21 Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets
A. Provisions
A provision is recognised if
• the Company has present legal or constructive obligation as a result of an event in the past;
• it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation; and
• the amount of the obligation has been reliably estimated.
Provisions are measured at the management’s best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the obligation at the end of the reporting period. If the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are discounted to reflect its present value using a current pre-tax discount rate that reflects the current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the obligation. When discounting is used, the increase in the provision due to the passage of time is recognised as a finance cost.
Onerous Contract
If the Company has a contract that is onerous, the present obligation under the contract is recognised and measured as a provision.
An onerous contract is a contract under which the unavoidable costs (i.e., the costs that the Company cannot avoid because it has the contract) of meeting the obligations under the contract exceed the economic benefits expected to be received under it. The unavoidable costs under a contract reflect the least net cost of exiting from the contract, which is the lower of the cost of fulfilling it and any compensation or penalties arising from failure to fulfil it. The cost of fulfilling a contract comprises the costs that relate directly to the contract (i.e., both incremental costs and an allocation of costs directly related to contract activities).
Defect Liability Provision
The Defect Liability provision (DLP) is a contractual provision that defines the period after construction completion during which the Company is responsible for rectifying any
defects at no extra cost to the client. The DLP is a contractual obligation towards failure to rectify defects within the specified period.
The provision is created based on past experience as mentioned under critical estimates.
B. Contingent liabilities
Contingent liabilities are disclosed when there is a possible obligation arising from past events, the existence of which will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non¬ occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the Company or a present obligation that arises from past events where it is either not probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation or a reliable estimate of the amount cannot be made.
22 Employee benefits
A. Short-term obligations
Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits that are expected to be settled wholly within 12 months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service are recognised in the same period in which the employees renders the related service and are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled.
Retirement benefit in the form of provident fund is a defined contribution plan. The Company has no obligation , other than the contribution payable to the provident fund. The Company recognises contribution payable to the provident fund scheme as an expense, when an employee renders the related services. If the Contribution payable to the scheme for service received before the balance sheet date exceeds the contribution already paid, the deficit payable to the scheme is recognised as a liability after deducting the contribution already paid. If the contribution already paid exceeds the contribution due for services received before the balance sheet date, then excess is recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payment or a cash refund.
B. Other long-term employee benefit obligations
The liabilities for earned leave and sick leave are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related
service. They are therefore measured as the present value of expected future payments to be made in respect of services provided by employees up to the end of the reporting period using the projected unit credit method. The benefits are discounted using the market yields at the end of the reporting period that have terms approximating to the terms of the related obligation. Remeasurements as a result of experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are recognised in the statement of profit or loss.
The obligations are presented as current liabilities in the balance sheet if the entity does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting period, regardless of when the actual settlement is expected to occur.
C. Post-employment obligations
The Company operates the following post¬ employment schemes
(a) defined benefit plans - Gratuity
(b) defined contribution plans - Provident fund, superannuation and pension
Defined benefit plans:
The liability or asset recognised in the balance sheet in respect of defined benefit plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the end of the reporting period less the fair value of plan assets excluding non-qualifying asset (reimbursement right).
The defined benefit obligation is calculated annually by actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows by reference to market yields at the end of the reporting period on government bonds that have terms approximating to the terms of the related obligation. The net interest cost is calculated by applying the discount rate to the net balance of the defined benefit obligation and the fair value of plan assets.
This cost is included in employee benefit expense in the statement of profit and loss. Remeasurement gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are recognised in the period in which they occur, directly in other comprehensive income. They are included in retained earnings in the statement of changes in equity and in the balance sheet.
Insurance policy held by the Company from insurers who are related parties are not qualifying insurance policies and hence the right to reimbursement is recognised as a separate asset under other non-current and/or current assets as the case may be.
Changes in the present value of the defined benefit obligation resulting from plan amendments or curtailments are recognised immediately in profit or loss as past service cost.
Defined contribution plans:
In case of all employees, the Company pays provident fund contributions to publicly administered provident funds as per local regulations. The Company has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. Such contributions are accounted for as employee benefit expense when they are due. Defined contribution to superannuation fund is being made as per the scheme of the Company. Defined contribution to Employees Pension Scheme 1995 is made to Government Provident Fund Authority whereas the contributions for National Pension Scheme is made to Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited.
D. Share based payment
The Company operates an equity settled, employee share based compensation plan, under which the Company receives services from employees as consideration for equity shares of the Company. Equity settled share based payment to employees and other providing similar services are measured at fair value of the equity instrument at grant date.
