation with the company and their eligibility under
section 224 (1B), 233 B and 226 of the Companies Act, 1956 for the year
2012-13.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Your Company endeavours to grow its
business in a socially and environmentally responsible way, while
upholding the interest of the stakeholders. The company also believes
in taking an active role and responsibility in helping NGO's and other
Charitable Institutions.
The Company shows an exceptional caution in use of paper (as duplex
printing is the standard setting for all printers and copiers). No
paper is trashed unless it has been used both sides. The Company is
conscious and committed towards its social responsibility.
PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, ABSORPTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO The information relating to
conservation of energy, as required under section 217 (1) (e) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars
in the report of Board of Directors) Rule, 1988, is annexed and form
the part of this Report.
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES
In compliance with provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act,
1956, read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rule 1975,
statement of particulars of employees has not been given as none of
employee during the financial year drew remuneration more than Rs. 5
Lacs per month or Rs. 60 Lacs per annum.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Relation with the Employees remain cordial and your Directors wish to
place on record their appreciation of the co-operation and contribution
made by the employees at all levels.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A Report on Corporate Governance as required under Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement, as applicable, form the part of this report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
A report on Management Discussion and Analysis as required under clause
49 of the Listing Agreement, as applicable, form the part of this
report.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT
In accordance with the Accounting Standard 21, Audited Consolidated
Financial statements have been attached which form the part of this
report and accounts.
COMPOSITION OF AUDIT & FINANCE COMMITTEE
Disclosure pursuant to the provisions of section 292A of the Companies
Act, 1956, the Audit & Finance Committee of the company consists of:
Mr. Achintya Karati - Independent Director & Chairman
Mr. Vinod Juneja - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Narendra Kumbhat - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Praveen Kumar Bhatia - Independent Director & Member
Mr. C. S. Malhotra - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Arun Khanna - Non Executive Director & Member
Mr. Dharmender Dhingra - Vice President (Legal) & Company Secretary.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation received
from bankers, Central and State Government Departments, Local
Authorities and Customer for their continued guidance and support.
Your Directors also convey their gratitude to the Shareholders,
Statutory Auditors and Employees of the company for their commitment
and support which has contributed to the growth and success of the
company.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
SHYAM TELECOM LIMITED
Sd/- Sd/-
AJAY KHANNA ALOK TANDON
Managing Director Managing Director
PLACE: NEW DELHI
DATE : 9th August, 2012
Mar 31, 2010
The Directors have immense pleasure in presenting their Seventeenth
Annual Report together with the Audited Accounts for the year ended
31st March, 2010.
TELECOM INDUSTRY IN INDIA
AN OVERVIEW
The telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an
important tool for socioeconomic development of a nation.
Telecommunication is one of the prime support services needed for rapid
growth and modernization of various sectors of the economy. It has
become especially important in recent years because of enormous growth
of information technology and its significant potential for the impact
on the rest of the economy. The Telecom Sector, which has the
multiplier effect on the economy, has a vital role to play in economy
by way of contributing to the increased efficiency. The available
studies suggest that income of business entities and households
increases by the use of telecom services. Thus it contributes to the
growth in GDP.
Indian Telecom is more than 168 years old, beginning with the
commissioning of the first telegraph line between Kolkata and Diamond
Harbour in 1839. In 1948, India had only 0.10 million telephone
connections with a telephone density of about 0.02 telephones per
hundred population. In recent times, country has emerged as one of the
fastest growing telecom markets in the world. Indian telecom still
continues to register a significant growth in the current fiscal year.
Indian telecom network has about 562.21 million connections as on 31st
December, 2009. With 525.15 million wireless connections, Indian
telecom has become the second largest wireless network in the world
after China. Overall teledensity has reached around 47.88%. Urban
teledensity crossed 100% mark whereas rural teledensity is at 21.19%
which is also steadily increasing. Broadband connections have increased
to 7.98 million by December 31, 2009.
