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Corporate Governance

1. Our Philosophy on Corporate Governance

BHEL has established a sound framework of Corporate Governance which underlines

commitment to quality of governance, transparency disclosures, consistent stakeholders

value enhancement and corporate social responsibility. BHEL endeavours to transcend much

beyond the regulatory framework and basic requirements of Corporate Governance focusing

consistently towards building confidence of its various stakeholders including shareholders,

customers, employees, suppliers and the society at large. The Company has developed a

framework for ensuring transparency, disclosure and fairness to all, especially

minority shareholders.

The Vision of BHEL envisages being a World Class Engineering Enterprise committed to

enhancing Stakeholders Value and its Mission is to be an Indian Multinational Engineering

Enterprise providing total business solutions through quality products, systems and services

in the fields of energy, industry, transportation, infrastructure and other potential areas.

The Corporate Governance Policy of BHEL rests upon the four pillars of Transparency, full

disclosure, Independent Monitoring and Fairness to all. To strengthen this, BHEL has signed

a MoU with Transparency International to adopt Integrity Pact. Our corporate structure,

business procedures and disclosure practices have attained a sound equilibrium with our

Corporate Governance Policy resulting in achievement of goals as well as high level of

business ethics. BHELs Corporate Governance policy is basedon the following principles:

i) Independence and versatility of the Board

ii) Integrity and ethical behaviour of all personnel

iii) Recognition of obligations towards all stakeholdersshareholders, customers,

employees, suppliers and the society

iv) High degree of disclosure and transparency levels

v) Total compliance with laws in all areas in which the company operates

vi) Achievement of above goals with compassion for people and environment

The Company believes that conducting business in a manner that complies with the

Corporate Governance procedures and Code of Conduct, exemplifies each of our core values

and positions us to deliver long-term returns to our shareholders, favourable outcomes to our


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customers, attractive opportunities to our employees and making the suppliers our partners in

progress & enriching the society.

2. Board of Directors

i. Composition & Category of Directors

Pursuant to Section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956, BHEL is a Government Company as

67.72% of the total paid-up share capital of the Company is held by the President of India.

The Board of Directors has an appropriate mix of Executive Directors represented by

Functional Directors including CMD and Non-Executive Directors represented by

Government Nominees & Independent Directors, to maintain the independence of the Board

and to separate the Board functions of management and control. As the Chairman is an

Executive Director, Independent Directors comprise half of the strength of the Board.

The composition of the Board of Directors is as follows:

As on 31st March, 2011, there exists one vacancy each for the post of Director (IS&P) and

Director (Finance) and two vacancies of Independent Directors on the Board of Directors of

the company. The matter of filling up of these vacancies is under consideration of

Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises,

Government of India.


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The actual strength of the Board (12) as on 31st March, 2011 consists of 50% Independent

Directors (6). The Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public

Enterprises, Government of India has entrusted additional charge of the post of Director

(IS&P) to Shri B. Prasada Rao, Chairman & Managing Director/ BHEL w.e.f. 1st October,

2009. The additional charge of the post of Director (Finance) was entrusted to Shri B.

Prasada Rao, Chairman & Managing Director/ BHEL w.e.f. 10th June, 2010 and

subsequently to Shri O.P. Bhutani, Director (E,R&D) w.e.f. 11th March, 2011.

ii. Attendance of each Director at the Board meetings held during 2010-11 and the last AGM


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iii. Number of other Boards or Board Committees* in which Director of BHEL is a member or

Chairman as on 31st March, 2011


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iv. No. of Board Meetings held, dates on which held

The meetings of the Board are normally held at the Companys Registered Office in New

Delhi and are scheduled well in advance. The Company Secretary in consultation with the

Chairman and Managing Director, sends a written notice of each Board meeting to each

Director. The Board agenda is circulated to the Directors in advance. The members of the

Board have access to all information of the Company and are free to recommend inclusion of

any matter in agenda for discussion. In case of need, the senior management is invited to

attend the Board Meetings to provide additional inputs relating to the items being discussed

and / or to give presentation to the Board. The Board meets at least once in a quarter to

review the quarterly results and other items on the agenda. Additional meetings are held,

when necessary.

