To the Members of
Daikaffil Chemicals India Limited
Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Daikaffil Chemicals India
Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March
31,2023, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the
Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended and
notes to the financial statements including a summary of significant accounting policies
and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as "the financial
statements").
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations
given to us, the aforesaid 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 Indian Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of
the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules 2015, as amended and
other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31,2023, and total comprehensive income (comprising of loss and other
comprehensive income), changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that
date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on
Auditing (SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under
those Standards are further described in the Auditors Responsibilities for the Audit of
the 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 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 ICAIs Code of Ethics.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to
provide a basis for our opinion on the financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
- Material Uncertainty related to Going Concern
We draw attention to Note No. 42 to the financial statements which describes the facts
about planned closure of manufacturing operations for limited period of time, primarily on
account of dry-up of sales orders and managements actions to reduce the fixed costs and
focus on increasing trading activities till the time manufacturing operations restart.
The management does not foresee any threat to going concern status of the company and
prepared the financial statements of the company on going concern basis for the reasons
elaborately discussed in the said Note. In forming our conclusion, we have considered the
adequacy of the disclosure made in above referred Note. However, the plans described
therein depend upon how the future events unfold and indicate that a material uncertainty
exists that may cast significant doubt on the companys ability to continue as a going
concern.
Our conclusion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most
significance in our audit of these financial statements of the current period. 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.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to be communicated in our
report.
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditors Report Thereon
The Companys Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other
information. The other information comprises the information included Boards Report
including Annexure to Boards Report, Management Discussion and Analysis and Shareholders
Information but does not include the financial statements and our Auditors report
thereon.
Our opinion on the 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 financial statements, our responsibility is to read
the other information and identified above when it becomes available, and in doing so,
consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial
statements or our knowledge obtained in the 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 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 Financial
Statements
The Companys Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section
134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that give
a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total comprehensive
income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting
principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)
specified under section 133 of the Act. 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.
In preparing the financial statements, the Board of Directors is responsible for
assessing the Companys 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 management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no
realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Companys financial
reporting process.
Auditors Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error,
and to issue an auditors 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 financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and
maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and
maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the 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 managements 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 ability of
the Company to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty
exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditors report to the related
disclosures in the 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 auditors 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 financial
statements, including the disclosures, and whether the 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 financial statements of the
current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our
auditors 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 (Auditors 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 the paragraphs 3 and 4 of the said Order, to the extent
applicable.
2. 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 it appears from our examination of those books and proper returns
adequate for the purpose of our audit have been received from the Branch not visited by
us.
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 agreement with the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e. The matter described in Material Uncertainty related to Going Concern paragraph
mentioned hereinabove, in our opinion, may have an adverse effect on the functioning of
the Company;
f. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March
31,2023, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified
as on March 31,2023, from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the
Act.
g. 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".
h. with respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors 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 year is in
accordance with the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
i. With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors Report in
accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, 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 financial statements-Refer Note 37 to the financial statements.
ii. the Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for
which there were material foreseeable losses as at March 31,2023.
iii. there has been no delay in transferring the amount, required to be transferred to
the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. a) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, 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;
b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no
funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by
the Company from any person or entity, including foreign entity ("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 the audit procedures 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 (a) and
(b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The Company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
ANNEXURE "A" TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT
Annexure referred to in Independent Auditors Report to the members of Daikaffil
Chemicals India Limited ("the Company") on the financial statements for the
year ended March 31,2023, we report that :
(i) (a) (A) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of Property, Plant and Equipment and relevant
details of right-of-use assets.
(B) The Company does not have any intangible assets and therefore, reporting under
clause (i)(a)(B) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(b) The Company has a regular program of physical verification of property, plant and
equipment and Right of use assets which, in our opinion is reasonable. The assets which
were to be covered as per the said program have not been physically verified by the
management during the year. As the management has not carried out any verification during
the year, we are unable to comment whether the discrepancies, if any, are material.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of our
examination of the records of the Company, the title deeds of all immovable properties
(other than properties where the company is the lessee, and the lease agreements are duly
executed in favour of the lessee) disclosed in financial statements are held in the name
of the Company.
(d) The Company has revalued its Property, Plant and Equipment (including Leasehold
land) during the year. The revaluation is based on the valuation by a Registered Valuer.
