1. The statements of financial results forthe year have been prepared
on historical cost convention and following the same set of accounting
policies and practices as forthe year ended 31st March 2010 except
treatment of depreciation on securities transferred from AFS to HFT
category and vice versa in term of policy as per 4 f (ii) c in
Schedule-17.
2. Legal formalities with regard to the registration of property in
favour of Bank which are yet to be completed in respect of one property
valued at Rs. 0.06 crore.
3. During the financial year ended 31 st March 2011, the bank has made
a preferential allotment of 7, 45, 80,364 Equity Shares of the face
value of Rs. 10.00 each to Government of India at a premium of Rs. 147.28
per share for an aggregate amount of Rs. 1173.00 crore.
4. During the year, the Bank has reopened the pension option for its
employees who had not opted forthe scheme earlier. As a result of
exercise of the given option by existing and retired/separated
employees, the bank has incurred an additional liability of Rs. 521.51
crore including Rs. 468.31 crore on account of exercise by 6072 existing
employees.
Further, with regard to gratuity, the bank has incurred an additional
liability of Rs. 165.00 crore during the year consequent to the amendment
in the Payment of Gratuity Act-1972 increasing the ceiling limit from Rs.
3.50 lacs to Rs. 10.00 lacs.
In terms of the requirements of the Accounting Standard (AS) 15,
Employee Benefits, the entire amount of Rs. 686.51 crore is required to
be charged to the Profit and Loss Account. However, the Reserve Bank of
India vide circular no. DBOD.BPBC.80/21.04.018/2010-11 dated 09th of
February, 2011, has allowed the banks to amortize the additional
liabilities on account of second pension option in respect of existing
employees and gratuity payable over a period of five years.
The bank, as allowed by RBI, has amortized Rs. 93.66 crore being 1/5th of
the total amount of the additional pension liability of the existing
employees and Rs. 33.00 crore, being the 1/5th of the additional
liability on account of gratuity.
The additional pension liability of the retired/separated employees
amounting to Rs. 53.20 crore has been fully charged to the profit and
loss account.
Had such deferment not been there, the profit of the Bank would have
been lower by Rs. 506.65 crore (being the net liability relating to
serving employees carried forward) pursuant to application of the
requirements of AS-15.
5. (a) (i) In terms of Agriculture Debt Waiver & Debt Relief Scheme
2008, hereinafter referred as the Scheme, framed by the Government of
India, with regard to the amount eligible for waiver in respect of
small and marginal farmers, the Bank identified a sum of Rs. 746.96
crore, as certified by Central Statutory Auditors, out of which Rs.
262.88 crore was receivable as on 31st March 2010 has fully been
received during the current financial year.
(ii) In terms of the above scheme with regard to the amount of relief
to other farmers an amount of Rs. 157.68 crore was initially identified
as claim receivable from Government of India. However an amount of Rs.
151.80 crore has been certified by the Central Statutory Auditors as
final claim, out of which an amount of Rs. 130.59 crore has been
received.
(b) In terms of RBI circular no. DBOD no. BPBC 78/ 21.04.048/2008-09
dated 11th November 2008; interest amounting to Rs. 8.77 crore for the
year is recognized in respect of claims receivable from Government of
India under the scheme.
6. a) Provision for Income Tax has been made on the basis of the
applicable laws and various judicial pronouncements available. In view
of judicial pronouncements in similar cases, no additional provision is
considered necessary towards disputed tax demands of Rs. 278.76 crore
inclusive of service tax of Rs. 2.48 crore (Rs. 312.65 crore) upto
assessment year 2008-09 for which assessments are completed/appealed.
7. Investments include Rs. 8.26 crore (Rs. 8.26crore) invested in Regional
Rural Banks as Share Capital Deposit pursuant to a letter by Government
of India.
8. a) Floating Provision of Rs. 38.06 crore (Rs. 38.06 crore), is held as
at 31.03.2011 in respect of gross non performing advances over and
above the minimum prescribed as per RBI guidelines with a viewto
strengthen the financial position of the Bank.
b) Consequent to RBI Circular DBOD.No.BP.BC 118 / 21.04.048/2008-09
dated March 25, 2009, the bank has modified the policy of prudential
treatment of different types of provisions in respect of loan
portfolio. Additional provisions are made wherever, in the opinion of
the Bank, the value of security has deteriorated or likely to
deteriorate. Such additional provision aggregating to Rs. 272.88 crore (Rs.
238.88 crore) is held as on 31st March, 2011.
c) The above floating and additional provisions are netted off from
advances.
