Mar 31, 2025
2. Material accounting policies followed by
company
2.1 Basis of preparation
The standalone financial statements of the Company
have been prepared in accordance with the Indian
Accounting Standards (''Ind AS'') specified in the
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015
(as amended) under Section 133 of the Companies
Act 2013 (the âaccounting principles generally
accepted in India").
The accounting policies are applied consistently to all
the periods presented in the financial statements.
The standalone financial statements have been
prepared on a historical cost basis, except for the
following assets and liabilities which have been
measured at fair value:
- Certain financial assets and liabilities are
measured at fair value (refer accounting policy
regarding financial instruments).
All amounts disclosed in the financial statements and
notes have been rounded off to the nearest lakhs as per
the requirement of Schedule III, unless otherwise stated.
The standalone financial statements are presented
in Indian Rupees (INR), which is also the Company''s
functional currency.
2.2 Summary of material accounting policies
a) Current versus non- current classification
The Company presents assets and liabilities in
the balance sheet based on current/ non-current
classification. An asset is treated as current when it is:
⢠Expected to be realised or intended to sold or
consumed in normal operating cycle
⢠Held primarily for the purpose of trading
⢠Expected to be realised within twelve months
after the reporting period, or
⢠Cash or cash equivalent unless restricted from
being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at
least twelve months after the reporting period.
All other assets are classified as non-current.
A liability is current when:
⢠It is expected to be settled in normal operating cycle
⢠It is held primarily for the purpose of trading
⢠It is due to be settled within twelve months after
the reporting period, or
⢠There is no unconditional right to defer the
settlement of the liability for at least twelve
months after the reporting period
The Company classifies all other liabilities
as non-current.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as non¬
current assets and liabilities.
The Company has identified twelve months as its
operating cycle.
b) Foreign currencies
Transactions and Balances
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded
by the Company at their respective functional currency
spot rates at the date the transaction first qualifies
for recognition. However, for practical reasons,
the Company uses monthly average rate if the
average approximates the actual rate at the date of
the transaction.
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign
currencies are translated at the functional currency
spot rates of exchange at the reporting date.
Exchange differences arising on the settlement of
monetary items or on restatement of the Company''s
monetary items at rates different from those at
which they were initially recorded during the period,
or reported in previous financial statements, are
recognized as income or as expenses in the period in
which they arise. They are deferred in equity if they
relate to qualifying cash flow hedges.
Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of
historical cost in a foreign currency are translated
using the exchange rates at the dates of the
initial transactions.
c) Fair value measurement
The Company measures financial instruments, such
as, derivatives and certain investments at fair value at
each reporting/ balance sheet date.
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell
an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the
measurement date. The fair value measurement is
based on the presumption that the transaction to sell
the asset or transfer the liability takes place either:
⢠In the principal market for the asset or liability, or
⢠In the absence of a principal market, in the most
advantageous market for the asset or liability
The principal or the most advantageous market must
be accessible by the Company.
The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured
using the assumptions that market participants would
use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that
market participants act in their economic best interest.
A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes
into account a market participant''s ability to generate
economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and
best use or by selling it to another market participant
that would use the asset in its highest and best use.
The Company uses valuation techniques that are
appropriate in the circumstances and for which
sufficient data are available to measure fair value,
maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and
minimising the use of unobservable inputs.
All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured
or disclosed in the financial statements are categorised
within the fair value hierarchy, described as follows,
based on the lowest level input that is significant to the
fair value measurement as a whole:
⢠Level 1 â Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in
active markets for identical assets or liabilities
⢠Level 2 â Valuation techniques for which inputs
are inputs other than quoted prices included
within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or
liability, either directly or indirectly
⢠Level 3 â Valuation techniques for which inputs
are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability
For assets and liabilities that are recognised in the
financial statements on a recurring basis, the Company
determines whether transfers have occurred between
levels in the hierarchy by re-assessing categorisation
(based on the lowest level input that is significant to the
fair value measurement as a whole) at the end of each
reporting period.
For the purpose of fair value disclosures, the Company
has determined classes of assets and liabilities on the
basis of the nature, characteristics and risks of the
asset or liability and the level of the fair value hierarchy
as explained above.
Other fair value related disclosures are given in the
relevant notes :
⢠Disclosures for valuation methods, significant
estimates and assumptions (Note 33)
⢠Quantitative disclosures of fair value measurement
hierarchy (Note 33)
⢠Financial instruments (including those carried at
amortised cost) (Note 33)
d) Revenue recognition and other income
Revenue from contracts with customers is recognised
when control over services are transferred to the
customer at an amount that reflects the consideration
to which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange
for those services.
Revenue towards satisfaction of a performance
obligation is measured at the amount of transaction
price (net of variable consideration) allocated to that
performance obligation. The transaction price of
goods sold and services rendered is net of variable
consideration on account of various discounts and
schemes offered by the Company as part of the contract.
If the consideration in a contract includes a variable
amount, the Company estimates the amount of
consideration to which it will be entitled in exchange
for transferring the goods to the customer. The variable
consideration is estimated at contract inception and
constrained until it is highly probable that a significant
revenue reversal in the amount of cumulative revenue
recognised will not occur when the associated
uncertainty with the variable consideration is
subsequently resolved. The Company applies the most
likely amount method or the expected value method
to estimate the variable consideration in the contract.
The selected method that best predicts the amount
of variable consideration is primarily driven by the
number of volume thresholds contained in the contract.
The most likely amount is used for those contracts with
a single volume threshold, while the expected value
method is used for those with more than one volume
threshold. The Company then applies the requirements
on constraining estimates in order to determine the
amount of variable consideration that can be included
in the transaction price and recognised as revenue.
The Company applies the practical expedient to not
to disclose the amount of the remaining performance
obligations for contracts with original expected
duration of less than one year.
Revenue excludes taxes collected from customers. The
Company has concluded that it is the principal in all of its
revenue arrangements since it is the primary obligor in
all the revenue arrangements as it has pricing latitude
and is also exposed to inventory and credit risks.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is not received by
the Company on its own account. Rather, it is tax
collected on behalf of the government. Accordingly, it is
excluded from revenue.
Contract asset represents the Company''s right
to consideration in exchange for services that the
Company has transferred to a customer when that
right is conditioned on something other than the
passage of time.
When there is unconditional right to receive cash, and
only passage of time is required to do invoicing, the
same is presented as unbilled receivable.
A contract liability is recognised if a payment is
received or a payment is due (whichever is earlier)
from a customer before the Company transfers the
related goods or services and the Company is under
an obligation to provide only the goods or services
under the contract. Contract liabilities are recognised
as revenue when the Company performs under the
contract (i.e., transfers control of the related goods or
services to the customer).
