AUDITORS
To
The Members of Modern Dairies Limited
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Modern Dairies Limited
("the Company") as at March 31, 2009 and also the Profit and Loss Account and
the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date annexed thereto. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in
India. Those Standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) issued by
the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the
Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the matters specified in
paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to above, we report that:
i. We have obtained all the information and explanations, which to the best of our
knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
ii. 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;
iii. The balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow statement dealt with by
this report are in agreement with the books of account;
iv. In our opinion, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow statement
dealt with by this report comply with the accounting standards referred to in sub-section
(3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956.
v. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors, as on March
31, 2009, and taken on record by the Board of Directors, we report that none of the
directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2009 from being appointed as a director in terms
of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.
vi. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations
given to us, the said accounts give the information required by the Companies Act, 1956,
in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting
principles generally accepted in India;
a) in the case of the balance sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March
31,2009;
b) in the case of the profit and loss account, of the loss for the year ended on that
date; and
c) in the case of cash flow statement, of the cash flows for the year ended on that
date.
|
S. R. BATLIBOI & Co. |
|
Chartered Accountants |
|
Per Rajiv Goyal |
| Place: Gurgaon |
Partner |
| Date: 1st September, 2009 |
M.No.: 94549 |
Annexure referred to in paragraph 3 of our report of even date
Re: Modern Dairies Limited ("the Company")
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including
quantitative details and situation of fixed assets.
(b) Fixed assets have been physically verified by the management during the year and no
material discrepancies were identified on such verification.
(c) There was no substantial disposal of fixed assets during the year.
(ii) (a) The management has conducted physical verification of inventory at reasonable
intervals during the year.
(b) The procedures of physical verification of inventory followed by the management are
reasonable and adequate in relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its
business.
(c) The Company is maintaining proper records of inventory and no material
discrepancies were noticed on physical verification.
(iii) (a) As informed, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956 and hence clause 4 (iii) (b), (c) and (d) of the Companies
(Auditor's Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(b) The Company had taken loan from its directors, their relatives and companies
covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. The
maximum amount involved during the year was Rs. 115,737,418 and the year-end balance of
loans taken from such parties was Rs. 17,548,839.
(c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the
rate of interest and other terms and conditions for such loans are not prima facie
prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(d) In respect of loans taken, repayment of the principal amount is as stipulated and
payment of interests have been regular.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us,
there is an adequate internal control system commensurate with the size of the Company and
the nature of its business, for the purchase of inventory and fixed assets and for the
sale of goods. During the course of our audit, no major weakness has been noticed in the
internal control system in respect of these areas. The Company is not in the business of
sale of services.
(v) (a) According to the information and explanations provided by the management, we
are of the opinion that the particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to in
section 301 of the Act that need to be entered into the register maintained under section
301 have been so entered.
(b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the
transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements exceeding value of Rupees
five lakhs have been entered into during the financial year at prices which are reasonable
having regard to the prevailing market prices at the relevant time.
(vi) In respect of deposits accepted, in our opinion and according to the information
and explanations given to us, directives issued by the Reserve Bank of India and the
provisions of sections 58A, 58AA or any other relevant provisions of the Companies Act,
1956 and the rules framed there under, to the extent applicable, have been complied with.
We are informed by the management that no order has been passed by the Company Law Board,
National Company Law Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any Court or any other Tribunal.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system commensurate with the
size and nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the Company pursuant
to the rules made by the Central Government for the maintenance of cost records under
section 209(1) (d) of the Companies Act, 1956, and are of the opinion that prima facie,
the prescribed accounts and records have been made and maintained.
