Report on the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying standalone Ind AS financial statements of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31 March, 2017, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Cash Flow Statement and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year then ended, and a summary of the significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management’s Responsibility for the Standalone Ind AS Financial Statements
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance including other comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone Ind AS financial statements based on our audit.
In conducting our audit, we have taken into account the provisions of the Act, the accounting and auditing standards and matters which are required to be included in the audit report under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder.
We conducted our audit of the standalone Ind AS financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing specified under Section 143(10) of the Act. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone Ind AS financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and the disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the standalone Ind AS financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal financial control relevant to the Company’s preparation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements that give a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by the Company’s Directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone Ind AS financial statements.
Opinion
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31 March, 2017, and its profit/loss, total comprehensive income/ loss, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Other Matters
The comparative financial information of the Company for the year ended 31 March, 2016 and the transition date opening balance sheet as at 1 April 2015 included in these standalone Ind AS financial statements, are based on the statutory financial statements prepared in accordance with the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 audited by the predecessor auditor whose report for the year ended 31 March, 2016 and 31 March, 2015 dated 26 April, 2016 and 27 April, 2015 respectively expressed an unmodified opinion on those standalone financial statements, and have been restated to comply with Ind AS. Adjustments made to the previously issued said financial information prepared in accordance with the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006 to comply with Ind AS have been audited by us.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements and our report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements below is not modified in respect of these matters.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a) We have sought and 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 Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, the Cash Flow Statement and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone Ind AS financial statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2017 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31 March, 2017 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in ‘Annexure A”. Our report expresses an unmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controls over financial reporting.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
1. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone Ind AS financial statements - Refer to note 38 to standalone Ind AS financial statements.
ii. The Company has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company. Refer to note 16 to standalone Ind AS financial statements.
iv. The Company has provided requisite disclosures in the standalone Ind AS financial statements as regards its holding and dealings in Specified Bank Notes as defined in the Notification S.O. 3407(E) dated the 8 November, 2016 of the Ministry of Finance, during the period from 8 November 2016 to 30 December 2016 (Refer to note 54 to standalone Ind AS financial statements). Based on audit procedures performed and the representations provided to us by the management we report that the disclosures are in accordance with the books of account maintained by the Company and as produced to us by the Management.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give in “Annexure B” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
Annexure B to The Independent Auditor’s Report
(Referred to in paragraph 2 under ‘Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements’ section of our report of even date)
(i) (a) The Company has maintained proper records showing full particulars, including quantitative details and situation of property, plant and equipment.
(b) The property, plant and equipment except furniture and fixtures, office appliances and certain other property plant and equipment having a carrying value of Rs.1890 million, 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 the property, plant and equipment at reasonable intervals. According to the information and explanation given to us, no material discrepancies were noticed on such verification.
(c) According to the information and explanations given to us and the records examined by us and based on the examination of the registered sale deeds / transfer deeds / conveyance deeds provided to us, we report that, the title deeds, comprising all the immovable properties of land and buildings which are freehold, are held in the name of the Company as at the balance sheet date, except the following:
Particulars of buildings
|
Amount as on 31-03-2017
|
Remarks
|
|
(Rs.in million)
|
|
4 residential flats
|
10.58
|
Title deeds
|
located in Mundra Port
|
|
are yet to be
|
|
|
executed.
|
3 residential flats in
|
11.35
|
Title deeds
|
Ranchi
|
|
are yet to be
|
|
|
executed.
|
In respect of immovable properties of land that have been taken on lease and disclosed as property, plant and equipment in the standalone financial statements, the lease agreements are in the name of the Company, where the Company is the lessee in the agreement except the following:
Particulars of buildings
|
Amount as on 31-03-2017
|
Remarks
|
|
(Rs. in million)
|
|
Land situated in
|
5.55
|
under litigation
|
Kolkatta
|
|
|
(ii) As explained to us, the inventories were physically verified during the year by the management at reasonable intervals other than for stock lying with third parties and tools and machinery spares and goods in transit for which confirmations have been obtained and subsequent receipts have been verified in most of the cases. The discrepancies noted on physical verification of inventories as compared to book records were not material and have been properly dealt with in the books of account.
(iii) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties covered in the register maintained under section 189 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”).
(iv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has complied with the provisions of Sections 185 and 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 in respect of grant of loans, making investments and providing guarantees and securities, as applicable.
(v) According to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not accepted any deposit during the year in terms of the provisions of Sections 73 to 76 or any other relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
(vi) The maintenance of cost records has been specified by the Central Government under section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013. We have broadly reviewed the cost records maintained by the Company pursuant to the Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, as amended prescribed by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the Companies Act, 2013, and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed cost records have been made and maintained.
