1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Life Insurance Corporation of India ("the Corporation"),which comprise of the standalone balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the standalone revenue account (also called the“Policyholders’ Account” or the “Technical Account”), standalone profit and loss account (also called the “Shareholders’Account” or the “Non - Technical Account”) and the standalone receipts and payments account (also called as the “CashFlow Statement”) for the year ended March 31 2025, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation, in which are included 8 Zonal Offices, 113 Divisional Offices and 77 units of Pension & Group Schemes auditedby the zonal/divisional auditors appointed by the Corporation and the returns of 3 foreign branches (Fiji, Mauritius, UnitedKingdom) audited by their respective local auditors and for 1 branch (GIFT City, India) audited by one of the Corporationauditors.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements are prepared, in accordance with the Life Insurance Corporation Act 1956 ( the “LIC Act”), as amended,the Insurance Act, 1938 (the “Insurance Act”), as amended, Insurance Regulatory and Development Act, 1999 (the “IRDAAct”), (Actuarial Finance and Investment Functions of Insurers) Regulation, 2024, including orders/ directions/ circulars issuedby the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (“IRDAI”), including the accounting standards specified undersection 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable and in the manner so required and give a true and fair viewin conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in India, as applicable to insurance companies:
i. in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Corporation as at March 31,2025;
ii. in the case of the Revenue Account, of the net surplus for the year ended on that date;
iii. in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit for the year ended on that date; and
iv. in the case of the Receipts and Payments Account, of the receipts and payments for the year ended on that date.
3. We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SA’s) issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described inthe auditors’ responsibilities for the audit of Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Corporationin accordance with the code of ethics issued by the ICAI together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the financial statements under the provisions of the LIC Act, as amended, the Insurance Act, as amended; the IRDA Act;Regulations and orders / circulars issued by IRDAI and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance withthese requirements and the code of ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
4. We invite attention to the following notes to the standalone financial statements under Schedule 15A(C):
a) Note No. 20, wherein it is mentioned that pursuant to regulatory approval received by the Corporation, an amountof ' 9,280.37 crore pertaining to additional contribution due to increase in family pension is being amortised over 20quarters commencing from Q3 of the FY 2023-24 amounting to ' 464.02 crore per quarter. Accordingly, an aggregateamount of ' 1,856.08 crore has been charged to Revenue Account over four quarters during the year ended March31, 2025.The balance amount of ' 6,496.25 crore shall be amortised over the subsequent quarters upto Q2 of theFY 2028-29.
b) Note No. 21, wherein it is mentioned that pursuant to regulatory approval received by the Corporation, an amount of' 7,230.09 crore in Par segment pertaining to excess Expenses of Management for the FY 2022-23 shall be replenishedfrom Shareholders' account in equal annual instalments not exceeding three, commencing from Q1 of the FY 2024¬2025. Accordingly, an aggregate amount of ' 2,410.03 crore has been replenished from the Shareholders’ account overfour quarters during the year ended March 31,2025. The balance amount of ' 4,820.05 crore shall be replenished fromShareholders’ account over the subsequent quarters upto Q4 of the FY 2026-27.
c) Note No. 22, wherein it is mentioned that pursuant to regulatory approval received by the Corporation, an amount of' 5,477.10 crore towards additional pension liability pertaining to Par segment is being charged to the Shareholdersaccount over a period not exceeding three years commencing from the FY 2024-2025. Accordingly, an aggregateamount of ' 1,825.68 crore has been charged to Shareholders’ account over four quarters during the year ended, March31, 2025. The balance amount of ' 3,651.42 crores shall be charged to Shareholders’ account over the subsequentquarters upto Q4 of the FY 2026-27.
5. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financialstatements of the current year. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a wholeand in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined thematter below to be the key audit matter to be communicated in our report.
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matters
Classification and Valuation of Investments (31.03.2025:
We have carried out the following key audit procedures:
' 53,04,249.98 crore)
•
Understood the Corporation’s process and procedures
(Refer Schedule 8, 8A, 8B, 9 and 11 of the financial statements.
and tested controls to ensure proper classification and
Refer schedule 15A(A)6 to the financial statements for
valuation/ impairment of investments.
accounting policy.)
