We have audited the standalone financial statements
of CIE Automotive India Limited (formerly known as
Mahindra CIE Automotive Limited) (the “Company")
which comprise the standalone balance sheet as at
31 December 2024, and the standalone statement
of profit and loss (including other comprehensive
income), standalone statement of changes in equity
and standalone statement of cash flows for the year
then ended, and notes to the standalone financial
statements, including material accounting policies and
other explanatory information.

In our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid
standalone financial statements give the information
required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“Act") in the manner
so required and give a true and fair view in conformity
with the accounting principles generally accepted
in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at
31 December 2024, and its profit and other comprehensive
loss, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year
ended on that date.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with the
Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under Section
143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs
are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for
the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section
of our report. We are independent of the Company in
accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute
of Chartered Accountants of India together with the
ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the
standalone financial statements under the provisions of
the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled
our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with
these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe
that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the
standalone financial statements.

Key Audit Matter

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our
professional judgment, were of most significance in our
audit of the standalone financial statements of the current
period. These matters were addressed in the context of
our audit of the standalone financial statements as a
whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not
provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Other Information

The Company's Management and Board of Directors
are responsible for the other information. The other
information comprises the information included in the
Company's annual report, but does not include the
financial statements and auditor's report thereon.

Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does
not cover the other information and we do not express
any form of assurance conclusion 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 the other
information is materially inconsistent with the standalone
financial 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.

Management's and Board of Directors' Responsibilities
for the Standalone Financial Statements

The Company's Management and Board of Directors are
responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the
Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone
financial statements that give a true and fair view of the
state of affairs, profit/ loss and other comprehensive
income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company
in accordance with the accounting principles generally
accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting
Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section 133 of the
Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of
adequate accounting records in accordance with the
provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds
and other irregularities; selection and application of
appropriate accounting policies; making judgments
and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and

design, implementation and maintenance of adequate
internal financial controls, that were operating effectively
for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the
accounting records, relevant to the preparation and
presentation of the standalone financial statements
that give a true and fair view and 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 for
assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going
concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to
going concern and using the going concern basis of
accounting unless the Board of Directors either intends
to liquidate the 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 whole are free from material misstatement, whether
due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that
includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high
level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit
conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a
material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can
arise from fraud or error and are considered material if,
individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably
be expected to influence the economic decisions of
users taken on the basis of these standalone financial
statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise
professional judgment and maintain professional
skepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material
misstatement of the standalone 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 to provide a basis for our opinion.
The risk of not detecting a material misstatement
resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting
from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery,
intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the
override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant
to the audit in order to design 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
has adequate internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements in place and the
operating effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting
policies used and the reasonableness of
accounting estimates and related disclosures
made by the Management and Board of Directors.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of the
Management and Board of Directors use of the
going concern basis of accounting in preparation
of standalone financial statements and, based on
the audit evidence obtained, whether a material
uncertainty exists related to events or conditions
that may cast significant doubt on the Company's
ability to continue as a going concern. If we
conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are
required to draw attention in our auditor's report to
the related disclosures in the standalone financial
statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,
to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are 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 going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and
content of the standalone financial statements,
including the disclosures, and whether the
standalone financial statements represent the
underlying transactions and events in a manner
that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance
regarding, among other matters, the planned scope
and timing of the audit and significant audit findings,
including any significant deficiencies in internal control
that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with
a statement that we have complied with relevant
ethical requirements regarding independence, and to

communicate with them all relationships and other
matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on
our independence, and where applicable, related
safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged
with governance, we determine those matters that
were of most significance in the audit of the standalone
financial statements of the current period and are
therefore the key audit matters. We describe these
matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation
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 adverse consequences of doing so would
reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest
benefits of such communication.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report)
Order, 2020 (“the Order") issued by the Central
Government of India in terms of Section 143(11) of
the Act, we give in the “Annexure A" a statement on
the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the
Order, to the extent applicable.

2 A. 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 and belief 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 it appears from our
examination of those books except for the
matters stated in the paragraph 2(B)(f) below
on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.

c. The standalone balance sheet, the standalone
statement of profit and loss (including other
comprehensive income), the standalone
statement of changes in equity and the
standalone statement of cash flows dealt with
by this Report are in agreement with the books
of account.

