MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

06.10.2007

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

BANK OF MAHARASHTRA

 

 

Registered Office :

Lokmangal, 1501, Shivajinagar, Pune - 411 005, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2007

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

1935

 

 

Legal Form :

A Government of India Bank.

 

 

Line of Business :

Banking activities

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

A

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Fairly Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

Large

 

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a reputed Bank of the Government of India engaged in all kinds of banking activities. The Bank is making steady progress in its performance. The Bank’s trade relations are fair. Payments are correct and as per commitments.

 

It can be considered good for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Lokmangal, 1501, Shivajinagar, Pune - 411 005, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Tel. No.:

91-20–2553731/2322733/2322735/28/32 /25511360

Fax No.:

91-20-2553246/2323924/2322581/ 25513122

E-Mail :

info@bank-of-maharashtra.com

info@maharashtrabank.com

Website :

http://www.bank-of-maharashtra.com

http://www.maharashtrabank.com

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. M D Mallya

Designation :

Chairman & Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. N. Deshpande

Designation :

Officer Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. V. Dugade

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. A Ali Azizi

Designation :

Director(PartTime NonOfficial)

 

 

Name :

Mr. A L Patil

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Anand Kamalnayan Pandit

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S C Bhargava

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Rajiv Madhok

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Tarun Bajaj

Designation :

Govt. Nominee Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. S.K. Gogia

Designation :

R.B.I. Nominee Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. D.R. Tuljapurkar

Designation :

Workman Employee Director

 

 

Name :

Ms. P. Bolina

Designation :

Govt. Nominee Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. H.R. Khan

Designation :

RBI Nominee Director

 


 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

General Manager :

Mr.  R.D. Velankar

Mr. A. S. Banerjee

Mr. B. K. Piparaiya

Mr. M.A. Sardesai

Mrs. S.A. Panse

Mr. V. Kannan

Mr. M. S. Joshi

Mr. K. H. Waze

Mr. V.E. Dalvi

Mr. A.T. Halasgikar

Mr. V. Y. Chhapekar

Mr. K. Parthsarthy (Upto 29-04-2006)

Mr. V.V. Karandikar (Upto 31-07-2006)

Mr. M.P. Kale (Upto 31-12-2006)

Mr. S.R. Joshi (Upto 31-01-2007)

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. Mohanty

Designation :

Chief Vigilance Officer

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

Government of India

330520000

76.77

Banks, FIs and Insurance companies

18626120

4.33

Mutual funds

1100000

0.26

FIIs, NRIs and OCBs

31244548

7.26

Domestic companies

4677662

1.09

Indian Public

44351670

10.29

Total

430520000

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Banking activities

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

13893 [4,291 officers, 6,674 clerks and 2,928 sub staff]

 

 

Bankers :

Reserve Bank of India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Satisfactory

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

M. Mittal & Aggarwal

Chartered Accountants

New Delhi

 

Jagdish Chand & Company

Chartered Accountants

New Delhi

 

S.K. Mehta & Company

Chartered Accountants

New Delhi

 

C. R. Sagdeo & Company

Chartered Accountants

Nagpur

 

Shah Baheti Chandak & Company

Chartered Accountants

Nagpur

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

Magic e-money Limited

46, Gurukripa, Mukundnagar, Pune – 411 037

Tel No. 91-20-5653024 / 34 / 44

E Mail :  magicemoney@vsnl.com

Website :  http://www.magicemoney.com

 

Subject is incorporated on 23rd November, 2000 and commenced business on 03.01.2001.  It is a joint venture company floated by Bank of Maharashtra in association with Magic Software Enterprises (Israel), NextStep Infotech Private Limited, Pune and Dena Bank.  It caters to the I.T. related requirements of banking and financial institutions in India and abroad.  It provides solutions for Anywhere Branch Banking, Net Banking, e-Banking, Smart Card based applications, ATMs, Point of Sale (POS), Customer Relation Management (CRM), Net Connectivity, etc.

 

Subsidiaries

 

The Maharashtra  Executor & Trustee Company Limited

-     It was incorporated in the year 1946.  The bank not only deals with deposits and advances but with persons and it is closely associated with the clients affairs as a friend and guide.