During the year under review, the Board met nine times on the following dates:

v. Boards Responsibilities

The Boards mandate is to oversee the Companys strategic direction, review and monitor

corporate performance, ensure regulatory compliance and safeguard the interests of the

shareholders.

vi. Role of Independent Directors


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The Independent Directors play an important role in deliberations at the Board and

Committee meetings and bring to the Company their expertise in the fields of engineering,

finance, management, law and public policy. The Board has established various Committees

such as the Audit Committee, Shareholders / Investors Grievance Committee,

Remuneration Committee, Project Review Committee, Mergers & Acquisitions Committee,

Remuneration Committee on PRP, HR Committee and CSR Committee having adequate

representation of Independent Directors. In terms of Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement, the

Audit Committee, Shareholders / Investors Grievance Committee and the Remuneration

Committee are chaired by an Independent Director and the said Committees functions are

within the defined terms of reference. Further, in line with the requirements of DPE

Guidelines on Corporate Governance for CPSEs, the company has constituted a

Remuneration Committee on Performance Related Pay headed by an Independent Director.

Consequent upon the adoption of the DPE Guidelines on Corporate Social Responsibility for

CPSEs as CSR Policy, the Board constituted the Board Level Apex Committee for

Corporate Social Responsibility for proper and periodic monitoring of CSR activities. The

minutes of Committee meetings are circulated and discussed in the Board meetings.

vii. Information placed before the Board of Directors:

The information under the following heads are usually presented to the Board of Directors of

BHEL either as part of the agenda papers or are tabled / presented during the course of Board

meeting:

Annual operating plans and budgets and any updates. Capital budgets and any updates. Quarterly results for the company and its operating divisions or business segments. Minutes of meetings of Audit Committee and other Committees of the Board. Minutes of Board Meetings of unlisted subsidiary companies. Statement of all significant transactions and arrangements entered into by unlisted

subsidiarycompanies.

The information on recruitment and remuneration of senior officers just below theBoard level.

Details of any Joint Venture or R&D project or technical collaboration agreementrequiring approval of Board of Directors.


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Significant labour problems and their proposed solutions. Any significantdevelopment in Human Resources / Industrial Relations front like signing of wage

agreement, implementation of Voluntary

Retirement Scheme etc. Sale of material, nature of investments, subsidiaries, assets, which is not in normal

course of business.

Action Taken Report on matters desired by the Board. Disclosure of Interest by Directors about directorships and Committee positions

occupied by them in other companies.

Quarterly report on Compliance of various laws. Information relating to major legal disputes. Status of Arbitration cases. Short term Investment of surplus funds. Any contract(s) in which Director(s) are deemed to be interested. Status of shareholders grievances on quarterly basis. Information/status in respect of Power & Industry Sectors and International Operations Division on quarterly basis. Significant Capital Investment proposals. Changes in significant accounting policies and practices and reasons for the same. Detailed presentation on performance of various units/functions. Any other information required to be presented to the Board either for information or

approval.

viii. Selection of New Directors

As per Articles of Association of BHEL, the President of India through Department of Heavy

Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, appoints the Chairman &

Managing Director, Functional Directors and Part-time Official Directors on the Board of

BHEL and also nominates Part-time Non-official Directors (Independent Directors) on the

Board of BHEL. The Independent Directors are selected by the Department of Heavy

Industry in consultation with the Search Committee of the Department of Public Enterprises

which maintains a panel of eminent personalities having wide experience in the field of

Management, Finance, Engineering, Administration and Industry.


