Details regarding energy conservation i) Steps taken or impact on conservation of energy: Energy conservation efforts are ongoing activities. Company continues to give the highest priority for conservation of energy by using a mix of technology changes, process optimization methods and other conventional methods, on an ongoing basis. ii) Steps taken by the company for utilizing alternate sources of energy: N.A. iii) The Capital investment on energy conservation equipment: Rs. 2.32 crore towards installation of LED Light at its ICDs for saving Electricity as per the following details: 1. ICD Gurgaon – Rs. 0.91 crore 2. ICD Faridbad – Rs. 0.79 crore 3. ICD Ludhiana – Rs.0.57 crore 4. ICD Viramgam – Rs. 0.04 crore Description of state of companies affairYour Company has emerged as India’s largest private sector container train operator. Your Company provides container logistics solutions between major Indian ports and Inland Container Depots (ICD) by providing rail services for Export, Import containers and Domestic containerised cargo, integrated with road transportation, transit and bonded warehousing. It also provides refrigerated container (reefer) transportation service and other value added services. Your Company operates from its three own Inland Container Depots at Gurgaon, Ludhiana and Faridabad and Container Terminal (own) at Viramgam and at Navi Mumbai (under co-use agreement). It owns and operates 24 train-sets (21 Owned + 3 on Long Term lease) and a fleet of 263 trailers for providing these services to the customers. The Company has adequate infrastructures at ICDs to handle import and export consignment. There is no change in the nature of business of your company during the year. Details regarding foreign exchange earnings and outgoForeign Exchange Earnings- Nil Foreign Exchange Outgo:- Particulars 2017-18 2016-17 (Amount in Rs. Crore) (Amount in Rs. Crore) Legal & Professional Charges Nil Nil Membership Fees 0.0036 Nil Director Sitting Fees 0.03 0.03 Director Commission 0.15 0.18 Interest on Buyers Credit 0.22 0.18 Import of Capital Goods 8.40 0.28 Disclosures in director’s responsibility statementPursuant to the requirement under Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013, with respect to Directors’ Responsibility Statement, it is hereby confirmed by directors that : (a) In the preparation of the annual accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2018, the applicable accounting standards had been followed and there are no material departures from the same; (b) The Directors had selected such accounting policies and applied them consistently and made judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the end of the financial year i.e. 31st March, 2018 and of the profit of the company for that period; (c) The Directors had taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of this Act for safeguarding the assets of the company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities; (d) The Directors had prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis; and (e) 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. Details regarding technology absorptionThe details of technology absorption as per rule 8(3) of The companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 are as follows: i) Efforts made towards technology absorption: - Nil ii) Benefits derived like product improvement, cost reduction, product development or import substitution: Nil iii) In case of imported technology (imported during the last 3 years reckoned from the beginning of the financial year)- a) Details of technology imported: Nil b) Year of Import: Nil c) Whether the technology been fully absorbed: Nil d) Areas where absorption has not taken place and the reasons there of: Nil iv) Expenditure incurred on Research and Development: Nil The Company continues to lay emphasis on innovation and the development of in house technological and technical skills to meet the specific service requirements. Further efforts are also being made to upgrade the existing standards and to keep pace with advances in technological innovations. |