We have audited the accompanying financial statements of National Standard (India) Limited (“the Company”), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss, including Other ComprehensiveIncome, Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the financialstatements, including material accounting policy information and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the“financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statementsgive 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 (IndianAccounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, ofthe state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and profit (including other comprehensive income), changes in equityand its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the 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 Responsibilitiesfor the Audit of the Financial Statements' section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with theCode of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that theaudit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the Director'sreport & Management Discussion and Analysis but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.The Director's report & Management Discussion and Analysis is expected to be made available to us after the date of thisauditor's report.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained inthe audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Director's report & Management Discussion and Analysis, if we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to those charged with governance under SA 720 'TheAuditor's responsibilities relating to other information'.
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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changesin equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, includingthe Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the 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 concernbasis of accounting unless the Board of Directors 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.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 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 assuranceis a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese financial statements.
We give in “Annexure A” a detailed description of Auditor's responsibilities for Audit of the Financial Statements.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government of Indiain terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. 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 and beliefwere 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 it appears fromour examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including other comprehensive income, the Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure C”.
(g) 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, 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 financial statements- Refer Note 27 to the financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fundby the Company.
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 sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
B) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenreceived by the Company 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, thatthe Company shall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
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 inthis regard, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e) as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination, which includes test checks, the Company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the courseof our audit, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, theaudit trail of prior year has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
3. In our opinion, according to information, explanations given to us, there is no remuneration paid by the Company to itsdirectors during the year and hence provisions of section 197 is not applicable to the Company.
For M S K A & Associates
Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration No. 105047W
Mayank Vijay Jain
Partner
Membership No. 512495
UDIN: 25512495BMJBMR5166
Place: Mumbai
Date: April 17, 2025