To the Members
The Board of Directors of your Company has the pleasure of presenting
the Eighteenth Annual Report of IFCI Limited together with the Audited
Statements of Accounts for the year ended March 31, 2011.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
(Rs. crore)
PARTICULARS 2010-11 2009-10
1. Operational Income 2,422 1,657
2. Total Income 2,486 1,679
3. Cost of Borrowings 1,319 891
4. Staff Cost/Other Expenditure 141 112
5. Depreciation 10 9
6. Total Expenditure 1,470 1,012
7. Profit before provisions/write-off 1,016 667
8. Write-off/Provisions for Bad &
Doubtful Assets(net of reversal) (150) (448)
9. Profit Before Tax 1,166 1,115
10. Tax Expense 460 444
11. Profit After Tax 706 671
12. Surplus brought forward
from previous year 608 312
13. Appropriations:
Reserve u/s 45 IC of RBI Act 142 134
Capital Redemption Reserve – 82
General Reserve – 65
Special Reserve u/s 36(1)(viii) 10 10
Corporate Social Responsibility Fund 10 –
Dividend on Equity Shares (incl. Tax) 86 84
Dividend on Preference Shares (incl. Tax) 0* 0*
14. Balance carried to Balance Sheet 1,066 608
* Rs. 0.31 crore
Your Company, during FY 2010-11, has clocked a growth of 48% in total
income, which has grown to Rs. 2,486 crore from the total income of Rs.
1,679 crore in the previous year on the strength of creation of fresh
assets, which increased from Rs. 7,846 crore as on March 31, 2009 to Rs.
15,942 crore as on March 31, 2011. The Balance Sheet size of Rs. 24,268
crore as at March 31, 2011 is the highest in the history of IFCI since
1948.
The cost of borrowings increased to Rs. 1,319 crore for the current year
from Rs. 891 crore in the previous year, since, in order to create fresh
assets, fresh borrowings had to be made. The total borrowing increased
from Rs. 13,562 crore as at March 31, 2010 to Rs. 19,264 crore as at March
31, 2011.
Profit from operations has significantly improved by 47% to Rs. 951 crore
for the current year over Rs. 645 crore for the previous year. Profit
before tax and after tax of Rs. 1,166 crore and Rs. 706 crore respectively
has increased by 5% over corresponding amount of Rs. 1,115 crore and Rs.
671 crore respectively for the previous year.
Dividend
Your Directors have recommended a Dividend @ Re.1 per equity share
(10%) of face value of Rs. 10/- for the year 2010-11. Further, Dividend
at the applicable rate i.e. Rs. 0.31 crore (including Corporate Dividend
Tax) on Preference Shares has been paid as Interim Dividend.
Directors
Since the last Annual General Meeting, Shri Tejinder Singh Laschar
resigned from the Board on August 31, 2010. Shri Rakesh Bharti Mittal
joined the Board as Additional Director on October 27, 2010.
Directors'' Responsibility Statement
Pursuant to the requirement under Section 217(2AA) of the Companies
Act, 1956, with respect to Directors'' Responsibility Statement, it is
hereby confirmed:
(i) that in the preparation of annual accounts, the applicable
accounting standards have been followed along with proper explanation
relating to any departures;
(ii) that the Directors have selected such accounting policies and
applied them consistently and made judgements and estimates that are
reasonable and prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state
of affairs of the Company at the end of the financial year and of the
profit or loss of the Company for the year under review;
(iii) that the Directors have taken proper and sufficient care for the
maintenance of adequate accounting records, in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 for safeguarding the assets of
the Company and for preventing and detecting fraud and other
irregularities;
(iv) that the Directors have prepared the annual accounts for the year
ended March 31, 2011 on a ''going concern basis''.
Auditors
M/s Chokshi & Chokshi, Chartered Accountants (Firm Registration No.
101872W), Mumbai, Statutory Auditors of the Company hold office until
the conclusion of the ensuing Annual General Meeting and being
eligible, offer themselves for re-appointment.
The Company has received a letter from them to the effect that their
appointment, if made, would be within the prescribed limits under
Section 224(1B) of the Companies Act, 1956. You are requested to
consider their appointment.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
(i) Operating Environment and Outlook
Macroeconomic conditions, after contraction in 2009 on a heterogeneous
scale, witnessed improvement all over the world in FY 2010-11. IMF, in
their ''Global Financial Stability Report'' published in April, 2011
observed that improvements in macroeconomic performance in advanced
economies and strong prospects for emerging markets are supporting
overall financial stability and that risks to global financial
stability have declined. However, structural weakness and
vulnerabilities in euro area pose significant risks to bank balance
sheets, which have thin capital buffers apart from uncertain assets
quality and sovereigns facing debt sustainability challenges.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its ''Financial Stability Report'' dated
June 14, 2011 somewhat differently observes
that ''the growth is slackening in most parts of the world, even as the
risks from global imbalances and sovereign debt crisis in Europe
continue to hover'' and subsequently in the monetary policy review on
June 16, 2011, it observed that the global environment has changed for
the worse, after its last review made on May 3, 2011. RBI also noted
that ''Lead indicators suggest that growth moderated in both advanced
economies and emerging market economies (EMEs) under the impact of high
oil and other commodity prices, the spill-over from the Japanese
natural disasters and monetary tightening in EMEs to contain
inflationary pressures. Uncertainty about the resolution of the
sovereign debt problem in the euro area has increased. These
developments increase downside risks to global growth prospects''.
