MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

 

Report Date :

22.11.2008

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

BANK OF BARODA

 

 

Registered Office :

Bank of Baroda Building, Mandvi, Vadodara – 390 006, Gujarat

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2008

 

 

Year of Establishment :

1908

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

BRDB01794C

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACB1534F

 

 

Legal Form :

Subject is a Government of India Bank. The Bank’s Shares are traded on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Banking Activities

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

Large

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

 

Comments :

Subject is a well-established and reputed bank having fine track. The bank is progressing well. Directors are reported as experience of and respectable business. Trade relations are reported as fair. Business is active. Payments are usually correct and as per commitments.

 

Fundamentals are strong and healthy.

 

The bank can be considered normal for business dealings at usual trade terms and conditions.

 

The bank can be regarded as a promising business partner in a medium to long-run.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

Bank of Baroda Building, Mandvi, Vadodara – 390006, Gujarat, India

Tel. No.:

91-265-2330274 /2563932

Fax No.:

91-265-2330824 / 2562445

E-Mail :

info@bankofbaroda.com

Website :

http://www.bankofbaroda.com

 

 

Head Office :

Suraj Plaza -1, Sayaji Ganj, Baroda – 390005, India

Tel. No.:

91-0265-2361852 (10 Lines)

Fax No.:

91-0265-2362395 / 2361824/ 2361806

 

 

Corporate Office :

C-26, G-Block, Badra Kurla, Bandra, Mumbai-400051 India

Tel. No.:

91-22-66985000 / 04

Fax No.:

91-22-26523500

 

 

Central Office  :

3, Walchand Hirachand Marg, Ballard Pier, Mumbai – 400001, Maharashtra, India

 

 

Branches :

The bank has 2715 domestic branches and 39 foreign branches in all major cities in India and Overseas.

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

Name :

Mr. Anil K Khandelwal

Designation :

Chairman & Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. D. Mallya

Designation :

Chairman & Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. V Santhanaraman

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Satish C Gupta

Designation :

Executive Director & Whole time Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. G C Chaturvedi

Designation :

Nominee (Government)

 

 

Name :

Mr. A Somasundaram

Designation :

Director Nominee (RBI)

 

 

Name :

Mr. Milind N Nadkarni

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amarjit Chopra

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Masarrat Shahid

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Maulin A Vaishnav

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dharmendra Bhandari

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manesh Prabhulal Mehta

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Deepak Bhaskar Phatak

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amitabh Verma

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ranjit Kumar Chatterjee

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Dr. Atul Agarwal

Designation :

Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. T.K. Balasubramanian

Designation :

Senior Manager

Address :

T. Nagar Branch, Bank of Baroda, 15- Gopalkrishnan Street, T. NAgar, Chennai – 600017, Tamilnadu, India

Date of Birth/Age :

11.06.1947 / 59 Years

Qualification :

M. Com., CAIIB-1

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. J. Sanmthanam

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. Samant

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. K. Garg

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. A. Prabhakar

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. D. Parulkar

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. B. L. Saksena

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. L. Rathi

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. D. Joshi

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. C. H. Palan

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

MR. S. Vaidyanathan

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. Amitav Sanyal

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. A. Parekh

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. C. Suri

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. Muneer Khan

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. Rajagopalan

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. K. Bansal

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. K. Sharma

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. D. Maheshwari

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. K. N. Suvarna

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. S. Khurana

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. S. Malhotra

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. K. K. Agarwal

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Dr. K. C. Chakrabarty

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. Krishnamurthy

Designation :

General Manager

Name :

Mr. V. Chandrasekhar

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. G. Baria

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. J. K. Chander

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. T. K. Krishnan

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. P. Chakraborty

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. T. V. Lakshminarayanan

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Dr. S. C. Mehta

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. P. Bansal

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. T. UDeshi

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. S. Kelkar

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. M. Gadgil

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. K. Govil

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. Manubhai Parekh

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. N. L. Khurana

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. P. Agarwal

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. K. Bhalla

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. K. Bansal

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. S. Hegde

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. G. G. Joshi

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. S. Joshi

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. M. P. Ranade

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. N. K. Kapoor

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. Asit Pal

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. R. Sugumaran

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. P. Garg

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. Cyril Patro

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. Prakash Jain

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. R. K. Velu

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. V. Desai

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. N. R. Badrinarayan

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. B. Krishna Kumar

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. P. L. Kagalwala

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. D. Sarkar

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. S. C. Kalia

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

Name :