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ix. Membership term & Retirement policy

The appointment of Chairman & Managing Director and Functional Directors shall be on

such terms and conditions, remuneration and tenure as the President of India may from time

to time determine. Two Part-time Official Directors viz. Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary,

Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises and

Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Commerce and Industry are

nominated by the Government of India on the Board of BHEL. They continue to be on the

Board of BHEL at the discretion of the Government of India. The tenure of Part-time Non-

official (Independent) Directors is decided by the Department of Heavy Industry. Normally,

an Independent Director is appointed for a period of three years. All such appointees are

liable to retire by rotation in terms of the provisions of the Articles of Association of BHEL.

x. Code of Conduct

As part of BHELs persisting endeavour to set a high standard of conduct for its employees, a

Code ofBusiness Conduct and Ethics has been laid down forall Board Members and

Senior Management personnel.

The Code encompasses:

General Moral Imperatives; Specific Professional Responsibilities; and Additional Duties / Imperatives for Board Members and Senior Management

Personnel.

A copy of the said Code has been placed on the Companys website www.bhel.com.

Additional suggestions / ideas to improve the said Code are gladly invited.


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Balance sheet

Mar ' 11 Mar ' 10 Mar ' 09 Mar ' 08 Mar ' 07

Sources of funds

Owner's fund

Equity share capital 489.52 489.52 489.52 489.52 244.76

Share application money - - - - -

Preference share capital - - - - -

Reserves & surplus 19,664.32 15,427.84 12,449.29 10,284.69 8,543.50

Loan funds

Secured loans - - - - -

Unsecured loans 163.35 127.75 149.37 95.18 89.33

Total 20,317.19 16,045.11 13,088.18 10,869.39 8,877.59

Uses of funds

Fixed assets

Gross block 8,049.30 6,579.70 5,224.43 4,443.03 4,134.61

Less : revaluation reserve - - - - -

Less : accumulated depreciation 4,648.82 4,164.74 3,754.47 3,462.21 3,146.31

Net block 3,400.48 2,414.96 1,469.96 980.82 988.30

Capital work-in-progress 1,762.62 1,550.49 1,212.70 658.47 306.58

Investments 439.17 79.84 52.34 8.29 8.29

Net current assets


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Current assets, loans & advances 61,214.87 44,515.53 38,743.86 33,463.46 25,239.99

Less : current liabilities &

provisions

46,499.95 32,515.71 28,390.68 24,241.65 17,665.57

Total net current assets 14,714.92 11,999.82 10,353.18 9,221.81 7,574.42

Miscellaneous expenses not written - - - - -Total 20,317.19 16,045.11 13,088.18 10,869.39 8,877.59

Financial ratio analysis is the calculation and comparison of ratios which are derived from the

information in a company's financial statements. The level and historical trends of these ratios can

be used to make inferences about a company's financial condition, its operations and

attractiveness as an investment.

Financial ratios are calculated from one or more pieces of information from a company's financial

statements. For example, the "gross margin" is the gross profit from operations divided by the total

sales or revenues of a company, expressed in percentage terms. In isolation, a financial ratio is a

useless piece of information. In context, however, a financial ratio can give a financial analyst anexcellent picture of a company's situation and the trends that are developing.

A ratio gains utility by comparison to other data and standards. Taking our example, a gross profit

margin for a company of 25% is meaningless by itself. If we know that this company's competitors

have profit margins of 10%, we know that it is more profitable than its industry peers which is quite

favourable. If we also know that the historical trend is upwards, for example has been increasing

steadily for the last few years, this would also be a favourable sign that management is

implementing effective business policies and strategies.

Financial ratio analysis groups the ratios into categories which tell us about different facets of a

company's finances and operations. An overview of some of the categories of ratios is given below.

Leverage Ratios which show the extent that debt is used in a company's capital structure.

Liquidity Ratios which give a picture of a company's short term financial situation or solvency.

Operational Ratios which use turnover measures to show how efficient a company is in its

operations and use of assets.