The Indian economy, on the back of improved agricultural output, strong
private consumption, robust investment and a pick-up in exports, has
rebounded strongly during 2010-11. GDP growth however, decelerated to
7.8% in Q4 of 2010-11 from 8.3% in the previous quarter and 9.4% in the
corresponding quarter a year ago. For the year as a whole, GDP growth
in 2010-11 was 8.5%. While private consumption was robust, investment
activity moderated in Q4 of 2010-11. IIP growth, on year-on-year basis,
moderated to 6.3% in April 2011, but growth in capital goods production
at 14.5% was buoyant.
Domestic inflation remains high and much above the comfort zone of RBI.
The headline Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation rate was 9.7% in
March 2011. The main drivers of WPI inflation in April-May 2011 were
non-food primary articles, fuel group and non-food manufactured
products. The consumer price inflation for industrial workers (CPI -
IW) rose from 8.8% in March 2011 to 9.4% in April 2011. Domestic fuel
prices do not yet reflect the current trends of global prices. Although
global commodity prices moderated in recent weeks, it is too early to
downgrade this as a risk factor. Year-on-year non-food credit growth
moderated from 21.3% in March 2011 to 20.6% in early June 2011, but
remained above the indicative projection of 19%. The year-on-year
deposit growth increased to 18.2% in early June 2011 from 17.0% in
March 2011. However, corporate earnings growth and profit margins in
the fourth quarter of 2010-11 were already showing stresses in their
performance and ever since then the investment climate has weakened
further.
We believe that growth would be adversely affected in the days to come
on account of tight monetary conditions and worsening investor
sentiment.
Initiatives of IFCI
Your Company, during the year under review, accelerated its operations
and re-established its presence in the financial market by enlarging
and retaining high value customer base. The business model adopted by
IFCI has been guided by maximization of return on investment, while
maintaining
emphasis on due diligence, as well as appropriate risk mitigants. High
yielding short term lending, backed by strong and easily enforceable
security of highly rated companies, formed the key strengths helping
your Company to expand its asset base without any Non Proforming Assets
(NPAs). Your Company will continue to explore possibilities for new
business in the short and medium term with the aim of establishing a
niche market for itself in financial products like loans against liquid
securities, working capital gap, pre-operative expenses, acquisition,
financing and participation in QIPs and IPOs.
The Government of India has developed an ambitious plan for
infrastructure investment, involving both public and private sector.
Developing roads, ports, power generation and transmission
infrastructure forms an integral part of the plan. Furthermore, there
is an increased focus on evaluating new sectors in Indian
infrastructure and developing an infrastructure advisory division for
providing holistic solutions to existing and potential clients. In
keeping with the dynamics of the sector, your Company''s Project
Development Group (PDG) has scouted for the best investment
opportunities in the Indian infrastructure space. The group proposes to
make further investments in infrastructure while nurturing projects in
its portfolio. While adding to its existing portfolio of investments in
roads, thermal power and hydro power generation, the group has forayed
into power transmission, solar power generation and wind energy
generation through its investments during FY 2010-11 and is looking
forward to investing in the logistic sector.
Your Company has strengthened the Treasury team by creating a dedicated
Research Desk for making better and more informed investment decisions
with the aim of maximizing profits in all treasury operations. The
Treasury Department has been equipped with necessary tools and
technology to meet the challenges in the rapidly changing environment.
Your Company has also initiated operations in new segments viz.
Collateralized Borrowing & Lending Obligation (CBLO) and Overnight
Interest Swaps (OIS) to manage liquidity risk.
Your Company, after strengthening the activities of its Corporate
Advisory Group, has diversified in areas of high value segments of
financial consultancy. As a result, currently, IFCI provides the entire
gamut of financial advisory services to clients across different
sectors of the economy. IFCI has been able to create a space for itself
in the niche bid advisory segment, where only a handful of global
consultants have the expertise to provide consultancy services for
competitive tariff based power projects, Ultra Mega Power Projects
(UMPP), City Gas Distribution (CGD), Gas Pipeline Projects etc. During
the current FY 2011-12, the thrust would be to get more Transaction
Advisory assignments in the infrastructure sector, which will provide
the impetus to further expand the footprints of IFCI in advisory
business.
IFCI is the nodal agency for channelizing the Sugar Development Fund
(SDF) Loans of the Government of India. Your Company, besides
financial appraisal for SDF loans, disinvestment and monitoring, is
exploring new avenues to increase fee based income by providing
consultancy to sugar industry in almost every area, which includes
restructuring, syndication and getting technical and financial
partners; both to private and co-operative sector and preparing schemes
for sugar factories to avail assistance from SDF for cane development
activities. During the year 2010-11, fee based income from financial
appraisals for SDF assistance, was higher by about 49% vis-a-vis
previous year, as a result of continued efforts made in this direction.
Your Company, consequent on its demonstrated success in NPA resolution,
took the initiative for the acquisition of NPAs from Banks/other FIs
after complying with RBI guidelines on the subject. Your Company
acquired NPAs from Banks/other FIs, and earned attractive returns. Your
Company proposes to acquire further NPAs from Banks/other FIs by way of
participating in public auction and/or through bilateral deals, to
ensure that the momentum of earning profit with a substantial return is
maintained. Innovative strategies are being adopted for the resolution
of NPAs including assets under the control of Official Liquidators and
companies before BIFR.
