phyto chem india ltd share price Auditors report

The Members of Phyto Chem (India) Limited

Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Phyto Chem (India) Limited (‘the Company), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March, 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 forming part of 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 the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 as amended (‘Ind AS) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March, 2023 and its profit, total 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 made 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 audit opinion on the financial statements.

Key audit matters

Key audit matters (‘KAM) are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the 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 the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.

S. No. Key Audit Matter	Auditors Response
1 Revenue Recognition	Principle Audit Procedures
Adoption of Ind AS-115, Revenue from contracts with customers. The Company sells its pesticides relating to agriculture sector to the customers under different types of contractual terms. The application of above revenue accounting standard involved assessing it distinct performance obligations exist under each type of the contracts and ensuring appropriate and adequate disclosures in the financial statements. Accordingly, the subject matter is considered as key audit matter.	We reviewed the Companys implementation of Ind AS 115, including changes to procedures, accounting guidelines, disclosures and systems to support correct revenue recognition. We reviewed and discussed the accounting policy including the key accounting estimates and judgements made by management.
The application of revenue accounting standard involves certain key judgements relating to identification of distinct performance obligations, determination of transaction price of the identified performance obligations, the appropriateness of the basis used to measure revenues recognised over a period.	We tested the relevant internal controls used to ensure the completeness, accuracy and timing of revenue recognised.
Revenue is only recognised only to the extent that it is highly probable that a significant reversal will not occur. Accordingly, the subject is considered as a significant and considered as key audit matter.	We read a sample of contracts to assess whether the method for recognition of revenue was relevant and consistent with Ind AS 115, and had been applied consistently. We focused on contract classification, allocation of income and cost to the individual performance obligations and timing of transfer of control.
	We evaluated the significant judgements and estimates made by management in applying accounting policy to sample of contracts and we obtained evidence to support them, including contractual agreements, delivery records. We also considered the historical outturns of estimates used in prior periods.
	We applied Audit Techniques to establish, whether any revenue has been recognized where no corresponding accounts receivable or cash has been recorded in the general ledger.
2 Trade Receivables:	Our audit approach consisted testing of the design and operating effectiveness of the internal controls and substantive testing as follows:
The trade receivables stands at Rs.2021.16 lakhs which constitutes 75.52% of total turnover for the financial year 2022-23. This indicates a very low average collection period of trade receivables, and the age profile of the trade receivables indicates that 46.19% of trade receivables are over dues are in the age-wise bucket of 6 months to 36 months.	We have evaluated the methodology for age-wise bucketing of trade receivables and key assumptions underlying the probability of default estimates on the same, to ascertain that the same were broadly in-line with the Corporations historical default rates. We selected a few sample outstanding receivable cases having different overdue period and checked if the computation of ECL is appropriate in line with the Corporations policy.
Against the outstanding trade receivables, the Company made a provision for doubtful debts at Rs.9.24 lakhs. The estimation of realisable debts involves significant management judgements. Since amount involved is material and significant management judgement, we consider this as one of the key audit matters.	We reviewed the methodology used for segregating the total outstanding receivables into buckets and the assumptions underlying probability of default estimates in respect of the same. Based on discussions with the Management, we understand that this methodology was arrived at based on past experience and after discussion with few industry peers.

Information other than the Financial Statements and Auditors Report Thereon

The Companys management and Board of Directors are responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Boards Report including Annexures to Boards Report, Business Responsibility and sustainable Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholders information, but does not include the consolidated financial statements and 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, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the 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.

Responsibility of Management and those charged with Governance for the Financial Statement

The Companys management and Board of Directors are 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, including other comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standard (‘Ind AS) and other accounting principle generally accepted in India, including 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 the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgements 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, management 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 management and Board of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

The Board of Directors of the Company are responsible for overseeing the Companys financial reporting process.

Auditors Responsibility 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 judgement 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 controls.

• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and 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 Companys ability 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 eventsin a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the Financial Statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the Financial Statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the 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 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

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 ‘Annexure-A a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.

