1. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE:
The highlights of the consolidated and standalone audited financial results for the
year ended 31st March 2021 are as follows:
2. DIVIDEND AND TRANSFER TO RESERVE:
In view of losses incurred during the period under review, the Company does not
recommend any dividend on the equity shares for the financial year ended as on March 31,
2021.
During the year under review, the Company has made no transfer to reserves.
3. OPERATING RESULTS AND BUSINESS:
On Standalone basis Company's total income stands at Rs. 14.73 million as on March
31, 2021 as compared to Rs. 106.58 million as on March 31, 2020, a decline of 86.18%. The
loss before taxes is Rs. 505.98 million as on March 31, 2021 as against loss before taxes
of Rs. 1513.68 million as on March 31, 2020.
On Consolidated basis Company's total income stands at Rs. 14.73 million as on March
31, 2021 as compared to Rs. 108.20 million as on March 31, 2020, registering a decline of
86.38 %. The loss before tax and exceptional items stands at Rs. 511.87 million as on
March 31, 2021 as against loss of Rs. 1438.03 million as on March 31, 2020.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS REPORT
Management's Discussion and Analysis Report for the year under review detailing
economic scenario and outlook, as stipulated under Schedule V of the SEBI (Listing
Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations, 2015 ("SEBI LODR
Regulations") is presented in a separate section and forms integral part of this
Report.
4. CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE:
A. AUTHORIZED SHARE CAPITAL
Authorised Share Capital of the Company is Rs. 40,00,00,000/- (Rupees Forty Crores
Only) divided into 20,00,00,000 (Twenty Crores) equity shares of Rs. 2/- (Rupees Two Only)
each.
B. ISSUED AND PAID-UP SHARE CAPITAL
During the year under review, the Company has not issued and allotted any equity shares
and the paid up share capital stood at Rs. 24,49,34,336/- consisting of 12,24,67,168
Equity Shares of the face value of Rs. 2/- each as on 31st March, 2021 and as on the date
of report.
5. FOREIGN CURRENCY CONVERTIBLE BONDS
In Year 2012-13, the Company had raised US$ 10 million, Zero Coupon Foreign Currency
Convertible Bonds ("FCCB") for redemption of outstanding Zero Coupon Foreign
Currency Convertible Bonds.
The Bond holders, as per the agreement, have the option to convert these bonds into
Equity Shares, at a price of Rs.188.62 per share within 5 years and 1 day from the date of
disbursement. The FCCB are redeemable at a premium of 33.15 % on principal after 5 years
and 1 day. The FCCB were raised for the purposes of redemption of earlier FCCB of the
Company. As on March, 31, 2017 US$ 10 million (previous year US$ 10 million) FCCB were
outstanding for conversion into equity shares of Rs. 2 each. The bonds were convertible
latest by July 24, 2017. The Company was not able to redeem these FCCB and thus has
defaulted on redemption. In this regard, please note that the Company is CIRP since May
30, 2017 and a moratorium period is in effect since 30th May 2017 wherein no judicial
proceedings for recovery, enforcement of security interest, sale or transfer of assets, or
termination of essential contracts can be instituted or continued against the Company.
6. SECURED, REDEEMABLE, NON-CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES & EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL BORROWINGS
Non-Convertible Debentures
As on 31st March 2021, the Company has outstanding Secured Non-Convertible
Debentures (NCDs) for an aggregate value of Rs. 45 Crores comprising 350, 13.5% Secured
Non-Convertible Debentures (Listed on Bombay Stock exchange) of the face value of
Rs.10,00,000/- each aggregating to Rs.35 Crores and 100, 13.25% Secured Non-Convertible
Debentures of the face value of Rs.10,00,000/- each aggregating to Rs.10 Crores.
The debenture trustee of these debentures is Axis Trustee Services Limited having its
registered office at Axis House, 2nd Floor, Bombay Dyeing Mills Compound,
Pandurang Budhkar Marg, Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra- 400025. Ph:-022-24255215/5216;
email:-complaints@axistrustee.com; debenturetrustee@axistrustee.com.
The Company has defaulted on interest and redemption of these NCDs. In this regard,
please note that the Company is under CIRP since May 30, 2017 and a moratorium period is
in effect since 30th May 2017 wherein no judicial proceedings for recovery,
enforcement of security interest, sale or transfer of assets, or termination of essential
contracts can be instituted or continued against the Company.
External Commercial Borrowings
In Year 2012-13, the Company has raised US$ 70 million through External Commercial
Borrowing ("ECB") comprising US$ 30 million from International Financial
Corporation ("IFC") a member of the World Bank Group
and US$ 40 million from Societe De Promotion Et De Participation Pour La Cooperation
Economique (PROPARCO), a French development financial institution. The ECB has a term of
8.5 years with a 3 years moratorium and the coupon rate is LIBOR + 4.5%. The ECB has been
raised for purposes of redemption of existing FCCB. The said ECB is outstanding at the
Financial Year ending on March 31, 2020. The Company has made a default in payment of
interest and repayment of these ECBs. In this regard, please note that the Company is
under CIRP from May 30, 2017 and a moratorium period is effective since 30th
May 2017 wherein no judicial proceedings for recovery, enforcement of security interest,
sale or transfer of assets, or termination of essential contracts can be instituted or
continued against the Company.
7. MATERIAL CHANGES AND COMMITMENTS
Material Changes affecting the financial position of the Company which have occurred
between the F.Y.2017-2023 and the date of this report:
The Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process ("CIRP") against Educomp
Solutions Limited ("Corporate Debtor") was initiated by the Hon'ble
National Company Law Tribunal, Principal Bench at New Delhi ("Adjudicating
Authority") under Section 10 of the Code vide its order dated 30th May
2017. The Adjudicating Authority vide its order, appointed Dr. Sanjeev Aggarwal as the
Interim Resolution Professional ("IRP") to conduct the CIRP of the
Corporate Debtor. Thereafter, in the third CoC Meeting held on 12th September
2017, the IRP was replaced and Mr. Mahender Kumar Khandelwal was appointed as the
Resolution Professional ("RP") to run the CIRP of the Corporate Debtor.
Subsequently, the RP published Expression of Interest ("EoI") inviting resolution plans for the revival and restructuring of the Corporate Debtor.
Further to the issuance of the EoI, the resolution plans were received from one Ebix
Singapore Pte. Ltd. ("Ebix") and one Boundary Holdings SARL SPF. Pursuant
to the discussions and deliberations with the CoC, the Resolution plan submitted by the
Ebix was put to vote. Ebix's resolution plan, in terms of Section 30(4) of the Code, was
finally approved by the CoC with 75.35% majority voting share on 22nd February
2018 including vote of Chhattisgarh State Electricity Board ("CSEB")
whose vote was received subsequently due to a technical glitch. Pursuant thereto, the
Resolution Professional submitted the Ebix's Resolution Plan for the approval of the
Adjudicating Authority by way of an application under Section 30(6) and 31 of the Code (CA
195 of 2018) ("Plan Approval Application").
Around July 2019, while the Plan Approval Application was pending adjudication before
the Adjudicating Authority, Ebix filed its first application seeking withdrawal of the
Resolution Plan on account of the purported inordinate delay in approval of the resolution
plan by the Adjudicating Authority, and ongoing investigations into the affairs of the
Corporate Debtor. The said application was dismissed by the Adjudicating Authority.
Thereafter, Ebix filed another withdrawal application in August 2019 on the similar cause
of action. The second application was also dismissed by the Adjudicating Authority.
However, the third withdrawal application filed by Ebix (IA 1816 of 2019) after having
been heard at length on 25th November 2019 was allowed by the Adjudicating
Authority vide its order dated 02nd January 2020 ('2nd January
Order"). Thereby Ebix was permitted to withdraw its plan despite the same having
been approved by the Committee of Creditors of Educomp ("CoC"). The
Adjudicating Authority also imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh on Ebix and extended the CIRP of
the Corporate Debtor by 90 days to begin from 16th November 2019. The
Adjudicating Authority directed the Resolution Professional to expedite the possibility of
achieving resolution of the stressed assets within such extended period.
As a consequence of the 2nd January Order passed by the Adjudicating
Authority in third withdrawal application for filed by Ebix (IA 1816 of 2019)., the
Adjudicating Authority dismissed the Plan Approval Application filed by the Resolution
Professional vide its further order dated 3rd January 2020.
Thereafter, the Committee of Creditors of Educomp ("CoC") challenged
the 2nd January Order passed by the Adjudicating Authority allowing the
withdrawal before the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT")
on 28.01.2020 by way of an Appeal bearing number Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 203
of 2020 ("First Appeal
) challenging the NCLAT Judgment dated 29.07.2020 passed in the First Appeal on
the ground that (a) Ebix is not bound by the Resolution Plan until the same is approved by
the Adjudicating Authority; (b) inordinate delay in approval of the application under
Section 31 and (c) pending SFIO and CBI investigations into the affairs of Educomp called
for withdrawal.
The Hon'ble Supreme Court was pleased to issue notice in the Ebix Appeal on 07th
October 2020 and vide the same order stayed the proceedings under Second Appeal before the
NCLAT. The question of law involved in Ebix's Appeal was "Whether the withdrawal of
Resolution Plan is permitted after it has been approved by the CoC".
The Hon'ble Supreme Court after hearing the parties vide its judgment dated 13th
September 2021 dismissed the Appeal on the ground that "The existing insolvency
framework in India provides no scope for effecting further modifications or withdrawals of
CoC-approved Resolution Plans, at the behest of the Successful Resolution Applicant, once
the plan has been submitted to the Adjudicating Authority. The Hon'ble Court further held
that "A submitted Resolution Plan is binding and irrevocable as between the CoC and
the successful Resolution Applicant in terms of the provisions of the IBC and the CIRP
Regulations."
Accordingly, the Hon'ble Supreme Court dismissed Ebix's Appeal.
Consequent to the Supreme Court's order the NCLAT allowed the Second appeal, on 12th
November 2021, dated against the NCLT Order dated 3rd January 2020, and immediately
thereafter the certified copy of the NCLAT order dated 12th November 2021 along with the
certified copy of Hon'ble Supreme Court Order were filed with the Registry of the NCLT.
However, despite filing the said orders before the Adjudicating Authority, the NCLT did
not list the matter in time. Therefore, to escalate the matter an application for
restoration was (RA 39 of 2021) filed. Finally, RA 39 of 2021 came up before the NCLT on
3rd December 2021, where the Adjudicating Authority remarked that 'it's a shame that this
matter couldn't be taken up on its own' and vide its order dated 03rd December 2021it was
said that there was no requirement of filing restoration application, nevertheless this
application has been filed in the deference of the Hon'ble Supreme Court and NCLT Order.
The NCLT thereafter listed the Plan Approval Application for hearing on 22nd December
2021.
On 22nd December 2021, the matter was listed for hearing and part argument took place.
The matter was then adjourned to 25th January 2022. However, before the matter could be
taken up on the said adjourned date i.e., 25th January 2022, an application (IA 187 of
2022) Ex-Director's Application was filed by the Ex-Director- Mr Shantanu Prakash, also
the promoter of Corporate Debtor, seeking direction from the Adjudicating Authority to
direct Resolution Professional to take action w.r.t the transaction which concerns the
insolvency of Corporate Debtor's subsidiary based out of Singapore. This application was
also listed on 01.06.2022 along with Resolution Professional's Plan Approval Application.
However, the NCLT has not issued any notice in this application so far.
Thereafter, the Plan Approval Application was listed on 25 January 2022, but was
simpliciter adjourned to 15 March 2022. Meanwhile, the Resolution Applicant filed another
application IA 397/2022, which came up for hearing on 27 January 2022, and in the said
application the Resolution Applicant sought certain information irrespective of the
Information Memorandum from the Resolution Professional regarding the annual returns,
financial statement and status of affairs of the Corporate Debtor. RP's Counsel opposed IA
397 of 2022 and also filed a reply to IA 397 of 2022.
