1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of NRB Bearings Limited ('the Company'),which comprise the standalone balance sheet as at 31 March 2025, the standalone statement of profit and loss(including other comprehensive income), the standalone statement of cash flows and the standalone statementof changes in equity for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including materialaccounting policy information and other explanatory information.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ('the Act') in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS')specified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 andother accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March2025, and its profit (including other comprehensive income), its cash flows and the changes in equity for the yearended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe standalone financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordancewith the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ('ICAI') together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of theAct and the rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matter
4. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our auditof the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context ofour audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters.
5. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
Key audit matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Existence and valuation of inventories
Our audit procedures relating to existence and valuationof inventories included, but were not limited to, thefollowing:
• Understood the management's process of physicalverification, valuation of inventories, identifying slow-moving obsolete inventory and NRV assessment andassessed the appropriateness of Company's accountingpolicy for valuation of inventory in accordance withInd AS 2.
• Evaluated the design and tested the operatingeffectiveness of the Company's key manual andIT application controls over physical verification,valuation of inventories, identifying slow-movingobsolete inventory and NRV assessment.
Refer Note 1.1(i) to the accompanying standalonefinancial statements for material accounting policy oninventories and Note 14 for details of inventory as at 31March 2025.
As at 31 March 2025, total value of inventories amountingto ^ 29,294 lakhs, comprising of raw material, work-in¬progress, stores and spares and finished goods, represent27% of the total assets of the Company. Such inventoriesare stored at various locations which include plants andwarehouses situated nationwide and carried at cost ornet realisable value whichever is lower.
A) Physical verification of inventories
The management has undertaken the physicalverification of inventories at periodic intervals duringthe year and shortage/excess, if any are recorded in thebooks of accounts. Owing to multiple plant locations andsignificant amount of inventories held at such locations,significant attention and audit efforts are spent by us toobtain comfort on existence of such inventories.
• Inspected management's inventory count recordsand observed physical verification conducted bymanagement for locations selected based onmateriality and risk considerations.
• Performed independent test counts on sample basisto corroborate the management count for the selectedlocations.
• Ensured that necessary adjustments have been madein the books of account basis the results of the physicalcounts performed by the management.
B) Valuation of inventories
Raw material costs include cost of purchase and othercosts incurred in bringing the inventories to their presentlocation and condition. Finished goods and work-in¬progress cost consists of direct material, labour andallocation of various production and administrationoverheads.
The valuation of inventories under work-in-progressand finished goods is complex as it is carried out acrosslocations in excel spreadsheets based on the quantitativeinputs received from the respective departments andthe valuation process involves management judgementand estimation around inputs used for overheadallocation basis various criteria, cost drivers, productmix and allocation of expenses through various stagesof production
• Verified the expenses considered as cost of conversionincluding estimates for apportionment of the cost ofconversion on the different classes of finished goodsand work-in-progress inventories, corroborated thesame with underlying records such as, books ofaccount, purchase register, cost and productionsrecords etc. and recomputed the arithmetical accuracythereof for calculating the overhead rates consideredas part of the finished goods and work-in-progressinventories for a sample of items.
• Tested on a sample basis, the appropriateness ofcapturing of cost of overheads from various processesand basis of allocation of overheads.
C) Slow-moving / obsolete / NRV (Net RealisableValue) assessment
At the end of each reporting period, management of theCompany assesses whether there is adequate provisionfor inventories on account of lower net realisablevalue and for slow-moving / obsolete inventories. TheCompany's provisioning policy is based on past trendsof usage of materials and sales forecasts which furtherinvolves estimation and uncertainty. An allowanceof ^ 6,483 lakhs is created as at 31 March 2025, forobsolescence of slow and non-moving inventories.
Owing to complexities as stated above, significanceof carrying amount of inventories and significantmanagement assumptions, estimates and judgementsinvolved, existence and valuation of inventories has beenconsidered as a key audit matter during the current yearaudit
C) Slow-moving / obsolete / NRV assessment
• Tested inventories ageing obtained through systemreports.
• Understood the management's basis for classificationof such inventories as slow and non-moving / obsoleteinventories and ensured the same is consistentlyapplied and evaluated the management's assessmentfor provisioning and estimating NRV by performing anindependent age-wise analysis of the inventory items,comparing with subsequent and recent selling prices.
• Assessed the appropriateness and adequacy ofthe related disclosures in the standalone financialstatements in accordance with the requirements ofapplicable accounting standards.
Information other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report thereon
6. The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Annual Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and ourauditor's report thereon. The Annual Report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor'sreport.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other informationis materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are requiredto communicate the matter to those charged with governance.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone FinancialStatements
7. The accompanying standalone financial statements have been approved by the Company's Board of Directors.The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respectto the preparation and presentation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view ofthe financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accountingrecords 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 accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
8. In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or tocease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
9. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
10. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report thatincludes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an auditconducted in accordance with Standards on Auditing 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, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial statements.
11. As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing, specified under section 143(10) of the act, weexercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement 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 areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls;
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management;
• Conclude on the appropriateness of Company's Board of Directors' use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, 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 a going concern.If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report tothe related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modifyour 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; and
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, includingthe disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
12. We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our audit.
13. We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters thatmay reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
14. From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes publicdisclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should notbe communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
15. As required by section 197(16) of the Act, based on our audit, we report that the Company has paid remunerationto its directors during the year in accordance with the provisions of and limits laid down under section 197 readwith Schedule V to the Act.
16. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ('the Order') issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of section 143(11) of the act, we give in Annexure A, a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
17. Further to our comments in Annexure A, as required by section 143(3) of the Act based on our audit, 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 andbelief were necessary for the purpose of our audit of the accompanying standalone financial statements;
b) Except for the matters stated in paragraph 17(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books;
c) The standalone financial statements dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with Ind AS specified under section 133of the Act;
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors and taken on record by the Boardof Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of section 164(2) of the Act;
f) The reservation relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as statedin paragraph 17 (b) above on reporting under section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 17(h)(vi), belowon reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended);
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements of the Company as on 31 March 2025 and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate report in Annexure B wherein we have expressed an unmodified opinion; and
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company, has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position as at 31 March 2025in the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses as at 31 March 2025;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2025;
iv. a. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note
56(ix) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or securities premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ('the intermediaries'), withthe 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 whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Company ('the Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note56(iii) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ('the 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 ofthe Funding Party ('Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
c. Based on such audit procedures performed as considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the managementrepresentations under sub-clauses (a) and (b) above contain any material misstatement.
v. The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2025 and untilthe date of this audit report is in compliance with section 123 of the Act.
As stated in note 45(iii) to the accompanying standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors ofthe Company have proposed final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2025, which is subject to theapproval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordancewith section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. As stated in note 56 (xi) to the standalone financial statements, and based on our examination whichincluded test checks, except for instance mentioned below, the Company, in respect of financial yearcommencing in 1 April 2024, has used an accounting software for maintaining its books of account whichhas a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has been operated throughout theyear for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we didnot come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with, other than the consequentialimpact of the exception given below. Furthermore, except for instances mentioned below the audit trailhas been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
Nature of exception noted
Details of exception
Instances of accounting software used formaintaining books of accounts for which thefeature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility wasnot operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software.
The audit trail feature was not enabled at thedatabase level for accounting software to log anydirect data changes, used for maintenance of allaccounting records by the Company.
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Place: MumbaiDate: 14 May 2025