Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
(1) Determination of net realizable value of inventory ofsugar as at the year ended March 31, 2025 (Refernote 8 & 35 to the Financial Statements)
As on March 31, 2025, the Company has inventory ofsugar with the carrying value ' 1286.10 Crores. Theinventory of sugar is valued at the lower of cost andnet realizable value.
Our procedures included the following:
• We understood and tested the design and operatingeffectiveness of controls as established by themanagement in determination of net realizable valueof inventory of sugar.
• Assessing the appropriateness of Company'saccounting policy for valuation of finished goods andcompliance of the policy with the requirements of theprevailing accounting standards.
We considered the inventory valuation of sugaras a key audit matter given the relative size ofthe balance in the Financial Statements andsignificant judgment involved in the considerationof factors such as minimum sale price, monthlyquota, fluctuation in selling prices and the relatednotifications of the Government in determination ofnet realizable value.
• We considered various factors including the actualselling price prevailing around and subsequent tothe year-end, minimum selling price, monthly quotaand other notifications of the Government of India,initiatives taken by the Government with respect tosugar industries.
• Compared the cost of the finished goods with theestimated net realizable value and checked if thefinished goods were recorded at net realizable valuewhere the cost was higher than the net realizablevalue.
(2) Litigations Matters & Contingent Liabilities(Refer note 31 of the Financial Statements)
The Company is subject to claims and litigations.Major risks identified by the Company in that arearelate to claims against the Company and taxationmatters. The amounts of claims and litigations maybe significant and estimates of the amounts ofprovisions or contingent liabilities are subject tosignificant management judgment.
Due to complexity involved in these litigationmatters, management's judgment regardingrecognition and measurement of provisions for theselegal proceedings is inherently uncertain and mightchange over time as the outcomes of the legalcases are determined and it has been considered asa key audit matter.
• Assessing the procedures implemented by theCompany to identify and gather the risks it isexposed to.
• Discussion with the management on theevelopment in these litigations during the year endedMarch 31, 2025.
• Obtaining an understanding of the risk analysisperformed by the Company, with the relatingsupporting documentation and studying writtenstatements from internal/ external legal experts, whenapplicable.
• Verification that the accounting and/ or disclosuresas the case may be in the Financial Statements is inaccordance with the assessment of legal counsel/management.
• Obtaining representation letter from the managementon the assessment of those matters as per SA 580(revised)-written representations.
We have audited the accompanying FinancialStatements of Dalmia Bharat Sugar and IndustriesLimited ("the Company"), which comprise the BalanceSheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profitand Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement ofCash Flows for the year ended on that date, and notes tothe Financial Statements including a summary of materialaccounting policies and other explanatory information(hereinafter referred to as "the Financial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidFinancial Statements give the information required bythe Companies Act, 2013, ("the Act") in the manner sorequired and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe Indian Accounting Standards ("Ind AS") prescribedunder section 133 of the Act and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025 and itsprofit and other comprehensive loss, changes in equityand its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the Financial Statementsin accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SAs")specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Auditof the Financial Statements section of our report. Weare independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India ("ICAI") together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of theFinancial Statements under the provisions of the Act andthe Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled ourother ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believethat the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion onthe Financial Statements.
Attention is drawn to Note No.46 regarding merger ofBaghauli Sugar and Distillery Limited (100% Subsidiary ofthe company) by the Company. As per National CompanyLaw Tribunal "NCLT", Chennai order dated April 25th2025, Baghauli Sugar and Distillery limited gets mergedwith Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Limited witheffect from April 01st 2024 i.e. the appointed date as perthe scheme. The same is considered as "adjusting event"as per Ind AS-10 and accordingly financials for the yearended March 31st 2025 have been given effect to theabove scheme.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of above matter.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in ourprofessional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the Financial Statements of the current period.These matters were addressed in the context of our auditof the Financial Statements as a whole, and in formingour opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separateopinion on these matters. We have determined thematters described below to be the key audit matters tobe communicated in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Management Discussion andAnalysis, Board's Report including Annexures to Board'sReport, Business Responsibility & Sustainability Reportand Report on Corporate Governance and Shareholder'sinformation, but does not include the FinancialStatements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the Financial Statements does not coverthe other information and we do not express any form ofassurance conclusion 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 ismaterially inconsistent with the Financial Statements orour knowledge obtained during the course of our audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we concludethat there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. There isno material misstatement observed during the audit byus, therefore we have nothing to report in this matter.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible forthe matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act withrespect to the preparation of these Financial Statementsthat give a true and fair view of the financial position,financial performance including other comprehensiveloss, changes in equity and cash flows of the Companyin accordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectivelyfor ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the Financial Statements that give a trueand fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Financial Statements, Managementand Board of Directors are responsible for assessingthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern,disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless Board of Directors either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible foroverseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the Financial Statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements canarise from fraud or error and are considered material if,individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be
expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken based on these Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the Financial Statements, whether due to 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 financialcontrol relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances.Under Section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether theCompany has adequate internal financial controls withreference to the financial statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management'suse of the going concern basis of accounting and,based on the audit evidence obtained, whether
a material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the Financial Statements or, ifsuch disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion.Our conclusions are based on the audit evidenceobtained up to the date of our auditor's report.However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the Financial Statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the Financial Statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings,
including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance witha statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, andto communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear onour independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those chargedwith governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the FinancialStatements of the current period and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludes publicdisclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rarecircumstances, we determine that a matter should notbe communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences 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 CentralGovernment of India in terms of Section 143(11) ofthe Act, we give in the "Annexure A" a statement onthe matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we reportthat:
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 as itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, Statementof Changes in Equity and the Statement of CashFlow dealt with by this Report are in agreement withthe relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Financial Statementscomply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken
on record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025, frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to the financialstatements of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separateReport in "Annexure B". Our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operatingeffectiveness of the Company's internal financialcontrols with reference to the financial statements.
g) With respect to the Other Matters to be includedin the Auditor's Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, asamended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationgiven to us, the remuneration paid / payable bythe Company to its directors during the year is inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 ofthe Act.
h) 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 explanations givento us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations as at March 31, 2025 on itsfinancial position in its Financial Statements.Refer note 31 to the Financial Statements.
ii. The Company has made provisions, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses, ifany, on long term contracts including derivativescontracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts required to be transferred to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
iv. (a) The Management has represented to us
that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or
any other sources or kind of funds) bythe Company to or in any other personsor entities, including foreign entities("Intermediaries"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented to usthat, to the best of its knowledge andbelief no funds have been received by theCompany from any persons or entities,including foreign entities ("FundingParties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that
the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on our audit procedure conductedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that cause us tobelieve that the representation under sub¬clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11 (e), as providedunder (a) & (b) above, contain any materialmisstatement.
(v) As states in note 12 to the Financial Statements:
(a) The final dividend proposed in the previous
year, declared and paid by the Company duringthe year is in accordance with section 123, asapplicable.
(b) The interim dividend declared and paid by theCompany during the year and until the date ofthis audit report is in accordance with section123.
(c) The Board of Director of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year, which issubject to the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. The amountof dividend proposed is in accordance withSection 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(vi) Based on our examination, which included test
checks, the Company has used accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account for the financialyear ended March 31, 2025, which have a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and thesame has operated throughout the year for all thetransactions recorded in the accounting software.Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of audit trail featurebeing tampered with and the audit trail has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
For NSBP & Co.
Chartered AccountantsFirm's Registration Number: 001075N
Ram Niwas Jalan
Partner
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Place: New DelhiDate: May 13, 2025