On 14 February 2022, IA 397/2022 was listed before the NCLT, however, the reply filed
by RP was not available on record. The Adjudicating Authority on that date granted liberty
to RA to file Rejoinder to IA 397 of 2022 and adjourned it to 28 February 2022. On 28
February 2022, IA 397 of 2022 got listed before the Special Bench, therefore, again it was
adjourned to 08 March 2022 for it to be heard by the Regular Bench, the matter was
adjourned to 08 March 2022. The IA 397 of 2022 was finally taken up on 8th March 2022,
where the RP Counsel opposed the application extensively and the same was dismissed on the
ground of being premature.
On 11th April 2022, fresh application IA 1611 of 2022 was filed by the Resolution
Applicant seeking issuance of a direction to the Resolution Professional to take steps to
protect the assets owned by Corporate Debtor's Wholly Owned Subsidiary ("EPEL")
attached by the Enforcement Directorate which was dismissed by the Adjudicating authority
the same day since the attached asset(s) were owned by EPEL and not the Corporate Debtor.
The Adjudicating Authority adjourned the Plan Approval Application for hearing on 19 April
2022.
On 06 May 2022, the NCLAT heard the Co. Appeal (Ins.) No. 507 of 2022 filed by the
Resolution Applicant challenging the order dated 08 March 2022 passed by the NCLT
dismissing IA 397 of 2022. The NCLAT dismissed the appeal on the direction to RP that on
the approval of the Resolution Plan, all of the required information which is available
with the Resolution Professional shall be provided to the Resolution Applicant.
On 06 May 2022, the Plan Approval Application was also listed before the Adjudicating
Authority for hearing, however, the same could not be taken up due to non-availability of
Technical Member constituting the Bench hearing the matter. The matter was adjourned to
24.05.2022 accordingly.
Thereafter on 19 May 2022, Co. Appeal (Ins.) No. 550 of 2022 preferred by Resolution
Applicant against order dated 11.04.2022 passed by NCLT in IA 1611 of 2022 was listed. The
Hon'ble NCLAT pursuant to the submissions made by respective parties disposed of the
appeal by directing the Resolution Professional to share the Provisional Attachment Order
passed by Directorate of Enforcement with the Resolution Applicant.
On 24 May 2022, the Plan Approval Application was again listed for hearing before the
Adjudicating Authority however, the matter could not be taken up due to non-availability
of the Bench to hear the matter post the lunch hours. Accordingly, matter was adjourned to
01 June 2022.
On 01 June 2022, when the Plan Approval Application was taken up, the Judicial Member
stated that since both him and the technical member constituting the present Bench are
retiring in June 2022, all pending matters would only now be heard in the month of July.
Accordingly, a short date of 08 July 2022 was given by the Registry for listing the Plan
Approval Application.
On 05 September 2022, the following applications were listed- C.A No. 195(PB) of 2018 -
Plan Approval Application, I.A No. 187 of 2022 - Application by Mr. Shantanu Prakash
seeking directions and I.A. No. 3112 of 2022- Application filed by Sri Guru trust claiming
to be an Operational Creditor. However, the matter could not be taken up since the
Judicial Member had to sit in another Bench post-lunch and the matter was adjourned to 29
September 2022.
In order to ensure a hearing of the Plan Approval Application on 29.09.2022, I.A 4377
of 2022 (listed on 14 September 2022) was filed by the Resolution Professional, seeking
listing of the Plan Approval Application high on board on the scheduled date of listing
i.e. 29 September 2022 or to have the matter set down for a fixed time on that date for
expeditious disposal. The Bench acknowledged the request and disposed of the application
directing the Registry to list the Plan Approval Application at the top of the Board for
the matters listed on 29 September 2022, after the supplementary and admission matters.
On 29 September 2022, the matter comprising the pending applications before the
Adjudicating Authority were listed before a Special Bench rather than the usual Bench to
which the matter is assigned. The Bench stated that since the Regular Bench was not
available, the Bench adjourned the matter to 03 October 2022.
On 03 October 2022, the Senior Counsel representing the Resolution Professional
submitted before the Bench that apart from the Plan Approval Application, there are two
applications pending, one filed by the ex -promoter and the second by an operational
creditor, both of which do not have any bearing on the Plan Approval Application. Further,
a request was also made to the Bench to decide the Plan Approval Application. The Bench
noted the submissions but expressed its inability to take up the matter as the Judicial
Member had to take up the matters of another Bench after lunch hours and accordingly
adjourned the matter to 09 November 2022.
On 09 November 2022, the Bench again expressed its inability to take up the matter as
the Judicial Member had to take up the matters of another Bench and accordingly adjourned
the matter to 06 December 2022.
On 06 December 2022, the Bench considered the Plan Approval Application at length and
heard the submissions made by Senior Counsel representing Resolution Professional up till
2 pm. Thereafter, the Bench adjourned the matter to 07 December 2022 (the next day) for
the resumption of arguments on the Plan Approval Application.
On 07 December 2022, the Bench directed the Resolution Professional's Counsel to resume
arguments on the Plan Approval Application. The Senior Counsel representing RP presented
submissions on the contents of the Resolution Plan while simultaneously taking the Bench
through the relevant clauses of the Plan. On this date, the Bench for its understanding
and reference directed the RP to file the Compliance Certificate dated 26.09.2018 in the
form of FORM-H. The matter was accordingly adjourned to 14 December 2022 for the purpose
of bringing Form H on record.
On 14 December 2022, in compliance with the order dated 07 December 2022, Form H was
filed by the Resolution Professional by way of an Additional Affidavit. However, the Bench
stated that since the Ld. Technical Member has to preside in another Bench after lunch and
the AdditionalAffidavit so filed is also not yet reflecting on the DMS (online portal) of
the NCLT, the matter (all the pending applications) was accordingly adjourned to
03.01.2023.
On 03 January 2023, the following applications were listed:
I. I.A No. 195 of 2018 - Plan Approval Application by RP
II. I. A No 20 of 2023 - Application to file Revised Form H by RP
III. I.A No. 3112 of 2022- Sri Gurutrust Application
IV. I.A No. 187 of 2022- Ex- Director Application
At first, the Bench took up (I.A. 20 of 2023) filed by the Resolution
Professional to bring on record the revised Form H to bring out greater clarity in respect
of certain issues/ provisions under the Resolution Plan. The NCLT allowed I. A 20 of 2023
and took the revised Form H on record.
Thereafter, the Bench called out I.A 3112 of 2022 (Sri Gurutrust Application).
The Bench took a brief overview of the Sri Gurutrust Application filed by Sri Gurutrust
claiming to be an Operational Creditor of the Corporate Debtor. The Senior Counsel
appearing for the Resolution Professional vehemently denied the maintainability of the
present application. The Bench then noted that they will take up the application after
hearing the Plan Approval application.
Thereafter, the Bench took up I.A. 187 of 2022 (Ex-Directors Application) and
enquired about the issue involved in the Application. After much elucidation on the
Application by the Counsels representing respective parties, the NCLT directed the
Applicant and the RP Counsels to file a detailed chart of the entities involved and the
transaction under the Ex-Directors' Application for its understanding. Thereafter, all
applications including the Plan Approval Application were adjourned to 06 February 2023.
It is pertinent to state that at present along with the pending Plan Approval
Application- CA 195(PB) of 2018 filed by the Resolution Professional, IA 187 of 2022 filed
by suspended Director Mr. Shantanu Prakash, IA 3112 of 2022 filed by Srigurutrust under
Section 60(5) claiming to be an Operational Creditor, CA 160(PB) of 2018-Clarification
Application are also pending adjudication before the Adjudicating Authority and are next
listed for consideration on 06 February 2023.
On 06 February 2023, the Bench took I.A 187 of 2022. The counsel appearing on behalf of
Mr. Shantanu Prakash gave background about the application filed by Mr. Shantanu Prakash
and issues involved. In response, the counsel appearing on behalf of the RP inter alia
challenged the maintainability of the application filed by Mr. Shantanu Prakash under
Section 45 and 47 of the Code. After hearing the submissions, the Hon'ble Bench determined
six questions and directed all parties to file short written synopsis. All the
applications were directed to be listed on 01 March 2023 including I.A 195 of 2018 (Plan
Approval Application) and I.A No. 3112 of 2022 (Sri Guru Trust Application).
Thereafter, all the three applications were listed on 01 March 2023. When the matter
was called out, the Bench took I.A 187 of 2022. The Bench enquired about the status of the
written synopsis as directed by the Bench by its order dated 06 February 2023. The counsel
appearing on behalf of the RP, Mr. Shantanu Prakash and SBI Singapore informed the Bench
that they have filed the written synopsis. The counsel appearing on behalf of the COC
informed that they could not e-file the written synopsis because of a technical fault in
the filing system. Meanwhile, Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of
Mr. Shantanu Prakash in IA No. 187/2022 joined the hearing via video conference. The bench
was not inclined to hear Mr. Kirpal on video conference and directed him to appear in
person. Mr. Kirpal sought accommodation to appear and make submissions in IA No. 187/2022
after a week. After hearing the brief submissions of all parties, the Bench listed IA No.
187 on 22 March 2023.
The Bench then took I.A No. 3112 of 2022. The counsel appearing on behalf of Shri Guru
Trust gave a background of the application. The counsel informed the Bench that the RP has
admitted and acknowledged to pay INR 31,26,000 to the Applicant. Counsel appearing on
behalf of the RP in response submitted that no claim form was filed by the Applicant
during the corporate insolvency resolution process and secondly no bifurcation is provided
by the Applicant to show which part of the claim belongs to post-CIRP and pre-CIRP period.
The counsel also submitted that any dues for post-CIRP period will become part of the CIRP
and the dues pertaining to pre-CIRP period cannot be accepted by the RP at this stage as
the resolution plan is already pending approval before the bench. After hearing the
submissions, the Bench directed that upon the Applicant furnishing a break-up of its claim
INR 31,26,000, the RP would examine and verifying the same in accordance with the
provisions of the Code.
Thereafter, C.A 195 (Plan approval application) was mentioned by Mr. P Nagesh. He
submitted that there is great urgency in the matter as also the long wait through which
the lenders have been put through on account of the delay. He also traced the background
of the matter and prayed that the application be taken up and disposed of at the earliest.
Pursuant to his request, the Bench listed CA 195 along with IA No. 187/2022 on 22 March
2023.
Thereafter, the matter was listed on 22 March 2023. However, due to paucity of time,
the two remaining applications i.e., IA No. 187/2022 and C.A 195 (Plan approval
application) were adjourned to 24 April 2023.
On 24 April 2023, both the applications were listed. When the matter was called out,
the Bench took IA No. 187/2022. During the hearing, the counsel appearing on behalf of Mr.
Shantanu Prakash sought for a pass over since Mr. Saurabh Kirpal, Senior Advocate leading
them in the matter was held up in a constitution bench matter before the Supreme Court.
The Bench expressed its inability to pass over the matter and intended to give a short
date. The counsel appearing on behalf of the COC and the RP pressed listing of CA 195
(Plan Approval Application). Upon the request, the Bench have a short date and now listed
the matter on 08 May 2023.
On 08 May 2023, the Bench first called out I.A 187/2022. The counsel appearing on
behalf of Mr. Shantanu Prakash sought for a pass over on the ground that Mr. Saurabh
Kirpal was on his legs before another court. The Bench expressed its inability to pass
over the matter and requested Mr. P Nagesh to proceed with his submissions on C.A No. 195
(PB) of 2018. The Bench accordingly took C.A No. 195 (PB) of 2018. Mr. P Nagesh, appearing
on behalf of the RP took the Bench through Form H and explained the amount payable to
various creditors under the Resolution Plan along with relevant clauses. Mr. P Nagesh also
took the Bench through various compliances of the Resolution Plan with the provisions of
Code and CIRP Regulations. During the hearing, the Bench enquired about fair value,
Section 29A affidavit by the Successful Resolution Applicant, performance bank guarantee
etc. In response, Mr. P Nagesh submitted that the concept of fair value was inserted by
IBBI by its notification dated 06.02.2018 and therefore, the same was not applicable.
