We have audited the accompanying Ind AS financialstatements of N R AGARWAL INDUSTRIES LIMITED ("theCompany”) which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), the Statement of Changes inEquity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year endedon that date, and notes to financial statements, includinga summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid IndAS financial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 ("the Act”) in the manner so requiredand give a true and fair view in conformity with the IndianAccounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of theAct read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards)Rules, 2015, as amended, ("Ind AS”) and other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at March 31, 2025, and the profit and totalcomprehensive income, changes in equity and its cash flowsfor the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standardson Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143 (10) of theAct. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed 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 Accountantsof India together with the ethical requirements that arerelevant to our audit of the Ind AS financial statements underthe provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities inaccordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtainedis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion on the Ind AS financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgment, were of most significance in our audit of theInd AS financial statements of the current period. Thesematters were addressed in the context of our audit of theInd AS financial statements as a whole, and in forming ouropinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinionon these matters.
Sr.
No.
Key Audit Matter
How was the matter addressed in our audit
1
Revenue recognition [refer note no. 1.2.13 and 30 to theInd AS financial statements]
Revenue is one of the key profit drivers and is thereforesusceptible to misstatement. Cut-off is the key assertionin so far as revenue recognition is concerned, since aninappropriate cut-off can result in material misstatementof results for the year.
Audit procedures with regard to revenue recognitionincluded testing controls, automated and manual, arounddispatches/deliveries, inventory reconciliations andcircularization of receivable balances, substantive testingfor cut-offs and analytical review procedures.
2
Capital work-in-progress/Property Plant and Equipment(PPE) [refer note no. 1.2.05, 1.2.07 and 2 to the Ind ASfinancial statements]
The Company has made additions to the Capital work-in-progress/Property, Plant and Equipment of the ongoingunits. Also, the Company has capitalized a portion of itscapital work-in-progress considering them as ready touse. The assets need to be capitalized and depreciatedonce the assets are ready for use as intended by themanagement. Inappropriate timing of capitalizationof the asset and/or inappropriate classification ofcategories of items of PPE could result in materialmisstatement of Capital work-in-progress/ PPE with aconsequent impact on depreciation charge and resultsfor the year.
Testing the design, implementation and operatingeffectiveness of controls in respect of review of capitalwork in progress, particularly in respect of timing of thecapitalization and recording of additions to items ofvarious categories of PPE with source documentation,substantive testing of appropriateness of the cut-off dateconsidered for project capitalization.
We tested the source documentation to determinewhether the expenditure is of capital nature and has beenappropriately approved and segregated into appropriatecategories. Further, through sites visits, we have physicallyverified the existence of capital work in progress/PPE asat the reporting period.
3
Provisions and Contingent Liabilities (including directand indirect taxes) [ refer note no. 1.2.20 and 38 to theInd AS financial statements]
The Company is involved in direct and indirect taxlitigations that are pending with various tax authorities.Whether a liability is recognised or disclosed as acontingent liability in the financial statements isinherently judgmental and dependent on a numberof significant assumptions and assessments. Theseinclude assumptions relating to the likelihood and/ortiming of the cash outflows from the business and theinterpretation of local laws and pending assessments atvarious levels of the statute.
Obtained an understanding from the management withrespect to process and controls followed by the Companyfor identification and monitoring of developments inrelation to the litigations, including completeness thereof.
Obtained the list of litigations from the management andreviewed their assessment of the likelihood of outflow ofeconomic resources being probable, possible or remotein respect of the litigations. This involved assessingthe probability of an unfavorable outcome of a givenproceeding and the reliability of estimates of relatedamounts.
Performed substantive procedures including tracing fromunderlying documents / communications from the taxauthorities and re-computation of the amounts involved.
Assessed management's conclusions and understandingprecedents in similar cases.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for theother information. The other information comprises theManagement Discussion and Analysis, Directors' Reportincluding Annexures to Directors' Report and CorporateGovernance, but does not include the Ind AS financialstatements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the Ind AS financial statements does notcover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, ourresponsibility is to read the other information and, in doingso, consider whether the other information is materiallyinconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledgeobtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated. If, based on the work we have performed, weconclude that there is a material misstatement of this otherinformation, we are required to report that fact. We havenothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for thematters stated in Section 134 (5) of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these Ind AS financial statements thatgive a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, total comprehensive income, changes inequity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with theInd AS and other accounting principles generally acceptedin India. This responsibility also includes maintenanceof adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of theCompany and for preventing and detecting frauds and otherirregularities; selection and application of appropriateaccounting policies; making judgments and estimates thatare reasonable and prudent; and design, implementationand maintenance of adequate internal financial controls,that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracyand completeness of the accounting records, relevant tothe preparation and presentation of the Ind AS financialstatements that give a true and fair view and are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Ind AS financial statements, management isresponsible for assessing the Company's ability to continueas a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relatedto going concern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Ind AS financial statements as a whole are freefrom 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 isnot a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these Ind ASfinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
Ý Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the Ind AS 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.
