1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of New Delhi Television
Limited (the Company”) as at March 31, 2011, and the related profit and
Loss Account 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 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 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 (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as
amended by the Companies (Auditors 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 specifed in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order.
4. We refer to note on B-14 (i) of Schedule 20 regarding managerial
remuneration amounting to Rs.8,303 thousand for the previous year being
subject to approval by the Central Government.
In the event that the Central Government approval is not received,
these amounts are to be refunded by such directors. This would then
result in the Loss after Taxation for the year to be Rs. 986,373
thousand (as against the reported fgure of Rs 986,373 thousand), Net
Current Assets to be Rs. 1,290,511 thousand (as against the reported
fgure of Rs.1,282,208 thousand) and Reserves & Surplus to be
Rs.5,138,011 thousand (as against the reported fgure of Rs. 5,129,708
thousand).
5. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred to in paragraph 3
& 4 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, profit and Loss Account and Cash Flow Statement
dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, profit and Loss Account 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, 2011 and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualifed as on March 31, 2011
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 subject to the matter
referred in paragraph 4 above, 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, 2011; (ii) in the case of the profit and Loss
Account, of the loss 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
Referred to in paragraph 3 of the Auditors Report of even date to the
members of New Delhi Television Limited on the financial statements for
the year ended March 31, 2011
1. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and
situation, of fixed assets.
(b) The fixed assets are physically verifed 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 verifed 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 has been physically verifed by the Management
during the year.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verifcation 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 verifcation of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
3. (a) The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, frms or other parties covered
in the register maintained under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly,
clause (iii) (b), (c) & (d) of paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditors
Report) Order, 2003, as amended by the Companies (Auditors Report)
Order, 2004, 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, frms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 301 of the Act. Accordingly, clause (iii) (f) & (g) of
paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2003, as amended
by the Companies (Auditors Report) Order, 2004, 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, fixed assets and for the sale of 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, we have neither come across nor have been informed of any
continuing failure to correct major weaknesses in the aforesaid
internal control system.
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 nature of its business.
8. The Central Government of India has not prescribed the maintenance
of cost records under clause (d) of sub- section (1) of Section 209 of
the Act for any 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 regular in depositing the undisputed
statutory dues including provident fund, investor education and
protection fund, employees state insurance, income-tax, sales-tax,
wealth tax, service 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, there are no dues of income-tax,
sales-tax, wealth-tax, service-tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess
which have not been deposited on account of any dispute.
10. The Company has accumulated losses as at March 31, 2011 and it has
incurred cash losses in the financial year ended on that date. However,
the Company has not incurred any cash losses in the immediately
preceding financial year.
11. According to the records of the Company examined by us and the
information and explanation given to us, the Company has not defaulted
in repayment of dues to any financial institution or bank or debenture
holders 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. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, on an overall basis, the term loans have been applied for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
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 except Rs. 343,195
thousand used for funding of losses.
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 raised any money by public issues during the
year.
20. 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
fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the year, nor
have we been informed of such case by the Management.
22. The other clause (xix) of paragraph 4 of the Companies (Auditors
Report) Order, 2003, as amended by the Companies (Auditors Report)
Order, 2004, are not applicable in the case of the Company in the
current year, since in our opinion there is no matter which arises to
be reported in the aforesaid Order.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration No - FRN 007568S
Chartered accountants
Anupam Dhawan
Place of Signing: New Delhi Partner
Dated : May 3, 2011 Membership No - F 084451
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