1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of E.I.D.-PARRY(INDIA)
LIMITED (the Company) as at 31st March, 2011, 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 the 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:
(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 it appears from our examination of
those books;
(c) the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow
Statement dealt with by
this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) 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;
(e) 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:
(i) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the
Company as at 31st March, 2011;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the
Company for the year ended on that date and
(iii) 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 the written representations received from the
Directors as on 31st March, 2011 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the Directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2011
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 274(1)(g) of the
Companies Act, 1956.
ANNEXURE TO THE AUDITORS REPORT (Referred to in paragraph 3 of our
report of even date)
(i) Having regard to the nature of the Companys business/activities,
clauses 4(xii), 4(xiii), 4(xiv), 4(xviii), 4(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 inventory:
(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.
During the course of our audit, we have not observed any major weakness
in such internal control system.
(vi) According to the information and explanations given to us, there
are no contracts or arrangements that
need to be entered in the Register maintained in pursuance of Section
301 of the Companies Act, 1956.
(vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Company has not accepted any deposit from the public during the year.
In respect of unclaimed deposits, the Company has complied with the
provisions of Sections 58A & 58AA or any other relevant provisions of
the Companies Act, 1956.
(viii) In our opinion, the Company has an adequate internal audit
system commensurate with the size and the nature of its business.
(ix) 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 Sugar, Rectified Spirit, Power and
Bio-pesticides 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.
(x) According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has been regular in depositing undisputed 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 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 31st March, 2011 for a period of more than six
months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Wealth Tax, Service Tax,
Custom Duty, Excise Duty and Cess which have not been deposited as on
31st March, 2011 on account of disputes are given below:
Name of the statute Nature of Dues March 31, 2011 Forum where the
Rs Lakhs dispute is
pending
Central Excise Act, Excise Duty 631 Assistant
1944 Commissioner/
Deputy
Commissioner,
Commissioner,
CESTAT, High
Court
Finance Act, 1994 Service Tax dues 48 Commissioner
(Service Tax) (Appeals)
Various States Sales Sales Tax – Local 114 Assistant
Tax Acts Commissioner/
Deputy
Commissioner/
Tribunal
Central Sales Tax Sales Tax CST 70 Assistant
Act, 1956 Commissioner /
Deputy
Commissioner,
Tribunal, High
Court
Tamil Nadu General TNGST Act Assistant
Sales Tax Act, 1959 122 Commissioner /
Deputy
Commissioner,
Tribunal, High
Court
Customs Act, 1962 Customs Duty 4302 CESTAT
Income Tax Act, 1961 Income Tax 1595 Income Tax
Appellate
Tribunal/
High court/
CIT Appeals
Name of the Statute Period to which the
dues belong
Central Excise Act, 1944 Assessment Year
2002-03 to 2007-08
Finance Act, 1994 Assessment Year
(Service Tax) 2002-03 to 2006-07
Various States Sales Assessment Year
Tax Acts 1981-82 and
1999-00 to 2005-06
Central Sales Tax Act, Assessment Year
1956 1999-00 to 2005-06
Tamil Nadu General 2001-02 and
Sales Tax Act, 1959 2002-03
Customs Act, 1962 2006-07
Income Tax Act, 1961 2003-04 to 2006-07
(xi) The Company does not have any accumulated losses at the end of the
year. The Company has not incurred cash losses during the current year
and in the immediately preceding financial year.
(xii) 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, financial institutions and debenture holders.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of the guarantees given by the
Company for loans taken by others from banks and financial institutions
are not prima facie prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
(xiv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans have been applied for the purposes for
which they were obtained.
(xv) 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.
(xvi) According to the information and explanations given to us, during
the period covered by our audit report, the Company had issued 400
debentures of Rs. 10,00,000 each. The Company is yet to create security
in respect of the debentures issued.
(xvii) 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)
M.K. Ananthanarayanan
Partner
(Membership No. 19521)
Chennai
April 29, 2011
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