We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Hatsun Agro Product Limited (the “Company”), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date, and notes to thefinancial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) in the manner so required and givea true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, (“Ind AS”)and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, andits profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (“SA”s)specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’sResponsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Companyin accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) together with theethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act andthe Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of thestandalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in ourreport.
Sr. No.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor’s Response
1.
Existence of Inventories
In view of the significance of the matter we
(Refer Note 2(j) and Note 8 to the Standalone
performed the following audit procedures relating to
Financial Statements)
The Company’s inventory primarily comprises of
existence of inventories, among others, to obtainsufficient appropriate audit evidence:
milk products, feed, butter and skimmed milk
1. We evaluated the design, implementation and
powder. The Company holds inventory at various
tested the operating effectiveness of key controls that
locations including Plants, Carrying and
the Company has in relation to physical verification of
Forwarding Agent locations and Premises taken on
inventories including the appropriateness of
lease.
conducting, recording and reconciling physical
We noted that the overall inventories are 87% of
verification of inventories and tested the
the total current assets of the Company, and theinventory primarily comprises of long-life products,
implementation thereof.
which are held for internal consumption and for
2. For the sampled locations and inventories selected,
sale to customers.
we performed:
In view of the above, we have identified existence
- physical verification and checked the
of inventories as a key audit matter.
reconciliation of inventory counts with bookrecords.
- roll-forward/backward procedures as at the yearend, where applicable.
• The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in Board’s Report includingAnnexures to the Board’s Report, Report on CorporateGovernance, Management Discussion and Analysis andBusiness Responsibility and Sustainability Report, butdoes not include the consolidated financial statements,standalone financial statements and our auditor’s reportsthereon.
• Our opinion on the standalone financial statements doesnot cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation, and in doing so, consider whether the otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the standalonefinancial statements, or our knowledge obtained duringthe course of our audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
• If, based on the work we have performed, we concludethat there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the financial statements that give a true andfair view and are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, theManagement and Board of Directors are responsible forassessing the Company’s ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless the Board of Directors either intend to liquidate the
Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Company’s Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud orerror, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence thatis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls with reference tostandalone financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s useof the going concern basis of accounting and, based onthe audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions thatmay cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosuresin the standalone financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our
conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained upto the date of our auditor’s report. However, future eventsor conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in thestandalone financial statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions ofa reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and(ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements inthe standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal financial controls thatwe identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financialstatements of the current period and are therefore the keyaudit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not be communicated inour report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on ouraudit we report, that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as required bylaw have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books except for notcomplying with the requirement of audit trail as stated in(i)(vi) below.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, the Statementof Cash Flows and Statement of Changes in Equity dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with the books ofaccount.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received fromthe directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record bythe Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31,2025 from being appointedas a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) The modification relating to the maintenance of accountsand other matters connected therewith, is as stated inparagraph (b) above.
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financialstatements of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separateReport in “Annexure A”. Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controlswith reference to standalone financial statements.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinionand to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
i) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements - Refer Note 35(i) tothe standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that, to the best
of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in Note 47(vi) to the standalone financial statements, no funds
have been advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or anyother sources or kind of funds) by the Company toor in any other person(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the bestof its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in Note 47(vii) to the standalone financial statements, nofunds have been received by the Company fromany person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that havebeen considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice thathas caused us to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
v) The interim dividend declared and paid by the Companyduring the year and until the date of this report is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable. TheCompany has not proposed final dividend for the year.
vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks,the Company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of account for the year endedMarch 31, 2025 which has a feature of recording audittrail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software, except that audit trail feature was notenabled at the application level to log any direct datachanges during the period from January 27, 2025 toMarch 01, 2025.
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not comeacross any instance of audit trail feature being tamperedwith, in respect of accounting software for the period forwhich the audit trail feature was enabled and operating.
Regarding the proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014 on preservation of audit trailaccording to the statutory requirements, the Companyhas retained the records from April 01,2023.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B”a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4of the Order.
Chartered Accountants(Firm’s Registration No. 117366W/W-100018)
Krishna Prakash E
Partner
(Membership No. 216015)UDIN: 25216015BMOAUQ4161
Place: ChennaiDate: April 28, 2025