The specific recognition criteria described below must
also be met before revenue is recognised:
Online Advertising
Revenue from digital platforms by display of internet
advertisements is typically contracted for a period of one
to twelve months. Revenue in this respect is recognized
as and when advertisement is published/ displayed.
Fever Audio Tool
Revenue is recognized on monthly basis for running in¬
store music content in active stores as per the terms
agreed with the customer.
Interest income
For all debt instruments measured at amortised cost,
interest income is recorded using the effective interest
rate (ElR). EIR is the rate that exactly discounts the
estimated future cash payments or receipts over the
expected life of the financial instrument or a shorter
period, where appropriate, to the gross carrying amount
of the financial asset or to the amortised cost of a
financial liability. When calculating the effective interest
rate, the Company estimates the expected cash flows
by considering all the contractual terms of the financial
instrument (for example, prepayment, extension, call
and similar options) but does not consider the expected
credit losses. Interest income is included in other
income in the statement of profit and loss.
e) Taxes
Current income tax
Tax expense is the aggregate amount included in the
determination of profit or loss for the period in respect
of current tax and deferred tax.
Current income tax is measured at the amount expected
to be paid to the tax authorities in accordance with the
Income Tax Act, 1961.
Current income tax assets and liabilities are measured
at the amount expected to be recovered from or paid
to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws
used to compute the amount are those that are enacted
or substantively enacted, at the reporting date.
Current income tax relating to items recognised
outside profit or loss is recognised outside profit or loss
(either in other comprehensive income or in equity).
Current tax items are recognised is correlation to the
underlying transaction either in OCI or directly in equity.
Management periodically evaluates positions taken
in the tax returns with respect to situations in which
applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation
and establishes provisions where appropriate.
Appendix C to Ind AS 12, Income Taxes dealing with
accounting for uncertainty over income tax treatments
does not have any material impact on financial
statements of the Company.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is provided using the liability method on
temporary differences between the tax bases of assets
and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial
reporting purposes at the reporting date.
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable
temporary differences except:
⢠When the deferred tax liability arises from the
initial recognition of goodwill or an asset or liability
in a transaction that is not a business combination
and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither
the accounting profit nor taxable profit or loss
⢠In respect of taxable temporary differences
associated with investments in subsidiaries,
when the timing of the reversal of the temporary
differences can be controlled and it is probable
that the temporary differences will not reverse in
the foreseeable future
Deferred tax assets are recognised for all
deductible temporary differences, the carry
forward of unused tax credits and any unused
tax losses. Deferred tax assets are recognised to
the extent that it is probable that taxable profit
will be available against which the deductible
temporary differences, and the carry forward of
unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be
utilised, except:
⢠When the deferred tax asset relating to the
deductible temporary difference arises from
the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a
transaction that is not a business combination
and, at the time of the transaction, affects neither
the accounting profit nor taxable profit or loss
⢠In respect of deductible temporary differences
associated with investments in subsidiaries,
deferred tax assets are recognised only to the
extent that it is probable that the temporary
differences will reverse in the foreseeable future
and taxable profit will be available against which
the temporary differences can be utilised
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed
at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that
it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit
will be available to allow all or part of the deferred
tax asset to be utilised. Unrecognised deferred tax
assets are re-assessed at each reporting date and are
recognised to the extent that it has become probable
that future taxable profits will allow the deferred tax
asset to be recovered.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the
tax rates that are expected to apply in the year when
the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based
on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or
substantively enacted at the reporting date.
Deferred tax relating to items recognised outside profit
or loss is recognised outside profit or loss. Deferred tax
items are recognised in correlation to the underlying
transaction either in OCI or directly in equity.
Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset
if and only if it has a legally enforceable right to set off
current tax assets and current tax liabilities and the
deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to
income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on
either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities
which intend either to settle current tax liabilities and
assets on a net basis, or to realise the assets and settle
the liabilities simultaneously, in each future period in
which significant amounts of deferred tax liabilities or
assets are expected to be settled or recovered.
GST/ value added taxes paid on acquisition of assets or
on incurring expenses
Expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount
of GST/ value added taxes paid, except:
⢠When the tax incurred on a purchase of assets
or services is not recoverable from the taxation
authority, in which case, the tax paid is recognised
as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as
part of the expense item, as applicable
⢠When receivables and payables are stated with
the amount of tax included
The net amount of tax recoverable from, or payable to,
the taxation authority is included as part of receivables
or payables in the balance sheet.
f) Intangible assets
Intangible assets acquired separately are measured on
initial recognition at cost. The cost of intangible assets
acquired in a business combination is their fair value
at the date of acquisition. Following initial recognition,
intangible assets are carried at cost less any accumulated
amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.
Internally generated intangibles, excluding capitalised
development costs, are not capitalised and the related
expenditure is reflected in profit or loss in the period in
which the expenditure is incurred.
The useful life of intangible assets is assessed as either
finite or indefinite.
Intangible assets with indefinite useful life are not
amortised, but are tested for impairment annually,
either individually or at the cash-generating unit level.
The assessment of indefinite life is reviewed annually
to determine whether the indefinite life continues to
be supportable. If not, the change in useful life from
indefinite to finite is made on a prospective basis.
An intangible asset is derecognised upon disposal (i.e.,
at the date the recipient obtains control) or when no
future economic benefits are expected from its use or
disposal. Any gain or loss arising upon derecognition
of the asset (calculated as the difference between the
net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the
asset) is included in the statement of profit or loss.
Intangible assets with finite life are amortized
on straight line basis using the estimated useful
life as follows:
Gains or Losses arising from de-recognition of an
intangible asset are measured as the difference
between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying
amount of the asset and are recognised in the statement
of profit or loss when the asset is derecognised.
g) Borrowing costs
Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition,
construction or production of an asset that necessariLy
takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its
intended use or saLe are capitaLised as part of the cost
of the asset. All other borrowing costs are expensed
in the period in which they occur. Borrowing costs
consist of interest and other costs that an entity incurs
in connection with the borrowing of funds. Borrowing
cost also includes exchange differences to the extent
regarded as an adjustment to the borrowing costs.
h) Leases
A contract is, or contains, a Lease if the contract conveys
the right to control the use of an identified asset for a
period of time in exchange for consideration.
