We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Dishman Carbogen Amcis Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2026, and the statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive income), statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the year then ended, on that date and notes to the financial statements, including material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “standalone financial statements”).
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 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind As”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2026, its Loss including other comprehensive Income, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
BASIS FOR OPINION
We conducted our audit of the standalone financials statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) as specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. 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 are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the independence 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 ICAI’s Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
EMPHASIS OF MATTER
a) We draw attention to Note 28 to the standalone financial statements detailing the accounting treatment relating to the scheme Involving merger of Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals Limited and Dishman Care Limited with Dishman Carbogen Amcis Limited, which has been accounted in the year 2016-17 under the “Purchase Method” as per the then prevailing Accounting Standard 14 - Accounting for Amalgamation (AS 14) in compliance with scheme of Amalgamation pursuant to Section 391 to 394 of Companies Act, 1956 Approved by Hon’ble High Court of Gujarat in accordance with the scheme, the company had recognized goodwill on Amalgamation amounting to T 1,326.86 Crores which is amortized over the period of 15 years from the appointed date i.e., January 01,2015 to March 31, 2022 and revised life of 22 years during April 01,2022 to March 31,2024.
Further, Board of directors has re-assessed the life of goodwill during FY 24-25, considering the benefits to be available to the company going forward due to reasons given in aforesaid note, has decided to amortize the carrying value of T 594.17 Crores as on April 01, 2024 over a revised life of 99 Years, starting from January 01, 2015. This change in estimate of life has been made prospectively over the remaining useful life starting from 1st April, 2024. Had the useful life of the Goodwill not been revised by the Board of Directors, the Depreciation and Amortization expense for the year ended March 31, 2026 would have been higher by T 39.10 Crores and profit before tax for the Year ended March 31, 2026 would have been lower by equivalent amount.
Had the goodwill not been amortized as required under Ind AS 103, the Depreciation and Amortization expense for the Year ended March 31, 2026, would have been lower by T 6.60 Crores and the Profit Before Tax for the corresponding periods would have been higher by an equivalent amount. Goodwill amounting to T 580.96 Crores is outstanding as on March 31, 2026. Had the goodwill not been amortized, assets of the company would have been higher by T 745.90 Crores.
b) We draw attention to Note 37 in relation to deviation of Financial Covenant as at March 31, 2026, the Company was in compliance with all stipulated financial covenants at a consolidated group level. However, there was a deviation to one of the India standalone financial covenants in relation to two borrowing arrangements.
The Company has three series of listed non-convertible debentures aggregating to T 133.36 Crores outstanding as at March 31, 2026. In respect of two series of debentures, namely Debenture Series 2024 and Debenture Series 2025 aggregating to T 84.44 Crores, the Company did not satisfy one of the stipulated financial covenants at the India standalone financial statement level as at the reporting date. However, the Company was in full compliance with the financial covenants at the consolidated financial statement level.
The Company had requested waiver from the respective debenture holders before March 31, 2026 for permitting the deviation from the one standalone financial covenant and certain debenture holders had already provided the waiver in the above respect by March 31, 2026. The balance waivers from other debenture holders are awaited as on the date of approval of these financial statements. Since these debentures are contractually due for repayment during FY 2026-27, there is no change in the classification of these debts as current liabilities as at March 31,2026.
In respect of Debenture Series 2026 aggregating to T 48.92 Crores, the Company had obtained modification of certain covenants from the respective debenture holders prior to March 31, 2026.
Further, in respect of term loan facility aggregating to R 63.67 Crores, the Company obtained modification of certain covenants from the respective lenders subsequent to the reporting date but prior to approval of these financial Statements.
The management believes that the aforesaid deviation from standalone financial covenant is procedural in nature and does not impact the Company’s ability to meet its repayment obligations.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of these matters.
KEY AUDIT MATTERS
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 financial year ended 31st March 2026. 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. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the ‘Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements’ section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying standalone financial statements.
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Key Audit Matter
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How our Audit addressed the Key Audit Matter
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Impairment assessment of the carrying value of Goodwill (Refer Note 3 to the standalone financial statements)
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Company carries goodwill amounting to R 580.96 Crores in its standalone financial statements as at March 31, 2026 which was recorded due to the
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Our procedures included the following:
• Obtained an understanding from the management with respect to
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merger of Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemical Limited and Dishman Care Limited into Dishman Carbogen Amcis Limited.
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process and controls followed by the Company to perform annual impairment test related to goodwill and performed necessary audit procedures to test the operating effectiveness of the relevant internal controls during the year ended and as of March 31,2026;
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In terms with Ind AS 36, goodwill is tested for impairment annually at the CGU level whereby the carrying amount of the CGU (including goodwill)
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• Evaluated management’s identification of CGU’s, the carrying value of each CGU and the methodology followed by management for the
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is compared with the recoverable amount of the CGU. However, the goodwill generated on the merger is amortized over a period of 99 years (i.e.,
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impairment assessment in compliance with the prevailing accounting standards;
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revised life derived as on 1st April’24).