We have, however, not made a detailed examination of the cost records with a view to determine whether they are accurate or complete.
(vii) According to the information and explanations given to us, in respect of statutory dues:
(a) The Company has generally been regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues, including Provident Fund, Employees’ State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, Works Contract Tax, Cess and other material statutory dues applicable to it to the appropriate authorities.
(b) There were no undisputed amounts payable in respect of Provident Fund, Employees’ State Insurance, Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, Value Added Tax, cess and other material statutory dues in arrears as at 31 March, 2017 for a period of more than six months from the date they became payable.
(c) Details of dues of Income-tax, Sales Tax, Service Tax, Customs Duty, Excise Duty, and Value Added Tax which have not been deposited as on 31 March, 2017 on account of disputes are given below:
Name of the Statute
|
Nature of the Dues
|
Forum where Dispute is pending
|
Period to which the amount relates (various years covering the period)
|
Amount* (Rs. In million)
|
Amount unpaid (Rs. In million)
|
Income Tax Act, 1961
|
Income Tax
|
Supreme Court
|
2004-2006
|
1,098
|
1,098
|
|
|
High Court
|
1991-2007
|
11,368
|
8,919
|
|
|
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT)
|
2002-2012
|
45,147
|
42,428
|
|
|
Upto Commissioner (Appeals)
|
2007-2017
|
16
|
16
|
Wealth tax Act, 1957
|
Wealth tax
|
High Court
|
1997-1998
|
1
|
|
The Central Excise Act, 1944
|
Excise Duty
|
Supreme Court
|
2000-2006
|
323
|
323
|
|
|
High Court
|
1986-1994
|
517
|
517
|
|
|
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate
|
2002-2016
|
12,392
|
10,317
|
|
|
Tribunal (CESTAT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Upto Commissioner (Appeals)
|
2004-2016
|
66
|
62
|
The Finance Act, 1994
|
Service Tax
|
High Court
|
2009-2012
|
84
|
62
|
|
|
Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate
|
2003-2015
|
3,357
|
3,182
|
|
|
Tribunal (CESTAT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Upto Commissioner (Appeals)
|
2010-2016
|
50
|
47
|
Customs Act, 1962
|
Customs Duty
|
High Court
|
2004-2005
|
27
|
3
|
|
|
Commissioner Customs
|
1991-2014
|
51
|
51
|
Sales Tax Laws
|
Haryana General Sales Tax Act
|
Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal
|
2009-2010
|
16
|
|
|
Haryana General Sales Tax Act
|
Assessing Authority
|
1984-1989
|
4
|
4
|
|
Delhi sales tax Act
|
Assessing Authority
|
1987-1991
|
47
|
45
|
* amount as per demand orders including interest and penalty wherever quantified in the Order
(viii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has not defaulted in the repayment of loans or borrowings to banks. The Company has neither taken any loans or borrowings from financial institutions or government nor issued any debentures during the year.
(ix) The Company has not raised moneys by way of initial public offer or further public offer (including debt instruments) or term loans and hence reporting under clause (ix) of the Order is not applicable.
(x) To the best of our knowledge and according to the information and explanations given to us, no fraud by the Company and no material fraud on the Company by its officers or employees has been noticed or reported during the year.
(xi) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the Company has paid / provided managerial remuneration in accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of section 197 read with Schedule V to the Companies Act, 2013.
(xii) The Company is not a Nidhi Company and hence reporting under clause (xii) of the Order is not applicable.
(xiii) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us the Company is in compliance with Section 177 and 188 of the Companies Act, 2013, for all transactions with the related parties and the details of related party transactions have been disclosed in the standalone financial statements etc. as required by the applicable accounting standards.
(xiv)During the year the Company has not made any preferential allotment or private placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures and hence reporting under clause (xiv) of the Order is not applicable to the Company.
(xv) In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, during the year the Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its directors or directors of its holding, subsidiary or associate company or persons connected with them and hence provisions of section 192 of the Companies Act, 2013 are not applicable.
(xvi) The Company is not required to be registered under section 45-I of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
For DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS LLP
Chartered Accountants
(Firm’s Registration No. 117366W/W-100018)
Jitendra Agarwal
Partner
(Membership No. 87104)
Place: New Delhi
Date: 27 April, 2017
1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of
Maruti Suzuki India Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance
Sheet as at March 31, 2016, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Cash
Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of the
significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management''''s Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
2. The Company''''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters
stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with
respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements to
give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and Accounting Standard
30, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to the extent it does not
contradict any other accounting standard referred to in Section 133 of
the Act read with Rule 7 of Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This
responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records
in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the
assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other
irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting
policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate
internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for
ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,
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.