Your Company has been continuously posting profits. After paying
dividend @ 8% for the year 2008-09 and @ 10% for the year 2009-10, the
Board of Directors is now recommending to pay dividend @ 10% subject to
your approval. The capital adequacy ratio of your Company as on March
31, 2011 at 16.4% is comfortable. Your Company is poised to raise
resources in a big way to ensure accelerated growth in the years to
come.
As per the study carried out by ''The Economic Times and Great Place to
Work Institute'', on India''s Best Companies to Work for-2011, your
Company, for the second consecutive year, maintained its position as
third best place to work for in the Financial Services Sector.
Your Company is keeping a close watch on the various developments in
connection with the issue of new Banking Licenses and evaluating its
strategy for foray into the Banking arena.
Your Company, in order to provide the requisite fillip to more
effective management development in relation to significant and growing
sectors of the economy, established Management Development Institute
(MDI) in 1973 and another campus of MDI is now proposed to be set up at
Murshidabad, West Bengal for which the foundation stone was laid by the
Hon''ble Finance Minister of India on October 31, 2010. An MoU was
signed between MDI and your Company in this regard. MDI has now emerged
as one of the most prominent Business Schools of the country and as per
CNBC Survey for the year 2011, it ranked 5th among the top 10 business
institutes of the country. MDI is also in the process of acquiring land
in Bengaluru for setting up a third campus.
The Technical Consultancy Organisations (TCOs) promoted by your Company
provide a complete set of consultancy services in the areas of project
conceptualization and other related services, credit syndication,
preparation of various project specific agreements including credit
documents, restructuring of projects, valuation of assets, stock
audits, assessment studies on working capital, project monitoring
consultancy, securitization services and secretarial assistance, in
conducting training, entrepreneurship development programmes. IFCI is
the lead promoter Institution for MPCON, HIMCON, HARDICON and NITCON.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Your Company has taken the initiative for undertaking Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) from the year 2010-11. The main objective of the
CSR initiative is to provide a platform to specialized agencies for
enabling their involvement in CSR related activities with special focus
on public health, education, environment and micro-finance. Under this
initiative, in the year 2010-11, your Company released an amount ofRs. 50
lakh to Institute of Leadership Development (ILD) for upgradation and
strengthening of infrastructure as well as to pursue its project for
adoption of 3 villages for the purpose of social and economic
development of the area, capacity building for enhancing the level of
education and training as well as implementation of developmental
programmes on health, energy, environment, sustainable economic
activities and skill development programmes. Also Rs. 26 lakh was
released to Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi (RGVN), Guwahati to pursue a
project on Solar Lighting and Sanitation in semi urban areas of Kamrup
District, Assam which will definitely uplift the standard of people
living in the area.
Subsidiary Organisations
The following subsidiary companies have synergized their operations
with IFCI:
- IFCI Infrastructure Development Ltd (IIDL)
IFCI Infrastructure Development Ltd (IIDL) had been promoted as a
wholly owned subsidiary of your Company, as an instrument for unlocking
value from real estate held by IFCI by way of its office and
residential properties, acquiring valuable and strategic real estate in
the process of recovery from NPAs of IFCI and availing new
opportunities in real estate development through development
authorities. Over the years, IIDL has expanded its asset base by
purchasing assets and intensifying development work on such assets at
various geographical locations in the country and made its presence
felt on a pan India basis.
IIDL, with its implementation of projects like Service Apartment
Project at Delhi, Hotel Project at Lucknow, Financial City project at
Bengaluru and residential projects in NCR and Kochi, is one of the
growth engines in the development of real estates and infrastructure,
to which impetus is given by Government of India.
IIDL has also secured an important opportunity to participate in the
development of a food park approved by the Ministry of Food &
Processing Industries, Government of India during the year. IIDL has
formed a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) named JANGIPUR BENGAL MEGA FOOD
PARK for the development of the food park. During the year 2010-11,
there was a growth of 86% in the company''s
assets base, which went up to Rs. 640.05 crore as against Rs. 344.04 crore
at the end of previous year. The net profit increased by 7.98%, which
was at Rs. 4.33 crore during the year under review as against Rs. 4.01
crore during the previous year. The gross income of the company was Rs.
29.32 crore despite the generally slow recovery rate in the real estate
sector during the year under review.
- IFCI Venture Capital Funds Ltd (IVCF)
IFCI Venture Capital Funds Ltd was set up by your Company in the year
1975 with a view to promoting entrepreneurship by providing risk
capital mainly to first generation entrepreneurs/technocrats to help
them setup business projects. Later on, IVCF started providing capital
support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) towards initial capital
and growth. Since inception, it has supported entrepreneurs by
providing start-up/growth capital for setting up more than 400 projects
across India. IVCF closed three private equity/venture capital funds,
launched in 2008, with aggregate corpus ofRs. 512 crore on June 30, 2010.
During the year 2010-11, the entity sanctioned an amount of Rs. 395.14
crore and disbursed Rs. 292.14 crore out of the aggregate corpus fund.
IVCF registered a growth of 166% in Profit after Tax at Rs. 13.14 crore
(Rs. 4.94 crore) in 2010-11 over previous year.
- IFCI Financial Services Ltd (IFIN)
IFIN is engaged in Stock Broking, Investment Banking, Mutual Fund
Distribution and Advisory Services, Depository Participant Services and
Insurance Products. IFIN continued to grow both organically and
inorganically. The retail branches of IFIN at the end of the year
increased from 25 to 42. The size of operations has also increased
considerably and reasonable growth was registered in the institutional
services. A growth of 26.89% was registered in company''s income from
operations at Rs. 33.13 crore as compared to Rs. 26.11 crore during
previous year. During the year 2010-11, the authorized share capital of
the company was raised from Rs. 28.25 crore to Rs. 50 crore.
