1. We have jointly audited the accompanying StandaloneFinancial Statements of D. B. Corp Limited ("theCompany”), which comprise the Standalone BalanceSheet as at March 31,2025, the Standalone Statementof Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Standalone Statement of Changes inEquity and the Standalone Statement of Cash Flowsfor the year then ended, and notes to the StandaloneFinancial Statements, including material accountingpolicy information and other explanatory information.
2. In our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us, theaforesaid Standalone Financial Statements give theinformation required by the Companies Act, 2013("the Act”) in the manner so required and give atrue and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state ofaffairs of the Company as at March 31,2025, and totalcomprehensive income (comprising of profit and othercomprehensive loss), changes in equity and its cashflows for the year then ended.
3. We conducted our joint audit in accordance with theStandards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under thoseStandards are further described in the "Auditor’sResponsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements” section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with theCode of Ethics issued by the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India together with the ethicalrequirements that are relevant to our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements under the provisionsof the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we havefulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. Webelieve that the audit evidence obtained by us issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for ouropinion.
4. Key audit matters are those matters that, in ourprofessional judgement, were of most significance inour audit of the Standalone Financial Statements ofthe current period. These matters were addressed inthe context of our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements as a whole and in forming our opinionthereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion onthese matters.
Key Audit Matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
Assessment of carrying value of Investment Properties(including advances for properties)
(Refer Notes 5, 11(b), 47(e) and 47(k) to the StandaloneFinancial Statements)
The Standalone Financial Statements of the Companyinclude investment properties of ' 746.78 million andadvance for investment properties of ' 145.85 million as atMarch 31,2025.
Investment properties are measured at cost less accumulateddepreciation and impairment, if any. Advances for investmentproperties are measured at cost less impairment, if any.Management tests these assets for impairment wheneverevents or changes in circumstances indicate that the carryingamount may not be recoverable.
Property valuations are carried out by third party valuersengaged by the Company, for the selected investmentproperties. The value of investment properties (includingproperties under construction) is dependent on the valuationmethodology adopted, inputs into the valuation model andfactors such as prevailing market conditions, the individualnature, condition, and location of each property.
Our audit procedures include the following:
• Assessed the design and tested the operatingeffectiveness of key controls relating to assessment ofappropriateness of the carrying values of investmentproperties and advances for properties underconstruction.
• Evaluated management’s procedures for identificationof triggers for impairment to the carrying values ofinvestment properties and assessment of recoverabilityof the advances against properties.
• Evaluated the competency and capabilities of theexternal property valuers engaged by the Company.
• Assessed on test-check basis, the reasonableness of thevaluation of properties as per the reports of the externalvaluers, by comparing the rates of similar property in thevicinity area from independent property web portals and/or government notified circle rates.
• Verified on test-check basis, the underlying propertydocuments, and other records for determination of theCompany’s right over the properties.
• Verified, the physical existence and enquired with themanagement on progress of the constructions for asample of the under-construction properties.
We determined this as a key audit matter because of thesignificant balance of investment properties (includingthe advances for properties under construction) in theStandalone Balance Sheet and inherently subjectivenature of investment property valuations due to the use ofassumptions in the valuation methodology.
• Evaluated the Company’s policy for making provisionsfor doubtful advances against properties and examinedworkings for provision made towards such advances.
• Checked mathematical accuracy of the Company’scomputations of impairment charge, whereverimpairment was identified.
• Assessed adequacy of disclosures made in theseStandalone Financial Statements.
Appropriateness of provision for expected credit lossagainst trade receivables
(Refer Notes 13, 42 and 47(g) to the Standalone FinancialStatements)
The Company has receivables aggregating to ' 5,577.49million as of March 31, 2025, against which the Companyhas recognised a provision for expected credit loss (ECL) of' 1,056.61 million as on that date.
The Company assesses the provision for receivables basedon ECL model as per Ind AS 109, Financial Instruments andcarries the trade receivable balances at an amount whichapproximates their realisable value.
