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KEY HIGHLIGHTS

` 21,078 crore

NET PROFIT

An increase of 20.5% compared
to the previous year.

` 1,244,541crore

BALANCE SHEET SIZE

An increase of 17.0% compared
to the previous year.

` 923,141crore

` 819,401crore

TOTAL DEPOSITS

TOTAL ADVANCES

An increase of 17.0% compared to
the previous year.

An increase of 24.5% compared to
the previous year.

17.1%

15.8%

1.36% of Gross Advances

CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO

TIER I CAPITAL RATIO

GROSS NON-PERFORMING ASSETS

5,103

13,160

Banking Outlets

ATMs

2,748

Cities/Towns

NETWORK

Table of
Contents

A Responsible Leader: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practices

Taking A Step Towards Progress With HDFC Bank Parivartan

Transform To Perform: A Digital Plan

Board and Management

Financial Highlights - Graphs

Financial Highlights

Directors’ Report

Independent Auditors’ Report

Financial Statements

Independent Auditors’ Report for Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidated Financial Statements

Basel III - Pilar 3 Disclosures

Secretarial Auditors’ Certificate on Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance

Shareholder Information

Accolades

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A RESPONSIBLE LEADER: 
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL & GOVERNANCE

Environmental, Social &
Governance (ESG) Practices:
Furthering Our Sustainability Pledge

As  India’s  largest  private  sector  bank,  we  at  HDFC  Bank  have  always 

stayed  strong  to  our  commitment  to  positively  impact  the  environment, 

our customers, employees, and the community at large. Our core values 

have guided our ESG practices, which seek to drive growth and empower 

communities through our corporate decision-making processes.

In  FY  2014-15,  sustainability  was  officially  included  as  our  fifth  value, 

alongside  customer  focus,  operational  excellence,  product  leadership, 

and people. This is testament to the fact that sustainability is now a part 

of our DNA. It is an area of heightened focus and investment for us, and 

has changed our outlook towards our business.

This  approach  is  in  perfect  alignment  with  our  strategic  goals  as  an 

organisation and the experience we seek to offer our customers. For in 

the spirit of data-driven transparency, the present-day consumer not only 

expects, but is rightly entitled to information on corporate operations and  

processes.  Customers  are  increasingly  choosing  private  and  public 

companies  that  maintain  high  levels  of  transparency  and  ethics  in  their 

business  practices.  And  we  believe  that  our  ESG  and  Sustainability 

disclosures give them exactly that.

HDFC Bank’s ESG Journey

When the concept of ESG emerged nearly thirty years ago, it was used as an investment term that defined the ethical and sustainability impact of a 

business. Today, ESG is a key pillar of our business strategy. As a result, we have the second-highest weightage (7.84%) in Nifty-100 ESG, an index of 

the  NSE  that  assigns  ESG  scores  to  companies.  Since  FY  2013-14,  we  have  published  our  annual  ESG  performance  in  our  Sustainability  Report, 

following the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards.

Environmental

We look at natural capital and the communities we operate in, as integral elements of our business. That is why we work to strike a balance between 

the economic, social and environmental aspects of our decisions. For our environmental initiatives, we are keen to explore how our work can address 

various environmental challenges and incorporate technologies and processes that don’t harm, but rather add value to the quality of the environment 

around us.

We measure and disclose our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with full transparency. We use solar energy and look to install energy efficient fixtures 

as much as possible in our premises. We do this with an intention to progressively reduce our carbon footprint. For example, our  Pune, Bhubaneswar, 

and Noida offices rely on solar panels to supplement grid power.

We have also opted for automated server and desktop shutdown systems that reduce unnecessary energy consumption. And two of our largest office 

buildings, located in Mumbai and Bhubaneswar, have been LEED certified thanks to their energy efficient designs.

Moreover,  our  push  to  go  digital  across  service  and  product  lines,  helps  reduce  paper  consumption  and  enables  our  customers  to  access  a 

multi-channel digital banking solution, without the hassle of travelling to a branch office. HDFC Bank disposed about 220 tonnes of e-waste in FY 18-19, 

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through authorised recyclers. We are committed to Responsible Financing and, as a rule of thumb, do not fund projects that have an adverse impact 
on environment, health and safety (EHS) levels. All loans, exceeding ` 10 crore in value and spanning a period of more than five years, are screened 

through an SEMS (Social and Environmental Management System) framework and carefully scrutinised and validated for their environmental and social 

impact.  Our  board-governed  environmental  policy  serves  as  a  framework  to  understand  and  manage  our  environmental  risks,  impacts  and 

opportunities. By implementing this policy and adopting global best environment practices, we hope to achieve a 10% reduction in our Scope 1 and 2 

emissions intensity by FY 2021-22.

Social

We understand fully that our identity as a world class Indian bank is shaped by our stakeholders and customers. They are at the heart of of everything 

we  do.  Which  is  why  we  leave  no  stone  unturned  in  delivering  value  to  our  customers,  to  the  community,  or  to  our  workforce.  We  ensure  a  fair 

recruitment process that helps us identify and hire people with the right values, who are then groomed, encouraged and retained through a combination 

of financial and non-financial incentives.

We strive towards the progress of society, through our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy. Our Umbrella of Social Initiatives ‘Parivartan’ has 

touched millions of lives and helped empower and strengthen entire communities. Activities under the Parivartan banner are spread across a diverse 
range of intervention areas and we have spent  `  443.8 crore on the development and empowerment of our communities, reaching out to more  than 
5.4 crore beneficiaries in the process.   

The Sustainable Livelihood Initiative (SLI) has been a key driver in pushing for financial inclusion among families, especially women, in un-banked and 

under-banked areas. The initiative has had a major socio-economic impact by focusing on lending financial aid to Self Help Groups (SHG) for women. 

Besides providing credit, we also train people in occupational skills, financial literacy, credit counselling and market linkage.

We have been able to meet the critical needs of communities across the country by designing and deploying multi-faceted interventions through our 

Holistic Rural Development Programme (HRDP). As part of this program, we enable and empower communities with natural resource management, 

education, healthcare and sanitation, to skill training targeted at livelihood enhancement.

Corporate Governance

We are committed to maintaining the highest levels of ethical standards of integrity, corporate governance and regulatory compliance. These parameters 

form the bedrock of our corporate governance policy. 

We have proactively upheld good governance practices and are constantly striving to enhance our standards. Our Board of Directors is responsible for 

setting the course for, and evaluating the bank’s performance with regards to corporate governance. The parameters of evaluation include compliance, 

internal control, risk management, information and cybersecurity, customer service, social & environmental responsibility.

Code of Conduct: Transparency and Vigilance 

HDFC Bank encourages an open, equitable and transparent system of functioning and interacting with all its internal and external stakeholders. We have 

adopted and implemented practices that imbibe this philosophy throughout the enterprise. 

Our  robust  and  well-defined  Code  of  Conduct  alongside  our  stringent,  zero-tolerance  policy  against  sexual  harassment  serve  as  strong  regulatory 

guidelines and govern our day-to-day functioning. 

Our “Whistle Blower Policy” encourages our employees and other stakeholders to bring to our attention any compromise or violation of HDFC Bank’s code 

of conduct, or legal and regulatory norms. Our Chief of Internal Vigilance receives and addresses these concerns by initiating a thorough enquiry conducted 

by the appropriate authoritative body within the bank.

Our focus on ESG is helping us, as an organisation, understand and realise the positive impact of transparency, ethics and sustainability. We are confident 

in  our  belief  that  a  sharp  focus  on  ESG  will  maintain  the  trust  and  regard  of  our  customers  and  determine  our  success  and  longevity,  in  a  fiercely

competitive market.

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TAKING A STEP TOWARDS PROGRESS 
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At HDFC Bank, we firmly believe that for any business to prosper, it must 

consider the social, environmental and ethical impact of its decisions. Ever 

since  our  inception  in  1995,  we’ve  been  on  a  journey  to  not  just  take 

world-class banking across the country, but to make a positive difference to 

our  planet.  Because  to  us,  progress  isn’t  simply  about  moving  with  the 

times. It is about ushering in ‘Parivartan’ - a transformation that improves 

lives and empowers communities.

As one of India’s largest corporations, we consider it both an honour and 

our  responsibility  to  work  towards  the  betterment  of  the  country  and  its 

people.  The  philosophy  of  Parivartan  informs  how  we  go  about  achieving 

this. To bring about Parivartan, we first need to imagine a future we want – 

one that is fair, equal, happy and healthy. With that vision in mind, we deploy 

social development initiatives that take on myriad forms, guided by different 

strategies. But ultimately, the objective is to create Parivartan and become 

catalysts  of  positive  transformation  at  the  organisational  level  and  in  the 

communities wherein we operate.  

We’ve been privileged to enjoy success over the last quarter of a century. 

