We have audited the accompanying financial statements ofModern Steels Limited, which comprise the Balance Sheetas at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss(including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement ofChanges in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the yearended, and a summary of significant accounting policies andother explanatory information.
OPINION
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financialstatements give the information required by the CompaniesAct, 2013 in the manner so required and give a true and fairview in conformity with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as atMarch 31,2024, its profit and cash flows for the year endedon that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards onauditing specified under section 143 (10) of the CompaniesAct, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the auditor's responsibilities for the auditof the financial statements section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the codeof ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia together with the ethical requirements that are relevantto our audit of the financial statements under the provisionsof the Act and the rules there under, and we have fulfilledour other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the code of ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013with respect to the preparation and presentation of thesestandalone financial statements that give a true and fair viewof the financial position, financial performance including othercomprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flowsof the Company in accordance with the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) prescribed under section 133 of the Actread with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended, and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions ofthe Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of
adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the financial statements that give a true andfair view and are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error.
AUDITORS’ RESPONSIBILITY
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on thesestandalone financial statements based on our audit. We havetaken into account the provisions of the Act, the accountingand auditing standards and matters which are required to beincluded in the audit report under the provisions of the Actand the Rules made there under.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards onAuditing specified under Section 143(10) of the CompaniesAct. Those Standards require that we comply with ethicalrequirements and plan and perform the audit to obtainreasonable assurance about whether the financial statementsare free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain auditevidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the financialstatements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor'sjudgment, including the assessment of the risks of materialmisstatement of the financial statements, whether due tofraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditorconsiders internal financial control relevant to the Company'spreparation of the financial statements that give a true and fairview in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing anopinion on whether the Company has in place an adequateinternal financial controls system over financial reporting and theoperating effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includesevaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of the accounting estimates madeby the Company's Directors, as well as evaluating the overallpresentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our auditopinion on the standalone financial statements.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORYREQUIREMENTS
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2016 (“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-A, a statement on the mattersspecified in the paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order, to theextent 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. I n our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far asappears from our examination of those books.
c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of
Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flowdealt with by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
e. There are no observations or comments on financialtransactions or matters which have any adverse effecton the functioning of the company.
f. On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2024, taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directorsis disqualified as on March 31, 2024, from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) ofthe Act.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Company andthe operating effectiveness of such controls, referto our separate report in “Annexure B”. Our reportexpresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacyand operating effectiveness of the Company's internalfinancial controls over financial reporting;
h. The remuneration paid by the company to its directorduring the financial year is in accordance with theprovision of section 197 of the Act.
i. With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, inour opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
1. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its financialstatements;
2. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or Indian accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses, ifany, on long-term contracts including derivativecontracts;
3. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
4. (a) The management has represented that, to
the best of its 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 persons or entities,including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary
shall, 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 that, tothe best of its knowledge and belief, no fundshave been received by the company from anypersons or entities, 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 such audit procedures performedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause (i)and (ii) contain any material misstatement.
5. No dividend has been declared or paid during the year bythe Company
6. Based on our examination, which included test checks,the Company has used accounting softwares formaintaining its books of account for the financial yearended March 31, 2024 which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the softwares. Further, during the course of our auditwe did not come across any instance of the audit trailfeature being tampered with.
FOR APT & CO LLP
Chartered Accountants
CA Amrit Pal Singh
Partner
Membership no. 508134
Place: Chandigarh (Firm Registration No. 014621C/
N500088)
Date: 18th May, 2024 UDIN: 23508134BGYDZF9901