We have audited the standalone financial statements ofReliance Power Limited (“the Company”), which comprisethe Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, theStandalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), Standalone Statement of Cash Flowsand Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity for the yearthen ended, and notes to the standalone financial statementsincluding a summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (“hereinafter referred to as “standalonefinancial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act,2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsprescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“IndAS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India,of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, andits loss and other comprehensive loss, its cash flows and thechanges in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersection 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAsare further described in the Auditor’s Responsibility for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethicsissued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the standalone financial statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules made thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements andthe icai’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidenceobtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current year. These matters wereaddressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key auditmatters to be communicated in our report.
The Key Audit Matters
How the matter was addressed in our audit
Investments [including Perpetual Inter Corporate Deposit (ICDs)]
- evaluation of fair value of investments in Rosa Power
Supply Company Limited (RPSCL), Sasan Power Limited (SPL) and Dhursar Solar Power Private Limited (DSPPL)
The Company has investments in subsidiaries of RPSCL, SPL
Besides obtaining an understanding of management’s processes
and DSPPL. These investments (including perpetual ICDs) are
and controls with regard to testing the impairment of investment
recognised at fair value through other comprehensive income.
in unquoted equity, preference instruments and perpetual ICDs
Determination of fair value is subject to a significant level of
in subsidiaries, our procedures included the following:
judgment. Therefore, there is a risk that the value of investments
- Pursued fair valuation reports of significant investments
may be misstated. Refer to note 3.2 (a) - “Investments” of the
obtained from an independent external valuation expert
standalone financial statements.
engaged by the Company.
- Evaluated the appropriateness of the Company’sassumptions with comparable benchmarks in relation to keyinputs such as long-term growth rates and discount rates;
- Assessed the appropriateness of the forecast cash flowswithin the budgeted period based on our understandingof the business;
- Considered historical forecasting accuracy, by comparingpreviously forecasted cash flows to actual results achieved;
- Evaluated the appropriateness of the related disclosures inNote 3.2(a) of the standalone financial statements.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in Company’s annual report, but does not includethe standalone financial statements and our auditor’s reportthereon. Our opinion on the standalone financial statementsdoes not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with ouraudit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibilityis to read the other information and, in doing so, considerwhether the other information is materially inconsistent withthe standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtainedduring the course of our audit or otherwise appears to bematerially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed,we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation; we are required to report that fact. We have nothingto report in this regard.
The Company’s management and Board of Directors areresponsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the standalonefinancial position, standalone financial performance, includingother comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equityof the Company in accordance with the Ind AS specified undersection 133 of the Act and other accounting principles generallyaccepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selectionand application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevantto the preparation and presentation of the standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, managementand Board of Directors are responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing,as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or hasno realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing theCompany’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and toissue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee thatan audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect amaterial misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arisefrom fraud or error and are considered material if, individually orin the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influencethe economic decisions of users taken on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Therisk of not detecting a material misstatement resultingfrom fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controlrelevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements in place and the operating effectivenessof such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of Management’s andBoard of Directors use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained,whether a material uncertainty exists related to events orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’sability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude thata material uncertainty exists, we are required to drawattention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures inthe standalone financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions arebased on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’s report. However, future events or conditions maycause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
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 statementsmay be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality andqualitative factors (i) in planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluatethe effect of any identified misstatements in the standalonefinancial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit 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 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 statementsof the current year and are therefore the key audit matters. Wedescribe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a mattershould not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government interms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure A”a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b) In our opinion, except for matter stated in paragraph2(i)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (asamended), proper books of account as required
by law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books.
c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the StandaloneStatement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Standalone Statementof Cash Flows and Standalone Statement of Changesin Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act read with relevant rulesmade thereunder.
e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of thedirectors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 frombeing appointed as a director in terms of Section164(2) of the Act.
f) The reservation relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewith areas stated in paragraph 2(b) above on reporting undersection 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 2(i)(vi)below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended).
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to standalone financialstatements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor’s Report in accordance with the requirementsof section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in ouropinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the year is in accordance with the provisions ofsection 197 of the Act.
i) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014, as amended, in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts for whichthere were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company;
iv. (a) The management has represented to us that, tothe best of it’s knowledge and belief, no fundshave been advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other person or entity,including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identified inany manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented to us that,to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, otherthan as disclosed in Note no 35(i)(b) to thestandalone financial statements, no fundshave been received by the Company fromany person or entity, including foreign entities(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons orentities identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries; and
(c) Based on our audit procedure that has beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate inthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that the
representations under sub-clause (a) and (b)contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has not declared or paid any dividendduring the year.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test check,the Company has used an accounting Softwarefor maintaining its books of account for the yearended March 31, 2025 which have a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in software at the applicationlevel, further audit trail has been enabled at thedatabase level except at Data Definition Language &Data Manipulation Language to log any direct datachanges to the database in accounting software SAPfor the year ended March 31, 2025.
Further, during the course of audit, where audit trail(edit log) facility was enabled and operated for theaccounting software, we did not come across anyinstance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirements for recordretention except for the database level which hasbeen enabled from May 25, 2024.
For Pathak H. D. & Associates LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 107783W/W100593
Jigar T. Shah
Partner
Membership No. 161851
UDIN: 25161851BMOGBD9734
Date: May 09, 2025
Place: Mumbai