But this success would be hollow if we didn’t use our resources to give back  

to society. This is the founding principle of Parivartan and the cornerstone of 

our CSR efforts. Today, our commitments in the field have made us one of  

the  largest  spenders  on  CSR  in  the  country.  But 

this 

isn’t  a  new 

development.  Well before CSR contributions were made mandatory by the 

Companies  Act  of  2013,  we  were  following  board-approved  targets  and 

contributing  to  worthy  causes,  driven  by  our  desire  to  create  healthy, 

sustainable  communities  and  an  equal-opportunity  world.  Through  our 

efforts,  we    have  impacted  54 million lives so far.

The Five Pillars of Parivartan

We are committed to forging mutually-enriching partnerships for sustainable 

development.  To  achieve  this,  we  work  hand-in-hand  with  marginalised 

communities to try and understand their unique needs, and then formulate 

customised strategies to bring forth the Parivartan they need. 

Our CSR programmes focus on five distinct areas of intervention:

Rural Development 

Promotion of Education 

Skill Development and Livelihood Enhancement

Healthcare and Hygiene

Financial Literacy and Inclusion

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Rural Development 

India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. But despite that, 

over half of its 1.3 billion population lives in rural areas, and more alarmingly, 

nearly 73 million people continue to live in extreme poverty (Source: UN and 

Brookings,  2018).  There  are  a  multitude  of  complex  socio-economic  and 

environmental  factors  that  are  responsible  for  this.  The  Holistic  Rural 

Development Programme (HRDP) is a flagship programme under this area 

of  intervention  that  attempts  to  provide  rural  communities,  with  the  tools 

and  means  to  grow  and  prosper.  This  is  done  through  a  wide  variety  of 

training  and  institution  building  programmes,  supported  by  relevant 

infrastructure. 

The vast majority of rural communities depend heavily on rain-fed agriculture 

for their livelihoods. The availability of water and the quality of soil therefore 

dictate their economic health. But with the right resource management and 

agricultural 

techniques,  along  with  skilling  and 

training,  vulnerable 

communities can be better placed to tackle the vagaries of nature. HRDP’s 

various initiatives in areas such as educational infrastructure, healthcare and natural resources management including micro-watershed management, 

irrigation, soil and water conservation, represent our attempts to usher in meaningful and impactful change where it matters the most. We believe that 

this is the surest way to strengthen the economic backbone of the country. 

Today, HRDP spans across 17 states and has reached over 3.6 lakh households in more than 1,100  villages. We have set up over 1,200 schools, and 

facilitated better learning opportunities for over 1.45 lakh students. We have also trained over 72,500 farmers, distributed more than 10,800 biomass 

stoves and set up over 460 libraries.

Other programme highlights include:

     21,270+ solar lights installed                     26,000+ kitchen gardens promoted                     5,800+ water conservation structures built

One of the many millions of lives impacted through this programme is that of Tukojirao Patil, a farmer from Jalgaon, Maharashtra. Tukojirao’s village was 

stricken by an acute lack of rainfall and a subsequent water shortage. Under HRDP, HDFC Bank, in partnership with a local NGO (KVGPS), was able to 

install 31 groundwater recharge structures that helped tackle the drought. 

HRDP has also helped create food security in 21 villages in Uttar Pradesh through grain banks. Take the story of Shaheedan. Even at the age of 53, she 

had to work as a manual labourer in order to feed her family. But work was not guaranteed and the pay was often inadequate. During difficult times she 

had to resort to borrowing grains from neighbours and money lenders, which often led to further exploitation.

The setting up of a grain bank in her village has helped Shaheedan make it through these times of extreme hardship. Grain banks protect the most 

disadvantaged farmer families, like hers, against starvation and exploitation.

“Thanks to the grain bank, we can borrow grains in times of need and return it during the harvesting season. This makes us feel like we are taking out 

grain from our own storage. It makes us feel secure.” – Shaheedan

Empowering  communities  will  always  remain  at  the  heart  of  Parivartan.  In  FY  2019  alone,  we  have  covered  over  251  additional  villages  under  this 

programme. The momentum we have built up, is now in full force and has revealed a world of possibilities ahead. 

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Promotion of Education  

We  strongly  believe  that  a  quality  educational  foundation  is  a  gateway  to 

better  opportunities  and  success.  This  is  why  we  strive  to  provide  and 

promote  a  conducive  and  effective  learning  environment.  The  Zero 

Investment  Innovations  for  Education  Initiatives  (ZIIEI),  is  a  large  scale 

teacher outreach initiative started in 2015 by HDFC Bank in partnership with 

Sri  Aurobindo  Society.  ZIIEI  believes  that  teachers  are  the  pillars  of  this 

nation, and that their contribution, if recognized and supported, can bring 

about  a  significant  improvement  in  the  quality  and  reach  of  education. 

Therefore, ZIIEI aims to find solutions created by teachers at the grassroots 

level and systematically scale them up to millions of students through the 

'Navachar  Pustika'  or  Book  of  Ideas,  which  is  a  compilation  of  the  best 

ideas selected and recognized by a panel. Till date, Navachar Pustikas have 

been  distributed  across  18  states.  Subsequently,  close  to  1.87+  lakh 

schools have implemented innovative ideas. 

Along with this transformational journey, the concept of 'Innovative Pathshaala' was also introduced, where each chapter of the state curriculum was 

mapped to innovative ideas, that could be used to engage and teach students. While we have currently completed the program in UP and NCERT 

curriculum (primary education) the remaining states will be subsequently added. This curriculum is further being put on an online app which can be easily 

accessed by teachers. The ZIIEI programme today has touched more than 15 lakh government teachers across 21 states and indirectly reaches out to 

more than 1.6 crore students to ensure quality education and bring innovation in the country’s education system. ZIIEI aims to create and strengthen a 

teacher-centred ecosystem for education sector stakeholders. 

This unique initiative focuses on better utilisation of resources available in government schools i.e. the teachers, thus unleashing the immense potential 

of educators by instilling self-belief and making innovation a core value.

Project Disha is yet another initiative that has helped achieve higher levels in numeracy, reading and science in the more remote and rural areas of India. 

Initiated in 2016, Project Disha, in partnership with Magic Bus India Foundation, now spans across four states: Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya 

Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Consider the story of a young scholar named Shamshad Qureshi. Shamshad exhibited a very low level of interest in academics and displayed frequent 

truancy at school. Soon his attendance began to plummet dangerously and his teachers feared he would drop out altogether. That was when Project 

Disha  stepped  in  with  a  remedy.  By  helping  teachers  implement  innovative  teaching  methods  and  activity-based  teaching,  Shamshad’s  interest  in 

knowledge and learning was reignited. He was motivated to participate in school and his attendance improved dramatically.

The project has been able to provide quality education to approximately 18,000 children. It has also built 110 community libraries and set up 55 science 

laboratories.  We  have  initiated  multiple  projects  in  the  fields  of  education  and  livelihood  training,  with  the  objective  of  empowering  the  socially  and 

economically underserved, with the skills they need to progress. The Educational Crisis Scholarship Support (ECSS) programme provides support to 

children undergoing personal and economic exigencies, those who are most at risk of dropping out of school due to poor financial conditions. The ECSS 

programme  covers  students  in  middle  schools  and  high  schools,  as  well  as  scholars  pursuing  undergraduate  and  postgraduate  education.  This 

assistance helps these students navigate difficult situations without gravely impacting their education.

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Skill Development & Livelihood Enhancement

We all dream of making a good living and supporting ourselves and our families. 

However,  for  many  Indians,  particularly  in  rural  areas,  there  are  multiple 

stumbling blocks and challenges that prevent them from achieving this dream. 

We at HDFC Bank, believe in every individual’s ability to live an independent, 

healthy  and  dignified  life.  When  this  happens,  they  not  only  better  their  own 

situations  but  also  contribute  to  the  economy.  To  this  end,  we  have  made 

educational and skill development programmes and trainings, a priority. Under 

Parivartan we have provided both on-farm training to upskill farmers as well as 

placement linked training. 

Our Training Center in Bhubaneshwar provides training to youth and women in 

hospitality,  tourism,  telecom,  retail  and  health  care.  Over  1,272  youth  have 

been placed in 100+ companies and institutions in Odisha.

We  have  also  provided  training  in  fields  such  as  communication  skills, 

agriculture  techniques,  livestock  management  among  others.  We  hope  to 

expand  and  diversify  this  portfolio  in  the  years  to  come  and  strengthen  our 

focus on rural youth and women. As of today, we have served over 1.24 lakh 

individuals  and  empowered  over  7.65  lakh  women,  helping  them  access 

entrepreneurship and employment opportunities.

Sustainable Livelihood Initiative:
Empowering Women Through Financial Inclusion

Located 40 kilometres west of Guwahati, Bihdia Chaygaon is a small village of 

600 people. The community here earns its livelihood via a largely unorganised 

cottage  industry.  For  the  women,  weaving  and  agriculture  are  the  primary 

sources  of  income.  We  recognised  the  potential  for  the  empowerment  of 

women  through  financial  inclusion  and  entrepreneurial  upskilling.  Today, 

Gitanjali Hira, Nilima Kalita, Mira Nath and thousands of others like them across 

the  country  have  become  self-reliant  with  a  little  help  from  HDFC  Bank’s 

Sustainable Livelihood Initiative (SLI).