Auditors'''' Responsibility
3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone
financial statements based on our audit.
4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules
made thereunder including the accounting standards and matters which
are required to be included in the audit report.
5. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable
authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. Those Standards and pronouncements require that
we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free from material misstatement.
6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence
about the amounts and the disclosures in the financial statements. The
procedures selected depend on the auditors'''' 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 financial control relevant
to the Company''''s preparation of the financial statements that give a
true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the
appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness
of the accounting estimates made by the Company''''s Directors, as well as
evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the
standalone financial statements.
Opinion
8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial
statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so
required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of
affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2016, and its profit and its
cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
9. As required by ''''the Companies (Auditor''''s Report) Order, 2016'''',
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11)
of section 143 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), 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, a statement on the
matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
10. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and 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 Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the
books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements
comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the
Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and
Accounting Standard 30, Financial Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
to the extent it does not contradict any other accounting standard
referred to in Section 133 of the Act read with Rule 7 of Companies
(Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31, 2016 taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2016
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the
Act.
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls
over financial reporting of the Company and the operating effectiveness
of such controls, refer to our separate Report in Annexure B.
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors''''
Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief
and according to the information and explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at
March 31, 2016 on its financial position in its standalone financial
statements ? Refer Notes 7 and 32;
ii. The Company has long-term contracts including derivative contracts
as at March 31, 2016 for which there were no material foreseeable
losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be
transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company during the year ended March 31, 2016.
Annexure A to Independent Auditors'''' Report
Referred to in paragraph 9 of the Independent Auditors'''' Report of even
date to the members of Maruti Suzuki India Limited on the standalone
financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2016.
i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
The fixed assets of the Company have been physically verified by the
Management during the year except furniture and fixtures, office
appliances and certain other fixed assets having an aggregate net book
value of 2,141 million. The discrepancies noticed on such verification
were not material and have been properly dealt with in the books of
account. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is reasonable.
(b) The title deeds of immovable properties, as disclosed in Note 12 on
fixed assets to the financial statements, are held in the name of the
Company, except for the two immovable properties which amounts to gross
block of Rs. 16 million and net block of Rs. 14 million whose title
deeds are not held in the Company''''s name.
ii. The physical verification of inventory excluding stocks with third
parties and tools and machinery spares having an aggregate value of Rs.
1,957 million have been conducted at reasonable intervals by the
Management during the year. In respect of inventory lying with third
parties, these have substantially been confirmed by them. The
discrepancies noticed on physical verification of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms, Limited Liability Partnerships or other parties
covered in the register maintained under Section 189 of the Act.
Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iii), (iii) (a), (iii)(b) and
(iii)(c) of the said Order are not applicable to the Company.
iv. The Company has not granted any loans or made any investments, or
provided any guarantees or security to the parties covered under
Section 185 and 186. Therefore, the provisions of Clause 3(iv) of the
said Order are not applicable to the Company.
v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within the
meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the Rules framed
there under to the extent notified.
vi. Pursuant to the rules made by the Central Government of India, the
Company is required to maintain cost records as specified under Section
148(1) of the Act in respect of its products. We have broadly reviewed
the same, and are of the opinion that, prima facie, the prescribed
accounts and records have been made and maintained. We have not,
however, made a detailed examination of the records with a view to
determine whether they are accurate or complete.
vii. (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 generally regular in depositing undisputed statutory dues in respect
of Income Tax and Service Tax, and is regular in depositing undisputed
statutory dues, including provident fund, employees'''' state insurance,
sales tax, duty of customs , duty of excise , value added tax, 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, the particulars of dues of
income tax, sales tax, service tax, duty of customs and duty of excise,
value added tax as at March 31, 2016 which have not been deposited on
account of a dispute, are as follows:
Amount under Amount deposited
Name of the statute dispute under dispute
(Rs. In million) (Rs. In million)
Income Tax Act, 1961 (Tax & Interest) 34,261 5,169
Wealth Tax Act, 1957 (Tax) 1 1
The Central Excise Act, 1944 (Duty, 17,444 2,096
Interest & Penalty)
The Finance Act, 1994 (Service Tax, 3,455 126
Interest & Penalty)
Haryana General Sales Tax Act 3 0
(Tax & Interest)
Delhi Sales Tax Act (Tax) 48 18
Customs Act, 1962 (Duty & Interest) 129 22
Name of the Statute Period to which the Forum where the dispute
amount relates is pending
Income Tax Act,1961 1991 to 2014 Income Tax Appellate
Tribunal/ High Court/
AO(TDS)
Wealth Tax Act,1957 1997 to 1998 High Court
The Central Excise
Act,1944 May 1989 to Customs Excise & Service
Tax
October 2015 Appellate Tribunal/ High
Court/ Supreme Court
The Finance Act,1994 July 2003 to Customs Excise & Service
December 2014 Tax Appellate Tribunal/
Commissioner (Appeals)
Haryana General
Sales Tax Act 1983 to 1988 Assessing authority
Delhi Sales Tax Act 1987 to 1991 Additional Commissioner
Customs Act, 1962 May 1991 to Commissioner Customs
March 2014
viii. 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 loans or borrowings to any financial institution or
bank or Government or dues to debenture holders as at the balance sheet
date.