As required by section 143(3) 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 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.

c. The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.

d. In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of the Act.

e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31 March 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.

f. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over with reference financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in ‘Annexure-B. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and the operating effectiveness of the Companys internal financial controls with reference to Financial Statements.

g. With respect to other matters to be included in the Auditors Report in accordance with requirements of section 197(6) of the Act, as amended:

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is with in the limits prescribed as per the provisions of section 197 of the Act.

h. 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 (as amended), 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 has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts (including derivative contracts).

iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, 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;

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. No dividend is declared or paid during the year by the Company and accordingly, compliance with section 123 of the Act is not applicable to the Company.

vi. Proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 for maintaining books of account using accounting software which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility applicable with effect from April 1, 2023 to the Company and its subsidiaries, which are companies incorporated in India, and accordingly, reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31,2023.

For M/s. S.T. Mohite& Co.,

Chartered Accountants Firm Regn. No. 011410S

Sreenivasa Rao. T. Mohite

^{Place : ^Hy^derabad

Partner, M.No.015635,
^{Date : ^{27th May 2023}

ICAI UDIN: 23015635BGYJKW6048

Annexure A to the Independent Auditors Report

(Referred to in paragraph 1 under ‘Report on Other Legal and Regulatory
Requirements section of our report to the Members of Phyto Chem (India) Limited of even
date)

To the best of our information and according to the explanations provided to us by the
Company and the books of account and records examined by us in the normal course of audit,
we state that:

i. In respect of the Companys property, plant and equipment, right-of-use assets and
intangible assets:

(a) (A) The Company has maintained records showing full particulars including
quantitative details and

situation of Property, Plant and Equipment and relevant details of right-of-use assets.
However, the register is under updation.

(B) The Company has no intangible assets, accordingly provisions of clause 3(i)(a)(B)
are not applicable to the Company for the period under review.

(b) The Company has a regular programme of physical verification of its Property, Plant
and Equipment, and right-of-use assets so to cover all the assets are verified over a
period of three years, in our opinion, the periodicity of physical verification is
reasonable having regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets. Pursuant
to the programme, applicable portion of fixed assets for the current year were physically
verified. According to the information and explanation given to us, no material
discrepancies were noticed on such verification.

(c) The title deeds of all the immovable properties (other than the properties where
the Company is the lessee and there is lease agreement duly executed in favour of the
lessee) as disclosed in note 3 on property, plant and equipment to the financial
statements, are held in the name of the Company.

(d) According to the information and explanation given to us and on the basis of our
examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not revalued any of its
Property, Plant and Equipment (including right-of-use assets) and intangible assets during
the year. Hence the reporting under clause 3(i)(d) is not applicable to the Company for
the period under review.

(e) According to the information and explanation given to us and on the basis of our
examination of the records of the Company, there are no Proceeding have been initiated
during the year or are pending against the Company as at 31 March 2023 for holding any
benami property under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 (as amended in 2016)
and rules made thereunder, and therefore the question of our commenting on whether the
Company has appropriately disclosed the details in its standalone financial statements
does not arise.

ii.

(a) The inventories have been physically verified by the management during the year. In
our opinion, the frequency of such verification is reasonable. The Company has maintained
proper records of inventory. There were no material discrepancies noticed on verification
between the physical stock and the book records.

(b) During the year, the Company has been sanctioned working capital limits in excess
of Rs.5.00 crore, in aggregate, from banks on the basis of security of current assets. The
Company has filed quarterly returns or statements with such banks, which are in agreement
with the books of account other than those as set out below:

(Rs. In lakhs)

S. No. Name of the Bank
Aggregate working capital limits sanctioned (Rs. 1,320.00 Lakhs)
Nature of current asset offered as security
Quarter ended
Amount disclosed as per quarterly return/ statement (CA - CL)
Amount as per books of account (CA - CL)
Difference