Company as a lessee
The Company recognises right-of-use asset
representing its right to use the underLying asset
for the Lease term at the Lease commencement
date. The cost of the right-of-use asset measured at
inception shaLL comprise of the amount of the initiaL
measurement of the Lease LiabiLity adjusted for any
Lease payments made at or before the commencement
date Less any Lease incentives received, pLus any initiaL
direct costs incurred and an estimate of costs to be
incurred by the Lessee in dismantLing and removing the
underLying asset or restoring the underLying asset or
site on which it is Located. The right-of-use assets is
subsequently measured at cost Less any accumulated
depreciation, accumuLated impairment Losses, if any
and adjusted for any remeasurement of the Lease
Liability. The right-of-use assets is depreciated using
the straight-Line method from the commencement date
over the shorter of Lease term or usefuL Life of right-
of-use asset. The estimated useful Lives of right-of-use
assets are determined on the same basis as those of
property, plant and equipment. Right-of-use assets are
tested for impairment whenever there is any indication
that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable.
Impairment Loss, if any, is recognised in the statement
of profit and Loss.
The Company measures the Lease Liability at the
present vaLue of the Lease payments that are not paid
at the commencement date of the Lease. The Lease
payments are discounted using the interest rate implicit
in the Lease, if that rate can be readiLy determined. If
that rate cannot be readiLy determined, the Company
uses incremental borrowing rate. The Lease payments
shaLL include fixed payments, variable Lease payments,
residual value guarantees, exercise price of a purchase
option where the Company is reasonabLy certain to
exercise that option and payments of penaLties for
terminating the Lease, if the Lease term refLects the
Lessee exercising an option to terminate the Lease.
After the commencement date, the amount of Lease
Liabilities is increased to reflect the accretion of interest
and reduced for the Lease payments made. The Lease
LiabiLity is subsequentLy remeasured by increasing the
carrying amount to reflect interest on the Lease Liability,
reducing the carrying amount to reflect the Lease
payments made and remeasuring the carrying amount
to refLect any reassessment or Lease modifications or
to reflect revised in-substance fixed Lease payments.
The Company recognises the amount of the re¬
measurement of Lease LiabiLity due to modification as
an adjustment to the right-of-use asset and statement
of profit and Loss depending upon the nature of
modification. Where the carrying amount of the right-
of-use asset is reduced to zero and there is a further
reduction in the measurement of the Lease LiabiLity, the
Company recognises any remaining amount of the re¬
measurement in statement of profit and Loss.
The Company has elected not to apply the requirements
of Ind AS 116 to short-term Leases of aLL assets that have
a Lease term of 12 months or Less and Leases for which
the underlying asset is of Low value. The Lease payments
associated with these Leases are recognised as an
expense on a straight-Line basis over the Lease term.
As a practical expedient a Lessee (the company) has
eLected, by cLass of underLying asset, not to separate
Lease components from any associated non-Lease
components. A Lessee (the company) accounts for
the Lease component and the associated non-Lease
components as a singLe Lease component.
Company as a lessor
At the inception of the tease the Company classifies
each of its teases as either an operating tease or
a finance tease. The Company recognises tease
payments received under operating teases as income
on a straight- tine basis over the tease term. In case
of a finance tease, finance income is recognised
over the tease term based on a pattern reftecting a
constant periodic rate of return on the tessor''s net
investment in the tease.
i) Employee benefits
Short term employee benefits and defined contribution
plans:
Att emptoyee benefits payabte/avaitabte within twetve
months of rendering the service are ctassified as short¬
term emptoyee benefits. Benefits such as sataries,
wages and bonus etc. are recognised in the statement
of profit and toss in the period in which the emptoyee
renders the retated service.
Retirement benefit in the form of provident fund is a
defined contribution scheme. The Company has no
obtigation, other than the contribution payabte to the
provident fund. The Company recognizes contribution
payabte to the provident fund scheme as an expense,
when an emptoyee renders the retated service. If the
contribution payabte to the scheme for service received
before the batance sheet date exceeds the contribution
atready paid, the deficit payabte to the scheme is
recognized as a tiabitity after deducting the contribution
atready paid. If the contribution atready paid exceeds
the contribution due for services received before the
batance sheet date, then excess is recognized as an
asset to the extent that the pre-payment witt tead to, for
exampte, a reduction in future payment or a cash refund.
Gratuity
Gratuity is a defined benefit scheme. The defined
benefit obtigation is Computed by actuaries using the
projected unit credit method.
Re-measurements, comprising of actuariat gains
and tosses, the effect of the asset ceiting, exctuding
amounts inctuded in net interest on the net defined
benefit tiabitity and the return on ptan assets (exctuding
amounts inctuded in net interest on the net defined
benefit tiabitity), are recognised immediatety in the
batance sheet with a corresponding debit or credit to
retained earnings through OCI in the period in which
they occur. Re-measurements are not rectassified to
profit or toss in subsequent periods.
Past service costs are recognised in profit or toss on
the eartier of:
⢠The date of the ptan amendment or
curtaitment, and
⢠The date that the Company recognises retated
restructuring cost
Net interest is catcutated by apptying the discount rate
to the net defined benefit tiabitity or asset.
The Company recognises the fottowing changes in the
net defined benefit obtigation as an expense in the
Statement of profit and toss:
⢠Service costs comprising current service
costs, past-service costs, gains and tosses on
curtaitments and non-routine setttements; and
⢠Net interest expense or income
Termination benefits
The Company recognizes termination benefit as a
tiabitity and an expense when the Company has a present
obtigation as a resutt of past event, it is probabte that
an outftow of resources embodying economic benefits
witt be required to settte the obtigation and a retiabte
estimate can be made of the amount of the obtigation. If
the termination benefits fatt due more than 12 months
after the batance sheet date, they are measured at
present vatue of future cash ftows using the discount
rate determined by reference to market yietds at the
batance sheet date on government bonds.
Compensated Absences
Accumutated teave, which is expected to be utitized
within the next 12 months, is treated as short term
emptoyee benefit. The Company measures the expected
cost of such absences as the additionat amount that it
expects to pay as a resutt of the unused entittement
that has accumutated at the reporting date.
The company treats leaves expected to be carried
forward for measurement purposes. Such compensated
absences are provided for based on the actuarial
valuation using the projected unit credit method at
the year-end. Actuarial gains/losses are immediately
taken to the statement of profit and loss and are not
deferred. The company presents the entire leave as a
current liability in the balance sheet, since it does not
have an unconditional right to defer its settlement for
12 months after the reporting date. Where Company
has the unconditional legal and contractual right to
defer the settlement for a period beyond 12 months,
the same is presented as non-current liability.
j) Impairment of non-financial assets
The Company assesses, at each reporting date, whether
there is an indication that an asset may be impaired.
If any indication exists, or when annual impairment
testing for an asset is required, the Company estimates
the asset''s recoverable amount. An asset''s recoverable
amount is the higher of an asset''s or cash-generating
unit''s (CGU) fair value less costs of disposal and its
value in use. Recoverable amount is determined for
an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate
cash inflows that are largely independent of those from
other assets or groups of assets. When the carrying
amount of an asset or CGU exceeds its recoverable
amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written
down to its recoverable amount.
