We have audited the accompanying Standalone FinancialStatements of Reliance Industries Limited (the “Company"),which includes its joint operations, which comprise theBalance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025, and the Statementof Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statementof Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date, andnotes to the Standalone Financial Statements, includinga summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidStandalone Financial Statements give the information requiredby the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act") in the manner sorequired and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under Section133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian AccountingStandards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS") and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India, of the stateof affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2025, and its profit,total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes inequity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(“SA"s) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further describedin the Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Codeof Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India (“ICAI") together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesmade thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidenceobtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our audit opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in formingour opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinionon these matters. We have determined the matters describedbelow to be the key audit matters to be communicated inour report.
Sr.
No.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1.
Litigation matters
The Company has certain significant ongoing legal
Our audit procedures included and were not limited to
proceedings for various complex matters with the
the following:
Government of India and other parties, continuing fromearlier years, which are as under:
• Tested the design, implementation and operating effectivenessof the controls established by the Company in the process of
1. Matters in relation to Oil and Gas:
evaluation of litigation matters.
(a)
Disallowance of certain costs under the productionsharing contract, relating to Block KG-DWN-98/3and consequent deposit of differential revenue ongas sales from D1D3 field to the gas pool accountmaintained by GAIL (India) Limited.
• Assessed the management's position through discussionswith the in-house legal expert and external legal opinionsobtained by the Company (where considered necessary) onboth, the probability of success in the aforesaid cases, and themagnitude of any potential loss.
(b)
Claim against the Company in respect of gas saidto have migrated from blocks neighbouring KGD6.
• Discussed with the management on the developmentsin respect of these litigations during the year ended 31stMarch, 2025 till the date of approval of the Standalone
(c)
Arbitration matters relating to difference in
Financial Statements.
interpretation of certain Production SharingContracts (PSC) provisions in Panna-Mukta andTapti blocks.
• Rolled out enquiry letters to the Company's legal counsel andassessed the responses received.
(d) Suit for specific performance of a contract for
• Assessed the objectivity and competence of the Company's
supply of natural gas before the Hon'ble BombayHigh Court.
legal counsel involved in the process.
• Reviewed the disclosures made by the Company in the
Refer Notes 33.3 and 33.4 to the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
Standalone Financial Statements.
• Obtained Management representation letter on the
2. Matter relating to trading in shares of ReliancePetroleum Limited ('RPL'):
Securities Appellate Tribunal judgement dated 5thNovember, 2020, dismissing the Company's appealmade in relation to Order passed by the Securities andExchange Board of India ('SEBI') under Section 11B ofthe SEBI Act, 1992 in connection with trades by theCompany in the stock exchanges in 2007 in the sharesof Reliance Petroleum Limited, then subsidiary of theCompany, against which an appeal has been filed withthe Hon'ble Supreme Court of India which is pending.
Refer Note 34 (IV) to the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
Due to complexity involved in these litigation matters,management's judgement regarding recognition,measurement and disclosure of provisions for these legalproceedings is inherently uncertain and might change overtime as the outcomes of the legal cases are determined.
Accordingly, it has been considered as a key audit matter.
assessment of these matters.
2.
Fair Valuation of Investments
As at 31st March, 2025, the Company has investments of
C 78,339 crore in Equity and Preference Shares of Jio DigitalFibre Private Limited ('JDFPL') which are measured at fair value
as per Ind AS 109 read with Ind AS 113.
These investments are Level 3 investments as per the fair
determination of fair value of the investments.
value hierarchy in Ind AS 113 and accordingly determination
• Reviewed the fair valuation reports provided by the management
of fair value is based on a high degree of judgement andinput from data that is not directly observable in the market.Further, the fair value is significantly influenced by theexpected pattern of future benefits of the tangible assets ofJDFPL (fibre assets).
by involvement of internal valuation specialists.
• Assessed the assumptions around the cash flow forecasts,discount rates, expected growth rates and its effect onbusiness and terminal growth rates used and the valuationmethodology inter-alia through involvement of the
internal specialists.
Refer Notes 2 and 36A to the Standalone
• Discussed potential changes in key drivers as compared to
previous period / actual performance with managementto evaluate the inputs and assumptions used in the cashflow forecasts.
• Assessed the objectivity and competence of our internalspecialist and Company's external experts involved inthe process.
• Reviewed the disclosures made by the Company in theStandalone Financial Statements.