Ý 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 Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls system in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
Ý Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policiesused and the reasonableness of accounting estimatesand related disclosures made by management.
Ý 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 Ind AS 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.
Ý Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the Ind AS financial statements, includingthe disclosures, and whether the Ind AS financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Ind ASfinancial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makeit probable that the economic decisions of a reasonablyknowledgeable user of the Ind AS financial statements may
be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality andqualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit workand in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluatethe effect of any identified misstatements in the Ind ASfinancial statements.
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 of mostsignificance in the audit of the Ind AS financial statements ofthe current period and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless lawor regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that amatter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonablybe expected to outweigh the public interest benefits ofsuch communication.
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 Companies Act, 2013, we give in the 'Annexure A" astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and4 of the Order, to the extent 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 knowledgeand belief were necessary for the purposes of ouraudit of the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements.
b) In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law relating to preparation of the aforesaid IndAS financial statements have been kept by theCompany so far as it appears from our examinationof those books.
c) The Company does not have any branches. Hence,the provisions of Section 143 (3) (c) is not applicable.
d) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit andLoss including Other Comprehensive Income, theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statementof Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
e) In our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS financialstatements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act,read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts)Rules, 2014.
f) In our opinion, there are no financial transactionsor matters which have any adverse effect on thefunctioning of the Company.
g) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on March 31, 2025taken on record by the Board of Directors, none ofthe directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025from being appointed as a director in terms ofSection 164 (2) of the Act.
h) There is no adverse remark relating to themaintenance of accounts and other mattersconnected therewith.
i) With respect to adequacy of internal financialcontrols over financial reporting of the Companyand the operating effectiveness of such controls,refer to our separate report in “Annexure B."
j) In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, wereport as under with respect to the other mattersto be included in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanationsgiven to us:
(i) The Company has disclosed the impactof pending litigations on its financialposition as referred to Note 38 to the Ind ASfinancial statement.
(ii) The Company did not have any long-termcontracts including derivative contracts;as such the question of commenting on anymaterial foreseeable losses thereon doesnot arise.
(iii) There has been no delay in transferringamounts which were required to be transferredto the Investor Education and Protection Fundby the Company.
(iv) (a) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material eitherindividually or in the aggregate) havebeen advanced or loaned or invested(either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind offunds) by the Company to or in any otherperson or entity, including foreign entity("Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise,that the Intermediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on beh alf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The Management has represented, that,to the best of its knowledge and belief,no funds (which are material eitherindividually or in the aggregate) have beenreceived by the Company from any personor entity, including foreign entity ("FundingParties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Company shall, whether, directly orindirectly, lend or invest in other personsor entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures thathave been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has caused usto believe that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), asprovided under (a) and (b) above, containany material misstatement.
(v) As stated in Note 16(i) to the Ind AS financialstatements, The Company has proposed,declared or paid final dividend during the yearand hence compliance with Section 123 of theAct is applicable for the year.
(vi) Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining booksof account using accounting software whichhas a feature of recording audit trail (editlog) facility is applicable to the Company witheffect from April 1, 2023, and accordingly,reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rule, 2014 is applicable for thefinancial year ended March 31, 2025.
Based on our examination which included testchecks, the Company has used an accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of accountwhich has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactionsrecorded in the software. Further, during thecourse of our audit we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tamperedwith. Additionally, the audit trail has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutoryrequirements for record retention.
3. With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with the requirementsof Section 197 (16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directorsduring the year is in accordance with the provisions ofSection 197 of the Act.
For GMJ & Co
Chartered Accountants (FRN: 103429W)
CA Amit MaheshwariPartner
Place : Mumbai Membership No: 428706
Date : May 28, 2025 UDIN: 254287 06BMIO YS2785