9. 1437 individual housing loan accounts securitized during the year
2003-04 amounting to Rs. 50.36 crore and were transferred to a Special
Purpose Vehicle (SPV) Trust pursuant to the Deed of Assignment executed
with National Housing Bank (NHB). The NHB has issued Pass Through
Certificates (PTCs) of said amount, out of which part was subscribed by
various Banks/Financial Institutions as PTC Class-A investments and the
balance was subscribed by the bank as PTC Class-B. The value of PTC-A
series stood at Rs. 3.44 crore as on 31.03.2011 (Rs. 6.53 crore). Further,
PTC class-B investment with a book value of Rs. 2.70 crore has been shown
as a part of investments by the bank as on 31.03.2011(Rs. 3.20 crore).
The present outstanding balance of the pool as on 31.03.2011 is Rs. 7.46
crore (M1.08 crore). The bank is
12.2 Investments acting as service provider to the SPV Trust. An amount
of Rs. 0.68 crore (Rs. 0.68 crore) has been provided by the bank as cash
collateral in addition to Investment in PTC-B as credit enhancement. An
amount ofRs. 1.17 crore is held as special provision to meet any loss
due to non recovery of securitized housing loans.
10. The Bank has received Rs. 13.03 crore (Rs. 12.55 crore) as fee from
Bancassurance - Life and Rs. 13.23 crore (Rs. 12.42 crore) as fee from
Bancassurance - Non Life.
11. Bank has completed the process of implementation of Core Banking
Solution during the year 2008-09. The related cost of software
aggregating to Rs. 89.04 crore is being amortized over the estimated
useful life of 5 years out of which an amount of Rs. 35.62 (Rs. 53.43
crore) is outstanding as on 31.03.2011.
12.2.3 a) During the year, the Bank has shifted securities aggregating
Rs. 748.32 crore (Rs. 1251.48 crore) from Available for Sale (AFS)
category to Held to Maturity (HTM) Category and Rs. 9.04 crore (Nil)
(Investment in Venture Capital funds) from Held to Maturity (HTM)
category to Available for Sale (AFS) category at lower of acquisition
cost/book value / market value. The available depreciation ofRs. 19.37
crore fortransfer of securities from Available for Sale (AFS) Category
to Held to Maturity (HTM) category was utilised. A loss of Rs. 0.18 crore
was booked on transfer of Investment in Venture Capital funds from Held
to Maturity (HTM) category to Available for Sale (AFS) category. There
is no shifting of securities from HFT to HTM category during the year
(Rs. 136.85 crore).
(b) Loss incurred during the year on account of sale of security under
HTM category is Nil (Nil)
(c) Due to change in accounting policy regarding depreciation on
transfer of securities from HFT to AFS category (please refer to point
no.4 (f) (ii) c of schedule- 17), the charge to Profit & Loss account
is lower to the extent of Rs. 0.06 crore. There is no consequent impact
on valuation of investments at the year end.
12.2.4 The Bank has earned gross amount of Rs. 8.77 crore (Rs. 141.42
crore) as profit on sale of securities in HTM category out of which an
amount of Rs. 4.40 crore (Rs.93.35 crore), net of tax and amount required
to be transferred to Statutory Reserve, has been appropriated to
capital reserve account as per RBI guidelines.
12.3.3 Disclosures on risk exposure in derivatives
A) Qualitative Disclosures:
a) Structure and Organization for Management of risk in derivatives
trading:
i) In terms of Reserve Bank of India guidelines on Interest Rate Swaps
(IRS) and Forward Rate Agreements (FRA) the Bank has approved policies
and procedures, counter party exposure limits, delegation of powers,
accounting policy, policy for valuation, ISDA documentation, cut loss,
reporting etc., for Interest Rate Swaps and fixed a cap of Rs.1500 crore
for interest rate swaps (sub-limit of Rs. 500 crore for Trading Book).
Bank has conducted the derivative operations within the overall
framework of these guidelines.
ii) The Bank has approved policies and procedures, counter party
exposures limits delegation of powers, accounting policy,
ISDAdocumentation, reporting etc., for undertaking forex derivatives in
various forms of currency swaps & various types of interest rates swaps
not specifically prohibited by RBI with the corporate borrower
customers, other banks and non-borrower customers to be covered on back
to back basis. Banks policy also permits entering into Plain Vanilla
European Style Option to Banks customers for hedging / pricing their
forward exposures on back to back basis, or for hedging foreign
currency exposures.
iii) Mark to Market valuation is sent to customers on monthly basis and
capital charge is provided as per current exposure method.