In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash
flows are discounted to their present value using a
pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market
assessments of the time value of money and the risks
specific to the asset. In determining fair value less costs
of disposal, recent market transactions are taken into
account. If no such transactions can be identified, an
appropriate valuation model is used. These calculations
are corroborated by valuation multiples, quoted share
prices for publicly traded Company''s or other available
fair value indicators.
The Company bases its impairment calculation on
detailed budgets and forecast calculations, which are
prepared separately for each of the Company''s CGUs
to which the individual assets are allocated. These
budgets and forecast calculations generally cover
a period of five years. For longer periods, a long¬
term growth rate is calculated and applied to project
future cash flows after the fifth year. To estimate cash
flow projections beyond periods covered by the most
recent budgets/forecasts, the Company extrapolates
cash flow projections in the budget using a steady or
declining growth rate for subsequent years, unless an
increasing rate can be justified. In any case, this growth
rate does not exceed the long-term average growth rate
for the products, industries, or country or countries in
which the entity operates, or for the market in which
the asset is used.
An assessment is made at each reporting date to
determine whether there is an indication that previously
recognised impairment losses no longer exist or have
decreased. If such indication exists, the Company
estimates the asset''s or CGU''s recoverable amount. A
previously recognised impairment loss is reversed only
if there has been a change in the assumptions used to
determine the asset''s recoverable amount since the
last impairment loss was recognised. The reversal is
limited so that the carrying amount of the asset does
not exceed its recoverable amount, nor exceed the
carrying amount that would have been determined,
net of depreciation, had no impairment loss been
recognised for the asset in prior years. Such reversal is
recognised in the statement of profit or loss unless the
asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case,
the reversal is treated as a revaluation increase.
Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are
tested for impairment annually at the CGU level, as
appropriate, and when circumstances indicate that the
carrying value may be impaired.
k) Investments in subsidiary
An investor, regardless of the nature of its involvement
with an entity (the investee), shall determine whether it
is a parent by assessing whether it controls the investee.
An investor controls an investee when it is exposed, or
has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with
the investee and has the ability to affect those returns
through its power over the investee.
Thus, an investor controls an investee if and only if the
investor has all the following:
(a) power over the investee;
(b) exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its
involvement with the investee and
(c) the ability to use its power over the investee to
affect the amount of the investor''s returns.
The Company has elected to recognize its investments
in subsidiary companies at cost in accordance with
the option available in Ind-AS 27, ''Separate Financial
Statements''. Except where investments accounted for at
cost shall be accounted for in accordance with Ind-AS
105, Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued
Operations, when they are classified as held for sale.
Investment carried at cost will be tested for impairment
as per Ind-AS 36.
Mar 31, 2024
1. Corporate information
Digicontent Limited ("DCL" or âthe Company"), is company domiciled in India and incorporated on 14 August, 2017 under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
The Company is engaged in âEntertainment & Digital Innovation Business". It includes the following-
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Fever Audio Tool |
Carries out: ⢠Aggregation and creation of audio and multi-screen videos ⢠Audio feed which plays music inside across various stores ⢠Distribution of in-house creative and niche celeb based content to mobile and digital users |
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Desi |
Carries out internet related business for |
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Martini |
providing movie reviews and ratings in the name of www.desimartini.com |
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Photo |
Maintains Repository of the copyrighted |
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Library |
images |
The registered office of the Company is located at 1820, K.G. Marg, New Delhi-110001.
Information on related party relationship of the Company is provided in Note 28 and 29.
The financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2024 are approved for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors on May 2, 2024.
2. Material accounting policies followed by company
The standalone financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with the Indian Accounting Standards (''Ind AS'') specified in the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 (as amended) under Section 133 of the Companies Act 2013 (the âaccounting principles generally accepted in India").
The accounting policies are applied consistently to all the periods presented in the financial statements.
The standalone financial statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis, except for the following assets and liabilities which have been measured at fair value:
- Certain financial assets and liabilities are
measured at fair value (refer accounting policy regarding financial instruments).
All amounts disclosed in the financial statements and notes have been rounded off to the nearest lakhs as per the requirement of Schedule III, unless otherwise stated.
The standalone financial statements are presented in Indian Rupees (INR), which is also the Company''s functional currency.
The Company presents assets and liabilities in the balance sheet based on current/ noncurrent classification. An asset is treated as current when it is:
⢠Expected to be realised or intended to sold or consumed in normal operating cycle
⢠Held primarily for the purpose of trading
⢠Expected to be realised within twelve months after the reporting period, or
⢠Cash or cash equivalent unless restricted from being exchanged or used to settle a liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period.
All other assets are classified as non-current.
A liability is current when:
⢠It is expected to be settled in normal operating cycle
⢠It is held primarily for the purpose of trading
⢠It is due to be settled within twelve months after the reporting period, or
⢠There is no unconditional right to defer the settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting period
The Company classifies all other liabilities as non-current.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as non-current assets and liabilities.
The Company has identified twelve months as its operating cycle.
Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded by the Company at their respective functional currency spot rates at the date the transaction first qualifies for recognition. However, for practical reasons, the Company uses monthly average rate if the average approximates the actual rate at the date of the transaction.
Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the functional currency spot rates of exchange at the reporting date.
Exchange differences arising on the settlement of monetary items or on restatement of the Company''s monetary items at rates different from those at which they were initially recorded during the period, or reported in previous financial statements, are recognized as income or as expenses in the period in which they arise. They are deferred in equity if they relate to qualifying cash flow hedges.
Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rates at the dates of the initial transactions.
The Company measures financial instruments, such as, derivatives and certain investments at fair value at each reporting/ balance sheet date.
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value measurement is based on the presumption that
the transaction to sell the asset or transfer the liability takes place either:
⢠In the principal market for the asset or liability, or
⢠In the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market for the asset or liability
The principal or the most advantageous market must be accessible by the Company.
The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest.
A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant''s ability to generate economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.
The Company uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data are available to measure fair value, maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and minimising the use of unobservable inputs.
All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements are categorised within the fair value hierarchy, described as follows, based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole:
⢠Level 1 â Quoted (unadjusted) market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
⢠Level 2 â Valuation techniques for which inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly
⢠Level 3 â Valuation techniques for which inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability
For assets and liabilities that are recognised in the financial statements on a recurring basis, the Company determines whether transfers have occurred between levels in the hierarchy by reassessing categorisation (based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole) at the end of each reporting period.
For the purpose of fair value disclosures, the Company has determined classes of assets and liabilities on the basis of the nature, characteristics and risks of the asset or liability and the level of the fair value hierarchy as explained above.