The fair value of the employee services received in exchange for the grant of the options is determined by reference to the fair value of the options as at the Grant Date and is recognised as an ‘employee benefits expense’ with a corresponding increase in equity. The total expense is recognised over the vesting period which is the period over which the applicable vesting condition is to be satisfied.
At the end of each year, the entity revises its estimates of the number of options that are expected to vest based on the service vesting conditions. It recognises the impact of the revision to original estimates, if any, in profit or loss, with a corresponding adjustment to equity.
If at any point of time after the vesting of the share options, the right to the same expires (either by virtue of lapse of the exercise period or the employee leaving the Company), the fair value of the options accruing in favour of the said employee are transferred back to the retained earnings in the reporting period in which the right expires.
The dilutive effect of outstanding options is reflected as additional share dilution in the computation of diluted earnings per share.
23 Segment reporting
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker.
The Board of directors of the Company has been identified as the Chief Operating Decision Maker which reviews and assesses the financial performance and makes the strategic decisions.
24 Dividends
The company recognises a liability to pay dividend to equity holders when the distribution is authorised and is no longer at the discretion of the Company. As per the corporate laws in India, a distribution is authorised when it is approved by the shareholders. A corresponding amount is recognised directly in equity.
25 Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net profit or loss for the period attributable to equity shareholders by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the period. Earnings considered in ascertaining the Company’s earnings per share is the net profit for the period. The weighted average number equity shares outstanding during the period and all periods presented is adjusted for events, such as bonus shares, other than the conversion of potential equity shares that have changed the number of equity shares outstanding, without a corresponding change in resources. For the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per share, the net profit of loss for the period attributable to equity shareholders and the weighted average number of share outstanding during the period is adjusted for the effects of all dilutive potential equity shares.
26 Exceptional items
Exceptional items include income/expenses that are considered to be part of ordinary activities, however of such significance and nature that separate
disclosure enables the users of standalone financial statements to understand the impact in more meaningful manner. Exceptional Items are identified by virtue of their size, nature and incidence.
27 Rounding of amounts
All amounts disclosed in the standalone financial statements and notes have been rounded off to the nearest lakhs as per the requirement of Schedule III, unless otherwise stated.
28 Events after reporting period
If the Company receives information after the reporting period, but prior to the date of approved for issue, about conditions that existed at the end of the reporting period, it will assess whether the information affects the amounts that it recognises in its separate financial statements. The Company will adjust the amounts recognised in its financial statements to reflect any adjusting events after the reporting period and update the disclosures that relate to those conditions in light of the new information. For non-adjusting events after the reporting period, the Company will not change the amounts recognised in its separate financial statements but will disclose the nature of the non¬ adjusting event and an estimate of its financial effect, or a statement that such an estimate cannot be made, if applicable.
1C NEW AND AMENDED STANDARDS
The Company applied for the first-time certain standards and amendments, which are effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 April 2025. The Company has not early adopted any standard, interpretation or amendment that has been issued but is not yet effective.
(i) Amendments to Ind AS 21 - Lack of exchangeability
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2025, which amend Ind AS 21, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates to specify how an entity should assess whether a currency is exchangeable and how it should determine a spot exchange rate when exchangeability is lacking. The amendments also require disclosure of information that enables users of its financial statements to understand how the currency not being exchangeable into the other currency affects, or is expected to affect, the entity’s financial performance, financial position and cash flows.
The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2025. When applying the amendments, an entity cannot restate comparative information.
The amendments do not have a material impact on the Company’s Standalone financial statements.
(ii) Amendments to Ind AS 1 - Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current and Non-current Liabilities with Covenants
In August 2025, the MCA notified amendments to paragraphs 69 to 76 of Ind AS 1 to specify the requirements for classifying liabilities as current or non-current. The amendments clarify:
• What is meant by a right to defer settlement
• That a right to defer must exist at the end of the reporting period
• That classification is unaffected by the likelihood that an entity will exercise its deferral right
• That only if an embedded derivative in a convertible liability is itself an equity instrument would the terms of a liability not impact its classification
In addition, a requirement has been introduced to require disclosure when a liability arising from a loan agreement is classified as non-current and the entity’s right to defer settlement is contingent on compliance with future covenants within twelve months.
If there is a breach of a material covenant of a long term loan arrangement on or before the end of the reporting period, resulting in the liability becoming payable on demand as at the reporting date, and the lender agrees—after the reporting period but before the financial statements are approved for issue—not to demand repayment for at least 12 months as a consequence of the breach, this shall be treated as an adjusting event. Accordingly, the entity is not required to classify the liability as current.
