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1. Reconciliation Reconciliation of Inter Bank and Inter Branch transactions has been completed up to 31.3.2013 and steps for elimination of outstanding entries are in progress. The management does not anticipate any material consequential effect on reconciliation / elimination of outstanding entries. 2. Investments 2.1 In accordance with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, the Investments Portfolio of the Bank (domestic) has been classified into three categories, as given below: - 2.2 SLR Securities under Held to Maturity accounted for 22.92% (previous year 22.54%) of Bank''s Demand and Time liabilities as at the end of March 2013, as against the ceiling of 25% stipulated by RBI. 2.3 In respect of Held to Maturity category of Investments, premium of Rs.57.52 crore was amortised during the year (Previous year Rs.52.53 crore). 2.4 Securities of face value for Rs.450 crore (previous year Rs.300 crore) towards Settlement Guarantee Fund and securities for Rs.8455 crore (previous year Rs.8455 crore) towards collateral for borrowing under Collateralised Borrowing and Lending Obligations have been kept with Clearing Corporation of India Limited. We have placed securities of face value Rs.3700 crore with RBI for intraday borrowing. We have also placed securities to the extent of Rs.11050 crore with RBI for our borrowing under the LAF window. Besides, a sum of Rs.15 crore (previous year Rs.10 crore) have been lodged with NSCCL towards Currency Derivatives Segment and Rs. 15 crore (previous year Rs. 10 crore) with CCIL towards Default Fund for forex operations. 2.5 Shares under Investments in India in Regional Rural Banks is Rs.222.04 crore (Previous year Rs.36.24 crore) includes amount towards share capital Deposits and Rs.184.75 crore towards Application money pending allotment of shares. 2.6 The Bank sold Government Securities from HTM category during the year, both outright and under RBI''s Open Market Operations(OMO). The total notified amount of buy back was Rs.138000 crore. The extent of sale by the Bank was Rs.4430 crore, book value (BV) and earned a profit of Rs.34.55 crore. The Bank has also sold Government Securities (other than OMO), to the extent of Rs.1875 crore (BV) (within 5%, prescribed limit of RBI) and booked a profit of Rs.71.10 crore. 3. Advances 3.1 The Classification for advances and provisions for possible loss has been made as per prudential norms issued by Reserve Bank of India. 3.2 Claims pending settlement and claims yet to be lodged with Guarantee Institutions identified by the branches have been considered for provisioning requirements on the basis that such claims are valid and recoverable. 3.3 In assessing the realisability of certain advances, the estimated value of security, Central Government guarantees etc. have been considered for the purpose of asset classification and income recognition. 3.4 The classification of advances, as certified by the Branch Managers have been incorporated, in respect of unaudited branches. 3.5 In compliance with RBI guidelines, Bank maintained a Counter Cyclical Provisioning Buffer of Rs.811.06 crore as at 31.3.2013. 3.6 During the financial year full provision of Rs.227.47 crore computed at branch level as per IRAC norms, on secured portion of certain advances under doubtful category amounting to Rs. 1938.76 crore has been set off for partial write-off of these advances at Central Office, The total outstanding of these advances is Rs.2520.77 crore out of which the amount written off is Rs.871.15 crore. 4. Fixed Assets 4.1 During the year 2008-09, certain land and buildings in India, were revalued through approved valuers and Rs.1123.55 crore added to the carrying value of assets on account of such revaluation. 4.2 Profit on Sale of Assets for Rs.0.82 crore (previous year Rs.1.18 crore), has been appropriated to Capital Reserve. 5. Rupee Interest Rate Swap An amount of Rs.3.83 crore (previous year Rs.5.92 crore) is held kept on deferred income on account of gains on termination of Rupee Interest Rate Swaps taken for hedging and would be recognized over the remaining contractual life of swap or life of the assets/liabilities, whichever is earlier. 