MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

21.04.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

TAMILNADU WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE BOARD

 

 

Registered Office :

31, Kamraj Salai, Chepauk, Chennai-600005, Tamilandu

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2005

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

14.04.1971

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

CHET00423D

 

 

Legal Form :

A Statutory body formed by the Government of Tamilnadu.

 

 

Line of Business :

Formulates and Executes Water Supply and Sewerage Schemes, Water Supply Schemes are implemented in Rural as well as Urban Areas, and Sewerage Scheme in Urban Areas.

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 4200000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed company having satisfactory track. Directors are reported as experienced and respectable businessmen. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

The company can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered/ Head Office :

31, Kamraj Salai, Chepauk, Chennai-600005, Tamilandu, India

Tel. No.:

91-44-28416420/ 28412341

Fax No.:

91-44-28412341

E-Mail :

twadboard@dataone.in

 

 

Regional Offices :

Located at :

 

v      Vellore

v      Thanjavur

v      Coimbatore

v      Madurai

v      Tiruvallur

v      Alandur

v      Kancheepuram

v      Cuddalore

v      Valudareddy

v      Cuddalore

v      Tindivanam

v      Thiruvannamal

v      Tirunelveli

v      Trichy

v      Tiruvannamalai

v      Virudhunagar

v      Dharmapuri

v      Krishnagiri

v      Thanjavur

v      Nagapattinam

v      Perambalur

v      Tuticorin

v      Nagercoil

v      Ramnad

v      Tiruchy

v      Karur

v      Pudukkottai

v      Coimbatore

v      Valliyoor

v      Ariyalur

v      Namakkal

v      Udagamandalam

v      Erode

v      Kangayam

v      Salem

v      Dindigul

v      Sivaganga

v      Ramanathapuram

v      Kovilpatti

v      Theni

v      Paramakudi

v      Thoothukudi

v      Kancheepuram

 

 

MANAGEMENT

 

Name :

Thiru.K. Deenabandu

Designation :

Chairman, TWAD Board and Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Chennai-9.

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Thiru. Swaran Singh

Designation :

Managing Director, TWAD Board, Chepauk, Chennai-5

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Thiru S. Rajarethinam

Designation :

Secretary to Government, Public Works Department, Chennai-9

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Thiru Praveen Kumar

Designation :

Special Secretary to Government, Finance Department, Chennai-9

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Thiru.V.K. Subburaj

Designation :

Secretary to Government, Health and Family Welfare Department, Chennai-9

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Thiru K. Ashok Vardhan Shetty

Designation :

Secretary to Government, Rural Development Department and Panchayat Raj Department, Chennai-9

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Dr. Niranjan Mardi

Designation :

Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai-5

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Thiru Shiv Das Meena

Designation :

Managing Director, CMWSS Board, Chennai-2

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Thiru.Gagandeep Singh Bedi

Designation :

Director of Rural Development, Saidapet, Chennai-15

Qualification :

I.A.S.

 

 

Name :

Dr.K.Gopal

Designation :

Director of Town Panchayats, Kuralagam, Chennai-108

Qualification :

I.A.S

 

 

Name :

Thiru K.Ganesan

Designation :

Finance Director, TWAD Board, Chennai-5

Qualification :

B.Com.

 

 

Name :

Er. P.K.Natesan

Designation :

Engineering Director, TWAD Board, Chennai - 5

Qualification :

M.E.(PH).,FIE.,

 

 

Name :

Thiru R.S. Barathy

Designation :

Chairman, Chamber of Municipal Counsel, Alandur Municipality, Chennai - 16

Qualification :

B.A., B.L.

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Formulates and Executes Water Supply and Sewerage Schemes, Water Supply Schemes are implemented in Rural as well as Urban Areas, and Sewerage Scheme in Urban Areas.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

Several hundred people are working for this department as reported.

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

--

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

 

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

SHAREHOLDERS FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Share Capital

 

891.943

867.849

2] Share Application Money

 

0.000

0.000

3] Reserves & Surplus

 

178.634

201.330

4] (Accumulated Losses)

 

0.000

0.000

NETWORTH

 

1070.577

1069.179

LOAN FUNDS

 

 

 

1] Secured Loans

 

0.000

0.000

2] Unsecured Loans

 

7160.266

13677.949

TOTAL BORROWING

 

7160.266

13677.949

DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES

 

0.000

0.000

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

 

2.525

0.000

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

8233.368

14747.128

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF FUNDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIXED ASSETS [Net Block]

 

201.225

218.636

Capital work-in-progress

 

13.459

14.145

 

 

 

 

INVESTMENT

 

1845.435

1741.741

DEFERREX TAX ASSETS

 

0.000

0.000

 

 

 

 

CURRENT ASSETS, LOANS & ADVANCES

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

1.406

0.480

 

Sundry Debtors

 

1073.879

1067.735

 

Cash & Bank Balances

 

3150.459

3334.005

 

Other Current Assets

 

1634.418

674.728

 

Loans & Advances

 

