We have audited the Separate financial statements (also known as Standalone Financial Statements) of NITCO Limited ("the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2026, 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, and 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, 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 (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs (financial position) of the Company as at 31st March 2026, and its profit (financial performance including Other Comprehensive Income), the Changes in Equity and its Cash Flows for the year ended on that date.
2. 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 Companies Act, 2013 (''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 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.
3. Emphasis of Matter
i. Refer Note 3.3 to the Standalone Financial Statement, which describes during the previous financial year the Company had approved the disposal of its Alibaug factory PPE. Based on an initial offer, an impairment provision of Rs. 16,267.01 lakhs were recognised to reflect the PPE’s fair value. During the year, a fresh scrap-sale offer of Rs. 3,250.00 lakhs led to an impairment reversal of Rs. 1,650.00 lakhs. A binding contract has been entered with the buyer for disposal within six months, and the assets have been reclassified as Non-current Assets Held for Sale under Ind AS 105.
ii. Refer Note 7 to the Standalone Financial Statement, Management has not made provision for impairment of Rs. 855.22 lakhs w.r.t. capital advance given to Saumya Buildcon Pvt Ltd. as part amount has been received and balance is expected to be cleared in FY 2026-27.
iii. Refer Note 16 to the Standalone Financial Statement, which describe the Board of the Company, on 13 August 2024 and after Nomination & Remuneration Committee approval, granted 9,88,000 stock options to employees at an exercise price of Rs. 25 per option (convertible into an equal number of equity shares). The options vest 50% after one year and the remaining 50% after two years from the grant date. Necessary lender approvals were obtained during the earlier quarter. Based on a valuation report from a registered valuer, the fair value of each option was determined at Rs. 113.76. Accordingly, an ESOP expense of Rs. 917.63 lakhs have been recognized for the vesting period from August 2024 to March 2026. During the year, eligible employees exercised vested options and corresponding equity shares were allotted.
iv. Refer Note 21 to the Standalone Financial Statement, the Company had obtained shareholder's approval for the sale of its Kanjurmarg property, held as Inventory for a monetary consideration of Rs. 23,200 lakhs and non-monetary consideration in the form of office space in the Buyer’s proposed project. An advance of Rs. 14,300 lakhs has been received against this transaction. The Company is currently completing conditions precedent to enable execution of the definitive agreement. Pending such agreement, the sale has not been recognized in the books, and the advance is disclosed as advance from customer.
v. Refer Note 24 to the Standalone Financial Statement, which describes the Joint Development Agreement ("JDA”) entered into by the Company for the Plotted development of land situated at Alibaug, where consideration is variable and linked to entering into the Joint Development Agreement and sale of Plots. Pursuant to the JDA, the company had recognized income of Rs. 5,842.00 lakhs in June quarter, representing an interest free adjustable advance towards signing of the Joint Development Agreement. No further development were made in this regard during the subsequent quarters.
vi. Refer Note 32 to the Standalone Financial Statement, which describes during the year, the company has assessed the financial implications of the changes to the employee benefit plans arising from legislative amendments referred to as the "New Labour Code”. Basis that and the relevant requirements under the Indian Accounting Standard, the company has estimated one-time increase in gratuity and leave liability arising out of past service cost amounting to Rs. 400.13 Lakhs and has been disclosed as an "Exceptional Item”.
vii. Refer Note 38 (b)(ii) to the Standalone Financial Statement, Additional Director General Foreign Trade (ADGFT) had levied penalty of Rs. 17,000.00 lakhs which is confirmed by the Appellate bench of DGFT, New Delhi. No provision for the demand is made in the books. Management has received legal opinion that the order is bad in law.
viii. Refer Note 44 to the Standalone Financial Statement, the balance with respect to certain bank balances, other current assets and liabilities are subject to confirmations and the balances are currently reported in the standalone financial statement as per the books of accounts.
ix. Refer Note 46 to the Standalone Financial Statement, during the previous year, the Company had obtained Board approval to assign leasehold rights in land at MIDC, Village Panchpakhadi - Thane. The property was reclassified from non-current assets to inventory. The rights were assigned for a monetary consideration of ?11 lakhs and non-monetary consideration of constructed carpet area of 7,459.2 sq. meters or 25% of FSI, whichever is higher, in the buyer's project. Revenue will be recognized upon fulfillment of conditions, including regulatory approvals.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of these matters
4. Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the current year. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
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Key Audit Matter
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Our Response
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Assessment of impairment in valuation of investments and
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Our audit procedures included, among others the
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loan given to subsidiaries and Property, Plant and Equipment at Alibaug and Silvasa & impairment reversal
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following:
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• The carrying values of the company's Investments in
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• We have evaluated the key judgements /
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subsidiaries and Property, Plant and Equipment are assessed
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assumptions underlying management's
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annually by management for potential indicators of
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assessment of potential indicators of impairment;
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impairment.
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• We have reviewed the revised scrap-sale offer of
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• We have identified the assessment of potential impairment
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? 3,250.00 lakhs received during the year and
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of investments and loans given to subsidiaries and Property,
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assessed the basis and appropriateness of the
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Plant and Equipment at Alibaug and Silvasa location as a key
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impairment reversal of ? 1,650.00 lakhs credited
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audit matter.
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to depreciation in the current year.
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• Impairment assessment involves significant degree of
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• We have read and assessed the relevant
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management judgement in determining the key assumptions
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and expected future cash flows.
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disclosures made within the standalone Ind AS
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• During the previous financial year, the Company had
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financial statements.
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proposed to dispose of the Property, Plant and Equipment (PPE) pertaining to its Alibaug factory pursuant to the Board's approval for plotted development of the site. Based on the initial offer, an impairment provision of ? 16,267.01 lakhs was recognized to reflect the fair value of the PPE.