Mr. V. K. Vig

Designation :

General Manager

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

(As on 30.09.2008)

 

Names of Shareholders

No. of Shares

Percentage of Holding

SHAREHOLDING OF PROMOTER AND PROMOTER GROUP

 

 

INDIAN

 

 

Individuals/ Hindu Undivided Family

 

 

Central Government/State Government(s)

196000000

53.81

 

 

 

PUBLIC SHAREHOLDING

 

 

INSTITUTIONS

 

 

Mutual Funds / Axis

42895370

11.78

Financial Institutions / Banks

994474

0.27

Insurance Companies

23554249

6.47

Foreign Institutional Investors

68885242

18.91

 

 

 

NON-INSTITUTIONS

 

 

Bodies Corporate

5449263

1.50

Individuals

0

0

Individual Shareholders holding nominal share capital upto Rs. 0.100 Million

22607144

6.21

Individuals Shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs. 0.100 Million

748440

0.21

Non Resident Indians

2253642

0.62

Overseas Corporate Bodies

26200

0.01

Trusts

21654

0.01

 

 

 

Total

364266500

100.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Banking Activities

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

38774

 

 

Bankers :

·         State Bank of India

Madame Cama Road, Mumbai - 400 021, Maharashtra, India

 

·         Reserve Bank of India

 

 

 

Banking Relations :

Good

 

 

Auditors :

 

Name :

  • B. C. Jain & Company

     Chartered Accountants

 

  • K. C. Khanna & Company

    Chartered Accountants

 

  • R. K. Khanna & Company

     Chartered Accountants

 

  • S. S. Kothari & Associates

    Chartered Accountants

 

·         Shah Gupta & Company

Chartered Accountants

 

  • Kalyanwalla and Mistry

     Chartered Accountants

 

 

Associates/Subsidiaries :

·         Indo Zambia Bank Limited, Zambia

·         Raebareli Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Sultanpur Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Allahabad Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Kanpur Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Pratapgarh Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Fatehpur Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Faizabad Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Bareilly Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Shahjahanpur Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Nainital Almora Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Marudhar Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Aravali Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Bundi Chittorgarh Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Bhilwara Ajmer Kshetriya Gramin Bank

·         Dungarpur Banswara Kshetriya Gramin Bank

 

in india

 

·         Nainital Bank Limited

·         BOB Housing Finance Limited

·         BOB Asset Management Company Limited

·         BOB Capital Markets Limited

·         BOB Cards Limited

 

overseas

 

·         Bank of Baroda (Kenya) Limited

·         Bank of (Uganda) Limited

·         BOB International Finance Limited, Hong Kong

·         Bank of Baroda (Guyana) Inc.

·         Bank of Baroda (Botswana) Limited

·         BOB (UK) Limited

 

 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

1500000000

Equity Share

Rs.10/- each

Rs.15000.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued &Subscribed  Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

367000000

Equity Share

Rs.10/- each

Rs.3670.000 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

364266400

Equity Share

(Including 196000000 Equity Shares amounting to Rs.1960.000 Millions held by central Government)

Rs.10/- each

Rs.3642.664 Millions

 

Add: Forfeited Shares

 

Rs.12.613 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Rs.3655.277 Millions

 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

PARTICULARS

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

 

 

 

 

Capital

3655.277

3655.300

3655.300

Reserves and Surplus

106783.991

82844.100

74789.100

Deposits

1520341.272

1249159.800

936619.900

Borrowings

39270.480

11425.600

48022.000

Other Liabilities

125944.142

84377.000

70839.000

 

 

 

 

Total

1795995.162

1431461.800

1133925.300

 

 

 

 

Cash & Balance  with RBI

93697.234

64135.200

33334.300

Balances with Banks & Money at Call & Short Notice

129295.633

118668.500

101212.100

Investments

438700.678

349436.300

3511142.200

Advances

1067013.241

836208.700

599117.800

Fixed Assets

24270.081

10888.100

9207.300

Other Assets

43018.295

52125.000

39911.600

 

 

 

 

Total

1795995.162

1431461.800

1133925.300

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

Interest Earned

118134.767

92126.400

71000.000

Other Income

20510.361

14340.300

12903.300

Total Income

138645.128

106466.700

83903.300

 

 

 

 