1 The Federal Bank Ltd.
1,300.00
Refer Note below
30^th Jun, 2022
2,665.10
2,415.25
249.85

2 The Federal Bank Ltd.
1,240.00
Refer Note below
30^th Sep, 2022
2,677.12
2,586.76
90.36

3 The Federal Bank Ltd.
1,220.00
Refer Note below
31^st Dec, 2022
2,681.41
2,799.26
(177.85)

4 The Federal Bank Ltd.
1,200.00
Refer Note below
31^st Mar, 2023
2,812.81
2,923.47
(110.66)

Note on differences in values:

As per the information and explanation given to us by the Company, generally at the
time of preparation of the stock statements to the bankers, as the time left to the
Company is very short, the Company do not get accurate information from their depots and
submit those values to the bankers within the time limits. Whereas at the time of
declaration of quarterly unaudited results, the Company take all the adjustments into
consideration and compile the values and as a result certain differences have been cropped
up. But at the end of the year the Company consider all the adjustments and compile the
values for both stock statement and balance sheet. The difference in the 4^th
quarter is due to the debtors related to the sale of house plots of Rs.112.00 lakhs and
which was not included in stock statement submitted to the bank. Hence there is no
difference at all.The above amounts are included in note 45.9 to the financial statements.

iii.(a) According, to the information and explanation given to us and on the basis of
our examination of the records of the Company, the Company has made investments in other
companies and has not given any loans or advances in the nature of loans. Company also has
not provided any security or corporate guarantees (other than guarantees and securities
provided by the Company to its bankers against working capital/ other loans.) Hence
furnishing details of guarantees securities and loans to subsidiaries/ joint ventures/
associates or others is not applicable for the period under review.

(b) In our opinion, the investments made and the terms and conditions of the grant of
loans, during the year are, prima facie, not prejudicial to the Companys interest.

(c) Since Company has not granted any loans or advances in the nature of loans,
reporting whether they are prejudicial to the Companys interest is not applicable for the
period under review.

(d) Since Company has not granted any loans or advances in the nature of loans, there
are no over dues in respect of interest payment or repayment of principal in the absence
of fixed repayment period. Accordingly, the provision of clause 3(iii)(d) are not
applicable to the Company for the period under review.

(e) No loan granted by the Company which has fallen due during the year, has been
renewed or extended or fresh loans granted to settle the over dues of existing loans given
to the same parties.

(f) Since Company has not granted any loans or advance in the nature of loans reporting
of nature or repayment terms is not applicable.

iv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanation given to us, the
Company has no transactions to be complied with the provisions of sections 185 and the
Company has complied with the provisions of section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 in
respect of investments made as applicable.

v. The Company has not accepted any deposits or amounts during the year as per
provisions of section 73 or 76 of the Act and relevant rules framed thereunder. However,
the Company has accepted some lone which are exempted under the relevant Deposit Rules.
Accordingly, the clause 3 (v) of the Order are not applicable to the Company for the year
under review.

vi. The maintenance of cost records has not been specified by the Central Government
under sub-section (1) of section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013 for the business
activities carried out by the Company. Hence, reporting under clause (vi) of the order is
not applicable to the Company.

vii. In respect of statutory dues:

(a) According to the information and explanation given to us by the Company and records
of the Company examined by us, the Company has generally been regular in depositing
undisputed statutory dues, including Goods and Services tax, Provident Fund, Employees
State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Duty of Custom, Duty of Excise, Value
Added Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate
authorities though there has been slight delays in few cases on some occasions.

There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Goods and Service tax, Provident
Fund, Employees State Insurance, Income Tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, duty of Custom, duty
of Excise, Value Added Tax, Cess and other material 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 the information and explanation given to us and on the basis of our
examination of the records of the Company, there were no dues with respect to statutory
payments like Income tax, Sales tax, Goods and service tax, Customs duty, Exercise duty,
Value added tax, Cess and other dues that have not been deposited by the Company on
account of any dispute except the following:

S. No.
Nature of Statue
Nature of dues
Amount (Rupees in lakhs)
Period to which the amount relates
Forum where the dispute is pending
Remarks

1
VAT Act, 2005.
Penalty Under Rule of TS VAT Act, 2005.
10.21
F.Y.2010-11 to 2012-13
Asst.Commissioner (ST), Punjagutta Circle, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Wrong demand of VAT.

