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-11.15 (-2.82%) | Auditor's Report (ALSTOM India) | Year End : Mar '12 |
1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of ALSTOM Projects India
Limited (the Company) as at March 31, 2012, and the related Statement
of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that
date annexed thereto, which we have signed under reference to this
report. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company''s Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the auditing standards
generally accepted in India. Those Standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by Management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
3. As required by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditor''s Report) (Amendment) Order, 2004
(together the Order), issued by the Central Government of India in
terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of ''The Companies Act, 1956''
of India (the ''Act'') and on the basis of such checks of the books and
records of the Company as we considered appropriate and according to
the information and explanations given to us, we give in the Annexure a
statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report that:
(a) We have 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 appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) The Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Profit and Loss
and Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the
accounting standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of Section 211 of
the Act;
(e) On the basis of written representations received from the
directors, as on March 31, 2012 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2012
from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of
sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Act;
(f) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said financial statements together
with the notes thereon and attached thereto give, in the prescribed
manner, the information required by the Act, and give a true and fair
view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in
India:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at March 31, 2012;
(ii) in the case of the Statement of Profit and Loss, of the profit
for the year ended on that date; and
(iii) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows for
the year ended on that date.
Annexure to Auditors'' Report
Refferred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to the
members of ALSTOM Projects India Limited on the financial statements
as of and for the year ended March 31, 2012
(i) (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets are physically verified by the Management
according to a phased programme designed to cover all the items over a
period of three years which, in our opinion, is reasonable having
regard to the size of the Company and the nature of its assets.
Pursuant to the programme, a portion of the fixed assets has been
physically verified by the Management during the year and no material
discrepancies between the book records and the physical inventory have
been noticed.
(c) In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, a substantial part of fixed assets has not been disposed
of by the Company during the year.
2. (a) The inventory (excluding stocks with third parties) has been
physically verified by the Management during the year.
In respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have
substantially been confirmed by them. In our opinion, the frequency of
verification is reasonable.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification of
inventory followed by the Management are reasonable and adequate in
relation to the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
(c) On the basis of our examination of the inventory records, in our
opinion, the Company is maintaining proper records of inventory. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as
compared to book records were not material.
3. (a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly clauses (iii) (b), (c) and
(d) of paragraph 4 of the order are not applicable in the case of the
company in the current year.
(b) The Company has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly clauses (iii) (f) and (g) of
paragraph 4 of the order are not applicable in the case of the Company
in the current year.
4. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, there is an adequate internal control system commensurate
with the size of the Company and the nature of its business for the
purchase of inventory and fixed assets and for the sale of goods and
services. Further, on the basis of our examination of the books and
records of the Company, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no major weakness have been noticed or
reported.
5. According to the information and explanations given to us, there
have been no contracts or arrangements referred to in Section 301 of
the Act during the year to be entered in the register required to be
maintained under that Section. Accordingly, the question of commenting
on transactions made in pursuance of such contracts or arrangements
does not arise.
6. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 58A and 58AA of the Act and the rules framed
there under.
7. In our opinion, the Company has an internal audit system
commensurate with its size and the nature of its business.
8. According to the information and explanations given to us, the
company is in process of preparing the cost records prescribed by the
Central Government under clause (d) of subsection (1) of Section 209 of
the Act in respect of the products of the Company.
9. (a) According to the information and explanations given to us and
the records of the Company examined by us, in our opinion, the Company
is generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues in respect
of provident fund, employees'' state insurance, income tax, sales tax
and service tax, though there has been a delay in a few cases, and is
regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including investor
education and protection fund, wealth tax, customs duty, excise duty,
cess and other material statutory dues, as applicable, with the
appropriate authorities.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us and the
records of the Company examined by us, the particulars of dues of
income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, customs duty and excise
duty as at March 31, 2012 which have not been deposited on account of a
dispute, are as follows:
Annexure to Auditors'' Report
Refferred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors'' Report of even date to the
members of ALSTOM Projects India Limited on the financial statements
as of and for the year ended March 31, 2012
Name of the statute Nature of dues
Andhra Pradesh General Sales
Tax (GST), 1957; Works Contract Tax on Inter State Sales
Andhra Pradesh Value Added Tax
(VAT), 2005 and Central Sales
Tax (CST) Act, 1956
Central Excise Act, 1944 Excise duty and penalty
Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 Central Sales Tax Penalty
Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1957
and Central Sales Works Contract Tax on Inter State Sales
Tax Act, 1956
Orissa General Sales Tax Act,
1947 and Central Works Contract Tax on Inter State Sales
Sales Tax Act, 1956
Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax
Act,1959 Sales Tax and Penalty
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax and Interest
Labour Cess Act, 1966 Labour Cess on Cost of Construction
Finance Act, 1994 (Service
Tax) Service Tax and Penalty
Name of the statute Amount Period to which Forum where
(Rs. the amount dispute is
Million) relates pending
Andhra Pradesh General Sales
Tax (GST), 1957; 520.2 2004 - 2008 High Court
Andhra Pradesh Value Added Tax
(VAT), 2005 and Central Sales
Tax (CST) Act, 1956
Central Excise Act, 1944 251.5 1979 - 2008 CESTAT
Central Sales Tax Act, 1956 14.2 1993 - 1999 Appellate
Tribunal
Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1957
and Central Sales 10.2 1984 - 1992 Appellate
Tax Act 1956 Tribunal
Orissa General Sales Tax Act,
1947 and Central 3.6 1992 - 1997 High Court
Sales Tax Act,1961
Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax
Act,1959 1.8 2004 - 2005 High Court
Income Tax Act, 1961 82.4 Assessment
Years CIT (Appeals)
2007-2009
Labour Cess Act, 1966 18.6 2010-2011 Assistant
Labour
Comissioner
Finance Act, 1994 (Service
Tax) 86.1 2005-2009 CESTAT
10. The Company has no accumulated losses as at 31 March 2012 and it
has not incurred any cash losses in the financial year ended on that
date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
11. The Company neither has any borrowings from any financial
institution or bank nor has it issued any debentures as at the balance
sheet date.
12. The Company has not granted any loans and advances on the basis of
security by way of pledge of shares, debentures and other securities.
13. The provisions of any special statute applicable to chit fund/
nidhi/ mutual benefit fund/ societies are not applicable to the
Company.
14. In our opinion, the Company is not a dealer or trader in shares,
securities, debentures and other investments.
15. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not given any guarantee for loans taken by
others from banks or financial institutions during the year.
16. The Company has not obtained any term loans.
17. On the basis of an overall examination of the balance sheet of the
Company, in our opinion, and according to the information and
explanations given to us, there are no funds raised on a short-term
basis which have been used for long-term investment.
18. The Company has not made any preferential allotment of shares to
parties and companies covered in the register maintained under Section
301 of the Act during the year.
19. The Company has not issued any debentures during the year; and
does not have any debentures outstanding as at the year end.
20. The Company has not raised any money by public issues during the
year
21. 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 on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the
year, nor have we been informed of such case by the Management.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number: 012754N
Chartered Accountants
Joy Kumar Jain
Place: Noida Partner
Date : April 23, 2012 Membership Number: 087659 |
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