Directors report under companies act, 2013 & SEBI (LODR) regulations, 2015

COMPANIES ACT, 2013

S.NO.

GOVERNING PROVISIONS

PARTICULARS

REMARKS

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Section 92(3) read with Section 134(3)(a)

Extract of Annual Return in Form Mgt-9

Form MGT-9 provides for basic details of the Company such as name, CIN, DOI, Registered office Address, Principal Business activites of the Company, Holding, subsidiary and associate company details, shareholding pattern, remuneration of directors and KMP, penalties, punishment, compounding details etc

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Section 134(3)(b)

Number of Meeting of the Board during the financial year

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Section 134(3)(c) & Section 134(5)

Director Responsibility Statement

The Directors’ Responsibility Statement shall state that—

(a) in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards had been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;

(b) the directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the F.Y. and of the profit and loss for that period;

(c) the directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities;

(d) the directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and

 (e) the directors, in the case of a listed company, had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the company and that such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively. 
Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, the term “internal financial controls” means the policies and procedures adopted by the company for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information;

(f) the directors had devised proper systems to ensure compliance with the provisions of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.

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Section 134(3)(ca) vide Companies Amendment Act, 2015

Details in respect of frauds reported by auditors under subsection (12) of section 143 other than those which are reportable to the Central Government

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Section 134(3)(d)

Statement on declaration given by independent directors under sub-section (6) of section 149;

Applicable only if there are independent directors in the Company

Provisions related to Independent director are applicable on:

1. Listed public company

2. The public companies having paid up share capital of ten crore rupees or more or

3. The public companies having turnover of one hundred crore rupees or more or

4. The public companies which have in aggregate, outstanding loans, debentures and deposits, exceeding fifty crore rupees.

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Section 134(3)(e)

Nomination and Remuneration policy  of company on directors’  appointment and remuneration including  criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a director and  other matters provided under sub-section (3)  of section 178;

Applicable on company covered under section 178(1)

Provisions of Section 178(3) are applicable on:

1. All public companies with a paid up share capital of ten crore rupees or more or

2. All public companies having turnover of one hundred crore rupees or more or

3. All public companies which have in aggregate, outstanding loans or borrowings or debentures and deposits, exceeding fifty crore rupees or more.

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Section 134(3)(f)

Explanations or comments by the Board on every qualification, reservation or adverse remark or disclaimer made by the auditor in auditor report and by company secretary in practice in his secretarial audit report.

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Section 134(3)(g)

Particulars of loans, guarantees or investments under  section 186

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Section 134(3)(h)

Particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties referred to in sub-section (1) of section 188 in Form AOC-2

Form AOC-2 deals with particulars of contracts or arrangements with related parties.

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Section 134(3)(i)

The state of the company’s affairs

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Section 134(3)(J)

The amounts, if any, which it proposes to carry to any reserves

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Section 134(3)(k)

The amount, if any, which it recommends should be paid by way of dividend

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Section 134(3)(l)

Material changes and commitments, if any, affecting the financial position of the company which have occurred between the end of the F.Y. of the company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the report;

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Section 134(3)(m)

Particulars of the conservation of energy, technology absorption, foreign exchange earnings and outgo

Contents are mentioned in Rule 8(3) of of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.

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Section 134(3)(n)

A statement indicating development and implementation of a risk management policy for the company including identification therein of elements of risk, if any, which in the opinion of the Board may threaten the existence of the company

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Section 134(3)(o)

The details about the Corporate social responsibility policy (CSR Policy) developed and implemented by the company and initiatives taken during the year

Every company having

(i)net worth of rupees five hundred crore or more,

(ii)Turnover  of rupees one thousand crore or more or

(iii)Net profit  of rupees five crore or more

 during any financial year shall constitute a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee.

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Section 134(3)(p)

A statement indicating the manner in which formal annual evaluation has been made by the Board of its own performance and that of its committees and individual directors;

In case of a listed company and every other public  company having such paid-up share capital of Rs. 25crore or more,

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Rule 8(5)(i) of Chapter IX

Separate section on the performance and financial position of each of the subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures companies included in the consolidated financial statements.

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Rule 8(5)(i) of Chapter IX

Financial Summary and Highlight for the F.Y. ending 31st March.

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Rule 8(5)(ii) of Chapter IX

Change in nature of business, if applicable

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Rule 8(5)(iii) of Chapter IX read with Section 168

Details of Director or KMP appointed/resigned during the year, if applicable

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Rule 8(5)(iv) of Chapter IX

The name of Company who have become or ceased to be its subsidiaries, joint ventures or associates companies during the year, if applicable

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Rule 8(5)(v) of Chapter IX read with read with Chapter V

Details relating to deposits

(a)accepted during the year

(b)remained unpaid or unclaimed as at the end of the year.

(c)whether there has been any default in repayment of deposits or payment of interest thereon during the year and if so, number of such cases and total amount involved:

(i)at the beginning of the year

(ii)maximum during the year

(iii)at the end of the year

Also the details of deposits which are not n compliance with the requirement of Chapter V of the Act.

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Rule 8(5)(vi) of Chapter IX

Details of Significant and Material Orders passed, impacting the going concern status and company’s operation in future, by Regulators or courts or tribunals

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Rule 8(5)(vi) of Chapter IX

Details of adequacy of Internal Financial Control w.r.t the Financial Statement

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Rule 4 of Chapter IV

Disclosure about the shares issued on preferential basis, if any.

