(b) Terms/rights attached to equity shares
The Company has only one class of equity shares issued and paid-up having a par value of INR 10 per share. Each holder of equity share is eligible for one vote per share. The dividend proposed by the Board of Directors is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of equity shares will be entitled to receive remaining assets of the Company, after distribution of all preferential amounts. The distribution will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held by the shareholders.

Indian currency term loans

Term loan from a bank of INR 15,756.30 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 2,424.47 Lakhs) [March 31, 2023: INR 16,962.30 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 1,212.02 Lakhs)] carries interest in the range of 9.50% p.a to 10.45% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 9.95% p.a. to 10.30% p.a.] The loan is repayable in 28 quarterly installments starting from November 2023 with the last instalment due on August 2030. The loan is secured by first pari-passu first charge on movable fixed assets to be created from proceeds of the facility for improvement in Energy Efficiency Project of the urea plant, with other participating lenders and first pari passu charge over all movable and immovable fixed assets of the Company excluding those exclusively charged to other term lenders.

Term loan from a bank of INR 6,055.45 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 1,059.49 Lakhs) [March 31, 2023: INR 7,103.09 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 1,057.60 Lakhs)] carries interest in the range of 10.00% p.a to 11.50% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 10.00% p.a. to 10.95% p.a.] The loan is repayable in 28 quarterly installments starting from March 2023 with the last instalment due on December 2029. The loan is secured by first pari-passu first charge on all fixed assets to be created out of the proposed Energy Efficiency Project, with other participating lenders and first pari passu charge over all movable and immovable fixed assets of the Company excluding the fixed assets charged specifically to the term lenders.

Term loan from a bank of INR 3,203.40 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 476.30 Lakhs) [March 31, 2023: INR 3,283.08 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 118.61 Lakhs)] carries interest in the range of 9.80% p.a. to 11.20% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 9.50% p.a. to 10.35% p.a.] The loan is repayable in 28 quarterly installments starting from January 2024 with the last instalment due on October 2030. The loan is secured by first pari-passu first charge on movable fixed assets to be created from proceeds of the facility for improvement in Energy Efficiency Project of the urea plant, with other participating lenders and first pari passu charge over movable and immovable fixed assets of the Company excluding those exclusively charged to other term lenders.

Term loan from a bank of INR 3,288.95 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 879.09 Lakhs) [March 31, 2023: INR 3,931.39 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 657.49 Lakhs)] carries interest in the range of 9.70% p.a. to 10.40% p.a. [March 31, 2023: 8.65% p.a. to 9.70% p.a.] The loan is repayable in 18 quarterly installments starting from August 2023 with the last instalment due on November 2027. The loan is secured by first pari-passu first charge over movable and immovable fixed assets of the Company, excluding those exclusively charged to other term lenders (including long term loans availed for the energy efficiency capital expenditure).

Term loan from a bank of INR 4,954.26 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 992.94 Lakhs) [March 31, 2023: INR 4,926.43 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR Nil)] carries interest rate in the range of 8.95% p.a.to 10.40% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 8.95% p.a.] The loan is repayable in 10 quarterly installments starting from April 2024 with the last instalment due on July 2026. The loan is secured by first pari-passu first charge over movable and immovable fixed assets of the Company, excluding those exclusively charged to other term lenders (including long term loans availed for the energy efficiency capital expenditure).

Term loan from a bank of INR 2,477.32 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 186.18 Lakhs) [March 31, 2023: INR 2,470.52 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR Nil)] carries interest rate in the range of 9.25% p.a. to 10.25% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 9.25 % p.a.] The loan is repayable in 15 quarterly installments starting from September 2024 with the last instalment due on March 2028. The loan is secured by first pari-passu first charge over movable and immovable fixed assets of the Company, excluding those exclusively charged to other term lenders (including long term loans availed for the energy efficiency capital expenditure).

Term loan from a bank of INR NIL (including current maturities of INR NIL) [March 31, 2023: INR 1,997.46 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 1,997.46 Lakhs)] carried interest in the range of 8.00% p.a. [March 31, 2023 :8.00% p.a.] The loan was repayable in 20 equal quarterly installments starting from June 2019 with the last instalment due on March 2024. The loan was secured by first pari-pasu charge on all movable and immovable fixed assets (alongwith working capital lenders), other than fixed assets exclusively charged to other lenders.

Term loan from a bank of INR NIL (including current maturities of INR NIL) [March 31, 2023: INR 1,495.80 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 1,495.80 Lakhs)] carried interest in the range of 9.80% p.a. to 10.80% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 9.30% p.a. to 10.80% p.a.] The loan was repayable in 20 quarterly installments starting from June 2019 with the last instalment due on March 2024. The loan was secured by first pari-pasu charge on all movable and immovable fixed assets, both present and future (other than fixed assets exclusively charged to other lenders).