The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2025 retrospectively in accordance with Ind AS 8.
The amendments do not have a material impact on the Company’s Standalone financial statements.
(iii) Amendments to Ind AS 7 and Ind AS 107 - Supplier Finance Arrangements
In August 2025, the MCA notified amendments to Ind AS 7 Statement of Cash Flows and Ind AS 107 Financial Instruments: Disclosures to clarify the characteristics of supplier finance arrangements and require additional disclosure of such arrangements. The disclosure requirements in the amendments are intended to assist users of financial statements in understanding the effects of supplier finance arrangements on an entity’s liabilities, cash flows and exposure to liquidity risk.
As a result of implementing the amendments, the Company has provided additional disclosures about its supplier finance arrangement. Please refer to Note 19.
(iv) International Tax Reform—Pillar Two
Model Rules - Amendments to Ind AS 12
In August 2025, the MCA notified amendments to Ind AS 12 Income Taxes in response to the OECD’s BEPS Pillar Two rules and include:
• A mandatory temporary exception to the recognition and disclosure of deferred taxes arising from the jurisdictional implementation of the Pillar Two model rules; and
• Disclosure requirements for affected entities to help users of the financial statements better understand an entity’s exposure to Pillar Two income taxes arising from that legislation, particularly before its effective date.
The mandatory temporary exception - the use of which is required to be disclosed - applies immediately. The remaining disclosure requirements apply for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2025, but not for any interim periods ending on or before 31 March 2026.
The amendments had no impact on the Company’s Standalone financial statements as the Company is not in scope of the Pillar Two model rules.
STANDARDS ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE
Amendments to Ind AS 1 - Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current and Non¬ current Liabilities with Covenants and Ind AS 10 Events after the Reporting Period
Ind AS 10 has been amended to remove the previous treatment under which a lender’s post reporting date waiver—granted before the financial statements were approved for issue—of a breach of a material covenant in a long term loan arrangement that occurred on or before the end of the reporting period, resulting in the liability becoming payable on demand at the reporting date, was regarded as an adjusting event.
For annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2026, any breach of a covenant—whether material or immaterial—occurring on or before the reporting date will, in accordance with Ind AS 1, require the related liability to be classified as current, unless the lender has granted a waiver of the breach on or before the reporting date and has agreed not to demand repayment for at least 12
months after the reporting date as a consequence of the breach. Such a waiver shall be treated as an adjusting event.
The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2026 retrospectively in accordance with Ind AS 8.
The amendment has no impact on the Company’s standalone financial statements.
1D SUMMARY OF CRITICAL ESTIMATES, JUDGEMENTS AND ASSUMPTIONS
The preparation of standalone financial statements requires the use of accounting estimates which, by definition, will seldom equal the actual results. The management also needs to exercise judgment in applying the Company’s accounting policies. This note provides an overview of the areas that involved a higher degree of judgment or complexity, and of items which are more likely to be materially adjusted due to estimates and assumptions turning out to be different than those originally assessed. Detailed information about each of these estimates and judgments is included below.
1 Defect liability provision
Defect Liability Provisions (DLP) represent contractual obligation of the Company to rectify any defects or faults that may arise during the specified defect liability period after completion of a construction project. Provision made at the year-end represents the amount of expected cost of meeting such obligations based on the historical claims as well as expected future trends. Provision towards DLP is disclosed in Note 21B.
2 Impairment allowance for trade receivables
The impairment provisions for trade receivables are based on assumptions about risk of default and expected loss rates. The Company uses judgement in making these assumptions and selecting the inputs to the impairment calculation, based on Company’s ageing of receivables, credit risk, project status, past history, existing market conditions as well as forward looking estimates at the end of each reporting period. Further, in case of operationally closed projects and projects under litigation, Company makes specific assessment of the receivables by considering the customer’s historical payment patterns and latest correspondences with the customers for recovery of the amounts outstanding. Accordingly, a best judgment estimate is made to record the impairment allowance in respect of such projects.
3 Project revenue and costs
Recognition of revenue in respect of construction contracts involves determination of percentage completion of the project. The contract revenue is measured based on the proportion of contract costs incurred for work performed till date relative to the estimated total contract costs. This method requires the Company to perform an initial assessment of total estimated cost, compare with actual cost incurred and reassess the total estimated cost for completion of contract at each reporting period to determine the appropriate percentage of completion. The estimation involves exercise of significant judgement by the management in making forecasts of future cost to complete the contract considering future activities to be carried out in the contract, which includes determination and assessment of probability related to contract risk contingencies, cost savings or additional costs, defect liability period costs, adjustments to contract revenue on account of penalties for breach of contract, liquidated damages and consequential provision for foreseeable losses on onerous performance obligations, if any, after considering specific circumstances of each contract.
