192 Atul Ltd | Annual Report 2021-22 Annexure A to the Independent Auditor’s Report Referred to in paragraph (f) under ‘Report on other legal and regulatory requirements’ section of our report of even date. Report on the internal financial controls over financial reporting under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) 01. In conjunction with our audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company as of and for the year ended March 31, 2022, we have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of Atul Ltd (the Parent ), its subsidiary companies and a joint venture company, which are companies incorporated in India, as of that date. Management’s responsibility for internal financial controls 02. The respective Board of Directors of the Parent, its subsidiary companies and a joint venture company, which are companies incorporated in India, are responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the respective companies considering the essential components of internal control stated in the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the Guidance Note) issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including adherence to the respective policies of the Company, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Companies Act, 2013. Auditor’s responsibility 03. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Parent, its subsidiary companies and its joint venture company, which are companies incorporated in India, based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note issued by the ICAI and the Standards on Auditing, prescribed under Section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls. Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over financial reporting were established and maintained and whether such controls operated effectively in all material respects. 04. Our audit involvesperformingprocedures toobtainaudit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the judgement of the Auditor, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Financial Statements, whether due to fraud or error. 05. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained and the audit evidence obtained by the other Auditors of the subsidiary companies, which are companies incorporated in India, in terms of their reports referred to in the other matters paragraph, is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the internal financial controls system over financial reporting of the Parent, its subsidiary companies and its joint venture company, which are companies incorporated in India. Meaning of internal financial controls over financial reporting 06. The internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of Financial Statements for external purposes in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company include those policies and procedures that i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; ii) provide reasonable assurance that the transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of Financial Statements in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of the Management and Directors of the Company and iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of assets of the Company that could have a material effect on the Financial Statements. Inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting 07. Because of the inherent limitations of internal financial controls over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud
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