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• Involved our valuation specialists to assists us in evaluating
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methodologies, impairment calculations and underlying assumptions
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The recoverable amount is determined on the
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applied by the management in the impairment testing;
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basis of the value in use which is the present value of future cash flows of the CGU using discounted
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• Evaluated appropriateness of key assumptions included in the cash
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cash flow model ‘Model’), which involves
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flow forecasts used in computing recoverable amount of each CGU,
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estimates pertaining to expected business and
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such as growth rates, profitability, discount rates, etc., with reference
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earnings forecasts and key assumptions including
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to our understanding of their business and historical trends; and
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those related to discount and long-term growth
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comparing past projections with actual results, including discussions
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rates. These estimates require high degree of management judgment resulting in inherent
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with management relating to these projections;
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subjectivity.
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• Considered the impairment testing valuation report for goodwill
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outstanding in standalone books carried on by independent valuer;
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We considered this as a key audit matter due to significant judgement and assumption involved in
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• Performed sensitivity analysis on these key assumptions to assess
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estimating future cashflow using the model.
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potential impact of downside in the underlying cash flow forecasts and assessed the possible mitigating actions identified by management; and
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• Evaluated the appropriateness of the disclosure in the standalone
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financial statements and assessed the completeness and mathematical accuracy.
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Key Audit Matter
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How our Audit addressed the Key Audit Matter
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Impairment assessment of carrying value of investments in subsidiaries (Refer Note 4(a)(i) to the standalone financial statements)
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The Company has equity investments in its unlisted wholly owned subsidiaries and other group companies amounting to T 2,828.24 Crores as at March 31, 2026 (“Investments”) which are carried at cost/fair value (net of impairment provision) as per Ind AS 27 on ‘Separate Financial Statements’.
We considered the valuation of such Investments to be significant to the audit, because of the materiality of the Investments to the standalone financial statements of the Company.
The management assesses at least annually the existence of impairment indicators of each investment. The management has assessed the impairment of its investments by reviewing the business forecasts of subsidiaries, using discounted cashflow valuation model. The recoverable amounts of the investments are determined based on the management’s estimates of future cashflows and their judgement w.r.t the investee’s performance including key assumptions related to discount and long-term growth rates.
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Our procedures included the following:
• Obtained understanding of design and implementation of relevant internal controls w.r.t Investments including its impairment assessment;
• Performed necessary audit procedures to test the operating effectiveness of the relevant internal controls with respect to valuation of Investments including impairment assessment thereof during the year ended as of March 31,2026;
• Obtained management’s evaluation of impairment analysis including future cash flows used by the management in the model to compute the recoverable value/value in use;
• Obtained the valuation report on Impairment testing of investments in standalone books;
• Obtained the subsidiary auditors Impairment testing working file certifying the fair value of Investment at various subsidiaries;
• Involved our valuation specialists to assists us in evaluating methodologies, impairment calculations and underlying assumptions applied by the management in the impairment testing;
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Accordingly, the impairment assessment of Investments was determined to be a key audit matter in our audit of the standalone financial statements.
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• Evaluated the appropriateness of the disclosure in the standalone financial statements and assessed the completeness and mathematical accuracy.
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Evaluation of uncertain tax positions (Refer Note 29 to the standalone financial statements)
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The Company operates in multiple jurisdictions and is subject to periodic challenges by local tax authorities on a range of tax matters during the normal course of business including transfer pricing and indirect tax matters. This involves significant management judgment to determine the possible outcome of the uncertain tax positions, consequently having an impact on related accounting and disclosures in the standalone financial statements. Hence, this has been considered as a key audit matter.
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Our procedures included the following:
• Gained an understanding of the process of identification of claims, litigations and contingent liabilities and identified key controls in the process. For selected controls we have performed tests of controls;
• Obtained the summary of Company’s legal and tax cases and critically assessed management’s position through discussions with the Legal Counsel, Head of Tax and operational management, on both the probability of success in significant cases, and the magnitude of any potential loss;
• Inspected external legal opinions (where considered necessary) and other evidence to corroborate management’s assessment of the risk profile in respect of legal claims;
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• Engaged our tax specialists to technically appraise the tax positions taken by management with respect to local tax issues;
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• Assessed the relevant disclosures made within the financial statements to address whether they appropriately reflect the facts and circumstances of the respective tax and legal exposures and the requirements of relevant accounting standards.