ix. The Company has not raised any moneys by way of initial public
offer, further public offer (including debt instruments) and term
loans. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(ix) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
x. 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 material fraud
by the Company or on the Company by its officers or employees, noticed
or reported during the year, nor have we been informed of any such case
by the Management.
xi. The Company has paid/ provided for managerial remuneration in
accordance with the requisite approvals mandated by the provisions of
Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act.
xii. As the Company is not a Nidhi Company and the Nidhi Rules, 2014
are not applicable to it, the provisions of Clause 3(xii) of the Order
are not applicable to the Company.
xiii. The Company has entered into transactions with related parties in
compliance with the provisions of Sections 177 and 188 of the Act. The
details of such related party transactions have been disclosed in the
financial statements as required under Accounting Standard (AS) 18,
Related Party Disclosures specified under Section 133 of the Act, read
with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
xiv. The Company has not made any preferential allotment or private
placement of shares or fully or partly convertible debentures during
the year under review. Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(xiv) of
the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xv. The Company has not entered into any non-cash transactions with its
directors or persons connected with him. Accordingly, the provisions of
Clause 3(xv) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
xvi. The Company is not required to be registered under Section 45-IA
of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Accordingly, the provisions of
Clause 3(xvi) of the Order are not applicable to the Company.
For Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number: 301112E
Chartered Accountants
ANUPAM DHAWAN
Partner
Membership Number - 084451
Place: New Delhi
Date: Apri 26, 2016
1. We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of
Maruti Suzuki India Limited ("the Company"), which comprise the Balance
Sheet as at March 31, 2015, the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Cash
Flow Statement for the year then ended, and a summary of the
significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
MANAGEMENT''S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
2. The Company''s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters
stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") with
respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements to
give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the
Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with
Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and Accounting Standard
30, Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India to the extent it does not
contradict any other accounting standard referred to in Section 133 of
the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This
responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records
in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the
assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other
irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting
policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and
prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate
internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for
ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,
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.
AUDITORS'' RESPONSIBILITY
3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these standalone
financial statements based on our audit.
4. We have taken into account the provisions of the Act and the Rules
made thereunder including the accounting standards and matters which
are required to be included in the audit report.
5. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standards on Auditing
specified under Section 143(10) of the Act and other applicable
authoritative pronouncements issued by the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of India. Those Standards and pronouncements require that
we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are
free from material misstatement.
6. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence
about the amounts and the 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 financial control relevant
to the Company''s preparation of the financial statements that give a
true and fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on whether the Company has in place an adequate internal
financial controls system over financial reporting and the operating
effectiveness of such controls. An audit also includes evaluating the
appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the reasonableness
of the accounting estimates made by the Company''s Directors, as well as
evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
7. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient
and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the
standalone financial statements.
OPINION
8. In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to
the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial
statements give the information required by the Act in the manner so
required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the
accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of
affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2015, and its profit and its
cash flows for the year ended on that date.
REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
9. As required by ''the Companies (Auditor''s Report) Order, 2015'',
issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11)
of section 143 of the Act (hereinafter referred to as the "Order"), 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 specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order.
10. As required by Section 143 (3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and 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 Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash
Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the
books of account.
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements
comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the
Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and
Accounting Standard 30, Financial Instruments: Recognition and
Measurement issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
to the extent it does not contradict any other accounting standard
referred to in Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the
directors as on March 31, 2015, and taken on record by the Board of
Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2015,
from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the
Act.
(f) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor''s
Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our knowledge and belief
and according to the information and explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at
March 31, 2015, on its financial position in its standalone financial
statements - Refer Note 7 & 32.
ii. The Company has long-term contracts including derivative contracts
as at March 31, 2015 for which there were no material foreseeable
losses.
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be
transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the
Company during the year ended March 31, 2015.
