We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Inducto SteelLimited, ("the Company") which comprises the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, theStatement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), statement of changes inequity and statement of cash flow for the year then ended, and notes to the financialstatements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation (hereinafter referred as "the Standalone Financial Statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given tous, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India including IndianAccounting Standards (Ind AS) specified in section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2024, and total comprehensive income(comprising of profit and other comprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flowsfor the year ended.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements section of our report.
We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Actand the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the auditevidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
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 asa whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters tobe communicated in our report.
Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1. Evaluation of uncertain tax
Principal Audit Procedures:
positions
• Obtained details of completed tax
The Company has material
assessments and demands till the year
uncertain tax positions including
ended March 31, 2024 from management.
matters under dispute which
• Obtained understanding of key uncertain
involves significant judgment to
tax positions.
determine the possible outcome of
• Discussed with appropriate senior
these disputes.
management and evaluated management's
2. Investment of Rs. 2470.16 Lacs in
underlying key assumptions in estimatingthe tax provisions.
Partnership Firm
• Assessed management's estimates of the
As detailed in Note 3.2 to the
possible outcome of the disputed cases.
standalone Financial Statements, the
• Assessed relevant disclosures made within
company has invested in two
the financial statements to address
partnership firms and balance
whether they appropriately reflect the face
outstanding in current capital and
and circumstances of each disputed case
fixed capital account as on March 31,
and requirement of relevant accounting
2024 is Rs. 2,470.16 Lacs (As on
standard for disclosure and reporting.
March 31, 2023 Rs. 3476.22 Lacs)which constitutes 52.16% of the totalassets of the Company and pursuantto deed of partnership of both thefirms, no interest is receivable oncapital investment in partnership
Our audit procedures included the following:
firms.
• Obtained details of capital balances at the
Further attention is drawn to the
year ended on March 31, 2024 and share ofprofit/ (loss) for the year ended on March
fact that capital invested in one firm
31, 2024.
amounting to Rs.2427.03 Lacs havebeen utilized for granting advances
• Obtained Management certified Financial
for starting joint venture and excess
Statement (in case audit is not applicable) of
capital withdrawn by few partners.
all the partnership firm.
The said firm has neither able to
• Performed necessary procedures to verify
start any joint venture as intended
the disclosure of Loans and Advances
and nor able to recover the
disclosed in the Unaudited Financial
advances granted for starting joint
Statements of the partnership firm.
venture and excess capital
• Obtained Management representation
withdrawn by few partners.
Letter as regards to recoverability ofinvestment in capitals accounts of the
Due to the materiality of aboveassets in context of the standalonefinancial statement whererecoverability risk could havesignificant impact of the financialposition of the company.
Partnership Firms.
The Company's management and Board of Directors is responsible for the other information.The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, but does notinclude the Standalone Financial Statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information andwe do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is toread the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information ismaterially inconsistent with the Standalone Financial Statements or our knowledgeobtained during the course 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 theAct with respect to the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give a trueand fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted inIndia, including the accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act. Thisresponsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventingand detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriateimplementation and maintenance of accounting policies; making judgments and estimatesthat are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy andcompleteness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of thestandalone Ind AS financial statement that give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, management is responsible for assessingthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, mattersrelated to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless managementeither intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternativebut to do so. Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company'sfinancial reporting process.
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 auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAswill always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraudor error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese Standalone Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment andmaintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We 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 appropriateto provide 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 mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the overrideof internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in orderto design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements in place and the 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 basisof accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt onthe Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to therelated disclosures in the Standalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the auditevidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the Standalone FinancialStatements, including the disclosures, and whether the Standalone FinancialStatements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have compliedwith relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with themall relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine thosematters that were of most significance in the audit of the Standalone Financial Statements ofthe current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in ourauditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order") issued by theCentral Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give inthe Annexure - A statement on the matters specified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order, tothe extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
i) 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.
ii) 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;
iii) The balance sheet, the statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensiveincome), the statement of changes in equity and the cash flow statement dealt withby this Report are in agreement with the books of account;
iv) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with theIndian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
v) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as onMarch 31, 2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31, 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act;
vi) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in Annexure B to this report; and
vii) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in ouropinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations givento us:
(1) The Company has disclosed impact of pending litigations which couldmaterially impact its financial statements - Refer Note 5.8 of the StandaloneFinancial Statements;
(2) The Company did not have any long term contracts including derivativecontracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses;
(3) There has been no amounts which were required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
(4) Management Representation:
(a) The Management of the Company has represented to us that to the best of it'sknowledge and belief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowedfunds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Companyto or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The management of the Company has represented, that, to the best of it'sknowledge and belief no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
(c) Based on audit procedures which we considered reasonable and appropriate inthe 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) Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended) and provided in clauses (a) and(b) above contain any material mis-statement.
(d) The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
(5) Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has usedaccounting software for maintaining books of accounts maintained at Bhavnagaroffice and Head office (Mumbai) which has a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility and the same has been operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software used for maintaining books of accounts.
In respect of accounting software where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabledand operated during the financial year, we did not come across any instance of theaudit trail (edit log) feature being tampered with.
viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is inaccordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid toany director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
FRN : 116870W FRN : 109782W
Partner Partner
UDIN: 24100529BKFSXO9329 UDIN: 24612290BJZZQM8855
Date: May 30, 2024 Date: May 30, 2024