27

Section 67(3)

Disclosure of voting rights not exercised directly by employees in respect of shares to which any scheme relates(Names of employees, reasons for not voting directly, names of person who is exercising such voting rights, number and percentage of shares, resolution on which votes casted and manner of casting of votes etc.

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Rule 8 &12 of Chapter IV

Disclosure about Sweat Equity shares and ESOP Scheme

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Section 149(10)

Disclosure about re-appointment of Independent Directors

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Section 131

Reason for voluntary revision of financial Statement or Board report, if applicable

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Section 177(8)

Composition of Audit Committee and if board has not accepted any recommendation of audit committee, reasons for same.

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Section 177(10)

Details of establishment of Vigil Mechanism, if applicable.

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Section 197(14)

Details of managing or whole-time director who is in receipt of any commission from the company and also receiving any remuneration or commission from any holding company or subsidiary company of such company, if applicable.

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Rule 5(1) of Chapter XIII

Every listed companyshall specify the ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median employee’s remuneration and such other details as provided in Rule 5(1).

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Rule 5 (2) and  of Chapter XIII

Every listed companyshall include a statement (refer sub-rule 3) showing the names of top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn and the name of other employees who:

(i)if employed through out the financial year was in receipt of remuneration for that year of one crore and two lakh rupees

(ii) if employed for part of the financial year was in receipt of remuneration for any part of that year of eight lakh and fifty thousand rupees per month. (iii)whether by himself or along with his/their spouses & dependent children holds 2% or more equity shares of the company

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Section 204(1)

Secretarial Audit Report in Form MR-3 shall be annexed with the Board’s Report

APPLICABILITY

Provisions related to Secretarial Audit are applicable on:

1. Listed company

2. Every public companies having paid up share capital of fifty crore rupees or more or

3. Every public companies having turnover of two hundred fifty crore rupees or more.

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Section 22 & 28 of the Sexual Harassment of Women at the workplace (Prevention, Prohibition & Redressal) Act, 2013

Number of complaints received and disposed off during the year.

The company should have an Anti Sexual Harassment policy in line with the requirement of the Act and a committee should be settled up to redress the complaints received regarding sexual harassment.

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Cost Audit

Full particular of cost auditor, along with due date and actual filing of cost audit report by the cost auditor.

SECRETARIAL STANDARD ON BOARD MEETINGS (SS-1)

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Para 8 of SS-1

The Annual Report and Annual Return of a company shall disclose the number and dates of Meeting of the Board and committees held during the financial year indicating the number of Meetings attended by each director.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) REGULATIONS, 2015

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Regulation 34

Management discussion and analysis report

Schedule V states the matter to be included in Management discussion and analysis report

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Regulation 32

Explanation for the deviation(s) or variation(s), if any, in the use of proceeds from the objects stated in the offer document or explanatory statement to the notice for the general meeting, as applicable in case of public issue, rights issue, preferential issue etc.

Disclosures of amounts at the year end and the maximum amount

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Regulation 43A

The Top five hundred listed entities based on market capitalization shall formulate aDividend distribution policy which shall be disclosed in annual report an website.

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SCHEDULE V

Related Party Disclosures

Disclosures of amounts at the year end and the maximum amount of loans/ advances/ Investments outstanding during the year.

Holding Company

 (i)Loans and advances in the nature of loans to subsidiaries by name and amount.

 (ii)Loans and advances in the nature of loans to associates by name and amount.

 (iii) Loans and advances in the nature of loans to firms/companies in which directors are interested by name and amount.

(iv) Investments by the loanee in the shares of parent company and subsidiary company, when the company has made a loan or advance in the nature of loan.

Subsidiary

Same disclosures as applicable to the parent company in the accounts of subsidiary company

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Corporate Governance Report

Schedule V states that following disclosure to be included in Corporate Governance Report:

(i)A brief statement on listed entity’s philosophy on code of governance

(ii) Board of directors

(iii) Audit committee

(iv) Nomination and Remuneration Committee

(v) Remuneration of Directors

(vi) Stakeholders' grievance committee

(vii) General body meetings

(viii) Means of communication

(ix) General shareholder information

(x) Other Disclosures

The corporate governance report shall also disclose

(i) Reasons of non-compliance of any requirement of corporate governance report

(ii)The extent to which the discretionary requirements as specified in Part E of Schedule II have been adopted.

(iii) The disclosures of the compliance with corporate governance requirements specified in regulation 17 to 27 and clauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 46.

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Declaration signed by the chief executive officer stating that the members of board of directors and senior management personnel have affirmed compliance with the code of conduct of board of directors and senior management.

46

Compliance certificate from either the auditors or practicing company secretaries regarding compliance of conditions of corporate governance shall be annexed with the directors’ report.

47

Disclosures with respect to demat suspense account/ unclaimed suspense account

The listed entity shall disclose the following details in its annual report, as long as there are shares in the demat suspense account or unclaimed suspense account, as applicable: (a) aggregate number of shareholders and the outstanding shares in the suspense account lying at the beginning and end of the year;

(b) number of share holders who approached listed entity for transfer of shares from suspense account during the year;

(c) number of shareholders to whom shares were transferred from suspense account during the year;

(d) that the voting rights on these shares shall remain frozen till the rightful owner of such shares claims the shares.