4 Fair value measurement
When the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded in the balance sheet cannot be measured based on quoted prices in active markets, their fair value is measured using appropriate valuation techniques. The inputs for these valuations are taken from observable sources where possible, but where this is not feasible, a degree of judgement is required in establishing fair values. Judgements include considerations of various inputs including liquidity risk, credit risk, volatility etc. Changes in assumptions/judgements about these factors could affect the reported fair value of financial instruments. Refer Note 35 of standalone financial statements for the fair value disclosures and related sensitivity.
5 Employee benefits
The cost of the defined benefit gratuity plan and other post-employment leave benefits are determined using actuarial valuations. An actuarial valuation involves making various assumptions that may differ from actual developments in the future. These include the determination of the discount rate, future salary increases and mortality rates. Due to the complexities involved in the valuation and its long-term nature, a defined benefit obligation is highly sensitive to changes in these assumptions.
All assumptions are reviewed at each reporting date. The mortality rate is based on publicly available mortality tables. Those mortality tables tend to change only at interval in response to demographic changes. Future salary increases are based on expected future inflation rates. Refer Note 21 and Note 34(a, b)
6 Leases
Estimates are required to determine the appropriate discount rate used to measure lease liabilities. The Company cannot readily determine the interest rate implicit in the lease, therefore, it uses its incremental borrowing rate (IBR) to measure lease liabilities. The IBR is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow over a similar term, and with a similar security, the funds necessary to obtain an asset of a similar value to the right-of-use asset in a similar economic environment. The IBR therefore reflects what the Company ‘would have to pay’, which requires estimation when no observable rates are available or when they need to be adjusted to reflect the terms and conditions of the lease.
The Company estimates the IBR using observable inputs (such as market interest rates, bank rates to the Company for a loan of a similar tenure, etc). The Company has applied a single discount rate to a portfolio of leases of similar assets in similar economic environment with a similar end date
7 Share based payments
Estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions requires determination of the most appropriate valuation model, which is dependent on the terms and conditions of the grant. This estimate also requires determination of the most appropriate inputs to the
valuation model including the expected life of the share option, volatility and dividend yield and making assumptions about them. Further, in respect of performance linked ESOPs, for which performance criteria is not communicated and accordingly grant date is not yet determined, the fair value of such ESOPs is determined at each balance sheet date.
8 Contingencies
In the normal course of business, contingent liabilities may arise from litigation and other claims against the Company. Potential liabilities that are possible but not probable of crystalising or are very difficult to quantify reliably are treated as contingent liabilities. Such liabilities are disclosed in the notes but are not recognised. The cases which have been determined as remote by the Company are not disclosed.
Contingent assets are neither recognised nor disclosed in the financial statements unless when an inflow of economic benefits is probable.
9 Useful lives of property, plant and equipment
Management reviews the useful lives of property, plant and equipment at least once a year. Such lives are dependent upon an assessment of both the technical lives of the assets and also their likely economic lives based on various internal and external factors including relative efficiency and operating costs. This reassessment may result in change in depreciation and amortisation expected in future periods.
Nature and Purpose of Reserves Retained Earnings
Retained earnings are the profits that the Company has earned till date, less any transfers to general reserve, dividends or other distributions paid to shareholders. Retained earnings includes re-measurement loss / (gain) on defined benefit plans, net of taxes that will not be reclassified to Statement of Profit and Loss. Retained earnings is a free reserve available to the Company.
Capital Reserve
Reserve is primarily created on business combination as per statutory requirement. This reserve is utilised in accordance with the specific provisions of the Companies Act 2013.
Securities Premium
Securities Premium Reserve is used to record the premium on issue of shares and is utilised in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
Effective Portion of Cashflow Hedges
The Company uses hedging instrument to manage its commodity price risk with respect to forecast purchase of aluminium. To the extent these hedges are effective, the changes in fair value of the hedging instrument is recognised in the effective portion of cash flow hedges. Amounts recognised in the effective portion of cash flow hedges is reclassified to the Statement of profit & loss when the hedged item affects the Profit and Loss.
Note 16: Other Equity (contd..)