The amount of increase in the net carrying value of leasehold land is of ? 88.69 Lakhs,
i.e. approx. 12.68% and plant and machinery is of ? 101.60 Lakhs, i.e. approx. 97.32 %
increase of the net carrying value prior to revaluation.
(e) No proceedings have been initiated during the year or are pending against the
Company as at March 31,2023 for holding any benami property under the Benami Transactions
(Prohibition) Act, 1988 (as amended in 2016) and rules made thereunder.
(ii) (a) The inventory of finished goods, stores, spare parts and raw materials have
been physically verified by the management. In our opinion, the coverage and procedure of
such verification by management is appropriate. On the basis of our examination of the
records of inventory, we are of the opinion that the discrepancies noticed on verification
between the physical stocks and book records were less than 10% in aggregate for each
class of inventories and have been properly dealt with in the books of account.
(b) The Company has not availed any working capital limits at any point of time during
the year, from banks or financial institutions and therefor, reporting under clause
(ii)(b) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(iii) The Company has not made any investments, provided any guarantee or security, or
granted any loans or advances in the nature of loans to companies, firms, Limited
Liability Partnerships or any other parties during the year, and therefore, reporting
under Clause (iii) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(iv) The Company has not granted any loans or provided any guarantees or security to
the parties covered under section 185 of the Act. In our opinion and according to the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of
section 186 of the Act in respect of the Investments made.
(v) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not
accepted any deposits or amounts which are considered to be deemed deposits during the
year, hence directives issued by the Reserve Bank of India and the provisions of sections
73 to 76 or any other relevant provisions of the Companies Act and the rules made
thereunder are not applicable to the Company. According to information and explanations
provided to us, no order has been passed by Company Law Board or National Company Law
Tribunal or Reserve Bank of India or any court or any other tribunal.
(vi) The maintenance of cost records under sub-section (1) of section 148 of the
Companies Act 2013, is not applicable to the company in view of rule 3 of the Companies
(Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, as amended.
(vii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and on the basis of
our examination of the records, the Company has generally been regular in depositing
undisputed statutory dues, including Goods and Services tax, Provident Fund, Employees
State Insurance, Income Tax, duty of Custom, Cess and any other statutory dues applicable
to it with the appropriate authorities. Further, no undisputed amounts payable in respect
of Goods and Services tax, Provident Fund, Employees State Insurance, Income Tax, duty of
Custom, Cess and any other statutory dues in arrears as at March 31,2023 for a period of
more than six months from the date they became payable.
(b) According to information and explanations given to us and on the basis of our
examination of the records of the Company, there are no statutory dues as referred to in
sub clause (a) above which have not been deposited on account of any dispute.
(viii) There were no transactions relating to previously unrecorded income that have
been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the
Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961).
(ix) (a) The Company has not taken any loans or other borrowings from any lender and
therefore, reporting under clause (ix)(a) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(b) The Company has not been declared wilful defaulter by any bank or financial
institution or government or any government authority.
(c) The Company has not taken any term loan during the year and there are no
outstanding term loans at the beginning of the year and therefore, reporting under clause
(ix)? of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(d) According to the information and explanations given to us and the procedures
performed by us, and on an overall examination of the financial statements of the company,
we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for long-term purposes
by the company..
(e) According to the information and explanations given to us and on an overall
examination of the records of the company, we report that the company has not taken any
funds from any entity or person and does not have any subsidiary, associates or joint
venture and therefore, reporting under clause (ix) (e) of the order is not applicable to
the Company.
(f) The Company has not raised any loans during the year and therefore reporting on
clause 3(ix)(f) of the Order is not applicable.
(x) (a) The Company has not raised moneys by way of initial public offer or further
public offer (including debt instruments) during the year and hence reporting under clause
3(x)(a) of the Order is not applicable.
(b) During the year, the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private
placement of shares or convertible debentures (fully or partly or optionally) and
therefore, reporting under clause (x)(b) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xi) (a) No fraud by the Company and no material fraud on the Company has been noticed
or reported during the year.
(b) No report has been filed by the auditors in Form ADT-4 as prescribed under Rule 13
of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 with the Central Government during the year
and upto the date of this report.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us, no whistle blower
complaints were received by the Company during the year.
(xii) The Company is not a Nidhi Company and hence reporting under clause (xii) of the
Order is not applicable.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us and
based on our examination of the records of the Company, all transactions with the related
parties are in compliance with Section 177 and 188 of the Act where applicable and the
details have been disclosed in the financial statements as required by the applicable
Indian Accounting Standards.