2
The Income Act, 1961
Interest u/s 220(2)
1.65
A.Y.2010-11
Asst. Director of Income Tax, CPC.
Interest levied is disputed.

3
The Income Act, 1961
Interest u/s 220(2)
0.05
A.Y.2014-15
Asst. Director of Income Tax, CPC.
Interest levied is disputed.

4
The Income Act, 1961
Interest u/s 220(2)
0.05
A.Y.2015-16
Asst. Director of Income Tax, CPC.
Interest levied is disputed.

viii. There were no transactions relating to previously unrecorded income that have
been surrendered or

disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessment under the Income Tax Act,
1961 (43 of 1961).

ix.

(a) According to the information and explanation given to us by the Company and records
of the Company examined by us, the Company has not defaulted in repayment of loans or
other borrowings or in the payment of interest to any lender during the year. Accordingly,
Clause 3(ix)(a) of the order is not applicable to the Company for the period under review.

(b) The Company has not been declared a wilful defaulter by any bank or financial
institution or government or any government authority.

(c) The Company has not obtained any term loans. Accordingly reporting under clause
3(ix)(c) of the Order is not applicable to the Company for the period under review.

(d) According to the information and explanation given to us by the Company and based
on the procedures performed by us and on overall examination of Financial Statements of
the Company, we report that no funds raised on short-term basis have been used for
long-term purpose of the Company.

(e) According to the information and explanation given to us by the Company and on
overall examination of Financial Statements of the Company, the Company has not taken any
funds from any entity or person on account of or to meet the obligations of its
subsidiaries, associate or joint ventures.

(f) According to the information and explanation given to us by the Company and based
on the procedures performed by us, we report that the Company has not raised loans during
the year on the pledge of securities held in its subsidiaries, joint ventures or associate
companies.

x.

(a) The Company has not raised any money 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) According to the information and explanation given to us and on the basis of our
examination of the records of the Company, the Company has not made any preferential
allotment or private placement of share or fully or partly convertible debentures during
the year. Accordingly, provisions of clause 3(x)(b) of the Order are not applicable to the
Company for the year under review.

xi.

(a) During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company,
carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and
according to the information and explanations given to us, we have neither come across any
instance of material fraud by the Company or on the Company, noticed or reported during
the year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.

(b) During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company,
carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and
according to the information and explanations given to us, a report under section 143(12)
of the Act, in Form ADT-4, as prescribed under rule 13 of Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014 was not required to be filed with the Central Government. Accordingly, the
reporting under clause 3(xi)(b) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.

(c) During the course of our examination of the books and records of the Company
carried out in accordance with the generally accepted auditing practices in India, and
according to the information and explanations given to us. The Company has not received
any whistle blower complaints during the year. Accordingly, clause 3(xi)(c) of the Order
is not applicable.

xii. The Company is not a Nidhi Company as prescribed under section 406 of the Act and
accordingly, clause 3(xii) of the Order is not applicable.

xiii. In our opinion, and according to the information given to us, the Company is in
compliance with section 177 and 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 with respect to applicable
transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have
been disclosed in the financial statements as required by the applicable accounting
standards.

xiv.

(a) In our opinion and according to the information given to us, the Company has an
adequate internal audit system commensurate with the size and the nature of its business.

(b) We have not considered the internal audit report for the year under audit, issued
to the Company during the year and till date, in determining the nature, timing and extent
of our audit procedure.

xv. 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.

xvi.

(a) In our opinion, the Company is not required to be registered under section 45-IA of
the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Hence, reporting under clause 3(xvi)(a), (b) and (c)
of the Order is not applicable.