6. Capital and Reserves: 6.1 During the financial year, in March 2013, Bank raised equity share capital of Rs.999.99 crore (previous year Rs.1743.63 crore) including share premium of Rs.872.90 crore (previous year Rs.1565.38 crore) by way of preferential allotment of 12,70,97,102 equity shares to Government of India (previous year 14,73,11,388 equity shares to Government of India and 3,09,37,467 equity shares to LIC and its various schemes aggregating to 17,82,48,855 equity shares) at a premium of Rs.68.68 per equity share (previous year Rs.87.82 per equity share). Pursuant to the above the shareholding of the Government of India has increased from 69.62% to 73.80%. 6.2 The Bank has not raised Tier II capital during the current year or in the previous year. 7. Taxes 7.1 Taking into consideration the decisions of Appellate Authorities, judicial pronouncements and the opinion of tax experts, no provision is considered necessary in respect of disputed and other demands of income tax aggregating Rs.1208.42 crore (previous year Rs.592.32 crore). 7.2 Tax expense for the year is Rs.180.25 crore (Previous year Rs.247.58 crore). 8. Unamortised Pension and Gratuity Liability On the reopening of pension to employees of Public Sector Banks and enhancement of Gratuity limits, the Bank incurred a liability of Rs.1005.21 crore in 2010-11. In terms of requirement of Accounting Standard (AS 15) Employee Benefits, the entire amount of Rs.1005.21 crore is required to be charged to Profit and Loss Account. In terms of Reserve Bank of India circular No.DBOD.BP.BC.80/ 21.04.018/2010-11, on Reopening of Pension Option to employees of Public Sector Banks and enhancement in Gratuity limits - Prudential Regulatory Treatment, dated 09.02.2011, Bank would amortise the amount of Rs.1005.21 crore over a period of 5 years from 31.3.2011. Accordingly, Rs.201.04 crore (previous year Rs.201.04 crore) has been charged to Profit and Loss Account for the year 2012-13 and the balance amount of Rs.402.09 crore has been carried over. Had the RBI not issued such a circular, the Revenue Reserves of the Bank would have been lower by Rs.402.09 crore pursuant to application of the requirements of AS-15. 9. Information relating to vendors registered under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 and from whom goods and services have been procured by the Bank, is being ascertained. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES In accordance with the guidelines issued by Reserve Bank of India vide Master Circular dated 2.7.2012, the following additional disclosures are made:- 10.1 DISCLOSURES ON RISK EXPOSURE IN DERIVATIVES 10.1.1 Qualitative Disclosure Treasury (Foreign) The Bank uses Interest Rate Swaps (IRS), Currency Swaps and Options for hedging purpose to mitigate interest rate risk and currency risk in banking book. The Bank also offers these products to corporate clients to enable them to manage their own currency and interest rate risk. Such transactions are entered only with Clients and Banks having agreements in place. a) The Risk Management Policy of the Bank allows using of derivative products to hedge the risk in Interest/ Exchange rates that arise on account of overseas borrowing/ FCNR(B) portfolio/ the asset liability mis- match, for funding overseas branches etc., and also to offer derivative products on back- to- back basis to customers. b) The Bank has a system of evaluating the derivatives exposures separately and placing appropriate credit lines for execution of derivative transactions duly reckoning the Net Worth and security backing of individual clients. c) The Bank has set in place appropriate control systems to assess the risks associated in using derivatives as hedge instruments and proper risk reporting systems are in place to monitor all aspects relating to derivative transactions. The Derivative transactions were undertaken only with banks and counterparties well within their respective exposure limit approved by appropriate credit sanctioning authorities for each counter party. d) The Bank has set necessary limits in place for using derivatives and its position is continuously monitored. e) The Bank has a system of continuous monitoring and appraisal of resultant exposures across the administrative hierarchy for initiation of necessary follow up actions. f) Derivatives are used by the Bank to hedge the Bank''s Balance sheet and offered to select corporate clients on back-to-back basis. In respect of hedge transactions the value and maturity of hedges has not exceeded that of the underlying exposure. In respect of back-to-back transactions the transactions with clients are fully matched with counter party Bank transactions and there is no uncovered exposure. g) The income from such derivatives are amortized and taken to Profit and Loss Account on accrual