Term loan from a bank of INR NIL (including current maturities of INR NIL) [March 31, 2023: INR 2,717.41 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 2,717.41 Lakhs)] carried interest rate of 9.00% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 9.00% p.a.] The loan was repayable in monthly installments starting from April 2023 with the last instalment due on February 2024. The loan is secured by first pari-passu first charge over movable and immovable fixed assets of the Company both present and future, excluding those exclusively charged to other term lenders.

Indian currency vehicle loans

Vehicle loans from a bank of INR 215.49 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 51.75 Lakhs) [March 31, 2023: INR 51.28 Lakhs (including current maturities of INR 14.84 Lakhs)] carry interest at 8.85% p.a. to 9.35% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 8.36% p.a. to 9.35% p.a.] The loan is repayable in 36 to 60 monthly installments starting from July 2018 with the last instalment due on January 2029 and is secured by first pari-passu charge on fixed assets financed by the said term loans.

The facilities are secured by first pari-passu charge on all current assets (both present and future) and property, plant and equipment of the Company, excluding assets which are exclusively charged to other lenders. These facilities are repayable within 12 months period. The interest carried on these facilities are - buyers/suppliers credits: 5.01% to 5.89% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 0.37% to 5.58% p.a.], bills discounted: 6.55% to 7.75% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 4.40% to 7.50% p.a.], cash credit: 8.95% to 11.80% p.a. [March 31, 2023 : 8.75% to 11.45% p.a.].

(d) Performance obligation
The Company recognises revenue from sale of goods at the point in time when control of the goods is transferred to the customer, generally on delivery of the goods. The performance obligation is satisfied upon delivery of the goods and payment is generally due within 15 to 120 days from delivery.

The Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Scheme entails 100% payment of subsidy to the Company on the basis of actual sales by the retailer to the beneficiary, however, the performance obligation of the Company is satisfied upon delivery of the goods.

(e) Sales of products include government concession / subsidies amounting to INR 2,51,026.70 Lakhs (Previous year: INR 2,68,770.17 Lakhs). The urea concession income has been recognized based on the applicable extant policy guidelines, as per management estimate in line with known policy parameters, pending finalization by the Government of India ('GOI').

The subsidy income for phosphatic and potassic fertilisers under Nutrient Based Subsidy Policy has been accounted in line with the applicable extant policy guidelines notified by GOI from time to time, pending finalization by GOI.

(f) Government of India has notified the pooling of Gas in Fertiliser (Urea) sector effective from June 2015. As per the notification, domestic Gas is pooled with Regasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) to provide natural Gas at uniform delivered price to all Natural Gas Grid connected Urea manufacturing plants.

(g) The Company had during the year ended March 31, 2021 recognised urea subsidy income of INR 2,914 Lakhs without benchmarking its cost of production using naphtha with that of gas-based urea manufacturing units recently converted to natural gas, as notified by the Department of Fertilizers [DoF] for subsidy income computation, against which the Company had filed a writ petition against the DoF before the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi [DHC]. Pending finalization of writ petition before the DHC, the management, based on legal opinion and considering the fact that the energy cost is always a pass through in subsidy computation, believes that artificial benchmarking is arbitrary and discriminatory and is confident of realisation of the aforesaid subsidy income.

33. Leases
The Company as a lessee

The Company has lease contracts for land, buildings and tanks. The leases for land generally have lease terms between 1 to 30 years, while others generally have lease terms between 1 to 6 years. The Company's obligations under its leases are secured by the lessor's title to the leased assets. Generally, the Company is restricted from assigning and sub-leasing the leased assets. There are several lease contracts that include extension and termination options, which are further discussed below.

The Company also has certain leases with lease terms of 12 months or less and leases with low value. The Company applies the 'short-term lease' and 'lease of low-value assets' recognition exemptions for these leases.

Refer Note 3B for details of carrying amounts of right-of-use assets recognised and the movements during the year. Set out below are the carrying amounts of lease liabilities (included under interest-bearing borrowings) and the movements during the year:

The Company had total cash outflows for leases of INR 716.43 Lakhs (Previous year: INR 714.07 Lakhs). The Company also had non-cash additions to right-of-use assets and lease liabilities of INR 40.47 Lakhs (Previous year: Nil).

The Company has several lease contracts that include extension and termination options. These options are negotiated by management to provide flexibility in managing the leased-asset portfolio and align with the Company's business needs. Management exercises significant judgement in determining whether these extension and termination options are reasonably certain to be exercised.

The Company as a lessor

The Company has entered into cancellable operating leases in respect of a portion of its land and building. These leases have terms of between 10 years and above. The leases include a clause to enable upward revision of the rental charge on an annual basis according to prevailing market conditions. The total rents recognised as income during the period is INR 95.19 lakhs (Previous year: INR 112.36 Lakhs).