- IFCI Factors Ltd (IFL)
IFCI Factors is one of the first members of Factors Chain International
from India. It has pioneered the export factoring business in India and
is also providing domestic factoring services, through which it is
steadily replacing the hitherto conventional modes of working capital
finance in the banking space. IFL achieved a turnover of Rs. 2,683 crore,
funds in use of Rs. 856 crore and net profit of Rs. 20.1 crore, registering
a growth of 131% in turnover, 183% in funds in use and 90% in net
profit over the corresponding numbers of financial year 2009-10,
whereby the year under review had been yet another significant year.
IFL hopes to maintain the momentum in growth in future and aims to
become one of the major players in the factoring industry in India in
the next 3-5 years. The factoring business globally grew by 28% in the
year 2010 at ¤ 1648 billion as compared to ¤ 1283 billion in previous
year, though the Indian factoring volume grew only at 4% at ¤ 2.75
billon ( ¤ 2.65 billion). With India''s market share of 0.77% in Asia,
there is vast scope for factoring business in India. However, it is
going to be a continued challenge for factoring companies to raise
appropriately priced funds to create quality domestic and export
factoring assets and appropriately structure deals to de-risk business
in the absence of supportive factoring legislations in India. The
proposed Factoring Bill, if passed, is expected to create a conducive
environment for further development of the factoring industry in India.
- MPCON Ltd
MPCON is providing consultancy services to small and medium
enterprises, individual entrepreneurs, Government Departments and
agencies, various state level institutions, commercial banks and other
institutions in the States of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh. The company is specialised in small business, training
and skill development. During the year 2010-11, the total income of
MPCON grew by 19.18% at Rs. 8.61 crore. The project consultancy income
grew by 121% during the period and stood at Rs. 2.86 crore ( Rs. 1.30
crore) which constituted 33.28% share in total income. Training
programmes and others constituted 65.11% share and stood atRs. 5.60 crore
(Rs. 5.14 crore). The profit after tax of MPCON grew by 80.14% in the
year 2010-11 and stood at Rs. 0.46 crore.
(ii) Industry Structure & Development
The industrial sectors in which your Company has major exposures and
which include power generation, service sector and other
infrastructure/logistics, have performed satisfactorily. Government of
India, under the ''National Action Plan for Climate Change'' (NAPCC) has
identified measures that promote our development objectives, while
yielding co-benefits for addressing climate change effectively. These
developments translate into potential investment opportunities in
roads, ports, renewable energy and the power sector at large. The
prospects of other sectors in which your Company has major exposures,
viz., iron and steel, petroleum refining, construction and real estate
have improved with the upswing in economic activities.
IFCI, being categorized as an NBFC-ND-SI (Non-Banking Financial
Company-Non Deposit taking Systemically Important) by RBI, has to
compete, in the area of project finance, with Banks and
Financial/Investment Institutions. Your Company, having embarked upon
substantial asset creation in FY 2008-09, after a gap of 10 years, has
been able to re-establish business relationships with several major
industrial houses in the country by extending financial assistance.
Your Company has endeavored to maximize returns, with the in-house
experience in infrastructure projects, by investing by way of loans
with a mix of equity, mezzanine and sub debt.
During FY 2010-11, looking to the maturity profile of its existing
liabilities, IFCI has sanctioned term loans of one to three years
duration mainly to meet the short term fund requirements of companies
with excellent track record, for general corporate purposes, investment
in subsidiary company/(s), acquisition, subscription to rights issue,
purchase of warrants, refinancing of high cost debt, pre- operative
expenses for project implementation, etc. against adequate security.
Apart from fund based activity, your Company also ventured into
non-fund based activities like advisory services, syndication,
underwriting etc. In order to retain and enlarge the customer base,
endeavours were made to develop such products which cater to the needs
of corporate clients.
Your Company, during the year, also ensured improvement in various
other operational areas like Treasury and Investments and posted
substantially higher level of revenue and profits.
The details of various developments are given hereunder:
(a) Approvals and Disbursements:
During the FY 2010-11, total fund based approvals were Rs. 13,208.50
crore as against Rs. 6,765.56 crore in the previous year registering a
rise of 95.23%. Out of the above approvals, an amount of Rs. 3,262.25
crore (24.69%) was by way of rupee term loans, Rs. 3,111 crore (23.55%)
by way of corporate loans, Rs. 945 crore (7.15%) by way of short term
loans and Rs. 1,460 crore (11.05%) by way of debenture. The amount
approved towards equity and other investments was Rs. 4,430.25 crore
(33.54%).
Total disbursements during FY 2010-11 amounted to Rs. 8,399.39 crore
compared to Rs. 6,053.82 crore in the previous year registering a rise of
38.75%. Out of the said disbursement, Rs. 2,028.06 crore (24.14%) was by
way of rupee term loans, Rs. 3,034.20 crore (36.12%) by way of corporate
loans, Rs. 1,150.45 crore (13.69%) by way of short term loans, Rs. 110
crore (1.30%) by way of debenture and Rs. 2,076.68 crore (24.72%) by way
of equity & other investments.
(b) Treasury and Investment Operations
During the FY 2010-11, your Company earned an income of Rs. 139 crore
from fixed market operations. While the avenues of investment were
broadened for earning higher return, safety and liquidity were the
prime criteria behind all investment decisions. Your Company was able
to achieve returns at par with/higher than the market returns of top
rated instruments with similar maturity. During the year, operations in
Collateralized Borrowing and Lending Obligation and Overnight Interest
Swaps were also introduced.
