1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial
statements of Tata Steel Limited ("the Company"),
which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2026,
and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other
Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes in
Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then
ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements,
including material accounting 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 aforesaid
standalone financial statements give the information
required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the
manner so required and give a true and fair view in
conformity with the accounting principles generally

accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company
as at March 31, 2026, and total comprehensive income
(comprising of profit and other comprehensive income),
changes in equity and its cash flows for the year
then ended.

Basis for Opinion

3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards
on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of
the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are
further described in the "Auditor's Responsibilities for the
Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements" section
of our report. We are independent of the Company
in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with
the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit
of the financial statements under the provisions of the
Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our
other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these
requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that
the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key audit matters

4. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the
standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the
standalone financial statements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion
on these matters.

Other Information

5. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the
other information. The other information comprises
the "Board's Report and Annexures and Management
Discussion and Analysis 2025-26" (but does not include
the standalone financial statements and our auditor's
report thereon), which we obtained prior to the date
of this auditor's report, and additional information
excluding those referred above that would be included
in the Integrated Report (titled as 'Tata Steel Integrated
Report and Annual Accounts 2025-26'), which is expected
to be made available to us after that date.

Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does
not cover the other information and we do not and will
not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the standalone financial
statements, our responsibility is to read the other

information identified above and, in doing so, consider
whether the other information is materially inconsistent
with the standalone financial statements or our
knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears
to be materially misstated.

If, based on the work we have performed on the other
information that we obtained prior to the date of this
auditor's report, we conclude that there is a material
misstatement of this other information, we are required
to report that fact. We have nothing to report in
this regard.

When we read the additional information, as mentioned
above, that would be included in the Integrated Report, if
we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein,
we are required to communicate the matter to those
charged with governance and take appropriate action
as applicable under the relevant laws and regulations.

Responsibilities of management and those
charged with governance for the standalone
financial statements

6. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the
matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Act with respect to
the preparation of these standalone financial statements
that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows
of the Company in accordance with the accounting
principles generally accepted in India, including the
Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133
of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance
of adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the 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 reasonable and prudent; and
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 preparation and
presentation of the standalone financial statements
that give a true and fair view and are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

7. In preparing the standalone financial statements, Board
of Directors is responsible for assessing the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as
applicable, matters related to going concern and using
the going concern basis of accounting unless Board of
Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to
cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to
do so.

8. Those Board of Directors are also responsible for
overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the
Standalone Financial Statements

9. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the standalone financial statements as
a whole are free from 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 with SAs 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, they could
reasonably be expected to influence the economic

decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone
financial statements.

10. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgement and maintain professional
scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement
of the standalone financial statements, whether
due to fraud or error, design and perform audit
procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain
audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate
to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not
detecting a material misstatement 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
are appropriate in the circumstances. Under Section
143(3)0) of the Act, we are also responsible for
expressing our opinion on whether the Company has
adequate internal financial controls with reference
to financial statements in place and the operating
effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies
used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates
and related disclosures made by management.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's
use of the going concern basis of accounting and,
based on the audit evidence obtained, whether
a material uncertainty exists related to events 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
to the related disclosures in the standalone financial
statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to
modify our 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.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and
content of the standalone financial statements,
including the disclosures, and whether the standalone
financial statements represent the underlying
transactions and events in a manner that achieves
fair presentation.

11. We communicate with those charged with governance
regarding, among other matters, the planned scope
and timing of the audit and significant audit findings,
including any significant deficiencies in internal control
that we identify during our audit.

12. We also provide those charged with governance with
a statement that we have complied with relevant
ethical requirements regarding independence, and
to communicate with them all relationships and other
matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our
independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

13. From the matters communicated with those charged
with governance, we determine those matters that
were of most significance in the audit of the standalone
financial statements of the current period and are
therefore the key audit matters. We describe these
matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation
precludes public 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 outweigh the public interest
benefits of such communication.

Report on other legal and regulatory
requirements

14. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,
2020 ("the Order"), issued by the Central Government
of India in terms of sub-section (11) of Section 143 of
the Act, we give in the Annexure B a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to
the extent applicable.

15. 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 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 the Company so far as
it appears from our examination of those books,
except for the matters stated in paragraph 15(h)
(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as
amended).

(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and
Loss (including other comprehensive income), the
Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement

of Cash Flows 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 Indian Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.

(e) On the basis of the written representations received
from the directors as on March 31, 2026, taken
on record by the Board of Directors, none of the
directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2026, from
being appointed as a director in terms of Section
164(2) of the Act.

(f) With respect to the maintenance of accounts and
other matters connected therewith, reference is
made to our remarks in paragraph 15(b) above and
paragraph 15(h)(vi) below.

(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to standalone
financial statements of the Company and the
operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to
our separate Report in "Annexure A".

(h) With respect to the other matters to be included
in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11
of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014
(as amended), in our opinion and to the best of
our information and according to the explanations
given to us:

i. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations on its financial position in
its financial statements - Refer Note 34(A) and
35 to the standalone financial statements;

ii. The Company did not have any long¬
term contracts including derivative
contracts for which there were any material
foreseeable losses.

iii. There has been no delay in transferring
amounts, required to be transferred, to the
Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company during the year.

iv. (a) The management has represented that, to

the best of its knowledge and belief, other
than as disclosed in Note 6(x) and 7(v) to
the standalone financial statements, no
funds have been advanced or loaned or
invested (either from borrowed funds or
share premium or any other sources or
kind of funds) by the 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 manner
whatsoever 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, as
disclosed in the Note 6(xi) and 7(vi) to the
standalone financial statements, no funds
have been received by the Company from
any person(s) or entity(ies), including
foreign entities ("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 of the Funding Party
("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any
guarantee, security or the like on behalf
of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and

(c) Based on such audit procedures that we
considered reasonable and appropriate
in the circumstances, nothing has
come to our notice that has caused
us to believe that the representations
under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any
material misstatement.

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May 15, 2026