We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statementsof JSW Infrastructure Limited ("the Company"), which comprise thebalance sheet as at 31st March, 2025, and the statement of profitand loss, including the statement of other comprehensive income, thecash flow statement and the statement of changes in equity for theyear then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements,including a summary of material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the standalonefinancial statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according tothe explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013,as amended ("the Act"), in the manner so required and give a trueand fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31stMarch, 2025, and its profit including other comprehensive loss, itscash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements inaccordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified undersub-section (10) of Section 143 of the Act. Our responsibilities underthose SAs are further described in the 'Auditor's Responsibilities for theAudit of the Standalone Financial Statements' section of our report.
We are independent of the Company in accordance with the 'Codeof Ethics' issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Indiatogether with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our auditof the standalone financial statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Codeof Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion onthe standalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment,were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financialstatements for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025. This matterwas addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and wedo not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matterbelow, our description of how our audit addressed the matter isprovided in that context.
We have determined the matters described below to be the keyaudit matters to be communicated in our report. We have fulfilledthe responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities forthe audit of the standalone financial statements section of ourreport, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our auditincluded the performance of procedures designed to respond to ourassessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalonefinancial statements. The results of our audit procedures, includingthe procedures performed to address the matters below, providethe basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying standalonefinancial statements.
The Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Impairment of the Company's investments in and loans granted to subsidiaries and other receivables from subsidiaries (Also refer Note
2 (XXIII)e, 7 and 8 to the standalone financial statements)
As at 31st March, 2025, the Company has investments in and loans
Our audit procedures included the following:
granted to subsidiaries amounting to ' 3,188.39 crore and to'1,710.55 crore respectively.
a. We obtained understanding, assessed and tested the designand operating effectiveness of the Company's key controls
The Company accounts for above investments in subsidiaries at cost/ loan at amortized cost. As per requirement of Ind AS 36 "Impairmentof assets", the management reviews at each reporting periodwhether there are any indicators of impairment of the investments insubsidiaries and where impairment indicators exist, the management
related to the impairment evaluation process.
b. We assessed the impairment model prepared by themanagement and the assumptions used, with particularattention to the following:
estimates the recoverable amounts of the investments, being higher
i. benchmarking or assessing key assumptions used in the
of fair value less costs of disposal and value in use. The value in use
impairment models, including discount rates, risk free rate
of the underlying businesses is determined based on the discounted
of return, long term growth rate and other key assumptions
cash flow projections. Significant judgements are required to determine
against external and internal data;
the key assumptions used in the discounted cash flow models, suchas discount rate, growth rate and future operating and finance costbased on management's view of future business prospects.
ii. assessing the cash flow forecasts through analysis of actualpast performance and comparison to previous forecasts;
Considering the materiality of the amount involved, and significant
iii. testing the mathematical accuracy and performing
management judgement required for valuation, Impairment of
sensitivity analysis of the models;
investments in and loans granted to subsidiaries is determined to bea key audit matter in the current year audit.
iv. understanding the commercial prospects of the assets/projects, and comparison of assumptions with external data
sources to the extent possible; and
v. Obtained suitable management representation on the
projection of future cash flows and various assumptionsused in the valuation.
c.
We compared the carrying values of the investments and loansto subsidiaries with their respective net assets values andearnings for the period.
d.
We evaluated the disclosures made in the standalone financialstatements for compliance with the requirement of Ind AS 36'Impairment of Assets
Accuracy and completeness of disclosure of related party transactions and compliance with the provisions of Act and SEBI (ListingObligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, as amended ('SEBI (LODR) 2015') (as described in note 33 of the standalone
financial statements)
We identified the accuracy and completeness of disclosure of related
Our
procedures in relation to the disclosure of related party
party transactions as set out in respective notes to the standalone
transactions included the following:
financial statements as a key audit matter due to:
a.
We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design and tested
- the significance of transactions with related parties during the
operating effectiveness of the controls related to capturing
year ended 31st March, 2025.
related party transactions and management's process of
- Related party transactions are subject to the compliancerequirement under the Companies Act 2013 and SEBI (LODR) 2015.
ensuring all transactions and balances with related parties havebeen disclosed in the standalone financial statements.
b.
We obtained an understanding of the Company's policies andprocedures in respect of evaluating arms-length pricing andapproval process by the audit committee and the board ofdirectors.
We agreed the amounts disclosed with underlyingdocumentation and read relevant agreements, evaluation ofarms-length by management, on a sample basis, as part of ourevaluation of the disclosure.
We assessed management evaluation of compliance with theprovisions of Section 177 and Section 188 of the companies Act2013 and SEBI (LODR) 2015.
e.
We evaluated the disclosures through reading of statutoryinformation, books and records and other documents obtainedduring the course of our audit.