Further, P Nagesh referred to the referred to the undertaking dated 28.11.2017 by the
Successful Resolution Applicant giving its declaration cum undertaking that there is no
violation of Section 29A. The Bench on observing the multiplicity of pleadings that have
been filed in C.A No. 195 (PB) of 2018, directed the RP and the COC to comply with the
following directions, within 1 (One) week:
(i) Filing of the Resolution Plan along with all the annexures and addendums;
(ii) Since the proposed Resolution Plan did not contain any provision for the
Performance Bank Guarantee ("PBG"), the RP was directed to place the same on
record. The Bench also stated that in case the same has not been deposited, then the
Successful Resolution Applicant must take steps to file the PBG;
(iii) Filing of a detailed table indicating the size of the plan and distribution of
funds; The RP and COC were directed to file this as a joint affidavit with reconciled
figures, dates, pages etc.
(iv) To point out source of funds and implementation of the Resolution Plan duly
approved by the COC Mr. P Nagesh, on the direction of the Bench with respect to submission
of PBG point, submitted that the RP cannot place on record the PBG. Mr. P Nagesh referred
to Regulation 36B of the CIRP Regulations and submitted that the requirement of submiffing
a PBG in terms of Section 36B of CIRP Regulations came into effect only on 24.01.2019,
whereas the plan was approved on 22.02.2018. The Bench noted the observations of Mr.
Nagesh and stated that they will look into this issue on the next date of hearing.
Thereafter, I.A 187 was once taken up by the Bench. The counsel appearing on behalf of
Mr. Shantanu Prakash informed the Bench that Mr. Saurabh Kirpal is still on his legs and
will be unable to appear before the Bench today and accordingly requested for a date. In
response, the Bench noted that an adjournment is being sought for the second time on the
ground of unavailability of Mr. Saurabh Kirpal and stated that they are of the opinion
that the Application by ex-director should be dismissed on the grounds of non-prosecution.
The counsel appearing on behalf of Mr. Shantanu Prakash requested for a last opportunity.
The Bench allowed the request with the remark that last opportunity is given to the
ex-director to make submissions in support of his application, failing which the
application of the ex-director will be dismissed on grounds of non-prosecution on the next
date of hearing. After hearing the submissions, the Bench posted the matter on 25.05.2023.
In compliance of the directions given by the Bench, the RP filed its affidavit on
23.05.2023. On the next date of the hearing i.e., 25.05.2023, both the applications were
listed i.e., I.A 187/2022 and C.A 195 (PB)/2019. The Bench took I.A 187/2022 first. Mr.
Saurabh Kirpal, Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of Mr. Shantanu Prakash proceeded with
his arguments. Mr. Saurabh Kirpal inter alia submitted that: -
actual valuation of the shares that have been sold amounts to USD 250 Million
and that it has been sold at a highly undervalued price and in a non-transparent way.
exception under explanation to Section 18 (i.e. assets of the Corporate Debtor
shall not include assets of its Indian or foreign subsidiary) has no bearing on the
moratorium imposed under Section 14 of the IBC and that the value of the shares of Educomp
Asia Pacific (Pte) Ltd. should have been protected by the RP in light of Section 20 of
IBC.
Thereafter, Mr. P Nagesh inter alia made the following submissions: -
shares of Educomp Asia could not have been part of the CIRP of the Corporate
Debtor first because they are not owned by the Corporate Debtor and second in light of the
exception under Section 18 of the IBC.
shares have been sold under the liquidation proceedings pursuant to order of the
High Court of Singapore and that no such issue was raised by the ex-director before the
liquidator of Educomp Asia Pacific (Pte) Ltd.
there are various judicial precedents on this position of the NCLT and the NCLAT
that the assets of the subsidiary cannot be made part of the CIRP proceedings of the
holding company.
The counsel appearing on behalf of SBI Singapore, and COC supplemented and supported
the submissions of Mr. P Nagesh. In response, the Bench enquired about the difference and
definition of asset and property. In response, the counsel for SBI Singapore submitted
that property has been defined under Section 3(27) of the IBC. The counsel for SBI
Singapore by way of relying on the provisions of the Income Tax Act and stated that
property forms part of asset, which is a bigger genus, and both the definitions cannot be
distinguished and read independently in IBC.
The Bench after hearing the submissions, reserved the orders in I.A 187/2022 with the
direction to the counsel of Mr. Shantanu Prakash, to file a written synopsis regarding the
alleged valuation of the shares on 03.09.2021(date on which the shares of Educomp Asia
were sold). The Bench also directed the counsel of SBI Singapore to file a written
synopsis regarding the valuation of the shares of the Educomp Asia (Pte) Ltd. The Bench
also directed the counsel for SBI Singapore and ex-Director to submit the details
regarding all the valuation of shares carried out by both parties. RP was also directed to
file compilation of judgements distinguishing definition of asset and property under the
law. After hearing the submissions, the Bench posted the matter on 08 June 2023.
On 08 June 2023, a special bench comprising of Sh. Mahendra Khandelwal (J) and Sh. L.N.
Gupta (T) presided in Court No. 2. P. Nagesh appearing on behalf of the RP apprised the
special bench that IA 195/2019 is already part heard before the Regular Bench comprising
of Shri Ashok Bhardwaj (J) and Sh. L.N. Gupta (T) and therefore requested that IA 195/2019
be immediately posted after the vacations. The counsel appearing on behalf of the
Resolution Applicant also requested the Special Bench that the matter be posted on the top
of the board on the next date of hearing.
Presently the Plan Approval Application- CA 195(PB) of 2018 filed by the Resolution
Professional is pending adjudication before the Adjudicating Authority and are next listed
for consideration on 05 July 2023.
As per Section 17 of the Code, on the commencement of CIRP against the Corporate
Debtor,
(a) the management of the affairs of the company shall vest in the Resolution
Professional.
(b) the powers of the Board of Directors of the company shall stand suspended and be
exercised by the Resolution Professional.
(c) the officers and managers of the company shall report to the resolution
professional and provide access to such documents and records of the company as may be
required by the Resolution Professional.
(d) the financial institutions maintaining accounts of the company shall act on the
instructions of the Resolution Professional in relating to such accounts furnish all
information relating to the company available with them to the Resolution Professional.
The Company has received a letter dated October 12, 2018 from the Serious Fraud
Investigation Office ("SFIO"), Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA"),
Government of India, intimating the Company that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has
ordered an investigation into the affairs of the Company by the SFIO.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ("MCA") vide its Order No.
32/2018/SFIO/CL-M dated 01.08.2018 has ordered an investigation into the affairs of the
Corporate Debtor by SFIO. The first communication requisitioning documents/ information
was received from SFIO by the RP in October 2018. Since then, SFIO on numerous occasions
has requisitioned various documents/ information which were duly provided to them and the
requisite information is being provided to them as and when required. The last
communication received from SFIO was on 28.09.2022.
There was no proper composition of the Board and Key Managerial Personnel. Most of the
senior employees and other staff had also resigned.
The Company has not complied with the various provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and
SEBI (LODR), 2015. Due to this reason the authorities have imposed penalties on the
Company. The overall working of the Company has been affected.
The CBI had conducted search at the corporate office of the Corporate Debtor situated
at 514, Udyog Vihar, Phase- III, Gurugram on 11th February, 2020, the Registered office
situated at 1211, Padma Tower I, 5, Rajendra Place, New Delhi-110008 as well as the
residences of the Promoters. . The raid was based on the complaint lodged by SBI on behalf
of itself and various consortium banks. During the search, the CBI team had taken various
documents from the corporate office. The list/ details of documents seized by CBI were
also shared with the members of the CoC. Subsequently, the CBI team has visited the
corporate office on various occasions and were there for almost 15 days and had
requisitioned various customer agreements mostly pertaining to the financial year 2011-12.
Majority of the customer agreements have been provided to them. Almost all the documents
have been provided to the CBI, some of them are pending since CBI has specifically asked
for the original agreements however, photocopies have been provided to them. The last
communication received from CBI was on 29.12.2022.
SEBI Investigation matter against Educomp Solutions Limited: SEBI issued show cause
notice dated 20.05.2021 bearing reference no. SEBI/HO/IVD/ID-16/VS/SS/2021/0532/1 u/s
11(1), 11(4), 11(4A), 11B(1) and 11B(2) r/w 15HA of Securities and Exchange Board of India
Act, 1992 ("SEBI Act"), and u/s 12A(2) read with section 23E and 23H of
Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act, 1956 and Rule 4 of SEBI (Procedure for Holding
Inquiry and Imposing Penalties) Rules, 1995 in the matter of investigation into the
alleged manipulation of books of accounts of Educomp Solutions Limited ("Show Cause
Notice").
In reference to the Show Cause Notice issued by SEBI, the RP on behalf of the Company
filed its Reply on 12.07.2021. Thereafter, on 03.08. 2022, the RP also filed a Compilation
of Judgments in support of the grounds raised in its Reply. On 03.08. 2022, the matter was
also listed before the Whole Time Member, SEBI and arguments on behalf of the RP/Company
were heard by the Whole Time Member, SEBI. After the hearing, on 18.08. 2022, Written
Submissions were also filed by the RP on behalf of the Company. The other parties to the
Show Cause Notice also concluded their arguments. On 19.04.2023, a notice was sent by the
office of the SEBI calling for further submissions as the matter would be listed for
passing of orders. Accordingly, the RP on 25.04.2023 filed additional written submissions.
Thereafter, SEBI vide its email dated 22.05.2023 had sought certain information regarding
the Company from the RP. The same was duly provided by the RP on 24.05.2023_. On
30.05.2023, SEBI passed order in the Show Cause Notice. SEBI via the said order held that
present proceedings initiated by SEBI against the Company cannot be continued in light of
the fact that the Company is undergoing CIRP vide order dated 31.05.2017 and that RP has
been appointed vide order dated 12.09.2017 of the NCLT, New Delhi. Further, SEBI imposed
penalty on Shantanu Prakash Jagdish Prakash. With the above holding, SEBI disposed off the
Show Cause Notice.
8. EXTRACT OF ANNUAL RETURN
Pursuant to the provision of Section 92 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the extract of
the Annual Return in Form No. MGT-9 is presented in a separate section and is annexed
herewith as "Annexure- I" to this report. Form No. MGT-9 has been prepared on
the basis of best efforts and information to the extent available. The same is also
available on the Company's website www.educomp.com.
9. PUBLIC DEPOSITS:
During the year, the Company has not accepted any deposits under the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2013.
10. SUBSIDIARIES/ JOINT VENTURES/ ASSOCIATES
The Company has 40 subsidiaries and 1 associate Company as on March 31, 2021. Pursuant
to the provisions of Section 129(3) of the Act, a statement containing the salient
features of financial statements of the Company's subsidiaries in Form No. AOC-1 is
attached to the financial statements of the Company and marked as Annexure II.
I. During the year ended March 31, 2019, 1 subsidiary namely Educomp infrastructure and
school management limited (EISML) has filed for insolvency on January 11, 2018 and on
April 25, 2018 consequent to which Resolution Professionals (RP) have been appointed in
the company and all the powers to direct the state of affairs of the company rests with
the RP. Further, CoC of the EISML in September, 2019 approved a Resolution Plan submitted
by Mr. Paramjit Gandhi. Accordingly, the Resolution Professional of EISML on October 10,
2019 fled an application for the approval of Resolution Plan at NCLT, Chandigarh which has
been approved on December 14, 2020. Accordingly, by virtue of provisions of Ind AS 110
Consolidated Financial Statement, the Holding Company has lost its controlling power over
the EISML and its 24 step-down subsidiaries (EISML group) and have not been consolidated
in the current year.
II. In absence of financial or other information from the overseas subsidiaries since
beginning of CIRP period despite best efforts, it has been determined by holding company,
that the Group has lost control over 5 overseas subsidiaries namely Edumatics Corporation
Inc. USA, Savvica Inc., Canada, Educomp IntelProp Ventures Pte Limited, Educomp Global
Holding FZE and Educomp Global WLL, during the year.