Share options outstanding account
The share options-based payment reserve is used to recognise the grant date fair value of options issued to employees under Employee stock option plan. The amounts recognised in this reserve are transferred to Securities Premium when Options are exercised by the employees or to retained earnings when they expire unexercised.
Note 32 : Exceptional Items
The Government of India notified the four labour codes namely Code on Social Security, 2020 (“Social Security Code”); Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020; Industrial Relations Code, 2020 and Code on Wages, 2019 (collectively, the “Labour Codes”) on November 21, 2025 consolidating 29 erstwhile labour laws. Subsequently, the Ministry of Labour & Employment published Central Rules and FAQs to enable assessment of the financial impact due to Labour Codes. The Company has evaluated the impact of increased employee benefits obligations arising from the implementation of the Labour Codes based on it’s best judgment in consultation with external experts. Accordingly, the Company has recognised a financial impact of ' 772.06 lakhs on account of increased gratuity and leave encashment obligations, recognised in accordance with Ind AS 19 - ‘Employee Benefits’ and disclosed it as an Exceptional Item in the standalone financial statements. The Company continues to monitor the issuance of State rules and further clarifications from the Government in respect of other aspects of the Labour codes. Any additional impact arising from such developments will be assessed and appropiately accounted for in the Standalone Financial Statements as and when such rules are notified or clarifications are issued.
Note 35: Fair value measurements (contd..)
Company uses the following hierarchy for determining and disclosing the fair value of financial instruments by valuation techniques
Level 1- It includes financial instruments measured using quoted prices. For the Company, the fair valuations in this level of hierarchy include listed equity instruments and mutual funds. The fair value of all equity instruments which are traded in the stock exchanges is valued using the closing price as at the reporting period and mutual funds are valued using closing NAV as at the reporting period.
Level 2- The fair value of financial instruments that are not traded in an active market (for example derivatives) is determined using valuation techniques which maximise the use of observable market data and rely as little as possible on entity-specific estimates. If all significant inputs required to fair value an instrument are observable, the instrument is included in Level 2. The fair valuations in this level of hierarchy for the Company mainly include derivatives.
Level 3- The instrument is included in Level 3 if one or more of the significant inputs is not based on observable market data. Fair value is determined in whole or in part, using a valuation model based on assumptions that are neither supported by prices from observable current market transactions in the same instrument nor are they based on available market data. This includes investment in unquoted preference shares. Similarly, unquoted equity instruments where most recent information to measure fair value is insufficient, or if there is a wide range of possible fair value measurements, net asset value has been considered as best estimate of fair value which is approximate to cost.
There have been no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the year.
Note 36: Financial risk management objectives and policies
The Company’s principal financial liabilities comprises of trade payables, borrowings, lease liabilities and other financial liabilities. The Company’s principal financial assets include trade receivables, derivative assets, cash and cash equivalents, other bank balances and other financial assets that are derived directly from the operations. The Company’s risk management is carried out by the management under the policies approved of the Board of Directors that help in identfication, measurement, mitigation and reporting all risk associated with the activities of the Company. The Board of Directors reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks, which are summaried below:
(A) Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that counterparty will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial loss. The Company is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities (primarily trade receivables) and from its financing activities, including deposits with banks and financial institutions, foreign exchange transactions and other financial instruments. The Company only deals with parties which has good credit rating/ worthiness given by external rating agencies or based on Company’s internal assessment.
Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables of the Company are typically unsecured and credit risk is managed through credit approvals and periodical monitoring of the creditworthiness of customers to which the Company grants credit terms.
The Company undertake projects for government institutions (including local bodies) and private institutional customers. The credit concentration is more towards government institutions. These projects are normally of long term duration of two to three years. Such projects normally are regular tender business with the terms and conditions agreed as per the tender. These projects are generally fully funded by the Government of India through Rural Electrification Corporation, Power Finance Corporation, and Asian Development Bank etc. The Company enters into such projects after careful consideration of strategy, terms of payment, past experience etc.
In case of private institutional customers, before tendering for the projects Company evaluate the creditworthiness, general feedback about the customer in the market, past experience, if any with customer, and accordingly negotiates the terms and conditions with the customer.
For trade receivables and contract assets, as a practical expedient, the Company computes credit loss allowance based on a provision matrix. The provision matrix is prepared based on historically observed default rates over the expected life of trade receivables and contract assets and is adjusted for forward-looking estimates.
Bank deposits
The Company maintains its cash and bank balances with creditworthy banks and financial institutions and reviews it on an on-going basis. Moreover, the interest-bearing deposits are with banks and financial institutions of reputation, good past track record and high-quality credit rating. Hence, the credit risk is assessed to be low. The maximum exposure to credit risk as at March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 is the carrying value of such cash and cash equivalents and deposits with banks as shown in Note 7, 11A and 12 of the financials.
