We have audited the standalone financial statements of Anand Projects Limited (“the Company”),
which comprise the standalone balance sheet as at March 31, 2024, and the standalone statement of
profit and loss (including other comprehensive income), the standalone statement of changes in
equity and standalone statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone
financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory
information (Collectively referred to as ‘standalone financial statements’).
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 accounting
principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs (financial position) of the Company as
at March 31, 2024, and its losses (financial performance 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 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 together with the ethical requirements that are relevant
to our audit of the standalone 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 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 standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
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.
We have determined that there are no key audit matters to communicate in our report.
Other Information
The Company’s management and Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The
other information comprises the information included in the Company’s annual report, but does not
include the standalone financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.
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 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. 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 and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone
Financial Statements
The Company’s 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 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 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 standalone financial statements that give a true and fair
view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and Board of Directors are 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 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 Standalone Financial Statements
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 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 Standards on Auditing (‘SAs’), 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 standalone 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 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.
• 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.
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 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
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s 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 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 Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including
other comprehensive income), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the
Standalone Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the
books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian
Accounting Standards prescribed under Section 133 of the Act read with Companies
(Indian Accounting Standard) Rules 2016 (as amended).
e. On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,
2024 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as
on March 31, 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 with reference to
standalone financial statements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such
controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
g. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditors’ Report under Section 197(16)
of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the
remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the current year is in
accordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act. The remuneration paid to any
director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. The Ministry
of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) which are
required to be commented upon by us.
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 has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial
position in its financial statements - Refer note 27 to the standalone financial
statements.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative 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 causes
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 dividend during the year hence reporting
of compliances of section 123 is not applicable.
vi. As stated in note 40 of the standalone financial statements, the Company uses a
Oracle based ERP accounting software for maintaining its books of account. In
the absence of any information on existence of audit trail (edit logs) for any direct
changes made at database level, we are unable to comment on whether audit trail
feature with respect to the database of the said software was enabled and operated.
For Chopra Vimal & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 006456C
(Lokesh Sharma)
Partner
Membership No.: 420735
UDIN: 24420735BKCMGH8976
Place: Lalitpur
Date: 30th May, 2024
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