Valuation of investment in subsidiaries:
Our audit procedures included the following:
Investment in subsidiaries is accounted for at cost less
Testing design, implementation and operating effectiveness of
impairment loss, if any, in the Company's standalone financial
controls in respect of
statements. Investments are tested for impairment if impairmentindicators exist. Such indicators exist for the investment in twosubsidiaries and the recoverable amount is estimated in orderto determine the extent of the impairment loss, if any. Any such
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management's assessment of existence of indicators ofimpairment and the financial information used for the purpose ofdetermination of impairment
impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Profit and
where applicable, determination of recoverable amounts to
Loss.
measure the impairment provision that needs to be accountedfor
Significant Management estimates and judgement is requiredin the area of impairment testing, particularly in assessing:
process of involvement of experts and review of reports providedby experts.
(1) whether an event has occurred that may indicate that the
investment values may not be recoverable;
Substantive testing procedures included:
evaluation of appropriateness of management's estimates and
(2) financial information used for the purpose of impairment
judgement whether any indicators of impairment existed by
assessment including investee company's operations andbusiness performance;
reviewing financial and other available information/data.
evaluation of the financial information used for the impairment
(3) whether the carrying value of investment can be supported
assessment to the underlying source details including the
by the recoverable amount, being fair value less costs tosell, calculated based on discounted cash flow method
financial statements of the subsidiaries.
including key assumptions to be applied in valuation viz.
evaluated the reasonableness of key assumptions and inputs
future revenues, operating margins and discount rates.
in the cash flow forecasts (including revenue, operating margin,discount rate) considering the current economic scenario,
In view of the foregoing, valuation of investment in twosubsidiaries (i.e. Jio Payment Solutions Limited and Jio Leasing
understanding of the business and inputs from internal valuationspecialists.
Services Limited) has been identified as a Key Audit Matter.
assessed the sensitivity of the outcome of impairment assessment
As at March 31, 2025, carrying value of such investmentsaggregates ^415.89 in crore.
in response to changes in the said key assumptions.
Refer Note 4 to the standalone financial statements.
We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statementsof Jio Financial Services Limited (Formerly known as RelianceStrategic Investments Limited) (the "Company”), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, and the Statementof Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income),the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes inEquity for the year ended on that date, and notes to the financialstatements, including a summary of material accounting policiesand other explanatory information for the year ended on that date(hereinafter referred to as "the Standalone Financial Statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act”) in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity with theIndian Accounting Standards notified under section 133 of theAct, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015 as amended from time to time (hereinafter referredto as "the Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as atMarch 31, 2025, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cashflows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing (hereinafter referredto as "the SAs”) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further described in the"Auditors' Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements” section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India (hereinafter referredto as "the ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgement, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements for the year ended March 31,2025. These matters were addressed in the context of our auditof the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in formingour opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. We have determined the matters described belowto be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Board's report, Report on Corporate Governanceand Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, but doesnot include the consolidated financial statements, standalonefinancial statements and our auditors' report thereon.
• Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any form ofassurance 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 the other information is materially inconsistentwith the standalone financial statements or our knowledgeobtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears tobe materially misstated.
• If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the mattersstated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparationof these standalone financial statements that give a true and fairview of the financial position, financial performance includingother comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equityof the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the Ind AS. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assetsof the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and otherirregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgements and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuringthe accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the financial statements thatgive a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management andBoard 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 concern basisof accounting unless the Board of Directors either intend to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whetherthe standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issuean auditors' report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud orerror and are considered 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 financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with the SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgement and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thestandalone 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 toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resultingfrom error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, weare also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether theCompany has adequate internal financial controls with referenceto standalone financial statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of thegoing concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubton the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosuresin the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based onthe audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report.However, future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thestandalone financial statements, including the disclosures,and whether the standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalonefinancial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makesit probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements maybe influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitativefactors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluatingthe results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identifiedmisstatements in the standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the auditand significant audit findings, including any significant deficienciesin internal financial controls that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationshipsand other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of thecurrent period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
The standalone financial statements of the Company for the yearended March 31, 2024, was conducted as per the Act by the JointStatutory Auditors, one of them being the predecessor audit firmand had expressed unmodified opinion vide their audit report datedApril 19, 2024.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements is not modifiedin respect of this matter.
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit, we
report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations 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 lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement ofCash Flows and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt withby this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statementscomply with the Ind AS notified under Section 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended from time to time.
e) On the basis of the written representations received fromthe directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified ason 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 financialcontrols with reference to standalone financial statementsof the Company and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure A”. Ourreport expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacyand operating effectiveness of the Company's internalfinancial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended inour opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its standalonefinancial statements - Refer Note 30 to the standalonefinancial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts that were required to betransferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. a) The Management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the financial statements no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the Company to or inany other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreignentities ("Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend orinvest 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 UltimateBeneficiaries.
b) The Management has represented, that, to the bestof its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in thefinancial statements, no funds have been receivedby the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly,lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theFunding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
c) Based on the audit procedures performed that havebeen considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice thathas 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. As stated in note 39 to the standalone financialstatements, the Board of Directors of the Companyhas proposed final dividend for the year which issubject to the approval of the members at the ensuingAnnual General Meeting. Such dividend proposed is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks,the Company has used accounting software systemsfor maintaining its books of account for the financialyear ended March 31, 2025 which have the featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software systems. Further,during the course of our audit we did not come acrossany instance of the audit trail feature being tamperedwith and the audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirements for recordretention.
2. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor'sReport in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16)of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during theyear is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of theAct.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020("the Order”) issued by the Central Government in terms ofSection 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B” a statementon the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For LODHA & CO LLP For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 301051E/ Firm Registration No. 117365W
E300284
R. P. Singh Vishal L. Parekh
Partner Partner
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UDIN: UDIN: 25113918BMKWFR5713
25052438BMONNA3888
Place: Mumbai
Place: Mumbai Date: April 17, 2025
Date: April 17, 2025