iv) Derivative contracts undertaken on back-to-back basis or for
hedging own foreign currency exposure are recorded at the rate
prevailing on the date of the contract and are reported at the closing
rates at the Balance Sheet date. The revenue in respect of these
transactions is recognized for the proportionate period till the expiry
of the contract. In respect of contracts done on back to back basis,
the revenue on early termination of the contract is recognized on
termination.
b) Scope and nature of risk measurement, risk reporting and risk
monitoring systems: Bank availed the services of a consultant in
respect of the derivative transactions undertaken. The consultant firm
was providing daily mark to market position of all the outstanding
swaps and the bank reviewed the same at periodical intervals. The
position of all outstanding swaps, new swaps entered, swaps existed,
Mark to Market value of swaps etc., is being reviewed by the Banks
Investments Committee and the Board at monthly intervals. Details of
transactions undertaken in IRS are also reported to RBI on a
fortnightly basis.
c) Policies for hedging and / or mitigating and strategies and
processes for monitoring the continuing effectiveness of hedges /
mitigants: Depending on the market opportunities and as per the advice
of the Consultant, a view on interest rate movement is taken and acted
upon. Though the settlement of swaps takes place on due date/dates as
per the terms of the swaps, the value monitoring is carried out daily
to knowthe impact of market changes on Swap Book. When unfavorable
market movements are unidirectional, swaps are exited cutting loss. Cut
loss limits, exit powers, reviewing authority etc., are prescribed.
d) Accounting policy for recording the hedge and non- hedge
transactions, recognition of income, premiums and discounts, valuation
of outstanding contracts, provisioning, collateral and credit risk
mitigation:
Detailed accounting policy and valuation policy are approved by Board.
Transactions for hedging purposes are accounted for on accrual basis
except the swap designated with an asset / liability that is carried at
lower of cost or market value. In that case, the swap is marked to
market, with the resultant gain or loss recorded as an adjustment to
the market value of designated asset or liability. On termination of
swap, gain or loss is recognized when the offsetting gain or loss is
recognized on the designated asset or liability. Any gain or loss on
the terminated swap was deferred and recognized over the shorter of the
remaining contractual life of the swap or the remaining life of the
asset/liability.
Trading transactions have to be marked to market with charges recorded
in the income statement. Income, expenditure, fee, gains or losses on
termination of swaps are all recorded as immediate income or expenses.
12.8. Penalties imposed by RBI
During the year ended 31st March, 2011, no penalty has been levied by
RBI.
19. IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS (AS 28)
The indications listed in paragraphs 8 to 10 of Accounting Standard
28-lmpairment of Assets (issued by the ICAI ) have been examined and
on such examination, it has been found that none of the indications are
present in the case of the bank. Aformal estimate of the recoverable
amount has not been made, as there is no indication of a potential
impairment loss.
20. PROVISIONS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND CONTINGENT ASSETS (AS 29)
As per the guidelines of AS-29 issued by ICAI, details of movement in
significant provisions have been disclosed at the appropriate places in
the notes forming part of the accounts.
21 There is no material prior period item included in Profit and Loss
account which is required to be disclosed as per AS-5 issued by the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India read with RBI guidelines.
22. Pursuant to RBI guidelines, the bank has made a provision of Rs.
0.45 crore (Rs. 31.48 crore) during the year in respect of interest on
matured deposits. The total amount of provision kept for such matured
deposits stands at Rs. 31.93 crore (Rs. 31.48 crore) as on 31 st March
2011.
23. Reconciliation of Inter Branch and Inter Bank transactions have
been done up to 31st March 2011.
25. Hitherto the Bank is classifying the following regulatory capital
instruments under Schedule 5-Other Liabilities:
1. Innovative Perpetual Debt Instruments (IPDI)
2. Subordinated Debt.
However, pursuant to RBI guidelines vide RBI/2009-10/368
DBOD.BPBC.No.81/21.01.002/2009-10 dated 30.03.2010, now the same are
being classified under Schedule 4 - Borrowings.
26. Disclosure of complaints and unimplemented awards of Banking
Ombudsman
a) Customer complaints (in numbers)
a) Pending at the beginning of the year: 237
b) Received during the year: 93943
c) Redressed during the year: 93244
d) pending at the end of the year: 936
b) Awards passed by the Banking Ombudsman (in numbers)
a) Unimplemented at the beginning of the year: o
b) Passed by the Banking Ombudsman during the year: lO
c) Implemented during the year: o9
d) Unimplemented at the end of the year: 1
The total complaints received during the year include 78199 number of
complaints for ATM, 153 for Credit Card, 1853 for RTGS/NEFT, 8299 for
Pension and 5439 of general nature.
27. Previous year figures have been regrouped / reclassified
/rearranged wherever necessary to conform to current years figures.
Figures in the brackets indicate figures of previous year.
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