The future progress of telecom in our country is very encouraging. The
current addition of about 15 million connections per month puts the
telecom sector on strong footing. The target of 500 million connections
by 2010 has been achieved in September 2009 itself. Approximately 94%
of the eleventh plan target of 600 million connections has already been
achieved at the half-way point.
This boom in the telecom sector has slowly and steadily paved the way
for another industry: the telecom equipment manufacturing industry.
Indian telecom industry manufactures a complete range of telecom
equipment using state of art technology. Considering the growth of
telecom, there are excellent opportunities for domestic and foreign
investors in manufacturing sector. The last five years saw many
renowned telecom companies setting up their manufacturing base in
India. The production of telecom equipments in value terms has
increased from Rs. 412700 million (2007-08) to Rs.488000 million
during 2008-09 and expected to increase to Rs. 575840 million during
2009-10.
The total number of telephones stands at 562.21 million as on 31st
December, 2009 showing addition of 132.49 million during the period
from March to December of 2009. Wireless Telephone connections have
contributed to this growth as the number of wireless connections rose
from 3.57 million in March 2001 to 13.29 million in 2003, 101.86
million in March 2006, 391.76 million in March 2009 and 525.15 million
as on 31st December, 2009. The wireline has shown increase from 32.70
million in 2001 to 41.42 million in March 2005 but then started
declining to 40.22 million in March 2006, 37.96 million in March 2009
and 37.06 million as on 31st December, 2009. Therefore, the share of
wireless telephones as on 31st December, 2009 is above 93% of the total
phones. The share of private sector in total telephone is about 82.33%.
The Department of Telecommunications has set a target of 1.1 billion
subscribers by 2015. To meet this target by 2015 and to meet the demand
created by the telecom services sector, it is said telecom equipment
worth Rs. 3,500,000 million à Rs. 5,000,000 million will be required by
2015.
India is without question one of the most compelling emerging telecom
markets in the world. Due to its low-cost, high-quality networks and
innovative marketing, the country is a model of efficiency in global
telecom. Vendors working in India believe that their presence there and
relationship with Indian companies will eventually benefit all of their
customers globally. Multinationals are increasingly taking notice of
India beyond just its talent pool and viewing it as a key proving and
development ground for their R&D efforts.
* Exports
Exports increased from Rs. 4020 million in 2002-03 to Rs. 1,10,000
million in 2008-09 accounting for 21 per cent of the total equipment
produced in the country and further expected to increase to Rs. 132,500
million during 2009-10.
* Foreign Direct Investment
The liberalization in financial sector has also given beneficial
results in telecom sector. Liberalization with allowing entry to the
private firms has resulted in unprecedented growth in telecom sector.
Allowing greater participation of foreign investor has helped in growth
of the sector. Today, telecom is the third major sector attracting FDI
inflows after services and computer software sector. At present 74% to
100% FDI is permitted for various telecom services. This investment has
helped telecom sector to grow. The total FDI equity inflows in telecom
sector have been US$ 2223 million during April-November 2009-10.
* Research & Development
C-DoT, an autonomous society under DoT, is carrying out Research &
Development for areas of national importance in Telecommunication.
C-DoT is working on various developmental projects like Shared Global
System of Mobile Communication Radio Access Network (SG-RAN) for rural
India, upgradation of legacy switches to Next Generation services for
North Eastern region, communication monitoring systems, secure
dedicated communication networks, broadband service delivery platforms
like Gigabit Passive Optical (GPON) systems.
The projects like SGRAN & GPON are expected to give an impetus to
indigenous manufacturing. A large number of companies like Alcatel,
Cisco etc. have also set up their research & development (R&D) centers
in India.
STRENGHTS OF INDUSTRY
India has all the makings of a globally competitive telecom
manufacturing and R&D destination. This is evident from:
* A large and booming domestic market with Indian operators reaching
out to the global market providing wider access to Indian telecom
companies.
* Strong management experience in critical functions such as SCM, high
tech manufacturing systems, working capital management, value chain
with EMS companies, captive facilities of MNCs (willing to invest
further in India), auxiliary component manufacturing base (e.g., for
cables, cabinets, shelves, power electronics, tooling, bare PCBs,
etc.).