Other fair value related disclosures are given in the relevant notes :
⢠Disclosures forvaluation methods, significant estimates and assumptions (Note 32)
⢠Quantitative disclosures of fair value measurement hierarchy (Note 32)
⢠Financial instruments (including those carried at amortised cost) (Note 32)
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the Company and the revenue can be reliably measured, regardless of when the payment is being made.
Revenue towards satisfaction of a performance obligation is measured at the amount of transaction price (net of variable consideration) allocated to that performance obligation. The transaction price of goods sold and services rendered is net of variable consideration on account of various discounts and schemes offered by the Company as part of the contract. Invoices are usually payable within 30-60 days
The Company applies the practical expedient to not to disclose the amount of the remaining
performance obligations for contracts with original expected duration of less than one year.
Revenue excludes taxes collected from customers. The Company has concluded that it is the principal in all of its revenue arrangements since it is the primary obligor in all the revenue arrangements as it has pricing latitude and is also exposed to inventory and credit risks.
Goods and Services Tax (GST) is not received by the Company on its own account. Rather, it is tax collected on behalf of the government. Accordingly, it is excluded from revenue.
Contract asset represents the Company''s right to consideration in exchange for services that the Company has transferred to a customer when that right is conditioned on something other than the passage of time.
When there is unconditional right to receive cash, and only passage of time is required to do invoicing, the same is presented as unbilled receivable.
A contract liability is recognised if a payment is received or a payment is due (whichever is earlier) from a customer before the Company transfers the related goods or services and the Company is under an obligation to provide only the goods or services under the contract. Contract liabilities are recognised as revenue when the Company performs under the contract (i.e., transfers control of the related goods or services to the customer).
The specific recognition criteria described below must also be met before revenue is recognised:
Revenue from digital platforms by display of internet advertisements is typically contracted for a period of one to twelve months. Revenue in this respect is recognized as and when advertisement is published/ displayed. Unearned revenues are reported on the balance sheet as deferred revenue/ contract liability.
Revenue from Content Selling is recognized as and when the content is published/ circulated by the customer.
Interest income is recorded using the effective interest rate (ElR). EIR is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future cash payments or receipts over the expected life of the financial instrument or a shorter period, where appropriate, to the gross carrying amount of the financial asset or to the amortised cost of a financial liability. When calculating the effective interest rate, the Company estimates the expected cash flows by considering all the contractual terms of the financial instrument (for example, prepayment, extension, call and similar options) but does not consider the expected credit losses. Interest income is included in finance income in the statement of profit and loss.
Tax expense is the aggregate amount included in the determination of profit or loss for the period in respect of current tax and deferred tax.
Current income tax is measured at the amount expected to be paid to the tax authorities in accordance with the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Current income tax assets and liabilities are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or substantively enacted, at the reporting date.
Current income tax relating to items recognised outside profit or loss is recognised outside profit or loss (either in other comprehensive income or in equity). Current tax items are recognised is correlation to the underlying transaction either in OCI or directly in equity. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in the tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax
regulations are subject to interpretation and establishes provisions where appropriate.
Appendix C to Ind AS 12, Income Taxes dealing with accounting for uncertainty over income tax treatments does not have any material impact on financial statements of the Company.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is provided using the liability method on temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes at the reporting date.
Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary differences.
Deferred tax assets are recognised for all deductible temporary differences, the carry forward of unused tax credits and any unused tax losses. Deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the deductible temporary differences, and the carry forward of unused tax credits and unused tax losses can be utilised.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred tax asset to be utilised.
Deferred tax relating to items recognised outside profit or loss is recognised outside profit or loss. Deferred tax items are recognised in correlation to the underlying transaction either in OCI or directly in equity.
Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset if and only if it has a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets and current tax liabilities and the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable entities which intend either to settle current tax liabilities and assets on a net basis, or to realise the assets
and settle the Liabilities simultaneously, in each future period in which significant amounts of deferred tax liabilities or assets are expected to be settled or recovered.
Expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST/ value added taxes paid, except:
⢠When the tax incurred on a purchase of assets or services is not recoverable from the taxation authority, in which case, the tax paid is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of the expense item, as applicable
⢠When receivables and payables are stated with the amount of tax included
The net amount of tax recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is included as part of receivables or payables in the balance sheet.
Construction in progress is stated at cost, net of accumulated impairment losses, if any. Plant and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, if any. Such cost includes the cost of replacing part of the plant and equipment and borrowing costs for long-term construction projects if the recognition criteria are met.
Cost comprises the purchase price, borrowing costs if capitalization criteria are met and any directly attributable cost of bringing the asset to its working condition for the intended use. Any trade discounts and rebates are deducted in arriving at the purchase price.
Recognition:
The cost of an item of property, plant and equipment shall be recognised as an asset if, and only if:
(a) it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the entity; and
(b) the cost of the item can be measured reliably.
All other expenses on existing assets, including day- to- day repair and maintenance expenditure and cost of replacing parts, are charged to the Statement of Profit and Loss for the period during which such expenses are incurred.
Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the assets as follows:
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Type of asset |
Useful life estimated by management (Years) |
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Office Equipment |
2-5 |
The Company, based on technical assessment made by the management depreciates certain assets over estimated useful lives which are different from the useful life prescribed in Schedule ll to the Companies Act, 2013. The management believes that these estimated useful lives are realistic and reflect fair approximation of the period over which the assets are likely to be used.
Property, Plant and Equipment which are added/ disposed off during the period, depreciation is provided on pro-rata basis with reference to the month of addition/deletion.
An item of property, plant and equipment and any significant part initially recognised is derecognised upon disposal or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising on de-recognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the income statement when the asset is derecognised.
Subsequent expenditure can be capitalised only if it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the expenditure will flow to the company and cost of the item can be measured reliably.
The residual values, useful life and methods of depreciation of property, plant and equipment are reviewed at each financial year end and adjusted prospectively, if appropriate.
Intangible assets acquired separately are measured on initial recognition at cost. The cost of intangible assets acquired in a business combination is their fair value at the date of acquisition. Following initial recognition, intangible assets are carried at cost less any accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses. Internally generated intangibles, excluding capitalised development costs, are not capitalised and the related expenditure is reflected in profit or loss in the period in which the expenditure is incurred.
The useful life of intangible assets is assessed as either finite or indefinite.
Intangible assets with indefinite useful life are not amortised, but are tested for impairment annually, either individually or at the cash-generating unit level. The assessment of indefinite life is reviewed annually to determine whether the indefinite life continues to be supportable. If not, the change in useful life from indefinite to finite is made on a prospective basis.
An intangible asset is derecognised upon disposal (i.e., at the date the recipient obtains control) or when no future economic benefits are expected from its use or disposal. Any gain or loss arising upon derecognition of the asset (calculated as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset) is included in the statement of profit or loss.