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

1500000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 15000.000 Millions

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

330520000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 3305.200 Millions

100000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 10/- each

Rs. 1000.000 Millions

 

Total

 

Rs. 4305.200 Millions

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

Share Capital

4305.200

4305.200

4305.200

Reserves and Surplus

13113.660

11416.238

11119.000

Deposits

339193.385

269061.875

288441.700

Borrowings

2009.008

4883.804

7211.400

Other Liabilities and Provisions

31473.474

22478.020

17903.600

 

 

 

 

GRAND TOTAL

390094.727

312145.137

328980.900

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances with Reserve bank of India

22702.036

18733.285

21293.200

Balances with banks and Money at call and short notice

10711.805

5154.047

17440.200

Investments

112983.955

113542.619

14479.500

Advances

229193.849

164697.255

130616.400

Fixed Assets

2148.990

1842.147

1829.000

Other assets

12354.092

8175.784

13006.600

 

 

 

 

GRAND TOTAL

390094.727

312145.137

328980.900

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Interest Earned

27220.400

24744.500

23676.900

Other Income

4342.100

3100.000

4401.500

TOTAL

31562.500

27844.500

28078.400

 

 

 

 

Interest expended

16278.400

15028.900

14860.300

Operating Expenses

9114.300

9149.400

7269.200

Provisions & Contingencies

3451.400

3158.300

4177.700

TOTAL

28844.100

27336.600

26307.200

 

 

 

 

Net Profit for the year

2718.400

507.900

1771.200

Prior Year Adjustments

0.000

0.000

0.000

Profit brought forward

408.400

312.300

4.700

TOTAL

3126.800

820.200

1775.900

 

 

QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

 

30.06.2007

Type

 

 

1st Quarter

Sales Turnover

 

 

8187.100

Other Income

 

 

541.100

Total Income

 

 

8728.200

Total Expediture

 

 

2363.000

Operating Profit

 

 

6365.200

Interest

 

 

5122.400

Gross Profit

 

 

1242.800

Depreciation

 

 

0.000

Tax

 

 

427.000

Reported PAT

 

 

815.800

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

31.03.2005

Credit Deposit Ratio

64.76

52.97

44.84

Investment Deposit Ratio

37.24

46.34

51.68

Cash Deposit Ratio

6.81

7.18

12.06

Interest Expended/Interest Earned

59.80

60.74

62.76

Other Income/Total Income

13.76

11.13

15.68

Operating Expense/Total Income

28.88

32.86

25.89

Interest Income/Total Funds

7.76

7.72

7.28

Interest Expended /Total Funds

4.64

4.69

4.57

Net Interest Income/Total Funds

3.12

3.03

2.71

Non Interest Income/Total Funds

1.24

0.97

1.35

Operating Expense/Total Income

2.60

2.86

2.23

Profit Before Provisions/Total Funds

1.76

1.14

1.83

Net Profit/Total Funds

0.77

0.16

0.54

Return On Net Worth(%)

16.68

3.32

12.14

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Business

 

The Bank undertakes all types of banking business. The bank is entrusted with the lead responsibility of six districts in the state of Maharashtra. The Bank has sponsored three Regional Rural Banks in Maharashtra State - Marathwada Gramin Bank, Nanded, Aurangabad - Jalna GraminBank, Thane Gramin Bank, Thane, The Bank has established five Farmers' Service Cooperative societies (FSCS) and has adopted 576 villages under the Village Improvement Programme. The Bank extends finance for various Government schemes such as IRDP, Self Employment Scheme for Educated Unemployed Youths, Self Employment Programmed for Urban Poor, Scheme for Development of SC/ST and minority communities. Bank finance is also extended to farm mechanisation Horticulture and Fisheries, Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation and other Institutions. The Maharashtra executor and Trustee Company Limited is the subsidiary company of the bank handles all types of executor and trustee business and operates through its four offices at Pune, Bombay, Nagpur and Thane.

 

The bank has fine tuned its services to cater to the needs of the comman man and incorporated the latest technology in banking offering a variety of services.