In foreign currency operations, your Company managed its exposure in
foreign exchange reasonably well by taking appropriate forward covers.
The foreign exchange position was nearly hedged throughout the year.
Your Company did not have any exotic derivatives exposure in
equity/debt or foreign exchange market.
In equity operation, your Company continued with the strategy of
selective disinvestment of slow moving/illiquid stocks and
strengthening the portfolio through selective investment in frontline
and mid cap stocks. While improving the quality of the portfolio, in FY
2010-11 your Company earned a profit of Rs. 325.39 crore from equity
operations. Net investment portfolio of your Company as on March 31,
2011 stood at Rs. 8,005.56 crore which is substantially higher than the
net investment amount of Rs. 5,882.43 crore as on March 31, 2010.
Your Company embarked on an ambitious drive of raising Rs. 5,000 crore
during FY 2009-10 by way of bond issuance and bank loans. Buoyed by the
success in FY 2009-10, your Company set a higher target for FY 2010-11
and mobilised Rs. 7,000 crore. The remarkable feat was achieved through
successful nurturing of relationship developed by your Company with
different market participants. The overwhelming response of investors
to the maiden Infrastructure Bond issuance program of your Company
demonstrates the goodwill and confidence enjoyed by your Company among
investors.
(c) Management of Non-Performing Assets
Your Company continued to exploit aggressively all channels available
to it to reduce its NPAs and were successful in doing so. This is
evidenced by NPA recovery of more than Rs. 338 crore surpassing the
recovery budget, of which Rs. 263 crore was by One Time Settlement (OTS)
and Assignment and Rs. 75 crore through Securitization and Reconstruction
of Financial Assets & Enforcement of Security Interest Act (SARFAESI)
and legal route.
In future, your Company has to meet new challenges in resolving NPA
where it holds minority stake and action under SARFAESI is difficult
due to non-receipt of consent from other secured creditors pursuant to
settlement with them by company. IFCI intends to resolve these NPAs by
adopting DRT and High Court route among other recourses available to
it.
(iii) Financial Performance
Your Company''s profit before tax of Rs. 1,166 crore in the current year
is higher by 5% as compared to Rs. 1,115 crore in the previous year
mainly on the strength of creation of fresh assets since April 2008.
Profit after tax of Rs. 706 crore for the year has also shown a growth of
5% over previous year''s profit after tax of Rs. 671 crore.
Standard loans to borrowers which stood at Rs. 6,425 crore as at April 1,
2008 have shown CAGR of 35% and stand at Rs. 15,942 crore as at March 31,
2011. The growth over the previous year''s standard loans to borrowers
of Rs. 11,022 crore is 45%. Total assets have also increased to Rs. 25,915
crore in the current year from Rs. 19,589 crore in previous year
registering a growth of 32%.
Satisfactory levels have been maintained for key financial ratios viz.
interest margin, capital adequacy ratio, debt-equity ratio, debt
service coverage ratio, net worth, etc. Basic EPS increased to Rs. 9.6
per share for the current year vis-a-vis Rs. 9.1 per share for the
previous year. Book Value (excluding Revaluation Reserve) also
increased to Rs. 51 per share as at March 31, 2011 from Rs. 42.7 per share
as at March 31, 2010 (FV Rs. 10/-).
Your Company''s quality of assets continued to be excellent. The ratio
of net NPAs to net advances was as low as 0.97% as at March 31, 2011.
(iv) Segment-wise/Product-wise Performance
Your Company operates in India and hence it is considered to operate
only in the domestic segment. More than 90% of revenue for the Company
comes from a single segment of financing. Accordingly, segment
reporting as required under Accounting Standard-17, issued by The
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, is not applicable.
(v) Opportunities, Threats and Future Outlook
Your Company is well poised to expand and diversify its operations and
performance in accordance with its business strategy. Your Company will
continue to explore possibilities for new business for short term and
medium term with the aim of establishing a niche market for itself in
products like short and medium term loans against liquid securities,
take-out finance and debt swapping. In addition to the normal lending
activities, your Company continues to concentrate on private equity
participation, project development activities, non-fund based income
from advisory services, syndication, underwriting of loans, acquisition
of NPAs from other lenders and thrust on the activities of
subsidiaries/associate companies.
IFCI, as an NBFC-ND-SI, has developed for itself niche products,
covering the entire range of capital structure including debt, equity,
equity related products, mezzanine instruments etc. of short, medium
and long term duration.
The overall economic scenario in the country is worsening and
inflationary pressure has pushed up the cost of funds and impacted
profit margins. However, owing to strong growth in the balance sheet
without NPAs, your Company would continue to improve its top line and
bottom line. On the power front, there exists a huge demand-supply gap
with an all India average energy shortfall of 7% and peak demand
shortfall of 12%. There is over 90,000 MW of new generation capacity
required in the next seven years with over 150,000 MW of hydro power
yet to be tapped. Additional 60,000 circuit km of transmission network
is expected by 2012. Power generation and transmission will continue to
be a potential sector for investment by your Company.
There is an annual growth of 12-15% projected for passenger traffic and
a growth of 15-18% for cargo traffic. Covering 66,590 km,
highways/expressways constitute only 2% of all roads and carry 40% of
the road traffic. This clearly indicates the scope for further
development of highways. Your Company shall leverage on its experience
in bidding for attractive road projects across India.
