Atul Ltd 2016-17

161 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 principal place of business is located at Atul, Gujarat, India. The Company and its subsidiary Companies are referred to as the Group here under. The Group is serving the needs of varied industries 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, Sports and Leisure, Textile, Tyre and Wind Energy across the world. Note 1 Significant Accounting Policies This Note provides a list of the significant Accounting Policies adopted by the Group in the preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated. The Financial Statements are for the Group consisting of the Company and its subsidiary companies. a) Basis of preparation: i) Compliance with Ind AS: T he Consolidated Financial Statements comply in all material respects with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) notified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) [Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015] and other relevant provisions of the Act. T he Consolidated Financial Statements up to year ended March 31, 2016 were prepared in accordance with the accounting s tandards notified under the Companies (Accounting Standard) Rules, 2006 as amended and other relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013. T hese Consolidated Financial Statements are the first Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company under Ind AS. Refer Note 29.18 for an explanation of how the transition from the previously applicable Indian GAAP (hereinafter referred to as ‘IGAAP’) to Ind AS has affected the financial position, financial performance and cash flows. ii) Historical cost convention: The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared on a historical cost basis except for the following: i) certain financial assets and liabilities (including derivative instruments) that are measured at fair value ii) defined benefit plans – plan assets measured at fair value iii) biological assets – measured at fair value less cost to sell b) Principles of consolidation and equity accounting: i) Subsidiary companies S ubsidiary companies are all entities over which the Group has control. The Group controls an entity when the Group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power to direct the relevant activities of the entity. Subsidiary companies are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the Group. They are deconsolidated from the date that control ceases. The acquisition method of accounting is used to account for business combinations by the Group. T he Group combines the Financial Statements of the parent and its subsidiary companies line by line adding together like items of assets, liabilities, equity, income and expenses. Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between Group companies are eliminated. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the transferred asset. Accounting Policies of subsidiary companies have been changed where necessary to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group. N on-controlling interests in the results and equity of subsidiary companies are shown separately in the Consolidated Statement of Profit and Loss, Consolidated Statement of changes in equity and Balance Sheet respectively. ii) Associate companies A ssociate companies are all entities over which the Group has significant influence, but not control or joint control. This is generally the case where the Group holds between 20% and 50% of the voting rights. Investments in associate companies are accounted for using the equity method of accounting {see (iv) below}. iii) Joint arrangements U nder Ind AS 111 Joint arrangements, investments in joint arrangements are classified as either joint operations or joint ventures. The classification depends on the contractual rights and obligations of each investor, rather than the legal structure of the joint arrangement. The Group has interest only in one joint venture company. Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements