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RailTel has been awarded the ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting

Posted On : 2022-02-14 10:37:18( TIMEZONE : IST )

RailTel, a Miniratna Central Government PSU under Ministry of Railways has been awarded the ICAI Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year 2020-21 in Public Sector Entities Category. The company has been adjudged as ·winner in the category "plaque". Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), a premier accounting body has been holding the annual competition for these awards since 1958.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel., Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh presented the awards to the winner awardees at the ICAI award ceremony held in New Delhi. Sh. Puneet Chawla, CMD, Sh. AK. Singh, Director (Finance), Sh. Sanjai Kumar, Director (Network Planning & Marketing) of RailTel accepted the award on behalf of the Company.

Financial Reporting includes the preparation and presentation of financial information. Effective Financial Reporting plays a significant role in accelerating the economic growth of a country as the information provided through annual reports enables the management and other relevant stakeholders in taking various effective business, investment, regulatory decisions.

This award has been instituted ·with a view to promote better standards in the preparation and presentation of information in the financial statements.

RailTel continues to be a profitable company since FY 2006-07. Despite Covid pandemic, RailTel managed to make rapid grow1h and recorded its highest ever consolidated income in FY 20-21 of Rs l411 Crore, a growth of 21% and achieving a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 16.6% over the past 3 years. The company declared an Interim Dividend at the rate of 17.5% of paid-up share capital (Rs. 1.75/- per share) for the FY 2021-22.

Not only has the revenue increased, the order book of RailTel has also seen a quantum jump despite weak market conditions. RailT el currently has a healthy order book of arotmd Rs. 5300 cr.

Speaking about the award, Shri Puneet Chawla, CMD / RailTel said "After RailTel becoming a listed company, the responsibility of reporting the financial performance of the company in a fair and transparent manner has assumed greater significance. This award has confirmed that the company is on the right track in this regard. We will continue to keep ourselves apprised of the prevailing best standards and accounting practices and implement the same. I assure all the shareholders and stakeholders that financial reporting will always continue to be of high quality in times to come. The Company has been receiving several awards for the last many years in different categories and fields which is the recognition of RailTel's efficiency, potential, capabilities and achievements. We are committed to provide best services to all our stakeholders and will continue to expand, diversify and upgrade our profile."

Sh. A K Singh, Director (Finance), RailTel observed that the award is an attestation of the hard work put in by the RailTers finance team and is an encouragement to excel further. Earlier, RailTel continuing the tempo of good performance bagged seven awards in the Calendar Year 2021. The areas of mvards included Telecommunication & Information Technology, Digital Technology, Data Centre, Digital PSU, and Digital Security & Document Management. The current ICAI award on Financial Reporting is the first award in the Calendar Year 2022.

Shares of Railtel Corporation Of India Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs. 111.50 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 112.15. The total number of shares traded during the day was 69358 in over 1484 trades.

The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 113.40 and intraday low of 111.05. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 7735845.00.