Interest Expended

79016.706

54265.600

38750.900

Operating Expenses

29342.921

27970.400

24828.600

Provisions & Contingencies

15930.286

13966.100

12054.200

Total

124289.913

96202.100

75633.700

 

 

 

 

Net profit for the Year

14355.215

10264.600

8269.600

 

 

 QUARTERLY RESULTS

 

PARTICULARS

 

 

30.06.2008

(1st Quarter)

30.09.2008

(2nd Quarter)

 Sales Turnover

 

32938.200 

35509.800

 Other Income

 

5125.500 

4759.200

 Total Income

 

38063.700 

40269.000

 Total Expenditure

 

9896.800 

10059.700

 Operating Profit

 

28166.900 

30209.300

 Interest

 

22368.100 

24172.100

 Gross Profit

 

5798.800 

6037.200

 Depreciation

 

0.000 

0.000

 Tax

 

2090.200 

2084.300

 Reported PAT

 

3708.600 

3952.900

 

 

 

KEY RATIOS

 

PARTICULARS

 

31.03.2008

31.03.2007

31.03.2006

Credit Deposit Ratio

68.72

65.67

59.04

Investment Deposit Ratio

28.46

32.05

41.25

Cash Deposit Ratio

5.70

4.46

3.45

Interest Expended / Interest Earned

66.89

58.90

54.58

Other Income / Total Income

14.96

13.47

15.38

Operating Expense / Total Income

21.27

26.27

29.59

Interest Income / Total Funds

7.32

7.18

6.83

Interest Expended / Total Funds

4.90

4.23

3.73

Net Interest Income / Total Funds

2.42

2.95

3.10

Non Interest Income / Total Funds

1.29

1.12

1.24

Operating Expense / Total Income

1.83

2.18

2.39

Profit Before Provision / Total Funds

1.88

1.89

1.95

Net Profit / Total Funds

0.89

0.80

0.79

Return On Net Worth (%)

14.58

12.45

12.28

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

HISTORY

 

A public sector bank going towards 100 year services in banking sector, which was incorporated in the year of 1908 by Sir Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad - III of Baroda. Subject was nationalised in 1969 and the first branch of the Bank was opened in the city of Ahmadabad in 1910 , the fifth largest bank in India have 2772 branches across the country and overseas also, out of that 616 branches and offices including 47 specialized branches were brought under ISO certification. It provides lending, banking, financing rehabilitation, treasury and investment management services to consumers and to industries. It was the first to venture overseas. Company realigning its operations into four business lines - retail, rural and agriculture, small and medium enterprises and corporate banking -in sync with market needs. The realignment envisages shifting of all mid-corporate and large corporate accounts from the bank's retail branches to its wholesale banking branches and bank want to shift from functional approach to a business segment focus, especially at branches on core banking platform. 

 
In the year end of 1996 company entered into capital market. The Benares State Bank was integrated with the Bank at June, 2002. During the year 2002-03 Debit Card project was launched in affiliation with VISA. The project envisages installation of 500 ATMs in consequent financial year of the bank. Further the Bank has amalgamated South Gujarat Local Area Bank Limited with itself with effect from 24th June 2004. In the year 2004-05 the bank has expanded its interconnected ATM network to cross 501, spread over 180 centres in the country. The bank has also introduced 8AM to 8PM banking at 101 branches and 24-Hour banking at 5 branches in the country and in the same year the bank has merged its 11 branches (1- metro, 3- Urban,3- Semi-urban and 4- rural). Subject  has launched its new logo 'The Baroda Sun' in June 2005 subsequently the bank has commissioned global data center during the year 2006 and also given inter-connectivity for over 1300 branches in the country. Subject has commissioned 464 new ATMs across the country taking the tally to 634 in the year 2006. During 2006-07, as part of Branch Consolidation Exercise 22 branches were merged with the Bank itself. 

 
As of 2007, subject has identified Legal & General, the UK-based life insurance company as a partner for its life-insurance venture with initial capital of about Rs.2000.000 Millions. In 2007 April, company has opened Gen-Next, the youth-oriented branch. The GenNext Branch is the first of its kind in the country where the bank has created facilities that will appeal to the young professionals which have new products for the youth segment - Gen-Next Lifestyle, Gen-Next Power, Gen-Next Suvidha and Gen-Next Junior. In the month of May in the same year Bank of Baroda and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) have signed an agreement regarding assign ratings to the bank's small-scale industry (SSI) customers. The bank's SSI customers will get D&B's globally accepted rating at a special fee, it help them tap global business opportunities. As on 6th October 2007 Pioneer Global Asset Management SpA, Italy tied up with company to launch joint venture for asset management business (Baroda Pioneer Asset Management Company). The joint venture would first offer products of Indian origin and later bring international investment opportunities to the Indian market. 

