1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of RAIN COMMODITIES
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 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 December 31, 2010;
(ii) in the case of the Profit and Loss Account, of the loss 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 December 31, 2010 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, we report that, 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.
ANNEXURE TO AUDITORS REPORT (Referred to in paragraph 3 of our report
of even date)
Having regard to the nature of the Companys business / activities /
result, clauses 4(vi), (x), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xviii), (xix) and
(xx) of CARO are not applicable to the Company.
(i) 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) During the year, a substantial part of fixed assets of the Company
was transferred pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement (as detailed in
Note III of Schedule U to the financial statements) to its wholly owned
subsidiary. However such disposal has, in our opinion, not affected the
going concern status of the Company.
(ii) 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.
(iii) In respect of loans, secured or unsecured, granted by the Company
to companies, firms or other parties listed in the Register under
Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, according to the information
and explanations given to us:
(a) The Company has granted unsecured loans aggregating Rs.2,670,396
thousands to its two wholly owned subsidiaries during the year. At the
year-end, the outstanding balances of such loans aggregated Rs.
2,642,400 thousands and the maximum amount involved during the year was
Rs. 2,642,400 thousands.
(b) Having regard to the Scheme of Arrangement (as detailed in note III
of Schedule U to the financial statements), the rate of interest and
other terms and conditions of such loans are, in our opinion, prima
facie not prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
(c) The receipt of principal amounts and interest have been as per
stipulations and there are no overdue amounts.
According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company
has not taken any loan, secured or unsecured, from companies, firms or
other parties listed in the register maintained under Section 301 of
the Companies Act, 1956 and accordingly clauses 4 (iii)(f) and
4(iii)(g) of CARO are not applicable.
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanations that some of the items
purchased are of special nature for which suitable alternate sources do
not exist for obtaining comparable quotations, 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 for the sale of goods. During the course of our
audit, we have not observed any major weakness in such internal control
system.
(v) In respect of contracts or arrangements entered in the Register
maintained in pursuance of Section 301 of the Companies Act, 1956, to
the best of our knowledge and belief and according to the information
and explanations given to us:
(a) The particulars of contracts or arrangements referred to Section
301 that needed to be entered in the Register maintained under the said
Section have been so entered.
(b) Where each of such transaction is in excess of Rs.5 lakhs (other
than loans mentioned in para
(iii) above) in respect of any party, having regard our comments in
paragraph (iv) above, the transactions have been made at prices which
are prima facie reasonable having regard to the prevailing market
prices at the relevant time.
(vi) In our opinion, the internal audit functions carried out during
the year by a firm of Chartered Accountants appointed by the Management
have been commensurate with the size of the Company and the nature of
its business.
(vii) 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 production of cement 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.
(viii)According to the information and explanations given to us in
respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally 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,
service tax, sales 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) There are no dues of income-tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service
tax, customs duty, excise duty and cess which have not been deposited
as on December 31, 2010 on account of disputes.
(ix) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the rollover of buyers credits by the
banks, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to banks.
(x) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the terms and conditions of guarantees given by the
Company for loans taken by its subsidiaries from banks are not prima
facie prejudicial to the interests of the Company.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, term loans have been applied for the purposes for which
they were obtained.
(xii) 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.
(xiii)To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and
explanations given to us, no fraud on or by the Company has been
noticed or reported during the year.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants
Registration No. 008072S
Sd/-
K. Rajasekhar
Partner
Membership No.: 23341
Hyderabad, February 25, 2011
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