We have audited the Standalone Financial Statements of RACE ECO CHAINLIMITED, which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2025, and thestatement of Profit & Loss, and statement of cash flows for the year ended, andnotes to the Standalone Financial Statements, including a summary of significantaccounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanationsgiven to us, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements give the informationrequired by the Act in the manner of so required and give a true and fair view inconformity with the accounting principles accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the company as at March 31st, 2025, and its Profit and cash flows for the yearended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs)specified under section 143 (10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilitiesunder those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities forthe Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We areindependent of the code of ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilitiesin accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. W:e believe that theaudit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion.
Key audit matter are those matter that, in our professional judgment, were of mostsignification in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements of the currentperiod. These matters were addressed in the context of our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. ^=-c/7
Kev Audit Matters
How the matter was addressed in our
audit
1. The Company has various
Our audit procedures in relation to the
| related party transactions which
disclosure of related party
include sale, purchase of goods/ services, loans taken and
transactions included the following:
1 loans provide to the related
^ We obtained an understanding
parties.
of the Company’s policies and
We identified the accuracy and
procedures in respect of the
completeness of disclosure of
capturing of related party
related party transactions set
transactions and howmanagement ensures all
out in respective notes to the
transactions and balances with
Ind AS Standalone Financial
related parties have been
1 Statements as a key audit matter
disclosed in the Ind AS financial
due to:
statement.
^ The significance of
^ Read minutes of meeting of the
transactions with related
board of directors and Audit ;
parties during the year
committee and assessed ;
ended March 31, 2025.
whether approvals have beenobtained by the management, as
Related party transactionsare subject to thecompliance requirementunder the companies Act,2013 and SEBI (LODR) 2015.
required by Companies Act2013 and LODR.
> We agreed the amounts
disclosed with underlyingdocumentation and readrelevant agreements, evaluationof arm-length by management, !on a sample basis, as part of ourevaluation of the disclosure.
> We assessed management
evaluation of compliance withprovision of section-177 andSection-188 of the CompaniesAct, 2013 and SEBI (LODR),2015.
^ We evaluated the disclosures
through reading of statutory/0 information, books and records
J^.~L and other documents obtained
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during the course of our audit.
Ý2.1 Acquisition of following
^ We have compared the
subsidiaries and Associates
accounting treatment specified
A. Silverline Eco Thrive
in the scheme formulated by the
Limited,
Company along with one
B. Ganesha Recycling Cham
specified in Ind As 103 and Ind
Private Limited,
As 28.
C. Vasundhara Enviro ereen
^ We have critically evaluated the
D, Prime Industries Limited
key assumptions, purchase
(Associate)
2,2 Disposal of following
price allocation adjustments !
and identification and valuationof Net Assets acquired.
^ We have assessed the
subsidiary:
Competence and objectivity of
Disposal of Abhay Innovative
the experts engaged by theCompany.
Recycling private limited during the
Financial Year 2024-2 5.
> We have assessed the adequacy
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of the Company’s disclosures inrespect of the acquisition inaccordance with therequirements of Ind As 103 andInd As 28.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for other information. The otherInformation comprises the information included in the Management Discussionand Analysis, Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’s Report, Chairman’sStatement, Shareholder’s Information and Corporate Governance Report, but doesnot include the standalone Financial Statements and our auditor’s report thereon.The Board's Report including Annexures to Board’s Report, Chairman’s Statementand Shareholder’s Information is expected to be made available to us after the dateof this auditor’s report.
