We have audited the financial statements of N.D Metals Industries Limited (“the Company”),
which comprise the balance sheet as at 31st March 2024, and the statement of Profit and Loss,
(including other comprehensive income), statement of changes in equity and 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.
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 March 31, 2023, and Profit & loss
(including other comprehensive income),changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on
that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs) specified under section
143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further
described in the Auditor’s 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 Companies Act, 2013
and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with
these requirements and the ICAI’s 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 are those that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our
audit of financial statements of the current year. 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.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information
comprises the information included in the annual report, but does not include the financial
statements and our auditor’s report theron.
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 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 other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report
in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the
Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these financial statements that
give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, changes in equity and cash
flows of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India,
including the accounting Standards 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, management 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 management either intends to liquidate the
Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting
process.
Auditor’s 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 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 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: 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 management’s 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 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.
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
1 As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 (“the Order”), issued by the
Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of the Companies Act,
2013, we give in the Annexure ‘A’ a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4
of the 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.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt
with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Ind AS financial statements comply with the Accounting
Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies
(Accounts) Rules,2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March,
2024, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on
31st March, 2024 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 financial reporting of
the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report
in “Annexure B”.
(g) With the 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 not
paid by the Company to its directors is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of
Act; 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, in our opinion and to the best
of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company does not have any pending litigations which would impact its Ind AS
financial statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts
for which there were any material foreseeable losses.
iii. There were no amounts which were 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. 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 is applicable to the Company with effect from April 1, 2023, and
accordingly, reporting under Rule 11(g) of Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules,
2014 is not applicable for the financial year ended March 31,2024.
For Suvarna & Katdare
Chartered Accountants
Firm Regn. No. 125080W
s/d
CA Ravindra Raju Suvarna
Partner
Membership No. 032007
Date: 02/09/2024
UDIN: 24032007BKAJSM6339
Place: Mumbai
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