Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Impairment of Goodwill recognised (as described in note 3(d) and note 6 of the standalone financial statements)
The carrying value of Goodwill aggregates
Our audit procedures included and were not limited to the following:
to Rs. 433.37 million as at March 31, 2025.Goodwill is annually tested for impairment.
• Assessed the appropriateness of accounting policy for impairment testingof goodwill with the relevant accounting standards.
The Company performs such assessmentof Goodwill for each cash generating
• Evaluated the design and implementation of key internal financial controls
unit (CGU) to identify any indicators of
of the Company with respect to the impairment assessment of Goodwill
impairment.
and tested operating effectiveness of such controls.
The recoverable amount of the CGUs which
• Gained an understanding of and evaluated the methodology used by
is based on the higher of the value in use
management to prepare its cash flow forecasts and the appropriateness
or fair value less costs to sell, has been
of the assumptions applied. In making this assessment, we also evaluated
determined using discounted cash flow
the competence, professional qualification and objectivity of Company’s
models. These models use several key
personnel involved in the process.
assumptions, including estimates of future
• Tested budgeting procedures upon which the cash flow forecasts were
sales volumes, prices, operational costs,
based. We have also compared the actual past performances with the
capex, terminal value growth rates and the
budgeted figures.
discount rate.
Considering the inherent uncertainty,
• Involved our internal subject matter specialists to evaluate theappropriateness of key assumptions, key estimates and methodology used
complexity and judgment involved and
by the Company, in particular, those relating to the forecast of the discount
the significance of the value of the asset,
rate and terminal growth rate etc.
impairment assessment of Goodwill hasbeen considered as a key audit matter.
• Performed sensitivity analysis of the key assumptions (growth rates, sales
forecast, etc.) used to determine which changes to assumptions wouldchange the outcome of impairment assessment;
• Tested the arithmetical accuracy of the models.
• Assessed the adequacy of the disclosures in the standalone financialstatements.
We have audited the standalone financial statements ofDodla Dairy Limited ("the Company"), which comprise theBalance sheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profitand Loss, including the statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement ofChanges in Equity for the year then ended, and notes tothe standalone financial statements, including a summaryof material accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013, as amended ("the Act") in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, itsprofit including other comprehensive loss, its cash flows andthe changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financialstatements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs), as specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the 'Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements’ section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe 'Code of Ethics’ issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the financial statements underthe provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believethat the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on thestandalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements for the financial year endedMarch 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters. For eachmatter below, our description of how our audit addressed thematter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matter described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report. Wehave fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor’sresponsibilities for the audit of the standalone financialstatements section of our report, including in relation to thismatter. Accordingly, our audit included the performance ofprocedures designed to respond to our assessment of therisks of material misstatement of the standalone financialstatements. The results of our audit procedures, includingthe procedures performed to address the matter below,provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanyingstandalone financial statements.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible forthe other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Annual report, but doesnot include the standalone financial statements and ourauditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether such other informationis materially inconsistent with the financial statements orour knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appearsto be materially misstated. If, based on the work we haveperformed, we conclude that there is a material misstatementof this other information, we are required to report that fact.We have nothing to report in this regard.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSECHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE STANDALONEFINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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 loss, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent; and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea 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’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, 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 misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate 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 with reference to financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company’sability to continue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor’s report to the relateddisclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor’s report. However, futureevents or conditions may cause the Company to ceaseto continue 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.
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 control that we identifyduring 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 ofmost significance in the audit of the standalone financialstatements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because theadverse consequences of doing so would reasonably beexpected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order,2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 ofthe Act, we give in the "Annexure 1 ” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, tothe extent applicable, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far asit appears from our examination of those booksexcept for the matters stated in the paragraph 2 (i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g);
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss including the Statement of OtherComprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statementand Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the books ofaccount;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on March 31, 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to thesestandalone financial statements and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in "Annexure 2" to this report;
(g) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration forthe year ended March 31, 2025 has been paid bythe Company to its directors in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 read with ScheduleV to the Act;
(h) The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewithare as stated in paragraph (b) above on reporting
under Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph 2 (i) (vi)below on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(i) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial positionin its standalone financial statementsRefer note 40 to the standalone financialstatements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeablelosses;
iii. There were no amounts which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. a) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, as disclosed in the note 53 tothe standalone financial statements, nofunds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to orin any other person or entity, includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, asdisclosed in the note 53 to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds havebeen received by the Company fromany person or entity, including foreignentities ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend
or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c) Based on such audit proceduresperformed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come toour notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub¬clause (a) and (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v. The interim dividend declared and paid bythe Company during the year and until thedate of this audit report is in accordance withsection 123 of the Act.
As stated in note 51 to the standalonefinancial statements, the Board of Directorsof the Company have proposed final dividendfor the year which is subject to the approvalof the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The dividend declared is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act to theextent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used accounting
software for maintaining its books ofaccount which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software exceptfor direct changes to data made usingcertain access rights in the accountingsoftware, where the audit trail feature is onlyenabled from March 03, 2025 to March 31,2025 as described in note 50 to the financialstatements. Further, during the course of ouraudit we did not come across any instanceof audit trail feature being tampered with.Additionally, the audit trail of prior years hasbeen preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retentionto the extent it was enabled and recorded inthe respective years.
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Date: May 19, 2025 UDIN: 25225333BMLXLP1038