 

The bank excels in social banking. It has a good share of priority sector lending having 48% of its branches in rural areas.

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS: 


MACRO ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT: 

 
Gross Domestic Panel (GDP): 

 
The DIDP registered a growth of 9.2 per cent in 2006-07 as per the advance estimates of CSO, as against 9.0 per cant for the previous year. The overall macroeconomic fundamentals are robust, particularly with tangible progress towards fiscal consolidation and a strong balance of payments position. With an upsurge to investment, the outlook is distinctly upbeat The performance of India. Economy is sustained and expected to continue the same in the coming year. 

 
The industry grew at 10.2 per cent as against 8.0 per cent in the previous year. The manufacturing sector remained the key driver or Industrial growth dad contributed the must with a growth of 11.3 per cent coupled by an impressive growth in the electricity, gas and water supply sectors. The services sector also achieved higher growth of 11.0 per cent compared to 10.3 per cent in the previous year. 

 
The agriculture sector saw a decrease in growth in the year at the rate of 27 per cent in comparison to the earlier figure of 6.0 per cent, But the production of food grains during 2006-07 is likely to be 211.8 million tones showing an increase of 15 per cent over the previous year. 

 
The share of agriculture sector, industry rector and services sector in the real GDP have been 18.5 per cent, 19.6 Per cent and 61.9 per cent consecutively. 

 
Gross Domestic Sewing PODS), as par cent of GDP at current market prices, to road to 32.4 per coal in 2005-06 from 31.1 per cent in 2004-05. The GDS of house hold sector has been 223 per cent during 2005-06. The rate of investment increased by 23 per cent to reach 33.8 per cent of GDP in 2005-06. 

 
Inflation: 
 
The 52 weeks average of WPI inflation rare increased as 5.4% which is higher than the year before figure of 4.4%. The year on year WPI was 5.7 per cant as on 31st March 2007. The inflation figures were dominated by the rise in prices of the primary products, with the prices of the manufactured products also along with the customary price movements of petroleum products. 

 
Among the major groups, prices of primary articles led by wheat, pulses, milk, oilseeds and raw colon posed upward pressures on inflation during 2006-07. Manufactured products inflation increased to 5.8 per cent as on 31st March 2007 from 1.9 Per cent a year ago. 

 
Inflation at the global level was a can, sc of concern for major economies which got reflected in the hardening of the lending rates by their Central Banks. However, the level remains relatively modest in several economies in Asia, reflecting both pre-emptive monetary tightening as well as appreciation of the exchange rates. 

Bank Credit: 

As on the last reporting Friday of March 07, bank credit stood at Rs.19231920 Millions spore, reflecting a rise of Rs.4161150 Million civic during the year.

The CD ratio stood at 74.13 per cent. The credit expansion which was anvil 31% at the start of the year moderated during the later part of the year. 

As regards credit, the SCBs registered a growth of 27.6 per cent as against 30.8 per cent a year ago. About 35 per cent of incremental non-food credit was absorbed by industry and another 12 per cent by agriculture. 29 per cent of the incremental a lead credit was taken up as Personal loans, mainly as loans to the housing sector and 'other retail loans'. The note worthy thing is that the loans to commercial real estate, which increased by 663 per cent, on year on year bass absorbed 4.1 per cent of incremental non-food credit. 

Pool Credit: 

Food Credit recorded a rise of Rs. 58300 Millions as on 30.03.07 over the corresponding period last year and the outstanding level reached to Rs. 465200 Millions. 

 
Non-food Credit: 

The non-food credit stood at Rs.18766720 Millions as on 30.03.07 as against Rs.14663870 Millions a year ago. The growth rate was 28 per cent during 2005-06 as against 31.8 per cent during the previous year. 

EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS: 

Exports: 
 
India's merchandise exports (in US dollar terms and on customs basis), which have been growing continuously at a high pace of more than 20 percent since 2002-03, continued its momentum and grew by 23.4 par cent to cross the US$100 billion mark in 2005-06. exports during 2006-07, which gained momentum after a slow start, reached US$89.5 billion with growth of 36.3 per cent on provisional to provisional (POP) basis. India's significant export growth en scent years was on account of a host of favourable external developments and domestic policy initiatives. Improved global growth and recovery in world trade aided the growth of Indian exports. 
 
Imports: 
 
In the current year, imports to grow, though at a slightly decelerated pace due to the fall in gold and silver imports. The 36.3 per cent growth in imports in April-December 2006 was substantially contributed by the growth in petroleum imports at 39.2 per cent due to high erode oil prices. While the trend of negative growth of gold and silver imports, which started in December 2005, continued even in the first few months of the current year, there has been a reversal in this mend from August 2006 with a very high growth of around 182 per cent in September 2006. This as due to the softening of international gold prices which fell from a high of $675.4 per troy ounce in May 2006 to $598.2 per troy ounce in September 2006, coupled with the festival demand both for domestic consumption said for exports.

With gold and silver import growth at 15.5 per cent in April-December 2006, non-POL import growth also picked up to 18.7 per cent. 

Trade Deficit: 

Trade deficit reached a record high of US$46 billion (as per customs data) in 2005-06 and US$41.7 billion in the first nine months of the current year. With rapid growth in non- POL imports, even the dam. POL trade balance turned negative to US$(-)5.3 billion in 2004-05, made more than doubled to 2005-06 to US$(-)14.0 billion. Non-POL trade deficit in the first seven months of the current year al US$(-)9.6 billion was higher than such deficit of US$(-)7.6 billion in the first seven months of the previous year. 

Forex Reserves: 

India's foreign exchange reserves were US $199.2 billion as on 31.03.07, showing an increase of US $47.6 billion over last year. The increase in reserves was mainly due to increase in foreign currency locals from US $145.1 billion as an 31.03.06 to US $191.9 billion is on 31.03.07. As on 13.04.07, India's foreign exchange reserves were US $203.1 billion. 

PERFORMANCE OF THE BANK: 

During the year the Bank has been able to show a good account of inch on all the business parameters. There has been a robust growth in overall business aided by a strong growth both on deposit and the credit front as well as non-interest income and high recoveries, As a consequence, the bottom line has improved considerably both at the operating and net levels resulting into better efficiency ratios. An analysis of the performance of the Bank during the year is given hereunder. 

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: 

Capital and Reserves: 

The capital of the Bank stood at Rs. 4305.200 Millions as an 31.03.07 and there was no change in the capital during the year. 

The net worth of the Bank increased to Rs.17156.100 Millions as on 31.03.07 as against Rs.15445.100 Millions as on 31.03 06 due to plough back of profits. 

During the year, the Bank issued by way of private placement, Unsecured Redeemable Non-Convertible Subordinate Tier-II Bonds of Rs.2250 Millions for a period of 10 years and Upper Tier-II Bands of Rs.6500 Millions in three tranches for a period of 15 years to augment capital funds. 

Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR): 

As on 31.03.07, the CAR of the Bank stood at 12.06 per cent as against 11.27 per cent for last year. The minimum stipulated norm by RBI is 9 per cent. The Tier I capital was 6.03 per cent. 

Income and Expenditure: 

There has been a significant increase in the income level due to growth in core operations, an increase of Rs.4603.900 Millions which translates into a growth of 18.22 per cent. 

The credit book has witnessed an impressive growth of 37.36 per cent and hence the interest on loans and advances has reflected a growth 44.04 per cent over the pension, year. The interest income has increased to Rs.17047.900 Millions during the year compared to Rs.11835.400 Millions during previous year. 

The low cost deposits have shown an impressive growth which constitute 43.16% of total deposits and as a consequence the cost of deposits has bean low at 5.12 per cent as against 5.16 per cent last year. Yield on Advances has improved to 8.89 per cent as against 8.27 par cent previous year. Yield on investments was 8.55 per cent during the year as against 8.94 per cent during the previous year. 

Non-interest income excluding treasury gains also showed a substantial growth of 407.37 per cent over persons year. 
 
The total expenditure was Rs.27152.500 Millions as against Rs.24759 Millions during the previous year. 

Profitability: 
 
The Bank was able to exhibit a robed growth in its business working which grew by 30.46 per cent and as a result the operating profit increased to Rs.6132 Millions as against Rs.3650.700 Millions for the previous year. This increase has been possible due to a substantial increase to credit, non-interest income and recoveries. 