Profitability Ratios which use margin analysis and show the return on sales and capital employed.

Solvency Ratios which give a picture of a company's ability to generate cashflow and pay it

financial obligations.

It is imperative to note the importance of the proper context for ratio analysis. Like computer

programming, financial ratio is governed by the GIGO law of"Garbage In...Garbage Out!"A cross

industry comparison of the leverage of stable utility companies and cyclical mining companies would

be worse than useless. Examining a cyclical company's profitability ratios over less than a full

commodity or business cycle would fail to give an accurate long-term measure of profitability. Using

historical data independent of fundamental changes in a company's situation or prospects would

predict very little about future trends. For example, the historical ratios of a company that has

undergone a merger or had a substantive change in its technology or market position would tell very

little about the prospects for this company.

Credit analysts, those interpreting the financial ratios from the prospects of a lender, focus on the

"downside" risk since they gain none of the upside from an improvement in operations. They pay


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great attention to liquidity and leverage ratios to ascertain a company's financial risk. Equity analysts

look more to the operational and profitability ratios, to determine the future profits that will accrue

to the shareholder.

Although financial ratio analysis is well-developed and the actual ratios are well-known, practicing

financial analysts often develop their own measures for particular industries and even individual

companies. Analysts will often differ drastically in their conclusions from the same ratio analysis.

The Balance Sheet and the Statement of Income are essential, but they are only the starting point

for successful financial management. Apply Ratio Analysis to Financial Statements to analyze the

success, failure, and progress of your business.

Ratio Analysis enables the business owner/manager to spot trends in a business and to compare its

performance and condition with the average performance of similar businesses in the same industry.

To do this compare your ratios with the average of businesses similar to yours and compare your

own ratios for several successive years, watching especially for any unfavorable trends that may be

starting. Ratio analysis may provide the all-important early warning indications that allow you to

solve your business problems before your business is destroyed by them.

Role of Ratio AnalysisIt is true that the technique of Ratio Analysis is not a creative technique in the sense that it uses thesame figures and information which are already appearing in the financial statements. At the same

time, it is also true that what can be achieved by the technique of Ratio Analysis cannot be achieved

by the mere preparation of financial statements.

Ratio Analysis helps to appraise the firms in terms of their profitability and efficiency of

performance, either individually or in relation to those of other firms in the same industry. The

process of this appraisal is not complete until the ratios so computed can be compared with

something, as the ratios by themselves do not mean anything. This comparison may be an intra-firm

comparison, inter-firm comparison or comparison with standard ratios. Thus, proper comparison of

ratios may reveal where a firm is placed as compared with earlier periods or in comparison with

other firms in the same industry.

Ratio Analysis is one of the best possible techniques available to the management to impart thebasic functions like planning and control. As the future is closely related to the immediate past,

ratios calculated on the basis of historical financial statements may be of good assistance to predict

the future. For example, on the basis of inventory turnover ratio or debtors turnover ratio in the

past, the level of inventory and debtors can easily be ascertained for any given amount of sales.

Similarly, the ratio analysis may be able to locate and point out the various areas which need the

managements attention in order to improve the situation. For example, current ratio which shows a

constant declining trend may indicate the need for further introduction of long term finance in order

to improve the liquidity position. It should be remembered that a few specific ratios indicate certain

specific aspects of the conduct of business. As such, the importance of various ratios may vary for

different category of persons as well. For example, the commercial bankers, trade creditors and

lenders of short term credit are basically interested in the liquidity position of the organisation andas such the ratios like current ratio, acid test ratio, inventory turnover ratio and average collection


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period are more important. On the other hand, the financial institutions and lenders of long-term

finance are basically interested in the solvency and profitabilty position of the organisation and as

such the ratios like debt equity ratio, debt service coverage ratio, interest coverage ratio and return

on investment are more important.