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• During the year, a fresh scrap-sale offer of ? 3,250.00 lakhs
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led to an impairment reversal of ? 1,650.00 lakhs. A binding contract has been entered with the buyer for disposal within six months, and the assets have been reclassified as Non¬ current Assets Held for Sale under Ind AS 105.
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• Valuation ofunderlying assets especially land with subsidiaries
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were done from Independent Valuer.
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Real Estate Inventory — Joint Development Agreement for
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Our audit procedures included, among others the
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Plotted Development of Alibaug Land
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following:
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• In previous year the Board approved the plotted development of the Alibaug land, consequent to which the land was
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• We have obtained and reviewed the Joint Development Agreements and assessed the terms and conditions thereof, including the
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reclassified from non-current asset to inventory.
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nature of consideration and the obligations of
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• During the current year, the Company entered into a Joint
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each party.
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Development Agreement (JDA) for plotted development of
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• We have evaluated management's accounting
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the land. The consideration in respect thereof is variable and linked to the execution of the JDA and sale of plots.
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treatment for the Interest Free Adjustable Advance (IFAA) received, including whether it qualifies for recognition as income or is required
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• Pursuant to the JDA, the Company recognised income of
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to be treated as a liability/deferred revenue under
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? 5,842.00 lakhs during the year, representing an Interest
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Ind AS 115.
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Free Adjustable Advance (IFAA) towards signing of the JDA.
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• We have assessed the appropriateness of
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• In current year, the Company received IFAA of ? 1,778.00 lakhs and expects the balance to be received in F.Y. 2026-27.
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reclassification of land from non-current asset to inventory in accordance with Ind AS 2.
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• We have verified confirmation and receipt of IFAA
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with bank statements.
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Key Audit Matter
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Our Response
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Employee Benefits :
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Our audit procedures included:
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The valuation of the retirement benefit schemes in the Company
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We have examined the key controls over the process
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is determined with reference to various actuarial assumptions
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involving member data, formulation of assumptions
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including discount rate, future salary increases, rate of inflation,
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and the financial reporting process in arriving at the
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mortality rates and attrition rates.
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provision for retirement benefits. We tested the controls for determining the actuarial assumptions and the
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Further the changes to employee benefits plans arising from
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approval of those assumptions by senior management.
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legislative amendments are treated as plan amendments, requiring
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We found these key controls were designed,
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recognition of past service cost in the statement of profit and loss.
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implemented and operated effectively, and therefore determined that we could place reliance on these key
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Due to the enacted amendments and the size of these schemes, the
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controls for the purposes of our audit. We tested the
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changes due to the amendments and assumptions have a material
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employee data used in calculating the obligation and
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impact on the estimated employee benefits.
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where material, we also considered the treatment of curtailments, settlements, past service costs, remeasurements, benefits paid, the salary restructuring exercise in compliance with the Labour Codes and any other amendments made to the obligations during the year. From the evidence obtained, we found the data and assumptions used by management in the actuarial valuations for retirement benefit obligations to be appropriate.
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Litigation, Claims and Contingent Liabilities
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Our audit procedures included, among others the
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• Company is exposed to variety of different laws, regulations and interpretations thereof. Consequently, in the normal course of business, Provisions and Contingent Liabilities may
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following:
• We understood the processes, evaluated the design and implementation of controls and tested the operating effectiveness of the Company's
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arise from legal proceedings, constructive obligations and
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controls over the recording and re-assessment of
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commercial claims.
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uncertain legal positions, claims and contingent
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• Management applies significant judgement when considering
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liabilities.
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whether and how much to provide for the potential exposure
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• We held discussions with senior management
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of each matter.
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including the person responsible for legal and compliance to obtain an understanding
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• These estimates could change substantially over time as new
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of the factors considered by management
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facts emerge as each legal case or matters progresses.
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in classification of the matter as 'probable',
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• Given the different views possible, basis the interpretations,
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'possible' and 'remote'.
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complexity and the magnitude of potential exposures and the judgement necessary to estimate the amount of provision required or determine required disclosures.
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• Examined the Company's legal expenses on sample basis and read the minutes of the board meetings in order to ensure completeness.
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• With respect to tax matters (direct and indirect),
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discussed with the Company's tax officers and obtained their views and strategies on significant cases, as well as the related technical grounds relating to their conclusions based on applicable tax laws.
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• Assessing the decisions and rationale for
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provisions held or for decisions not to record provisions or make disclosures.
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• For those matters where management
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concluded that no provisions should be recorded, considering the adequacy and completeness of the Company's disclosures.
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5. Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Board's Report including Annexures to Board's Report, Management Discussion and Analysis, Report on Corporate Governance, 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 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.
6. Management’s Responsibility 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, Changes in Equity and Cash Flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India. 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. (Refer Note 39)
The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
7. 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 judgement 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 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 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 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.
8. Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
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 A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit, 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 ofaccount 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 Ind AS prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
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 are 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 financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in "Annexure B”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company's internal financial controls with reference to financial statements.
g) As there was no managerial remuneration paid during the year, the provisions under Section 197(16) of the Act are not applicable.
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 38 (b) to the Standalone Financial Statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were no 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) As represented to us by the management and to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been advanced
or lend or invested during the year (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, 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; and
(b) As represented to us by the management and to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been received by the Company during the year 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, we have considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that causes us to believe that the above 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 as per Section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013 and hence clause (f) of Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit & Auditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used an accounting software's for maintaining its 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. Further, during the course of our audit we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with and the audit trail has been preserved by the company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
For M M NISSIM & CO. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Reg.No.107122W / W100672
N Kashinath
Partner
Mem.No.036490
UDIN: 26036490CIMGCX2637
Place: Mumbai Date: 13 th May, 2026
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