We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of CMI LIMITED (the‘Company’), which comprise the Balance sheet as at March 31 2024, the Statement of Profitand Loss, including the statement of Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of CashFlows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended and notes to thestandalone financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,except for the effects of the matter described in the Basis for Opinion paragraph below, theaforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2024, its profit/loss (includingother comprehensive income ) changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on thatdate.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with theStandards on Auditing (SAs), as specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the ‘Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of theStandalone Financial Statements’ section of our report. We are independent of the Company inaccordance with the ‘Code of Ethics’ issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiatogether with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled ourother ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Based on our review conducted as above, we have noticed following points to our attention inthe accompanying statement of audited financial results prepared in accordance with applicableaccounting standards and other recognized accounting practices and policies which required todisclosed under the act including the manner in which it is to be disclosed, or that it contains anymaterial misstatement:
a) The Company is under corporate insolvency resolution process under the Insolvency andBankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).
b) Going Concern Concept
The accumulated losses of the company as at the close of 31st March 2024 amounting toRs. 15,153.78 lakhs as against which the paid-up capital of the company is Rs.1603.07Lakh and the losses has totally eroded the net worth of the company. The company hasbeen incurring continues losses for the past many years.
c) The Company has not complied the disclosure for the following as per IND-AS,
a. IND-AS-19: The Company has not identified, measured, quantified anddisclosure the gratuity and leave encashment and its impact on the currentfinancial statements.
d) Liabilities may arise under litigation with the income tax department, TDS and GSTdepartment could not be ascertained and calculated due to details not available with us.
e) The fixed assets register is not available hence value is taken at book value as balancebrought forward from previous years and physical verification report is also not available forthe same.
f) Confirmation of loan account, bank account and investments not available and accountbalance subject to reconciliation.
g) Quantitative details of stock not available however, value of stock is taken at book value asbalance brought forward from previous years.
h) Balances of Current Assets and Current Liabilities are subject to confirmation and any recovery fromCurrent Assets has not been ascertained.
Our opinion above on the standalone financial statements, and our report on Other Legal andRegulatory Requirements below, is not modified in respect of the above matters.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Chairman’s letter, ManagementDiscussion and Analysis, Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, CorporateGovernance and Directors’ Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements andour auditors’ 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 such other information is materiallyinconsistent with the standalone financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, weconclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required toreport that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignificance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements as awhole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on thesematters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to becommunicated.
Key audit matter
How the matter was addressed in our
audit
Revenue - Performance Obligations
The company is in the business ofmanufacturing various types of Cables andsells to customers through institutionalglobally. Sales contracts contain variousperformance obligations and other termsand the determination of when significantperformance obligations have been metvaries, albeit a specific point in time canoften be established. Consequently, thecompany has analyzed its various salescontracts and concluded on the principlesfor deciding in which period or periods theCompany's sales transactions should berecognized as revenue.
Audit Procedure Applied Our audit includedbut was not limited to the followingprocedures:
• Mapped and evaluated selected systemsand processes for revenue recognitionand tested a sample of key controls.
• Selecting a sample from each type ofcontract with the customers, and testingthe operating effectiveness of the internalcontrol, relating to identification of thedistinct performance obligations anddetermination of transaction price.
• Tested sample of sales transactions forcompliance with the company'saccounting principles.
• Read and assessed the disclosure made inthe financial statements for assessingcompliance with disclosure requirements.
Revenue — Variable Consideration
Revenue is recognized in accordance withInd AS 115, net of discounts, incentives, andrebates accrued by customers based onsales.
At the reporting date, the companyestimates and accrues for discounts andrebates they consider as having beenincurred but not yet paid.
Audit Procedure Applied Our audit
included but was not limited to the
following procedures:
• Understanding the policies andprocedures applied to revenuerecognition including an analysis ofthe effectiveness of controls related torevenue recognition processesemployed by the Company.
• Carrying out substantive analyticalprocedures, analysing the actualperformance of revenue and cost ofsales related to discounts, incentivesand rebates etc.
• Considered the terms of the contracts todetermine the transaction priceincluding any variable consideration toverify the transaction price used tocompute revenue and to test thebasic of estimation of the variableconsideration.
• Analyzing and discussing withmanagement significant contractsincluding contractual terms andconditions related to discounts,incentives and rebates used in therelated estimates.
• Reviewing disclosures included in thenotes to the accompanying financialstatements.
Emphasis of Matter
Attention is invited to Note 22(ii) under Explanatory Notes to Financial Statements regardingFinancial Liabilities-Non-Current Borrowings. As loan accounts with company's lenders had turnedNPA during the financial year, resultantly the updated loan account statements after the NPA dateare not available in some cases hence the liabilities have been recognised on the basis of latestavailable loan account statements and balances therein, the company has not accounted forliabilities towards banks/financial institutions beyond the NPA dates.
The company is in CIRP Process under the insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("theIBC") vide order of Hon'ble NCLT dated 28.07.2023. Managements and Board of Directorsof the Company (Power Suspended) as per the provisions of the IBC working underauthorization of Mr. Deepak Maini, Resolution Professional of the Company, approved thefollowing Responsibility for the Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theAct with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true andfair 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 principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified undersection 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records inaccordance 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 appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and thedesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give atrue 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 theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related togoing concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless Management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to doso.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reportingprocess.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financialstatements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, andto issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level ofassurance, but it 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 andare considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financialstatements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional scepticism throughout the audit. We are also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financialstatements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve
collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures 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 hasadequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by Management
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists,we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ report to the related disclosures in thefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditors’report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financialstatements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statementsrepresent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fairpresentation
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, theplanned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence,and where applicable, related safeguards.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditors’ Report) Order, 2020 (the ‘Order’), issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, wedisclaim our opinion on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order basedon data unavailability.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to thebest 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 theCompany so far as it appears from our examination of those books. Insofar asthe modification on maintaining an audit trail in the accounting software isconcerned, refer paragraph (i) (vi) below.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including the Statement ofOther Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement ofChanges in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books ofaccount.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with theAccounting 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 31March 2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on 31 March 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference tothese standalone financial statements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in ‘Annexure 1’ to this report.
(g) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2024has been paid/provided by the Company to its directors in accordance with theprovisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors’ Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, asamended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on itsfinancial position in its standalone financial statements - Refernote 26 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Group and its associate did not have any material foreseeablelosses in long-term contracts including derivative contracts duringthe year ended 31 March 2024:
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to betransferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by theHolding Company and its subsidiaries incorporated in India duringthe year ended 31 March 2024
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its
knowledge and belief and read with note 45(g) to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested either from borrowed funds or share premium or anyother sources or kind of funds by the Company to or in any otherperson or entity, including foreign entities (‘Intermediaries’), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or investin other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever byor on behalf of the Company (‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’) or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented that, to the best of itsknowledge and belief and read with note 45(h) to the standalonefinancial statements, no funds have been received by theCompany from any person or entity, including foreign entities(‘Funding Parties’), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (‘UltimateBeneficiaries’) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures performed that were consideredreasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid during the year by the
Company.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the
company has used an accounting software for maintaining itsbooks of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility, however the same has not been operated throughoutthe year, i.e. audit trail feature was starting during the year and hasbeen continued for the remaining part of the financial year. Further,during the course of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.Furthermore, the audit trail has been preserved by the company asper the statutory requirements for record retention.
For J MADAN & ASSOCIATES
Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration Number: 025913N
Naveen KumarPartner
Membership Number: 536759UDIN: 24536759BKCLBZ2212
Place: New DelhiDate: 07th October 2024