We have audited the financial statements of Gagan Gases Limited, which comprises the Balancesheet as at 31st March 2024, and the statement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), The statement of changes in equity and statement of Cash flows for the year thenended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accountingpolicies 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 Act in themanner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the State of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, andprofit, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date 31 March, 2024.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Fi nancial Statements section of ourreport. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued bythe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we haveobtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significancein our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. NIL
Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Reportincluding Annexures to Board's Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate GovernanceReport, and Shareholder Information, but does not include the standalone financial statementsand our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and wedo not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to readthe other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during thecourse of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement ofthis other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in thisregard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements 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 generallyaccepted in India, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing anddetecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate implementationand maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statement thatgive a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company'sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concernand using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. Those Board ofDirectors are also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor'sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not aguarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a materialmisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SA, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit.
A further description of the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the standalone Financialstatements is included in “Annexure A”. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order"), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013, wegive in the Annexure “B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order,to the extent applicable.
As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
• We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best ofour knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
• In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
• The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
• In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the IndianAccounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015
• On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March,2023 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on31st March, 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of theAct.
• With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting ofthe Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separateReport in “Annexure C”.
• With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended : In our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act.
• With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to the explanations given to us:-
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigation on its financial position inits financial statements - the Company does not have any pending litigation which would impactits financial position.
ii The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivativecontracts - the Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts forwhich there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii.There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of it's knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) bythe 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 mannerwhatsoever 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,other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by thecompany from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether, directlyor indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by oron behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or thelike on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures that have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a)and (b) above, contain any material mis-statement.
v. No dividend have been declared or paid during the year by the company.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used anaccounting software for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audittrail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is aplicable from April 1 , 2023reporting under Rule 11 (g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors ) Rules 2014 , on preservation ofAudit Trail as per the Statutory requirements for record retention is not applicable for the FY ended31.03.2024 .
DILIP K. NEEMA & ASSOCIATESChartered AccountantsFRN : 005279CCA. Dilip Neema(Proprietor)
(Membership No. 074067)
UDIN : 24074067BKFAHS3025Place of Signature: INDOREDate: 30.05.2024