Growth in merchandise exports projected at over 13% p.a. underlines
the need for large investments in port infrastructure. It is expected
that 95% of foreign trade by volume and 70% by value would be through
the maritime route. The New Foreign Trade Policy envisages doubling of
India''s share in global exports in next five years to USD 150 billion.
Your Company shall continue to aggressively pursue project development
activities in the infrastructure projects by way of participating in
equity as promoter/co-promoter. This endeavour is expected to result in
ample opportunities in future where your Company can involve itself in
appraisal, underwriting, syndication of debt/sub-debt, equity, etc.
besides acting as the lenders'' agent. The said areas would improve the
overall return by way of non-fund based income such as underwriting,
syndication fee etc. Your Company would continue its endeavour to
establish/ re-establish relationship with corporate houses of repute
and standing so as to exploit emerging business opportunities during
the days to come.
Your Company, with its present business model, does not envisage any
major challenge in the short as-well-as medium term perspective. In the
emerging scenario arising out of Government''s move to modify regulatory
requirements which is expected to provide the opportunity to different
players to be more pro-active for economic development of the nation,
your Company has geared up to find its ''niche'' area.
(vi) Risk Management
Managing various types of risks is an inherent part of IFCI''s business.
Business and revenue growth have to be viewed in the context of the
risks implicit in your Company''s business strategy. Recognizing this,
your Company has continued its endeavor to have in place a robust and
integrated risk management system. The risk management strategy is
based on a clear understanding of various risks, a multiplicity of risk
assessment and measurement procedures and continuous monitoring.
Forming part of the risk management architecture of your Company, the
Risk Management Committee of Directors is overseeing all the risks viz.
credit, market, liquidity and operational risks and any other risks,
assumed by your Company. The Committee guides the development of
policies, procedures and systems for managing risk at the
organizational level.
The Audit Committee of Directors provides direction and monitors the
quality of the internal audit function and compliance with systems and
procedures. At the executive level, a Risk Management Committee of
Executives has been constituted to facilitate overseeing of various
risks in a focused manner, supported by an independent risk management
function that looks after all aspects of enterprise-wide risk
management. The risk management function endeavors to anticipate
vulnerabilities at the transaction level or the portfolio level, as
appropriate, through quantitative or qualitative assessment of inherent
risks. Appropriate structure, approved policies and procedures and
review processes are in place through which risk is managed. A
well-established, effective and independent internal control mechanism
exists for supplementing the risk management systems to build risk
consciousness and discipline into decision-making throughout the
Company.
Being primarily a lending institution, credit risk is the most
important for IFCI and therefore, your Company has put in place
comprehensive credit risk management architecture. With appreciable
augmentation of credit portfolio during the year under report, systems
and controls are in place, to mitigate credit risks including exposure
limits for borrowers, borrower groups, industrial sectors, multi-tier
credit appraisal system, risk-based monitoring system, committee system
for considering proposals and detailed risk assessment of new
proposals, which have been further strengthened commensurate with the
volume of business activities. Emphasis is placed on both, evaluation
and containment of risk for individual exposures and analysis of the
portfolio behaviour. The loan policy and risk management policy of your
Company is reviewed periodically keeping in view the changing economic
and business environment. Periodic reviews of existing products and
services are carried out with a view to continuously monitoring the
risks and assisting in control management. Overall portfolio quality
and high risk exposures are also monitored periodically.
Your Company undertakes analysis of industries/sectors where the
exposure levels are sizeable as also to evaluate and capitalize on
business opportunities in the prospective/ sunrise sectors.
As a part of loan review mechanism, credit audit of a majority of the
standard assets with exposure of Rs. 50 crore and above, was taken up
during the year under report, with the objective of detecting
weaknesses, if any, in these exposures and initiating timely corrective
action. The credit audit exercise also provides the top management with
information on quality of credit administration including credit
sanction process, risk evaluation and post-sanction follow-up. Your
Company continues to undertake reviews of large borrower accounts and
related industries/sectors on a regular basis with the objective of
monitoring and managing the risk in the portfolio. In another
initiative towards effectively monitoring the standard asset portfolio,
rapid analysis of quarterly results of assisted concerns, with
particular focus on assessing cash flows and debt servicing capacity as
also detecting early warning signals, if any, were carried out during
the year under report. Credit exposures are managed through target
sectors/corporate/group identification, appropriate credit approval
processes, post- disbursement monitoring and remedial management
procedures.
In order to make the risk management system more robust as also a best
practice, your Company has initiated steps to adopt and make internal
credit risk rating models an integral part of the credit assessment
process. The use of these models is being disseminated at an
organizational level for measuring credit risk in new business
proposals and existing loan portfolios. The internal rating models,
based on two-dimensional rating methodology, have the capacity to
estimate probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD) and
expected loss (EL) in a specific loan asset. During the year under
report, the internal rating process has been streamlined for achieving
faster turnaround time and accelerating credit delivery. From a
portfolio monitoring perspective, the internal rating along with the
size of the exposure would determine the monitoring frequency
applicable to the exposure in line with the policies approved by the
Board. With a view to initiating the process of monitoring the loan
portfolio using these models, ratings of select standard cases were
carried out during the year under report.
The market and liquidity risk is managed by the Asset & Liability
Committee (ALCO) through analysis of structural liquidity gaps and
interest rate sensitivity positions and deployment of surplus funds by
Treasury besides approved limits and triggers for various types of
deployment. The investment policy of your Company is reviewed
periodically in the light of the prevalent market scenario. To manage
the operational risks, there are adequate internal controls and systems
in place aided and assisted by internal audit, remote back-up of data,
disaster management policy and appropriate insurance.