Through this initiative we have reached out to over 96 lakh households across 

27  states  through  credit  facilities,  financial  literacy  and  capacity  building 

programmes.  The  primary  objective  of  Sustainable  Livelihood  Initiative  is  to 

bring  about  Parivartan  by  creating  sustainable  communities.  This  is  done  by 

helping  women  in  rural  areas  break  away  from  the  vicious  cycle  of  financial 

dependence  to  one  of  growth  and  opportunities.  Run  by  over  10,000 

dedicated  bank  employees,  it  provides  women  with  a  range  of  financial  and 

non-financial services.

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Healthcare & Hygiene

Sanitation and hygiene standards have a huge impact on the health, fitness and social development of individuals and communities. This is even more 

crucial for marginalised rural populations that may not be aware of its importance. Since the values of cleanliness and hygiene are best inculcated in 

childhood, a key priority for us, is healthcare and hygiene practices in schools.

Raswanti Bai was used to defecating in the open. After all, it was an age-old habit that she had been practicing all her life. Unfortunately, open defecation 

put  Raswanti  and  others  like  her,  at  a  high  risk  of  contracting  various  infectious  diseases.  To  bring  about  much  needed  Parivartan  in  this  area,  we 

initiated the construction of individual household toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM). 

With these household toilets, Raswanti Bai and her daughters were spared the inconvenience and danger of defecating in the open. She was delighted 

with this assistance and has pledged to use the toilet. 

Under our interventions in healthcare and hygiene we have conducted over 1,500 sanitation drives  and have helped build over 22,490 sanitation units 

of which 6,954 units have been built in schools and 15,537 in individual households. Through our various other initiatives within the programme, such 

as the ‘Swachhata and You’ campaign, we have dedicated ourselves to community-led sanitation and health campaigns. These campaigns help raise 

awareness about nutrition, healthcare and hygiene in rural areas, and contribute towards a cleaner, healthier nation. Our health camps have reached 

out to 86,000 people so far.

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Financial Literacy & Inclusion

In a world that operates on the exchange of goods and services for money, 

communities  cannot  progress  and  interact  with  the  world  at  large,  without 

basic financial literacy and inclusion. We understand this, which is why we 

have  taken  on  the  responsibility  to  spread  financial  awareness,  by  running 

workshops  to  empower  the  marginalised  sections  of  society.  As  on  FY 

2018-19, the initiative saw more than 8.1 million participants benefit through 

workshops held at literacy camps and banking outlets.

The  flagship  project  of  Digidhan  or  Dhanchayat  has  been  one  of  our  most 

fruitful initiatives. This Literacy Programme-on-Wheels takes financial literacy 

to  people  who  do  not  have  access  to  regular  venues.  These  vehicles  are 

equipped with micro-ATMs and biometric facilities to enable instant account 

opening and Know Your Customer (KYC) processes.

But this endeavour aims to go further than simply spreading financial literacy. 

True  financial 

inclusion  and  developing  the  country’s  entrepreneurial 

ecosystem  are  also  important  objectives  of  this  initiative.  For  instance, 

Multifunctional  Terminals  (MFTs),  also  known  as  Milk-to-Money  Terminals 

(MTM) provided by us, help dairy operators achieve transparency in the milk 

procurement and payment process. The MFT, like a standard ATM, contains 

a  cash  dispenser  that  facilitates  quick  access  to  payments  which  greatly 

benefits many dairy farmers. The MTM also assists farmers in building their 

credit history, thereby allowing them to enjoy the benefits of mainstream financial services. In an effort to improve the entrepreneurial ecosystem, we 

have extended our financial and digital literacy program to SME entrepreneurs alongside the general public. This has helped us bring SMEs into the 

organised banking fold. 

For 25 years, Kala and her husband have run a traditional weaving business. Once their son came of age, he joined them as well, and bought an 

electronic weaving machine. Yet, despite having a respectable level of modernisation and three working members, their business was unable to make 

enough money to turn a profit. This was primarily due to a localised market. A Parivartan initiative provided Kala and her family with credit counselling 
and a loan of ` 25,000 which she used to meet the high import demands of a non-local shop. Today the family not only earns a comfortable living, but 

their booming business has also allowed them to invest in a recurring deposit to save for their future.

The Power of Positive Change for India

At its heart, Parivartan is about progress. And by definition, progress is a never-ending journey for us. Parivartan is our chance to transform the world 

for future generations and improve the lives of the underprivileged. And we’ve achieved significant milestones with the support of our tireless, dedicated 

employees.  As  digitisation  transforms  the  banking  industry,  digital  platforms  have  helped  us  reach  more  people,  enhance  more  lives  and  provide 

experiential banking services to customers across the length and breadth of India.

We stand strong in our belief that in our own way, through a spectrum of initiatives and programmes, we are contributing towards India’s growth in a 

capacity that extends beyond just economic growth. 

We strongly believe that when all Indian citizens prosper and progress, India benefits. And we are confident that with our unwavering commitment to 

serve the underserved and uplift the oppressed we will unlock infinite opportunities for a brighter future.

This is just the beginning...

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Digital Evolution: Delivering Simplicity to the Customer

From the earliest days of our existence, we have sought to anticipate our customers’ needs and become their partners in progress. Our customers were, 

are, and shall always remain at the centre of our business. This outlook has always pushed us to go further and do better than any other player in the 

Indian banking landscape. This philosophy was behind our vision, a decade ago, to make HDFC Bank India’s first digital lifestyle bank. 

When we launched our real-time online internet banking platform in 1999, it took us just 15 days to reach 1,000 registered users. A year later, we 

became  the  first  bank  in  the  nation  to  introduce  mobile  banking  through  our  SMS-based  banking  channel.  This  was  an  important  first  step  in 

revolutionising  the  Indian  banking  experience.  Our  customers  could  check  their  account  balance,  get  mini  or  detailed  bank  statements,  and  even 

request a new cheque book, by simply sending a text message.

When we introduced our EPI (Electronic Payments Interface) banking capabilities in 2002, it enabled us to collaborate with IRCTC (Indian Railways 

Catering and Tourism Corporation) whose system supported by our payment platform transactions, sold over 180 crore tickets by 2014-15. 

Our journey towards becoming a genuine digital force and transforming the way the country banked began taking shape in 2012. The goal was simple- 

to provide our customers the flexibility to access and consume our banking services over any digital platform of their choice. Our vision was unique- to 

unify operations across our four banking platforms — BranchBanking, PhoneBanking, MobileBanking and NetBanking— and create a seamless, world 

class banking experience for our customers. 

During this time, our Managing Director, Aditya Puri, made a trip to Silicon Valley to take stock of emerging technologies and evaluate their potential 

application to India’s financial landscape. His trip revealed many disruptive and untapped possibilities. Building on his experience at Silicon Valley, the 

Bank  launched  unique,  customer-favoured  products  and  digi-wallet  solutions  in  2015,  including  PayZapp,  Chillr,  SmartBuy,  10-Second  Loans  and 

WatchBanking.  Our  Go  Digital  initiative  enabled  us  to  offer  over  135  transactions  –  the  largest  in  India  –  on  our  comprehensive  and  intuitive  digital 

banking platforms. 

From Transactions to Experience: A Story of Digital Excellence

The  bank,  over  the  years,  has  seen  a  rise  in  transactions  through  digital  channels.  This  rose  to  55  percent  by  2015.  User-friendly  platforms  made 

customers feel increasingly comfortable while banking online and through their phones. Their overwhelming response encouraged us to push for the 

digitisation of all transactions. By the end of FY 2016, when digital transactions had grown to 71 percent, we shifted our focus to digital journeys. To be 

recognised today as the ‘Best Digital Bank’ in India at Asiamoney’s Best Bank Awards 2019, is truly humbling.

Moving Forward with New Technologies

Customer  centricity  is  at  the  heart  of  everything  we  do.  Our  aim  is  to  now  move  from  providing  convenience,  to  delivering  differentiated  customer 

experiences.  Over the past 25 years, we have strived to re-evaluate how customers interact with the bank and how their needs and expectations have 

evolved over time. Today, our customers are part of a ‘Market of One’ and we have repositioned ourselves into a day-to-day lifestyle bank; an approach 

that goes beyond transactions and to journeys. Our customers are individuals with diverse needs and preferences. The one-size-fits-all approach is no 

longer  relevant  and  customisation  is  the  need  of  the  hour.  With  this  in  mind,  we  make  it  a  priority  to  build  digital  capabilities  that  ensure  customer 

experiences are characterised by:

Intuitiveness

Context

Relevance

Immediacy

Hyper-personalisation

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To do this, we bring next-gen technology into play.

