We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Ahimsa Industries Limited('the Company'), which comprise theBalance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other Comprehensive Income)and theStatement of Cash Flows for the year then ended and notes to the financial statements, includinga summary of significantaccounting policies and other explanatory information (herein after referred to as 'financial 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 CompaniesAct, 2013("the Act") in the manner so required and give a trueand fair view in conformity with the Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2025, the profit and loss and itscash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with theCode of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the independence requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics.We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinionon the financial statements.
During the year, the Company underwent a significant operational change by ceasing its in-house manufacturing activitiesand selling all its plant & machinery, as well as its land and building. The Company has since shifted to a job work model,whereby production is outsourced to third-party vendors. This strategic shift is expected to result in substantial cost savings,particularly in terms of manpower and infrastructure requirements.
These developments have also raised considerations regarding the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Inaddition, certain pending income tax litigations have contributed to this assessment. These matters were identified andraised by us during the course of our audit and are discussed in detail in Note No. 3.37 and 3.38 of the notes to the financialstatements. Given the significance of these assumptions and the judgment involved in evaluating the future viability of therevised business model, we identified this matter as a key area of focus in our audit.
We draw attention to Note No. 3.12 of the financial statements, which describes management's reassessment of inventoryvaluation. As disclosed, a portion of the Company's inventory, primarily related to food-grade plastic packaging materials,has been identified as aged and obsolete, no longer meeting applicable regulatory standards. In accordance with AccountingStandard (AS) 2, these items have been valued at their net realizable value due to limited or no utility or marketability. Ouropinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the information included in the Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report andShareholder's Information, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtainedduring the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated. If, based on the work we have performed,we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the CompaniesAct, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performanceand cash flows of the Company in accordance with the AS and accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Actfor safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate implementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgements and estimatesthat are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, thatwere operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error.
In preparing the Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessmanagement either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Financial Statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will alwaysdetect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if,individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken onthe basis of these Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher thanfor one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the company has adequate internal financial controls systemin place and the operating effectivenessof such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significantdoubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, weare required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to thedate of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto 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 financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by the Central Government in terms
of section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the "Annexure B", a statement on the matters specified in the paragraphs 3 and
4 of the order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act,we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and beliefwere 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 and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statements comply with the Accounting Standards prescribed under Section133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 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 expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls overfinancial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197 (16) of the Act, as amended, we report that, in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its Managing and ExecutiveDirectors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended,in our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its Financial statements- Refer Note No 3.37 and 3.38 of the Financial statements.
(ii) The company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts.
(iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fundby the Company during the year ended March 31, 2025.
a. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which arematerial either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or in anyother person or entity, including foreign entity ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether,
• directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b. The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds (which arematerial either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from any person orentity, including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Company shall, whether,
• directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or
c. Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause(i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
(iv) The company has not declared the interim or final dividend for the current year.
(v) Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during thecourse of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
Chartered AccountantsFRN: W100683
PartnerMRN: 144596
UDIN: 25144596BMGYSJ9842
Date: 28th May, 2025Place: Ahmedabad