35. Contingent liabilities

(a) Claims against the Company not acknowledged as debts Income tax

358.04

358.04

Excise duty

638.96

638.96

Entry tax

382.70

382.70

Customs duty

499.63

424.70

Service tax

15.49

15.49

Others

28.50

33.00

The income tax matters under appeal include certain deductions claimed by the Company for financial years 2012-13 and 2013-14 which have resulted in tax losses, on which deferred tax assets have been recognized and utilized against taxable profits of following years, which have been disallowed by the income tax authorities and the differential tax liability (deferred tax / regular tax) that may arise is estimated to be INR 3,315 Lakhs and interest thereon. The Company is contesting aforesaid disallowances and the management, based on independent tax opinions, believes that its position will likely be upheld in the appellate process and accordingly no expense has been accrued in this regard.

The Company is contesting aforesaid demands and the management, based on advise of its advisors, believes that its position will likely be upheld in the appellate process. No expense has been accrued in the financial statements for these demands raised. The management believes that the ultimate outcome of these proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position and results of operations. The Company does not expect any reimbursements in respect of the above contingent liabilities.

In addition, the Company is subject to legal proceedings on indirect tax matters relating to subsidy, NBS reasonability guidelines notified from time to time and the assessment thereof. The Company's management does not expect adverse outcome on these which may have a material impact on the financial statements.

Terms and conditions of transactions with related parties
The transactions for sale and purchases with related parties are made on terms equivalent to those prevailing in arm's length transactions. The outstanding receivable / payable balances are generally unsecured and interest is charged as per terms agreed with the related parties. There have been no guarantees provided or received for any related party receivables or payables.

39. Segment information
The Company is engaged in the manufacture, sale and trading of fertilizers which the management has considered as single business operating segment. Further, the Company operates in India and caters to the needs of only domestic market. Accordingly, no further disclosures are required.

Revenue from single customer i.e. Government of India amounted to INR 2,51,026.70 Lakhs (Previous period: INR 268,770.17 Lakhs) arising from the concession/subsidy on fertilizers.

40. The Board of Directors of the Company at its Meeting held on February 7, 2024, have, inter alia, approved a Composite Scheme of Arrangement amongst the Company, Paradeep Phosphates Limited ("Transferee Company" or "PPL"), under Sections 230 to 232 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 read with the rules framed thereunder, subject to approval/consent/ sanction from shareholders, creditors and other applicable regulatory authorities including Hon'ble National Company Law Tribunal. The Scheme provides for Amalgamation of the Company into the Transferee Company as a going concern with effect from the Appointed Date i.e. April 1, 2024.

41. Financial instruments fair value measurement
All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the Ind AS financial statements are categorised within the fair value hierarchy, as below, based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole:

Level 1 : Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2 : Valuation techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement is directly or indirectly observable

Level 3 : Valuation techniques for which the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement is unobservable

There has been no transfers between levels during the year. The fair values of derivatives are based on derived mark-to-market values. The management has assessed that the carrying values of financial assets and financial liabilities for which fair values are disclosed, reasonably approximate their fair values because these instruments have short-term maturities.

Borrowings include Indian currency and Foreign currency long-term loans wherein interest rates are linked to benchmark rates (Marginal Cost of Lending Rates/ Prime Lending Rates) of respective lenders. These benchmark rates are determined based on cost of funds of the lenders, as well as, market rates. The benchmark rates are periodically revised by the lenders to reflect prevalent market conditions. Accordingly, effective cost of debt for borrowings at any point of time is in line with the prevalent market rates. Due to these reasons, management is of the opinion that they can achieve refinancing, if required, at similar cost of debt, as current effective interest rates. Hence, the discounting rate for calculating the fair value of Borrowings has been taken in line with the current cost of debt.

42. Financial risk management objectives and policies
The Company's principal financial liabilities comprise borrowings, trade and other payables. The main purpose of these financial liabilities is to finance the Company's operations. The Company's principal financial assets include investments, trade and other receivables, cash and cash equivalents, bank balances, security deposits and derivatives that are out of regular business operations. The Company is exposed to market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. The Company's senior management oversees the management of these risks. The Company's risk management is carried out by a treasury department under policies approved by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors provides written principles for overall risk management, as well as policies covering specific areas, such as foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, use of derivative financial instruments and non-derivative financial instruments, and investment of excess liquidity.

