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ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 2019
NOTES FORMING PART OF THE CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2019
41 CapitalManagement
The Company manages its capital so as to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern and to optimise
returns to shareholders through the optimisation of the debt and equity balance.The capital structure of the
Company consists of net debt (borrowings less cash and cash equivalents,other bank balances (including non-
current earmarked balances)).The management and the Board of Directors monitors the return on capital to
shareholders.The Company may take appropriate steps in order to maintain, or if necessary adjust, its capital
structure.
The table below summarises the capital,net debt and net debt to equity ratio of the Company. ( ` in lakhs)
Particulars 31.03.2019 31.03.2018
Equity share capital 1,100.40 1,100.40
Other equity 7,094.39 5,704.37
Total Equity (A) 8, 194.79 6,804.77
Non-current borrowings 3,234.03 2,308.05
Short term borrowings 4,332.41 3,096.61
Current maturities of long term borrowing 305.54 21.46
Gross Debt (B) 7,871.98 5,426.12
Total Capital (A+B) 16,066.77 12,230.89
Gross Debt as above 7,871.98 5,426.12
Less : Cash and cash equivalents 1,040.97 483.92
Less : Other balances with bank (including non-current earmarked balances) 295.12 251.76
Net Debt (C) 6,535.89 4,690.44
Net debt to equity 0. 80 0. 69
42 FinancialInstrumentsandRiskReview
FinancialRisksManagementFramework
The Company’s business activities are exposed to a variety of financial risks, namely Liquidity Risk, Currency
Exchange Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Credit Risk and Commodity Price Risk. The Company’s management and the
Board of Directors has the overall responsibility for establishing and governing the Company’s risk management
framework.The risk management framework works at various levels in the enterprise.The organization structure
of the Company helps in identifying,preventing and mitigating risks by the concerned operational Heads under
the supervision of the Chairman & Managing Director.The risk management framework is reviewed periodically
by the Board and the Audit Committee keeping a check on overall effectiveness of the risk management of the
Company.
CreditRisk
Credit Risk is the risk of financial loss to the Company if a customer or counter-party fails to meet its contractual
obligations. Financial instruments that are subject to credit risk principally consist of trade receivables,
investments,loans,cash and cash equivalents,other balances with banks and other financial assets.None of the
financialinstrumentsoftheCompanyresultinmaterialcreditrisk.
Creditriskwithrespecttotradereceivablesarelimited,duetotheCompanyhasapolicyofdealingonlywithcredit
worthycounterparties,whereappropriateasameansofmitigatingtheriskoffinanciallossfromdefaults.Alltrade
receivables are reviewed and assessed for default on a quarterly basis. Our historical experience of collecting
receivablesisthatcreditriskislow.Hence,tradereceivablesareconsideredtobeasingleclassoffinancialassets.
Credit risk on cash and cash equivalents, other bank balances with bank are insignificant as the Company
generallyinvestindepositswithbanks.Investmentsprimarilyinvestmentsingovernmentsecurities.
TheCompany’smaximumexposuretocreditriskasat31stMarch,2019and2018isthecarryingvalueofeachclass
offinancialassets.
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