B) Liquidity Risk
The Company has a central treasury department, which is responsible for maintaining adequate liquidity in the system to fund business growth, capital expenditures, as also ensure the repayment of financial liabilities. The department obtains business plans from business units including the capex budget, which is then consolidated and borrowing requirements are ascertained in terms of long term funds and short-term funds. Considering the peculiar nature of EPC business, which is very working capital intensive, treasury maintains flexibility in funding by maintaining availability under committed credit lines in the form of fund based and non-fund based (Letter of Credit and Bank Guarantee) limits.
The limits sanctioned and utilised are then monitored monthly, fortnightly and daily basis to ensure that mismatches in cash flows are taken care of, all operational and financial commitments are honoured on time and there is proper movement of funds between the banks from cashflow and interest arbitrage perspective.
(C) Market Risk
Market risk refers to the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in market prices. It comprises three main components: currency risk, interest rate risk, and other price risks such as commodity price risk.
The Company aims to minimise the impact of currency and commodity price risks through the use of derivative financial instruments. These instruments are used in accordance with the Company’s Risk Management Policies, which are approved by the Board of Directors. These policies provide written guidelines for the use of financial derivatives to hedge currency and commodity risks. The Company does not engage in derivative trading for speculative purposes.
The Company is primarily exposed to financial risks arising from changes in foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. To manage these exposures, the Company enters into various derivative financial instruments, including:
- foreign currency forward contracts to hedge the exchange rate risk arising from USD-linked purchase contracts
- Commodity Over the Counter (OTC) derivative contracts to hedge the price risk for base metal such as Aluminium.
(i) Foreign currency risk
The Company’s functional currency is Indian Rupees (INR). The Company operates in the global market and is therefore exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from foreign currency transactions, primarily with respect to the US Dollar (‘USD’), Kenyan Shillings (‘KES’), Zambian Kwacha (‘ZMW’) and West African CFA Franc (‘XOF’). Volatility in exchange rates also affects the cost of raw materials, primarily in relation to USD linked purchase contracts.
(a) Foreign currency risk exposure:
The Company’s exposure to foreign currency risk at the end of the reporting period expressed in INR, are as follows :
(ii) Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. In case of short term borrowings, the interest rate is fixed in a large number of cases. Hence, interest rate risk is assessed to be low. Accordingly, the sensitivity / exposure to change in interest rate is insignificant.
(iii) Commodity Price risk
The Company undertakes turnkey EPC projects, which involve procuring equipment and materials often linked to commodity prices such as steel, copper, aluminium, and zinc. This exposes the Company to commodity price risk.
To mitigate these risks, the Company employs several strategies:
- Contractual arrangements such as variable price purchase orders, where hedging may be performed by vendors;
- Direct hedging of base metal exposure (e.g., aluminium) using OTC derivative contracts linked to London Metal Exchange (LME) prices.
(D) Derivative Instruments and Hedge Accounting
Hedging commodity is based on procurement schedule and price risk. Commodity is undertaken as a risk offsetting exercise and depending upon market conditions, hedges may extend beyond the financial year.
The Company has a well defined hedging policy approved by Board of Directors of the Company, which partially takes care of the commodity price fluctuations and minimizes the risk. The Company enters into both commodity contracts and foreign currency forwards to hedge the commodity price risk.
Note 37: Capital Management
Objectives of Company’s capital management
The Board policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. The Board of directors monitors the return on capital employed. The Company manages capital risk by maintaining sound / optimal capital stucture through monitoring of financial ratios on a monthly basis and implements capital structure improvement plan when necessary. The Company uses debt ratio as a capital management index and calculates the ratio as Net debt divided by total equity. Net debt and total equity are based on the amounts stated in the financial statements.
Debt ratio of the Company as on the balance sheet date is shown in table below :-
Note 39: Disclosure of transactions with related parties (contd..)
Notes:-
1. The transactions are exclusive of taxes wherever applicable.
2. Jamnalal Sons Private Limited have issued Letter of comfort to the Company for availing banking limits amounting to '2,40,000/- lakhs in the previour financial year which remains the same till March’26.