The net profit after making all the provisions registered a growth of 435.22 per cent to Rs.2718.900 Millions as against Rs.507.900 Millions for the last year. 

The improved earnings have also had a positive impact on the various efficiency parameters. Return on Assets (ROA) has increased to 0.76 per cent compared 0.16 per cent during previous year. The Earnings Per Share (EPS) has increased to Rs.631 as against Rs.1.18 during previous year. 

The book value per share has gone upto Rs.34.81 as compared to Rs.31.34 during the previous year. 

BANKS OPERATIONS: 

 

Business: 
 
The total business of the Bank has increased to Rs.573820 Millions, registering a substantial growth of 30.46 per cent from the level of Rs.439860 Millions as on 31.03.06. 

 

Resources: 
 
The total deposits have action to Rs.339190 Millions as against Rs.269060 Millions. The demand deposits have risen to Rs.146390 Millions from Rs.115250 Millions as on 31.03.06, recording a growth of 27.02 per cent no key feature has been that the share of demand deposits to total deposits continues to be over 43 per cent. 

Credit Deployment: 

Credit deployment is undertaken in conformity with the various directives and guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India and Government of India.

The Bank has a flexible lending policy, which provides for meeting changes in economic scenario, competitive element in banking and reforms introduces from time to time. The policy enunciates thrust areas, risk factors and also sets out credit exposure limits. The credit policy was last reviewed in July 2006. 

The Bank has maintained a diversified credit portfolio and has provided credit to the major sectors such as industry, agriculture, exports, etc.

The Bank continued its efforts in financing manufacturing and infrastructure projects. 

There has been a strong growth in credit portfolio, an increase of 37.37 per cent over the last year, attaining a gross advances figure of Rs.234620 Millions from Rs.170800 Millions as of 31.03.06. 

The net advances also increased from Rs.164697.200 Millions as on 31.03.06 to Rs.229193.800 Millions recording a growth of 39.16 per cent. 

The credit deposit ration has improved to 69.17 per cent from 63.48 per cent. 

Retail financing: 

The Bank has been focussing on retail credit has been providing an array of products to the customers. During the year new products were also introduced and suitable changes were incorporated on the existing loan schemes so as to make them customer friendly as well as competitive. The retail grew by 60.74 per cent to Rs.36827.600 Millions which constitutes 15.7 per cent of the total advances. 

Housing Loans: 

To promote the housing in rural and urban areas, the Bank has considered housing loans. The Bank has also tied up with a few builders and developers to market the product. The Bank has also been participating in various exhibitions conducted on real estate. Housing loans are also made available to NRIs. The Bank is also implementing Golden Jubilee Rural Housing Finance Scheme in rural areas with a population not exceeding 50,000 (as per 1991 census). The Bank's retail housing loans increased from Rs.15274.400 Millions to Rs. 21658.900 Millions, registering a growth of 41.80 per cent over the previous year. 

Educational Loan Scheme: 

Under the educational loan scheme the Bank has been proactive and giving loans to the student community and has entered into tie ups with educational institutions. Total loans disbursed were to the extent of Rs.1684.600 Millions as on 31.3.07. 

Borrowings: 
 
 The borrowings of the Bank as on 31.3.07 stood at Rs.1223.500 Millions, which included refinance of Rs.2019 Millions, availed from NABARD, SIDBI and NHB.

The total borrowings as on 31.03.06 were Rs.4883.800 Millions. 

 Investments: 
 
Since the Bank's focus was to increase credit port folio, the investments have registered a marginal decline over previous year. The Bank has also shifted its securities at the beginning of the year from Available For Sale (AFS) category to Held To Maturity (HTM) category. As on 31.3.07, the HTM category formed 79.29 per cent of total investments. The Investments of the Bank as on 31.03.07 stood at Rs.112980 Millions against Rs.113540 Millions during the previous year. 

