We have audited the standalone financial statements of AlokIndustries Limited ("the Company”), which comprise theBalance sheet as at March 31 2026, the Statement of Profitand Loss, including the statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement ofChanges in Equity for the year then ended, and notes tothe standalone financial statements, including a summaryof material accounting policies and other explanatoryinformation (hereinafter referred to as "the standalonefinancial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013, as amended ("the Act”), in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity withthe accounting principles generally accepted in India, of thestate of affairs of the Company as at March 31,2026, its lossincluding 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 financialstatements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs), as specified under section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the 'Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit ofthe Standalone Financial Statements' section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe 'Code of Ethics' issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethical requirementsthat are relevant to our audit of the financial statementsunder the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our auditopinion on the standalone financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
We draw attention to Note 34 of the standalone financialstatements in respect of the resolution plan approved by theNational Company Law Tribunal vide its order dated March8, 2019 under section 31(1) of the Insolvency and BankruptcyCode, 2016. Based on the resolution plan, read with thelegal opinion, the Company has accounted the assigneddebt at cost, overriding the Indian Accounting Standardswhich would require the Company to recognize the assigneddebt at its fair value and accordingly the imputed interestcost over the period of loan. Our opinion is not modified inrespect of this matter.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of thestandalone financial statements for the financial year endedMarch 31, 2026. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the standalone financial statementsas a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donot provide a separate opinion on these matters. For eachmatter below, our description of how our audit addressedthe matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to bethe key audit matters to be communicated in our report.We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in theAuditor's responsibilities for the audit of the standalonefinancial statements section of our report, including inrelation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit includedthe performance of procedures designed to respond to ourassessment of the risks of material misstatement of thestandalone financial statements. The results of our auditprocedures, including the procedures performed to addressthe matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion onthe accompanying standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
A.
Recoverability of loan given to wholly owned subsidiary
Our audit procedures included the following:
The Company had in earlier years given loan to Alok
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Obtained and read the audited financial statements of Alok
Infrastructure Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of the
Infrastructure Limited for the year ended March 31, 2026.
Company or "AIL").
Performed inquiry procedures with the auditors of Alok
As at March 31, 2026, the outstanding balance of loan is ' 194.46
Infrastructure Limited and discussed the audit procedures
crores (net of impairment allowance of ' 1,178.53 crores). AIL
performed by them on the valuation report issued by the
does not have significant business operations and has made a
external specialists in respect of the subsidiary's investment
profit of ' 27.28 crores for the year ended March 31, 2026, and
properties / inventories.
has accumulated losses of ' 1,498.75 crores as on March 31,2026.
Assessed key valuation aspects of the investment properties/ inventories along with sensitivity analysis of assumptions
To assess the recoverability of the outstanding loan, the
of Alok Infrastructure Limited by engaging internal valuation
Company has considered the valuation of the AIL's investment
specialists.
properties / inventories performed by the subsidiary with thehelp of external valuation specialists and has accordinglyassessed that there is no further impairment provision requiredfor the year ended March 31, 2026.
We have reviewed and assessed the company's valuationmethodology and assumptions around the key drivers ofthe cash flow forecasts used in determining the recoverableamount.
Considering the assumptions / judgment used in valuationunder the sales comparison method of market approach /depreciation replacement cost method under cost approach,the same has been considered as a key audit matter. ReferNote 6 and 49 of the standalone financial statements.
Assessed the disclosures made in the standalone financialstatements.
B.
Recoverability of carrying value of property, plant and
equipment
We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested
As at March 31, 2026, the Company has Property,
the operating effectiveness of controls that the Company has
plant and equipment of ' 4,518.29 crores. In earlier
in relation to impairment review processes.
years consequent to the business plan approved by there-constituted Board of Directors of the Company, the Companyhad through an external valuation specialist determined thevalue in use of property, plant and equipment and recorded animpairment provision of ' 7,970.63 crores in the books.
We assessed the Company's valuation methodology appliedin determining the recoverable amount. In making thisassessment, we evaluated the competence and objectivity ofCompany's internal specialists involved in the process.