3. There are certain corporate and performance guarantees issued by the demerged company (Bajaj Electricals Ltd.) on behalf of the company which are in the process of being transferred to the company pursuant to demerger. The open exposure as on March 31, 2026 is ' 997.85 lakhs (March 31,2025 - '1,566 lakhs)
4. Pursuant to scheme of demerger, contracts in the name of Bajaj Electricals Ltd. have been novated to Bajel Projects Ltd. except in case of South Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd. where tri-partite agreement is entered with
Bajaj Electricals Ltd.
Notes:-
1. As the future liability for gratuity is provided on an actuarial basis for the Company as a whole, the amount pertaining to individual is not ascertainable and therefore not included above.
2. The Independent Non-Executive Directors are paid remuneration by way of sitting fees. The Company pays sitting fees at the rate of '1,00,000 for meeting of the Board and Audit Committee, and '50,000 for NRC & other meetings. The amount paid to them by way of sitting fees during current year is '70.00 lakhs. In addition to sitting Fees, the Non-Executive Directors have also been paid a commission of '40 lakhs during the year.
Terms and conditions of transactions with related parties
The sales to and purchases from related parties are made on terms equivalent to those that prevail in arm’s length transactions. Outstanding balances at the year-end are unsecured and interest free and settlement occurs in cash. There have been no guarantees provided or received for any related party receivables or payables. For the period ended 31st March 2026, the Company has not recorded any impairment of receivables relating to amounts owed by related parties (31 March 2025: INR Nil). This assessment is undertaken each financial year through examining the financial position of the related party and the market in which the related party operates.
Note 41. Commitments and contingencies (contd..) b. Commitments
i. Estimated amounts of contracts remaining to be executed in capital account (net of capital advances) is '5,738.26 lakhs (March 31, 2025 - '5,476.93 lakhs).
ii. The Company is carrying provision of '325.78 lakhs (March 31, 2025 - '104.68 lakhs) towards forseeable losses in relation to certain projects where the cost estimated to complete the project has significantly exceeded the cost expected at the time of bidding on account of:¬ - Delay in awarding the project
- Increase in metal prices
Note 42: Disclosures of revenue from contracts with customers
The disclosures as required for revenue from contracts with customers are as given below (i) Disaggregation of revenue
Disaggregation of the Company’s revenue from contracts with customers and reconciliation of amount of revenue recognised in the statement of profit and loss with the contracted price is as given below.
The Company executes the work as per the terms and agreements mentioned in the contracts. The Company receives payments from the customers based on the milestone achievement and billing schedule as established in the contracts.
Contract assets are initially recognised for revenue earned from supply of materials and erection services provided when the performance obligation is met. Upon achievement and acceptance of milestones mentioned by the customer, the amounts recognised as contract assets are reclassified to trade receivables.
Contract liabilities are related to payments received in advance of performance under the contract and billing in excess of contract revenue recognised. Contract liabilities are recognised as revenue when the Company satisfies the performance obligation under the contract.
(iii) Performance obligations
Information about the Company’s performance obligations is summarised below:
The performance obligations is the supply of materials and erection services. The supply of materials and erection services are promised goods and services which are not individually distinct. Hence both of them are counted as a single performance obligation under the contract. The satisfaction of this performance obligation happens over time, as the performance or enhancement of the obligation is controlled by the customer. Also, the performance of the obligation creates an asset without any alternative use to the customer. The Company uses the input method to determine the progress of the satisfaction of the performance obligation and accordingly recognises revenue.
The standalone selling price of the performance obligation is determined after taking the variable consideration and significant financing component .
iv) Unsatisfied performance obligations
The aggregate amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied as at the end of reporting period March 31, 2026 is ' 3,44,181.54 lakhs (as at year ended March 31, 2025, ' 2,98,440.96 lakhs). On an average, transmission & distribution contracts have a life cycle of 18-30 months. Management expects that around 60% to 70% of the transaction price allocated to unsatisfied contracts as of March 31, 2026 will be recognised as revenue during the next reporting period depending upon the progress on each contract. The remaining amount is expected to be recognised in subsequent years, largely in year 2. The amount disclosed above does not include variable consideration.
v) Assets recognised from the costs to obtain or fulfil a contract
The incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer are recognised as an asset if the Company expects to recover them. The Company amortizes the same over the period of the contract.
Note 43: Leases
The Company takes on lease, storage places at various EPC sites to store the inventories which are used for construction. Further, the Company has few leasehold land, office premises, warehouses and IT assets also on leases which generally for a longer period ranging from 2-5 years.