(a) Market risk

Market risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument that will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk i.e. interest rate risk, currency risk and other price risk, such as commodity risk. Financial instruments affected by market risk include borrowings, derivatives financial instruments and trade payables.

i. Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of the Company's financial instruments will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company's exposure to the risk of changes in market interest rate relates primarily to the Company's borrowings with floating interest rates. The following table demonstrates the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates on borrowings affected. With all other variables held constant, the Company's profit before tax is affected through the impact on floating rate borrowings, without considering impact of derivatives not designated as hedges, as follows:

iii. Commodity price risk

The Company's operating activities require the ongoing purchase of natural gas. Natural gas being international commodity is subject to price fluctuation on account of the change in the crude oil prices, demand supply pattern and exchange rate fluctuations. The Company is not affected by the price volatility of the natural gas as under the Urea pricing formula the cost of natural gas is pass through if the consumption of natural gas is within the permissible norm for manufacturing of Urea.

The Company deals in purchase of imported fertilizers (i.e., DAP and MOP), which are imported by the Company and sold in the domestic market. The import prices of these goods are governed by the international prices. There is a price and material availability risk, which may not be in line to meet the domestic market requirement. The risk is also with domestic manufacturers whose costing is based on majorly imported raw materials and small value-add. However, a dynamic alignment of procurement to sales and constant review of market conditions and competitors costing help in mitigating the impact.

The Company also deals in purchase of imported raw materials (i.e. P2O5, Ammonia and Urea) which are imported by the Company and used in the manufacturing of NP. The import prices of these materials are governed by international prices. There is a price and material availability risk.

(b) Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of loss that may arise on outstanding financial instruments if a counterparty default on its obligations. The Company's exposure to credit risk arises majorly from trade and other receivables. Other financial assets like security deposits and bank deposits are mostly with government authorities and scheduled banks and hence, the Company does not expect any credit risk with respect to these financial assets.

Trade Receivables
The Trade receivables can be classified into two categories, from the customers and from the Government in the form of subsidy/ concession. The concession/subsidy receivable classified under trade receivables amounting to INR 45,091.91 Lakhs (March 31, 2023: INR 63,358.47 Lakhs) is receivable from the Government of India in the form of subsidy and being of sovereign nature credit risk is not perceived. The receivables from customers also include INR 8,424.86 Lakhs (March 31, 2023: INR 8,241.41 Lakhs) receivable from related party on which management does not expect any challenge in realisation. Further, as per terms agreed with related parties, interest is also charged on the overdue balances.

From market receivables from customers, the Company extends credit to customers in the normal course of business. The Company considers factors such as credit track record in the market and past dealings for extending credit to customers. The Company monitors the track record of the payments by the customers and the receivables are regularly monitored. The Company evaluates the concentration of risk with respect to trade receivables as low, since the customer base is large and located in several jurisdictions and operate in largely independent markets. The Company has also taken security deposits from its customers, which mitigate the credit risk to some extent. The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is the carrying value of each class of financial assets disclosed in Note 9. The Company holds collateral as security for many of its customers. At March 31, 2024, 9.49% (31 March 2023: 13.45%) of the Company's trade receivables from customers are covered by collateral security.

An impairment analysis is performed at the reporting date using a provision matrix to measure expected credit losses. The provision rates are based on days past due for groupings of various customer segments with similar loss patterns (i.e., by geographical region, product type, customer type and rating). The calculation reflects the probability-weighted outcome, the time value of money and reasonable and supportable information that is available at the reporting date about past events, current conditions and forecasts of future economic conditions.

(c) Liquidity risk
The Company's objective is to maintain optimum levels of liquidity to meet its cash and collateral requirements at all times. The Company relies on a mix of borrowings and excess operating cash flows to meet its needs for funds. The current committed lines of credit are sufficient to meet its short to medium/long term expansion needs. The Company monitors rolling forecasts of its liquidity requirements to ensure it has sufficient cash to meet operational needs while maintaining sufficient headroom on its undrawn committed borrowing facilities at all times so that the Company does not breach borrowing limits or covenants (where applicable) on any of its borrowing facilities.

(iii) The Company does not have any charges or satisfaction which is yet to be registered with ROC beyond the statutory period. (vi) The Company has not traded or invested in Crypto currency or Virtual Currency during the financial year.

(v) 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:

(a) 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

(b) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(vi) 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:

(a) 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

(b) provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(vii) 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.)

45. Capital management
For the purpose of the Company's capital management, capital includes issued equity capital and all other equity reserves attributable to the equity shareholders. The primary objective of the Company's capital management is to ensure that it maintains a strong credit rating and capital ratios in order to support its business and maximise shareholder value.

In order to achieve this overall objective, the Company's capital management, amongst other things, also ensures that it meets financial covenants attached to the interest-bearing borrowings that define capital structure requirements.

No changes were made in the objectives, policies or processes for managing capital during the year ended March 31, 2024 and March 31, 2023.

46. Previous year figures have been regrouped/re-classified wherever necessary, to conform to current period's classification.