 
Suvject pursuing Multi-Specialist Banking and plans to open four new branches in the eastern region as part of century year celebrations and also company is go ahead to expand its presence in the global market by increasing the number of its overseas branches and also acquisitions and joint ventures abroad. The overseas acquisition is part of company global expansion drive as the bank intends to reach the landmark of 100 foreign branches in the next five year, besides penetration in the countries where it has presence. Approvals are in place for opening branches/offices in Trinidad & Tobago, Ghana, Australia and Bahrain in the immediate future. Other countries being explored include Canada, New Zealand, Russia, GCC countries like Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Mozambique in Africa. Bank took steps for open an Electronic Banking Service Unit (EBSU) in Jebel Ali Free Zone, UAE - a hi-tech electronic branch.

 

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS 

 

  • Total Business (Deposit+ Advances) increased to Rs 2587354.500 Millions reflecting a growth of 24.07%. 

 

  • Gross Profit and Net Profit were Rs 30285.500 Millions and Rs 14355.200 Millions respectively. Net Profit registered a growth of 39.85% over previous year. 

 

  • Credit-Deposit Ratio stood at 77.32% as against 74.35%. 

 

  • Retail Credit posted a decent growth of 17.97% constituting 19.79% of Gross Domestic Credit against 20.98% last year. 

 

  • Net Interest Margin (NIM) as per cent of interest earning assets was at the level of 2.90%. 

 

  • Net NPAs to Net Advances declined from 0.60% last year to 0.47%. 

 

  • Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as per Basel I stood at 12.91% & as per Basel II at 12.94%. 

 

  • Net Worth improved to Rs 95269.700 Millions registering a rise of 12.93%. 

 

  • Book Value improved from Rs 23.159 Millions to Rs 26.154 Millions 

 

  • Business per Employee moved up from Rs 54.800 Millions to Rs 70.400 Millions. 

 

 

SEGMENT-WISE PERFORMANCE 

 
The Segment Results for the year 2007-08 of Rs. 33015.200 Millions have been contributed by the Treasury Operations to the extent of Rs.7887.900 Millions, Rs.1751.400 Millions by Corporate/ Wholesale banking, Rs 9373.700 Millions by Retail Banking and Rs 14002.200 Millions by Other Banking Operations. The Bank earned Profit after Tax of Rs.14355.200 Millions after deducting Rs.10943.700 Millions of unallocated expenditure and Rs.7716.300 Millions as provision for tax. 

 

 

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS:

 

ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT:

 

Indian economy grew by 9.0 per cent in 2007-08 supported by the growth of 4.5 per cent in agriculture, 8.5 per cent in industry and 10.8 per cent in services. The current growth phase of the economy is powered by the rise in capital investments. During April-February, 2007-08 the capital goods production recorded a robust growth of 17.5 per cent. The continued capacity addition by manufacturing firms helped this growth of capital goods. 

 
Corporate activity remained quite healthy during 2007-08, though in comparative terms, it witnessed some moderation in growth over the previous year. While the sales of a representative sample of private sector companies grew by 17.4 per cent in April-December 2007, the net profits grew by a robust 29.8 per cent. 

 
Inflation, however, emerged as the major macro risk towards the end of 2007-08. On an annual average basis, inflation (measured in terms of WPI) at 4.7 per cent during 2007-08 was lower than 5.4 per cent in 2006-07. However, on a year-on-year basis, it stood at 7.4 per cent at end-March 2008 as against 5.9 per cent a year ago. Major contributors to rising inflation have been high prices of foodgrains, fruits, vegetables, edible oils, crude oil and metals. International crude oil prices have been rising sharply since June 2007, reflecting tight supply situation, geo-political tensions, weakening of the dollar, etc. During the year 2007-08, the global crude oil price reached a high of $110.2 a barrel on March 13, 2008 on the back of a sharp decline in the U.S. crude inventories. 

