We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of IFB Agro Industries Limited (“the Company”), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements,including material accounting policy information and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the “standalonefinancial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act') in the manner so required and give a true and fair viewin conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at March 31,2025, profit (including other comprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year endedon that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the 'Auditor's Responsibilities for theAudit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements' 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 ethical requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by usis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financialstatements for the year ended March 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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How the Key Audit Matters was addressed in our audit
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Revenue recognition
The Company derives its revenue from sale ofspirits, spirituous beverages, marine productsand other allied products.
Revenue is recognised when the Companysatisfies performance obligations under theterms of the contract with customers bytransferring controls of the products being soldto customers. This requires detailed analysis ofthe same regarding timing of revenuerecognition. Inappropriate assessment couldlead to the risk of revenue getting recognisedbefore control has been transferred. Revenue is akey performance indicator of the Company,consequently, revenue recognition has beenidentified as a key audit matter.
Our audit procedures in respect of this area included:
• We assessed the compliance of the Company's accounting policies with therequirements pursuant to Ind AS 115 - Revenue from contracts with customers.
• We tested the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of keyinternal financial controls and processes for revenue recognition along witheffectiveness of information technology controls, relevant therein.
• We performed test of details on the invoices and shipping documents forrevenue transactions recorded during the period closer to the year-end andsubsequent to the year-end to verify appropriateness of cut-off for recognitionof revenue.
• On a sample basis, we tested revenue transactions recorded during the year, byverifying the underlying documents, including invoices and shippingdocuments for assessing the fulfilment of performance obligations completedduring the year; we also analysed the timing of recognition of revenue and anyunusual contractual terms therein.
• We assessed the adequacy and completeness of disclosures in the standalonefinancial statements pursuant to the requirement of Ind AS 115, Revenue fromcontracts with customers.
Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the annual report butdoes not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The annual report is expected to be made availableto us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified abovewhen it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalonefinancial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the annual report if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matterto those charged with governance under SA 720 'The Auditor's responsibilities Relating to Other Information'
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation ofthese standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the AccountingStandards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively forensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalonefinancial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance, but is not a guarantee 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, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
We give in “Annexure A” a detailed description of Auditor's responsibilities for Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements.
Other Matter
The standalone financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2024, were audited by another auditor whose reportdated May 28, 2024 expressed an unmodified opinion on those standalone financial statements.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government of India in terms
of sub-section (11) of section 143 ofthe Act, we give in “Annexure B”, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4
of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) ofthe Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary 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 appears from ourexamination of those books except for the matter stated in the paragraph 2 (h) (vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g);
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensive income), the Statement of Changes inEquity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section133 ofthe Act;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by the Board ofDirectors, none of the directors are disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section164 (2) ofthe Act;
(f) The reservation relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in paragraph 2 (b)above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph 2 (h) (vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g);
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure C”;
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financialstatements - Refer Note 33 (a) to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any materialforeseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
iv. A. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, 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 theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
B. The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by theCompany from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Parties), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, as on the date of this audit report, that the Company shall, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
C. Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, and according to the information and explanations provided to us by the Management in this regardnothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e) as provided under (A) and (B) above, contain any material mis-statement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used two accounting softwares for maintainingits books of account. One ofthe softwares, has a feature ofrecording the audit trail (edit log) facility, except that the audittrail feature at the application level was enabled from November 11, 2024, but was not enabled throughout the year forcertain relevant tables and also not enabled at the database level to log any direct changes for the entire year as explainedin Note 43 to the standalone financial statements. Additionally, in previous year the audit trail feature was not enabled inthe accounting software and accordingly we are unable to comment whether the audit trail of the previous year has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention prescribed under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
In case of the second accounting software (managed and maintained by third-party software service provider) inabsence of sufficient and appropriate audit evidence (including inadequate coverage in SOC report) we are unable tocomment whether the accounting software has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and whether the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software or whether there is any instance ofaudit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, we are unable to comment whether the audit trail of prior year hasbeen preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
Further, where enabled, the audit trail feature has operated for the relevant transactions recorded in the accountingsoftwares. Also, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature beingtampered with in respect of such accounting softwares.
3. In our opinion, according to information, explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors is withinthe limits laid prescribed under Section 197 read with Schedule V ofthe Act and the rules thereunder.
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Date: May 29, 2025 UDIN: 25060568BMJJRQ7832