(ix) (a) Undisputed statutory dues including provident
fund, investor education and protection fund, or employees' state insurance,
income-tax, sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, customs duty, excise duty, cess have
generally been regularly deposited with the appropriate authorities though there has
been a slight delays in a few cases.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no undisputed amounts
payable in respect of provident fund, investor education and protection fund, employees'
state insurance, income-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, sales-tax, customs duty, excise
duty, cess and other undisputed statutory dues were outstanding, at the year end, for a
period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) According to the records of the Company, the dues outstanding of income-tax,
sales-tax, wealth-tax, service tax, custom duty, excise duty and cess on account of any
dispute, are as follows:
| Name of the statute |
Nature of dues |
Amount (Rs) |
Period to which the amount relates |
Forum where dispute is pending |
| The Haryana Murrah Buffalo and Other Miich Animal Breed (Presentation and Development
of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Sector)Act,2001 |
Milk Cess |
46,833,333 |
2001-02 to 2008-09 |
Honorable High Court of Punjab and Haryana |
(x) The Company's accumulated losses at the end of the financial year are less than
fifty per cent of its net worth. 77?e Company has incurred cash losses in the current
year but did not incur cash losses in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xi) Based on our audit procedures and as per the information and explanations given by
the management, the Company has no outstanding dues in respect of a financial institution
and has not issued any debentures. The Company has defaulted in repayment of principal
amount dues to banks; period and amount of default are as follows:
| Amount of Default (Rs.) |
Due Date |
Actual payment Date |
Period (No. of delay days) |
| 15,400,000 |
May 31. 2008 |
July 09, 2008 |
40 |
| 7,800,000 |
May 31, 2008 |
July 11, 2008 |
42 |
| 4,500,000 |
May 31, 2008 |
July 19, 2008 |
50 |
| 5,830,000 |
May 31, 2008 |
July 19, 2008 |
50 |
| 7,800,000 |
August 31, 2008 |
September 02, 2008 |
3 |
| 15,400,000 |
November 30, 2008 |
March 03, 2009 |
94 |
| 7,800,000 |
November 30, 2008 |
March 31, 2009 |
122 |
| 10,330,000 |
November 30, 2008 |
Till March 24, 2009 (Refer below) |
114 |
| 33,530,000 |
February 28, 2009 |
Till March 24. 2009 (Refer below) |
25 |
A Corporate Debt Restructuring Scheme has been approved on March 24, 2009 in which the
installments on existing term loans have been rescheduled and now repayable in future
periods. Thus the unpaid installment of Rs.43,860,000, which has not been paid as yet, has
been regularized due to the said reschedulement.
(xii) According to the information and explanations given to us and based on the
documents and records produced to us, the Company has not granted loans and advances on
the basis of security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion, the Company is not a chit fund or a nidhi/mutual benefit
fund/society. Therefore, the provisions of clause 4 (xiii) of the Companies (Auditor's
Report) Order, 2003 (as amended) are not applicable to the Company.
(xiv) In respect of dealing/trading in shares, securities, debentures and other
investments, in our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us,
proper records have been maintained of the transactions and contracts and timely entries
have been made therein. The shares, securities, debentures and other investments have been
held by the Company in its own name.
(xv) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not
given any guarantee for loans taken by others from bank or financial institutions.
(xvi) Based on information and explanations given to us by the management, term loans
were applied for the purpose for which the loans were obtained.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall
examination of the balance sheet of the Company, we report that no funds raised on
short-term basis have been used for long-term investment.
(xviii) The Company has made preferential allotment of shares to parties and companies
covered in the register maintained under section 301 of the Act. In our opinion the price
at which shares have been issued is not prejudicial to the interest of the Company.
(xix) The Company did not have any outstanding debentures during the year.
(xx) The Company has not raised any money through a public issue during the year.
(xxi) Based upon the audit procedures performed for the purpose of reporting the true
and fair view of the financial statements and as per the information and explanations
given by the management, we report that no fraud on or by the Company has been noticed or
reported during the course of our audit.
|
S.R. BATLIBOI&Co. |
|
Chartered Accountants |
|
Per Rajiv Goyal |
| Place: Gurgaon |
Partner |
| Date: 1st September, 2009 |
M.No.: 94549 |