We have audited the standalone financial statements
of Hyundai Motor India Limited (the “Company”) which
comprise the standalone balance sheet as at 31 March 2024,
and the standalone statement of profit and loss (including
other comprehensive income), 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 material 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 standalone
financial statements give the information required by the
Companies Act, 2013 (“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
of the Company as at 31 March 2024, and its profit and other
comprehensive loss, 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 Act.
Our responsibilities under those SAs 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
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 on the standalone financial statements.
Management'sandBoardofDirectors'Responsibilities
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 state of affairs,
profit/ loss and 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, the
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
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 is 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 standalone
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 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 the Management and Board
of Directors.
? Conclude on the appropriateness of the Management
and Board of Directors use of the going concern basis of
accounting in preparation of standalone financial statements
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.
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 Section 143(11) 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 A. 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 except
for the matters stated in the paragraph 2B(f) below on
reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Audit
and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
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 statement of
cash flows 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 Ind AS specified under
Section 133 of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representations received
from the directors as on 01 April 2024 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. The modification relating to the maintenance of
accounts and other matters connected therewith are
as stated in the paragraph 2A(b) above on reporting
under Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph [2B(f)] below
on reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies
(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial
controls with reference to financial statements of the
Company and the operating effectiveness of such
controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure
B”.
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:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending
litigations as at 31 March 2024 on its financial position
in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note
36 to the standalone financial statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-term contracts
including derivative contracts for which there were
any material foreseeable losses.
c. There were no amounts which were required to be
transferred to the Investor Education and Protection
Fund by the Company.
d (i) The management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed
in the Note 47 to the standalone financial
statements, no funds 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(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities
(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,
whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that
the Intermediary shall 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.
(ii) The management has represented that, to the
best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed
in the Note 47 to the standalone financial
statements, no funds have been received by
the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),
including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”),
with the understanding, whether recorded in
writing or otherwise, that the Company shall
directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other
persons or entities identified in any manner
whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding
Parties (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide
any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of
the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) Based on the audit procedures performed
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 (i) and
(ii) above, contain any material misstatement.
e. The interim dividend declared and paid by the
Company during the year and until the date of this
audit report is in accordance with Section 123 of
the Act.
The final dividend paid by the Company during the year,
in respect of the same declared for the previous year, is
in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extent
it applies to payment of dividend.
f. Based on our examination which included test checks,
the Company has used an accounting software for
maintaining its books of account which has a feature of
audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated
throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded
in the software except that the audit trail was not enabled
(i) at the database level to log any direct data changes;
(ii) at the application level for certain fields relating to
payroll, inventory and production records. Further, where
audit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operated
throughout the year, we did not come across any instance
of audit trail feature being tampered with.
C. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor's
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) of the Act which are required
to be commented upon by us.
For B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm's Registration No.:101248W/W-100022
Harsh Vardhan Lakhotia
Partner
Place: Chennai Membership No.: 222432
Date: 20 September 2024 ICAI UDIN:24222432BKGUFB7944
|