We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Jindal Poly Films Limited ("the Company"), whichcomprise the Standalone Balance sheet as at March 31 2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss including OtherComprehensive Income, the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flowsfor the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of material accountingpolicies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the standalone financial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its profit including other comprehensive income, the changes in equity andits 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 Standards on Auditing (SAs),as specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described inthe 'Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements' section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the 'Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key auditmatters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1.
Valuation of Non-Current and Current Invest¬ments:
We refer to notes 4 and 9 to the standalone fi¬nancial statements. As at March 31, 2025, thetotal carrying amount of investments were Rs.4,60,692.32 lakhs. Investments mainly includesequity shares, preference shares, bonds, Alter¬nate Investment Funds and mutual funds. Fairvaluation of unquoted investments involvessignificant estimation uncertainty, subjectiveassumptions and the application of significantjudgment. This was an area of focus for our auditand the area where significant audit effort wasdirected.
How our audit addressed the key audit matter:
Our audit procedures included updating our understand¬ing of the processes employed by the Company for ac¬counting and valuing their investments. We have reviewedyear end confirmation of mutual fund and other deposi¬tory participants. We have verified that the Company wasthe recorded owner of all investments. Our audit proce¬dures over the valuation of the Investments included re¬viewing valuation of all material investments held as atMarch 31, 2025. We have reviewed those material invest¬ments, where probability of realization is very low, shouldnot be carried forward. Based on the audit proceduresperformed we are satisfied with existence and valuationof investment as at March 31, 2025.
2.
Evaluation of uncertain positions of duty, tax-
es and Cess:
We have obtained details of complete duty, taxes and cess
Refer Notes 29 and 42.01 to the financial state-
assessments and demands raised till signing of this report
ments.
from management. We considered management's assess-
The Company has material uncertain positions ofduty, taxes & cess including matters under dis¬pute which involves significant judgment to de¬termine the possible outcome of these disputes.
ment of the validity and adequacy of provisions for uncer¬tain positions of duty, taxes and cess evaluating the basisof assessment and reviewing relevant correspondenceand legal advice where available including any informa¬tion regarding similar cases with the relevant tax authori-
There are several pending duty, taxes and cess
ties. We have discussed the management's assumptions in
demands against the Company across various ju-
estimating the provisions and the possible outcome of the
risdictions. Accordingly, management exercises
disputes.
its judgement in estimation of provision requiredin respect of such cases. The evaluation of man¬agement's judgements, including those thatinvolve estimations in assessing the likelihoodthat a pending claim will succeed, or a liabilitywill arise, and the quantification of the ranges ofpotential financial settlement have been a matterof most significance during the current year au¬dit. Accordingly, due to complexity/ judgementinvolved in outcome of these dispute. Uncertainpositions of duty, taxes and cess were determinedto be a key audit matter in our audit of the stand¬alone financial statements.
In respect of various duty, taxes and cess demands andliabilities, we assessed the appropriateness of manage¬ment's assumptions, estimates and disclosure / adjust¬ments in the standalone financial statements.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theinformation included in the Directors' Report, Management's Discussion & Analysis, Report on Corporate Governanceand Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting including Annexures, but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor's reports thereon. The Annual Report is expected to be made available to us afterthe date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears tobe 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. When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that thereis a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance andtake necessary actions, as applicable under the applicable laws and regulations.
Responsibilities of Management for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)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 the assets of the Company and for preventing and detectingfrauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair v'ew and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concernbasis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has norealistic alternative but 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 freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance withSAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit ev'dence that is sufficientand appropriate to prov'de a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting 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 audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act 2013, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based onthe audit ev'dence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists 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's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditev'dence obtained 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 and content of the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our auditwork 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 governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing ofthe audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify duringour audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key auditmatters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about thematter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefitsof such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the "Annexure A" a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. A. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief 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 so far as itappears from our examination of those books except for the matters stated in paragraph 2B(f) below onreporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014;
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss including Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flows anddealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards(Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act;
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) The modifications relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are asstated in the paragraph 2B(f) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rules, 2014
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to these standalone financialstatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Reportin "Annexure B" to this report;
B. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financialstatements - Refer Note 42.01 to the standalone financial statements;
b. The Company did not have any material foreseeable losses in long-term contracts including derivativecontracts;
c. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company;
d. (i). The management has represented that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, as disclosed in
the Note 61(e) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaries shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(ii) . The management has represented, that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the
Note 61(e) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been received by the Companyfrom any persons or entities, including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding,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 manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(iii) . Based on such audit procedures, we have considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub¬clause d(i) and d(ii) contain any material misstatement;
e. As stated in Note 59 to the standalone financial statements
i. The dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during the year is inaccordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
ii. The Board of Directors of the Company have proposed dividend for the year which is subject to theapproval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividend proposed isin accordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
f. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software (SAP)for maintaining books of accounts which has the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility howeverthe audit trail facility was not enabled throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the SAPat application level and also at the database level. Further in respect of audit trail, the Company has notcomplied with the statutory requirements for records retention.
C. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor's Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the managerial remunerationpaid/ provided by the Company for the year ended March 31, 2025 is in accordance with the provisions ofsection 197 read with Schedule V to the Act;
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