Intangible assets with finite life are amortized on straight line basis using the estimated useful life as follows:
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Intangible Assets |
Useful life (in years) |
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Software |
1 - 6 |
Gains or losses arising from de-recognition of an intangible asset are measured as the difference between the net disposal proceeds and the
carrying amount of the asset and are recognised in the statement of profit or loss when the asset is derecognised.
Subsequent expenditure is capitalised only when it increases the future economic benefits embodied in the specific asset to which it relates. All other expenditure is recognised in profit or loss as incurred.
Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of an asset that necessarily takes a substantial period of time to get ready for its intended use or sale are capitalised as part of the cost of the asset. All other borrowing costs are expensed in the period in which they occur. Borrowing costs consist of interest and other costs that an entity incurs in connection with the borrowing of funds. Borrowing cost also includes exchange differences to the extent regarded as an adjustment to the borrowing costs.
A contract is, or contains, a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.
Company as a lessee
The Company recognises right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term at the lease commencement date. The cost of the right-of-use asset measured at inception shall comprise of the amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability adjusted for any lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received, plus any initial direct costs incurred and an estimate of costs to be incurred by the lessee in dismantling and removing the underlying asset or restoring the underlying asset or site on which it is located. The right-of-use assets is subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated depreciation, accumulated impairment losses, if any and adjusted for any remeasurement of the lease liability. The right-
of-use assets is depreciated using the straight-tine method from the commencement date over the shorter of tease term or useful life of right-of-use asset. The estimated useful lives of right-of-use assets are determined on the same basis as those of property, plant and equipment. Right-of-use assets are tested for impairment whenever there is any indication that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Impairment loss, if any, is recognised in the statement of profit and loss.
The Company measures the lease liability at the present value of the lease payments that are not paid at the commencement date of the lease. The tease payments are discounted using the interest rate impticit in the tease, if that rate can be readily determined. If that rate cannot be readily determined, the Company uses incremental borrowing rate. The tease payments shatt inctude fixed payments, variable lease payments, residual vatue guarantees, exercise price of a purchase option where the Company is reasonably certain to exercise that option and payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the lessee exercising an option to terminate the lease. After the commencement date, the amount of lease liabilities is increased to reflect the accretion of interest and reduced for the tease payments made. The lease liability is subsequently remeasured by increasing the carrying amount to reflect interest on the lease liability, reducing the carrying amount to reflect the lease payments made and remeasuring the carrying amount to reftect any reassessment or tease modifications or to reftect revised in-substance fixed tease payments. The Company recognises the amount of the re-measurement of tease tiabitity due to modification as an adjustment to the right-of-use asset and statement of profit and loss depending upon the nature of modification. Where the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset is reduced to zero and there is a further reduction in the measurement of the lease liability, the Company recognises any remaining amount of the re-measurement in statement of profit and loss.
The Company has elected not to apply the requirements of Ind AS 116 to short-term leases
of all assets that have a lease term of 12 months or tess and teases for which the undertying asset is of low value. The lease payments associated with these leases are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
As a practical expedient a lessee (the company) has elected, by class of underlying asset, not to separate lease components from any associated non-lease components. A lessee (the company) accounts for the lease component and the associated non-lease components as a single lease component.
Company as a lessor
At the inception of the lease the Company classifies each of its leases as either an operating lease or a finance lease. The Company recognises lease payments received under operating leases as income on a straight- line basis over the lease term. In case of a finance lease, finance income is recognised over the lease term based on a pattern reflecting a constant periodic rate of return on the lessor''s net investment in the lease.
All employee benefits payable/available within twelve months of rendering the service are classified as short-term employee benefits. Benefits such as salaries, wages and bonus etc. are recognised in the statement of profit and loss in the period in which the employee renders the related service.
Retirement benefit in the form of provident fund is a defined contribution scheme. The Company has no obligation, other than the contribution payable to the provident fund. The Company recognizes contribution payable to the provident fund scheme as an expense, when an employee renders the related service. If the contribution payable to the scheme for service received before the balance sheet date exceeds the contribution already paid, the deficit payable to the scheme is recognized as a liability after deducting the contribution already
paid. If the contribution already paid exceeds the contribution due for services received before the balance sheet date, then excess is recognized as an asset to the extent that the pre-payment will lead to, for example, a reduction in future payment or a cash refund.
Gratuity is a defined benefit scheme. The defined benefit obligation is Computed by actuaries using the projected unit credit method.
Re-measurements, comprising of actuarial gains and losses, the effect of the asset ceiling, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability and the return on plan assets (excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability), are recognised immediately in the balance sheet with a corresponding debit or credit to retained earnings through OCI in the period in which they occur. Re-measurements are not reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods.
Past service costs are recognised in profit or loss on the earlier of:
⢠The date of the plan amendment or
curtailment, and
⢠The date that the Company recognises
related restructuring cost
Net interest is calculated by applying the discount rate to the net defined benefit liability or asset.
The Company recognises the following changes in the net defined benefit obligation as an expense in the Statement of profit and loss:
⢠Service costs comprising current service
costs, past-service costs, gains and
losses on curtailments and non-routine settlements; and
⢠Net interest expense or income Termination benefits
The Company recognizes termination benefit as a liability and an expense when the Company has a
present obligation as a result of past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. If the termination benefits fall due more than 12 months after the balance sheet date, they are measured at present value of future cash flows using the discount rate determined by reference to market yields at the balance sheet date on government bonds.
Accumulated leave, which is expected to be utilized within the next 12 months, is treated as short term employee benefit. The Company measures the expected cost of such absences as the additional amount that it expects to pay as a result of the unused entitlement that has accumulated at the reporting date.
The company treats leaves expected to be carried forward for measurement purposes. Such compensated absences are provided for based on the actuarial valuation using the projected unit credit method at the year-end. Actuarial gains/ losses are immediately taken to the statement of profit and loss and are not deferred. The company presents the entire leave as a current liability in the balance sheet, since it does not have an unconditional right to defer its settlement for 12 months after the reporting date. Where Company has the unconditional legal and contractual right to defer the settlement for a period beyond 12 months, the same is presented as noncurrent liability.
The Company assesses, at each reporting date, whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any indication exists, or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required, the Company estimates the asset''s recoverable amount. An asset''s recoverable amount is the higher of an asset''s or cashgenerating unit''s (CGU) fair value less costs of disposal and its value in use. Recoverable amount is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are
Largely independent of those from other assets or groups of assets. When the carrying amount of an asset or CGU exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable amount.
In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash fLows are discounted to their present vaLue using a pre-tax discount rate that refLects current market assessments of the time vaLue of money and the risks specific to the asset. In determining fair value less costs of disposal, recent market transactions are taken into account. If no such transactions can be identified, an appropriate vaLuation modeL is used. These caLcuLations are corroborated by valuation multiples, quoted share prices for publicly traded Company''s or other available fair value indicators.
