1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of AREVA T&D India
Limited (the Company) as at December 31,2010, the Profit and Loss
Account and the Cash Flow Statement of the Company for the year ended
on that date both annexed thereto. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Companys 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 misstatements. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and the disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and the 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 (Auditors Report) Order, 2003 (CARO)
issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 227 (4A) of the
Companies Act, 1956, we enclose in the Annexure a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the said Order.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
above, we report as follows:
(i) 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;
(ii) 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;
(iii) the Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
account;
(iv) in our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and
the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report are in compliance
with the Accounting Standards referred to in Section 211 (3C) of the
Companies Act, 1956;
(v) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the said accounts give the information
required by the Companies Act, 1956 in the manner so required and give
a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles
generally accepted in India:
(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at December31,2010;
(b) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date; and
(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Company for the year ended on that date.
5. On the basis of written representations received from the Directors
as on December 31, 2010 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none
of the Directors is disqualified as on December 31, 2010 from being
appointed as a director in terms of Section 274 (1) (g) of the
Companies Act 1956.
(i) Having regard to the nature of the Companys
business/activities/result, clauses (vi), (x), (xii), (xiii), (xiv),
(xv), (xvi), (xviii), (xix) and (xx) of CARO are not applicable.
(ii) In respect of its fixed assets:
a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars,
including quantitative details and situation of the fixed assets.
b) The fixed assets were physically verified during the year by the
Management in accordance with a regular programme of verification
which, in our opinion, provides for physical verification of all the
fixed assets at reasonable intervals. According to the information and
explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such
verification.
c) The fixed assets disposed off during the year, in our opinion, do
not constitute a substantial part of the fixed assets of the Company
and such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the going concern
status of the Company.
(iii) In respect of its inventories:
a) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during
the year by the Management at reasonable intervals.
b) In our opinion and according to the information and explanation
given to us, the procedures of physical verification of inventories
followed by the Management were reasonable and adequate in relation to
the size of the Company and the nature of its business.
c) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has maintained proper records of its
inventories and no material discrepancies were noticed on physical
verification.
(iv) The Company has neither granted nor taken any loans, secured or
unsecured, to/from companies, firms or other parties listed in the
Register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(v) 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 with regard
to purchases of inventory and fixed assets and the sale of goods and
services. During the course of our audit, we have not observed any
major weakness in such internal control system.
(vi) Based on the audit procedures applied by us and according to the
information and explanations provided by the management, we are of the
opinion that there are no contracts or arrangements that need to be
entered into the register maintained under Section 301 of the Companies
Act, 1956.
(vii) In our opinion, the Company has an adequate internal audit system
commensurate with the size and the nature of its business.
(viii) We have broadly reviewed the books of account maintained by the
Company pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government for the
maintenance of cost records under Section 209(1) (d) of the Companies
Act, 1956 in respect of manufacture of power transformers and are of
the opinion that prima facie the prescribed accounts and records have
been made and maintained. We have, however, not made a detailed
examination of the records with a view to determining whether they are
accurate or complete. To the best of our knowledge and according to the
information and explanations given to us, the Central Government has
not prescribed the maintenance of cost records for any other product of
the Company.
(ix) According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed
statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Investor Education and
Protection Fund, Employees State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax,
Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and any other
material statutory dues applicable to it with the appropriate
authorities.
b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Income-tax,
Wealth Tax, Custom Duty, Excise Duty, Cess and other material statutory
dues in arrears as at December 31,2010 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
c) According to the information and explanations given to us, there are
no dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax, Custom Duty,
Excise Duty and cess which have not been deposited as on December
31,2010, with the appropriate authorities on account of disputes except
for dues referred to in note 22 (b) to (f) to the financial statements.
(x) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to
banks.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, and on an overall examination of the Balance Sheet, we
report that funds raised on short- term basis have not been used during
the year for long- term investment.
(xii) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no fraud on the
Company has been noticed or reported during the year.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS
Chartered Accountants
Registration No.008072S
Bhavani Balasubramanian
Partner
Membership No. 22156
New Delhi
February 25, 2011 |