To the Members of Jubilant Ingrevia Limited
Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Opinion
1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Jubilant Ingrevia Limited ('the Company'), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Cash Flow and the 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 31 March 2024, 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 Matters
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.
Independent Auditor's Report to the members of Jubilant Ingrevia Limited on the standalone financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 (cont'd)
5. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key audit matter
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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Revenue recognition from sale of products
Refer notes 2(i) and 21 to the standalone financial statements for accounting policy and revenue related disclosures respectively.
The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of products when control of products being sold is transferred to the customer and when there are no pending performance obligations.
The Company has a large number of customers operating in various geographies and the sales contracts/arrangements with such customers have distinct/varying commercial terms that determine actual point in time for recognition of revenue. Accordingly, significant management efforts are required in determining the timing of transfer of control for revenue recognition in accordance with Ind AS 115, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ('Ind AS 115'). The management is required to apply judgement in determining transaction price, including variable price considerations, in accordance with Ind AS 115, on account of rebates and discounts extended to the customers. Further, adjustments are also made to revenue contracts with related parties to ensure appropriate margins in line with transfer pricing regulations of Income-tax Act, 1961 are maintained by the Company.
The Company considers revenue as key benchmark for evaluating performances and hence, there is risk of revenue being overstated due to pressure to achieve targets and earning expectations and accordingly, in line with the requirements of the Standards on Auditing, revenue is determined to be an area involving significant risk which requires significant auditor attention.
Owing to the amounts involved, volume of sales transactions, distinct/varied terms of contracts with customers and involvement of significant management judgment and auditor attention, revenue from sale of products is considered to be a key audit matter for current year's audit.
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Our audit procedures in relation to revenue from sale of products
included, but were not limited to the following:
- Obtained understanding of the revenue business process of the Company;
- Assessed the appropriateness of revenue recognition policy of the Company and ensured that it is in line with Ind AS 115 'Revenue from Contracts with Customers';
- Evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of key manual and automated internal controls over revenue recognition;
- Performed substantive analytical procedures which includes ratio analysis and period-on-period variance analysis, on revenue recognised during the year to identify any unusual indicators/trends;
- Performed test of details by selecting samples of revenue transactions pertaining to sale of products during the year and during specified period before and after year end. For the samples selected, verified the underlying supporting documents including contracts, agreements, sales invoices and dispatch/shipping documents to ensure correct amount of revenue is recorded in the correct period;
- Tested all the manual sales-related adjustments made to revenue including year-end accruals to ensure the appropriateness of revenue recognition during the year; and
- Evaluated the appropriateness and adequacy of the related presentation and disclosures in the standalone financial statements in accordance with the applicable accounting standards.
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Additions to capital work-in-progress and capitalisation of property, plant and equipment
Refer notes 2(c) and 3 to the standalone financial statements for accounting policy and property, plant and equipment and capital work-in-progress related presentation and disclosures respectively.
During the year, the Company has added H 3,532.18 million to capital work in progress and capitalized H 6,494.08 million of property, plant and equipment towards setting up of various manufacturing facilities.
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Our audit procedures in relation to additions to capital work-inprogress and capitalisation of property, plant and equipment included, but were not limited to the following:
- Obtained understanding of the business process relating to accounting for various capital projects;
- Assessed the appropriateness of property, plant and equipment and capital work-in-progress policy of the Company and ensured that it is in line with Ind AS 16 'Property, Plant and Equipment';
- Evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of key manual and automated internal controls relating to capitalisation of various costs;
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Key audit matter
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How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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The above additions required significant management efforts and judgement to identify costs incurred that meet the recognition criteria under Ind AS 16, Property, Plant and Equipment, including allocation of overheads, employee costs and borrowing costs to capital projects, determine timing of capitalisation and classification of property, plant and equipment in various asset classes, estimate related useful lives and assign residual values to various items capitalised as property, plant and equipment.
Given the significance of overall capital expenditure and estimates/judgement involved as mentioned above, addition to capital work-in-progress and capitalisation of property, plant and equipment has been determined as a key audit matter.
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- Performed test of details by selecting samples of additions during the year, and verified the underlying supporting documents including contracts, agreements and invoices to ensure capital work-in-progress is recorded accurately in the correct period. Further, tested the classification of the items capitalised in the current year including timing of such capitalisation;
- In respect of allocated internal costs, test checked the reasonableness and appropriateness of allocation;
- Examined the useful life for individual assets to determine whether it is consistent with the Company's accounting policy, technical evaluation, and applicable regulatory guidance; and
- Evaluated the appropriateness and adequacy of the related presentation and disclosures in the standalone financial statements in accordance with the applicable accounting standards.
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Information other than the 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 identified above when it becomes available 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 to 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 except for the matters stated in paragraph 17(h)(vi) below on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended);
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 31 March 2024 from being appointed as a director in terms of section 164(2) of the Act;
f) with respect to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith refer to our comments in paragraph 17(b) above on reporting under Section 143(3) (b) of the Act and paragraph 17(h)(vi) below on reporting under rule 11(g) of the of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended);
g) with respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to financial statements of the Company as on 31 March 2024 and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in Annexure II wherein we have expressed an unmodified opinion; and
h) with respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 (as amended), in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. the Company, as detailed in note 38 to the standalone financial statements, has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position as at 31 March 2024;
ii. the Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were any material foreseeable losses as at 31 March 2024;
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 31 March 2024;
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in note 44 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 44 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
(c) Based on such audit procedures performed as considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the management representations under subclauses (a) and (b) above contain any material misstatement.
v. The interim dividend declared and paid by the Company during the year ended 31 March 2024 and until the date of this audit report is in compliance with section 123 of the Act. Further, as stated in note 35(b) to the accompanying standalone financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company have proposed final dividend for the year ended 31 March 2024 which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with section 123 of the Act to the extent it applies to declaration of dividend.
vi. As stated in note 46 to the standalone financial statements and based on our examination which included test checks, the Company, in respect of financial year commencing on 1 April 2023, has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account which have a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same have been operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software except that the audit trail feature was not enabled at the database level for the accounting software to log any direct data changes, used for maintenance of all accounting and payroll records by the Company for the period 1 April 2023 till 30 November 2023. Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature being tampered with in respect of the accounting software where such feature is enabled.
For Walker Chandiok & Co LLP
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Madhu Sudan Malpani
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Date: 14 May 2024 UDIN: 24517440BKGTZL5421
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