III. EduSmart Services Private Limited (ESSPL) (a subsidiary through potential voting
rights), Educomp Asia Pacific Pte Limited. (EAPL), The Learning Internet Inc (L.com) and 1
step down subsidiary, Educomp Learning Hour Private Limited have filed for insolvency on
June 27, 2017, June 30, 2017, June 30, 2017 and December 11, 2017 respectively consequent
to which Resolution Professionals (RP) have been appointed in the respective companies and
all the powers to direct the state of affairs of these companies rests with the respective
RP's. Accordingly, by virtue of provisions of Ind AS 110 Consolidated Financial Statement,
the Holding Company has lost its controlling power over the above mentioned subsidiaries
and have not been consolidated in the current year.
In accordance with Section 136 of the Companies Act, 2013, the audited financial
statements, including the consolidated financial statements will be available on our
website http://www.educomp.com/content/investors- home.
11. BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:
As on 31st March 2021, Board of Directors of Educomp Solutions Limited
comprises of one non-executive non independent director namely Mr. Shantanu Prakash.
Further, Mr. Shantanu Prakash, Promoter Non-Executive Director of the company, was
failed to get re-appointed as director in the Annual General Meeting, for the financial
Year 2017-18, held on November, 08, 2021.
Accordingly, as on the date this Report, there is no director on the Board of the
company.
On May 05, 2021 the company has appointed Mr. Manoj Garg as Chief Financial Officer and
Mr. Ankit Bisht as Company Secretary of the Company w.e.f. 1st September, 2022.
The Previous Company Secretary Mr. Lakshay Vaid has resigned from the company w.ef. 31st
August, 2022 Moreover, as on date of the report, the Company does not have the Managing
Director/CEO/WTD.
Board Evaluation
As specified the Company has been admitted to CIRP under Section 10 of the Code w.e.f
30th May 2017. Thereafter, in accordance with Section 17 of the Code, the powers of the
Board stood suspended and be exercised by the Interim Resolution Professional until
replaced by Resolution Professional. Accordingly, due to the suspension of the powers of
the board no Board evaluation has been carried out during the year under review.
12. BOARD MEETINGS
On May 30, 2017, the Company has been admitted to CIRP under Section 10 of the Code.
Thereafter, in accordance with Section 17 of the Code, the powers of the Board stood
suspended and be exercised by the Interim Resolution Professional until replaced by
Resolution Professional. Therefore, no board meeting was convened during the reporting
period.
13. COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The details regarding committees of the Board of Directors of the Company viz.
composition, terms of reference, and other information, as required, have been provided in
the Report on Corporate Governance which forms integral part of Annual Report.
14. INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS' DECLARATION
As specified above that w.e.f May 30, 2017 the Company has been admitted to CIRP under
Section 10 of the Code. Thereafter, in accordance with Section 17 of the Code, the powers
of the Board stood suspended and be exercised by the Interim Resolution Professional until
replaced by Resolution Professional. Accordingly, the Company does not have the necessary
declaration, for period under review, from the Independent Director as required in
accordance with Section 149(7) of the Companies Act, 2013, that he/she meets the criteria
of independence as laid out in sub-section (6) of Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Clause 16(1)(b) and 25 of the Listing Regulations, 2015.
15. FAMILIARIZATION PROGRAMME FOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Your Company has put in place a structured induction and familiarization programme for
Independent Directors. The Company through such programme familiarizes Independent
Directors with a brief background of the Company, their roles, rights, responsibilities in
the Company, nature of the industry in which the Company operates, business model,
operations of the Company, etc. Details on familiarization programme for Independent
Directors is posted on the Company's website and can be accessed at
http://www.educomp.com/content/familiarisationprogramme. No Familiarization program has
been carried out by the company during the period under review as the company is under
CIRP w.e.f. May 30, 2017.
16. NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION POLICY
The Board has, on the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee,
framed nomination and remuneration Policy for selection and appointment of Directors, Key
Managerial Personnel and their remuneration as well as policy on the appointment and
remuneration of other employees. The Remuneration Policy is stated in the Corporate
Governance Report that forms part of this Annual Report.
17. DIRECTORS RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT:
To the best of knowledge and beliefs and according to the information and explanations
obtained by the RP of the Company, the RP makes the following statement in terms of
Section 134(3)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013:
a) That in the preparation of the annual accounts, the applicable accounting standards
have been followed along with proper explanation relating to material departures;
b) That the RP has 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 and of the
profit/loss of the Company for the period ended on March 31, 2021;
c) That RP has taken proper and sufficient care for the maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 for
safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
d) That the annual accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis; and
e) That proper internal financial controls were laid down and that such internal
financial controls are adequate and were operating effectively.
f) That the RP has devised the proper system to ensure compliance with the provisions
of all applicable laws and that such systems were adequate and operating effectively.
18. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT:
The Company is having no new operations and servicing only to old customers and hence
comprises of very limited staff. Educomp had total employee strength of 43 as on 31st
March, 2021 as compared to 84 as on 31st March, 2020.
19. STATUTORY DISCLOSURES:
As specified above that w.e.f May 30th, 2017 the Company has been admitted
to CIRP under Section 10 of the Code. Thereafter, in accordance with Section 17 of the
Code, the powers of the Board stood suspended and be exercised by the Interim Resolution
Professional until replaced by Resolution Professional. The Company does not have the
written declaration, for period under review, in Form DIR-8 from all Directors as required
under the provisions of Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies
(Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014.
20. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES
The Company has the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee and CSR Policy, as
per the provisions of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the Companies
(Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules 2014. For other details regarding the CSR
Committee, please refer to the corporate governance report, which forms part of this
report. Further, the Annual Report on CSR Activities in format prescribed in Companies
(Corporate Social responsibility) Rules, 2014 including the brief outline of the corporate
social responsibility (CSR) policy of the Company annexed to this report Annexure III.
The Company has losses in the past periods and has no amount attributable to Corporate
Social Responsibility as per the Companies Act and the company is currently undergoing
Corporate Insolvency and Resolution Process, Hence, no expenses towards the Corporate
Social Responsibility is required.
21. AUDITORS & AUDITOR'S REPORT:
It is to be noted that Committee of Creditors has power to appoint the statutory
auditor of the Corporate Debtor and its through Committee of Creditors' approval only that
the appointment can be done. Further, under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016
("Code"), the Resolution Professional, during the CIRP, cannot make changes in
the appointment or terms of contract of statutory auditors or internal auditors of the
Corporate Debtor without the prior approval of the Committee of Creditors of the Corporate
Debtor.
In view of above, subject to the approval of the members of the Company, the Members of
the Committee of Creditors approved the appointment of M/s Kumar Vijay Gupta & Co.
Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the Company for the FY 2020-21 to F.Y
2024-25 by 84.75 per cent of voting share of the financial creditors on the recommendation
of the Resolution Professional in the 28th CoC meeting held on 24th
January, 2023.
Further, the members of the Company also approved the appointment of M/s Kumar Vijay
Gupta & Co. Chartered Accountants as Statutory Auditors of the Company for the FY
2020-21 to F.Y 2024-25 in the 26th Annual General Meeting held on 27th
March, 2023.
The Company has received consent letter and eligibility certificate from M/s. Kumar
Vijay Gupta & Co, Chartered Accountants of the Company, along with a confirmation
that, their appointment, if made, would be within the limits prescribed under the
Companies Act, 2013. They have further confirmed that they are not disqualified to be
appointed as the Statutory Auditors in terms of the Companies Act 2013 and the rules made
thereunder.
Audit Observations and management response for the Standalone Financial Statements for
the Financial Year ended on 31.03.2021
S. No. |
Audit Observation |
Our Remarks |
1. |
As mentioned in sub-note 3.3 of Note 3 to the
Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, the Management did not conduct physical
verification of Property, plant and equipment at certain locations having a net carrying
value of Rs. 5.83 million as at March 31, 2021. In absence of the same, we are unable to
comment over existence, valuation and the extent of the adjustment, if any, required in
respect of these assets as at March 31, 2021 and the resultant possible impact of the same
on the loss for the year ended on that date and on the equity as on that date. |
The management has physically verified the fixed assets
lying only at Corporate Office Gurgaon on October 23, 2020. The offices at other locations
of the company have been shut down due to liquidity and business constraints and the
assets lying at these locations, carrying value of Rs. 5.83 million, have been shifted to
the warehouses based out at Mahipalpur (New Delhi) and Chennai which could not be
physically verified during the year. |
2 |
As regards trade receivable
amounting Rs. 1,234.49 million (net of accumulated loss allowance of Rs. 14,657.76
million) as on March 31, 2021, the management is of the view that the same are good and
fully recoverable in due course and hence no further loss allowance is required. Out of
the above, trade receivables only to the extent of Rs. 26.63 million have subsequently
been realized/adjusted by the Company till December 31, 2022. In absence of appropriate
audit evidences including balance confirmations, correspondences from parties and details
of subsequent realization post December 31, 2022, we are unable to comment on the
recoverability of balance outstanding trade receivables of Rs. 1,207.86 million and the
possible impact of the same on the loss for the year ended March 31, 2021 and on the
equity as on that date. |
The Provision has been created on smartclass
customers against whom legal action has been initiated and on remaining Customers
including ICT (Govt. customers) and retail customers on case to case basis. We are
regularly collecting money from these customers. The receivables of Rs. 1,234.49 million
are good and recoverable. However due to company being in IBC the auditor had given this
qualification. The fact that an amount of Rs. 38 million has been recovered upto December
31, 2022 from these receivables demonstrates that the receivables are good and
recoverable. The balance receivables will be collected in the next two years subject to
their service commitments with the customers under these contracts. |
3. |
As mentioned in sub-note 12.4 of Note 12 to
the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, the Company has not accrued interest on
borrowing post May 30, 2017, being Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process
("GRP") commencement date. The amount of such interest not accrued is estimated
to be Rs. 3,323.14 million for the reporting financial year and Rs. 11,343.53 million till
March 31, 2021. This has resulted in understatement of financial liabilities by Rs.
11,343.53 million as at March 31, 2021; understatement of loss for the year by Rs.
3,323.14 million and overstatement of equity by Rs. 11,343.53 million as on that date. |
As the CIRP initiated, financial creditors has
filed their claims which are crystallized and admitted claims are already filed with NCLT,
post approval of resolution plan by COC. Since post admission of claim, no liability can
accrue on account of interest, therefore same is not provided. |
4. |
As disclosed in Note 14 to the Standalone Ind
AS Financial Statements, the advance from customers includes amount received from
non-corporate entities which may be considered as deposit u/s 73 of the Companies Act,
2013 read with Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules 2014 and thereby in violation of
section 73 to 76 of the Companies Act, 2013. The impact of the non-compliance on the
accompanying Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements is presently not ascertainable. |
The Company had received advances from
customers, which are outstanding for more than one year and still lying in the books as on
March 31, 2021. These advances mainly pertain to the pre CIRP period and includes amount
received from noncorporate entities. The advances cannot be repaid after initiation of
CIRP and the same will be settled, if any, in accordance with the provision of the
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 and regulations issued there under. |
5. |
As mentioned in sub-note 25.2 of Note 25 to
the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, the Company follows Expected Credit Loss (ECL)
model for measuring impairment loss allowance of its |
The Company following the provisioning method
based on the legal recovery status initiated against the customer. Historically we are
following norms as under. |
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trade receivables. The ECL allowance or loss
rate is computed based on a provision matrix which takes into account historical credit
loss experience. |
1. For the cases closed/ cancelled 100%
provision. |
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However, for the computed loss rate as
mentioned in Note 25.2 to the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, we have not been
provided with any |
2. For the cases arbitration award passed in
our favour 60% provision. |
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underlying workings of such loss rate computed
by the Company. |
3. For the cases under arbitration (award not
yet passed) 100% provision. |
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Further, the Company has not taken effect of
aforesaid loss rate in computation of impairment loss allowance, if any on trade
receivables over and |
4. For the cases arbitration award passed but
set aside 100% provision. |
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above the existing provision in the books of
account. In absence of relevant workings and other details, we are unable to comment on
the |
5. For the cases amount over due more than
five-year 100% provision. |
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appropriateness of the loss rate and the
possible impact of not considering the effect of the loss rate |
The same clarified in note # 25.2 of our
Financial Statement. |
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in impairment loss allowance on the trade
receivables balance as at March 31, 2021 and the loss for the year ended on that date and
on the equity as on that date. |
It is technical qualification based on
different view on the adoption of Ind AS. |
S. No. |
Audit Observation |
Our Remarks |
6. |
We have neither got the direct confirmations
nor provided with the statements for borrowings from banks and financial institutions
amounting to Rs. |
All the loan accounts with lenders were NPA
and lenders did not share loan statements with the Company. |
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12,918.05 million as at March 31, 2021.
