We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Ahimsa Industries Limited ('theCompany'), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2024, the Statement ofProfit and Loss and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended and notes to thefinancial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (herein after referred to as 'financial statements').
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformitywith the Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company asat 31 March 2024, the profit and total comprehensive income and its cash flows for theyear ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of theFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia (ICAI) together with the independence requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thefinancial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matterswere addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Management and Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of theother information. The other information comprises the information included in the Board'sReport including Annexures to Board's Report and Shareholder's Information, but does notinclude the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course ofour audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we haveperformed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company's Management and Board of Directors is responsible for the matters statedin section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparationof these Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the AS andaccounting principles generally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Companyand for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and applicationof appropriate implementation and maintenance of accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectivelyfor ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view andare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relatedto going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financialreporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Financial Statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs willalways detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraudor error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to providea basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involvecollusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i)of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion onwhether the company has adequate internal financial controls system in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonablenessof accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basisof accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubton the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that amaterial uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future eventsor conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financialstatements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters,the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate withthem all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determinethose matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of thecurrent period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issuedby 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 tothe best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of ouraudit.
b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept bythe Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Statement of CashFlows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statements comply with the AccountingStandards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as onMarch 31, 2023 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 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 financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate report in Annexure A. Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of theCompany's internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended,we report that,in our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to itsManaging and Executive Directors during the year is in accordance with theprovisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended, 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 3.35 and3.36 to the financial statements.
(ii) The company did not have any long-term contracts including derivativecontracts.
(iii) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during theyear ended March 31, 2024.
a. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind offunds) by the company to or in any other person or entity, includingforeign 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 entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of thecompany ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
b. The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been received by the Company from any person orentity, including foreign entity ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, whether,
• directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or
c. Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable
and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our noticethat 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, containany material misstatement.
(iv) The company has not declared the interim or final dividend for thecurrent year.
For, Mistry & Shah LLPChartered AccountantsFRN: - W-100683
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Krunal Shah Date: 18th May, 2024
Partner Place: Ahmedabad
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