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the otherinformation. The other information comprises the information includedin the Company's Annual Report but does not include the standalonefinancial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not coverthe other information and we do not express any form of assuranceconclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements,our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so,consider whether such other information is materially inconsistentwith the standalone financial statements, or our knowledge obtainedin the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based
on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a materialmisstatement of this other information, we are required to report thatfact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the mattersstated in sub-section (5) of Section 134 of the Act with respect tothe preparation of these standalone financial statements that givea true and fair view of the financial position, financial performanceincluding other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes inequity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the Act readwith the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate
accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act forsafeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing anddetecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimatesthat are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation andmaintenance of adequate internal financial controls that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentationof the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair viewand are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, the managementis responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as agoing concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unlessthe management either intends to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether thestandalone financial statements as a whole are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor'sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a highlevel of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conductedin accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatementwhen it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they couldreasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professionaljudgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of thestandalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error,design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks,and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate toprovide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resultingfrom error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentionalomissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the auditin order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under clause (i) of sub-section (3) of Section 143of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion onwhether the company has adequate internal financial controlswith reference to standalone financial statements in place andthe operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and thereasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of managements and Boardof Directors use of the going concern basis of accounting inpreparation of standalone Financial Statement and, based on theaudit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubton the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosuresin the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures areinadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based onthe audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report.However, future events or conditions may cause the Company tocease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of thestandalone financial statements, including the disclosures, andwhether the standalone financial statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a manner that achievesfair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding,among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit andsignificant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regardingindependence, and to communicate with them all relationshipsand other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on ourindependence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance,we determine those matters that were of most significance in theaudit of the standalone financial statements for the financial yearended 31st March, 2025, and are therefore the key audit matters.We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, inextremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should notbe communicated in our report because the adverse consequencesof doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the publicinterest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020("the Order"), issued by the Central Government of India in termsof sub-section (11) of Section 143 of the Act, we give in the"Annexure A" a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by sub-section (3) of Section 143 of the Act, wereport that:
a. We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge and beliefwere necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by lawhave been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books except for the matters
stated in paragraph (i) (vi) below on reporting under Rule11 (g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014,as amended.
c. The balance sheet, the statement of profit and lossincluding other comprehensive income, the statementof cash flow and the statement of changes in equitydealt with by this report are in agreement with the booksof account.
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 representations received fromthe directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified ason 31st March, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of sub-section (2) of Section 164 of the Act.
f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to these standalone financialstatements and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B" tothis report.
g. I n our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the yearended 31st March, 2025 has been paid / provided by theCompany to its directors in accordance with the provisionsof section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act;
h. The modification relating to the maintenance of accountsand other matters connected therewith are as stated inparagraph (b) above on reporting under clause (b) of sub¬section (3) of Section 143 of the Act and paragraph (i) (vi)below on reporting under Rule 11 (g) of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended.
i. With respect to the other matters to be included in theAuditor's Report in accordance with Rule (11) of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 as amended,in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations on its financial position in its standalonefinancial statements - Refer note 31 (a) to thestandalone financial statements;
ii. The Company has made a provision, as requiredunder the applicable law or accounting standards,
for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-termcontracts including derivative contracts.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to betransferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. (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 entity ("Intermediaries"),with the understanding, whether recordedin writing or otherwise, that the Intermediaryshall, 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 to or onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented that, tothe best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are either material either individuallyor in aggregate) have been received by theCompany from any person or entity, includingforeign entity ("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 ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") by or onbehalf of the Funding Parties or provide anyguarantee, security or the like from or on behalfof the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have beenconsidered reasonable and appropriate onthe circumstances, nothing has come to ournotice that has caused us to believe that therepresentation under sub-clause (i) and (ii) ofRule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above,contain any material misstatement.
v. The final dividend paid by the Company during theyear in respect of the same declared for the previousyear is in accordance with section 123 of the Actto the extent it applies to payment of dividend.As stated in note 45 to the standalone financialstatements, the Board of Directors of the Companyhas proposed dividend for the year which is subject
to the approval of the members at the ensuingAnnual General Meeting. The dividend declared is inaccordance with section 123 of the Act to the extentit applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. As more fully described in note 43 (x) to thestandalone financial statements, based on ourexamination which included test checks, theCompany has used accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a featureof recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the samehas operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software except that,audit trail feature is not enabled for direct changesto data in the underlying database of SAP HR -Payroll application for certain users as described innote 43 (x) to the standalone financial statements.
Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with, in respect of accounting softwarewhere the audit trail has been enabled. Additionally,the audit trail of prior year has been preserved bythe Company as per the statutory requirements forrecord retention to the extent it was enabled andrecorded in the respective year.
For SHAH GUPTA a CO.,
Chartered AccountantsFirm Registration No.: 109574W
Vipul K Choksi
Partner
Place: Mumbai M. No.037606
Date: 30th April, 2025 UDIN: 25037606BMMBST8879