We have audited the standalone financial statements of
Graphite India Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the
Balance Sheet as at March 31 2026, the Statement of Profit
and Loss, including the Statement of Other Comprehensive
Income, the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of
Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to
the standalone financial statements, including a summary
of material accounting policies and other explanatory
information.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid
standalone financial statements give the information
required by the Companies Act, 2013, as amended (“the
Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair
view in conformity with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as
at March 31, 2026, its profit including other comprehensive
income, its cash flows and the changes in equity 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 in the ‘Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit
of the Standalone Financial Statements’ section of our
report. We are independent of the Company in accordance
with the ‘Code of Ethics’ issued by the Institute of

Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial
statements under the provisions of the Act and the
Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with these requirements
and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence
we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate 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 the standalone financial statements for the
financial year ended March 31, 2026. These matters were
addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone
financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion
thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these
matters. For each matter below, our description of how our
audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.

We have determined the matters described below to be
the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the standalone
financial statements section of our report, including in
relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included
the performance of procedures designed to respond to our
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the
standalone financial statements. The results of our audit
-procedures, including the procedures performed to address
the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion
on the accompanying standalone financial statements.

Information Other than the Financial Statements and
Auditor’s Report Thereon

The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the
other information. The other information comprises the
information included in the Annual Report, but does
not include the standalone financial statements and our
auditor’s report thereon.

Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does
not cover 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 the other
information and, in doing so, consider whether such other
information is materially inconsistent with the financial
statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or
otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on
the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a
material misstatement of this other information, we are
required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in
this regard.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with
Governance 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
the preparation of these standalone financial statements
that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance including other comprehensive
income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company
in accordance with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting
Standards (Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act
read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)
Rules, 2015, as amended. This responsibility also includes
maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance
with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the
assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting
frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of
appropriate accounting policies; making judgements and
estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and the design,
implementation and maintenance of adequate internal
financial controls, that were operating effectively for
ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting
records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of
the standalone financial statements 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,
management and Board of Directors are responsible
for assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a
going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related
to going concern and using the going concern basis of
accounting unless management either intends to liquidate
the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic
alternative but to do so.

Those 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 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 with SAs will always detect a material
misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from
fraud or error and are considered material if, individually
or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to
influence the economic decisions of users taken on the
basis of these standalone financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgement and maintain professional
skepticism 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
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
are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section
143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for
expressing our opinion on whether the Company has
adequate internal financial controls with reference
to financial statements in place and the operating
effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies
used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by management.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use
of the going concern basis of accounting and, based
on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material
uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that
may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability
to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that
a material uncertainty exists, we are required to
draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related
disclosures in the financial statements or, if such
disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our
conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained
up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future
events or conditions 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 the underlying
transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair
presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance
regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and
timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including
any significant deficiencies in internal control that we
identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a
statement that we have complied with relevant ethical
requirements regarding independence, and to communicate
with them all relationships and other matters that may
reasonably 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
most significance in the audit of the standalone financial
statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2026
and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these
matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation
precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in
extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter
should not be communicated in our report because the
adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be
expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of 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
of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of
the Act, we give in the “Annexure 1”a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, to
the extent applicable, that:

(a) We have sought and obtained all the information
and explanations which to the best of our
knowledge 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 Company
so far as it appears from our examination of
those books except for the matters stated in the
paragraph i(vi) below on reporting under Rule

11(g);

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit
and Loss including the Statement of Other
Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement
and Statement of Changes in Equity 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 Section 133 of the Act, read with
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,
2015, as amended;

(e) On the basis of the written representations
received from the directors as on March 31, 2026
taken on record by the Board of Directors, none
of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,
2026 from being appointed as a director in terms
of Section 164 (2) of the Act;

(f) The modification 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 i(vi) below
on reporting under Rule 11(g);

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to these
standalone financial statements and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate
Report in “Annexure 2” to this report;

(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration
for the year ended March 31, 2026 has been
paid/ provided by the Company to its directors
in accordance with the provisions of section 197
read with Schedule V to the Act;

(i) 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:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations on its financial position
in its standalone financial statements - Refer
Note 34 and 43 to the standalone financial
statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable
losses;

iii. There has been no delay in transferring
amounts, required to be transferred, to the
Investor Education and Protection Fund by
the Company;

iv. a) The management has represented that,

to the best of its knowledge and belief,
as disclosed in the Note 49 (v) to the
standalone financial statements, 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 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
Intermediary shall, whether, directly
or indirectly lend or invest in other
persons or entities identified in any
manner whatsoever by or on behalf of
the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”)
or provide any guarantee, security
or the like on behalf of the Ultimate
Beneficiaries;

b) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,
as disclosed in the Note 49 (vi) to the
standalone financial statements, no funds
have been received by the Company from
any person(s) or entity(ies), 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 the Funding Party
(“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any
guarantee, security or the like on behalf
of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and

c) Based on such audit procedures
performed that have been 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 (a) and (b) contain any material
misstatement.

v. The final dividend paid by the Company
during the year in respect of the same declared
for the previous year is in accordance with
section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies
to payment of dividend.

As stated in note 41 (b) to the standalone
financial statements, the Board of Directors
of the Company have proposed final dividend
for the year which is subject to the approval
of the members at the ensuing Annual
General Meeting. The dividend declared is in
accordance with section 123 of the Act to the
extent it applies to declaration of dividend.

vi. Based on our examination which included
test checks, the Company has used
accounting software for maintaining its
books of account which has a feature of
recording audit trail (edit log) facility and
the same has operated throughout the year
for all relevant transactions recorded in the
software except that, audit trail feature is not
enabled for direct changes to data when using
certain access rights, as described in Note
47 to the standalone financial statements.
Further, during the course of our audit we
did not come across any instance of audit
trail feature being tampered with, in respect
of accounting software where the audit trail
has been enabled. Additionally, the audit
trail of prior years has been preserved by the
Company as per the statutory requirements
for record retention to the extent it was
enabled and recorded in the respective years.

For S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP

Chartered Accountants

ICAI Firm Registration Number: 301003E/E300005

per Shivam Chowdhary

Partner

Membership Number: 067077
UDIN: 26067077NVAZMX2886

Place of Signature: Kolkata
Date: May 28, 2