We have audited the accompanying Standalone financial statements of City Crops Agro Limited (“theCompany”), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2024, and the statement of profit andloss and statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statement, for the year ended 31st March2024, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid Standalone Financial Statements gives the information required by the Companies Act, 2013(“the ACT”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2024,and its Profit, its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with the Standard onAuditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standardsare further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code ofEthics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisionsof 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 evidenceobtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on StandaloneFinancial Statement.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context ofour audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have nothing to report as key audit matters.
Information other than the financial statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
• The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Annual Report, but does not include thestandalone financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
• Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and wedo not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to readthe other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
• If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement ofthis other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those charged with governance for the StandaloneFinancial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, cash flows inaccordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accountingstandards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assetsof the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reportingprocess.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial statementsas a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not aguarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatementwhen it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these Standalone 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 Standalone Financial statements,whether due to fraud 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 misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the CompaniesAct, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company hasadequate internal financial controls with reference to Standalone Financial statement in placeand the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accountingand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to eventsor conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a goingconcern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in
our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the Standalone Financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone Financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements that, individuallyor in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user ofthe Standalone Financial Statements may be influenced.
We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors (i) in planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatementsin the Standalone Financial Statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the Standalone Financial statements of the current period andare therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, wedetermine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Emphasis Of Matter:
Refer to Notes forming part of statement which includes the balance of Trade Receivables, TradePayables, Loans including deposits and advances are subject to confirmation from and reconciliationwith the relevant parties as on the date of balance sheet date.
Our opinion is not modified with respect to above mentioned matters.
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 ourknowledge and belief 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 sofar as it appears from our examination of those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet and the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Statement of Cash Flow dealt withby this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the AccountingStandards specified under section 133 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 31 st March, 2024taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 st March,2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in “Annexure A”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on theadequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controls withreference to the Standalone Financial Statement.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the bestof our information and according to the explanations given to us:
a. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its financialposition
b. The Company does not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
c. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
d. (i) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other thanas disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by thecompany to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company (“Ultimate
Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(ii) The management has represented, that, to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, otherthan as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(iii) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us tobelieve that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e) of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
e. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year in contravention ofthe provisions of section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013.
f. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordancewith the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
g. Based on our examination which included test checks, we concluded that company hasused accounting softwares for maintaining its books of account which have a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility but the same has not been operated throughout theyear for all relevant transactions recorded in the respective softwares:
i. In respect of the Company, the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility was notenabled at the database layer to log any direct data changes for all the accounting softwaresused for maintaining the books of account.
ii. In respect of the Company, in the absence of coverage of audit trail (edit log) with respectto database level in the independent auditor’s report in relation to controls at the serviceorganisation for accounting software used for preparation of financial statements, which isoperated by third- party software service provider, we are unable to comment whether theaudit trail feature of the database level of the said software was enabled and operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, whereaudit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operated, we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”) issued by theCentral Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
Date : 30/05/2024 For, V S S B & Associates
Place : Ahmedabad Chartered Accountants
Firm No. 0121356W
(Vishves A. Shah)PartnerM. No. 109944UDIN: 24109944BKACRI9979