We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Advance Metering Technology Limited (“theCompany”), which comprise the standalone balance sheet as at 31st March; 2025; the standalone statement of profit andloss; including the standalone statement of other comprehensive income, the standalone statement of cash flow and thestandalone statement of changes in equity for the year then ended; and notes to the standalone financial statements,including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “thestandalone financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act; 2013; as amended (“the Act”) in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India; of thestate of affairs of the Company as at 31st March; 2025; and its loss including other comprehensive loss; its cash flows andthe changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs); asspecified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the ‘Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements’ section of our report. We are independent ofthe Company in accordance with the ‘Code of Ethics’ issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and 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 have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters (‘KAM’) are those matters that; in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit ofthe standalone financial statements for the financial year ended 31st March; 2025. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole; and in forming our opinion thereon; and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters.
We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
1.
Revenue RecognitionRevenue from Sale of Goods
Our audit procedures included the following;
Revenue is recognized when the control of thegoods have been transferred to the customer andthe performance obligation of the sale of product issatisfied at a point in time.
Assessed the Company’s revenue recognitionpolicies in line with Ind AS 115 (‘’Revenue fromContracts with Customers’’) and tested thereof.
Revenue from Windmills Power generations
Revenue is recognized on the basis of actual powersold as per terms of Power Purchase Agreemententered into with respective purchasers.
Evaluated the integrity of the general informationand technology control environment and tested theoperating effectiveness of key IT application controlover recognition of revenue.
Interest Income
Interest income is recognized using effective interestrate (EIR) Method.
Tested the effectiveness of such controls overrevenue cut off at year end. On the sample basis,tested supporting documentation for salestransaction recorded during the year which includedsales invoices, customer agreements.
Tested the supporting documentation for salestransaction recorded during the period closer to theyear end and subsequent to the year end.
Compared revenue with the historical trends andwhere appropriate, conducted further enquiries andtesting.
2.
Valuation of Investments and Impairment thereof
The Company’s investments represents
- Investments carried at Cost
o Investments in Subsidiary Companieso Investment in Government Securities
- Investment measured at Fair Value ThroughProfit & Loss
Assessed the appropriateness of relevant accountingpolicies of the Company, including those relatingto recognition and measurement of financialinstruments with the applicable accountingstandard.
For Instruments measured at Fair Value throughProfit & Loss.
- Assessed the availability of quoted price inliquid markets or Mutual funds statements.
- Assessed whether the valuation process isappropriately designed and capture relevantvaluation inputs.
For instruments carried at Cost
- Assessed the standalone financial statementsof subsidiaries and joint venture of theCompany.
- Whether Annual performance report (APR)as per RBI Regulation have been properlysubmitted
Assessed the appropriateness of the Company’sdescription of the accounting policy and disclosurerelated to investments and whether there areadequately presented in the standalone financialstatements.
3.
Physical Verification of Inventories
Inventory includes;
- Raw Material;
- Work In Progress &
- Finished Good
Inventories are valued at lower of cost or estimatednet realizable value.
We evaluated the design, implementation and testedthe operating effectiveness of key controls that theCompany has in relation to physical verificationof inventories including the appropriateness ofthe Company’s standard operating proceduresfor conducting, recording and reconcilingphysical verification of inventories and tested theimplementation thereof;
4.
Evaluation of the appropriateness of going concernassumption
Company has made assessment considering internaland external sources of information of its liquidityposition and carrying value of its assets & liabilities
as at 31st March 2025.
We evaluated the design and implementation ofcontrols over evaluation of the appropriateness ofgoing concern assumptions and tested the operatingeffectiveness of these controls
We ascertained the net current liability position ofthe Company as at 31st March 2025.
We discussed with the management and understoodthat
- No third party has invoked force majeure;
- There is no material dependency on anyvendor or customer;
- No modification to contracts with customershave been made
We evaluated events subsequent to the balance sheetdate up to the date of our audit report to determine ifthere is any impact on the going concern assessment
We evaluated adequacy of disclosures made instandalone financial statements for going concernassumptions.
We also evaluated the application of Standard ofAuditing (SA) 570, Going Concern
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the other information as per SA 720 “TheAuditor’s Responsibilities Relating to Other Information”. The other information comprises the information included inthe Company’s annual report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.The Company’s annual report is expected to made available to us after the date of this auditor’s report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information,when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent with thestandalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Director’s Report, Management Discussion and Analysis and Corporate Governance Report, if weconclude, that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to communicate the matterto those charged with governance and taka necessary actions as required under SA 720, ‘The Auditor’s ResponsibilitiesRelating to Other Information’.
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of theCompany in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) specified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonableand prudent; and the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were
operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessingthe Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern andusing the going concern basis of accounting unless Management and Board of Directors either intends to liquidate theCompany or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance withstandards of auditing (SAs) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise fromfraud or error and are 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 financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud 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 expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management and Board of Directors.
- Conclude on the appropriateness of Management and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis ofaccounting in preparation of standalone financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whethera material uncertainty exists 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 drawattention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor’s 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 financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events ina manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timingof the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
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 that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of mostsignificance in the audit of the standalone financial statements for the financial year ended 31st March 2025 and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludespublic disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be
communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweighthe public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in the “Annexure 1” a statement on the mattersspecified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
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 the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
b. In our opinion, proper books of accounts 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 Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss including the Statement ofOther Comprehensive Income, the Standalone Statement of Cash Flow and Standalone Statement ofChanges in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended;
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March 2025 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company withreference to these standalone financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in “Annexure 2” to this report;
g. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor’s Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of theAct. The remuneration paid to any of the director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of theAct which are required to be commented upon by us.
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 in its StandaloneFinancial Statements - Refer Note 32 to the Standalone Financial Statements;
ii. The Company did not have any material foreseeable losses on long term contracts during the yearended 31st March 2025. The Company has not entered into any derivative contracts during the yearended 31st March 2025;
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred during the year ended 31st March2025 to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company;
iv. a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds
have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other persons or entities,including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall:
1. directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever (‘Ultimate Beneficiaries’) by or on behalf of the Company or
2. provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no fundshave been received by the Company from any persons or entities, including foreign entities(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Company shall:
1. directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Funding Party or
2. provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;and
c) Based on such audit procedures as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances,nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations undersub clause (iv) (a) and (iv) (b) contain any material mis-statement.
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year. Hence, no reporting isrequired under rule 11(f) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules 2014 read with section 143(3)(j) ofthe Companies Act, 2013.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for allrelevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with. Furthur the audit trail isbeing preserved as per statutory requirements.
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Date: 27-05-2025