Namely, Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

AI is fuelled by data, specifically customer data, to generate tailor-made solutions. This is similar to a salesperson observing a customer’s preferences, 

and recommending them products they may like. As our customers interacted and transacted across our digital platforms, we were able to gather 

insights on their transactional and behavioural data. AI-based technologies could then harness the massive troves of data, and analyse it to understand 

their needs, and use that understanding to create a unique, highly personalised banking experience for everyone. 

Today,  we’re  proud  to  employ  a  dedicated  team  of  AI  domain  experts.  Our  investments  in  the  field  have  enabled  us  to  provide  innovative  product 

offerings and convenient experiences to all our customers. We continue to build on our capabilities using cutting-edge technologies to strengthen our 

digital solutions to offer cohesive and contextual experiences.

In 2017, we launched EVA (Electronic Virtual Assistant) across all our digital channels. Customers can chat with this virtual assistant 24x7 and easily 

obtain the information they need. Today, EVA, through seamless integration with Google Assistant and Alexa, offers our customers ease of accessibility. 

For instance, if a customer wants information on our FD interest rates, all they have to do is say, “Alexa, what is the interest rate on an FD for a year?” 

and EVA responds with the necessary information. 

Stepping into Digital 2.0

Our ability to stay ahead of the curve, drive digital growth 

and  transform  the  banking  ecosystem  as  a  whole,  has 

made  us  pioneers  in  the  era  of  digital  banking.  From 

creating  platform  capabilities 

that  support 

lending, 

payments  and  transactions,  to  developing  the  in-house 

skills needed to excel in a digital-driven world, right up to 

offering our customers 10-second loans and Missed Call 

Banking, we have paved the way for Digital 2.0. 

This new phase in the bank’s transformation rests on five 

key  pillars  and  is  changing  the  way  customers  transact 

and interact with the bank:

Reimagined Customer Interface:

By providing customers with an interface that displays all 

their daily banking needs in one place, we usher in the next 

generation of customer-centric digital banking platforms.

Digital  Analytics,  Digital  Acquisition  and  Digital 

Marketing:

By  using  data  analytics  tools,  we  have  maximized  our 

digital  impact,  in  terms  of  context  and  targeting.  This 

digitally  synchronized  marketing  approach,  has  helped 

us  acquire  new  customers 

through  our  digital 

touch-points and platforms.

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Innovation:

We  aim  to  develop  disciplines  around  new  technologies  like  Robotic  Process  Automation  (RPA),  Machine  Learning  (ML),  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI)  and 

Blockchain to further enhance our current digital portfolio. In the long run, these programmes would help integrate the knowledge required to underpin the 

horizontals of, and strengthen our position as an organisation of the future. Going forward, we will continue our focus on innovation and the innovation-led 

initiatives we want to realise.

API Banking: 

Siloed operations cannot exist in a bank of the future. In fact, banks will need to diversify their services and presence in order to create breathing space 

within the fast growing fintech ecosystem. This is why we focus on API tech preparedness to adapt to the next level of the finance ecosystem. We leverage 

our  understanding  of  the  fintech  landscape  and  our  experiential  business  structure  in  order  to  achieve  this.  A  fintech-heavy  environment  will  see 

collaborations leading to open banking scenarios. We plan to power partnered platform services using APIs and position ourselves as an ecosystem player. 

We have already deployed more than half a dozen APIs with another 20 in the pipeline.

VRM (Virtual Relationship Manager): 

What started as an experiment based on the Classic on Phone model (where our Premier Banking customers had a dedicated personal banker assigned 

to them), has now turned into a 56 lakhs strong initiative. VRM has merged our previous ‘two channel’ model to one wherein customers can resolve their 

queries and receive service information. The eventual goal of this initiative is to achieve 1 crore registered customers within the next three years. The channel 

grew by 300 percent in its first 18 months and is set to grow even faster in the future.

Today’s Bank for Your Tomorrow

Personalised interfaces and experiences, EVA, API banking and customised banking solutions give us a distinctive edge. But as always, technology is 

simply a medium to get closer to our customers and support them as they meet their goals. Our ultimate ambition is to seamlessly become an indelible 

part of our customers’ lifestyles, providing a lifestyle banking experience, which is categorised into 8 customer journeys: Pay, Save, Invest, Borrow, 

Shop, Trade, Insure and Advice. Our focus is on delivering highly personalised experiences, since most of our customers interact with us at least once 

a day, across various channels. We are proud to share that as of 2018, about 90 percent of all transactions done through the bank are now via digital 

platforms. This gives us the honour of being the people’s everyday lifestyle bank.

There are several key factors that have enabled us to earn this position. Firstly, a rich presentation layer removes any experiential inhibitions. This allows 

customers  to  reach  a  high  level  of  comfort  on  the  platform  itself.  Secondly,  with  our  constantly  evolving  product  capabilities,  customers  have  their 

requirements fulfilled within just a few moments. Further, the platform’s API connectedness allows customers to navigate seamlessly on the platform, 

which creates an overall delightful experience.

But the future doesn’t stop here.

We have partnered with various universities and academic institutions to conduct research into what the ecosystem could look like in 2021-22. Based 

on these findings, and partnerships with larger fintech players, we endeavour to continue charting India’s banking transformation path. 

Moving forward, we will continue to provide intuitive, relevant, contextualised and hyper-personalised experiences to our customers and cater to their 

financial goals for tomorrow.

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BOARD AND MANAGEMENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Shyamala Gopinath

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Chandra Sarangi

Srikanth Nadhamuni

Chairperson

Non-Executive Director

Independent Director

Independent Director

Non-Executive Director

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M. D. Ranganath

Aditya Puri

Kaizad Bharucha

Additional Independent Director

Additional Independent Director

Additional Independent Director

Managing Director

Executive Director

KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Aditya Puri
Managing Director

Kaizad Bharucha
Executive Director

Sashidhar Jagdishan
Chief Financial Officer

Santosh Haldankar

Company Secretary

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BOARD AND MANAGEMENT

SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

ADITYA PURI

Managing Director

KAIZAD
BHARUCHA

Executive Director

ABHAY AIMA

Group Head
Equities, Private 
Banking, Third Party 
Products, NRI & 
International 
Consumer Business

ARVIND KAPIL

Group Head
Unsecured, Home, 
Mortgages, and 
Working Capital Loans

ARVIND VOHRA

Group Head
Retail Branch Banking

ASHIMA BHAT

Group Head
Strategy, Business 
Finance, CSR, 
Administration & 
Infrastructure

ASHISH
PARTHASARTHY

Treasurer

ASHOK KHANNA

Group Head
Secured Loans
(Vehicles)

BENJAMIN FRANK

Group Head
Wholesale Credit

BHAVESH ZAVERI

Group Head
Operations & 
Technology

JIMMY TATA

Chief Risk Officer

MUNISH MITTAL

Chief Information
Officer

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM

NIRAV SHAH

Group Head
Emerging Corporates 
Group, Infrastructure 
Finance Group & 
Rural Banking Group

NITIN CHUGH

Group Head
Digital Banking

PARAG RAO

Group Head
Card Payment 
Products, Merchant 
Acquiring Services & 
Marketing

RAJESH KUMAR
Group Head
Retail Credit and Risk

RAKESH SINGH

Group Head
Investment Banking, 
Private Banking, Capital 
Markets & Financial 
Institutions

RAHUL SHUKLA

Group Head
Corporate Banking &
Business Banking

S SAMPATHKUMAR

Group Head
Liability Products, 
Third Party Products 
and Non-Resident 
Business

SMITA BHAGAT

Group Head
Government and 
Institutional business, 
Ecommerce & 
Start-ups

SASHIDHAR
JAGDISHAN

Chief Financial
Officer

SRINIVASAN
VAIDYANATHAN
Group Head
Finance

V CHAKRAPANI

Group Head
Internal Audit and 
Quality Initiatives Group

VINAY RAZDAN

Group Head
Human Resources

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Profit After Tax
(` Crore)

Dividend Per Share (`) /
Earning Per Share (`)

Earning Per Share

Dividend Per Share 

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Balance Sheet Size 
(` Crore)

Advances  
(` Crore)

Deposits  
(` Crore)

Savings Deposits  
(` Crore)

Retail Assets  
(` Crore)

Net Interest Margin

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Banking Outlets  
(Nos.)

ATMs  
(Nos.)

Cities / Towns
(Nos.)