The Company bases its impairment calculation on detailed budgets and forecast calculations, which are prepared separately for each of the Company''s CGUs to which the individual assets are allocated. These budgets and forecast calculations generally cover a period of five years. For longer periods, a long-term growth rate is calculated and applied to project future cash flows after the fifth year. To estimate cash flow projections beyond periods covered by the most recent budgets/forecasts, the Company extrapoLates cash fLow projections in the budget using a steady or declining growth rate for subsequent years, unless an increasing rate can be justified. In any case, this growth rate does not exceed the long-term average growth rate for the products, industries, or country or countries in which the entity operates, or for the market in which the asset is used.
An assessment is made at each reporting date to determine whether there is an indication that previously recognised impairment losses no Longer exist or have decreased. If such indication exists, the Company estimates the asset''s or CGU''s recoverabLe amount. A previousLy recognised impairment Loss is reversed onLy if there has been a change in the assumptions used to determine the asset''s recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognised. The
reversaL is Limited so that the carrying amount of the asset does not exceed its recoverabLe amount, nor exceed the carrying amount that wouLd have been determined, net of depreciation, had no impairment Loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. Such reversaL is recognised in the statement of profit or Loss unLess the asset is carried at a revaLued amount, in which case, the reversaL is treated as a revaLuation increase.
IntangibLe assets with indefinite usefuL Lives are tested for impairment annuaLLy at the CGU LeveL, as appropriate, and when circumstances indicate that the carrying value may be impaired.
An investor, regardLess of the nature of its invoLvement with an entity (the investee), shaLL determine whether it is a parent by assessing whether it controLs the investee.
An investor controLs an investee when it is exposed, or has rights, to variabLe returns from its invoLvement with the investee and has the abiLity to affect those returns through its power over the investee.
Thus, an investor controls an investee if and only if the investor has aLL the foLLowing:
(a) power over the investee;
(b) exposure, or rights, to variabLe returns from its invoLvement with the investee and
(c) the abiLity to use its power over the investee to affect the amount of the investor''s returns.
An associate is an entity over which the Company has significant influence. Significant influence is the power to participate in the financiaL and operating poLicy decisions of the investee, but is not controL or joint controL over those poLicies.
The considerations made in determining significant infLuence are simiLar to those necessary to determine control over subsidiaries.
The Company has eLected to recognize its investments in subsidiary companies at cost in accordance with the option available in Ind-AS 27, ''Separate Financial Statements''. Except where investments accounted for at cost shall be accounted for in accordance with Ind-AS 105, Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations, when they are classified as held for sale.
Investment carried at cost will be tested for impairment as per Ind-AS 36.
Provisions are recognised when the Company has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. When the Company expects some or all of a provision to be reimbursed, for example, under an insurance contract, the reimbursement is recognised as a separate asset, but only when the reimbursement is virtually certain. The expense relating to a provision is presented in the statement of profit and loss net of any reimbursement.
If the effect of the time value of money is material, provisions are discounted using a current pre-tax rate that reflects, when appropriate, the risks specific to the liability. When discounting is used, the increase in the provision due to the passage of time is recognized as a finance cost.
A financial instrument is any contract that gives rise to a financial asset of one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument of another entity.
All financial assets are recognized initially at fair value plus, in the case of financial assets not recorded at fair value through profit or loss, transaction costs that are attributable to the acquisition of the financial asset. A trade receivable without a significant financing component is initially measured at the transaction price.
All equity investments in scope of Ind-AS 109 are measured at fair value. Equity instruments which are held for trading and contingent consideration recognised by an acquirer in a business combination to which Ind-AS 103 applies are Ind-AS classified as at FVTPL. For all other equity instruments, the Company may make an irrevocable election to present in other comprehensive income subsequent changes in the fair value. The Company makes such election on an instrument-by-instrument basis. The classification is made on Initial recognition and is irrevocable.
If the Company decides to classify an equity instrument as at FVTOCI, then all fair value changes on the instrument, excluding dividends, are recognized in the OCI. There is no recycling of the amounts from OCI to P&L, even on sale of investment. However, the Company may transfer the cumulative gain or loss within equity.
Equity instruments included within the FVTPL category are measured at fair value with all changes recognized in the P&L.
A financial asset (or, where applicable, a part of a financial asset or part of a Company of similar financial assets) is primarily derecognized (i.e. removed from the Company''s balance sheet) when:
⢠The rights to receive cash flows from the asset have expired, or
⢠The Company has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from the asset or has assumed an obligation to pay the received cash flows in full without material delay to a third party under a ''pass-through'' arrangement; and either (a) the Company has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, or (b) the Company has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred control of the asset.
When the Company has transferred its rights to receive cash flows from an asset or has entered into a pass-through arrangement, it evaluates if and to what extent it has retained the risks and rewards of ownership. When it has neither transferred nor retained substantially all of the risks and rewards of the asset, nor transferred control of the asset, the Company continues to recognize the transferred asset to the extent of the Company''s continuing involvement. In that case, the Company also recognizes an associated liability. The transferred asset and the associated liability are measured on a basis that reflects the rights and obligations that the Company has retained.
Continuing involvement that takes the form of a guarantee over the transferred asset is measured at the lower of the original carrying amount of the asset and the maximum amount of consideration that the Company could be required to repay.
Impairment of financial assets
In accordance with Ind-AS 109, the Company applies expected credit loss (ECL) model for measurement and recognition of impairment loss on the following financial assets and credit risk exposure:
a) Financial assets are measured at amortized cost e.g., loans, debt securities, deposits, trade receivables and bank balance
b) Trade receivables or any contractual right to receive cash or another financial asset that result from transactions that are within the scope of Ind-AS 115 (referred to as ''contractual revenue receivables'' in these financial statements)
The Company follows ''simplified approach'' for recognition of impairment loss allowance on trade receivables or contract revenue receivables.
The application of simplified approach does not require the Company to track changes in credit risk. Rather, it recognises impairment loss allowance based on lifetime ECLs at each reporting date, right from its initial recognition.
For recognition of impairment loss on other financial assets and risk exposure, the Company determines that whether there has been a significant increase in the credit risk since initial recognition. If credit risk has not increased significantly, 12-month ECL is used to provide for impairment loss. However, if credit risk has increased significantly, lifetime ECL is used. If, in a subsequent period, credit quality of the instrument improves such that there is no longer a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, then the entity reverts to recognising impairment loss allowance based on 12-month ECL.
Lifetime ECL are the expected credit losses resulting from all possible default events over the expected life of a financial instrument. The 12-month ECL is a portion of the lifetime ECL which results from default events that are possible within 12 months after the reporting date.
