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The clarification implies an existing/capitalized Dankuni asset base of Rs 150 Crores, with Rs 450 Crores of fresh Capex, aggregating to the Rs 600 Crores total project outlay:

• Existing capitalized facility: Rs 150 Crores, derived as Rs 600 Crores total project cost less Rs 450 Crores new Capex.
• New Capex sanctioned: Rs 450 Crores ^[1].
• Total Dankuni investment after the expansion: Rs 600 Crores ^[2].

Thus, the reconciliation is:

Rs 150 Crores existing capitalized value + Rs 450 Crores incremental Capex = Rs 600 Crores total facility investment.

The Rs 600 Crores should therefore not be read as entirely new Capex; approximately 75% is incremental outlay, while the balance 25% represents the pre-existing facility value. However, the actual audited balance-sheet line item for Dankuni is not reproduced in the supplied evidence, so Rs 150 Crores is an implied reconciliation figure, not independently verified here as the precise audited carrying value.

The aggregate value cannot be established from the cited Annual Report evidence, and no Dankuni construction vendor or contractor can be verified as having been identified as a related party.

The reported Rs 600 Crore figure refers to the planned Dankuni expansion’s total project cost, including Rs 450 Crore of fresh capex; it is not a vendor- or contractor-wise transaction total ^[3]. The cited material also does not name the construction vendors or contractors, nor reproduce the statutory related-party disclosures needed to match those entities.

Accordingly:

• Aggregate vendor/contractor transactions: not determinable from the evidence cited.
• Related-party status: no identified Dankuni construction vendor or contractor can be confirmed as a related party.
• Interpretation: the Rs 600 Crore project-cost figure should not be treated as the aggregate value of related-party or contractor transactions.

The Dankuni-specific outstanding debt cannot be determined from the latest quarterly disclosure. The latest reported consolidated total debt is Rs 580.28 Crores in Q4 FY26, while standalone total debt is Rs 546.40 Crores; neither figure is allocated specifically to the Dankuni facility.^{[4] [5]}

The Dankuni project has been described as a Rs 600 Crores investment, funded through a mix of external borrowings and internal accruals, but this is the project cost—not reported outstanding debt.^[6]

The filing evidence does not provide:

• the current carrying value of the Dankuni land, building, or facility;
• the amount of debt specifically drawn for the facility; or
• the portion of total borrowings secured against the asset.

Accordingly, a carrying-value-to-secured-debt comparison, including any conclusion on over- or under-collateralisation, cannot be calculated. The company-wide debt figures should not be used as a proxy for Dankuni-secured obligations.