Acceptance Point 
(Nos. in lac)*

Debit Cards  
(Nos. in lac)

* Across all the form factors

Credit Cards  
(Nos. in lac)

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Return On Capital

Capital Adequacy

Rupees Earned

Rupees Spent

3.8%  
Proposed Dividend & Tax thereon

10.3% 
Tax

7.0% 
Provisions

47.1% 
Interest Expense

7.7% 
Transfer to Reserve

24.2% 
Operating Expense

1.2% 
Other Interest Income

1.5% FX &  
Derivative Income

11.8% 
Commission, 
Exchange, 
Brokerage

66.5% 
Interest from 
Advances

17.5% 
Interest from 
Investments

1.5% 
Others

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Interest income

Interest expense

Net interest income

Other income

Net revenues

Operating costs

Operating result

Provisions and contingencies

Loan loss provisions

Others

Profit before tax

Provision for taxation

Profit after tax

Funds :

Deposits

Subordinated debt

Stockholders’ equity

Working funds

Loans

Investments

Key ratios :
Earnings per share (`) *

Return on average networth

Tier 1 capital ratio

Total capital ratio
Dividend per share (`) *

Dividend payout ratio
Book value per share as at March 31 (`) *
Market price per share as at March 31 (`) **

Price to earnings ratio

  1 Crore =    10 Million

2009 - 2010

2010- 2011

2011 - 2012

16,467.92

 20,380.77

 7,786.30

 8,681.62

 4,573.63

 9,385.08

 10,995.69

 4,945.23

 13,255.25

 15,940.92

 6,475.71

 6,779.54

 2,490.40

 2,288.74

 201.66

 4,289.14

1,340.44

 2,948.70

 7,780.02

 8,160.90

 2,342.24

 1,198.55

 1,143.69

 5,818.66

 1,892.26

 3,926.40

 27,874.19

 14,989.58

 12,884.61

 5,783.62

 18,668.23

 9,277.64

 9,390.59

 1,877.44

 1,091.77

 785.67

 7,513.15

 2,346.08

 5,167.07

 167,404.44

 208,586.41

 246,706.45

 6,353.10

 7,393.05

 21,519.58

 25,376.35

 11,105.65

 29,924.37

 222,458.57

 283,634.24

 345,248.26

 125,830.59

 159,982.67

 195,420.03

 51,013.32

 67,952.59

 89,967.10

 13.51

16.80%

13.26%

17.44%

 2.40

21.72%

 94.02

 386.70

 28.62

 17.00

16.52%

12.23%

16.22%

 3.30

22.72%

 109.09

 469.17

 27.59

 22.11

18.37%

11.60%

16.52%

 4.30

22.70%

 127.52

 519.85

 23.51

*

Figures for the years prior to 2011-2012 have been adjusted to reflect the effect of split of equity shares from nominal value of   10 each into

five equity shares of nominal value of  2 each.

**

Source: NSE (prices for years prior to 2011-2012 have been divided by five to reflect the sub-division of shares).

***

Proposed.  

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(  Crore)

2012 - 2013

2013- 2014

2014 - 2015

2015 - 2016

2016- 2017

2017 - 2018

2018 - 2019

 35,064.87

 19,253.75

 15,811.12

 6,852.62

 22,663.74

 11,236.11

 11,427.63

 1,677.01

 1,234.21

 442.80

 9,750.62

 3,024.34

 6,726.28

 41,135.53

 22,652.90

 18,482.63

 7,919.64

 26,402.28

 12,042.20

 14,360.08

 1,588.03

 1,632.58

(44.56)

 48,469.91

 26,074.23

 22,395.68

 8,996.34

 31,392.02

 13,987.55

 17,404.47

 2,075.75

 1,723.58

 352.17

 60,221.45

 32,629.93

 27,591.52

 10,751.72

 38,343.24

 16,979.69

 21,363.55

 2,725.61

 2,133.63

 591.98

 12,772.05

 15,328.72

 18,637.94

 4,293.67

 8,478.38

 5,112.80

 6,341.71

 10,215.92

 12,296.23

 69,305.96

 36,166.74

 33,139.22

 12,296.49

 45,435.71

 19,703.32

 25,732.39

 3,593.30

 3,145.30

 448.00

 22,139.09

 7,589.43

 14,549.66

 80,241.35

 40,146.49

 40,094.86

 15,220.31

 55,315.17

 22,690.36

 32,624.81

 5,927.49

 4,910.43

 1,017.06

 26,697.32

 9,210.57

 98,972.05

 50,728.83

 48,243.22

 17,625.87

 65,869.09

 26,119.37

 39,749.72

 7,550.08

 6,394.11

 1,155.97

 32,199.64

 11,121.50

 17,486.75

 21,078.14 

 296,246.98

 367,337.48

 450,795.65

 546,424.19

 643,639.66

 788,770.64

 923,140.93

 16,586.75

 36,214.15

 16,643.05

 43,478.63

 16,254.90

 62,009.42

 15,090.45

 72,677.77

 13,182.00

 21,107.00

 18,232.00

 89,462.38

 106,295.03

 149,206.32

 421,327.31

 491,599.50

 595,695.13

 740,796.07

 863,840.19

 1,063,934.32

 1,244,540.69

 239,720.64

 303,000.27

 365,495.04

 464,593.96

 554,568.20

 658,333.09

 819,401.22

 111,303.21

 100,111.88

 156,833.82

 195,836.29

 214,463.34

 242,200.24

 290,587.88

 57.18

18.04%

12.79%

14.55%

11.00

23.32%

349.12

1,442.55

 25.23

67.76

18.22%

13.25%

14.82%

13.00

23.26%

409.60 

1,929.00

 28.47

 78.65

16.30%

15.78%

17.11%

15.00

***

23.36%

547.89

2,318.90

 29.48

 28.49

20.07%

11.08%

16.80%

 5.50

22.77%

 152.20

 625.35

 21.95

 35.47

20.88%

11.77%

16.07%

6.85

22.68%

 181.23

 748.80

 21.11

 42.15

20.36%

13.66%

16.79%

 8.00

23.62%

 247.39

1,022.70

24.26

 48.84

17.97%

13.22%

15.53%

9.50

23.51%

287.47

1,071.15

 21.93

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DIRECTORS' REPORT

Dear Stakeholders, 

Your Directors take great pleasure in presenting the 25th Annual Report on the business and operations of your Bank, together with the audited 

accounts for the year ended March 31, 2019. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Ours began a quarter of a century back 

with  the  launch  of  the  first  branch  in  Mumbai  on  February  18,  1995.  On  the  same  day  in  2019,  your  Bank  entered  its  silver  jubilee  year  by 

opening its 5,000th branch again at Mumbai. Along the way it has metamorphosed from a wholesale bank into one with an equally strong retail 

presence and is well underway in its journey of offering an omni channel customer experience. In the semi urban and rural areas, where your 

Bank has over half its banking outlets, it is acting as a change agent not only through its banking services but social initiatives as well under the 

umbrella brand Parivartan. As it enters its silver jubilee year, your Bank has impacted the lives of about 10 crore Indians directly or indirectly 

ie over 4.9 crore customers, the 5 crore plus people through its social initiatives and families of its over 1.9 lakh employees (including that of 

its two subsidiaries).

In the year ended March 31, 2019 your Bank continued on this path. This came in an economic environment where the Indian economy stood 

out  as  an  outlier  despite  facing  various  challenges  both  externally  and  internally.  Externally,  it  was  buffeted  by  volatile  crude  prices,  rising 

interest rates in the developed world particularly in the US, heightened trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainties in some parts of the world. 

Internally, the economy was affected by serious concerns regarding the financial health of the NBFC sector, the continuing high NPA levels in 

the banking space, slowing consumption demand and some concerns on the fiscal side. Not to mention the uncertainty caused by the imminent 

general elections. The Indian economy however continued to be the fastest growing in the world thanks to the reforms of the past few years. 

In the year under review, your Bank delivered a strong financial performance on the back of an improvement in a majority of its key parameters. 

Financial Parameters

Your Bank recorded an improvement in a majority of its key financial parameters. At ` 48,243.2 crore, Net Interest Income rose by 20.3 per 
cent.  Core  Net  Interest  Margin  remained  stable  at  4.3  per  cent.  Gross  Non-Performing  Assets  (NPAs)  at  1.36  per  cent  is  among  the  lowest 

in  the  industry.  This  was  largely  due  to  the  Bank’s  prudent  credit  evaluation  of  the  targeted  customer  profile  and  having  a  diversified  loan 

book spread across customer segments, products, and sectors plus managing risk-return decisions with discipline. Your Bank’s Net Profit at  
` 21,078.1 crore went up by 20.5 per cent.

In addition, the year stood out for one of the largest fund raising in your Bank’s history. It also continued to transform lives through Parivartan 

and securing recognition.

1)   

Fund Raising

Your Bank raised ` 23,715.9 crore in the year under review. This comprises a preferential allotment to Housing Development Finance 
Corporation  Ltd  of  `  8,500  crore,  a  Qualified  Institutional  Placement  of  `  2,775.0  crore  and  an  ADR  offering  of  $  1,820  million  
(`  12,440.9  crore).  Consequent  to  the  above  issuances,  share  capital  increased  by  `  20.89  crore  and  share  premium  increased  by  
`  23,568.7  crore.  This  is  net  of  share  issue  expenses  of  `  126.3  crore.  The  issuances  were  made  pursuant  to  the  shareholder  and 
regulatory  approvals.  This  has  resulted  in  a  strengthening  of  its  capital  structure,  increasing  solvency  and  shoring  up  of  its  Capital 

Adequacy Ratio. 

