k. Provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets
The Company creates a provision when there is a present obligation as a result of an obligating event that probablyrequires an outflow of resources and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the outflow. Provisions are notdiscounted to their present value and are determined based on the best estimate required to settle the obligation at thereporting date. These estimates are reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate.
Contingent liabilities are disclosed unless the possibility of outflow of resources is remote.
Contingent assets are neither recognized nor disclosed in the financial statements.
l. New Accounting standards adopted by the Company:
1. Appendix C to Ind AS 12 - Uncertainty over income tax treatments
Appendix C to Ind AS 12 clarifies the accounting for uncertainties in income taxes. The interpretation is to be applied lothe determination of taxable profit (tax loss), tax bases, unused tax losses, unused tax credits and tax rates, when thereis uncertainty over income tax treatments under Ind AS 12. The adoption of Appendix C to Ind AS 12 does not have arymaterial impact on the financial statements of the Company.
2. Amendment to Ind AS 12 - Income Taxes
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued amendments to Ind AS 12 - Income Taxes. The amendments clarify that anentity shall recognize the income tax consequences of dividends on financial instruments classified as equity, where theentity originally recognized those past transactions or events that generated distributable profits and are recognized bythe entity. The adoption of amendment to Ind AS 12 does not have any material impact on the financial statements of theCompany.
3. Amendment to Ind AS 19 - Plan Amendment, Curtailment or Settlement
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued amendments to Ind AS 19, ‘Employee Benefits’, in connection with accountingfor plan amendments, curtailments and settlements requiring an entity to determine the current service costs and the netinterest for the period after the re-measurement using the assumptions used for the re-measurement; and determine thenet interest for the remaining period based on the remeasured net defined benefit liability or asset. The adoption ofamendment to Ind AS 19 does not have any material impact on the financial statements of the Company.
4. Transition to Ind AS 116
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) through Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2019 andCompanies (Indian Accounting Standards) Second Amendment Rules, has notified Ind AS 116 Leases which replacesthe existing lease standard, Ind AS 17 Leases and other interpretations. Ind AS 116 sets out the principles for therecognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both lessees and lessors. It introduces a single, on-balance sheet lease accounting model for lessees.
The Company has evaluated for adopting Ind AS 116 from effective annual reporting period beginning April 1, 2019 andfound that the adoption of amendment to Ind AS 116 did not have any material impact on the financial statements of theCompany.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA”) notifies new standards or amendments to the existing standards under Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules as issued from time to time. On March 23, 2023, MCA amended the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2022, as below.
Ind-AS 16-Property Plant and equipment-The amendment clarifies that excess of net sale proceeds of itemsproduced over the cost of testing, if any, shall not be recognized in the profit or loss but deducted from the direct yattributable costs considered as part of cost of an item of property, plant, and equipment. The effective date for adoptionof this amendment is annual periods beginning on or after April 1, 2022. The Company has evaluated the amendmentand there is no impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Ind-AS 37- Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets-The amendment specifies that the ‘cost offulfilling’ a contract comprises the ‘costs that relate directly to the contract’. Costs that relate directly to a contract caneither be incremental costs of fulfilling that contract (examples would be direct labour, materials) or an allocation of othercosts that relate directly to fulfilling contracts (an example would be the allocation of the depreciation charge for an itemof property, plant and equipment used in fulfilling the contract). The effective date for adoption of this amendment isannual periods beginning on or after April 01,2022, although early adoption is permitted. The Company has evaluated theamendment and the impact is not expected to be material.