Our Opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the otherInformation and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whetherthe other information is materially inconsistent with the Standalone FinancialStatements or our knowledge obtained in the course of our audit, or otherwiseappears to be materially misstated. ^£==9^1
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of directors is responsible for the matters stated in section134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 Cthe Act") with respect to the preparation ofthe these Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance, and cash flow’s of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles accepted in India, including theaccounting standards specified under section 133 of the Act. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and applicationappropriate accounting policies ;makmg judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateInternal Financial Controls, that wrere operating effectively for ensuring theaccuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparationand presentation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fairview and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements and management is responsiblefor assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financialreporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the StandaloneFinancial Statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether dueto 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 anaudit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatementwhen it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the b£&»4ptj.hese Standalonefinancial 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 StandaloneFinancial Statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform auditprocedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for oneresulting from error, as fraud any involve collusion, forgery, Intentionalomissions, misreprsentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order todesign audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. UnderSection 143(3) (i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible forexpressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internalfinancial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made bymanagement.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concernbasis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether amaterial uncertainty exits related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention inour auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the Standalone FinancialStatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Ourconclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditors repots. However future events or conditions may cause the Companyto cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the StandaloneFinancial Statements, including the disclosures, and whether the StandaloneFinancial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation. We communicate with those chargedwith governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significantdeficiencies in internal control that w7e identify during our audit.'- y /
• We also provide those charged with governance with a statementtt^at \Ve havecomplied with relevant ethical requirements regarding 1 nddpehj^c^a^ tocommunicate 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, wedetermine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of theStandalone Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law'or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
• Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Standalone FinancialStatements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that theeconomic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the StandaloneFinancial Statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materialityand qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit wrork and inevaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of anyidentified misstatements in the Standalone Financial Statements.
• We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among othermatters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant auditfindings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that weidentify during our audit.
• We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we havecomplied writh relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate 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 w7ere of most significance in the audit of theStandalone Financial Statements of the current period and are therefore thekey audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless lawror regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not becommunicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonable be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication. /J
1. As required by The Companies (Auditors Report) order 2020, the order issued
by Central government of India in terms of sub section (11) of section 143 of
the Act, we give in the ‘ Annexure A", a statement the matters specified in
paragraph 3 and 4 of the said 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 tothe best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of ouraudit,
b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been keptby the Company so far as appears from our examination of those books.
c) The company does not have any branch which has not been audited by us.
d) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss and the Cash Flow:Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books ofaccount.
e) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply withthe Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read withRule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
f) In our opinion, there is no financial transaction, which would have anadverse effect on the financing of the company.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report inaccordance with the requirements of the Section 197(16) of the Act, asamended:
In our opinion and according to the information & explanation given to us,the Company has paid/provided managerial remuneration in accordancewith the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 readwith Schedule V to the Act.
h) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on 31March 202S, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directorsis disqualified as on 31 March, 202 5, from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
i) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financialreporting of the company & the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate report in ‘Annexure-B’ to this report; and, ^==^7
j) With respect to the other matters included in the Auditor’s Report inaccordance with rule 11 of the Companies (Audit & Auditors) Rules 2014, inour opinion and to our best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
I. The Company has pending litigation with Income Tax Authorities and thepossible impact of which has been disclosed in Standalone FinancialStatements,
IT The company does not have any long-term contracts, including derivativecontracts which require provision under any law or accounting Standardfor material foreseeable losses.
III. There was no amount which was required to be transferred to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund.
(a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been advanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds)by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreignentity (“Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (“UltimateBeneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, no funds (which are material either individually or in theaggregate) have been received by the Company from any person orentity, including foreign entity (“Funding Parties"), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theCompany shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonableand appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our noticethat has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause(i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under and (b) above, contain anymaterial misstatement.
V. The company has not proposed or declared or paid any divideH^^lA^^.
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VI. [n our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us, the Company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended March31st, 2025 which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility.The audit trail feature was operated throughout the financial year for allrelevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, we have not comeacross any instance of the audit trail being tampered with during thecourse of our audit, and the audit trails have been preserved by theCompany as per the statutory requirements under the Companies Act,2013.
FOR M/S GARG ARUN AND ASSOCIATESChartered AccountantsFRN: 081 SON
CA RAMAN KUMAR GARG/(PARTNER)M. NO. 0981564