Annexure to Independent Auditors'' Report
Referred to in paragraph 9 of the Independent Auditors'' Report of even
date to the members of Maruti Suzuki India Limited on the standalone
financial statements as of and for the year ended March 31, 2015.
i. (a) The Company is maintaining proper records showing full
particulars, including quantitative details and situation, of fixed
assets.
(b) The fixed assets of the Company have been physically verified by
the Management during the year except furniture and fixtures, office
appliances and certain other assets having an aggregate net book value
of Rs. 2,638 million and no material discrepancies have been noticed on
such verification. In our opinion, the frequency of verification is
reasonable.
ii. (a) The inventory excluding stocks with third parties and tools
and machinery spares having an aggregate value of Rs. 1,585
million has been physically verified by the Management during the year.
In respect of inventory lying with third parties, these have
substantially been confirmed by them. In our opinion, the frequency of
verification is reasonable.
(b) In our opinion, the procedures of physical verification 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 verification of inventory as compared
to book records were not material.
iii. The Company has not granted any loans, secured or unsecured, to
companies, firms or other parties covered in the register maintained
under Section 189 of the Act. Therefore, the provisions of Clause
3(iii), (iii)(a) and (iii)(b) of the said Order are not applicable to
the Company.
iv. In our opinion and according to the information and explanations
given to us, having regard to the explanation that, except for certain
items of inventory/fixed assets which are of special nature for which
suitable alternative sources do not exist, 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 goods and 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.
v. The Company has not accepted any deposits from the public within
the meaning of Sections 73, 74, 75 and 76 of the Act and the rules
framed there under to the extent notified.
vi. The Central Government of India has not specified the maintenance
of cost records under sub-section (1) of Section 148 of the Act for any
of the products of the Company.
vii. (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 generally regular in depositing the undisputed statutory dues in
respect of income tax, service tax and is regular including provident
fund, employees'' state insurance, sales tax, wealth tax, duty of
customs, duty of excise, value added tax, 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, the particulars of dues of
income tax, sales tax, wealth tax, service tax, duty of customs and
duty of excise, value added tax or cess as at March 31, 2015 which have
not been deposited on account of a dispute, are as follows:
Name of the statute Amount under Amount deposited
where dispute under dispute
(Rs. in million) ( Rs. in million)
Income Tax Act, 1961 (Tax 28,620 7,136
& Interest)
Wealth Tax Act, 1957 (Tax) 1 1
Haryana General Sales Tax 3 -
Act ( Tax & Interest)
Delhi Sales Tax Act (Tax) 50 2
The Central Excise Act, 17,429 384
1944 (Duty, Interest &
Penalty)
The Finance Act, 1994 4,940 20
(Service Tax, Interest &
Penalty)
Customs Act, 1962 (Duty & 135 22
Interest)
Name of the statute Period to which Forum where dispute
the amount is pending
relates
Income Tax Act,
1961 (Tax 1991 to 2015 Income Tax Appellate
& Interest) Tribunal/ High Court/
AO(TDS)
Wealth Tax Act,
1957 (Tax) 1997 to 1998 High Court
Haryana General
Sales Tax 1983 to 1988 Assessing Authority
Act ( Tax & Interest)
Delhi Sales Tax
Act (Tax) 1987 to 1991 Additional
Commissioner
The Central Excise
Act, May1989 to Customs Excise &
Service
1944 (Duty,
Interest & December 2014 Tax Appellate
Tribunal/
Penalty) High Court/ Supreme
Court
The Finance Act,
1994 July 2003 to Customs Excise &
Service
(Service Tax,
Interest & December 2014 Tax Appellate
Tribunal/
Penalty) Commissioner (Appeals)
Customs Act, 1962
(Duty & May 1991 to Commissioner Customs
Interest) March 2014
c) The amount required to be transferred to Investor Education and
Protection Fund has been transferred within the stipulated time in
accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules
made thereunder.
viii. The Company has no accumulated losses as at the end of the
financial year and it has not incurred any cash losses in the financial
year ended on that date or in the immediately preceding financial year.
ix. 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.
x. 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.
Accordingly, the provisions of Clause 3(x) of the Order are not
applicable to the Company.
xi. In our opinion, and according to the information and explanations
given to us, the term loans have been applied, on an overall basis, for
the purposes for which they were obtained.
xii. 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
material fraud on or by the Company, noticed or reported during the
year, nor have we been informed of any such case by the Management.
Price Waterhouse
Firm Registration Number: 301112E
Chartered Accountants
ABHISHEK RARA
Partner
Membership Number - 077779
Place: New Delhi
Date : April 27, 2015