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Financial Statements
Schedule
forming part of Profit and Loss Account
for the year ended March 31, 2010
(Rs crores)
Schedule 15 Other Expenditure
2009-10
2008-09
Rent
1.14
1.43
Rates and taxes
1.06
1.17
Insurance
2.33
1.52
Freight, cartage and octroi
30.61
28.06
Discount on sales
10.59
11.33
Cash discount
7.60
5.15
Commission to others
8.15
8.13
Brokerage
0.04
0.03
Travelling and conveyance
7.18
7.34
Payments to statutory auditors
0.42
0.40
Payments to cost auditors
0.02
0.01
Directors' fees and travelling
0.22
0.24
Directors' commission (other than Managing and Wholetime Director)
0.27
0.12
Charities and donations
0.31
0.32
Bad debts and irrecoverable balances written off
17.79
0.93
Less: Provisions made in earlier years in respect of amounts written off during
the year, adjusted as per contra
16.16
0.40
1.63
0.53
Provision for doubtful debts
-
2.56
Provision for doubtful advances
-
4.77
Provision for diminution in value of investments
0.11
-
Miscellaneous expenses
35.60
30.28
Obsolete and unserviceable material written down
1.87
0.72
Loss on assets sold, discarded or demolished
0.42
0.35
Debits relating to earlier years
0.59
2.42
110.16
106.88