As the ratio analysis is concerned with all the aspects of a firms financial analysis (liquidity, solvency,

activity, profitability and overall performance), it enables the interested persons to know thefinancial and operational characteristics of an organisation and take the suitable decisions.

The principal tools of analysis are

i.e. to determine the relationship between any set of two parameters and compare

it with the past trend. In the statements of accounts, there are several such pairs of parameters and

hence ratio analysis assumes great significance. The most important thing to remember in the case

of ratio analysis is that you can compare two units in the same industry only and other factors like

the relative ages of the units, the scales of operation etc. come into play.

this is to understand the movement of funds (please note the difference

between cash and fund cash means only physical cash while funds include cash and credit) during

any given period and mostly this period is 1 year. This means that during the course of the year, we

study the sources and uses of funds, starting from the funds generated from activity during the

period under review.

Let us see some of the important types of ratios and their significance:

Liquidity ratios:

o

Current ratio: Formula = Current assets/Current liabilities.

Min. Expected even for a new unit in India = 1.33:1.

Significance = Net working capital should always be positive. In short, the higher the net working

capital, the greater is the degree of overall short-term liquidity. Means current ratio does indicate

liquidity of the enterprise.

Too much liquidity is also not good, as opportunity cost is very high of holding such liquidity. This

means that we are carrying either cash in large quantities or inventory in large quantities or

receivables are getting delayed. All these indicate higher costs. Hence, if you are too liquid, you

compromise with profits and if your liquidity is very thin, you run the risk of inadequacy of working

capital.

Range No fixed range is possible. Unless the activity is very profitable and there are no immediatemeans of reinvesting the excess profits in fixed assets, any current ratio above 2.5:1 calls for an


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examination of the profitability of the operations and the need for high level of current assets.

Reason = net working capital could mean that external borrowing is involved in this and hence cost

goes up in maintaining the net working capital. It is only a broad indication of the liquidity of the

company, as all assets cannot be exchanged for cash easily and hence for a more accurate

measure of liquidity, we see quick asset ratio or acid test ratio.

o Acid test ratio or quick asset ratio:

Quick assets = Current assets (-) Inventories which cannot be easily converted into cash. This

assumes that all other current assets like receivables can be converted into cash easily. This ratio

examines whether the quick assets are sufficient to cover all the current liabilities. Some of the

authors indicate that the entire current liabilities should not be considered for this purpose and only

quick liabilities should be considered by deducting from the current liabilities the short-term bank

borrowing, as usually for an on going company, there is no need to pay back this amount, unlike the

other current liabilities.Significance = coverage of current liabilities by quick assets. As quick assets are a part of current

assets, this ratio would obviously be less than current ratio. This directly indicates the degree of

excess liquidity or absence of liquidity in the system and hence for proper measure of liquidity,

this ratio is preferred. The minimum should be 1:1. This should not be too high as the opportunity

cost associated with high level of liquidity could also be high.

What is working capital gap? The difference between all the current assets known as Gross

working capital and all the current liabilities other than bank borrowing. This gap is met from one

of the two sources, namely, net working capital and bank borrowing. Net working capital is hence

defined as medium and long-term funds invested in current assets.

Turn over ratios:

Generally, turn over ratios indicate the operating efficiency. The higher the ratio, the higher thedegree of efficiency and hence these assume significance. Further, depending upon the type of turn

over ratio, indication would either be about liquidity or profitability also. For example, inventory or

stocks turn over would give us a measure of the profitability of the operations, while receivables

turn over ratio would indicate the liquidity in the system.

o Debtors turn over ratio this indicates the efficiency of collection of receivables and contributes

to the liquidity of the system. Formula = Total credit sales/Average debtors outstanding during the

year. Hence the minimum would be 3 to 4 times, but this depends upon so many factors such as,

type of industry like capital goods, consumer goods capital goods, this would be less and consumer

goods, this would be significantly higher;

Conditions of the market monopolistic or competitive monopolistic, this would be higher and

competitive it would be less as you are forced to give credit;

Whether new enterprise or established new enterprise would be required to give higher credit in

the initial stages while an existing business would have a more fixed credit policy evolved over the

years of business;

Hence any deterioration over a period of time assumes significance for an existing business this

indicates change in the market conditions to the business and this could happen due to general

recession in the economy or the industry specifically due to very high capacity or could be this unit

employs outmoded technology, which is forcing them to dump stocks on its distributors and hence

realisation is coming in late etc.


