We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Esha Media Research Limited (“theCompany”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024, and the Statement of Profitand Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), and the Statement of Cash Flows and theStatement of changes in equity for the year ended on that date, and notes to the financial statements,including a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us. theaforesaid Financial Statements give the information required by the Companies Act. 2013 (“TheAct”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with other accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March 2024,and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the yearended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditingspecified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards arefurther described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements sectionof our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India (IC.AI) together with the independence requirements thatare relevant to our audit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rulesmade there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with theserequirements and the ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance inour audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in thecontext of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, andwe do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. There are no Key audit matters to becommunicated in our repoijf/^f- -'-', y
• The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. Theother information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis,Board’s Report including Annexure to Board’s Report. Business Responsibility Report, CorporateGovernance and Shareholder’s Information, but does not include the financial statements and ourauditor’s report there on.
• Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not expressany form of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent withthe financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwiseappears to be materially misstated.
• If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of thisother information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Companv's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theAct with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair viewof the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive Income, cashflows and statement of changes of equity of the Company in accordance with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS )referred to in Section 133 of Companies Act 2013 read with Companies ( Indian AccountingStandards ) Rules 2015 as amended.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance withthe provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing anddetecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accountingpolicies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design,implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are freefrom material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company’sability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concernand using the going 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 financial reportingprocess.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if. individually or inthe aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users takenon the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintainprofessional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether dueto fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtainaudit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk ofnot detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting fromerror, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or theoverride of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order todesign audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i)of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company hasadequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis ofaccounting and. based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we arerequired to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financialstatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusionsare based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However,future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied withrelevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them allrelationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, andwhere applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those mattersthat were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law orregulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances,we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverseconsequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits ofsuch communication
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by section 143(3) of the Companies Act 2013, we report that:
a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best ofour knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit.
b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by theCompany so far as appears from our examination of those books.
c) The Balance Sheet and Statement of Profit and Loss including Other ComprehensiveIncome, the Cash flow Statement and the statement of changes in equity dealt with bythis Report are in agreement .with the books of account.
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d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financials comply with the Accounting Standards specifiedunder of Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of the Companies(Accounts) Rules, 2014.
e) On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024,and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as onMarch 31, 2024, from being appointed as a director in terms of sub section (2) of section164 of the Companies Act, 2013.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting ofthe Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate reportin “Annexure A”; Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy andoperating effectiveness on the Company's internal financial controls over financialreporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordancewith the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act. as amended, in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance withthe provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordancewith Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and tothe best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The company has disclosed the impact of pending litigation on its financialposition in its financial statements.
ii. The Company does not have any derivatives contracts. Further there are no longterm contracts for which provisions for any material foreseeable losses is requiredto be made.
iii. There are no amounts pending that are required to be transferred to InvestorEducation and Protection Fund.
iv. (a) The management has represented, to the best of their knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advancedor loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any othersources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intennediary shall, whether,directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) orprovide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, to the best of their knowledge and belief,other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been receivedby the company from any person(s) or entityfies), including foreign entities(“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security orthe like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed by us, which has consideredreasonable and 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 (a) and (b). contain any material mis-statement.
v. The company hasn’t declared any Dividend for the current year.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used accountingsoftware for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail(edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevanttransactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit we did notcome across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020, issued by the department ofcompany affairs, in terms of section 143 (11) of the companies Act, 2013, we give in the“Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
For NSVR & ASSOCIATES LLP.
Chartered AccountantsFRN No.008801S/S200060
V Gangadhara Rao NPartner
Membership Number: 219486UDIN: 24219486BKFAZN5476
Date: 27 May 2024Place: Hyderabad