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-2.1 (-0.33%) | Auditor's Report (ING Vysya Bank) | Year End : Mar '13 |
1. We have audited the accompanying financial statements of ING Vysya
Bank Limited (''the Bank''), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31
March 2013 and the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow Statement
for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting
policies and other explanatory information.
Management''s responsibility for the financial statements
2. Management is responsible for preparation of these financial
statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position,
financial performance and cash flows of the Bank in accordance with
provisions of Section 29 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 read with
Section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956 and circulars and guidelines
issued by the Reserve Bank of India from time to time. This
responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of
internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the
financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor''s responsibility
3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. W e conducted our audit of the Bank
including its branches in accordance with Standards on Auditing issued
by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards
require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.
4. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures
selected depend on the auditor''s judgment, including the assessment of
the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether
due to fraud or error . In making those risk assessments, the auditor
considers internal control relevant to the Bank''s preparation and fair
presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also
includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and
the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the management, as
well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements.
5. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion
6. 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 give the information required by the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949 as well as the Companies Act, 1956, in the manner
so required for banking companies and give a true and fair view in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in India:
(a) in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of afairs of the
Bank as at 31 March 2013;
(b) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the profit of the
Bank for the year ended on that date; and
(c) in the case of the Cash Flow Statement, of the cash flows of the
Bank for the year ended on that date.
Emphasis of matter
7. We draw attention to Note 18.2 to the financial statements, which
describes deferment of pension liability relating to existing employees
of the Bank arising out of the opening of the II Pension Option, to the
extent of Rs.372,004 thousands pursuant to the exemption granted by the
Reserve Bank of India to the Bank from application of the provisions of
Revised Accounting Standard (AS) 15, Employee Benefits vide its letter
to the Bank dated 8 April 2011 regarding Re-opening of Pension Option
to Employees and Enhancement in Gratuity Limits - Prudential Regulatory
Treatment. Our opinion is not qualified in respect of this matter.
Report on other legal and regulatory requirements
8. The Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow
Statement have been drawn up in accordance with the provisions of
Section 29 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 read with Section 211 of
the Companies Act, 1956.
9. 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 purpose of our
audit and have found them to be satisfactory;
(b) the transactions of the Bank, which have come to our notice, have
been within the powers of the Bank;
(c) During the course of our audit, we visited 15 branches. Since the
key operations of the Bank are completely automated with the key
applications integrated to the core banking systems, the audit is
carried out at the Head Office and the Corporate Office as all the
necessary records and data required for the purposes of our audit are
available therein.
10. In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and
the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this report comply with the
Accounting Standards referred to in subsection (3C) of section 211 of
the Companies Act, 1956, to the extent they are not inconsistent with
the accounting policies prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India.
11. We further report that:
(i) the Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss Account dealt with by
this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(ii) in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have
been kept by the Bank so far as appears from our examination of those
books;
(iii) the reports on the accounts of 50 branches audited by branch
auditors, as submitted by the management of the Bank have been dealt
with in preparing report in the manner considered necessary by us;
(iv) on the basis of written representations received from the
Directors and taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the
Director is disqualified as on 31 March 2013 from being appointed as a
Director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of
the Companies Act, 1956.
For B S R & Co.
Chartered Accountants
Firm''s Registration No: 101248W
Zubin Shekary
Mumbai Partner
29 April 2013 Membership No: 048814 |
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