MEERA INDUSTRIES LIMITED
Report on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements of MEERA INDUSTRIES LIMITED, (the “Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the standalone statement of profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), the standalone statement of changes in equity and the standalone statement of cash flows for the year ended on that date, and the notes to the standalone Ind AS financial statements, including a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. (hereinafter referred to as “the standalone financial statements”)
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS 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, 2025 and its profit, total comprehensive income, change in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the
Standards on Auditing (SAs) 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 Ind AS 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 Ind AS financial statements under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 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 accompanying standalone Ind AS 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 Ind AS financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context.
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 Ind AS 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 Ind AS 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 Ind AS financial statements.
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Key Audit Matter
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How the matter was addressed in our audit
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Impairment assessment of Company's investments in wholly owned subsidiary As at March 31, 2025, the carrying value of the Company's investments (in equity shares and capital) is 8.10 Lakhs. Above investments in subsidiaries are accounted at cost (subject to impairment assessment). In accordance with Ind AS 36 'Impairment of Assets', management assesses at least annually whether there are any indicators of impairment of the investments. Basis such assessment, the Company has not recognised any impairment allowance during the year ended March 31, 2025, in respect of investments in wholly owned subsidiary as described in Note 5 the standalone financial statements.
For the purpose of above impairment assessment, recoverable value has been determined by computing the value in use of the underlying
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Our audit procedures in relation to impairment assessment of Company's investment in wholly owned subsidiaries included the following:
• We obtained an understanding, assessed and tested the design and operating effectiveness of the Company's key controls related to impairment evaluation process.
• We have obtained and discussed with management and evaluated the key judgements / assumptions underlying management's assessment of potential indicators of impairment.
• Where potential indicators of impairment were identified, we evaluated management's impairment assessments and assumptions around the key drivers of the cash flow forecasts by comparing them to the approved budgets and our understanding of the internal and external factors. We also assessed the reasonableness of the forecasts by comparing the same to past results and other supporting evidence.
• We obtained and assessed the sensitivity analysis made by the management on key assumptions used for impairment assessment.
• We compared the carrying values of the investments in wholly owned subsidiary
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business. For determining value in use, discounted cash flow projections are used which involves significant estimates, assumptions and judgement of long-term financial projections. Considering significant estimates and management judgement involved, impairment assessment is determined as a key audit matter.
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with their respective net assets values and earnings for the period.
• We evaluated the disclosures made in the standalone financial statements for compliance with the requirements of Ind AS 36 'Impairment of Assets', Ind AS 109 'Financial Instruments' and Ind AS 107 'Financial Instruments: Disclosures'.
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The Company determines the allowance for credit losses based on historical loss experience adjusted to reflect current and estimated future economic conditions. The Company considered current and anticipated future economic conditions on the basis of the related credit information for its customers to estimate the probability of default in future. We identified Expected credit losses as a key audit matter because of the significant judgement involved in calculating the expected credit losses. This required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased
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Our audit procedures related to the allowance for credit losses for trade receivables included the following, among others:
a) We tested the effectiveness of controls over the
(1) development of the methodology for the allowance for credit losses, including consideration of the current and estimated future economic conditions,
(2) completeness and accuracy of information used in the estimation of probability of default, and
(3) computation of the allowance for credit losses.
b) For a sample of customers we tested the input data such as credit related information used in estimating the probability of default by comparing them to external and internal sources of information.
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extent of effort when performing
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c) We evaluated the incorporation of the
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audit procedures to evaluate
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applicable assumptions into the estimate of
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the reasonableness of
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expected credit losses and tested the
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management's estimate of the
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mathematical accuracy and computation of
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expected credit losses.
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the allowances by using the same input data used by the Company.
We evaluated the qualitative adjustment to the historical loss rates, including assessing the basis for the adjustments and the reasonableness of the significant assumptions.
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Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon (Other information)
The company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the company's annual report, management discussion and analysis, Board's report including Annexures to Board's report but does not include the standalone Ind AS Financial Statements and our auditor's report thereon. The company's annual report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
Our opinion on the Standalone Ind AS 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 Ind AS 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 Ind AS Financial Statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or
otherwise appears to be materially misstated / inconsistent.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those charged with Governance for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Company's management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS 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 The Indian Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 , as amended. This responsibility also includes the maintenance of adequate accounting
records in accordance with the provision of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting the frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate implementation and maintenance of 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 Ind AS 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 Ind AS 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 management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors and those charged with Governance are 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 Ind AS 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 Ind AS financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
Ý Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS 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.
Ý 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 Ind AS financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
Ý Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements made by management and the Board of Directors.
Ý Conclude on the appropriateness of management and Board of Directors 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 Ind AS 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.
Ý Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone Ind AS financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone Ind AS financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the 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 Ind AS 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 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 Ind AS 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 Companies Act, 2013 we give in the “Annexure-A”, a statement on the matters specified in paragraph 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2. (A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a. We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit ;
b. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as appears from our examination of those books except for the
matters stated in paragraph 2(C)6 below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of The Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014;
c. The standalone Balance Sheet, the standalone Statement of Profit and Loss including the statement of other comprehensive income, the standalone Cash Flow Statement and the standalone statement of changes in equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account;
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements comply with the IND AS specified under Section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended;
e. On the basis of written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2025, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors are disqualified as on 31st March, 2025, from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act; and
f. The modifications relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith are as stated in the paragraph 2(A)b above on reporting under Section 143(3)(b) of the Act and paragraph 2(C)6 below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of these standalone Ind AS 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 over
financial reporting.
(B) 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 current year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act read with Schedule V of the Act.
The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limits laid down under section 197 read with Schedule V of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under section 197(16) which are required to be commented upon by us.
(C) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditor's) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
1. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at 31ST March, 2025 on its financial position in its standalone Ind AS financial statements - Refer Note 35 to the Standalone financial statements.
2. The Company did not have any longterm contracts including derivatives contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
3. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
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i. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note No. 44k(A) to the standalone financial statements, no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) 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 or entity, including foreign entity (“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.
ii. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Note No. 44k(B) to the standalone financial statements no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company from any person or entity, 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
iii. Based on audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (i) and (ii) above, contain any material misstatement.
5. During the year, the company has declared and paid interim dividend as per the provisions of Section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013. The company has not proposed any final dividend which is subject to the approval of shareholders in the ensuing annual general meeting
6. Based on our examination which included test checks, except for the instances mentioned below, the Company has used 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, for the periods where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operated throughout the year for the respective accounting software, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
i. The feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility was not enabled at the database level to log any direct data changes and at application layer for the accounting software's used for maintaining the books of account relating to payroll, consolidation process, and Fixed Assets Register, throughout the year.
ii. The feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility was not enabled at the application layer of the accounting software's relating to payroll, consolidation process, and Fixed Assets Register throughout the year. Further, for the periods where audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operated throughout the year for the respective accounting software, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
iii. Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 is applicable from April 1, 2024, and the company has the system of preservation of audit trail as per the statutory requirements for record retention for the prior period. The audit trail of relevant prior years
has been preserved for record retention to the extent it was enabled and recorded in those respective years by the Company as per the
Place : SURAT Date : May 23, 2025
statutory requirements for record retention, as described in note 45 to the standalone financial statements ended March, 31st 2025.
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