2)   

Parivartan

The Bank in the year under review has continued its journey of social commitment through Parivartan which means change. Your Bank 

firmly believes that businesses cannot prosper if the communities in which they operate don’t. This is what has been inspiring its social 

initiatives. This change has been brought about principally by about 10 per cent of the Bank’s workforce which works on the Sustainable 

Livelihood Initiative (SLI) which helps people improve their lives by upgrading their skillsets and, thus, enabling them to break out of the 

cycle of poverty. And through its ‘Teaching-The-Teacher’ (3T) initiative which has potentially impacted 1.6 crore students as well as the 

Holistic Rural Development Programme which has already touched another possible 14.4 lakh people spread across more than 1,100 

villages. We are also happy to report that in the year under review, your Bank has met the mandatory CSR expenditure through a spend 
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3)   

Awards and Recognition

The Bank continued to win awards and laurels. Notably, it was named India’s most valuable brand for the fourth year in a row in the 

BrandZ survey of Top 50 Most Valuable Indian Brands. HDFC Bank was also ranked No 1 in India by customers in the first edition of 

the ‘World’s Best Banks’ survey by Forbes magazine. The publication partnered with market research firm Statista to measure the best 

banks in 23 countries and customers were asked to rate banks on overall recommendation and satisfaction, as well as on the 5 key 

attributes namely: Trust; Terms and Conditions; Customer Service; Digital Device; Financial Advice.  

Summary

To sum up, your Bank is geared up for the next phase of growth given the looming market opportunities and its strong positioning in each of 

its major franchises. And also make a greater contribution to bridge the divide between India and Bharat be it through its business or social 

initiatives. This, of course, would not have been possible without the contribution of our over 98,000 employees.

Mission and Strategic Focus

Your Bank’s mission is to be a ‘World-Class Indian Bank.’ Its business philosophy is based on five core values: Customer Focus, Operational 

Excellence, Product Leadership, People and Sustainability. The last value Sustainability should be viewed in consonance with Environmental, 

Social and Governance criteria. As a part of this, HDFC Bank through its umbrella brand Parivartan seeks to bring about change in the lives 

of communities mainly in Rural India. 

The business objective has been to continue building sound customer franchises across distinct businesses so as to be a preferred banking 

services provider to achieve healthy growth in profitability consistent with the Bank’s risk appetite.

In line with the above, your Bank’s business strategy was to take digitisation to the next level to achieve the following:

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(cid:38)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:73)

(cid:36)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:14)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:80)

(cid:52)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:72)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)

(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:84)

Your  Bank  is  committed  to  do  this  while  ensuring  the  highest  levels  of  ethical  standards,  professional  integrity,  corporate  governance  and 

regulatory compliance. This is articulated through a well-documented Code of Conduct that every employee has to affirm annually that he / 

she will abide by.

Summary of Financial Performance   

Particulars

(` crore)

For the year ended / As on

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Deposits and Other Borrowings                                                                                                                   

1,040,226.1

Advances                                                                                                                                

Total Income                                                                                                                   

Profit Before Depreciation and Tax

819,401.2

1,16,597.9

33,339.8

911,875.6

658,333.1

95,461.7

27,603.6

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Particulars

Profit After Tax

Profit Brought Forward

Total Profit Available for Appropriation

Appropriations

Transfer to Statutory Reserve

Transfer to General Reserve

Transfer to Capital Reserve                                                                                                             

Transfer to / (from) Investment Reserve

Transfer to / (from) Investment Fluctuation Reserve

Dividend (including tax / cess thereon) pertaining to previous year paid during the year, 

net of dividend tax credits

Balance carried over to Balance Sheet

Dividend

For the year ended / As on

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

21,078.1

40,453.4

61,531.5

5,269.5

2,107.8

105.3

-

773.0

4,052.6

17,486.8

32,668.9

50,155.7

4,371.7

1,748.7

235.5

(44.2)

-

3,390.6

49,223.3

40,453.4

Your Bank has a dividend policy that, inter alia, balances the objectives of appropriately rewarding shareholders and retaining capital in order to 

fund future growth. It has a consistent track record of steady increase in dividend distribution, with the Dividend Payout Ratio ranging between 

20 per cent and 25 per cent - a range that the Board endeavours to maintain. 

The  dividend  policy  of  your  Bank  is  available  on  the  Bank’s  website  at  the  following  link:  http://www.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/common/pdf/

corporate/Dividend-Distribution-Policy.pdf

Consistent with this policy and in recognition of the overall performance during the year under review, your Directors are pleased to recommend 
a dividend of ` 15 per equity share of ` 2 as against ` 13 per equity share in the previous year. As you are aware, this dividend will be subject to 
tax to be paid by the Bank. In terms of revised Accounting Standard (AS) 4 ‘Contingencies and Events occurring after the Balance Sheet Date’ 

as notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs through amendments to Companies (Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016, the Bank 

has not appropriated proposed dividend from Profit and Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2019. However, the effect of the proposed 
dividend,  including  tax  on  dividend  aggregating  to  `  4,924.64  crore,  has  been  reckoned  in  determining  capital  funds  in  the  computation  of 
capital adequacy ratio as at March 31, 2019.

Ratings

Instrument

Rating

Rating Agency Comments

Fixed Deposit Programme

CARE AAA (FD)

CARE Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

IND Taaa

India Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

Certificate of Deposits Programme

CARE A1+

CARE Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  very 

strong degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

IND A1+

India Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  very 

strong degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

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Instrument

Rating

Rating Agency Comments

Long Term Unsecured, 

CARE AAA

CARE Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

Subordinated (Lower Tier 2) Bonds

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

IND AAA

India Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

Upper Tier 2 Bonds

CARE AAA

CARE Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

CRISIL AAA

CRISIL

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk. 

Infrastructure Bonds

CARE AAA

CARE Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

CRISIL AAA

CRISIL

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

Additional Tier I Bonds (Under 

CARE AA+

CARE Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  high 

Basel III)

CRISIL AA+

CRISIL

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  high 

degree  of  safety  regarding  timely  servicing  of  financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry very low credit risk.

degree  of  safety  regarding  timely  servicing  of  financial 

obligations. 

Such instruments carry very low credit risk.

IND AA+

India Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  high 

degree  of  safety  regarding  timely  servicing  of  financial 

obligations. 

Such instruments carry very low credit risk.

Tier II Bonds (Under Basel III)

CARE AAA

CARE Ratings

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

CRISIL AAA

CRISIL

Instruments  with  this  rating  are  considered  to  have  the 

highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial 

obligations. Such instruments carry the lowest credit risk.

Issuance of Equity Shares and Employee Stock Options (ESOP)
As on March 31, 2019, the issued, subscribed and paid up capital of your Bank stood at ` 5,446,613,220 comprising 272,33,06,610 equity 
shares of ` 2 each. During the year under review, the Bank issued 3,90,96,817 equity shares to Housing Development Finance Corporation 
Limited  on  a  preferential  basis,  1,28,47,222  equity  shares  on  a  qualified  institutions  placement  and  5,25,00,000  equity  shares  underlying 
1,75,00,000  American  Depository  Receipts  (ADRs).  Further,  2,37,72,304  equity  shares  of  face  value  of  `  2  each  were  issued  pursuant  to 
exercise of Employee Stock Option (ESOP) by the Bank. The information pertaining to ESOPs is given in ANNEXURE 1 to this report.

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The Board of Directors at its meeting held on May 22, 2019 considered and approved the sub-division of one equity share of the Bank having 
face value of ` 2/- each into two equity shares of face value of Re. 1/- each and consequential alteration in the relevant clauses relating to 
capital of the Memorandum of Association of the Bank. The sub-division of equity shares as above is subject to the approval of the members 

at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Bank. 

Further,  the  Bank  had  issued  1,14,30,383  underlying  equity  shares  representing  Global  Depository  Receipts  (GDRs)  of  the  Bank,  which  are 

listed  on  the  Luxembourg  Stock  Exchange.  The  Depository  for  GDRs  is  represented  in  India  by  J.P  Morgan  Chase  Bank  N.A.  Due  to  low 

trading / conversion volume in GDR, the Board of Directors of the Bank at its meeting held on April 20, 2019 has decided to terminate the GDR 

program. The requisite notice of termination is being issued to the custodian and the depository. 

Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR)

As on March 31, 2019 your Bank’s total CAR, calculated in line with Basel III capital regulations, stood at 17.1 per cent well above the regulatory 

minimum of 11.025 per cent including the Capital Conservation Buffer of 1.875 per cent. Of this, Tier I CAR was 15.8 per cent. The effect of 

the proposed dividend has been taken into account in computing these ratios.

MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Macroeconomic and Industry Developments

The Indian economy faced several headwinds both domestic and external for much of the year ended March 31, 2019. Encouragingly, despite 

global headwinds like volatile oil prices, elevated trade tensions, geo-political uncertainties in some parts of the world and interest rate tightening 

cycle in some of the developed countries notably the US, the Indian  economy stood out as an outlier in terms of growth with an estimated 

growth of 7 per cent in the year under review (as per the second advance estimates of the Central Statistics Office). The economy remains a 

high growth achiever and various policy reform measures over the past couple of years (such as Goods and Service Tax 2017, Insolvency and 

Bankruptcy Code 2016 and Bank recapitalization plan 2017) will help improve India’s macro-economic stability considerably, going forward.

Domestically,  India  faced  issues  related  to  financial  health  of  the  NBFC  sector,  high  NPA  levels  in  the  banking  space,  slowing  consumption 

demand  and  some  concerns  on  the  fiscal  side.  On  the  back  of  various  measures  to  address  the  issue  of  bad  loans  in  the  banking  sector, 

the NPA cycle is now looking to be bottoming out. As per the RBI’s December 2018 Financial Stability Report, Gross Non-Performing Assets 

(GNPA)  ratio  of  scheduled  commercial  banks  declined  from  11.5  per  cent  in  March  2018  to  10.8  per  cent  in  September  2018.  The  ratio  is 

expected to have declined further to 10.3 per cent by March 2019. The Government along with the RBI has also taken several measures to 

infuse greater liquidity in the NBFC sector and plans to take measures to bring in stability in this sector. 

Consistent slowdown in domestic consumption growth is one of the major challenges that the economy faces going into 2019-20. As per the 

second advance estimates of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), India’s real GDP growth dropped to 6.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2018-

19 - a five-quarter low - from 7 per cent in the second quarter and 8 per cent in the first quarter. Growth is expected to inch down further to 

6.5 per cent in the last quarter.

On an annual basis, GDP growth is expected to drop to 7 per cent in 2018-19 from 7.2 per cent in 2017-18. From the production side, the 

current slowdown is mainly on account of the agriculture sector (due to weak kharif season), which is expected to grow at a lower rate of 2.7 

per cent in the year under review from 5 per cent in the previous year. On the demand side, the slowdown emanates from the consumption side. 

While the recovery in private consumption remains tepid, Government consumption is expected to sharply slow down to 8.9 per cent in the year 

ended March 31, 2019 from a double digit growth of 15 per cent in the previous year. Going by the 2019-20 Interim Budget, the focus of fiscal 

policy in the coming year will be on revival of the rural economy (through schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi), which 

is likely to partly boost consumption in the coming year. Overall adherence to fiscal discipline remains critical at this juncture so that productive 

expenditure is not pruned in a bid to meet the fiscal targets.

Encouragingly, investment revival remains on track in line with the trends in capacity utilization. For the last five quarters, investments growth 

(Gross  Fixed  Capital  Formation)  has  averaged  at  11.3  per  cent  much  higher  than  the  average  of  7.78  per  cent  for  private  consumption. 

Construction activity also seems to be picking up pace with a 9.6 per cent growth in the third quarter of the year under review compared to 

8 per cent growth registered in the previous year. The government’s focus on low-cost housing and other key infrastructure projects awarded 

through the roads and highway ministry seems to be having a favorable impact on the construction sector and the positive momentum is likely 

to continue. 

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Overall,  on  the  back  of  the  assumption  of  a  normal  monsoon  season,  continued  recovery  in  private  investment,  gradual  traction  in  private 

consumption with support from Government-led spending, we expect the real GDP growth to come in at 7 to 7.2 per cent in the current financial 

year compared to the expected 7 per cent in the year under review. 

The moderation in inflation which was seen in 2017-18 continued in the year under review as well, with the CPI falling to 1.97 per cent in January 

2019 driven mainly by lower food inflation. Having averaged 4.3 per cent in the first half of 2018-19, inflation has eased down further in the 

second half (average close to 2.53 per cent during Oct-Mar 2018-19). However, unwinding of base effect and slight sequential uptick in food 

inflation led to the overall headline inflation inching up to 2.86 per cent in March 2019. 

On account of sustained downside in food inflation, we estimate FY19 inflation at 3.4 per cent. Though headline inflation for FY20 is estimated 

to average higher at 3.7 per cent, it is likely to remain well within the RBI’s target range of 4+/-2 per cent. 

Moderation  in  growth  numbers  amid  an  environment  of  subdued  inflation  is  suggestive  of  possible  rate  cuts  by  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India.   

The RBI had cut the repo rate first in February 2019 and again in April 2019 in order to support the growth momentum in the economy. The Repo 

Rate now stands at 6 per cent and the monetary policy stance is now “neutral” as against “calibrated tightening” prior to the February policy.

Going forward, one of the major risks to the economy remains sharp increases in oil prices, which could adversely affect inflation, fiscal deficit 

and the current account deficit. Risks on the external front continue to loom on account of a possible slowdown in the global economy, elevated 

protectionist tendencies, Brexit related uncertainty in the UK and monetary policy uncertainty in the developed nations especially in the US. 

Financial Performance

The financial performance of your Bank during the year ended March 31, 2019, remained healthy with Total Net Revenue (Net Interest Income 
Plus Other Income) rising by 19.1 per cent to ` 65,869.1 crore from ` 55,315.2 crore in the previous year. Revenue growth was driven by an 
increase in both Net Interest Income and Other Income. Net Interest Income grew by 20.3 per cent to ` 48,243.2 crore due to acceleration in 
loan growth coupled with Core Net Interest Margin (CNIM) of 4.3 per cent.

Other Income grew by 15.8 per cent to ` 17,625.9 crore. The largest component was Fees and Commissions, which increased by 21.2 per 
cent to ` 13,805.5 crore. Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Revenue was ` 1,720.4 crore, gain on revaluation and sale of investments was  
` 386.8 crore, and recoveries from written-off accounts were ` 1,430.8 crore.

Operating (Non-Interest) Expenses rose to ` 26,119.4 crore from ` 22,690.4 crore. During the year, your Bank has set up 316 new Banking 
Outlets and 525 ATMs. This, along with strong growth in retail asset and card products, resulted in higher infrastructure and staffing expenses. 

Staff expenses also went up due to employee additions and annual wage revisions. Despite higher infrastructure expenses, the Cost to Income 

Ratio improved to 39.7 per cent from 41.0 per cent.

Total Provisions and Contingencies were ` 7,550.1 crore as compared to ` 5,927.5 crore the preceding year. Your Bank’s provisioning policies 
remain more stringent than regulatory requirements.

The Coverage Ratio based on specific provisions alone excluding Write-offs was 71 per cent; including General and Floating provisions, it was 
117 per cent. Your Bank made General Provisions of ` 648.4 crore during the year. Your Bank’s Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) were at 
1.36 per cent of Gross Advances, as against 1.30 per cent the preceding year. Net NPA ratio stood at 0.4 per cent for both the years.
Profit Before Tax grew by 20.6 per cent to ` 32,199.6 crore. After providing for Income Tax of ` 11,121.5 crore, Net Profit increased by 20.5 
per cent to ` 21,078.1 crore from ` 17,486.8 crore. The Return on Average Net Worth was 16 per cent while the Basic Earnings Per Share was 
` 78.6, up from ` 67.8.
As on March 31, 2019, your Bank’s Total Balance Sheet stood at ` 1,244,541 crore, an increase of 17 per cent over ` 1,063,934 crore on  
March 31, 2018. Total Deposits rose by 17 per cent to ` 923,141 crore from ` 788,771 crore. 
Savings  Account  Deposits  grew  by  11.1  per  cent  to  `  248,700  crore  while  Current  Account  Deposits  rose  by  19.5  per  cent  to  `  142,498 
crore. Time Deposits stood at ` 531,943 crore, representing an increase of 19.4 per cent. CASA Deposits accounted for 42.4 per cent of Total 
Deposits. Advances stood at ` 819,401 crore, representing an increase of 24.5 per cent. The Bank’s domestic loan portfolio of ` 802,329 crore 
grew by 24.6 per cent over March 31, 2018. The Bank had a share of approximately 7.2 per cent in Total Domestic Deposits and 8.2 per cent 

in Total Domestic Advances.

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BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Your Bank’s operations are split into domestic and international.

DOMESTIC BUSINESS COMPRISES THE FOLLOWING: 

A)   Retail Banking

Your  Bank’s  Retail  Banking  Business  registered  robust  growth  in  the  year  under  review.  Total  Retail  Deposits  grew  by  22.3  per  cent 
to  `  709,085  crore  from  `  580,006  crore  in  the  preceding  year  while  Retail  Advances  rose  by  15  per  cent  to  `  432,687  crore  from  
` 376,167 crore.
The  Personal  Loan  Business  surged  to  nearly  `  93,000  crore  on  the  back  of  strong  product  offering  and  speedy  disbursal.  Happy  to 
report, it emerged as the key driver for the Retail Business in the year under review. 

