TO
THE MEMBERS
BRONZE INFRA-TECH LIMITED
Your directors have pleasure in presenting their 18th Annual Report together with the
Audited Financial Statements of the Company for the Year ended March 31, 2022. FINANCIAL
RESULTS:
(Amount in Rs)
Particulars |
Year ended 31/03/2022 |
Year ended 31/03/2021 |
Revenue from Operationss |
33,40,34,053 |
2,08,09,853 |
Revenue from Other Income |
- |
- |
Share of profits/losses in a partnership firm |
- |
- |
Total Revenue |
33,40,34,053 |
2,08,09,853 |
Total Expenses |
33,17,31,996 |
2,05,61,488 |
Profit / (loss) before exceptional items and tax |
23,02,057 |
2,48,365 |
Exceptional Items |
- |
- |
Profit / (loss) before tax |
23,02,057 |
2,48,365 |
Tax expense: |
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(1) Current tax |
7,18,242 |
77,490 |
(2) Deferred tax |
- |
- |
(3) Excess/ Short Provision of Tax |
- |
- |
Profit / (Loss) for the period from continuing operations |
15,83,815 |
1,70,875 |
Profit/ (loss) from discontinued operations |
- |
- |
Tax expense of discontinued operations |
- |
- |
Profit/ (loss) from discontinued operations |
- |
- |
Profit/ (loss) for the period |
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Other Comprehensive income |
- |
- |
Total Comprehensive Income for the period |
15,83,815 |
1,70,875 |
(Comprising Profit (Loss) and Other Comprehensive |
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Income for the period) |
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Earnings per Equity shares (Continuing Operations) |
- |
- |
(1) Basic |
0.09 |
0.00 |
(2) Diluted |
Not Applicable |
Not Applicable |
OPERATIONAL REVIEW:
During the year under review the Gross Revenue from Operation of the Company in the
current year is Rs. 33,40,34,053 as against Rs. 2,08,09,853 in the previous year. The net
profit of the Company for the year under review was placed at Rs 15,83,815 as against Rs.
1,70,875 in the previous year.
DIVIDEND:
During the year under review the Company has not declared any dividend for the
financial year 2021-2022.
GENERAL RESERVE:
Your Company did not transfer any amount to General Reserve for the financial year
2021-2022.
SHARE CAPITAL:
The paid-up equity capital as on March 31, 2021 was Rs. 17, 27, 65,000/- (Rupees Lacs
Sixty-Five Thousand Only). There was no public Issue, right issue, bonus issue or
preferential issue etc. during the year. The Company has not issued shares with
differential voting rights, sweat equity shares nor has it granted any stock options.
CHANGES IN THE NATURE OF BUSINESS:
There has been no Change in the nature of the business of your Company.
DEPOSITS:
Your Company has not accepted any deposits within the meaning of Section 73 of the
Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014.
PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS:
Details of Loans, Guarantees or Investments under Section 186 of the Companies Act,
2013 are given in the notes to the Financial Statements.
INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND THEIR ADEQUACY:
Your Company has an adequate Internal Control System, commensurate with the size, scale
and complexity of its operations. The scope of work includes review of process or
safeguarding the assets of the Company, review of operational efficiency effectiveness of
systems and processes, and assessing the internal control strengths inall areas.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) INITIATIVES:
In pursuance of the provision of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, the CSR
provisions are not applicable to your Company.
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION:
The particulars of conservation of energy and technology absorption as required under
Section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with the Companies (Accounts) Rules,
2014 are not applicable to your Company.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUT-GO:
During the period under review there were no earnings from foreign exchange and outgo
for the purpose of business.
DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL: i. APPOINTMENT & CESSATION
In accordance with Section 152 of the Companies Act, 2013, Mr Ishant bhardwaj is
retiring by rotation at this annual General Meeting and eligible have offered themselves
for re-appointment.
Pursuant to provisions of Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 which came into effect
from April 1, 2014, the company has appointed Ms. Shruti Nahata as Company Secretary and
Compliance Officer with effect from 6th February, 2022.
Pursuant to provisions of Section 161, 149 and 196 of the Companies Act, 2013, the
company has appointed Mr. Rajesh Verma (DIN: 09661667) as the Managing Director and Chief
Financial Officer(CFO) with effect from 3rd August, 2022 On the
recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee the Board of Directors of the
Company, Ms. Mala (DIN: 09060467) and Priyanka (DIN: 09517911) was appointed as Additional
Non Executive Independent Director w.e.f 21st March, 2022.
Pursuant to provisions of Section 168 of the Companies Act, 2013, Ms Priyanka Gautam,
Ms. Rashmi Katiyal and Mr. Arvind Kumar resign from the designations.
None of the Directors of the Company are disqualified as per the provisions of Section
164 of the Companies Act, 2013.
