We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of M/s Prithvi Exchange (India)Limited ("the Company"), which comprises the Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2026, the Statementof Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive income), the Statement of Changes in Equity andthe Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, and a summary of the significantaccounting policies 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, theaforesaid standalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS") and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2026 and its profit andtotal comprehensive income, changes in equity and its 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 onAuditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standardsare further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Codeof Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with theindependence requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statementsunder the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour 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 inour audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and informing our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We do not have any key audit matters that needs to be communicated in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the information included in the Company's Annual Report, but doesnot include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Our opinion onthe standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon. Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read theother information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistentwith the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our auditor otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, weconclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information; we are required to reportthat fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Management's Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equityand cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair viewand are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends toliquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financialstatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue 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 with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements. As part ofan audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks,and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, weare also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accountingand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related toevents or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statementsor, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner 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 reasonablyknowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quanfitafivemateriality and qualitafive factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluafing theresults of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any idenfified misstatements in the financialstatements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and fiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we idenfify during our audit. We also provide those chargedwith governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relafionships and other matters thatmay reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determinethose matters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statementsof the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulafion precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in ourreport because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweighthe public interest benefits of such communicafion.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Secfion 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the informafion and explanafions which to the best of ourknowledge and belief 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 Companyso far as it appears from our examinafion of those books and proper returns adequate for thepurposes of our audit have been received from the branches not visited by us.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive income,Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report arein agreement with the relevant books of account and with the returns received from thebranches not visited by us.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind ASspecified under Secfion 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2014.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31stMarch,2026 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31stMarch, 2026 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporfing of theCompany and the operafing effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in"Annexure A".
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance withthe requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our informafion and according to the explanafions given to us,the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance withRule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and tothe best of our informafion and according to the explanafions given to us:
(i) The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its standalonefinancial position.
(ii) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivafive contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
(iii) There has been delay in transferring unclaimed dividend of Rs 1,01,933/- for financialyear 2017-2018 which was required to be transferred, to the Investor Educafion andProtection Fund by the Company on or before 22/10/2025. The company hastransferred the said unclaimed dividend on 09/02/2026 to the Investor Educafion andProtection Fund.
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person or enfity, including foreignentity ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or enfifies idenfified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany ("Ulfimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ulfimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received bythe Company from any person or enfity, including foreign enfity ("Funding Parties"), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or enfifies idenfified in any
manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
(v) (a) The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company duringthe year is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(b) The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year and until the dateof this report is in compliance with Section 123 of the Act.
(c) The Board of Directors of the Company has proposed final dividend of Rs 0.50 per share forthe year.
(vi) Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended 31st March, 2026,which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during thecourse of our audit we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature beingtampered 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 CentralGovernment in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B" a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For CHANDARANA & SANKLECHA
Chartered AccountantsFirm Regn No : 0000557S
BHARAT RAJ SANKLECHA
Proprietor
Membership No : 027539Place : ChennaiDate : 23rd May 2026UDIN : 26027539BIHAZX1785