3251.634

9845.281

Total Current Assets

 

9111.796

14922.229

Less : CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

1728.931

1423.712

 

Provisions

 

1848.999

1683.131

Total Current Liabilities

 

3577.930

3106.843

Net Current Assets

 

5533.866

11815.386

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

 

639.383

957.220

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

8233.368

14747.128

 


PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

Total Income

 

3440.374

3748.182

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

31.03.2005

31.03.2004

PAT / Total Income

(%)

 

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Net Profit Margin

(PBT/Sales)

(%)

 

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Total Assets

(PBT/Total Assets}

(%)

 

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Return on Investment (ROI)

(PBT/Networth)

 

 

NA

NA

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Equity Ratio

(Total Liability/Networth)

 

 

10.03

15.70

 

 

 

 

 

Current Ratio

(Current Asset/Current Liability)

 

 

2.54

4.80

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Website Details :

 

Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board (TWAD Board), a statutory body formed by the Government of Tamil Nadu, vested with the twin task of providing water supply and sewerage facilities to the entire state of Tamil Nadu except Chennai Metropolitan Area, came into existence on 14-4-1971.

 

TWAD Board's activities are guided and monitored by the Board of Directors senior level administrators of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

 

Headed by an IAS Officer as its Managing Director, TWAD has four Regional Chief Engineers placed at Vellore for Northern Region, Thanjavur for Eastern Region, Coimbatore for Western Region and Madurai for Southern Region.

 

Management

 

v      TWAD investigates, formulates and executes water supply and sewerage schemes, Water supply schemes are implemented in rural as well as urban areas, and sewerage schemes in urban areas.

v      TWAD, also maintains a large number of combined water supply schemes.

v      Workforce of more than 7500 comprising around 1500 qualified engineers and 6000 technical and managerial personnel.

 

v      21 drilling rigs are engaged in source creation works.

v      6 hydro fracturing units to enhance the yield of borewell ground water sources.

v      Training Centers are at Chennai, Madurai, Trichy and Coimbatore.

v      Well-developed Hydrogeological Wing with state-of-the-art equipments.

v      Network of laboratories established in every district with a State level laboratory at Chennai ensuring constant water quality surveillance.

v      Computer aided design facility in all the Regional Offices.

v      HRD Cell imparting training for engineers and other staff workers.

 

Landmarks

 

v      Construction of iron removal plant at FORD site Maraimalai Nagar near Chennai.

v      TWAD has provided at least one source of water supply at all the 81,787 rural habitations in the State.

v      TWAD has developed and India Mark II and India Mark III handpumps in Co-ordination with UNICEF which are used worldwide in rural water supply.

v      TWAD applies Remote Sensing Data for identification of water sources, locations for constructing of water recharge/harvesting structures.

 

v      TWAD is the first Public Health Engineering Organisation in the country to have conducted a sector plan study.

v      TWAD has successfully implemented externally aided projects with the assistance of DANIDA, UNICEF, EEC and the World Bank.

v      TWAD has implemented a mammoth Project with the assistance of the World Bank worth around Rs. 3200 millions benefiting three major towns (viz) Coimbatore, Madurai and Salem, 7 Municipal Towns, 76 medium/small towns and 955 rural habitations and also low cost sanitation facilities to 14 Municipal Towns and Urban Town Panchayats.

v      Coimbatore Water Supply Scheme covering one major Corporation, 20 towns and 523 rural habitations, implemented by TWAD, is the single largest scheme in this sector.

v      TWAD has executed the longest tunnel of length KM to convey drinking water under Coimbatore Water Supply Scheme.

v      TWAD is installed to largest Desalination plant in South Asia for converting sea water into potable water for the benefit of water starved areas in Ramanathapuram District.

v      To develop a sense of ownership among the user groups by involving them in the formulation, execution and maintenance of water supply and sanitation schemes.

 

Their March towards

 

TWAD Functions with the objective:

 

v      Provision of a minimum of 40 lpcd of safe drinking water to the entire rural population of the State.

 

v      To execute/improve water supply and sewerage schemes in the urban areas of Tamil Nadu on demand from the local body concerned.

 

v      To expand the activities of sanitation in the urban areas.

 

v      To extend technical support to the local bodies, in the maintenance of completed URBAN water supply schemes and I. P. P. Schemes.

 

v      To maintain the combined water supply schemes, serving more than one panchayat on a cost effective mode and to ensure sustainability.

 

v      To accelerate institutions financing in the field of water supply and sanitation.

 

v      To mobilize external funding for water supply and sanitation sector in the State.

 

v      To shift the pattern from supply driven to demand driven in the field of water supply

 

v      TWAD investigates, formulates and executes water supply schemes in TWAD also.

 

v      TWAD, also maintains a large number of combined water supply schemes

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.41.99

UK Pound

1

Rs.84.22

Euro

1

Rs.57.22

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

7

--LEVERAGE

1~10

7

--RESERVES

1~10

7

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

7

--MARGINS

-5~5

--

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

61

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average/normal.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

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