As a practical expedient, the Company uses a provision matrix to determine impairment loss allowance on portfolio of its trade receivables. The provision matrix is based on its historically observed default rates over the expected life of the trade receivables and is adjusted for forward-looking estimates. At every reporting date, the historical observed default rates are updated and changes in the forward-looking estimates are analysed.
ECL impairment loss allowance (or reversal) recognized during the period is recognized as income/ expense in the Statement of Profit and Loss. This amount is reflected under the head ''other expenses'' in the Statement of Profit and Loss. The balance sheet presentation for various financial instruments is described below:
⢠Financial assets measured as at amortized cost, contractual revenue receivables and lease receivables: ECL is presented as an allowance, i.e., as an integral part of the measurement of those assets in the balance sheet. The allowance reduces the net carrying amount. Until the asset meets write-off criteria, the Company does not reduce impairment allowance from the gross carrying amount. For assessing
increase in credit risk and impairment loss, the Company combines financial instruments on the basis of shared credit risk characteristics with the objective of facilitating an analysis that is designed to enable significant increases in credit risk to be identified on a timely basis.
Financial liabilities are classified, at initial recognition, as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, loans and borrowings, payables, as appropriate. All financial liabilities are recognised initially at fair value and, in the case of loans and borrowings and payables, net of directly attributable transaction cos
The Company''s financial liabilities include trade and other payables, loans and borrowings.
Loans and borrowings
After initial recognition, interest-bearing loans and borrowings are subsequently measured at amortized cost using the ElR method. Gains and losses are recognised in profit and loss when the liabilities are derecognised as well as through the EIR amortisation process.
Amortized cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or premium on acquisition and fees or costs that are an integral part of the EIR. The ElR amortization is included as finance costs in the Statement of Profit and Loss. This category generally applies to borrowings.
A financial liability is derecognised when the obligation under the liability is discharged or cancelled or expires. When an existing financial liability is replaced by another from the same lender on substantially different terms, or the terms of an existing liability are substantially modified, such an exchange or modification is treated as the de-recognition of the original liability and the recognition of a new liability. The
difference in the respective carrying amounts is recognised in the Statement of Profit and Loss.
Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount is reported in the balance sheet if there is a currently enforceable legal right to offset the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, to realise the assets and settle the liabilities simultaneously.
A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events whose existence will be confirmed by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events beyond the control of the Company or a present obligation that is not recognized because it is not probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation. A contingent liability also arises in extremely rare cases where there is a liability that cannot be recognized because it cannot be measured reliably. The Company does not recognize a contingent liability but discloses its existence in the financial statements. Contingent assets are only disclosed when it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the entity.
Cash and cash equivalent in the balance sheet comprise cash at banks and on hand and shortterm deposits with an original maturity of three months or less, which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.
For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and short-term deposits, as defined above, net of outstanding bank overdrafts as they are considered an integral part of the Company''s cash management. Cash flows from operating activities are being prepared as per the Indirect method mentioned in Ind AS 7.
The Company has elected to present earnings before interest expense, tax, depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA) as a separate line item on the face of the statement of profit and loss. The Company measures EBITDA on the face of profit/ (loss) from continuing operations. In the measurement, the Company does not include depreciation and amortization expense, finance costs and tax expense.
Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing:
- the profit attributable toownersofthe Company
- by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the financial year, adjusted for bonus elements in equity shares issued during the year and excluding treasury shares.
Diluted earnings per share adjust the figures used in the determination of basic earnings per share to take into account:
- the after income tax effect of interest and other financing costs associated with dilutive potential equity shares, and
- the weighted average number of additional equity shares that would have been outstanding assuming the conversion of all dilutive potential equity shares.
The preparation of the Company''s financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the accompanying disclosures, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities. Uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets or liabilities affected in future periods.
The cost of the defined benefit gratuity plan and the present value of the gratuity obligation are determined using actuarial valuations. An actuarial valuation involves making various assumptions that may differ from actual developments in the future. These include the determination of the discount rate, future salary increases and mortality rates. Due to the complexities involved in the valuation and its long-term nature, a defined benefit obligation is highly sensitive to changes in these assumptions. All assumptions are reviewed at each reporting date.
The parameter most subject to change is the discount rate. In determining the appropriate discount rate for plans operated in India, the management considers the interest rates of government bonds in currencies consistent with the currencies of the post-employment benefit obligation.
The mortality rate is based on publicly available mortality tables for the specific countries. Those mortality tables tend to change only at interval in response to demographic changes. Future salary increases and gratuity increases are based on expected future inflation rates for the respective countries.
Further details about gratuity obligations are given in Note 27.
The impairment provisions for financial assets are based on assumptions about risk of default and expected loss rates. The Company uses judgement in making these assumptions and selecting the inputs to the impairment calculation, based on Company''s past history, existing market conditions as well as forward looking estimates at the end of each reporting period.
Taxes
Uncertainties exist with respect to the interpretation of complex tax regulations, changes in tax laws, and
the amount and timing of future taxable income. Given the wide range of business relationships and the long-term nature and complexity of existing contractual agreements, differences arising between the actual results and the assumptions made, or future changes to such assumptions, could necessitate future adjustments to tax income and expense already recorded. The Company establishes provisions, based on reasonable estimates. The amount of such provisions is based on various factors, such as experience of previous tax assessments and differing interpretations of tax regulations by the taxable entity and the responsible tax authority. Such differences of interpretation may arise on a wide variety of issues depending on the conditions prevailing in the respective domicile of the Companies.
Deferred tax assets are recognised for unused tax losses to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which the losses can be utilised. Significant management judgement is required to determine the amount of deferred tax assets that can be recognised, based upon the likely timing and the level of future taxable profits together with future tax planning strategies.
When the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded in the balance sheet cannot be measured based on quoted prices in active markets, their fair value is measured using valuation techniques including the DCF model. The inputs to these models
are taken from observable markets where possible, but where this is not feasible, a degree of judgement is required in establishing fair values. Judgements include considerations of inputs such as liquidity risk, credit risk and volatility. Changes in assumptions about these factors could affect the reported fair value of financial instruments.
The Company assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any indication exists, or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required, the Company estimates the asset''s recoverable amount. An asset''s recoverable amount is the higher of an asset''s or CGU''s fair value less costs of disposal and its value in use. It is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or group of assets. Where the carrying amount of an asset or CGU exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable amount. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pretax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. In determining fair value less costs of disposal, recent markets transactions are taken into account. If no such transactions can be identified, an appropriate valuation model is used. These calculations are corroborated by valuation multiples, quoted share prices for publicly traded subsidiaries or other available fair value indicators.
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