We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of GE Power India Limited (the "Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Loss), the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Changes in Equity for the year ended on that date, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of material accounting policies and other explanatory information.
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 Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act, ("Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March 2025, and its profit, total comprehensive income, its cash flows and the changes in equity for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing ("SA"s) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ("ICAI") together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and we
have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence obtained by us is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Emphasis of Matter
i. Attention is drawn to Notes 47(i) of the Standalone Financial Statements, which explains the accounting treatment for the Slump Sale of the Gas business undertaking ('Undertaking') with a carrying value its net liability of ? 144.8 million to a fellow subsidiary effective from 30 September 2024. This transaction has resulted in a gain of ? 583.4 million, which has been recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss as an Exceptional Item for the year ended 31st March 2025.
ii. Attention is drawn to Note 47(ii) of the Standalone Financial Statements, which explains the accounting treatment for the Slump Sale of the Hydro business undertaking ('Undertaking') to a fellow subsidiary based on the approval of the Board of Directors of the Company and its shareholder as the transaction price was higher than fair value. As explained in the said note, the gain of ? 2,369.8 million on disposal of the Undertaking has been credited to the Statement of Profit and Loss as an Exceptional Item for the year ended 31st March 2025.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of the above matters.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
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Auditor's Response
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Revenue Recognition
A significant portion of the Company's business comprise of long-term projects, including engineering, procurement and construction contracts. Contract pric¬ es are fixed/subject to price variance clauses.
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Principal audit procedures performed:
a) Evaluated the design and tested operating effectiveness of key internal financial controls, including those related to review and approval of estimated project cost.
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Sr.
Key Audit Matter No.
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Auditor's Response
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Revenue from these contracts is recognized in accord-
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b) For selected contracts tested the following:
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ance with accounting policies detailed in "material ac¬ counting policies” in the standalone financial statements.
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i. Obtained the percentage of completion calculations, agreed key contractual terms to signed contracts,
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There are judgements and estimates involved in ac-
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tested the mathematical accuracy of the cost to
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counting for revenue recognized on "Over the Time"
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complete calculations and re-performed the calcula-
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basis w.r.t:
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tion of revenue recognized during the year based on
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a. Total estimated cost at inception; and
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the percentage of completion;
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b. Total estimated cost to complete at each reporting date to determine the appropriate percentage of
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ii. Identified and evaluated the key assumptions used in estimation of cost to complete;
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completion.
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iii. Obtained the breakdown of the total estimated costs
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We considered the estimation of cost to complete as a key audit matter given the involvement of significant management judgement which has consequential im-
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to complete for contracts in progress during the year and compared with the actual costs incurred and esti¬ mates of cost to be incurred at the reporting date; and
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pact on revenue recognition.
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iv. In respect of contracts with significant changes in
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In the view of above, we determined this area to be an area involving significant risk and an area of audit focus, and accordingly, a key audit matter.
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margins during the year, read the "Project Manage¬ ment Review" documents (as evidence of project reviews), wherever available. Discussed with the project controllers; the reasons for such changes in revenue/costs.
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Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
• The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Director's report, but does not include the consolidated financial statements, standalone financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Director report is expected to be made available to us after the date of auditor's report.
• Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and will not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
• In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of our audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
Responsibilities of Management and Board of Directors for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial
performance including other comprehensive loss, cash flows and changes in equity of the Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including Ind AS specified 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 financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and Board of Directors are responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Board of Directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Company's Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibility for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
• Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the Company to express an opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the standalone financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of our work; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the standalone financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal financial controls that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit 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 Loss, the Statement of Cash Flows and Statement of Changes in Equity dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 of the Act.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March 2025 taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March 2025 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 with reference to standalone financial statements 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 with reference to standalone financial statements.
g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the remuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
h) 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:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financial statements (Refer Note 39 to 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 (Refer Note 45 to Financial Statements).
iii. Due to extended technology problems on the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) portal, duly communicated by the Company, the Company deposited the IEPF amount of
? 0.91 million on October 16, 2024 (due date September 29, 2024). There has been no other delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Company. (Refer Note 53 to the standalone financial statements)
iv. (a) The Management has represented that,
to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the note 56 to the financial statements no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(b) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the note 56 to the financial statements, no funds have been received by the Company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
(c) Based on the audit procedures performed that have been considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (a) and (b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year and has not proposed final dividend for the year.
vi. Based on or examination, which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account wherein:
• One accounting software has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility at the application level and the same has operated during the year, however, the audit trail feature at database level was enabled from February 2025 and same has not been operated throughout the year;
• For another accounting software has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility at the application level and the same has operated during the year, however, the audit trail feature was not enabled at the database level;
• in respect of software operated by a third party service provider, for maintaining payroll records, based on an independent auditor's System and Organization controls report which covers the requirements of audit trail, has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software and
• in respect of software operated by a third party service provider for maintaining employee database, in the absence of
an independent auditor's System and Organisation Controls report covering the audit trail requirement, we are unable to comment whether audit trail feature of the said software was enabled and operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software and whether there were any instances of the audit trail feature been tampered with.
• Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with in respect of the said accounting software for the period for which the audit trail feature was operating and log was maintained. Additionally, the audit trail that was enabled and operated for the year ended 31st March 2024, has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirements for record retention, as stated in Note 55 to the standalone financial statements.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 ("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.
For Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Chartered Accountants (Firm's Registration No. 015125N)
Signature Vikas Khurana
(Partner)
Place: Noida (Membership No. 503760)
Date: May 29, 2025 (UDIN 25503760BMOEIU6585)
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