During the year under review, the non-executive directors of the Company had no
pecuniary relationship or transactions with the Company, other than sitting fees if any
and reimbursement of expenses incurred by them for the purpose of attending meetings of
the Board /Committee of the Company.
ii. DECLARATION BY INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
The Company has received necessary declaration from each of the Independent Directors,
under section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 that he/she meets the criteria of
Independence laid down in section 149(6) of the Companies Act, 2013.
iii. FORMAL ANNUAL EVALUATION
Pursuant to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 the Board has carried out the
annual performance evaluation of its own performance, the Directors individually including
the Chairman of the Board as well as the evaluation of the Committees of the Board. A
structured questionnaire was prepared after taking into consideration inputs received from
the Directors. The performance evaluation of the Independent Directors was also carried
out by the entire Board.
The results of the evaluation done by Independent Directors were reported to the
Chairman of the Board. It was reported that the performance evaluation of the Board,
Committee etc. was satisfactory. The Directors expressed their satisfaction with the
evaluation process.
NUMBER OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
During the financial year 31st March, 2021, 10 (Ten) Board Meetings were
held. The intervening gap between the Meetingswas within the period prescribed under the
Companies Act, 2013 i.e., not more than 120 days from the previous meeting.
DIRECTORS' REMUNERATION POLICY AND CRITERIA FOR MATTERS UNDER SECTION 178:
Information regarding Director's Remuneration policy and criteria for determining
qualifications, positive attributes, independence of a director and other matters provided
under sub-section (3) of Section 178 are provided in the Corporate Governance Report.
DIRECTOR'S RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
In terms of Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Directors would like to
state that: i) In the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting
standards have been followed. ii) The Directors have selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that were reasonable and
prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company at the
end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the Company for the year under
review.
iii) The Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding
the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities.
iv) The Directors have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis. v) The
Directors had laid down internal financial controls to be followed by the Company and that
such internal financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
vi) The Directors had devised proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions of
all applicable laws and that such system was adequate and operating effectively.
DETAILS OF SUBSIDIARY/JOINT VENTURES/ASSOCIATE COMPANIES (IF ANY)
Your Company does not have any subsidiary/joint ventures/ Associates Company.
VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY:
In line with the provisions of the Section 177(9) of the Act and Regulation 22 of the
SEBI (LODR) Regulation, the Company has adopted Whistle Blower Policy, as part of vigil
mechanism to provide appropriate avenues to the Directors and employees to bring to the
attention of the management any issue which is perceived to be in violation of or in
conflict with the fundamental business principles of the Company. This vigil mechanism
provides for adequate safeguards against victimization of employees and directors who
avail of the vigil mechanism and also provide for direct access to the chairperson of the
Audit committee, in exceptional cases. The Company Secretary is the designated officer for
effective implementation of the policy and dealing with the complaints registered under
the policy.
STATEMENT CONCERNING DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY OF THE
COMPANY
In today's economic environment, Risk Management plays a very important part of
business. The main aim of risk management is to identify, assess, prioritize, monitor and
take precautionary measures in respect of the events that may pose risks to the business.
The Company is not subject to any specific risk except risks associated with the general
business of the Company as applicable to the industry as a whole. At present the Company
has not identified any element of risk which may threaten the existence of the Company.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
During the year under review, the Company had not entered into any
contract/arrangement/ transaction with related parties which could be considered material
as per listing agreement with stock exchanges. Further, there are no materially
significant related party transactions during the year made by the Company with Promoters,
Directors, Key Managerial Personnel or other designated persons.
MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS:
No significant and material changes have occurred between the end of the financial year
of the Company to which the financial statements relate and the date of the report.
DETAILS OF SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS OR COURTS
ORTRIBUNALS
No significant and material order has been passed by the regulators, courts, tribunals
impacting the goingconcern status and Company's operations in future.
AUDITORS:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 139 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act')
read with Rule 6 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, M/s. PMPK &
Associates, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, with registration number 019681N, were
appointed as Statutory Auditors of the Company from the conclusion of the Fifteenth Annual
General Meeting till the conclusion of the Twenty Annual General Meeting of the Company.
The Company has received a written consent to such appointment from M/s. PMPK &
Associates, Chartered Accountants, and a certificate that the re-appointment, if made,
shall be in accordance with the criteria as specified in Section 141 of the Act. In terms
of SEBI LODR Regulations, the Auditors have also confirmed that they hold a valid
certificate issued by the Peer Review Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India.
AUDITOR'S REPORT:
The observation made in the Auditors' Report read together with relevant notes thereon
are self-explanatory and hence, do not call for any further comments under Section 134 of
the Companies Act, 2013. The Auditors' Report does not contain any qualification,
reservation or adverse remark.
SECRETARIAL AUDIT:
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Board of Directors
has appointed Mr. Ankur Singh, Practicing Company Secretary (ICSI Membership No. ACS
60761) to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the financial year 2021-2022.
