We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statement of M/s. Ashiana Agro Industries Limited whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date and asummary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the standaloneFinancial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give atrue and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at March 31,2024, the loss and total comprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flows for theyear ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Auditing Standards (SAs)specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements of the financial year ended March 31, 2024. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined that there was no significance matter to becommunicated in our report as key audit matters.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, including total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordancewith the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the Provision of the Act for safeguarding the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; Selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone FinancialStatements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but to do so. The Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Company's financialreporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance withSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
i) Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
ii) Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
iii) Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
iv) Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based onthe audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in thestandalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusionsare based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
v) Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and eventsin a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financialstatements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality 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 governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timingof the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify duringour audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about thematter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefitsof such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements.
1. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations 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 by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevantbooks of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2024 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2024 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in "Annexure A". Our report express anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financial controlsover financial reporting.
g. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of theAct.
h. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us:
i. The company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financial position.
ii. The company does not have any long-term contracts requiring a provision for material foreseeable losses.
iii. The company does not have any amounts required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund.
iv. a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been
advance or loaned or invested (either from borrowed fund or share premium or any other sources or kind offunds) by the company to or in any other persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"),with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall:
- directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the company or
- provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
b) The management has represented, that. To the best of his knowledge and belief, no funds have beenreceived by the company from any persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Funding Parties") with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall:
- directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or on behalf of the Funding Party or
- Provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
c) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstance nothinghas come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub clause (iv)(a) and(iv)(b) contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has not declared/paid dividends during the year and hence the provisions of section 123 of theAct are not applicable.
K GOPAL RAO & CO.,Chartered AccountantICAI FRN: 000956SSd/-
CA GOPAL KRISHNA RAJU
Date: 24th May, 2024 M No.205929
Place: Chennai UDIN:24205929BKGVLB4530