Going forward, with the growth of business and augmentation of loan
portfolio, risk management at IFCI would assume a larger and more
complex role. Your Company would continue to work on various
initiatives which would not only help to develop a more robust risk
management framework but also inculcate a strong culture for risk
management and awareness in the Company. The steps taken would
streamline the mechanism for effective overall institutional risk
management at IFCI.
(vii)Nominee Directors
Appointment of Nominee Directors on the Boards of assisted concerns has
been a long and well established
practice for Institutions and Banks with a view to monitoring the
performance of their borrower companies. The basic objective of such
appointments is to help build up professional management and facilitate
effective functioning of the Board of Directors as well as formulation
of proper corporate policies and strategies to improve productive
efficiency and promote long term growth of the assisted companies,
keeping in view the overall interest of the shareholders and financial
institutions. The feedback reports received from Nominee Directors act
as a useful tool for credit monitoring. The system of Nominee Directors
is functioning effectively in your Company.
(viii) Resources
Your Company continued the initiative of increased levels of resource
mobilization programme undertaken during the previous year 2009-10.
During the year 2010-11, an amount of Rs. 7,000 crore was mobilized
mainly by way of rupee bank facilities and private placement of bonds
at competitive rates. A few new instruments like Tax Saving Bonds and
Commercial Paper were introduced during the year.
Your Company is privileged to have been authorized by the Government of
India for issuance of Long Term Infrastructure Bonds to retail
investors, having tax benefits under Section 80 CCF of Income Tax Act,
1961. The two issues floated by IFCI received overwhelming response and
the total valid subscription of Rs. 370.75 crore was fully allotted. We
are thankful to our investors for their investment and for reposing
their faith and trust in IFCI. The entire proceeds out of these
infrastructure bonds have been fully utilized during the year under
report in infrastructure facilities as defined by the Reserve Bank of
India.
The total borrowing of your Company stood at Rs. 19,265 crore as at March
31, 2011, which comprised of rupee and foreign currency borrowings of Rs.
18,738 crore and Rs. 527 crore respectively.
The investor-wise and instrument-wise break-up of the borrowings as at
March 31, 2011 are indicated below:
Investor service continued to be of utmost importance for your Company.
Investors'' grievances, received in physical or electronic form or
through web-based query submission system, were taken up promptly and
redressed.
(ix) Public Deposits
Your Company did not raise any public deposit during the year. There
was no public deposit outstanding as at the beginning or end of the
year under report.
(x) Internal Control Systems and their Adequacy
Your Company has in place adequate systems of Internal Control and the
Internal Audits are being carried out, based on the scope approved by
the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (ACD). A ''Risk based
Internal Audit'' system has already been introduced, which has made the
Internal Audit more focused and such Reports are constantly reviewed by
ACD.
SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS
(i) Project Development Group (PDG)
Availability of quality infrastructure is a prerequisite of the
sustainable growth of any country. The present growth phase of Indian
economy is also coupled with impetus on the infrastructure sector.
Project development is a part of IFCI''s strategy to enter
infrastructure projects early in their life cycle, ensuring IFCI
reasonable returns on cost of funds. It shares strong relationships
with India''s leading infrastructure companies and is associated with
them throughout the project development life cycle from inception to
commissioning and thereafter nurturing the projects to realize returns.
It is these relationships and the experience of the group in Indian
infrastructure which positions your Company as one of the country''s
largest players in infrastructure investment.
PDG, with its dedicated team of highly qualified and experienced
professionals, has developed invaluable insights into the technical,
practical and financial aspects of the infrastructure sector in general
and power generation and roads in particular. During the year 2010-11,
your Company has made investments in select coal and gas based Thermal
Power, Hydro Power, Wind and Solar Power, Power Transmission, Road,
Port and Logistic Projects and simultaneously increased focus on
providing a gamut of fee-based services in the infrastructure sector.
Going forward, your Company intends to consolidate its position as a
provider of end to end financial services in the infrastructure sector.
(ii) Corporate Advisory Services
In the area of providing customized corporate advisory services, your
Company, despite stiff competition during the year, has not only been
able to retain its existing clients but has also been able to secure
some prestigious new assignments relating to disinvestment of public
sector enterprises on competitive bidding basis, management consultancy
assignments with respect to bid advisory, due diligence, project
appraisal, business re-engineering, besides new assignments with
respect to financial restructuring, business plan, valuation and bid
process management from various private/public sector entities and
Central/State Government(s). During the year, your Company has also
been empanelled by many prestigious clients for various consultancy
assignments.
(iii) Sugar Development Fund
Your Company has been acting as an agent of the Government of India
since the inception of the Sugar Development Fund (SDF) for the purpose
of disbursement, follow up and recovery of SDF loans. Cumulative
approvals and disbursements under SDF upto March 31, 2011 stood at Rs.
4,102 crore and Rs. 3,400 crore respectively. The agency commission
accrued during the year 2009-10 was of the order of Rs. 11.40 crore,
which is likely to be Rs. 14 crore for the year 2010-11. During the year
2010-11, IFCI has received Rs. 19 crore out of the outstanding agency
commission.
Your Company has also carried out merchant appraisals for SDF loans,
which fetched a fee of Rs. 1.85 crore during the year 2010-11 as against
a sum of Rs. 1.24 crore earned during the previous year 2009-10.