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone
financial statements comply with the Ind AS
specified under Section 133 of the Act.

e. On the basis of the written representations

received from the directors as on
03 January 2025, 24 January 2025,

28 January 2025, 30 January 2025 and

03 February 2025 taken on record by the
Board of Directors, none of the directors is
disqualified as on 31 December 2024 from
being appointed as a director in terms of
Section 164(2) of the Act.

f. The modification relating to the maintenance
of accounts and other matters connected
therewith are as stated in the paragraph 2(a)
(b) above on reporting under Section 143(3)
(b) and paragraph 2B(f) below on reporting
under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and
Auditors) Rules, 2014.

g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal
financial controls with reference to financial
statements of the Company and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our
separate Report in “Annexure B"

B. With respect to the other matters to be included in
the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of
the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in
our opinion and to the best of our information and
according to the explanations given to us:

a. The Company has disclosed the impact of
pending litigations as at 31 December 2024 on
its financial position in its standalone financial
statements - Refer Note 30 to the standalone
financial statements.

b. The Company did not have any long-term
contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were any material foreseeable
losses.

c. There were no amounts which were required
to be transferred to the Investor Education
and Protection Fund by the Company.

d. (i) The management has represented

that, to the best of their knowledge and
belief, as disclosed in the Note 38 to the
standalone financial statements, no
funds have been advanced or loaned or
invested (either from borrowed funds or
share premium or any other sources or
kind of funds) by the Company to or in any
other person(s) or entity(ies), including
foreign entities (“Intermediaries"), with
the understanding, whether recorded in
writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary
shall directly or indirectly lend or invest in
other persons or entities identified in any
manner whatsoever by or on behalf of
the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries")

or provide any guarantee, security
or the like on behalf of the Ultimate
Beneficiaries.

(ii) The management has represented
that, to the best of their knowledge and
belief, as disclosed in the Note 39 to
the standalone financial statements,
no funds have been received by
the Company from any person(s)
or entity(ies), including foreign
entities (“Funding Parties"), with the
understanding, whether recorded in
writing or otherwise, that the Company
shall directly or indirectly, lend or invest
in other persons or entities identified
in any manner whatsoever by or on
behalf of the Funding Parties (“Ultimate
Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee,
security or the like on behalf of the
Ultimate Beneficiaries.

(iii) Based on the audit procedures
performed that have been considered
reasonable and appropriate in the
circumstances, nothing has come to our
notice that has caused us to believe that
the representations under sub-clause (i)
and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under
(i) and (ii) above, contain any material
misstatement.

e. The final dividend paid by the Company during
the year in respect of the same declared
for the previous year is in accordance with
section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to
payment of dividend. As stated in Note 13 to the
standalone financial statements, the Board of
Directors of the Company have proposed final
dividend for the year which is subject to the
approval of the members at ensuing Annual
General Meeting. The dividend declared is in
accordance with section 123 of the Act to the
extent it applies to declaration of dividend.

f. Based on our examination which included test
checks, the Company has used accounting
softwares for maintaining books of account
which have a feature of recording audit
trail (edit log) facility and the same has
operated throughout the year for all relevant
transactions recorded in the respective
software, except for the instances mentioned
below:

1. In respect of the accounting software
used for maintaining books of account

relating to general ledger, in the absence
of edit logs, we are unable to comment
whether audit trail feature for the said
software was enabled at database level
and operated throughout the year for all
relevant transactions to log any direct
data changes recorded in the software.

2. In respect of the accounting software
used for maintaining the books of
account relating to payroll, the feature
of recording audit trail (edit log) facility
to log any direct data changes was
not enabled at the database level for
the period from 01 January 2024 to
17 December 2024.

Further, for the periods where audit trail (edit log)
facility was enabled and operated, we did not come
across any instance of the audit trail feature being
tampered with.

C. With respect to the matter to be included in the
Auditor's Report under Section 197(16) of the Act:

In our opinion and according to the information and
explanations given to us, the remuneration paid/
payable by the Company to its directors during the
current year is in accordance with the provisions
of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid/
payable to any director is not in excess of the limit
laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry
of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details
under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required
to be commented upon by us.

For B S R & Co. LLP

Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No.: 101248W/W-100022

Abhishek

Partner

Place: Mumbai, India Membership No.: 062343

Date: 20 February 2025 ICAI UDIN:

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