Foreign Exchange Business and Export Finance: 

The Bank achieved a Merchant Turnover of Rs.151410 Millions during 2006-07, registering a rise of 30 per cent over the previous year. While Exports & inward Remittances accounted for Rs.77890 Millions i.e., 51.44 per cent of the total merchant business, Imports & Outward Remittances accounted as on 31.3.07 was Rs.73520 Millions of the turnover. Export Credit outstanding as on 31.03.07 was Rs.8900 Millions as against Rs.5190 Millions as on 31.03.06 registering a growth rate of 71 per cent over the previous year. The demand for foreign currency funds from customers was met by Bank from its own sources. 25 branches are handling foreign exchange business and all these branches are provided with SWIFT connectivity. 

With a view to providing update to exporters and importers the Bank organized customer meets and exporter seminars at various centres. A weekly forex news letter providing market update to forex clients has also been introduces by the Bank. Forex income during the year was Rs.580 Millions and income from commission business was Rs.160 Millions. 

Asset Performance: 

The Bank has a Recovery Management Policy which lays down the broad guidelines for effective management of non-performing advances. The policy was reviewed on 7th July, 2006. 

The Bank has implemented provisions of enforcement of security under SARFAESI Act by issuing 2134 notices to defaulting borrowers involving an amount of Rs.3540.300 Millions, expedited recovery process with Debt Recovery Tribunals, conducted 1774 recovery camps across the country. The Bank has also conducted Seminars for effective implementation of recovery tools to speed up the recovery of Rs.3511.300 Millions in NPAs during the year as against Rs.1780 Millions during the previous year. The cash recovery includes Rs.1917.900 Millions in ledger balance of NPAs during the year as against Rs.1279.900 Millions during the previous year. This performance resulted in reduction of gross NPAs from Rs.9440.800 Millions to Rs.8202.800 Millions as on 31.03.07 and net percentage terms, the gross NPA ratio has come down to 3.50 per cent (against 5.53 per cent of last year) and net NPA ratio has come down to 1.21 per cent (against 2.03 per cent of last year). 

Non-interest income: 

The non-interest income has been a key focus area for the Bank. During the year, the non-interest income went up by Rs. 2128.100 Millions translating into a growth of 407.37 per cent. Even after taking out the treasury profit the income has grown by 44 per cent. The Bank has been looking at new avenues to shore up the income and has entered into banassurance and mutual fund distribution. The non-interest income comprises 8.87 per cent of total income which has gone up from 2.07 per cent during the previous year. 

Merchant Banking: 

 
The Bank handled 30 issues of Commercial Papers during the year and acted as Collecting Bankers for 1 Rights Issue and for 1 Private Placement Bond Issue. A new activity related to Merchant Banking. 'Fair Valuation of equity Shares' has been started for the first time. The Bank successfully completed two assignments in this activity. 
 
Depository Services: 

The Bank has been a depository participant (DP) of Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) since September 1999. During the year, 2,827 new Demat accounts were opened. Total number of Demat accounts opened till 31.03.07 was 23,272. With the establishment of MAHANET, direct processing of debit instructions are accepted through 114 branches. The Bank has initiated steps to offer the services through all the 500 branches under WAN. 
 
Banassurance: 
 
The Bank entered into Banassurance Business in tie up with United India Insurance Company Limited, for Non-Life and Life Insurance Corporation of India for life products as corporate agent. The Bank organized customer meets and work shops for Branch Managers at Regional levels to promote various products of insurance. The Bank sold 65,590 general insurance and 14,057 life insurance policies during the year. 

Branch Network and Expansion: 

 
With the opening of 45 new branches including conversion of 16 extension counters during 2006-07, the total branch network as on 31.03.07 comprised of 1,345 branches and 13 extension counters spread over 22 states and 2 union territories.

 


CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No records exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                  None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 

 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.39.49

UK Pound

1

Rs.80.41

Euro

1

Rs.55.76

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

7

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

6

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

6

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

6

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

6

--LEVERAGE

1~10

6

--RESERVES

1~10

6

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

6

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

NO

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

NO

--LISTED

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

55

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Unfavourable & favourable factors carry similar weight in credit consideration. Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

NR

In view of the lack of information, we have no basis upon which to recommend credit dealings

No Rating

 

 

 

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