Tested recording of investments on sample basis and
The Corporation’s investment portfolio is bifurcated into linked
verified classification of investments and compliance with
and non-linked. The investment portfolio forms significant
Investment Regulations and policies approved by Board
portion of the total assets of the Corporation.
of Directors of the Corporation.
As prescribed by Insurance Regulatory and Development
Assessed valuation of securities to examine whether the
Authority of India (the “IRDAI”), all investments should be in
same is in accordance with the Investment Regulations
accordance with the Insurance Regulatory and Development
and Corporation’s accounting policies.
Authority of India (Actuarial, Finance and Investment Functionsof Insurers) Regulations, 2024 (the “Investment Regulations”)and policies approved by Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Tested impairment/provision of securities (includingreversal), which have been observed and are inaccordance with the Investment Regulations and
Also, all investments should be valued as prescribed in
Corporation’s impairment policies.
the Investment Regulations which prescribe the valuationmethodology to be adopted for each class of investments.
In respect of unlisted and other than actively tradedinvestments, we evaluated the Corporation’s valuation
The unlisted or other than actively traded investments are
methodology and assumptions and corroborated these
measured at historical cost less provision for diminution/
with Investment Regulations and Corporation’s internal
impairment, which involves management judgement and
policies including those related to impairment.
estimate.
For any changes in ratings of the investee company,
Further, due to the reassessment of the investee company’s
we examined the Corporation’s assessment with the
rating, there could be a need for reclassification of investment
Investment Regulations and Corporation’s internal
and consequent impact on its valuation / impairment keeping inview the Investment Regulations and/ or Corporation’s internalpolicies.
policies for reclassification and valuation.
Hence, the valuation of investments was considered to be oneof the areas which required our significant attention and wasone of the key audit matters due to the materiality of total valueof investments to the financial statements.
• We have perused the available concurrent audit reportson investments.
Based on the work carried out, we did not come across anysignificant matter which indicates that the investments were notproperly classified or valued.
Appropriateness of the Timing of Revenue Recognition
Refer Revenue Account of the standalone financial statements.
During the year, the Corporation has recognised net premiumincome of ' 4,88,148.17crore.
We have focused on this area because of the significantconcentration of revenue during the last quarter of financial year(including cut-off at the Balance sheet date). Due to the natureof the industry, revenue is skewed towards the balance sheetdate. Hence, there is possibility that policy sales of the nextfinancial year are accounted in the current period.
Our procedures included the following:
• Understood and evaluated the design and operatingeffectiveness of process and controls relating torecognition of revenue.
• Testing of key controls for ensuring that the revenue hasbeen accrued in the correct accounting period.
• Tested on a sample basis the policies at the year end toconfirm if related procedural compliances with regard toacceptability of the terms of policy were completed beforethe year end to ensure appropriate accounting of revenue.
• Tested on a sample basis unallocated premium / proposaldeposit/ premium deposit to ensure that there were nopolicies where risk commenced prior to balance sheet butrevenue was not recognised.
Based on the work carried out, we did not come across any
significant matter which indicates that the revenue recognition is
not accounted in the correct period.
Contingencies relating to certain matters pertaining toDirect & Indirect Tax
The Corporation has material uncertain tax positions includingmatters under dispute which involves significant judgmentto determine the possible outcome of these disputes. TheCorporation has disputes pending at various levels of taxauthorities over the past several years.
The management with the help of its expert, as needed, havemade judgments relating to the likelihood of an obligation arisingand whether there is a need to recognise a provision or disclosea contingent liability.
We have considered Litigations and claims as Key Audit Matterbecause the estimates on which these amounts are basedinvolve a significant degree of management judgment, includingaccounting estimates that involves high estimation uncertainty.
• Understood Management’s internal instructions, processand control for determining and estimating the taxlitigations, other litigations and claims and its appropriateaccounting and/or disclosure;
• Discussed pending matters with the Corporation’s legalcounsel and in-house tax experts;
• Reviewed the management’s underlying assumptions inestimating the tax provision, the possible outcome of thedisputes, legal precedence and other rulings in evaluatingmanagement’s position on these uncertain tax positions.
• Relied upon the management judgements, industrylevel deliberations and estimates for possible outflowand opinion of internal experts/ External Tax Advisors/lawyers of the Corporation in relation to such disputed taxpositions
Based on the work performed, in view of the contingenciesrelating to certain matters pertaining to Direct & Indirect Tax,we determined the extent of provisioning and disclosure ofcontingent liabilities as at March 31,2025 to be reasonable.