Further, in case of bank borrowings amounting to Rs. 5,197.70 million wherein we have
received the confirmations or bank statements, the amount |
As audit procedure, auditor had sent letters
to confirm the balance of loan but lenders hadn't provided balance confirmations. |
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recorded in the Standalone Ind AS Financial
Statements is short by Rs. 1,452.35 million in comparison to amounts reported in the
confirmations or bank statements. In the absence of reconciliations and other alternative
audit evidence, we are unable to determine any possible impact thereof on the loss for the
year ended 31st March 2021 and on balance of borrowings and equity as at March 31, 2021. |
Since the company admitted in IBC on May 30,
2017, lenders had filed their claims. After that date no statement provided by lenders. |
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In some of the cases where the lenders
provided the confirmation directly to the auditors without complete loan statement, we are
unable to reconcile and comment upon the difference between balance as per books and
balance as per confirmations. |
7. |
Balance in borrowings other than bank
borrowings mentioned in paragraph 6 above, amounting to Rs. 7219.73 million
as at March 31, |
As audit procedure auditor had sent letters to
confirm the balance of loan accounts but bankers hadn't provided balance confirmation. |
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2021 are subject to confirmation. In
the absence of any alternative audit evidence, we are unable to comment on any
possible impact thereof on the loss for the year ended 31st March 2021 and on balance of
borrowings and equity as at March 31, 2021. |
Since the company admitted in IBC on
May 30, 2017, lenders had filed their claims. After that date no statement provided
by lenders. |
8. |
As disclosed in Note 29 to the Standalone Ind
AS Financial Statements, financial guarantees aggregating Rs. 13,158.18 million
were issued to banks on behalf of its erstwhile subsidiaries. As per Ind AS 109
"Financial Instruments", the said financial guarantees are required to be initially |
It is technical qualification on adoption
of Ind AS and the liability against corporate guarantees provided by the company towards
borrowings of subsidiaries shall only be crystallized upon default and invocation
by the lenders. It doesn't have any impact on profit and loss account of the company. |
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measured at fair value and subsequently
measured at the higher of (i) the amount of loss allowance in accordance with Expected
Credit Loss ("ECL") method and (ii) amount initially recognized less
cumulative amount of income recognized in income statement. However, no measurement
of financial guarantees at fair value and estimation of loss allowances in
accordance with ECL method were performed during the year. In absence of such measurement,
we are unable to comment on the resultant impact thereof on the loss for the year ended
March 31, 2021 and corresponding liability and equity as on that date. |
Financial guarantees are part of the claims
submitted by the lenders, so no provision made during year. |
9. |
The Company has not determined the provision
for penal interest for defaults on borrowings as per the contractual terms of the
underlying agreements. In absence of such assessment, we are unable to comment on the
possible impact thereof on the loss for the year ended March 31, 2021 and on the |
In FY 2017, the Company has requested to all
its lenders to waive penal interest as company is facing liquidity crunch and not able to
generate adequate cash flows to meet its normal debt obligation. Hence company has not
computed and provided for penal interest. |
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balance of borrowings and equity as on that
date. |
Post CRP admission, financial creditors has
filed their claims which are crystallized and admitted claims are already filed with NCLT,
post approval of resolution plan by COC. Since post admission of claim no liability can
accrue on account of interest, therefore same is not provided. |
10. |
As disclosed in sub-note 6.4 of Note 6 to the
Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, the balance with banks in current account
amounting to Rs. 7.45 million is not verifiable as the same is not reflected in the bank
statement. As per the bank statement available, the bank has already debited this amount
in October, 2017 i.e. during the CIRP period where moratorium under the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code, 2016 was in force prohibiting such actions. The company has not recorded
this transaction in its books of accounts and therefore, the cash and bank balance as on
March 31, 2021 is overstated by said amount along with overstatement of equity for the
equivalent amount on that date. |
The balance with banks in current account of
Rs. 7.45 million is not reflected in the bank statement as the bank have adjusted the same
against Term Loan during CIRP period. The bank was not supposed to recover any amount
during the moratorium under section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. Since
the company has taken up the matter with the concerned bank, the amount is shown in
balance with banks in current account. |
11 |
We have neither got the direct confirmation
nor provided with the bank statements for balance with banks in current accounts, term
deposit and margin money with aggregate amount of Rs. 0.20 million. In |
Company has requested for bank statement but
bank had not provided with statement of current account, term deposit and balance of
margin money maintained with them. |
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the absence of any alternative evidence, we
are unable to comment on any possible impact thereof on the loss for the year ended March
31, 2021 and on the balance with banks as at March 31, 2021. |
As audit procedure, auditor had sent letters
to confirm the balance in current accounts, term deposit and margin money to all bankers
but bankers hadn't provided balance confirmation. |
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We don't have any control over bankers to
provide such confirmations to auditors. |
12. |
As mentioned in sub-note 4(ii) of Note 4 to
the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, the Company has fully amortized its intangible
assets (which contains software and knowledge based content) as per it's accounting policy
but the same continues to generate revenue for the company. In absence of reassessment of
the useful life of the intangible assets, we are unable to comment on the resultant impact
of amortization on the loss for the year ended on March 31, 2021, carrying value of
intangible assets and on the equity as on that date. |
The intangible assets (which contains
knowledge based content) have been fully amortized during the year in accordance with the
accounting policy of the company. However, the intangible assets are still in use and
continue to generate revenue. |
13. |
As explained in note 35 to the Standalone Ind
as financial statements regarding managerial remuneration paid to one of the whole time
directors of the Company during the quarter ended June 30, 2015 and during the year ended
March 31, 2015 in non-compliance with the requirements of Section 197 and Section 198 read
with Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013, and paid during the year ended March 31, 2014
in non-compliance with the requirements of Section 198, Section 269 and Section 309 read
with Schedule XIII to the Companies Act, 1956, for which the Central Government's approval
is yet to be obtained. |
Due to inadequacy of the profits, managerial
remuneration paid by the Company to one of its Whole Time Director during the quarter
ended June 30, 2015 and year ended March 31, 2015, was in excess of limits prescribed
under Section 197 and 198 read with Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013. Similarly,
managerial remuneration paid during the financial year ended March 31, 2014 to one of its
Whole Time Director was also in excess of limits prescribed under Section 198, 269 and 309
read with Schedule XIII of the Companies Act, 1956. The management of the Company had
filed an applications to the Central Government to obtain its approval for the
waiver/approval of the remuneration so paid in years ended March 31, 2014, March 31, 2015
and quarter ended June 30, 2015. |
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Since the Company had not received any
response from the Central Government approving or granting any waiver for the said excess
remuneration, pursuant to the provisions of Section 197(9) of the Companies Act, 2013, the
Company (through its resolution professional) has sought a refund via email dated December
28, 2020, for the entire excess remuneration paid. The amount is however, yet to be
refunded by the Whole Time Director. |
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Further the company had not paid any
remuneration to whole time directors after June 30, 2015. |
14. |
As disclosed in Note 38 to the Standalone Ind
AS Financial Statements, as per the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code and Regulations
issued there under, the RP has received, verified and admitted the claims submitted by the
creditors (Operational and Financial), employees and workmen of the Company |
As per the Insolvency Code, the RP has
received, verified and admitted the claims submitted by the creditors (Operational and
Financial), employees and workmen of the Company till the approval of resolution plan by
the CoC. The RP has received claims of Rs. 31,378.12 millions, verified and |
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aggregating to Rs. 30,437.72
million as on May 30, 2017. These claims have been taken into cognizance by Committee of
the Creditors (CoC) in its 12th meeting held on February 17, 2018, while approving the
Resolution Plan of the Company. The details of such claims have been disclosed in the said
note. As represented by the Management/RP, a reconciliation of the admitted claims
vis-a-vis liabilities outstanding as at March 31, 2021 as per books of accounts has not
been prepared and any impact thereof has not been considered in the preparation of these
Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2021. In
absence of the above, we are unable to comment upon appropriateness of carrying value of
such liabilities as at March 31, 2021 and any possible impact of the same on the loss for
the year ended on that date and equity as at that date. |
admitted claims of Rs. 30,437.72
millions and claims of Rs. 940.41 millions not admitted by RP. These claims have been
taken into cognizance by CoC in its 12th meeting held on February 17, 2018, while
approving the Resolution Plan of the Company. As represented by the Management/RP, pending
approval of the Resolution Plan by Hon'ble NCLT, a reconciliation of the admitted claims
vis-a-vis liabilities outstanding as at March 31, 2021 has not been prepared and any
impact thereof has not been considered in the preparation of these Standalone Ind AS
Financial Statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2021. |
15. |
As disclosed in Note 39 to the Standalone Ind
AS Financial Statements, the Company is currently subjected to the investigations by
Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
As further explained to us, certain information have been requested by them from the
Company and the investigations are currently underway and the Company is yet to get any
orders or directions in this respect from the said Authorities till the date of signing
this report. In absence of pending final outcome of the investigations, we are unable to
comment on the consequential impact of these matters on these Standalone Ind AS Financial
Statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2021. |
The Company is currently subjected to the
investigations by Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) and the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI). Certain information have been requested by them from the Company and
the investigations are currently underway. The Company is yet to get any orders or
directions in this respect from the said Authorities till the date of signing these
financial statements |
16. |
As disclosed in Note 40 to the Standalone Ind
AS Financial Statements, the Company did not have any internal audit conducted during the
year as required under section 138 of the Act. The impact of the non-compliance on the
accompanying Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements is presently not ascertainable. |
Due to the limited bandwidth the Company has
not carried out any internal audit during the year as required under sections 138 of the
Act. |
17. |
As disclosed in Note 41 to the Standalone Ind
AS Financial Statements, these Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements are not
authenticated by the Company Secretary of the Company which is not in compliance
applicable provisions of the Act. Also, the impact of these non-compliances on the
accompanying Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements is presently not ascertainable. |
The Company did not have the Company secretary
for the FY 20-21. However, the company has appointed recently full-time company secretary
for the FY 21-22 onwards. |
18. |
As disclosed in Note 42 to the Standalone Ind
AS Financial Statements, these Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements are not approved by
the Chief Financial Officer of the Company which is not in compliance with section 134 (1)
of the Act. The impact of this noncompliance on the accompanying Standalone Ind AS
Financial Statements is presently not ascertainable. |
The Company did not have the Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) for the FY 20-21. However, the company has appointed recently CFO for the FY
21-22 onwards. |
19. |
As disclosed in Note 43 to the Standalone Ind
AS Financial Statements, the Company has not been in compliance with various other
provisions of the Companies Act 2013, SEBI LODR Regulations, 2015, RBI circulars, Foreign
Exchange Management Act, 1999 and Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The financial or other
impact of these non-compliances on these Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements is
presently not ascertainable. |
As the company is under IBC, we don't have
control and information regarding foreign subsidiary companies to comply the RBI
requirement. Further regular compliances are made based on available information.
