Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Impairment of unquoted Non-Current Investments carried at cost. (as described in Note 4 (a) of the
Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements)
At March 31,2025, the unquoted investments in non-current
Our audit procedures included the following:
investments amount to I 35,409.89 Mn.
• We understood, evaluated and tested the operating
The management assesses at least annually, the existence
effectiveness of internal controls implemented by the Company
of impairment indicators of each unquoted non-current
relating to identification of impairment indicators and valuation
investments, and in case of such existence, these assets
of non-current investments.
are subject to an impairment test.
• We evaluated the Company's valuation methodology applied
The basis of impairment of non-current investments is
in determining the recoverable amount. In making this
presented in the accounting policies in Note 2.22 to the
assessment, we also assessed the objectivity and independence
Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements.
of Company's specialists involved in the process.
During the current year, impairment indicators were
• We evaluated the assumptions around the key drivers of the
identified by the management on the unquoted non-current
cash flow forecasts including estimated reserved, discount
investments of I 873.27 Mn. As a result, an impairment
rates, expected growth rates and terminal growth rates used.
assessment was required to be performed by the Company
• We assessed the valuation methodology including recent
by comparing the carrying value of these investments to their
secondary market transactions and the key assumptions
recoverable amount to determine whether an impairment
adopted in the cash flow forecasts considering current
was required to be recognised.
economic scenario, including retrospective reviews to
For the purpose of the above impairment testing, value in
prior year’s forecasts against actual results to assess the
use has been determined by considering secondary market
recoverability of investments.
transactions, forecasting and discounting future cash flows.
• We assessed the key assumptions to external market data or
Furthermore, the value in use is highly sensitive to changes
other supporting evidence including discount rates, expected
in some of the inputs used for forecasting the future cash
growth rates and terminal growth rates with assistance from
flows.
our valuation specialists.
Further, the determination of the recoverable amount of the
• We discussed potential changes in key drivers as compared
investments of unquoted non- current investments involved
to previous year / actual performance with management to
judgement due to inherent uncertainty in the assumptions
evaluate whether the inputs and assumptions used in the cash
supporting the recoverable amount of these investments.
flow forecasts were suitable.
Accordingly, the impairment of non-current investmentswas determined to be a key audit matter in our audit of the
• We tested the arithmetical accuracy of the models.
• We assessed the adequacy of the disclosures made in theStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements.
We have audited the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statementsof Info Edge (India) Limited ("the Company”), which comprisethe Balance sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statementof Profit and Loss, including the statement of OtherComprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and theStatement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended,and notes to the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements,including a summary of material accounting policies andother explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid Standalone IndAS Financial 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, 2025, its profitincluding other comprehensive income, its cash flows and thechanges in equity for the year ended on that date.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit of the Standalone Ind AS FinancialStatements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs), as specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Ourresponsibilities under those Standards are further describedin the 'Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneInd AS Financial Statements' section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the 'Code
of Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia together with the ethical requirements that are relevantto our audit of the Standalone Ind AS 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 Ind AS Financial Statements.
KEY AUDIT MATTERS
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professionaljudgement, were of most significance in our audit of theStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements for the financialyear ended March 31, 2025. These matters were addressedin the context of our audit of the Standalone Ind AS FinancialStatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon,and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.For each matter below, our description of how our auditaddressed the matter is provided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report. Wehave fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor'sresponsibilities for the audit of the Standalone Ind ASFinancial 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 Ind AS Financial Statements. The results ofour audit procedures, including the procedures performedto address the matters below, provide the basis for ouraudit opinion on the accompanying Standalone Ind ASFinancial Statements.
INFORMATION OTHER THAN THESTANDALONE IND AS FINANCIALSTATEMENTS AND AUDITOR'S REPORTTHEREON
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the informationincluded in the Annual report, but does not include theStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements and our auditor'sreport thereon.
Our opinion on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statementsdoes not cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Ind ASFinancial Statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether such otherinformation is materially inconsistent with the StandaloneInd AS Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained inthe audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude thatthere is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report inthis regard.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENTFOR THE STANDALONE IND AS FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
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 Ind AS Financial Statementsthat give 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 ofthe Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;making judgements 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 and
presentation of the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements,management is responsible for assessing the Company’sability 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.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due tofraud or 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 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 Standalone IndAS Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgement and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatementof the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit proceduresresponsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence thatis sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatementresulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting fromerror, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal 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 StandaloneInd AS Financial Statements in place and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use ofthe going concern basis of accounting and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertaintyexists related to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue asa going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertaintyexists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s
report to the related disclosures in the Standalone IndAS Financial Statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions arebased on the audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor’s report. However, future events or conditionsmay cause the Company to cease to continue as agoing concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content ofthe Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the Standalone Ind AS 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 we identifyduring 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 Standalone Ind AS FinancialStatements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025 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.
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, to theextent applicable, 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) In our opinion, proper books of account as required bylaw have been kept by the Company so far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books except for thematters stated in the paragraph (vi) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g).
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding the Statement of Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash Flow Statement and Statementof Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Ind AS FinancialStatements comply with the Accounting Standards
specified under Section 133 of the Act, read withCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015,as amended;
(e) On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken onrecord by the Board of Directors, none of the directors isdisqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointedas a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act;
(f) The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewith are asstated in the paragraph 2 (b) above on reporting underSection 143(3)(b) and paragraph (vi) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g);
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to these Standalone Ind ASFinancial Statements and the operating effectiveness ofsuch controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure2” to this report;
(h) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for theyear ended March 31, 2025 has been paid / providedby the Company to its directors in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V tothe 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,as amended in our opinion and to the best of ourinformation and according to the explanations givento us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its StandaloneInd AS Financial Statements - Refer Note 27 to theStandalone Ind AS Financial Statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts,required to 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 asdisclosed in the note 44 to the Standalone IndAS Financial Statements, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium or any othersources 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 inwriting or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, whether, directly or indirectly lend orinvest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b) The management has represented that,to the best of its knowledge and belief, nofunds have been received by the Companyfrom any person(s) or entity(ies), including
foreign entities ("Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Company shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries; andc) Based on such audit procedures performedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothinghas come to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (a) and (b) contain anymaterial misstatement.
v. a) The final dividend paid by the Company during
the year in respect of the same declaredfor the previous year is in accordance withsection 123 of the Act to the extent it appliesto payment of dividend.
b) The interim dividend declared and paid by theCompany during the year and until the date ofthis audit report is in accordance with section123 of the Act.
c) As stated in note 8(C) to the Standalone Ind ASFinancial Statements, the Board of Directorsof the Company have proposed final dividendfor the year which is subject to the approvalof the members at the ensuing AnnualGeneral Meeting. The dividend declared is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act to theextent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. Based on our examination which includedtest checks, the Company have used multipleaccounting software, other peripheral softwareincluding third party applications for maintainingits books of account which has a feature ofrecording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software except, asexplained in note 45, audit trail feature at databaselevel for four billing/ accounting softwares wereenabled in phase wise manner during the year andtherefore was effective through part of the yeartill year end. Further, we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with.Additionally, the audit logs have been preserved bythe company as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention, to the extent it was enabled andrecorded in those respective years.
For S.R. BATLIBOI & ASSOCIATES LLP
Chartered Accountants
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per Sanjay Bachchani
Partner
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Place: NoidaDate: May 27, 2025