(iv) NPA Acquisition and Resolution
Your Company, while managing its NPA portfolio since 2007-08 and
putting exemplary performances in terms of recovery of NPAs, acquired a
very strong expertise in this business segment. Making use of the said
expertise, taking care of the regulatory framework and other
advantageous factors, your Company has floated a separate business
vertical for acquisition of NPAs from Banks and Institutions. The
acquisitions were aimed at further management of the same and unlocking
the true worth out of the said NPAs with substantially higher returns,
compared to normal lending operations. Till date, your Company has
acquired more than 80 NPAs at a total consideration of about Rs. 220
crore and has resolved a substantial number of accounts with a highly
satisfactory annualized return. Your Company will endeavour to attain
still higher levels of such business and to maintain a pre-eminent
position in the NPA business segment.
(v) Human Resources
The revitalisation of Human Resource Management practices has immensely
contributed towards the resurgence that your Company has witnessed over
the last few years. Your Company strongly believes that, going forward,
creating a pool of leaders would be vital for accelerated growth of the
Company. Hence, in the year 2010-11, your Company laid special focus on
the creation of a leadership pipeline. The identified leadership
talent, on the foundation of performance driven culture is being
progressively exposed to challenging assignments.
The manpower strength of your Company as on March 31, 2011 was 264
including 261 executives and professionals as compared to a total
strength of 252 as on March 31, 2010.
Your Company has further strengthened its position as a preferred
employer in the Indian financial sector. During the year, your Company
has been able to attract talent from leading banks and multinational
organizations. Besides, it has recruited 16 young professional from
leading business schools like ISB Hyderabad, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM
Bengaluru, IIM Kolkata and Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi.
Your Company continued its endeavour to upgrade knowledge and skill set
of its employees. Aside from regular in-house behavioural and
functional interventions, employees were nominated to leading
institutes in India and abroad for Executive Education programs.
Employees were also nominated to participate in various conferences and
discussion forums organised by industry so as to provide them platforms
for keeping abreast with the latest developments and also to explore
business opportunities.
(vi) Information Technology and Communications
A software package developed in-house, namely ''Central Integrated
Information System, (CIIS) is an umbrella providing solutions for
automating operations of various activities of your Company. During the
year 2010-11, to meet the current and emerging business needs, the
existing software applications were upgraded with enhanced/added
features.
In a constant endeavour to induct latest technology and improve
operational efficiency, Oracle BI business intelligence software was
implemented. The application provides interactive dashboards with user
level security thereby facilitating Management Information System (MIS)
and facilitating the decision making process of top management. The
system provides visual presentation of data, which can also be
customised by the user by slicing and dicing.
In the efforts to provide IT support to its Associates and
Subsidiaries, the IT team of your Company has implemented the Financial
Accounting, Balance Sheet and Loan Accounting modules of CIIS at Asset
Care & Reconstruction Enterprise Ltd and also implemented the Loan
Accounting modules at IFCI Factors Ltd.
The Video conferencing facility has been established at the Head Office
as well as in the Mumbai and Hyderabad Regional Offices. Additional
firewalls were implemented to enhance the security of the Data Center.
A state-of-art visitor entry and monitoring system was implemented at
Head Office for enhanced security.
Compliance
Timely submission of various returns and data/information to RBI, SEBI
and other regulatory bodies and the Government of India has been
ensured through the Compliance and Secretarial Departments of your
Company at the Head Office.
Cautionary Statement
Statements in Management Discussion and Analysis describing the
Company''s objectives, estimates and expectations may be ''forward
looking'' within the meaning of applicable laws and regulations. Actual
results might differ materially from those expressed or implied.
Corporate Governance
A detailed report on Corporate Governance as stipulated under Clause 49
of the Listing Agreement, is attached to this Report.
Certificate from the Statutory Auditors of the Company regarding
compliance with the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in
Clause 49 of the Listing Agreement has been obtained and is annexed at
the end of Corporate Governance Report.
Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange
Earnings and Outgo
As the Company''s operations do not involve any manufacturing or
processing activities, the particulars as per Companies (Disclosures of
particulars in the Report of the
Board of Directors) Rules, 1998 regarding conservation of energy and
technology absorption, are not applicable. The particulars regarding
expenditure and earning in the foreign exchange are given in Item
Nos.10 and 11 in the Notes on the Accounts.
Particulars of Employees
In terms of provisions of Section 217(2A) of the Companies Act, 1956
read with the Companies (Particulars of Employees) Rules, 1975 as
amended, the names and other particulars of the employees are required
to be set out in the Annexure to the Directors'' Report. However, as per
the provisions of Section 219(1)(b)(iv) of the said Act, the Annual
Report excluding the aforesaid information is being sent to the Members
and others entitled thereto. The Annexure is available for inspection
by members at the Registered Office of the Company during business
hours on working days upto the date of the ensuing Annual General
Meeting.
Appreciation
The Board of Directors of your Company wishes to express its gratitude
for the cooperation, guidance and support received from the Ministry of
Finance, various other Ministries and Departments of the Government of
India, State Governments, the Securities and Exchange Board of India,
the Reserve Bank of India and other regulatory bodies. The Board of
Directors also acknowledges the continued cooperation received from all
overseas correspondent banks and other members of the banking
fraternity.
The Board of Directors would like to thank Banks, Financial
Institutions and other investors and shareholders for their continued
support.
The Directors of your Company place on record their appreciation of the
dedicated and sincere service rendered by the officers and staff at all
levels.
For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
Place: New Delhi
Dated: July 28, 2011 P G MURALIDHARAN
Chairman of the Board
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