The Company determines the ECL for each group of tradereceivables using a provision matrix based on twelvemonth rolling historical credit loss experience by tenure andapplying to the receivables held at year end. Furthermore,it includes specific reviews of customer accounts, pastexperience with these customers, and considers current andfuture economic and business conditions.
The appropriateness of the provision for ECL has beendetermined to be a key audit matter as it is subjective dueto the high degree of judgment applied by the Company indetermining the provision matrix which requires evaluationof various factors such as the financial condition of thecustomers, historical loss rate adjusted for forward lookinginformation, expected future cash flows and other relatedfactors, and also considering the significance of the tradereceivables balances and the related estimation uncertainty.
Our audit Procedures include the following:
• Obtained an understanding and assessed the designand operating effectiveness of the internal processesfor evaluating the recoverability of trade receivablesincluding collection process and the allowances for tradereceivables.
• Evaluated reasonableness of the method andappropriateness of the management assumptions andjudgments used to determine provision for ECL againsttrade receivables.
• Evaluated the simplified approach applied by theCompany to identify lifetime expected credit losses.In doing so, obtained the schedule of receivablesageing, enquired into aged balances and assessedmanagement’s explanation for collectability. Also testedthe management’s working for provision for expectedcredit losses.
• On a test-check basis, verified receipts from debtors,subsequent to the financial year-end against the tradereceivable balances outstanding as at March 31,2025, with bank statements and relevant underlyingdocumentation.
• Checked mathematical accuracy of the Company’scomputations of provision for loss allowance.
• Assessed adequacy of presentation and disclosuresmade in the Standalone Financial Statements.
5. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible forthe other information. The other information comprisesthe information included in the Annual Report, butdoes not include the Standalone Financial Statementsand our auditor’s report thereon. The Annual Report isexpected to be made available to us after the date ofthis auditor’s report.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statementsdoes not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation identified above when it becomes availableand, in doing so, consider whether the other informationis materially inconsistent with the Standalone FinancialStatements or our knowledge obtained in the audit orotherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we concludethat there is a material misstatement therein, we arerequired to communicate the matter to those chargedwith governance and take appropriate action asapplicable under the relevant laws and regulations.
governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
6. The Company’s Board of Directors is responsiblefor the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these StandaloneFinancial Statements that give a true and fair viewof the financial position, financial performance,changes in equity and cash flows of the Company inaccordance with the accounting principles generallyaccepted in India, including the Indian AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act.This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets ofthe Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application ofappropriate accounting policies; making judgmentsand estimates that are reasonable and prudent; anddesign, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectivelyfor ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the Standalone Financial Statementsthat give a true and fair view and are free from materialmisstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
7. In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements,Board of Directors is responsible for assessing theCompany’s ability to continue as a going concern,disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis ofaccounting unless Board of Directors either intends toliquidate the Company or to cease operations, or hasno realistic alternative but to do so.
8. Those Board of Directors are also responsible foroverseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Financial Statements
9. Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assuranceabout whether the Standalone Financial Statements asa whole are free from material misstatement, whetherdue to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assuranceis a high level of assurance but is not a guaranteethat an audit conducted in accordance with SAs willalways detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate,they could reasonably be expected to influence theeconomic decisions of users taken on the basis ofthese Standalone Financial Statements.
10. As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgement and maintain professional
scepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of materialmisstatement of the Standalone FinancialStatements, whether due to fraud or error, designand perform audit procedures responsive tothose risks, and obtain audit evidence that issufficient and appropriate to provide a basis forour opinion. The risk of not detecting a materialmisstatement resulting from fraud is higherthan for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internalcontrol.
• Obtain an understanding of internal controlrelevant to the audit in order to designaudit procedures that are appropriate in thecircumstances. Under Section 143(3)(i) of theAct, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the Company has adequateinternal financial controls with reference toStandalone Financial Statements in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accountingpolicies used and the reasonableness ofaccounting estimates and related disclosuresmade by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness ofmanagement’s use of the going concern basisof accounting and, based on the audit evidenceobtained, whether a material uncertainty existsrelated to events or conditions that may castsignificant doubt on the Company’s ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we concludethat a material uncertainty exists, we are requiredto draw attention in our auditor’s report to therelated disclosures in the Standalone FinancialStatements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are basedon the audit evidence obtained up to the date ofour auditor’s report. However, future events orconditions may cause the Company to cease tocontinue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure andcontent of the Standalone Financial Statements,including the disclosures, and whether theStandalone Financial Statements represent theunderlying transactions and events in a mannerthat achieves fair presentation.