* Strong technical and R&D workforce having experience in R&D centers
of MNC companies, IT service companies doing telecom projects, strong
academic and research labs and an increasing number of Indians who are
returning back from USA/Europe.
* Skilled & trained shop floor workforce for electronics circuit
assembly, testing and integration from widely available resources from
Industrial Training Institutes and Polytechnics.
* Cost advantage arising from lower manufacturing plant establishment
cost and competitive labor costs.
* Availability of capital from a well established financing industry as
well as private equity network.
* Exports growth at 25 percent CAGR over next 5 years, reaching over
USD 10 Billion.
* Domestic telecom products growth of 18 percent CAGR over next 5
years.
* Employment generation (direct and in-direct) of 20 million
* At least 70 percent of Indian domestic telecom needs are met by
products manufactured in India.
* Handset and other Data Products imports and manufacturing has become
a very big market in India. India is the largest importer of Handsets &
Data Products in the world.
COMPANYÃS OVERVIEW
Your company is a complete telecom solution provider. Your company
offers an entire suite of both in-build and outdoor Repeater and DAS
Products. Your company offers a wide range of band selective repeaters
from low power up to very high power available in a single and dual
band version allowing any frequency combination in GSM/DCS, GSM/CDMA,
DCS/CDMA with support up to 6 sub bands.
Your company also deals in In- building solutions & state of the art
Turnkey projects. The company has penetrated the GSM & CDMA markets.
The company is first one to get the products TEC Certified.
Your company has been a proven supplier of the Telecom Equipment to
Telecom Equipment Manufacturers like Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE, etc.
and Telecom Service Providers like Vodafone, MTS, Idea, etc. Service
providers are going big way in In-Building solution where your company
is one of the leading solution providers.
In International Market, your Company has marked its presence in Asia
Pacific, USA, Europe and Russia. The Company has also been successful
in procuring big orders from Latin America for repeaters. Your Company
also got the product approved from operators in North & South America
and is also testing various products with major operators in Europe.
The future plans of your company include development of new Repeaters
with advanced technologies and Repeaters with Single Chip Solution. The
company is currently working on the advance software feature which will
help the products to become user friendly.
The major contribution to the top line is from dealing in CDMA Handsets
and Accessories. We are the single supplier of Handsets and Accessories
for the retail market for MTS and are actively working with other
Service Providers on the same line. The company is importing these from
the top handset manufactures of the world like LG, Samsung, ZTE, etc.
The company would be introducing a range of new handsets and
accessories in the market for MTS in the coming years.
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
(Rupees in Lacs)
Financial Financial
PARTICULARS Year Year
2009-2010 2008-2009
Sales and Services 29329.75 18943.74
Profit before Tax &
Extraordinary Items (655.90) 80.73
Provision for Income Tax
Current Tax - 12.92
Deferred Tax (209.18) 0.78
MAT Credit available for set-off - (12.92)
Wealth Tax 1.07 0.93
Fringe Benefit Tax - 35.90
Income Tax for earlier year - 23.48
Extraordinary Item -
Profit on sale of Land
(Net of Taxes) - 56.27
Profit after Tax &
Extraordinary Items (447.79) 75.91
OPERATIONS
During the period under review your company has registered a turnover
of Rs. 29329.75 Lacs against Rs. 18943.74 Lacs in the year 2008-09. A
net loss of Rs. 447.79 Lacs was incurred during this period as against
a net profit of Rs.75.91 Lacs in the previous period. The loss has been
incurred on the grounds of business promotion expenses and write-offÃs.
EXPORTS
Your Company is exporting Telecommunication products and system to
various countries worldwide.
The Export revenue is growing on yearly basis. In the recent past the
company has completed some major In-building projects in different
countries. The Company has taken Turnkey Projects worldwide, which
include the survey, planning, installation, commissioning etc. The
products are being sold to more than 100 operators in 40 countries. We
have appointed more than 50 Agents/ Distributors/ Value Added Resellers
worldwide. In the recent past we have been short listed as a preferred
supplier for many operators in Europe, Africa, Latin America, etc.