The Company’s obligations under its leases are secured by the lessor’s title to the leased assets. Upon adoption of Ind AS 116, the Company applied a single recognition and measurement approach for all leases for which it is the lessee, except for short-term leases and leases of low-value assets. The Company recognises lease liabilities to make lease payments and right- of-use assets representing the right to use the underlying assets, on the commencement of the lease. There are several lease contracts that include extension and termination options. The Company determines the lease term as the non-cancellable term of the lease, together with any periods covered by an option to extend the lease if it is reasonably certain to be exercised, or any periods covered by an option to terminate the lease, if it is reasonably certain not to be exercised. The leases which the Company enters, does not have any variable payments. The lease rents are fixed in nature with gradual escalation in lease rent
Apart from the above, the Company also has various leases which are either short term in nature or the assets which are taken on the leases are generally low value assets. Lease payments on short-term leases and leases of low-value assets are recognised as expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Note 44: Corporate Social Responsibility
As per Section 135(5) of the Companies Act, every Company which is required to engage in CSR, must ensure CSR spending with reference to the average net profits made during the immediately preceding three financial years, or where the concerned company has not completed a period of three fianacial years since its incorporation, then with reference to the immediately preceding financial year.
Note 46: Other statutory information
i) The Company does not have any Benami property, where any proceeding has been initiated or pending against the Company for holding any Benami property.
ii) The Company does not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with ROC beyond statutory period.
iii) The Company has not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the year.
iv) The Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding that the Intermediary shall:
- directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
- provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
v) The Company has not received any fund from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall
- directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
- provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries,
vi) The Company has not any such transaction which is not recorded in the books of accounts that has been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (such as, search or survey or any other relevant provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
vii) The Company has not granted any loans or advances in nature of loans to promoters, directors and KMPs either severally or jointly with any other person during the year ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025.
viii) The Company has not been declared wilful defaulter by any bank, financial institution, government or government authority.
ix) The Company has not revalued its property, plant and equipment (including right-to-use assets) or intangible assets during the year ended March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025.
x) There are no amounts which are required to be transferred to Investor Education and Protection Fund.
xi) The Company is maintaining its books of accounts in electronic mode and these books of accounts are accessible in India at all times and the backup of these books of accounts have been kept in servers located physically in India, except as disclosed in Note 49.
xii) The Company has been sanctioned working capital limits in excess of '5 crores from banks and financial institutions on the basis of security of current assets of the Company. The quarterly returns filed by the Company with such banks & financial institutions are in agreement with books of accounts of the Company.
xiii) The Company do not have any transactions/balances with companies struck off under Section 248 of Companies Act,
2013 or Section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956 except as stated below.
Note 47: Employee stock options :
As per the Scheme of Arrangement between Bajaj Electricals Limited ("Demerged Company”) and Bajel Projects Limited ("Resulting Company/ Company”) and their respective shareholders under Sections 230 to 232 of Act ("Demerger Scheme”) the Company has implemented the Bajel Special Purpose Employees Stock Option Scheme 2023 ("Special Purpose ESOP Scheme”) in accordance with the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014, read with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits and Sweat Equity) Regulations, 2021 ("SEBI SBEB Regulations”).
Note 48: Audit Trail and Back up
Proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company except that the backup of the books of account and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode were not maintained for the period from April 1, 2025 to June 30, 2025.
The Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software except that, audit trail feature were not enabled for certain changes made, if any, using privileged/administrative access rights for the period from April 1, 2025 to January 21, 2026.
Note 49: Comparative Information
The figures for the corresponding previous year have been regrouped/reclassified wherever necessary, to make them comparable, in accordance with amendments to Schedule III.
The Company has reclassified following for the year ended March 31, 2026 and accordingly regrouped the figures for the year ended March 31, 2025.
i) Portion of trade credits have been reclassified to borrowings and trade payables amounting to ' 23,558.61 lakhs and ' 10,169.86 lakhs respectively. Refer Note 18 for further details of trade credits reclassified to borrowings.
ii) Employee benefit obligation amounting to ' 891.68 lakhs and ' 1,612.29 lakhs have been reclassified to Current Provision and Non-Current Provision respectively.
iii) Certain rates & taxes and site survey charges amounting to ' 801.80 lakhs and ' 52.71 lakhs respectively have been reclassified from Cost of material consumed to Other expenses.
iv) Labor charges amounting to ' 2,834.17 lakhs have been reclassified from Cost of material consumed to Erection & subcontracting expense.
Note 50: Events after the reporting period
The Company has evaluated subsequent events from the balance sheet date through May 27, 2026, the date at which the financial statements were available to be issued, and accordingly, there are no other material items to disclose other than those already disclosed elsewhere in the financial statements.
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