Similarly, SEBI and ROC compliances are not complied with due to non finalization of
audited accounts. |
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Audit Observation |
Our Remarks |
1. |
As fully explained in Note 49.1 of the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, and as represented by the RP, the financial statements and other
financial information for the year ended March 31, 2021 relating to 7 subsidiaries namely
Whitestone Production Private Limited, Educomp Learning Private Limited, Educomp Online
Supplemental Service Limited, Educomp School Management Limited, Educomp Professional
Education Limited, Educomp Investment Management Limited and Educomp Software Limited are
not available with the management/RP of the holding company. In |
Despite the regular follow-ups, we have not been able to
get the financials of these subsidiary companies as explained in audit observation, we are
consolidating the financials of these subsidiary companies based on last available
financial statement i.e for the year 2019-20. |
S. No. |
Audit Observation |
Our Remarks |
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absence of the same, the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements are prepared using the last available financial information with the
RP. Accordingly, these consolidated financial statements have been prepared based on the
unaudited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2020 in respect of these
subsidiaries, which is not in compliance with the requirements of Ind AS-110
"Consolidated Financial Statements". Therefore in absence of availability of
financial information for the year ended March 31, 2021 in respect of these subsidiaries,
we are unable to comment on any possible impact of the same on the consolidated statement
of Profit & Loss for the year ended March 31, 2021 and on the financial position and
Equity, including various mandatory disclosures of the Group and its associates and
jointly controlled entity as on that date. Further, to this extent, current year
consolidated financial statements are not comparable to the previous year. |
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2. |
As fully explained in sub-note 40A.2(ii) of
Note 40A of the Consolidated Ind AS financial Statements, the Group Management, on the
basis of their assessment, has concluded that the Group no longer controls 5 of the
subsidiaries, incorporated outside India, namely Edumatics Corporation Inc. USA, Savicca
Inc., Canada, Educomp IntelliProp Ventures Pte Ltd, Educomp Global Holding WLL, Bahrain
and Educomp Global FZE and accordingly, has not consolidated financial statements of these
subsidiaries as at and for the year ended March 31, 2021. We have not however, been
provided with the management's assessment of loss of control in respect of these
subsidiaries. In absence of such assessment, we are unable to comment on the
appropriateness of the assessment of loss of control and consequential impact of
nonconsolidation of financial statement of these 5 subsidiaries on the consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, if any. |
Despite the regular follow-ups, we have not
been able to get the financials from last 3-4 years and in absence of no communication, we
are unable to control the subsidiaries located outside india. We are unable to consolidate
the financials of these subsidiaries. |
3. |
We draw attention to sub-note 40A.2(ii) of
Note 40A to the Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements, which explains that as per Ind
AS 110 "Consolidated Financial Statements", the Group was required to
derecognize assets and liabilities of the subsidiaries on the date when the control was
lost. As represented by the management of the Holding Company, since the financial
statements of above 5 subsidiaries as on the date of loss of control are not
prepared/available with the management, loss of control accounting has been done on the
basis of last available unaudited financial statements i.e. for the year ended March 31,
2016 in respect of 1 subsidiary namely Savicca Inc., Canada; and based on the last
available audited financial information i.e. for the year ended March 31, 2017 in respect
of 4 subsidiaries namely Edumatics Corporation Inc. USA, Educomp IntelliProp Ventures Pte
Ltd, Educomp Global Holding WLL- Bahrain and Educomp Global FZE. In absence of the
financial statements on the date of loss of control, we are unable to comment upon any
possible impact of the same on the consolidated statement of profit & loss for the
year ended March 31, 2021 and on the consolidated financial position and the equity as on
that date. |
Despite the regular follow-ups, we have not
been able to get the financials from last 3-4 years and in absence of no communication, we
are unable to control the subsidiaries located outside india. We are unable to consolidate
the financials of these subsidiaries |
4. |
We did not audit the Ind AS financial statements of 7
subsidiaries (Including one step down subsidiary company), whose Ind AS financial
statements reflects total assets of Rs. 949.55 million and net assets of Rs. 643.25
million as at March 31, 2021, total revenues of Rs. Nil and net cash outflow amounting to
Rs. Nil million for the year ended on that date, as considered in the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2021. As disclosed in Note 49.1 , the
Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements as at March 31, 2021 are prepared based on last
unaudited and unapproved financial statements as at March 31, 2021, therefore, we are
unable to comment on their correctness and completeness and whether any adjustment or
disclosure is required in the Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statement. We also |
Despite the regular follow-ups, we have not been able to
get the financials of these subsidiaries, hence we consolidate the unaudited financials of
these subsidiaries based on last available financial statements provided by management of
respective company. |
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could not comment whether financial statements of these
subsidiary companies (including one step down subsidiary) are in compliance with the
Indian Accounting Standards as specified under section 133 of the Act read with relevant
rules issued thereunder. |
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5. |
In the absence of availability of financial statement of
subsidiary companies as stated in para 1 above, we are unable to obtain the sufficient
appropriate audit evidence as required under SA 600 "Using the work of another
Auditor" with respect to scope and timing of their work on financial information and
their findings, if any; and also, not able to ensure compliance of SA 560 "Subsequent
events". Therefore, we are unable to comment whether this may lead to any possible
adjustment or disclosure in these consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements had this
procedure been performed. |
Despite the regular follow-ups, we have not been able to
get the audited financials of these subsidiaries. |
6. |
We draw attention to sub-note 3.3 of Note 3
to the Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements, which states that the Directorate of
Enforcement vide its order dated March 28, 2022 has provisionally attached the land of
EPEL measuring 23 acresand 18 guntas situated at district Ranga Reddy, Andhra Pradesh
under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, along with rent of Rs. 0.19 million
and Rs.2.12 million available in a Bank account and deposited with Delhi High Court
respectively. The carrying value of the said land as at March 31, 2020 is revised to Rs.
891.10 million after revaluation (Increase) by Rs. 659.90 million in the financial year
2019-20. No adjustment has been made in these Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statement in
respect of this provisional attachment made by the Directorate of Enforcement. As the
further investigation is still under progress, we are unable to comment on the
consequential impact of the said attachment on these consolidated Ind AS financial
statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2021. |
As per Order of Directorate of Enforcement
vide its order dated March 28.2022 has provisionally attached the land of EPEL. |
7. |
The Financial statement of the Educomp
Software Limited, a step-down Subsidiary, as considered in these Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements (refer paragraph (b) of Other Matter below), have been unaudited and
furnished by the management of the Holding Company. On review of the aforesaid financial
statements and enquiries with the Management of the Holding Company, we noted that the
Subsidiary has a bank borrowing of Rs. 170.81 million outstanding for last several years,
in respect of which the management of the Holding Company neither have any underlying
documents like bank statement nor they provided any satisfactory explanation to us
regarding completeness of this balance. In absence of that, we are unable to determine any
possible impact thereof on these consolidated Ind AS financial statements as at for the
year ended March 31, 2021 and on the loss for the year ended March 31, 2021 and on the
balance of borrowings and equity as at March 31, 2021. |
Based on unaudited financials provided by
respective company, these financials has been clubbed. |
8. |
We draw attention to Note 12, Inventories which include
Rs. 17.79 million pertaining to Educomp School Management Ltd, in respect of which the
management of the Holding Company neither have any underlying documents like physical
verification report nor they provided any satisfactory explanation to us regarding
completeness of this balance. In absence of that, we are unable to determine any possible
impact thereof on the loss for the year ended March 31, 2021 and on the balance of
inventory and on the equity as on that date. |
Based on unaudited financials provided by respective
company, these financials has been clubbed. |
9. |
As disclosed in Note 57 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, the Educomp Solutions Limited, a step-down subsidiary didn't have
any director on board and rest of the subsidiary Companies didn't have requisite number of
directors on the board resulting in noncompliance with section 149 of the Companies Act
2013. Further the subsidiary companies are in non compliance with various other provisions
of the Companies Act 2013 and other statutes. The financial or other impact of these
noncompliances on these Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements is presently not
ascertainable. |
The Subsidiary companies are non compliance with Section
149 of Companies Act 2013. |
10. |
As mentioned in sub-note 3.4 of Note 3 to the Consolidated
Ind AS Financial Statements, the Management of the Holding Company did not conduct
physical verification of property, plant and equipment at certain locations having a net
carrying value of Rs. 5.83 million as at March 31, 2021. In absence of the same, we are
unable to comment over existence, valuation and the extent of the adjustment, if any,
required in respect of these assets as at March 31, 2021 and the resultant possible impact
of the same on the loss for the year ended on that date and on the equity as on that date. |
The management has physically verified the fixed assets
lying only at Corporate Office Gurgaon on October 23, 2020. The offices at other locations
of the company have been shut down due to liquidity and business constraints and the
assets lying at these locations, carrying value of Rs. 5.83 million, have been shifted to
the warehouses based out at Mahipalpur (New Delhi) and Chennai which could not be
physically verified during the year. |
11. |
We draw attention to trade receivable at Note
13, which include trade receivable of the of Holding Company amounting to Rs. 1,235.64
million (net of accumulated loss allowance of Rs. 14,671.21 million) as on March 31, 2021,
the management of the Holding Company is of the view that the same are good and fully
recoverable in due course and hence no further loss allowance is required. Out of the
above, trade receivables only to the extent of Rs. 26.63 million have subsequently been
realized till December 31, 2022, being the date of subsequent realization testing for the
purpose of audit of standalone financial statements. In absence of sufficient appropriate
audit evidences including balance confirmations, correspondences from parties and details
of subsequent realization post December 31, 2022, we are unable to comment on the
recoverability of balance outstanding trade receivables of Rs. 1,209.01 million and the
possible impact of the same on the carrying value of trade receivables, loss for the year
ended March 31, 2021 and, on the equity, as on that date. |
The Provision has been created on smartclass
customers against whom legal action has been initiated and on remaining Customers
including ICT (Govt. customers) and retail customers on case to case basis. We are
regularly collecting money from these customers. The receivables of Rs. 1,234.49 million
are good and recoverable. However due to company being in IBC the auditor had given this
qualification. The fact that an amount of Rs. 38 million has been recovered upto December
31, 2022 from these receivables demonstrates that the receivables are good and
recoverable. The balance receivables will be collected in the next two years subject to
their service commitments with the customers under these contracts. |
12. |
As mentioned in Note 34.2 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, the Group follows Expected Credit Loss (ECL) model for measuring
impairment loss allowance of its trade receivables. |
The Company following the provisioning method based on the
legal recovery status initiated against the customer. Historically we are following norms
as under. |
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The ECL allowance or loss rate is computed based on a
provision matrix which takes into account |
For the cases closed/ cancelled 100% provision. |
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historical credit loss experience. However, for the
computed loss rate as mentioned in Note 34.2 to |
For the cases arbitration award passed in our favour 60%
provision. |
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the Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements, we have not
been provided with any underlying |
For the cases under arbitration (award not yet passed)
100% provision. |
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workings of such loss rate computed. Further, the Group
has not taken effect of |
For the cases arbitration award passed but set aside 100%
provision. |
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aforesaid loss rate in computation of impairment loss
allowance, if any on trade receivables over and above the existing provision in the books
of |
For the cases amount over due more than five- year 100%
provision. |
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account. In absence of relevant workings and other
details, we are unable to comment on the |
The same clarified in note # 25.2 of our Financial
Statement. |
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appropriateness of the loss rate and the possible impact
of not considering the effect of the loss rate in impairment loss allowance on the trade
receivables balance as at March 31, 2021 and the loss for the year ended on that date and
on the equity as on that date. |
It is technical qualification based on different view on
the adoption of Ind AS. |
13. |
We draw attention to sub-note 14.1 of Note 14 of
Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements, "Balance with banks in current
accounts" includes Rs. 28.84 million pertaining to subsidiaries companies in which we
have neither received bank confirmation nor bank statements. In absence of sufficient and
appropriate audit evidence, we are unable to comment upon any possible impact thereof on
these consolidated Ind AS financial statements as at for the year ended March 31, 2021 and
of the same on the carrying value of the bank balance, loss for the year ended on that
date and equity as at that date. |
Despite regular follow-ups with the subsidiary companies,
we unable to get the bank statements from them. |
14. |
We have neither got any direct confirmations nor we been
provided with the statements for borrowings from banks and financial institutions |
All the loan accounts with lenders were NPA and lenders
did not share loan statements with the Company. |
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by the Holding Company amounting to Rs. 12,918.05 million
as at March 31, 2021. Further, in case of bank borrowings amounting to Rs. 5,197.70
million wherein we have received the |
As audit procedure, auditor had sent letters to confirm
the balance of loan but lenders hadn't provided balance confirmations. |
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confirmations or bank statement, the amount recorded in
the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements is short by Rs. 1,452.35 million in |
Since the company admitted in IBC on May 30, 2017, lenders
had filed their claims. After that date no statement provided by lenders. |