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Key Audit Matter
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How our Audit addressed the Key Audit Matter
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Accounting and valuation of Hedging Instrument (Refer Note 11(d) to the standalone financial statements)
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The Company hedges its foreign currency risk and
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Our procedures included the following:
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interest rate risk through derivative instruments and applies hedge accounting principles for derivative instruments as prescribed by Ind AS
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• Obtained understanding of the company’s overall hedge accounting strategy, forward contract valuation and hedge accounting process
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from initiation to settlement of derivative financial instruments
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109. Payable pertaining to derivative instruments as at March 31, 2026 is amounting to T 84.35 Crores and debit balance of Cash Flow Hedge
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including assessment of the design and implementation of controls and tested the operating effectiveness of those controls;
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Reserve of T 140.76 Crores (net of deferred tax) as on that date.
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• Assessed company’s accounting policy for hedge accounting in
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accordance with Ind AS;
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These contracts are recorded at fair value and cash flow hedge accounting is applied, such that
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• Tested the existence of hedging contracts by tracking to the
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gains and losses arising from fair value changes are deferred in equity and recognized in the
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confirmations obtained from respective counter parties;
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standalone statement of profit and loss when
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• Tested management’s hedge documentation and contracts, on
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hedges mature and/or when the hedge item
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sample basis;
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occurs.
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• Involved our valuation specialists to assist in reperforming the year
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The valuation of hedging instruments and
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end fair valuations of derivative financial instruments on a sample
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consideration of hedge effectiveness has been
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basis and compared these valuations with those records by the
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identified as a key audit matter as it involves a
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company including assessing the valuation methodology and key
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significant degree of complexity and management judgment and are subject to an inherent risk of
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assumptions used therein;
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error.
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• Assessed the relevant disclosures of hedge transactions in the
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financial statements.
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Revenue Recognition (Refer Note 16 to the standalone financial statements)
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The Company recognizes revenue from sale of
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Our procedures included the following:
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goods in accordance with the principles of Ind AS 115 - “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”.
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• We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of
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Revenue is recognized when control of the goods is transferred to the customer, in an amount that
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key internal controls relating to revenue recognition, including year- end cut-off procedures;
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reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for such
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• We assessed the appropriateness of the Company’s accounting
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goods. Revenue is measured net of returns, trade discounts, rebates and taxes collected on behalf of the government, if any.
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policy for revenue recognition in line with Ind AS 115 - “Revenue from contract with customers”;
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• We performed substantive testing of revenue transactions recorded
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We identified revenue recognition as a key
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during the year by examining supporting documents such as
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audit matter due to the significance of revenue
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customer purchase orders, sales invoices, dispatch documents,
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to the financial statements and because the
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transport documents and customer acknowledgements, wherever
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determination of the timing of transfer of control
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applicable;
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involves assessment of contractual terms, dispatch terms and cut-off procedures at the
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• We assessed whether the performance obligations identified by
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year end. Incorrect recognition of revenue in an
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the Company and the timing of recognition of revenue were in
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inappropriate accounting period could materially impact the financial statements.
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accordance with the requirements of Ind AS 115;
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• We tested manual journal entries posted to revenue accounts and
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assessed their appropriateness;
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• We tested, on a sample basis, revenue transactions recorded before
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and after the financial year end date to assess whether revenue has been recognized in the appropriate accounting period. Based on the procedures performed, no material exceptions were noted.
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INFORMATION OTHER THAN THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND AUDITOR’S REPORT THEREON
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Board’s report and Annexure to Board’s Report but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The other information is expected to be made available to us after the date of this 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 identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The Company’s Board of Directors is 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 financial position, financial performance, total 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 read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. 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, management is 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 management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are 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 scepticism 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 in 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 management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management’s use of the going concern basis of accounting 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 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 sub-section (11) of section 143 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. 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.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive income, the statement of changes in equity and the Cash Flow Statement 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 Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2026 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2026 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to these standalone financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B” to this report.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the managerial remuneration has been paid by the company to its directors during the year is in accordance with provisions of Section 197 of the Act read with Schedule V to the Act.
(h) 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, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 29 to the standalone financial statements.
ii. Provision has been made in the financial statements, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the investor’s education and protection fund by the company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented that,
to the best of their knowledge and belief, 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 entities, including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, 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;
(b) the management has represented, that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, n o fu nds have been received by th e 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, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures performed that h ave 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 (a) and (b) contain any material mis¬ statement.
v. Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software 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 relevant transactions recorded in the software. However, the audit trail feature is not enabled at the database level for the accounting software, as described
in Note 41 to the financial statements. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with in respect of the accounting software and the audit trail has been preserved by the company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
As the proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 became applicable from 1st April, 2023, the reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 regarding the preservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention is applicable for the financial year ending 31st March, 2026. The Company has preserved the audit trail in accordance with the applicable statutory requirements.
For T R Chadha & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm’s Reg. No.: 006711N/N500028
Brijesh Thakkar
Partner
Membership No.: 135556 UDIN: 26135556WHPLHF4944
Place: Ahmedabad Date: May 19, 2026
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