1. We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of EKI Energy Services Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”) which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended on that date and notes to Standalone Financial Statements, including the summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “Standalone Financial Statements”).
2. 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, as amended (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the recognition and measurement principles laid down in the Indian Accounting Standards (hereinafter referred to as “the Ind AS”) in accordance with the section 133 of the Act, read together with Rule 3 of the Companies Ind AS Rules, 2015 (as amended from time to time) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its net profit and total comprehensive income and other financial information of the Company for the year then ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
3. We have conducted our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (hereinafter referred to as “the SAs”) specified under sub-section 10 of section 143 of 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 (hereinafter referred to as “the 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 we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis of our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Emphasis of Matter
4. We draw attention to matter:
(a) The previous auditor has filed the report, under rule 13 of the Companies (Audit & Auditors) Rules, 2014, during the course of audit of Standalone Financial Statement for the year ended March 31, 2023. As informed by the Company, the matter was examined by independent legal and financial experts and based on their report, the Company concluded that there were no matter attracting the said rules. Since this matter is sub-judice and under consideration with MCA so, we believe that the matter is of importance to the users of Standalone Financial Statements.
(b) The Board of Directors of the company at its meeting held on February 10, 2025 has approved the scheme of arrangement in the nature of demerger (hereinafter referred to as “the Scheme”) entered between EKI Energy Services Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Demerged Company / Company”) and EKI One Community Projects Limited (hereinafter referred to as “the Transferee Company / Resulting Company”) with effect from January 1, 2025 or any other date as may be fixed by National Company Law Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as “the NCLT”). Approval of the scheme by NCLT is awaited. Thus, Standalone Financial Statements for the financial year ended on March 31, 2025 have been prepared without considering the effect of the scheme.
Key Audit Matters
5. Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2025. 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 matters
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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(a) Valuation of Carbon Credit Inventory
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Note No. 2(7)(g) of the Standalone Financial Statements
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We have identified the valuation of carbon credit inventory
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which describes the significant accounting policies applied
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as a key audit matter in our audit of the financial
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in the valuation of inventory including cook stoves and
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statements of EKI Energy Services Limited for the year
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carbon credits inventories are measured lower of the cost
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ended March 31, 2025. Carbon credits represent a
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or net realisable value (NRV). The valuation of inventory
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significant asset on the balance sheet and are subject to
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is a critical accounting estimate that involves significant
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management judgment. Our audit procedures related to
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judgment by management. Further, the valuation of carbon
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the valuation of carbon credit inventory included:
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credits involves complex and specialized factors, including
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(1) Assessment of Fair Value: We have evaluated the
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verification of emission reductions norms, market pricing,
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appropriateness of the fair value measurement
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regulatory compliance, vintage, technology, the timing of
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methodologies applied by management in valuing
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recogniging inventory, and other aspects.
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carbon credit inventory. This involved assessing the
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Due to complexity in nature of determining the valuation of
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reasonableness of assumptions used, such as discount
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carbon credits inventory, we have identified the valuation of
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rates, future carbon prices, and market liquidity,
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carbon credit inventory as a Key Audit Matter.
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technology, country of origin, vintage.
(2) Verification of Transactions: We have tested the completeness and accuracy of transactions related to the acquisition, sale, and retirement of carbon credits This included examining supporting documentation, contracts, and agreements to ensure that transactions were properly recorded and accounted for.
(3) Evaluation of Carbon Credit Registry: We have assessed the reliability and integrity of the carbon credit registry or trading platform used by the company to record its carbon credit inventory transactions. This involved confirming the existence and ownership of carbon credits held by the company.
(4) Consideration of Regulatory Compliance: We have evaluated the company's compliance with relevant regulatory requirements and industry standards governing the valuation and reporting of carbon credit inventory. This included assessing any potential impacts of regulatory changes on the valuation of carbon credits.
(5) Assessment of Impairment: We have examined the adequacy of any impairment provisions or write-downs taken by the company for impaired carbon credit inventory. This involved evaluating the reasonableness of management's assumptions and projections used in impairment assessments.
Our audit procedures regarding the valuation of carbon credit inventory required a high degree of auditor judgment, testing, and evaluation due to the specialized nature of this asset class and the inherent uncertainties involved. Based on our examination, we have concluded that the valuation of carbon credit inventory is materially accurate and in accordance with relevant Indian accounting standards.
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Information other than the Financial Statement and
Auditor's Report Thereon
6. The Company's Management and Board of Directors
are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Company's annual report, but does not include the, 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.
Responsibilities of Management and Board of Directors for
the Standalone Financial Statements
7. The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to preparation and presentation of the Standalone Financial Statements that gives 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 Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act, read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended. The Board of Directors of the companies are responsible for 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 the 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 gives a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, which have been used for the purpose of preparation of the Statement by the Directors of the Company, as aforesaid.
8. 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 Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
9. The Company's Management and Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the financial reporting process of the Company.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone
Financial Statements
10. 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, it 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 sub-section (3)(i) of section 143 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 and Board of Directors .
• Conclude on the appropriateness of the 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 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.
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 result 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 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
11. 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.
12. As required by sub-section (3) of Section 143 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 purpose of our audit of the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements.
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, Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are in the agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Companies (Indian Accounting Standard) Rules, 2015 (as amended).
e) As informed to us by the Company the Board of Directors has taken on record written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025. As per written representation received, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director in terms of sub-section 2 of Section 164 of the Act .
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting 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.
g) 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. The remuneration paid to any director by the Company is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) of the Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
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. Refer Note 33 of the Standalone Financial Statements, which discloses the impact of pending litigations on the Company's financial position as at March 31, 2025;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses during the year ended March 31, 2025;
iii. As on March 31, 2025 there were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company
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a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in Notes 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 it's knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the Notes to the 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.
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c) Based on such audit procedure performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances by us; nothing has come to our attention that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (a) and (b), contain any material misstatement.
. The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act.
i. Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used an accounting software(s) for maintaining its books of account for the financial 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. 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 statutory requirement for record retention.
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