6. The Corporation’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the annual report, but does not include the financial statements and our auditors’ report thereon. The annual reportis expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditors’ 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 identified abovewhen it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financialstatements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the annual report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we will communicate the matterto those charged with governance.
7. The Corporation's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and presentation of these Standalone FinancialStatements in terms of the requirements of the LIC Act, as amended, so that they give a true and fair view of the balance sheet,the revenue account, the profit and loss account and the receipts and payments account of the Corporation, in accordance withaccounting principles generally accepted in India including the provisions of the LIC Act, as amended , the Insurance Act, asamended read with the IRDA Act, the Regulations, order/ directions issued by the IRDAI in this regard and in accordance withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the accounting standards specified under section 133 of theCompanies Act, 2013 to the extent applicable and in the manner so required.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the LICAct, as amended, the Insurance Act, as amended; IRDA Act; Regulations and orders / circulars issued by the IRDA forsafeguarding of the assets of the Corporation and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements 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 is responsible for assessing the Corporation’s ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless management either intends to liquidate the Corporation or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to doso.
The Corporation's Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Corporation’s financial reporting process.Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements.
8. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will alwaysdetect 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 thebasis of these standalone financial statements.
9. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughoutthe audit. We also:
i. Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud ishigher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations,or the override of internal controls.
ii. Obtain an understanding of the internal controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances.
iii. Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management.
iv. Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubton the ability of the Corporation to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, ifsuch disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained upto the date of our auditors’ report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Corporation to cease to Continueas a going concern.
v. 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 thatachieves fair presentation.
vi. Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the departments/ units of Central officeto express an opinion on the standalone financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision andperformance of the audit of the financial statements of departments/ units of Central office included in the standalonefinancial statements of which we are the independent auditors. For the zones/ divisions/ branches/ units included in thestandalone financial statements, which have been audited by other auditors, such other auditors remain responsible forthe direction, supervision and performance of the audits carried out by them. We remain solely responsible for our auditopinion.
10. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal controls that we identify during our audit.
11. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought tobear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
12. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
13. The actuarial valuation of liabilities for life policies in force is the responsibility of the Corporation’s Appointed Actuary (the"Appointed Actuary"). The actuarial valuation of these liabilities for life policies in force and for policies in respect of whichpremium has been discontinued but liability exists as at March 31,2025 has been duly certified by the Appointed Actuary andin his opinion, the assumptions for such valuation are in accordance with the guidelines and norms issued by the InsuranceRegulatory and Development Authority of India (“IRDAI"/ "Authority") and the Institute of Actuaries of India in concurrence withthe Authority. We have relied upon the Appointed Actuary's certificate in this regard for forming our opinion on the valuation
of liabilities for life policies in force and for policies in respect of which premium has been discontinued but liability exists, ascontained in the standalone financial statements/ information of the Corporation.
14. The audited financial statements/ information of the 4 foreign branches (United Kingdom, Mauritius, Fiji and GIFT City, India)included in the Standalone Financial Statements reflect total assets of ' 5,090.08 crores as at March 31, 2025 total revenue of' 653.21 crores and net profit of ' 58.69 crores for the year ended March 31, 2025. Our opinion on the standalone financialstatements, in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of these 3 foreign branches is based solelyon report of such other auditors and for 1 branch audited by one of the corporation auditors.
15. The financial statements / information of 8 Zonal Offices, 113 Divisional Offices (DO) (including branches there under) and77 units of Pension & Group Schemes (P&GS) included in the Standalone Financial Statements of the Corporation, have beenaudited by the zonal/ divisional auditors, whose reports have been furnished to us, and our opinion in so far as it relates tothe amounts and disclosures included in respect of zones/ divisions / branches, is based solely on the report of such zonal/divisional auditors.
The information of total assets and total revenue in respect of the branches are not separately compiled as the divisions receiveonly trial balances of each branch, which are consolidated at division level and thereafter at zonal level.
16. The Standalone Financial Statements includes figures for the year ended March 31,2024, audited by the joint auditors of theCorporation, one of whom was a predecessor audit firm, where they had expressed an unmodified opinion on such standalonefinancial statements vide their report dated May 27, 2024.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of the above matters.