basis over the life of the contract. In case of early termination of swaps undertaken for Balance Sheet management, income on account of such gains would be recognized over the remaining contractual life of the swap or life of the assets/liabilities whichever is lower. In case of early termination of derivatives undertaken for customers on a back- to- back basis, income on account of such things will be recognized on termination. h) All the hedge transactions are accounted on accrual basis. Valuations of the outstanding contracts are done on Mark to Market basis. The Bank has duly approved Risk Management and Accounting procedures for dealing in Derivatives. i) The derivative transactions are conducted in accordance with the extant guidelines of Reserve Bank of India. Treasury (Domestic) The Bank uses Rupee Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) for hedging purpose to mitigate interest rate risk in Govt. Securities and to reduce the cost of Subordinated Debt and term deposits. In addition, the Bank also enters into rupee interest rate swaps for trading purposes as per the policy duly approved by the Board. Swap transactions are entered only with Banks having ISDA agreements in place. a) The Bank has put in place an appropriate structure and organization for management of risk, which includes treasury department, Asset Liability Management Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Board. b) Derivative transactions carry Market Risk (arising from adverse movement in interest rates), Credit risk (arising from probable counter party failure), Liquidity risk (arising from failure to meet funding requirements or execute the transaction at a reasonable price), Operational risk, Regulatory risk and Reputation risk. The Bank has laid down policies, set in place appropriate control systems to assess the risks associated in using derivatives and proper risk reporting and mitigation systems are in place to monitor all risks relating to derivative transactions. The IRS transactions were undertaken with only Banks as counter party and well within the exposure limit approved by the Board of Bank for each counter party. c) Derivatives are used by the Bank for trading and hedging. The Bank has an approved policy in force for derivatives and has set necessary limits for the use of derivatives and the position is continuously monitored. The value and maturity of the hedges which are used only as back to back or to hedge Bank''s Balance Sheet has not exceeded that of the underlying exposure. d) The accounting policy for derivatives has been drawn up in accordance with RBI guidelines, as disclosed in Schedule 17-Significant Accounting Policies (Policy No.6) 11.1.1 Provision Coverage Ratio The Provision Coverage Ratio (PCR) computed as per the RBI guidelines stood at 58.89% as on 31.3.2013 (67.68% as on 31.3.2012). 12.1 De tails of Single Borrower Limit (SBL), Group Borrower Limit (GBL) exceeded by the Bank: As per RBI guidelines and terms of Loan Policy Document of our Bank for 2012-13, the permissible level of Single Borrower exposure limit is Rs.2640.45 crore (15% of Capital funds) and Rs.7041.20 crore for Group Borrower limit (40% of Capital funds). SBL and GBL in case of overseas branches is USD 40 Mio and USD 60 Mio respectively. During the year 2009-10, the Bank has issued a Letter of Comfort (LOC) undertaking to maintain a minimum CRAR of 12% in respect of Bangkok branch and to arrange to convert retained earnings to capital funds and/ or infuse further capital in order to restore the CRAR to a minimum of 12% subject to approval from RBI. In the worst case scenario of the entire textile exposure of the branch becoming NPA, we may have to make additional provision to the extent of THB235.186 mio being unsecured portion of standard textile advances. The additional provisions have to be made from retained earnings. The existing retained earnings of the branch as on 31.03.2013 are at THB315.287 mio. Hence if this contingency arises, there would be no additional capital to be remitted as existing reserves are adequate to cover the unsecured amount. During the year 2010-11, the Bank has issued a letter of comfort favoring Bank Negara Malaysia. The Bank in association with other JV partners will provide support to India International Bank (Malaysia) Bhd in funding, business and other matters as and when required and ensure that it complies with the requirements of the Malaysian Laws, Regulations and Policies in the conduct of its business operations and management. The financial impact for the letter of undertaking issued to Bank Negara Malaysia is remittance of our share of 35% of the paid up capital of MYR310 mio ie. MYR108.500 mio. Our Bank has so remitted INR186,30,62,371/- towards the capital of MYR108.500 mio. 13. DISCLOSURES IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 13.1 Accounting Standard 9 - Revenue Recognition Revenue has been recognized as described in item No. 2 of Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule 17. 