 
Global financial markets witnessed turbulent conditions during 2007-08 as a result of deepening crisis in the U.S. sub-prime mortgage market. The Indian financial markets remained largely orderly during 2007-08 except the equity market, which witnessed bouts of volatility in tandem with trends in major international equity markets. The domestic stock markets, which remained strong till early January 2008, witnessed a sharp correction beginning January 11, 2008 due to rising concerns over the severity of sub-prime crisis and its spill-over to other countries. As a result of the huge volatility witnessed during the year 2007-08, the Sensex gained 19.7 per cent and Nifty added 23.9 per cent on an annual basis. The Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) invested $12.7 billion in the Indian stock markets during 2007-08 as against net purchases of $5.7 billion during 2006-07. The Mutual funds made net investments of Rs.157750.000 Millions during 2007-08 as against Rs.90620.000 Millions in 2006-07. The major gainers in the stock markets during 2007-08 were metals, oil & gas, capital goods, fast moving consumer goods, public sector undertakings, banking and consumer durable stocks. Resources raised through public issues by the corporate sector increased sharply by 158.5 per cent to Rs 837070.000 Millions in 2007-08 over those in last year. All public issues during 2007-08 were in the form of equity except three, which were in the form of debt. 

 
According to the Ministry of Commerce, total foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India rose to $24.6 billion in 2007-08 from $21.9 billion in 2006-07. The Commerce Ministry expects FDI inflows to India to rise to $35 billion in 2008-09 despite the growing uncertainties in the world economy. 

 
Even though the rupee appreciated 7.8 per cent against the U.S. dollar in 2007-08, India's merchandise exports grew 23.02 per cent in 2007-08 to $155.51 billion. The imports, however, stood at $235.91 billion primarily due the pressure of high oil import bill. The India basket of crude oil witnessed a rise of 27.0 per cent in 2007-08. As a result, the trade deficit for 200708 expanded to $80.40 billion from $59.32 billion a year ago. 

 
India's total external debt was placed at $201.5 billion at end-December 2007. However, foreign exchange reserves remained in excess of the stock of external debt at end December 2007. India's foreign exchange reserves were $309.7 billion as at end-March 2008, showing an increase of $110.5 billion over end-March 2007. India holds the third largest stock of reserves among the emerging market economies. 

 
The government's fiscal deficit in the first eleven months of 2007-08 declined 13.5 per cent on year-on-year basis and accounted for 73.4 per cent of the revised budget target for the entire financial year. In the Union Budget for 2008-09, the government has projected that the central government's fiscal deficit would narrow from 3.1 per cent of GDP in 2007-08 to 2.5 per cent in 2008-09. 

 

BANKING SECTOR: KEY DEVELOPMENTS, OPPORTUNITIES & CHALLENGES:

 

Indian banking industry witnessed some slowdown in credit expansion during 2007-08. The non-food credit extended by the scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) increased by 22.3 per cent as against 28.5 per cent the previous year. The incremental non-food credit-deposit ratio of the banking system declined to 72.3 per cent from 83.2 per cent in the previous year. The sectoral deployment of credit shows that the credit to services sector recorded the highest growth (28.4%, Y-o-Y), followed by industry (25.9%) and agriculture sector (16.4%). However, the growth in personal loans decelerated to 13.2 per cent (30.6% last year). Growth in housing and real estate loans decelerated to 12.0 per cent (25.8%) and 26.7 per cent (79.0%), respectively. Within the industrial sector, there was a sizeable credit pick-up in respect of infrastructure (42.1% as against 28.2% a year ago), food processing (32.0% as against 27.6%) and engineering (26.2% as against 18.1%). There was a moderation in credit growth to basic metals and metal products (19.0% as against 33.3%), textiles (23.0% as against 35.5%), petroleum (23.3% as against 64.4%), and chemicals (13.9% as against 19.2%). 

 

 

INVESTMENT BY SCBS 

 
While SCBs' investment in bonds/debentures/shares of public sector undertakings and the private corporate sector and commercial paper (CP) increased by 14.2 per cent in 2007-08, their investment in government and other approved securities increased by 22.9 per cent This raised the proportion of SLR securities in net demand and time liabilities to 27.4 per cent in 2007-08. 

 
RESOURCE MOBILISATION 

 

Aggregate deposits of SCBs increased by 22.2 per cent during 2007-08 as against 23.8 per cent the previous year. While the demand deposit growth at 20.2 per cent was higher than 17.9 per cent in 2006-07, the time deposit growth moderated to 22.6 per cent from 25.1 per cent the previous year. In addition to the mobilization of deposits, the banking sector's lendable resources were augmented substantially by capital raised through public issues and innovative capital instruments. 