Based on recent business developments and changes ineconomy, the Board has made required revisions to thebusiness plan and has accordingly updated the value in use
We assessed the assumptions around the key drivers of thecash flow forecasts including discount rates, expected growthrates and terminal growth rates used.
calculations using the discounted cash flow method with the
We discussed with the management changes in key drivers as
help of an external valuation specialist. Based on the same,
compared to the previous year to evaluate the reasonableness
the Company has determined that there are no material
of the inputs and assumptions used in the cash flow forecasts.
adjustments required to the impairment allowance alreadyrecorded. The value in use is sensitive to changes in certain
Assessed the disclosures made in the standalone financial
inputs / assumptions used for forecasting the discounted cashflow projections due to inherent uncertainty involved in theseassumptions.
statements.
Accordingly, the same has been considered as a key auditmatter.
We have determined that there are no other key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Other Information
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible forthe other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Annual report, but doesnot include the standalone financial statements and ourauditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financialstatements, our responsibility is to read the other informationand, in doing so, consider whether such other informationis materially inconsistent with the financial statements orour knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appearsto be materially misstated. If, based on the work we haveperformed, we conclude that there is a material misstatementof this other information, we are required to report that fact.We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management for the StandaloneFinancial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance including other comprehensive income, cashflows and changes in equity of the Company in accordancewith the accounting principles generally accepted in India,including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of theAct for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and the design, implementation and maintenanceof adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements,management is responsible for assessing the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, asapplicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management eitherintends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeingthe Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement whenit exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error andare considered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial 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 misstatementof the standalone financial statements, whether due tofraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidencethat is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion,forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, orthe override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe 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 expressingour opinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls with reference to financialstatements in place and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's useof the going concern basis of accounting and, basedon the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company'sability to continue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the relateddisclosures in the financial statements or, if suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtainedup to the date of our auditor's report. However, futureevents or conditions may cause the Company to ceaseto 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.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with astatement that we have complied with relevant ethicalrequirements regarding independence, and to communicatewith them all relationships and other matters that mayreasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged withgovernance, we determine those matters that were ofmost significance in the audit of the standalone financialstatements for the financial year ended March 31, 2026 andare therefore the key audit matters. We describe these mattersin our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludespublic disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter shouldnot be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected tooutweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Other Matter
The financial statements of the Company for the year endedMarch 31, 2025,were audited by the predecessor auditor videtheir reports dated April 21, 2025, in which the predecessorauditor has expressed unmodified opinion. Our opinion
on the standalone financial statements is not modified inrespect of this matter
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 ("the Order”), issued by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 ofthe Act, we give in the "Annexure 1” a statement on thematters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report, tothe extent applicable, that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit;
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profitand Loss including the Statement of OtherComprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statementand Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the books ofaccount;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules,2015, as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on March 31, 2026taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2026from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to the standalonefinancial statements and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to ourseparate Report in "Annexure 2" to this report;
(g) In our opinion, the managerial remunerationfor the year ended March 31, 2026 has beenpaid/provided by the Company to its directors inaccordance with the provisions of section 197 readwith Schedule V to the Act;
(h) 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,as amended, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial positionin its standalone financial statements -Refer Note 37 to the standalone financialstatements;
ii. The Company has made provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accountingstandards, for material foreseeable losses,if any, on long-term contracts includingderivative contracts;
iii. There were no amounts which were requiredto be transferred to the Investor Educationand Protection Fund by the Company;
iv. a) The management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the note 50to the standalone financial statements,no funds have been advanced or loanedor invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to orin any other person or entity, i nclud ingforeign entities ("Intermediaries"), withthe understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directlyor indirectly lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries")or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the note 50to the standalone financial statements,no funds have been received by theCompany from any person or entity,including foreign entities ("Funding
Parties"), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall,whether, directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other persons or entitiesidentified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;and
c) Based on such audit proceduresperformed that have been consideredreasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come toour notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub¬clause (a) and (b) contain any materialmisstatement.
v. No dividend has been declared or paid duringthe year by the Company.
vi. Based on our examination which includedtest checks, the Company has usedaccounting software for maintaining its booksof account which has a feature of recordingaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same hasoperated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software (referNote 51 to the financial statements). Further,during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of audit trailfeature being tampered with. Additionally,the audit trail has been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirementsfor record retention.
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16th April, 2026