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comparison to amounts reported in the confirmations or
bank statement. In the absence of reconciliation and other alternative audit evidence, we
are unable to determine any possible impact thereof on the loss for the year ended March
31, 2021 and on the balance of borrowings and equity as at March 31, 2021. |
In some of the cases where the lenders provided the
confirmation directly to the auditors without complete loan statement, we are unable to
reconcile and comment upon the difference between balance as per books and balance as per
confirmations. |
15. |
Balance in borrowings other than bank borrowings mentioned
in paragraph 16 above, amounting to Rs.7,219.73 million as at March 31, 2021 are subject
to confirmation. In the absence of any alternative audit evidence, we are unable to
comment on any possible impact thereof on the loss for the year ended 31st March, 2021 and
on balance of borrowings and equity as at March 31, 2021. |
As audit procedure auditor had sent letters to confirm the
balance of loan accounts but bankers hadn't provided balance confirmation. Since the
company admitted in IBC on May 30, 2017, lenders had filed their claims. After that date
no statement provided by lenders. |
16. |
As mentioned in sub-note 20.1 of Note 20 to the
Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements, the Holding Company has not accrued interest on
borrowing post May 30, 2017, being Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process
("CIRP") commencement date. The amount of such interest not accrued is estimated
to be Rs. 3,323.14 million for the year ended and Rs. 11.343.53 million as at March 31,
2021. This has resulted in understatement of financial liabilities by Rs. 11,343.53
million as at March 31, 2021; understatement of loss for the year by Rs. 3,323.14 million
and overstatement of equity by Rs. 11.343.53 million as on that date. |
As the CIRP initiated, financial creditors has filed their
claims which are crystallized and admitted claims are already filed with NCLT, post
approval of resolution plan by COC. Since post admission of claim, no liability can accrue
on account of interest, therefore same is not provided.. |
17. |
As disclosed in Note 14.1 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, the balance with banks in current account amounting to Rs. 7.45
million is not verifiable as the same is not reflected in the bank statement. As per the
bank statement available, the bank has already debited this |
In FY 2017, the Company has requested to all its lenders
to waive penal interest as company is facing liquidity crunch and not able to generate
adequate cash flows to meet its normal debt obligation. Hence company has not computed and
provided for penal interest. |
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amount in October, 2017 i.e. during the CIRP period where
moratorium under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 was in force prohibiting such
actions. The company has not recorded this transaction in its books of accounts and
therefore, the cash and bank balance as on March 31, 2021 is overstated by said amount
along with overstatement of equity for the equivalent amount on that date. |
Post CRP admission, financial creditors has filed their
claims which are crystallized and admitted claims are already filed with NCLT, post
approval of resolution plan by COC. Since post admission of claim no liability can accrue
on account of interest, therefore same is not provided. The balance with banks in current
account of Rs. 7.45 million is not reflected in the bank statement as the bank have
adjusted the same against Term Loan during CIRP period. The bank was not supposed to
recover any amount during the moratorium under section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code, 2016. Since the company has taken up the matter with the concerned bank, the amount
is shown in balance with banks in current account. |
18. |
As mentioned in sub-note 6.3 of Note 6 to the Standalone
Ind AS Financial Statements, the Company has fully amortized its intangible assets (which
contains software and knowledge based content) as per it's accounting policy but the same
continues to generate revenue for the company. In absence of re-assessment of the useful
life of the intangible assets, we are unable to comment on the resultant impact of
amortization on the loss for the year ended on March 31, 2021, carrying value of
intangible assets and on the equity as on that date. |
The intangible assets (which contains knowledge based
content) have been fully amortized during the year in accordance with the accounting
policy of the company. However, the intangible assets are still in use and continue to
generate revenue |
19. |
We have neither got the direct confirmation nor provided
with the bank statements for balance with banks in current accounts, term deposit and
margin money of the holding company with aggregate amount of Rs. 0.20 million. In the
absence of any alternative evidence, we are unable to comment on any possible impact
thereof on the loss for the year ended March 31, 2021 and on the balance with banks as at
March 31, 2021. |
Company has requested for bank statement but bank had not
provided with statement of current account, term deposit and balance of margin money
maintained with them. |
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As audit procedure, auditor had sent letters to confirm
the balance in current accounts, term deposit and margin money to all bankers but bankers
hadn't provided balance confirmation. |
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We don't have any control over bankers to provide such
confirmations to auditors. |
20. |
The Holding Company has not determined the provision for
penal interest for defaults on borrowings as per the contractual terms of the underlying
agreements. In absence of such assessment, we are unable to comment on the possible impact
thereof on the loss for the year |
In FY 2017, the Company has requested to all its lenders
to waive penal interest as company is facing liquidity crunch and not able to generate
adequate cash flows to meet its normal debt obligation. Hence company has not computed and
provided for penal interest. |
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ended March 31, 2021 and on the balance of borrowings and
equity as on that date. |
Post CRP admission, financial creditors has filed their
claims which are crystallized and admitted claims are already filed with NCLT, post
approval of resolution plan by COC. Since post admission of claim no liability can accrue
on account of interest, therefore same is not provided. |
21. |
As disclosed in Note 47 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, as per the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 and Regulations
issued thereunder, the RP of the holding Company has received, verified and admitted the
claims submitted by the creditors (Operational and Financial), employees and workmen of
the Company aggregating to Rs. 30,437.72 million as on May 30, 2017. These claims have
been taken into cognizance by Committee of the Creditors |
As per the Insolvency Code, the RP has received, verified
and admitted the claims submitted by the creditors (Operational and Financial), employees
and workmen of the Company till the approval of resolution plan by the CoC. The RP has
received claims of Rs. 31,378.12 millions, verified and admitted claims of Rs. 30,437.72
millions and |
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("CoC") in its 12th meeting held on February 17,
2018, while approving the Resolution Plan of the Holding Company. The details of such
claims have been disclosed in the said note. As represented by the Management/RP of the
Holding Company, a reconciliation of the admitted claims vis-a-vis liabilities outstanding
as at March 31, 2021 as per books of accounts has not been prepared and any impact thereof
has not been considered in the preparation of these Consolidated Ind AS Financial
Statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2021. |
claims of Rs. 940.41 millions not admitted by RP. These
claims have been taken into cognizance by CoC in its 12th meeting held on February 17,
2018, while approving the Resolution Plan of the Company. As represented by the
Management/RP, pending approval of the Resolution Plan by Hon'ble NCLT, a reconciliation
of the admitted claims vis-a-vis liabilities outstanding as at March 31, 2021 has not been
prepared and any impact thereof has not been considered in the preparation of these
Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2021. |
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In absence of the above, we are unable to comment on
appropriateness of carrying value of such liabilities as at March 31, 2021 and any
possible impact of the same on the loss for the year ended on that date and equity as at
that date. |
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22. |
As disclosed in Note 38.1 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, financial guarantees aggregating Rs. 13,158.18 million were issued
to banks on behalf of its erstwhile subsidiaries. As per Ind AS 109 "Financial
Instruments", the said financial guarantees are required to be initially measured at
fair value and subsequently measured at the higher of (i) the amount of loss allowance in
accordance with Expected Credit Loss ("ECL") method and (ii) amount initially
recognized less cumulative amount of income recognized in income statement. However, no
measurement of financial guarantees at fair value and estimation of loss allowances in
accordance with ECL method were performed during the year. In absence of such measurement,
we are unable to comment on the resultant impact thereof on the loss for the year ended
March 31, 2021 and on the corresponding liability and equity as on that date. |
It is technical qualification on adoption of Ind AS and
the liability against corporate guarantees provided by the company towards borrowings of
subsidiaries shall only be crystallized upon default and invocation by the lenders. It
doesn't have any impact on profit and loss account of the company. |
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Financial guarantees are part of the claims submitted by
the lenders, so no provision made during year. |
23. |
As disclosed in Note 22 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, the advance from customers includes amount received from
noncorporate entities which may be considered as deposit u/s 73 of the Companies Act, 2013
read with Companies (Acceptance of Deposit) Rules 2014 and thereby in violation of section
73 to 76 of the Companies Act, 2013. The impact of the noncompliance on the accompanying
Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements is presently not ascertainable. |
The Company had received advances from customers, which
are outstanding for more than one year and still lying in the books as on March 31, 2020.
These advances mainly pertain to the pre CIRP period and includes amount received from non
corporate entities. The advances cannot be repaid after initiation of CIRP and the same
will be settled, if any, in accordance with the provision of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy
Code 2016 and regulations issued there under. |
24. |
The Holding Company has not performed any evaluation for
impairment of goodwill on consolidation in respect of its investment in subsidiaries. In
absence of such assessment, we are unable to comment upon the appropriateness of carrying
amount of such goodwill as at March 31, 2021 and on the resultant impact of the same on
the loss for the year ended on that date and equity as on that date. |
We will make the impairment testing of goodwill on
consolidation in succeeding years. |
25. |
As explained in Note 46 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements regarding managerial remuneration paid to one of the whole time
directors of the Holding Company during the quarter ended June 30, 2015 and the year ended
March 31, 2015 in non-compliance with the requirements of Section 197 and Section 198 read
with Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013; and paid during the year ended March 31, 2014
in noncompliance with the requirements of Section 198, Section 269 and Section 309 read
with Schedule XIII to the Companies Act, 1956, for which the Central Government's approval
is yet to be obtained. |
Due to inadequacy of the profits, managerial remuneration
paid by the Company to one of its Whole Time Director during the quarter ended June 30,
2015 and year ended March 31, 2015, was in excess of limits prescribed under Section 197
and 198 read with Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013. Similarly, managerial
remuneration paid during the financial year ended March 31, 2014 to one of its Whole Time
Director was also in excess of limits prescribed under Section 198, 269 and 309 read with
Schedule XIII of the Companies Act, 1956. The management of the Company had filed an
applications to the Central Government to obtain its approval for the waiver/approval of
the remuneration so paid in years ended March 31, 2014, March 31, 2015 and quarter ended
June 30, 2015. |
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Since the Company had not received any response from the
Central Government approving or granting any waiver for the said excess remuneration,
pursuant to the provisions of Section 197(9) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company
(through its resolution professional) has sought a refund via email dated December 28,
2020, for the entire excess remuneration paid. The amount is however, yet to be refunded
by the Whole Time Director. |
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Further the company had not paid any remuneration to whole
time directors after June 30, 2015. |
26. |
As disclosed in Note 51 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, the Holding Company is currently subjected to the investigations by
Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and
SEBI. As explained by the Management of the Holding Company, certain information has been
requested by them from the Holding Company and the investigations are currently underway.
As explained further, the Management (the Resolution Professional) is yet to get any
orders or directions in this respect from the said Authorities till the date of signing
this report. In absence of pending final outcome of the investigations, we are unable to
comment on the consequential impact of these matters on these consolidated Ind AS
financial statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2021. |
The Company is currently subjected to the investigations
by Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) and the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI). Certain information have been requested by them from the Company and the
investigations are currently underway. The Company is yet to get any orders or directions
in this respect from the said Authorities till the date of signing these financial
statements |
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As disclosed in Note 52 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, the Holding Company did not have any internal audit conducted during
the year as required under sections 138 of the Act. The impact of the non- compliance on
the accompanying Consolidated Ind AS financial statements is presently not ascertainable. |
Due to the limited bandwidth the Company has not carried
out any internal audit during the year as required under sections 138 of the Act. |
28. |
As disclosed in Note 53 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, these Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements are not authenticated
by the Company Secretary of the Company which is not in compliance applicable provisions
of the Act. Also, the impact of this non- compliance on the accompanying Consolidated Ind
AS financial statements is presently not ascertainable. |
The Company did not have the Company secretary for the FY
20-21. However, the company has appointed recently full-time company secretary for the FY
21-22 onwards. |
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As disclosed in Note 54 to the Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements, these Consolidated Ind AS Financial Statements are approved by the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company which is not in compliance with section 134 (1) of
the Act. The impact of this non-compliance on the accompanying Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements is presently not ascertainable. |
The Company did not have the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
for the FY 20-21. However, the company has appointed recently CFO for the FY 21-22
onwards. |
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As disclosed in Note 55 to the Consolidated Ind AS |
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Financial Statements, the Holding Company has not been in
compliance with various other provisions of the Companies Act 2013, SEBI LODR Regulations,
2015, RBI circulars, Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and Goods and Service Tax 2017.