The product was approved and the company has got the big order by one
of the biggest operator in USA i.e. Verizon Wireless.
DIVIDEND
The Board is considering prudent to conserve resources for investments
in business, therefore regrets its inability to recommend any dividend
for the year ended 31st March, 2010.
SUBSIDIARY
The Company has only one subsidiary viz., Shyam Telecom Inc, USA and
therefore as per Section 212 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Reports
and Audited Accounts of the subsidiary company along with the statement
form the part of Annual Report.
PUBLIC FIXED DEPOSIT
The Company has not accepted deposits from Public under Section 58A of
the Companies Act, 1956.
DIRECTORS
In accordance with the provisions of Section 256 of the Companies Act,
1956 and Article 86 of the Articles of Association of the Company, Mr.
Rajiv Mehrotra, Mr. Alok Tandon and Mr. Arun Khanna, Directors of the
Company, retire by rotation at the ensuing Annual General Meeting and
being eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment. Their brief
profile has been stated in the Corporate Governance Report.
DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
In terms of the provision of Section 217(2AA) of the Companies Act,
1956, your 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 wherever necessary.
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 financial year 2009-10 and of the profit
of the company for the year ended on that date.
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 have prepared the Annual Accounts on a going concern
basis.
AUDITORS
M/s Mehra Goel & Co., Chartered Accountants, the retiring Auditors of
your company expressed their willingness to continue as auditors, if
re- appointed at the Annual General Meeting to hold the office until
the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting. The Company has
received from the Auditors a certificate to this effect that their
appointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limit under
Section 224(1-B) of the Companies Act, 1956.
AUDITORS REPORT AND CLARIFICATION The notes to the accounts in
AuditorÃs Report are self- explanatory and no further explanation is
considered necessary.
PARTICULARS OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, ABSORPTION OF TECHNOLOGY AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO The information relating to
conservation of energy, as required under Section 217(1)(e) of the
Companies Act, 1956 read with the Companies (Disclosure of Particulars
in the Report of Board of Directors) Rules, 1988, is annexed and form
the part of this Report.
PARTICULARS OF THE EMPLOYEES
In compliance with the provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies
Act, 1956, read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975,
statement of particulars of employees is annexed hereto and forms the
part of this report.
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Relations with the Employees remain cordial and your Directors wish to
place on record their appreciation of the co-operation and contribution
made by the employees at all levels.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A Report on Corporate Governance as required under Clause 49 of the
Listing Agreement, as applicable, form the part of this report.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS A report on Management Discussion
and Analysis as required under Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, as
applicable, form the part of this report.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS In accordance with Accounting
Standard 21, Audited Consolidated Financial Statements have been
attached which form the part of this report & accounts.
COMPOSITION OF AUDIT & FINANCE COMMITTEE
Disclosure pursuant to the provisions of Section 292A of the
Companies Act, 1956, the Audit & Finance Committee of the
Company consists of:
Mr. Achintya Karati - Independent Director & Chairman
Mr. Narendra Kumbhat - Independent Director & Member
M r. Ravikant Jaipuria - Independent Director & Member
Dr. Vinod Juneja - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Praveen K. Bhatia - Independent Director & Member
Mr. C.S. Malhotra - Independent Director & Member
Mr. Arun Khanna - Non Executive Director & Member
Mr. Dharmender Dhingra - Vice President (Legal) & Company Secretary
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Your Directors acknowledge with gratitude the co-operation received
from Bankers, Central and State Government Departments, Local
Authorities and Customers abroad for their continued guidance and
support.
Your Directors also convey their gratitude to the Shareholders,
Statutory Auditors and Employees of the company for their commitment
and support which has contributed to the growth and success of the
company.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors of
SHYAM TELECOM LIMITED
PLACE: NEW DELHI
DATE : 30th July, 2010
Sd/-
RAJIV MEHROTRA
Chairman & Managing Director
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