The Report of the Secretarial Auditor is annexed herewith as Annexure I and forms
an integral part of this Report. The Secretarial Auditors' Report to the members on the
Accounts of the Company for the financial year ended 31st March, 2022 contains
qualifications, reservations or adverse remarks stated in Report of the Secretarial
Auditor is annexed herewith as Annexure I and forms an integral part of this Report
EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN:
In accordance with the amended provisions of Section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013,
a copy of Annual Return, after the same has been filed with the Registrar of Companies,
will be available at the website of the Company www.bronzeinfra-tech.com under the
web-link "NOTICES & CERTIFICATES"
PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
As required under the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 5(2) and 5(3) of the
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, there are no
employee falling under the above category, thus no information is required to be given in
the report.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS REPORTS:
The Company has complied with the corporate governance code as stipulated under SEBI
Listing Regulations with the Stock Exchanges. A separate section on corporate governance
under the listing agreement, along with a certificate from the auditor confirming the
compliance, is annexed and forms part of this Annual report as "Annexure III"
& "Annexure IV" respectively.
DISCLOSURE UNDER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN
Your Company is committed to provide and promote a safe, healthy and congenial
atmosphere irrespective of gender, caste, creed or social class of the employees. During
the year under review, there was no case filed pursuant to the sexual harassment of Women
at workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Further, the company has
complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Complaints Committee
under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act, 2013
AUDIT COMMITTEE:
Details pertaining to composition of Audit Committee are included in the report on
Corporate Governance. All the recommendations made by Audit Committee were accepted by
Board.
TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS TO INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION FUND:
Your Company did not have any funds lying unpaid or unclaimed for a period of seven
years. Therefore, there were no funds which were required to be transferred to Investor
Education and Protection Fund (IEPF).
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Your Company always end eavours to keep the time of response to shareholders
request/grievance at the minimum. Priority is accorded to address all the issues raised by
the shareholders and provide them a satisfactory reply at the earliestpossible time. The
Shareholders' Grievance Committee of the Board meets periodically and reviews the status
of the Shareholders' Grievances. The shares of the Company continue to be traded in
electronic forum and de-materialization exists with both the depositories viz., National
Securities Depository Limited and Central Depository Services (India) Limited.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECRETARIAL STANDARDS ON BOARD AND GENERAL MEETINGS.
During the Financial Year 2021-2022, your Company has complied with applicable
Secretarial Standards issued by theInstitute of Company Secretaries of India.
REPORTING OF FRAUD
The Auditors have not reported any fraud as specified under Section 143(12) of the
Companies Act, 2013, other than thosewhich are reportable to the Central Government
MAINTENANCE OF COST RECORDS
The Company is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central
Government under Section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, and accordingly such accounts
are not made and maintained by the Company.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) CERTIFICATION
The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification as required under
regulation 17(8) of the Listing Regulation and Chief Executive Officer declaration about
the Code of Conduct is Annexed to this Report marked as Annexure V.
STATEMENT REGARDING OPINION OF THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO INTEGRITY, EXPERTISE AND
EXPERIENCE (INCLUDING PROFICIENCY) OF THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS APPOINTED DURING THE YEAR.
The Board of Directors of the company is of the opinion that the new independent
directors have been appointed during theyear have adequate Integrity, Expertise and
Experience (Including the Proficiency) as required under the provisions of theCompanies
Act, 2013.
PARTICULARS OF MANAGERIAL REMUNERATION
The information required under Section 197 of the Act read with rule 5(1) of the
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are given
below:
I. The ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the
employees of the
Company for the financial year:
Directors |
Ratio to median remuneration |
Mr. Ishant Bhardwaj |
- |
Mr. Arvind Kumar |
- |
Ms. Mala |
- |
Ms. Priyanka |
- |
Mr. Rajesh Verma |
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II. There was no increase in remuneration of directors, chief financial officer in the
financial year so the percentage increase in remuneration cannot be expressed. Moreover,
some appointments were made during the financial year and hence information is for part of
the year, the same is not comparable.
III. Percentage increase in the median remuneration of employees in the financial year:
Nil
IV. Number of permanent employees on the rolls of Company: 6
V. Average percentile increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the
managerial personnel in the last financial year and its comparison with the percentile
increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there
are any exceptional circumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration: There was
no increase in remuneration during the financial year.
VI. The key parameters for any variable component of remuneration availed by the
directors: N.A.
VII. Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the
company: The Company affirms remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the
Company.
VIII. There is no employee whose remuneration exceeds the limits prescribed under
Section 197(12) of the
Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration
of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
Your directors would like to express their sincere appreciation for the assistance and
co-operation received from the financial institutions, banks, Government authorities,
customers, vendors and members during the year under review. Your directors also wish to
place on record their deep sense of appreciation for the committed services by the
Company's executives, staff and workers.
Registered Office: |
By Order of the Board of Directors |
18 Rabindra Sarani, Gate No. 2, Poddar Court, |
For Bronze Infra-Tech Limited |
5th Floor, Room No. 537, Kolkata, |
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West Bengal 700001 |
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Sd/- |
Sd/- |
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Ishant Bhardwaj |
Rajesh Verma |
Place: Delhi |
Director |
Managing Director |
Date: 04.10.2022 |
DIN: 08699556 |
DIN: 09661667 |