We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Jain Resource Recycling LimitedfFormerlyknown as Jain Resource Recycling Private Limited) (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March31, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss, including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement of Changes inEquity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements,including material accounting policy information and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as the“standalonefinancial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act’) in the mannerso required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed undersection 133 of the Act read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended (“Ind AS”) andother accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025,and profit (including other comprehensive loss), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on thatdate.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs)specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the‘Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements’ section of our report. We areindependent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India ("ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financialstatements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethicalresponsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidenceobtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises theDirector’s report but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalonefinancial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If,based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information,we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company’s Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of theAct with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under section 133of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with theprovisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds andother irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimatesthat are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financialcontrols, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statement 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 Management and Board of Directors are responsible forassessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includesour opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted inaccordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraudor error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected toinfluence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
We give in “Annexure A” a detailed description of Auditor’s responsibilities for Audit of the Standalone FinancialStatements.
Other Matters:
i) The comparative financial information of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2024 and the transitiondate opening Balance Sheet as at April 1, 2023 included in these standalone financial statements, are basedon the previously issued standalone financial statements prepared in accordance with the Companies(Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021, specified under Section 133 and other relevant provisions of the Actaudited by the predecessor auditors for the respective financial years whose report for the year ended March31, 2024 and March 31, 2023 dated June 24, 2024 and June 30, 2023 expressed an unmodified audit opinionon those standalone financial statements, as adjusted for the differences in the accounting principles adoptedby the Company on transition to the Ind AS, which have been audited by us.
ii) As fully described in Note 39 of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, the Company has prepared thesestandalone Ind AS financial statements to give effect to the Scheme of arrangement of merger of JainRecycling Private Limited (JRPL) into the Company from April 1, 2023, being a common control entity. Wedid not audit total assets of Rs 5,803.71 million and 5,087.87 million as at March 31, 2024 and April 01, 2023respectively and total revenues of Rs.14,118.32 million for the year ended March 31, 2024, included in theaccompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements (as part of previous year ended March 31, 2024) inrespect of JRPL whose financial statements and other information was audited by predecessor auditors forthe respective financial years and whose report has been furnished to us. Our opinion, in so far as it relatesto the JRPL is based solely on the report of other auditors.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of these matters.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations 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 by law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books except that the Company has not maintained daily back-up ofbooks of accounts and other books and papers maintained in electronic mode in a server physically locatedin India and matters stated in paragraph 2(h)(vi) betow on reporting under Rule 11(g).
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including other comprehensive income, the Statementof Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Row dealt with by this Report are in agreement with thebooks of account
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointedas a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) The reservation relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected there with are asstated in paragraph (b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph 2(h)(vi) below on reportingunder Rule 11(g).
(g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Reportin “Annexure C”.
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalonefinancial statements - Refer Note 36 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which therewere any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company.
iv. A. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as stated in Note54 to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (eitherfrom borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to orin any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide 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, as stated in Note54 to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from anyperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Parties), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, as on the date of this audit report, that the Company shall, directlyor indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or onbehalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
C. Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, and according to the information and explanations provided to us by theManagement in this regard nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that therepresentations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11 (e) as provided under (A) and (B) above, containany material mis-statement
v. The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting softwarefor maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility atapplication level and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software at application level. Further, there is no feature of recording audit trail(edit log)facility at database level. Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instanceof audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, the audit trail of prior year has beenpreserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention to the extent it wasenabled and recorded in prior year.
3. In our opinion, according to information, explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Companyto its directors is within the limits laid prescribed under Section 197 read with Schedule V of the Act andthe rules thereunder.
For M S K C 8t Associates LLP (Formerly known as M S K C 6t Associates)
Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Registration Number - 001595S/S000168
Geetha Jeyakumar V^V
Partner JJt
Membership No. 029409
UDIN: 25029409BMMITL2625
Place: Chennai
Date: August 24, 2025