(i) (a) In our opinion and based on our examination, the company has an internal audit
system commensurate with the size and nature of its business.
(b) We have considered the internal audit reports of the company issued till date, for
the period under audit.
(ii) According to the information and explanations given to us, in our opinion during
the year the company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its directors or
persons connected with its directors and hence provisions of section 192 of the Companies
Act, 2013 are not applicable to the Company.
(iii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company is not
required to be registered under section 45-IA of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
Accordingly, the reporting under Clause 3(xvi)(a), 3(xvi)(b), 3(xvi)(c) & 3(xvi)(d) is
not applicable.
(iv) The Company has incurred cash losses of Rs. 178.69 lakhs during the financial year
covered by our audit however, there were no cash losses in the immediately preceding
financial year.
(v) There has been resignation of the statutory auditors during the year and we have
taken into consideration the issues, objections or concerns raised by the outgoing
auditors.
(vi) On the basis of the financial ratios, ageing and expected dates of realisation of
financial assets and payment of financial liabilities, other information accompanying the
financial statements, the management does not foresee any threat to going concern status
of the company and prepared the financial statements of the company on going concern basis
for the reasons elaborately and discussed in the Note No. 42 to the financial statements.
However, the plans described therein depend upon how the future events unfold and indicate
that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the companys
ability to continue as a going concern.
Based on our knowledge of the Board of Directors and Management plans and based on our
examination of the evidence supporting the assumptions, nothing has come to our attention,
which causes us to believe that any material uncertainty exists as on the date of the
audit report indicating that Company is not capable of meeting its liabilities existing at
the date of balance sheet as and when they fall due within a period of one year from the
balance sheet date. We, however, state that this is not an assurance as to the future
viability of the Company. We further state that our reporting is based on the facts up to
the date of the audit report and we neither give any guarantee nor any assurance that all
liabilities falling due within a period of one year from the balance sheet date, will get
discharged by the Company as and when they fall due. We further state that our above
comments under this clause are to be read with para on "Material uncertainty related
to going concern" given in our independent audit report.
(vii) The company is not required to spend any amount towards Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR), in view of provisions of Section 135 of the Act and hence reporting
under clause 3(xx)(a) & (b) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(viii) The Company is not required to prepare consolidated Financial Statements and
therefore, reporting under this clause of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
ANNEXURE "B" TO THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT
Annexure referred to in Independent Auditors report of even date to the members of
Daikaffil Chemicals India Limited on the financial statements for the year ended
March 31,2023
Report on the Internal Financial Controls with reference to financial statements under
Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the
Act")
We have audited the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements
of Daikaffil Chemicals India Limited ("the Company") as of March 31,2023,
in conjunction with our audit of the financial statements of the Company for the year
ended on that date.
Managements Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls
The Companys management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal
financial controls based on the internal control with reference to financial statements
criteria established by the Company considering the essential components of internal
control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial
Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). These
responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal
financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient
conduct of its business, including adherence to companys policies, the safeguarding of
its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and
completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial
information, as required under the Act.
Auditors Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Companys internal financial
controls with reference to financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit
in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over
Financial Reporting (the "Guidance Note") and the Standards on Auditing, issued
by ICAI and prescribed under section 143(10) of the Act, to the extent applicable to an
audit of internal financial controls, both applicable to an audit of Internal Financial
Controls with reference to financial statement and both issued by the Institute of
Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we
comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial
statements were established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in
all material respects.
Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of
the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements and their operating
effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls with reference to financial
statements included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and
testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on
the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditors judgement, including
the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether
due to fraud or error.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to
provide a basis for our audit opinion on the Companys internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements.
Meaning of Internal Financial Controls with reference to financial statements
A companys internal financial controls with reference to financial statements is a
process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance
with the generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal financial controls
with reference to financial statements includes those policies and procedures that (1)
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that
receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable
assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or
disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls with reference to financial
statements
Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls with reference to
financial statements, including the possibility of collusion or improper management
override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be
detected. Also, projections of any evaluation of the internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements to future periods are subject to the risk that the
internal financial control with reference to financial statements may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or
procedures may deteriorate.
Opinion
In our opinion, the Company has, in all material respects, adequate internal financial
controls with reference to financial statements and such internal financial controls with
reference to financial statements were operating effectively as at March 31,2023 based on
the internal financial control with reference to financial statements established by the
Company considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance
Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls over Financial Reporting issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
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