13.2 Accounting Standard 15 - Employee Benefits i) The Bank has adopted Accounting Standard 15 (Revised) Employees Benefits issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, with effect from 1st April 2007. ii) The summarized position of Post-employment benefits and long term employee benefits recognized in the Profit & Loss Account and Balance Sheet as required in accordance with Accounting Standard-15 (Revised) are as under: The estimates of future salary increases, considered in actuarial valuation, take into account actual return on plan assets, inflation, seniority, promotion and other relevant factors, such as supply and demand in employee market. In respect of overseas branches, disclosures if any, required for Employee Benefit Schemes are not made in the absence of information. (b) The financial assumptions considered for the calculations are as under:- Discount Rate: - The discount rate has been chosen by reference to market yield on Government bonds as on the date of valuation. (Balance sheet dated 31.3.2013) Expected Rate of Return: In case of Pension the expected rate of return is taken on the basis of yield on Government bonds. In case of gratuity, the actual return has been taken. Salary Increase: On the basis of past data. (c) Bank''s best estimate expected to be paid in the next Financial Year for Gratuity is 160 crore. 13.3 Accounting Standard 17 - Segment Reporting The Bank has adopted Reserve Bank of India''s revised guidelines issued in April 2007 on Segment Reporting in terms of which the reportable segments have been divided into Treasury, Corporate/Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking and Other Banking Operations. 13.4 Accounting Standard 21 - Consolidated Financial Statements (CFS) As there is no subsidiary, no consolidated financial statement is considered necessary. 13.5 Accounting Standard 22: Accounting for Taxes on Income The Bank has accounted for reversal of Deferred Tax Liability of Rs.399.33 crore during the year (Previous year accounting of DTL of Rs.330.16 crore). The Bank has outstanding net Deferred Tax Liability of Rs.230.49 crore (Previous year Rs.628.96 crore). The breakup of deferred tax assets and liabilities into major items is given below: 13.6 Accounting Standard 26 - Intangible Assets The application software in use in the Bank has been developed in-house and has evolved over a period of time. Hence, the costs of software is essentially part of Bank''s operational expenses like wages etc. and as such are charged to the respective heads of expenditure in the Profit and Loss Account. 13.7 Accounting Standard 27 - Financial Reporting of Interests in Joint Ventures Our Bank (with 35% share) has floated a Joint Venture at Malaysia along with Bank of Baroda (40%) and Andhra Bank (25%). Bank Negara, the Central Bank of Malaysia, issued the license to the Joint Venture on 16.04.2010. The Joint Venture was incorporated at Malaysia on 13.08.2010 by name INDIA INTERNATIONAL BANK (MALAYSIA) BHD (IIBM). IIBM has an Authorised Capital of MYR500 Mio. The Joint Venture''s Assigned Capital is MYR310 Mio. Our Bank''s share in the Assigned up Capital is 35% - MYR108.50 Mio. As on 31.3.2013, Bank has paid Rs.186.31 crore towards 10850000 shares of MYR10 each aggregating to MYR108.50 Mio. The Joint Venture has commenced operations on 11.7.2012. 13.8 Accounting Standard 28 - Impairment of Assets Fixed Assets owned by the Bank are treated as ''Corporate Assets'' and are not ''Cash Generating Units'' as defined by AS28 issued by ICAI. In the opinion of the Management, there is no impairment of any of the Fixed Assets of the Bank. 13.9 Accounting Standard 29 - Provision for Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets: The guidelines issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India in this respect have been incorporated at the appropriate places. 14 Comparative Figures Previous year''s figures have been regrouped / rearranged wherever necessary. |
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