1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of PB Fintech Limited ('the Company'), which comprise the Standalone Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Standalone Statement of Cash Flow and the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including material accounting policy information and other explanatory information.
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 ('the Act') in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS') specified under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, and its profit (including other comprehensive income), its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
3. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under section 143(10) 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 ('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 thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Key Audit Matter
4. 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.
5. We have determined the matter described below to be the key audit matter to be communicated in our report.
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Key audit matter
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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Assessment of carrying value of investment in subsidiaries
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Our audit procedures to address this key audit matter included, but were not limited to the following:
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(Refer note 2 for the
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a)
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Obtained an
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accounting policy and note
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understanding of
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6(a) for disclosures of the
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management's process
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accompanying standalone
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for identification of
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financial statements)
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indicators of impairment and impairment testing.
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The company has
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b)
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Evaluated the design
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investments in unlisted
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and tested the operating
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subsidiaries of Rs. 449,257
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effectiveness of key
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lacs (net of provision
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controls around
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for impairment of Rs.
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identification of
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3,927 lacs) as on March
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impairment indicators
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31,2025 being carried
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and impairment testing
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at cost in accordance
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performed.
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with Ind AS 27, Separate
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c)
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Assessed the
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Financial Statements. Such
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professional competence
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investments are tested for
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and objectivity of the
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impairment in case any
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management's external
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impairment indicators are
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valuation expert involved
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identified in accordance
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for performing the
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with the requirements of
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required valuations to
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Ind AS 36, Impairment of
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estimate the recoverable
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assets ('Ind AS 36').
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value of investments.
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The company has
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d)
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Tested the mathematical
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performed an assessment
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accuracy of the
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of appropriateness of
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management valuation
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the carrying amount
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workings used for
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of the investments as on the balance sheet
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impairment assessment.
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date by estimating
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e)
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Involved auditor's
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their recoverable value
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experts to assess the
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using the discounted
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appropriateness of the
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cashflow model with
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valuation model used
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the involvement of a
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by the management
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valuation expert engaged
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and reasonableness
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by the management. This
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of assumptions made
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assessment is complex
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by the management
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and requires estimation
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relating to discount
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and judgment around
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rate, risk premium,
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the assumptions used
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industry growth rate,
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therein. Key assumptions
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etc. to assess their
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used in management's
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assessment of the
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recoverability.
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recoverable amounts
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f)
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Reconciled the cash
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include expected growth
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flows used in valuations
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rates, estimates of future
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to approved business
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financial performance, market conditions,
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plans and critically
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capital expenditure and
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challenged the inputs
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discount rates, among
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used by the management
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others, as attributable to
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with respect to revenue
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such subsidiary. Based
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and cost growth trends,
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on the management's
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among others, for
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assessment, impairment
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reasonableness thereof
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loss amounting to Rs.
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basis our understanding
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1,438 lacs (net) has been
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of the business and
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reversed during the year on such investment.
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g)
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market conditions.
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Performed sensitivity
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Considering the materiality
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analysis in respect of the
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of the amounts involved
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key assumptions such
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and significant degree of
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as discount and growth
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judgement and subjectivity
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rates to ensure there is
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involved in the estimates
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sufficient headroom for
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and key assumptions used in determining the
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h)
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estimation uncertainty.
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cash flows used in the
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Evaluated the adequacy
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impairment evaluation,
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of disclosures made
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we have determined
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by the Company in the
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impairment of such
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financial statements in
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investments and other
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view of the requirements
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amounts receivable as a
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as specified in the Indian
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key audit matter.
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Accounting Standards.
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Information other than the Standalone Financial Statements and
Auditor's Report thereon
6. The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The annual report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditor's report.
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 in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter with those charged with governance.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with
Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
7. The accompanying standalone financial statements have been approved by the Company's Board of Directors. The Company's Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation and presentation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
8. In preparing the standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors 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 the Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
9. The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
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 is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with Standards on Auditing 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.
11. As part of an audit in accordance with Standards on Auditing, specified under section 143(10) of the Act 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 control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3) (i) of the Act we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference 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 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; and
• 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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
15. As required by section 197(16) of the Act, based on our audit, we report that the Company has paid remuneration to its directors during the year in accordance with the provisions of and limits laid down under section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
16. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ('the Order') issued by the Central Government of India in terms of section 143(11) of the Act we give in the Annexure I a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
17. Further to our comments in Annexure I, as required by section 143(3) of the Act based on our audit, 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 purpose of our audit of the accompanying 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 standalone financial statements dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act;
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors and 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) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Company as on March 31, 2025 and the operating
effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure II wherein we have expressed an unmodified opinion; and
g) 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, as detailed in note 25 and note 29 to the standalone financial statements, has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its 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 as at March 31, 2025;
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company during the year ended March 31,2025.;
iv. a. The management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note 35(xii) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or securities premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ('the 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 ('the Ultimate Beneficiaries') or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
b. The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note 35(xiii) to the standalone financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ('the 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
v. The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year ended March 31,2025.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company, in respect of financial year commencing on April 01, 2024, has used an accounting software for maintaining its books of
account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has been 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. Furthermore, the audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
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