We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of RateGain Travel Technologies Limited ("the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including a summary of 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, and based on the consideration of report of the other auditor on separate financial statements of the Trust referred to in the Other Matters section below, 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, ("Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SA”s) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibility 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 ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made 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 obtained by us and the audit evidence obtained by the other auditor in terms of their report referred to in the Other Matters section below, is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
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 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. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report :
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Key Audit Matter
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How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in our
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Audit
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1
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Revenue Recognition- Sale of services
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Our audit procedures included, but were not
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(Refer Note 22 and 2.2 (j) of the standalone financial
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limited to the following:
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statements)
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• Obtained an understanding of the process
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The Company recognised an amount of INR 2,104.32 million as revenue for the year ended March 31, 2025 from sale of services.
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of identification and recording of revenue transactions services of DaaS, Distribution and MarTech;
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• Evaluated the design, implementation and
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tested the operating effectiveness of key controls over revenue recognition including around services, pricing and accounting of revenue transactions;
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Sr. Key Audit Matter No.
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How the Key Audit Matter was addressed in our Audit
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Revenue of the Company majorly comprises of
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Evaluated the appropriateness of revenue
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Data as a service (DaaS), Distribution and Marketing
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recognition accounting policy adopted by the
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technology (MarTech) services provided to a large
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Company is in accordance with Ind AS 115;
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number of customers across geographies which is
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Performed substantive analytical procedures
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recognized by the Company in accordance with the
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on revenue which included sales-mix analysis,
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principles of Ind AS 115, ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’ (‘Ind AS’) that requires identification
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region -wise analysis, etc;
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of performance obligations, determination of
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Performed test of details on sample basis,
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transaction price including variable consideration
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including review of underlying contracts to
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and satisfaction of performance obligations.
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identify the key terms and attributes, obtained supporting documents such as invoices and
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Revenue is also a key performance indicator of the Company and is identified as a significant
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proof of performance of services.
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audit risk in accordance with the standards on
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Performed other substantive audit procedures
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auditing primarily as there is a risk that revenue is
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including obtaining debtor confirmations on
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recognised on sale of services before the control
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a sample basis for balances outstanding as at
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is transferred. Accordingly, occurrence of revenue
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year end;
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in respect of delivery of impressions, price points,
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Test checked manual journal entries i.e.
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advertisement spend on behalf of customer and
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credit notes, which were material or irregular
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distribution services has been considered as key
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in nature with supporting documents and
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focus area on account of various categories of customers, varying terms of contracts and high
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evaluated business rationale thereof;
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volume of sales transactions. We determined this
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Evaluated disclosures made in the standalone
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to be a key audit matter due to significant time and
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financial statements for revenue recognition
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effort involved in assessing the appropriateness of
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from sale of services for appropriateness in
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revenue recognition.
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accordance with the accounting standards.
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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 the information included in the Board report, Management discussion and analysis and Corporate Governance report but does not include the standalone financial statements, consolidated 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 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 during the course of our 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 Board of Directors for the Standalone Financial Statements
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 including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including 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 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 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 intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company’s Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibility 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 financial controls 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 standalone 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.
• 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 standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the Company and its trust to express an opinion on the standalone financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the audit of the standalone financial statements of such entity included in the standalone financial statements of which we are the independent auditors. For the other entity included in the standalone financial statements, which have been audited by the other auditor, such other auditor remain responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the audit carried out by them. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
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 financial controls 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.
Other Matters
• We did not audit the separate financial statements of RateGain Employees Benefit Trust included in the standalone financial statements of the Company whose financial statements reflect total assets of Rs. 50.10 million as at March 31, 2025 and total revenue of Rs. Nil for the year ended on that date, as considered in the standalone financial statements. These separate financial statements have been audited by the other auditor whose report has been furnished to us by the management, and our opinion in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect of such Trust and our report in terms of subsection (3) of Section 143 of the Act, is based solely on the report of such other auditor.
Our opinion on the standalone financial
statements and our report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements below is not modified in respect of these matters.
• The comparative standalone financial statements of the Company for the previous year ended March 31, 2024, were audited by predecessor auditor who expressed an unmodified opinion on those statements on May 21, 2024.
Our opinion on the standalone financial
statements is not modified in respect of above matters.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit and on the consideration of the report of the other auditor on the separate financial statements of the Trust, referred to in the Other Matters section above we report, to the extent applicable 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 not complying with the requirement of audit trail as stated in (i)(vi) below.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement of Changes in Equity 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 March 31, 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 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, is as stated in paragraph (b) above.
g) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure A”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements.
h) 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 remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
i) 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 31 to the standalone financial statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The Management has represented
that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 42(g) 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.
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note 42(h) 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 Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) 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 (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year and has not proposed final dividend for the year .
vi. Based on our examination, which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting software for maintaining its books of account for the year ended March 31, 2025 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 (Refer Note 43 of the standalone financial statements) except that:
i. in respect of primary accounting
software, the audit trail feature was not enabled at the database level to log any direct changes during the year.
ii. in respect of software operated
by a third-party software service
provider, for maintenance of payroll masters etc. having feature of audit trail, in the absence of independent auditor’s System and Organization Controls report covering the audit trail requirement for the period January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025, at application level and at database level, we are unable to comment whether audit trail feature of the said software was enabled and operated during that period, for all relevant transactions recorded in
the software and whether there were any instances of the audit trail feature been tampered with. Further as per the
report of independent auditor’s System and Organization Controls auditor, audit trail was not enabled for the period April 1, 2024 till December 18, 2024.
iii. in respect of software operated by a third-party software service provider, for maintenance of customer contracts etc. having feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the audit trail feature at the application level has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. However, audit trail was not enabled at the database level to log any direct data changes.
With respect to tampering, of audit trail, in case of one software, the feature of logging any tampering was fully enabled from January 13, 2025. Further during the
course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with, in respect of said accounting software for the period for which the audit trail feature was enabled and operating.
Additionally, the audit trail that was enabled and operated for the year ended March 31, 2024, has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention (except in software which was used for maintenance of customer contracts where the audit logs are being retained for 6 months only).
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 ("the Order”) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in "Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants (Firm’s Registration No. 117366W/W-100018)
Rajesh Kumar Agarwal
(Partner)
Place: Gurugram (Membership No. 105546)
Date: May 26, 2025 UDIN: 25105546BMLAHV2234
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