The financial or other impact of these noncompliances on these Consolidated Ind AS
Financial Statements is presently not ascertainable. |
control and information regarding foreign subsidiary
companies to comply the RBI requirement. Further regular compliances are made based on
available information. Similarly, SEBI and ROC compliances are not complied with due to
non finalization of audited accounts. |
22. SECRETARIAL AUDITOR & SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies
(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, the Company appointed
M/s. P.C. Jain & Co., Company Secretaries, a firm of Company Secretaries in Practice
to undertake the Secretarial Audit of the Company for the financial year 2020-21. The
Report of the Secretarial Auditor is annexed herewith as Annexure- IV.
MANAGEMENT RESPONSE TO THE OBSERVATIONS IN THE SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2021.
With reference to observations provided by the Secretarial Auditor, please note that
the observations are related to the non-compliances under the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI
regulations. As the members are aware that the Company is under CIRP and most of the
officials of the company including the top management has left. The Company is making its
best efforts to make all compliances under all applicable laws to the extent possible.
23. COST AUDITOR AND COST AUDIT REPORT
As per Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Company is required to have the
audit of its cost records conducted by a Cost Accountant in practice. In this connection,
the Company appointed M/s Ahuja Sunny & Co., Cost Accountant, as the Auditor of the
Cost records of the Company for the year ending 31st March, 2021. Further, as specified
above, as the powers of the board stood suspended and be exercised by the Interim
Resolution Professional until replaced by Resolution Professional. The Resolution
professional further approved the appointment of M/s Ahuja Sunny & Co., Cost
Accountant, as the cost auditors of the Company for the year ending 31st March, 2021, at a
remuneration, subject to approval and ratification by the shareholders, of Rs. 40,000
(Rupees Forty Thousand Only) plus out of pocket expenses.
The cost audit report of M/s Ahuja Sunny & Co., Cost Accountant, for the financial
year 2020-21 does not contains any adverse qualification or remarks.
24. SHARE REGISTRATION ACTIVITY:
The Company has appointed "LINK INTIME INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED" a category-I
Registrar and Share Transfer Agent reregistered with Securities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI) to handle the work related to Share Registry.
25. VIGIL MECHANISM / WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY
Pursuant to Section 177 of the Companies Act, 2013 and Regulation 22 of the Listing
Regulations, 2015, the Company has a Vigil Mechanism Policy/ Whistle Blower Policy to deal
with instance of unethical practices, fraud and mismanagement or gross misconduct by the
employees of the Company, if any, that can lead to financial loss or reputational risk to
the organization. The details of the vigil mechanism Policy/ Whistle Blower Policy are
explained in the Corporate Governance Report and also posted on the website of the
Company. It can be accessed on the following link http://www.educomp.com/content/policies.
26. RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY
Like any other business, the Company too is exposed to various uncertainties and risks
such as changing customer preferences and behavior, competition and economic
uncertainties. Thus, with the objective of assessing and addressing such business risks
and their prioritization on regular basis, a comprehensive risk management policy has been
put in place, which describes the scope, objectives, processes as well as roles and
responsibilities of various functions in risk management.
By way of a systematic risk assessment process, a detailed enterprise risk
identification exercise is carried out every year; and risks are evaluated for their
likelihood of materialization, potential impact and mitigation efforts. Management has
assigned ownership of key risks to various risk owners who are responsible to monitor and
review these risks from time to time, and plan for their mitigation measures. Your
Company's Risk Management Policy is backed by strong internal control systems. The risk
management framework consists of policies and procedures framed at management level and
strictly adhered to and monitored at all levels. The framework also defines the risk
management approach across the enterprise at various levels. Risk management is embedded
in our critical business activities, functions and processes. The risks are reviewed for
change in the nature and extent of the major risks identified since the last assessment.
It also provides control measures for risk and future action plans.
In terms of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosures Requirements) Regulations,
2015 the Company is not require to form Risk Management Committee.
As specified above the Company is present under CIRP w.e.f May 30, 2017 and all the
powers of the management are vested to the Interim Resolution Professional followed by the
Resolution Professional. Resolution Professional, in accordance with the provisions of the
code, is performing his best to mitigate the all risk associated with the company.
27. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
All related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year were on
an arm's length basis and were in the ordinary course of business. Audit Committee Policy
is also uploaded on the website of the Company & can be accessed on
http://www.educomp.com/content/policies .
Since all related party transactions that were entered into during the financial year
were on an arm's length basis and were in the ordinary course of business and there was no
material related party transactions entered into by the Company during the financial year,
accordingly, the disclosure of Related Party Transactions as required under Section
134(3)(h) of the Companies Act, 2013 in Form AOC-2 is not required.
The details of the transactions with related parties are provided in the notes to
accompanying standalone financial statements.
28. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
As required under the Companies Act, 2013 and also under the Listing Regulations, 2015
we have, prepared consolidated financial statements of the Company and all its
subsidiaries and Associates except during the year ended March31, 2018,3 subsidiaries
namely EduSmart Services Private Limited (ESSPL) (a subsidiary through potential voting
rights), Educomp Asia Pacific Pte Limited. (EAPL), The Learning Internet Inc (L.com) and 1
step down subsidiary, Educomp Learning Hour Private Limited have filed for insolvency on
June 27, 2017, June 30, 2017, June 30, 2017 and December 11, 2017 respectively consequent
to which Resolution Professionals (RP) have been appointed in the respective companies and
all the powers to direct the state of affairs of these companies rests with the respective
RP's. Accordingly, by virtue of provisions of Ind AS 110 Consolidated Financial Statement,
the Holding Company has lost its controlling power over the above mentioned subsidiaries
and have not been consolidated in current year. Further, as per Ind AS110"
Consolidated Financial Statements" ,Loss of Control accounting is required to be done
on the date on which control is lost by the parent entity. Since the financials on the
date of loss of control are not available with the management of the holding company, loss
of control accounting in preparing these consolidated Ind AS financial statements has been
done on the basis of last financials statements available for the year ended March 31,
2017.
Further, during the previous year ended March 31, 2017, the holding company had total
investment of 41.82% in Joint venture namely Educomp Raffles Higher Education Limited
(ERHEL), through two of its wholly owned subsidiaries i.e. 41.17% through Educomp Asia
Pacific Pte Ltd. (EAPL) and 0.65% through Educomp Professional Education Limited (EPEL).
During current year, the High Court of the Republic of Singapore, on the grounds of
insolvency, vide its order dated June 30, 2017 has passed an order of compulsory winding
up against EAPL pursuant to which liquidators have been appointed in EAPL. Hence, by
virtue of Ind AS110" Consolidated Financial Statements" the holding company has
lost its controlling power over EAPL leading to loss of significant influence in ERHEL as
the investment of the Holding company in ERHEL has reduced to 0.65% from 41.82% during the
year. Accordingly, ERHEL has ceased to be a Joint venture of the Holding Company as at
March 31, 2019 and hence the same has been disclosed as an investment in others.
The audited consolidated financial statements together with Auditor's Report form part
of this Annual Report.
29. LISTING OF SHARES:
The Equity Shares of your Company are listed on National Stock Exchange of India
Limited (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE). The Listing fee for the financial
year 2020-21 has been paid to NSE only.
30. CONSERVATION OF ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION, ADOPTION AND INNOVATION, FOREIGN
EXCHANGE EARNINGS AND OUTGO:
The particulars are prescribed under section 134(3)(m) of the Companies Act, 2013, read
with Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 regarding the energy conservation,
technology absorption and foreign exchange earnings and outgo are set out in 'Annexure -
V' attached to this report.
31. RATINGS, AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS & RECOGNITIONS:
As specified above the Company is present under CIRP w.e.f May 30, 2017 and all the
powers of the management are vested to the Interim Resolution Professional followed by the
Resolution Professional. The Company has not carried out any rating during the period
under review. So we are reproducing the last ratings as allocated to the company.
Ratings
Credit Analysis & Research Ltd, or CARE, has assigned the following ratings in
relation to our long term and short term financing facilities:
Bank facilities: 'CARE D' (Single D) to our bank facilities aggregating to
Rs. 1921.80 Crore.
Receivable assignment facilities: 'CARE D' (Single D) to our Receivable Assignment
facilities, aggregating to Rs. 404.08 Crore.
Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs): 'CARE D' (Single D) to our Non-
Convertible Debenture issuance of Rs. 45 crore.
32. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
A detailed report on Corporate Governance along with the Certificate from M/s P.C. Jain
& Co., Company Secretaries, confirming compliance with conditions of Corporate
Governance as stipulated under Part C of Schedule V of the Listing Regulations, 2015 are
annexed and forms part of this Annual Report.
33. CODE OF CONDUCT:
As per the Listing Regulations, 2015, the Board of the Company has laid down Code of
Conduct for all the Board members of the Company and Senior Management Personnel as well
and the same has been posted on Website of the Company which can be access by the
following link http://www.educomp.com/content/code-conduct.
34. NOTES TO ACCOUNTS:
They are self-explanatory and do not require any explanations.
35. INTERNAL FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEM
The Company has established Internal Financial Control System for ensuring the orderly
and efficient conduct of the business including adherence to Company's Policies, the
safeguarding of assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy
and completeness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable
Financial Statements.
As specified above the Company is present under CIRP w.e.f May 30, 2017 and all the
powers of the management are vested to the Interim Resolution Professional followed by the
Resolution Professional. Resolution Professional, in accordance with the provisions of the
code, is performing his best to mitigate the all risk associated with the company along
with the internal financial control and internal control system.
36. PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES:
Disclosures pertaining to remuneration and other details as required under Section
197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 5(1) of the Companies (Appointment and
Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 are annexed to this report and Marked as
Annexure VI
Further, the disclosure pursuant to Section 197(14) of the Companies Act, 2013 in
respect of remuneration or commission received from any holding or subsidiary company of
the company by any Managing Director or Whole Time Director who is also in receipt of
commission from that company is not available with the company.
In terms of the provisions of Section 197(12) of the Companies Act, 2013 read with
Rules 5(2) and 5(3) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial
Personnel) Rules, 2014 or any statutory modification or amendment in these Rules, a
statement showing the name of top ten employees in terms of Remuneration drawn forms part
of the Report and annexed to this report and marked as Annexure VII. Further, there was no
employee in the Company who drawn the remuneration in excess of the limits set out in the
said Rules. Therefore, the disclosure for the same is not required.
37. EMPLOYEES STOCK OPTION SCHEMES (ESOPs)
The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company,
inter alia, administers and monitors the Employees' Stock Option Schemes of the Company in
accordance with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits)
Regulations, 2014 (erstwhile Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employee Stock Option
Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999) hereinafter referred as the
"SEBI Guidelines".
The Details as required under the SEBI Guidelines, for Employees' Stock Option Schemes
have been uploaded on the website of the Company and can be accessed through the link
http://www.educomp.com/content/employee- stock-option-schemes. There is no material change
in the ESOP schemes of the Company during the year.
38. PARTICULARS OF LOANS, GUARANTEES OR INVESTMENTS
The particulars of loans, guarantees given, security provided and investments made
during the year as per Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 form part of the notes and
schedules of the Financial Statements provided in this Annual Report.
39. SIGNIFICANT AND MATERIAL ORDERS PASSED BY THE REGULATORS, COURTS OR TRIBUNAL
Please refer point no. 7 - Material Changes and Comments of this report.
40. DISCLOSURE AS PER THE SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE (PREVENTION,
PROHIBITION AND REDRESSAL) ACT, 2013
The Company has zero tolerance towards sexual harassment at the workplace and has
adopted a policy on prevention, prohibition and redressal of sexual harassment at
workplace in line with the provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder. The Company
has complied with the provisions relating to the constitution of Internal Committee in
term of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal)
Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder.
The details of the sexual harassment cases received, disposed of and pending are given
below:-