(b) In our opinion, there is no core investment Company within the Group (as defined in
the Core Investment Companies (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2016) and accordingly reporting
under clause 3(xvi)(d) of the Order is not applicable.

xvii. The Company has not incurred cash losses during the financial year covered by our
audit and the immediately preceding the financials year.

xviii. There has been no resignation of the statutory auditors of the Company during
the year. Accordingly reporting under clause 3(xviii) is not applicable to the Company.

xix. 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 and 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.

xx. According to the information and explanation given to us by the Company and on
verification of records the provisions of section 135 (Corporate Social Responsibility) of
the Act are not applicable to the Company for the period under review. Accordingly,
reporting under clause 3(xx) of the Order is not applicable for the year under review.

xxi. The reporting under clause 3(xxi) of the Order is not applicable in respect of
audit of standalone financial statements without consolidation. Accordingly, no comment in
respect of the said clause has been included in this report.

For M/s S.T. Mohite& Co.,

Chartered Accountants Firm Regn. No. 011410S

Sreenivasa Rao. T. Mohite

Place : Hyderabad Partner, M.No.015635,

Date : 27^th May 2023

ICAI UDIN: 23015635BGYJKW6048

Annexure-B to the Independent Auditors Report

(Referred to in paragraph 2 (f) under ‘Report on Other Legal and Regulatory
Requirements section of our report of even date)

Report on the Internal Financial Controls 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 Phyto Chem (India) Limited ("the Company") as of 31 March 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 the 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 and the Standards on Auditing, issued by ICAI and
deemed to be 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 and, both issued by ICAI. 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 was 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 control system 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
over to financial reporting, 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 system
over financial reporting.

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls with reference to Financial Statements

A Companys internal financial control 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 generally accepted accounting principles. A Companys internal financial control 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

authorisations 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, to the best of our information and according to the explanations given
to us, the Company has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls
system over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial
reporting were operating effectively as at March 31,2023, based on the criteria for
internal financial control over financial reporting 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 ICAI.

For M/s S.T. Mohite& Co.,

Chartered Accountants Firm Regn. No. 011410S

Sreenivasa Rao. T. Mohite

Place : Hyderabad Partner, M.No.015635,

Date :27^th May 2023

ICAI UDIN: 23015635BGYJKW6048}}

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S. No. Name of the Bank	Aggregate working capital limits sanctioned (Rs. 1,320.00 Lakhs)	Nature of current asset offered as security	Quarter ended	Amount disclosed as per quarterly return/ statement (CA - CL)	Amount as per books of account (CA - CL)	Difference
1 The Federal Bank Ltd.	1,300.00	Refer Note below	30^th Jun, 2022	2,665.10	2,415.25	249.85
2 The Federal Bank Ltd.	1,240.00	Refer Note below	30^th Sep, 2022	2,677.12	2,586.76	90.36
3 The Federal Bank Ltd.	1,220.00	Refer Note below	31^st Dec, 2022	2,681.41	2,799.26	(177.85)
4 The Federal Bank Ltd.	1,200.00	Refer Note below	31^st Mar, 2023	2,812.81	2,923.47	(110.66)

S. No.	Nature of Statue	Nature of dues	Amount (Rupees in lakhs)	Period to which the amount relates	Forum where the dispute is pending	Remarks
1	VAT Act, 2005.	Penalty Under Rule of TS VAT Act, 2005.	10.21	F.Y.2010-11 to 2012-13	Asst.Commissioner (ST), Punjagutta Circle, Hyderabad, Telangana.	Wrong demand of VAT.
2	The Income Act, 1961	Interest u/s 220(2)	1.65	A.Y.2010-11	Asst. Director of Income Tax, CPC.	Interest levied is disputed.
3	The Income Act, 1961	Interest u/s 220(2)	0.05	A.Y.2014-15	Asst. Director of Income Tax, CPC.	Interest levied is disputed.
4	The Income Act, 1961	Interest u/s 220(2)	0.05	A.Y.2015-16	Asst. Director of Income Tax, CPC.	Interest levied is disputed.