We have audited the standalone financial statementsof Hyundai Motor India Limited (the “Company”) whichcomprise the standalone balance sheet as at 31 March 2024,and the standalone statement of profit and loss (includingother comprehensive income), standalone statement ofchanges in equity and standalone statement of cash flowsfor the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financialstatements, including material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and accordingto the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalonefinancial statements give the information required by theCompanies Act, 2013 (“Act”) in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the accountingprinciples generally accepted in India, of the state of affairsof the Company as at 31 March 2024, and its profit and othercomprehensive loss, changes in equity and its cash flows forthe year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the Standardson Auditing (SAs) specified under Section 143(10) of the Act.Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described inthe Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the StandaloneFinancial Statements section of our report. We are independentof the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issuedby the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India togetherwith the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit ofthe standalone financial statements under the provisions of theAct and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our otherethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirementsand the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence wehave obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basisfor our opinion on the standalone financial statements.
The Company's Management and Board of Directors areresponsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Actwith respect to the preparation of these standalone financialstatements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs,profit/ loss and other comprehensive income, changes inequity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including theIndian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) specified under Section133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance ofadequate accounting records in accordance with the provisionsof the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company andfor preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities;selection and application of appropriate accounting policies;
making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completenessof the accounting records, relevant to the preparation andpresentation of the standalone financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, theManagement and Board of Directors are responsible forassessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern,disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concernand using the going concern basis of accounting unless theBoard of Directors either intends to liquidate the Company orto cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing theCompany's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance aboutwhether the standalone financial statements as a wholeare free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes ouropinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance,but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordancewith SAs will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and areconsidered material if, individually or in the aggregate, theycould reasonably be expected to influence the economicdecisions of users taken on the basis of these standalonefinancial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exerciseprofessional judgment and maintain professional skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
? Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement ofthe standalone financial statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsiveto those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The riskof not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraudmay involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions,misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
? Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant tothe audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under Section 143(3)
(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing ouropinion on whether the company has adequate internalfinancial controls with reference to financial statementsin place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
? Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies usedand the reasonableness of accounting estimates andrelated disclosures made by the Management and Boardof Directors.
? Conclude on the appropriateness of the Managementand Board of Directors use of the going concern basis ofaccounting in preparation of standalone financial statementsand, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether amaterial uncertainty exists related to events or conditionsthat may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern. If we conclude that a materialuncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in ourauditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalonefinancial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate,to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on theaudit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor'sreport. However, future events or conditions may cause theCompany to cease to continue as a going concern.
? Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and contentof the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financialstatements represent the underlying transactions andevents in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governanceregarding, among other matters, the planned scope andtiming of the audit and significant audit findings, includingany significant deficiencies in internal control that we identifyduring our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statementthat we have complied with relevant ethical requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with themall relationships and other matters that may reasonably bethought to bear on our independence, and where applicable,related safeguards.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order,2020 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government ofIndia in terms of Section 143(11) of the Act, we give inthe “Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified inparagraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extent applicable.
2 A. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
a. We have sought and obtained all the information andexplanations which to the best of our knowledge andbelief were necessary for the purposes of our audit.
b. In our opinion, proper books of account as requiredby law have been kept by the Company so far as itappears from our examination of those books exceptfor the matters stated in the paragraph 2B(f) below onreporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies (Auditand Auditors) Rules, 2014.
c. The standalone balance sheet, the standalonestatement of profit and loss (including othercomprehensive income), the standalone statementof changes in equity and the standalone statement ofcash flows dealt with by this Report are in agreementwith the books of account.
d. In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financialstatements comply with the Ind AS specified underSection 133 of the Act.
e. On the basis of the written representations receivedfrom the directors as on 01 April 2024 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directorsis disqualified as on 31 March 2024 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2)of the Act.
f. The modification relating to the maintenance ofaccounts and other matters connected therewith areas stated in the paragraph 2A(b) above on reportingunder Section 143(3)(b) and paragraph [2B(f)] belowon reporting under Rule 11(g) of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014.
g. With respect to the adequacy of the internal financialcontrols with reference to financial statements of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols, refer to our separate Report in “AnnexureB”.
With respect to the other matters to be included inthe Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinionand to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
a. The Company has disclosed the impact of pendinglitigations as at 31 March 2024 on its financial positionin its standalone financial statements - Refer Note36 to the standalone financial statements.
b. The Company did not have any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts for which there wereany material foreseeable losses.
c. There were no amounts which were required to betransferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
d (i) The management has represented that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the Note 47 to the standalone financialstatements, no funds have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowed fundsor share premium or any other sources or kindof funds) by the Company to or in any otherperson(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall directly or indirectly lend
or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(ii) The management has represented that, to thebest of its knowledge and belief, as disclosedin the Note 47 to the standalone financialstatements, no funds have been received bythe Company from any person(s) or entity(ies),including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”),with the understanding, whether recorded inwriting or otherwise, that the Company shalldirectly or indirectly, lend or invest in otherpersons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParties (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provideany guarantee, security or the like on behalf ofthe Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(iii) Based on the audit procedures performedthat have been considered reasonable andappropriate in the circumstances, nothing hascome to our notice that has caused us to believethat the representations under sub-clause (i)and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (i) and(ii) above, contain any material misstatement.
e. The interim dividend declared and paid by theCompany during the year and until the date of thisaudit report is in accordance with Section 123 ofthe Act.
The final dividend paid by the Company during the year,in respect of the same declared for the previous year, is
in accordance with Section 123 of the Act to the extentit applies to payment of dividend.
f. Based on our examination which included test checks,the Company has used an accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a feature ofaudit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operatedthroughout the year for all relevant transactions recordedin the software except that the audit trail was not enabled
(i) at the database level to log any direct data changes;
(ii) at the application level for certain fields relating topayroll, inventory and production records. Further, whereaudit trail (edit log) facility was enabled and operatedthroughout the year, we did not come across any instanceof audit trail feature being tampered with.
C. With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor'sReport under Section 197(16) of the Act:
In our opinion and according to the information andexplanations given to us, the remuneration paid by theCompany to its directors during the current year is inaccordance with the provisions of Section 197 of the Act.The remuneration paid to any director is not in excessof the limit laid down under Section 197 of the Act. TheMinistry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed otherdetails under Section 197(16) of the Act which are requiredto be commented upon by us.
For B S R & Co. LLP
Chartered AccountantsFirm's Registration No.:101248W/W-100022
Harsh Vardhan Lakhotia
Partner
Place: Chennai Membership No.: 222432
Date: 20 September 2024 ICAI UDIN:24222432BKGUFB7944