17. As required by the Regulations, we have issued a separate certificate dated May 27, 2025 certifying the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of Part III to the Regulations.
18. The Actuarial Valuation of liabilities for life policies in force and policies in respect of which premium has been discontinued butliability exists as at March 31, 2025 is the responsibility of the Corporation’s appointed actuary (‘the Appointed Actuary’). TheAppointed Actuary has duly certified the actuarial valuation of liabilities and the fund for future appropriation for life policies inforce and policies in respect of which premium has been discontinued but liability exists as at March 31,2025 and in his opinionthe assumptions for such valuation are in accordance with the guidelines and norms issued by the Insurance Regulatoryand Development Authority of India and the Institute of Actuaries of India in concurrence with the Insurance Regulatory andDevelopment Authority of India. We have relied upon the Appointed Actuary’s Certificate in this regard for forming our opinionon the valuation of liabilities and the fund for future appropriation for life policies in force and for polices in respect of whichpremium has been discontinued but liability exists in the financial statements of the Corporation.
19. Further, to our comments in the Certificate referred to in paragraph 17 above, as required under the Part III of Regulation 3 ofIRDA Regulations and also as required under sub section (3) of Section 25B to the LIC Act (as amended) we report that;
i. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit and have found them to be satisfactory.
ii. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, proper books of accountas required by law have been maintained by the Corporation so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
iii. In our opinion proper returns of zones/ divisional offices and branches have been received and found them adequate forthe purpose of audit;
iv. The Balance sheet, Revenue account, Profit and Loss account and the Receipts and Payments Account dealt with bythis report are in agreement with the books of account and returns;
v. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the Investments havebeen valued in accordance with the provisions of the Insurance Act, Regulations and orders / directions issued by IRDAin this behalf;
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the accounting policiesadopted by the Corporation are appropriate and are in compliance with the applicable accounting standards specifiedunder section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent not inconsistent with the accounting principles prescribedin the IRDA Regulations and orders / directions / circulars issued by IRDA in this regard.
vii. No directors are disqualified as per clause (i) of section 4A of the LIC Act (as amended).
viii. There are no qualification or adverse remarks relating to maintenance of accounts and matters connected therewith;
ix. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Corporation and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in “Annexure A”.
x. 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 givento us:
a) The Corporation has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its financial statements.
b) The Corporation has made provision as at March 31, 2025, as required under the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts.
c) There are no amounts which are required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCorporation for the year ended March 31,2025.
d) i. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in
the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Corporation to or in any other person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Corporation ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries to the financial statements);
ii. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosedin the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the Corporation from any person(s) orentity(ies),including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Corporation shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities 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
iii. Based on such audit procedures that we 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 (ii) above contain any material misstatement.
e) The final dividend paid by the Corporation during the year in respect of the same declared for the previous yearis in accordance with section 123 of the Companies Act 2013 to the extent it applies to payment of dividend. Asstated in Schedule 15A(C) Note No. 30 to the Standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of theCorporation have proposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at theensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividend proposed is in accordance with section 123 of the Actas applicable.
f) Based on our examination which included test checks, the Corporation has used accounting softwares formaintaining its books of account, which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same haveoperated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the respective software except that:
i) All eFeap servers including DB servers are under Privilege Access Management(PAM). In PAM system logsof all commands executed are captured and recorded. However, audit transaction log in Database is notenabled due to performance and space issues, but transaction level logs of eFeap can be derived from therelevant module tables (history tables). Also database transaction log is available as mySQLbinlog.
ii) In case of ePGS, audit transaction log in Database is not enabled due to performance and space constraints.However, data required for audit is maintained in the history table of the respective module. In addition to thisthe application log, server log, LB logs are also captured to augment the audit data. Tansaction level logs ofePGS can be derived from the relevant module tables.
Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instances of audit trail feature beingtampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by the Corporation as per the statutory requirementsfor record retention.
20. The Corporation has paid/ provided for managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by theprovisions of Section 197 of the Act and Section 34A of the Insurance Act.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
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CA L V Saptharishi CA Dharmista Shah
Partner Partner
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UDIN: 25127055BMOCPC9743 UDIN: 25108845BMFXSG4800
Place: MumbaiDate: May 27th, 2025