 

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BANKS IN 2007-08 

 
During the year 2007-08, successive increases in the CRR and zero interest on CRR balances have had significant impact on interest yields for banks. According to CRISIL, the SCBs had to take a hit of 7 basis points (annualized) on their spreads and net profit margins solely due to these RBI measures. Operating cost pressures weighed on banks throughout 2007-08 due to higher investments in franchise, manpower, etc. The state-owned banks still face a greater burden due to the impending wage agreement. 

 
Despite these challenges, Indian banking industry continues to remain strong on structural ground on the back of relatively stronger macro fundamentals, under-tapped potential in rural and semi-urban areas for credit penetration, favourable demographic profile and a stronger institutional and regulatory framework. During the year 2007-08, infrastructure and SME segments emerged as the major growth drivers for the Indian banking industry. The banks witnessed an encouraging fee income momentum as well. In the backdrop of relatively benign liquidity conditions, the banks significantly reduced their dependence on higher-cost funds. On the whole, the outlook for the sector remains positive despite heightened uncertainties in the economic environment. 

 

 

MARKET RISK 

 
Market risk is the risk that exposure to price movements of financial instruments arising as a result of changes in market variables, such as interest rates, exchange rates and other asset prices, will result in loss suffered by the Bank. The objective of market risk management is to avoid excessive exposure of the Bank's earnings and equity to loss and to reduce the Bank's exposure to the volatility inherent in financial instruments such as securities, foreign exchange contracts, equity and derivative instruments, as well as balance sheet or structural positions. The primary risk that arises for the Bank as a financial intermediary is interest rate risk due to the Bank's asset-liabilities management activities. Other market related risks to which the Bank is exposed are foreign exchange risk on foreign currency positions, liquidity, or funding risk, and price risk on trading portfolios. 

 
The Bank has a clearly articulated integrated treasury management policy and asset liability management policy to address market risk. These policies comprise management practices, procedures, prudential risk limits, review mechanisms and reporting systems. These policies are revised periodically in line with changes in financial and market conditions. 

 
Interest rate risk is measured through interest rate sensitivity gap report and Earning at Risk. Further, Bank is calculating duration, modified duration, Value at Risk for its investment portfolio consisting of fixed income securities, equities and Forex positions on monthly basis. The bank monitors the short term Interest rate risk by NII (Net Interest Income) perspective and long term interest rate risk by EVE (Economic Value of Equity) perspective. Value at Risk for the treasury positions is calculated for 10 days holding period at 99% confidence level. Stress testing of fixed interest investment portfolio through sensitivity analysis and equities through scenario analysis is regularly conducted. Based on the RBI directions the bank is also estimating the Economic value of equity impact on a quarterly basis. 

 

 

OPERATIONAL RISK 

 
The Bank faces operational risk on account of inadequate or failed internal process, people and systems or external events. To monitor operational risk on an on-going basis, the Bank has established an Operational Risk Management Committee (ORMC) under the overall supervision of Sub- Committee of Board on ALM and Risk Management. ORMC meets on a regular basis to review matters relating to operational risk. 

 
The Bank monitors operational risk by reviewing whether its internal systems and procedures are duly complied with. The Bank collects and analyses data on operational risk based on various different parameters on a half yearly basis and, where necessary, corrective steps are taken. 

 

 

WEB DETAILS:

 

PROFILE:

 

It has been a long and eventful journey of almost a century across 21 countries. Starting in 1908 from a small building in Baroda to its new hi-rise and hi-tech Baroda Corporate Centre in Mumbai is a saga of vision, enterprise, financial prudence and corporate governance.

It is a story scripted in corporate wisdom and social pride. It is a story crafted in private capital, princely patronage and state ownership. It is a story of ordinary bankers and their extraordinary contribution in the ascent of Bank of Baroda to the formidable heights of corporate glory. It is a story that needs to be shared with all those millions of people - customers, stakeholders, employees & the public at large - who in ample measure, have contributed to the making of an institution.  

 

 


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.50.03

UK Pound

1

Rs.74.42

Euro

1

Rs.62.71

 

 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

9

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

7

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

6

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

5

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

9

--RESERVES

1~10

9

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

9

--MARGINS

-5~5

---

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

NO

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

YES

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

TOTAL

 

72

 

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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