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o Average collection period = inversely related to debtors turn over ratio. For example debtors turn

over ratio is 4. Then considering 360 days in a year, the average collection period would be 90 days.

In case the debtors turn over ratio increases, the average collection period would reduce, indicating

improvement in liquidity. Formula for average collection period = 360/receivables turn over ratio.

The above points for debtors turn over ratio hold good for this also. Any significant deviation from

the past trend is of greater significance here than the absolute numbers. No minimum and nomaximum.

Inventory turn over ratio as said earlier, this directly contributes to the profitability of the

organisation. Formula = Cost of goods sold/Average inventory held during the year. The inventory

should turn over at least 4 times in a year, even for a capital goods industry. But there are capital

goods industries with a very long production cycle and in such cases, the ratio would be low. While

receivables turn over contributes to liquidity, this contributes to profitability due to higher turn over.

The production cycle and the corporate policy of keeping high stocks affect this ratio. The less the

production cycle, the better the ratio and vice-versa. The higher the level of stocks, the lower would

be the ratio and vice-versa. Cost of goods sold = Sales profit Interest charges.

o Current assets turn over ratio not much of significance as the entire current assets are involved.

However, this could indicate deterioration or improvement over a period of time. Indicates

operating efficiency. Formula = Cost of goods sold/Average current assets held in business during

the year. There is no min. Or maximum. Again this depends upon the type of industry, market

conditions, managements policy towards working capital etc.

o Fixed assets turn over ratio

Not much of significance as fixed assets cannot contribute directly either to liquidity or profitability.

This is used as a very broad parameter to compare two units in the same industry and especially

when the scales of operations are quite significant. Formula = Cost of goods sold/Average value of

fixed assets in the period (book value).

Profitability ratios -Profit in relation to sales and profit in relation to assets:

o Profit in relation to sales this indicates the margin available on sales;

o Profit in relation to assets this indicates the degree of return on the capital employed in

business that means the earning efficiency. Please appreciate that these two are totally different.

Sources of Financial DataFinancial statements (or financial reports) are formal records of the financial

activities of a business, person, or other entity. In British English, including United

Kingdom company law, financial statements are often referred to as accounts,

although the term financial statements is also used, particularly by accountants.

Financial statements provide an overview of a business or person's financial

condition in both short and long term. All the relevant financial information of a

business enterprise, presented in a structured manner and in a form easy to


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understand, are called the financial statements. There are four basic financial

statements:[1]

1. Balance sheet: also referred to as statement of financial position or condition,

reports on a company's assets, liabilities, and net equity as of a given point in time.

2. Income statement: also referred to as Profit and Loss statement (or a "P&L"),

reports on a company's income, expenses, and profits over a period of time. Profit

& Loss account provide information on the operation of the enterprise. These

include sale and the various expenses incurred during the processing state.

3. Statement of retained earnings: explains the changes in a company's retained

earnings over the reporting period.

4. Statement of cash flows: reports on a company's cash flow activities, particularly

its operating, investing and financing activities.

For large corporations, these statements are often complex and may include an

extensive set of notes to the financial statements and management discussion and

analysis. The notes typically describe each item on the balance sheet, income

statement and cash flow statement in further detail. Notes to financial statements

are considered an integral part of the financial statements.

The data has been collected from various financial statements :

Balance Sheet

Profit and loss account

Cash flow statement

Annual report

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