• Obtained Management Representation Letter as regards to fairvaluation of these investments.
3.
Information Technology (IT) systems and controls overfinancial reporting
We identified IT systems and controls over financial reporting
Our procedures included and were not limited to
as a key audit matter for the Company because its financialaccounting and reporting systems are fundamentallyreliant on IT systems and IT controls to process significanttransaction volumes, specifically with respect to revenue andraw material consumption. Also, due to such large transactionvolumes and the increasing challenge to protect the integrity
• Assessed the complexity of the IT environment by engagingIT specialists and through discussion with the head of IT andinternal audit at the Company and identified IT applicationsthat are relevant to our audit.
of the Company's systems and data, cyber security has
• Tested the design, implementation and operating
become more significant. Automated accounting procedures
effectiveness of IT general controls over program development
and IT environment controls, which include IT governance,
and changes, access to program and data and IT operations by
IT general controls over program development and changes,
engaging IT specialists.
access to program and data and IT operations, IT application
• Performed inquiry procedures with the head of cybersecurity
controls and interfaces between IT applications, are required
at the Company in respect of the overall security architecture
to be designed and to operate effectively to ensure accurate
and any key threats addressed by the Company in the
financial reporting.
current year.
• Tested the design, implementation and operatingeffectiveness of IT application controls in the key processesimpacting financial reporting of the Company by engagingIT specialists.
• Tested the design, implementation and operatingeffectiveness of controls relating to data transmission throughthe different IT systems to the financial reporting systems byengaging IT specialists.
Information Other than theFinancial Statements and Auditor’sReport Thereon
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Annual Report, but does notinclude the Consolidated Financial Statements, StandaloneFinancial Statements and our auditor's report thereon.
• Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements doesnot cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the StandaloneFinancial Statements or our knowledge obtained duringthe course of our audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated.
• If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement of this other information,we are required to report that fact. We have nothing toreport in this regard.
Responsibilities of Managementand Board of Directors for theStandalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these Standalone Financial Statementsthat give 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 Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgements and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate 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 and Board of Directors are responsible forassessing the Company's ability to continue as a goingconcern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless the Board of Directors either intend to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible foroverseeing the 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 misstatement ofthe Standalone Financial Statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The
risk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlsrelevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)0)of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinionon whether the Company has adequate internal financialcontrols with reference to Standalone Financial Statementsin place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a
going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the Standalone FinancialStatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to 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.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in theStandalone Financial Statements that, individually or inaggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions ofa reasonably knowledgeable user of the Standalone FinancialStatements may be influenced. We consider quantitativemateriality and qualitative factors (i) in planning the scope ofour audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii)to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in theStandalone Financial Statements.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including anysignificant deficiencies in internal financial controls that weidentify during 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 of the current period and are therefore the keyaudit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor'sreport unless law or regulation precludes public disclosureabout the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not be communicated inour report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on ouraudit, we report 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 as itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income,the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement ofChanges in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone FinancialStatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on 1st April 2025 and 8th April2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors,none of the directors is disqualified as on 31stMarch, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in “Annexure A". Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacyand operating effectiveness of the Company'sinternal financial controls with reference toStandalone 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 explanations givento us, the remuneration paid by the Company to itsdirectors during the year is in accordance with theprovisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V 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 on its financial position inits Standalone Financial Statements - ReferNotes 33.3, 33.4 and 34 to the StandaloneFinancial Statements.
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses,
if any, on long-term contracts includingderivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany except for an amount of C 2 crorewhich are held in abeyance due to pendinglegal cases.
iv. (a) The Management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium orany other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any otherperson(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities (“Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, directly or indirectlylend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented,that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds have been receivedby the Company from any person(s)or entity(ies), including foreignentities (“Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, directly or indirectly, lend or investin other persons or entities identified
in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit proceduresperformed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub-clause
(i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as providedunder (a) and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. The final dividend proposed in the previousyear, declared and paid by the Companyduring the year is in accordance with Section123 of the Act, as applicable.
As stated in Note 41 to the Standalone Financial Statements, the Board of Directors of the Company has proposedfinal dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.Such dividend proposed is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software systems formaintaining its books of account for the year ended 31st March, 2025 which have the feature of recording audittrail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded inthe software systems. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audittrail feature being tampered with, and the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order") issued by the Central Government of India interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 ofthe Order.
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Date: April 25, 2025 Date: April 25, 2025