1. We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited as at 31st March
2011 and also the Profit & Loss
Account and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date
annexed thereto. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Company''s 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 the management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statements 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) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of
sub-section (4A) of Section 227 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 to the extent applicable to the Corporation.
4. Further to our comments in the Annexure referred in paragraph 3
above, we report that:
i) We have obtained all the information and explanations which to be
best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our
audit;
ii) In our opinion, proper books of accounts as required by law have
been kept by the company so far as appears from our examination of such
books;
iii) The Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss account and cash flow
statement dealt with by this report are in agreement with the books of
accounts;
iv) In our opinion, the Balance Sheet, Profit & 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
Companies Act, 1956 to the extent possible.
v) Vide notification No. 2/5/2001-CL.V dated 22.03.2002 of the
Department of Company Aaffairs, Government of India, Government Companies
have been exempted from applicability of the provisions of Section
274(1)(g) of the Companies Act, 1956.
vi) In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
explanations given to us, the said statements of accounts read together
with notes and accounting policies thereon, give the information
required by the Companies Act 1956, in the manner so required and give
a true and affair 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 31st March 2011.
b) In the case of Profit & 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 for the
year ended on that date.
Annexure to the Auditors'' Report
Referred to in paragraph (3) of our report of even date on the accounts
Of rural electrification corporation limited for the year ended on 31st
March, 2011
(i) (a) The Corporation has maintained fixed assets records to show full
particulars including quantitative details and situation of its fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets of the corporation were physically verified by the
management during the year ended on 31st March,2011;as certified by
management, no material discrepancies has been found out on such
physical verification.
(c) In our opinion and according to the explanations given to us,
during the year, the Corporation has not disposed of substantial part
of fixed assets therefore going concern is not affected . Hence this
clause of the order is not applicable.
(ii) The Corporation being Non Banking Financial Company, does not has
any inventory; as such this clause is not applicable.
(iii) (a) According to the information and explanations given to us,
the Corporation has not granted any loans secured or unsecured to any
company, frm or other parties covered in register maintained under
section 301 of Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly clauses 4(iii)(a),
4(iii)(b), 4(iii)(c) and 4(iii)(d) of the order are not applicable.
(e) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Corporation has not taken any loans, secured or unsecured, from any
company, frm, or other parties covered in the register maintained under
section 301 of the Companies Act 1956. Accordingly clause 4(iii)(e),
the clause 4(iii)(f) and 4(iii)(g) of the order are not applicable.
(iv) In our opinion and according to information & explanations given
to us, internal controls for purchase of fixed assets and for the
financial services are generally commensurate with the size of the
Corporation and the nature of its business. However in certain areas
internal control needs further strengthening like Utilization of
grants/subsidies disbursed under various schemes; Monitoring and
supervision of loans given to various SEBs/ DISCOMS/TRANSCOS/GENCOS
including obtaining search reports for charges created against the
loans given, ascertainment of viability of revised project at the time
of re-schedulement of loan assets; Generation of various reports from
loan module in ERP to have better control over loan assets. During the
course of audit we have not come across any major failure in internal
control system.
(v) According to information and explanations given to us, the
Corporation has not entered into any contract with the Companies or
Entities covered u/s 301 of the Companies Act, 1956. Accordingly this
clause of the order is not applicable.
(vi) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Corporation has not accepted any deposit from public to which the
provisions of Sections 58A and 58AA or any other relevant provisions of
the Companies Act, 1956 and the Rules framed there under, apply.
(vii) In our opinion the Corporation has an internal audit system
generally commensurate with its size and nature of its business
(viii) To the best of our knowledge and as explained, the Central
Government has not prescribed the maintenance of cost records under
clause (d) of sub section (1) of section 209 of the Companies Act,
1956, for the products/services of the Corporation. Accordingly, this
clause of the order is not applicable to the Corporation.
(ix) (a) The Corporation is generally regular in depositing with the
appropriate authorities undisputed statutory dues including provident
fund, investor''s education protection fund, employees state insurance,
income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, custom duty, excise
duty, cess and any other statutory dues applicable to it.
(b) According to the information and explanations given to us, no
undisputed amounts payable in respect of income tax, service tax,
wealth tax were in arrears as at 31st March 2011 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 on account of
dispute.
(x) The Corporation does not have any accumulated losses as at 31st
March 2011. The Corporation has also not incurred cash losses during
the year covered by our audit and in the immediate preceding financial
year. Accordingly, this clause of the order is not applicable.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Corporation has not defaulted in repayment of dues to
a financial institution, bank or bond holders as at the Balance Sheet
date.
(xii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Corporation has maintained records and documents in
respect of loan granted by it to various State Electricity Board,
Transmission, Distribution and Generation Companies including
independent power producers on the basis of security by way of pledge
of shares and other securities.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Corporation is not a chit fund or a nidhi or mutual
benefit fund or society, therefore, this clause of
the order is not applicable to the corporation
(xiv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Corporation is not dealing or trading in shares,
securities, debenture and other investment, therefore this clause of
the order is not applicable to the corporation.
(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the Corporation has not given any guarantee for loans
taken by others from banks or financial institutions during the year.
Accordingly this clause of the order is not applicable to the
Corporation.
(xvi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us the term loans were applied for the purpose for which they
were raised.
(xvii) According to the information and explanations given to us and on
the overall examination of the balance sheet of the Corporation, we
report that funds raised on short term basis have not been used for
long term investment.
(xviii) According to the information and explanations given to us,
during the year the Corporation has not made any preferential allotment
of shares to companies, firms or other parties needs to be listed in the
register maintained u/s 301 of the Companies Act.
(xix) According to the information and explanations given to us, the
Corporation has created security in respect of Institutional
Loans, Taxable Secured Bonds and Capital Gain Bonds in the form of
charge on receivables and Registered Mortgage on the immovable
properties of the Corporation at Maharashtra & Delhi.
(xx) The Corporation has not raised monies by public issue during the
year. Accordingly this clause for disclosure of end use of money raised
is not applicable. As explained to us, the money raised by way of
Taxable Secured Bonds and Capital Gain Bonds is not a public issue.
(xxi) During the course of our examination of the books of account
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 Corporation, noticed or reported during the year, nor have we been
informed of such case by the management.
For Bansal & Co. for K.G Somani & Co.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
R.C. Pandey Bhuvnesh maheshwari
Partner Partner
M. No.070811 M. No. 088155
Firm Regn No.001113N Firm Regn No.006591N
Place: New Delhi
Date : 24th May, 2011
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