Atul Ltd 2020-21

103 Statutory Report 22 - 87 Financial Statements 88 - 229 Corporate Overview 01 - 21 Background Atul Ltd (the Company) is a public company limited by shares, incorporated and domiciled in India. Its registered office is located at Atul House, G I Patel Marg, Ahmedabad 380 014, Gujarat, India and the principal places of manufacturing are located at Atul and Ankleshwar, Gujarat, India. The Company is in the business of Life Science Chemicals and Performance and Other Chemicals and caters to the needs of varied industries across the world such as Adhesives, Agriculture, Animal Feed, Automobile, Composites, Construction, Cosmetic, Defence, Dyestuff, Electrical and Electronics, Flavour, Food, Footwear, Fragrance, Glass, Home Care, Horticulture, Hospitality, Paint and Coatings, Paper, Personal Care, Pharmaceutical, Plastic, Polymer, Rubber, Soap and Detergent, Sport and Leisure, Textile, Tyre and Wind Energy. Note 1 Significant accounting policies This Note provides a list of the significant accounting policies adopted by the Company in preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated. a) Statement of compliance The Standalone Financial Statements comply in all material respects with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act ) read with Rule 3 of the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 and other relevant provisions of the Act, as amended. b) Basis of preparation i) Historical cost convention: T he Standalone Financial Statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis except for the following: a) Certain financial assets and liabilities (including derivative instruments): measured at fair value b) Defined benefit plans: plan assets measured at fair value c) Biological assets: measured at fair value less cost to sell ii) The Standalone Financial Statements have been prepared on accrual and going concern basis. iii) The accounting policies are applied consistently to all the periods presented in the Standalone Financial Statements. All assets and liabilities have been classified as current or non-current as per the normal operating cycle of the Company and other criteria as set out in the Division II of Schedule III to the Companies Act, 2013. Based on the nature of products and the time between acquisition of assets for processing and their realisation in cash and cash equivalents, the Company has ascertained its operating cycle as 12 months for the purpose of current or non-current classification of assets and liabilities. iv) New and amended standards adopted by the Company: T he Company has applied the following amendments to Ind AS for the first time for its annual reporting period commencing April 01, 2020: • Definition of material – amendments to Ind AS 1 and Ind AS 8 • Definition of a business – amendments to Ind AS 103 • COVID-19 related concessions – amendments to Ind AS 116 • Interest Rate Benchmark Reform – amendments to Ind AS 109 and Ind AS 107 T he amendments listed above did not have any impact on the amounts recognised in prior periods and are not expected to significantly affect the current or future periods. v) Recent accounting pronouncements: T he Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notifies new standards or amendments to the existing standards. There is no such notification which will be applicable from April 01, 2021. Notes to the Standalone Financial Statements