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f)  ensuring coordination between the internal          the external auditors or to any other external
              and external auditors of the company;               body;

          g)  review of the scope and extent of internal      l)  determination of compliance with relevant
              audit, audit plan, reporting framework and          statutory requirements;
              procedures and ensuring that the internal       m)  monitoring compliance with the these
              audit function has adequate resources and is        regulations and identification of significant
              appropriately placed within the company;
                                                                  violations thereof;
          h)  consideration of major findings of internal     n)  review of arrangement for staff and
              investigations of activities characterized by       management to report to audit committee in
              fraud, corruption and abuse of power and            confidence, concerns, if any, about actual or
              management’s response thereto;
                                                                  potential improprieties in financial and other
          i)  ascertaining that the internal control              matters and recommend instituting remedial
              systems including financial and operational         and mitigating measures;
              controls, accounting systems for timely and     o)  recommend to the board of directors the
              appropriate recording of purchases and              appointment of external auditors, their
              sales, receipts and payments, assets and            removal, audit fees, the provision of any
              liabilities and the reporting structure are         service permissible to be rendered to
              adequate and effective;
                                                                  the company by the external auditors in
          j)  review of the company’s statement on                addition to audit of its financial statements,
              internal control systems prior to endorsement       measures for redressal and rectification of
              by the board of directors and internal audit        non-compliances with the Regulations. The
              reports;                                            board shall give due consideration to the
                                                                  recommendations of the audit committee
          k)  instituting special projects, value for money       and where it acts otherwise it shall record the
              studies or other investigations on any              reasons thereof.
              matter specified by the board of directors, in
              consultation with the chief executive officer   p)  consideration of any other issue or matter as
              and to consider remittance of any matter to         may be assigned by the board of directors.


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