11. We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings,including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
12. We also provide those charged with governancewith a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and tocommunicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear onour independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
13. From the matters communicated with those chargedwith governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe thesematters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when,in extremely rare circumstances, we determine thata matter should not be communicated in our reportbecause the adverse consequences of doing so wouldreasonably be expected to outweigh the public interestbenefits of such communication.
14. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report)Order, 2020 ("the Order”), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) ofSection 143 of the Act, we give in the "Annexure A”a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
15. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we reportthat:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the informationand explanations which to the best of ourknowledge and belief were necessary for thepurposes of our audit.
(b) In our opinion, proper books of account asrequired by law have been kept by the Companyso far as it appears from our examination of thosebooks, except for the matters stated in paragraph15(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014(as amended).
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the StandaloneStatement of Profit and Loss (including othercomprehensive income), the Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Standalone Statementof Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone FinancialStatements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representationsreceived from the directors as on March 31,2025, taken on record by the Board of Directors,none of the directors is disqualified as on March31, 2025, from being appointed as a director interms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the maintenance of accounts andother matters connected therewith, reference ismade to our remarks in paragraph 15(b) above onreporting under Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph15(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) ofthe Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014(as amended)”
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internalfinancial controls with reference to StandaloneFinancial Statements of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer toour separate Report in "Annexure B”.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be includedin the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,2014 (as amended), in our opinion and to thebest of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact ofpending litigations on its financial positionin its Standalone Financial Statements -Refer Note 37 to the Standalone FinancialStatements.
ii. The Company was not required to recognisea provision as at March 31, 2025 underthe applicable law or Indian AccountingStandards, as it does not have any materialforeseeable losses on long-term contractincluding derivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferringamounts, required to be transferred, to theInvestor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company during the year.
iv. (a) The management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge andbelief, as disclosed in Note 45(vii) tothe Standalone Financial Statements,no funds have been advanced orloaned or invested (either fromborrowed funds or share premium orany other sources or kind of funds)
by the Company to or in any otherperson(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Intermediaries”),with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall, whether directlyor indirectly, lend or invest in otherperson(s) or entity(ies) identified in anymanner whatsoever by or on behalf ofthe Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries”)or provide any guarantee, securityor the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
(b) The management has representedthat, to the best of its knowledgeand belief, as disclosed in the Note45(vii) to the Standalone FinancialStatements, no funds have beenreceived by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), includingforeign entities ("Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Companyshall, whether directly or indirectly, lendor invest in other person(s) or entity(ies)identified in any manner whatsoeverby or on behalf of the Funding Party("Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;and
(c) Based on such audit procedures that weconsidered reasonable and appropriate
in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has causedus to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (a) and (b) containany material misstatement.
v. The interim dividend declared and paid by theCompany during the year is in compliance withSection 123 of the Act.
vi. 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 (editlog) facility and that has operated throughoutthe year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software, except that the audit trail isnot maintained for direct database changes tillJanuary 2025 and the audit log of modificationdoes not contain pre-modified values throughoutthe year. Further, the audit log of modificationdoes not contain the changes made by certainusers with specific access at application level tillNovember 2024. During the course of performingour procedures except the aforesaid instances,we did not notice any instance of audit trailfeature being tampered with. Further, the audittrail, to the extent maintained in the prior year,has been preserved by the Company as per thestatutory requirements for record retention.
16. The Company has paid/provided for managerialremuneration in accordance with the requisiteapprovals mandated by the provisions of Section 197read with Schedule V to the Act.
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Chartered Accountants
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Place: Mumbai Place: Bhopal
Date: May 8, 2025 Date: May 8, 2025