It  has  been  increasing  its  unsecured  exposure  but  without  sacrificing  credit  quality  which  is  well  within  that  prescribed  in  the  product 

programme.

Digitalisation has been the key with your Bank emerging as a pioneer in various digital loans be it the 10 second Personal Loan, Digital 

Loan Against Shares and more recently Loan Against Mutual Funds. All these are industry firsts.

The  Bank  is  a  leader  in  the  Auto  Loans  Segment  with  a  strong  presence  in  passenger,  commercial  vehicle  and  2-wheeler  loans.  

While it has a stable and strong loan portfolio in this segment, growth in the 4 wheeler segment was muted at 9.6 per cent. The performance 

of this segment must be seen in the context of slowing auto segment sales. Your Bank countered the slowdown in demand in the cities 

by increasing its geographic spread. This has enabled it to grow its book size without having to compromise on price and asset quality.  

A key differentiator in this journey has been digitalization which has enabled customer delight through convenience. 

In 2-wheeler financing your Bank built on its inherent strengths to post a growth of nearly 16 per cent by financing 11.4 lakh units. 

In Commercial Vehicles, your Bank was able to ward off intense competition and log robust growth. 

The Payments Business where your Bank has a dominant presence merits a special mention. In credit cards your Bank continued to build 

on its strong base. It ended the year under review with 1.25 crore credit cards after becoming the first bank in the country to issue one 

crore credit cards last year. Existing customers accounted for around 80 per cent of the new cards issued.

The Payments Business not only acts as a catalyst for cashless transactions but also spurs consumption. With 2.69 crore debit cards, 

1.25 crore credit cards and almost a million acceptance points (across all form factors), your Bank is among the largest facilitators of 

cashless payments in the country. The Bank’s payments business has launched digital offerings such as PayZapp, Bharat QR Code, UPI, 

and SMS pay solutions. It has also pioneered path-breaking products such as the SmartHub app which facilitates cashless payments for 

small merchants and DigiPos, which enables traditional PoS machines to accept digital payments. Merchants and customers alike have 

found these solutions useful.

In the year under review, the Virtual Relationship Management (VRM) programmme gained substantial traction. Through this, relationship 

managers reach out to customers through remote and digital platforms, leading to deeper engagement in a cost-effective manner. These 

managers are a single point of contact for customers banking and financial needs. This programme which offers tailor-made solutions, 

using carefully drawn customer level plans has been well received since its launch. 

As  regards  physical  distribution  network,  the  Bank  also  added  316  Banking  Outlets  during  the  year  taking  the  total  to  5,103  spread 

across 2,748 cities / towns. The share of semi-urban and rural outlets in the total network is 53 per cent, reflecting our continued focus 

on these markets. The number of ATMs also increased to 13,160 from 12,635. 

The total number of customers your Bank catered to as on March 31, 2019 was over 4.90 crore up from 4.36 crore in the previous year.

The Bank as you are aware operates in the Home Loan Business in conjunction with HDFC Limited. As per this arrangement, the Bank 

sells  HDFC  Home  Loans  while  HDFC  Ltd  approves  and  disburses  them.  The  Bank  receives  sourcing  fee  for  these  loans  and,  as  per 

the arrangement with HDFC Ltd, has the option to purchase up to 70 per cent of the fully disbursed loans either through the issue of 

mortgage backed Pass Through Certificates (PTCs) or by a direct assignment of loans. The balance is retained by HDFC Ltd. Your Bank 
originated, on an average, ` 2,100 crore of Home Loans every month in the year under review and purchased ` 23,982 crore as direct 
assignment of loans.

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Third Party Products:

The Bank distributes Life Insurance, General Insurance and Mutual Funds, often referred to as Third-Party Products. Income from this 
business grew by 5 per cent to ` 2,200 crore from ` 2,091 crore crore and accounted for 16 per cent of Total Fee Income in the year 
ended March 31, 2019 compared with 18 per cent in the preceding year. 

Insurance

The open architecture adopted by the Bank for Insurance distribution with nine insurance providers was made more robust by leveraging 

more branches and increasing the product bouquet. Continuing with the digital focus, straight through process from prospect to proposal 

stage was introduced with real-time integration across all insurers. All product offerings by insurers were made available on NetBanking 
platform. Premium mobilization in Life Insurance for the year ended March 31, 2019 was ` 4,233 crore a growth of 30 per cent over the 
previous year. This was against the backdrop of an overall industry growth of 10 per cent.

In  the  Non-Life  space,  the  Bank  has  increased  product  offerings,  opened  new  channels,  and  introduced  easy  Point  of  Sale  Person 

Certification for distribution of General and Health Products. It has also introduced new digital platforms like STP, Upscaler Mobile App, 

and Insurance help-line for continuously improving knowledge levels of the staff as well as easing distribution in true open architecture 

model. These initiatives are the first of their kind in the industry. Overall General and Health Insurance Business grew by 29 per cent over 
the previous year with premium mobilization of ` 2,273 crore. The industry grew by 13 per cent in the same period.

Mutual Funds

Global headwinds like trade wars, interest rate hike by the US coupled with domestic concerns like depreciating currency, FPI outflows 

and  impact  of  default  by  IL&FS  to  other  companies  dampened  market  sentiment.  At  the  Industry  level  there  were  regulatory  changes 

like SEBI categorisation and rationalization of schemes, reduction in Total Expense Ratio from 20 basis points to 5 basis points on the 

existing AUM and ban on Upfront commission. Six months to one year (Short term) returns on majority of the equity/hybrid schemes were 

negative. The impact of all this was the slowing down of the Mutual Fund distribution business which in turn resulted in a lower Mutual 

Fund Fee Income.

B)   Wholesale Banking

This  business  focuses  on  institutional  customers  such  as  the  Large  and  Emerging  Corporates,  SMEs  and  Government.  Your  Bank’s 

offerings  in  this  segment  include  Working  Capital  and  Term  Loans  as  well  as  Trade  Credit,  Cash  Management,  Supply  Chain  Financing, 

Foreign  Exchange,  and  Investment  Banking  services.  The  Wholesale  Banking  business  recorded  a  healthy  31.9  per  cent  growth.  

The  Bank  was  able  to  expand  its  share  of  the  customer  wallet,  primarily  using  sharper  customisation,  cross-selling  and  expanding 
into  greater  geographies.  The  Bank  ended  the  year  under  review  with  a  domestic  loan  book  size  of  `  370,000  crore  which  constituted  
46 per cent of the Bank’s domestic advances as per Basel II classification.

Corporate  Banking,  which  focuses  on  large,  well-rated  companies  remained  the  biggest  component  of  the  Wholesale  Banking  book. 

The  Bank  selectively  participated  in  several  refinancing  cases  through  the  NCLT  route  of  companies  which  have  been  acquired  by 

promoters with a good track record.

The  Emerging  Corporates  Group,  which  focuses  on  the  mid-market  segment,  too  witnessed  significant  growth.  Your  Bank  leveraged 

its  vast  geographical  reach,  technology  backbone,  automated  processes,  suite  of  financial  products  and  quick  turnaround  times  to 

offer  customers  a  differentiated  service  leading  to  both  new  customers  as  well  as  acquiring  a  higher  share  of  the  wallet  from  existing 

customers.  The  business  continues  to  have  a  diversified  portfolio  in  terms  of  both  industry  and  geography.  In  the  last  five  years  this 

business has doubled its presence to 47 cities in India.

The year under review has been the one that has seen the greater formalisation of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) 

sector  due  to  the  adoption  of  the  Goods  and  Service  Tax  platform  by  several  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises.  The  Bank’s  advances  to 

MSMEs amounted to Rs 128, 976.5 crore as on March 31, 2019.

The Investment Banking business cemented its prominent position in the Debt and Equity Capital Markets. For four consecutive years 

now, your Bank has been ranked 2nd in the Bloomberg rankings of Rupee Bond Book Runners. The Bank is actively assisting clients in 

equity fund raising and your Bank is ranked 9th in PRIME Database IPO League Tables for FY 18-19 for private sector issues.

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In the Government business, the Bank sustained its focus on tax collections, collecting direct tax of over ` 3.15 lakh crore and indirect 
tax of approximately ` 36,000 crore during the year. In addition to the taxes / duties collected on behalf of several state governments, 
the Bank also collected over ` 1.71 lakh crore in the form of GST. It continues to enjoy a pre-eminent position among the country’s major 
stock and commodity exchanges in both Cash Management Services and Cash Settlement Services.

Your  Bank  has  led  the  way  in  providing  Digital  Banking  Services  to  not  only  its  Retail  Customers  but  also  to  its  wholesale  banking 

customers. It was an early adopter of Digital technology through the Corporate Net Banking Platform, ENet.

HDFC  Bank  offers  the  entire  gamut  of  financial  services,  such  as  Payments,  Collection,  Tax  Solutions,  Government  Business,  Trade 

Finance  Services,  Cash  Management  Solutions  and  Corporate  Cards  through  its  flagship  platform,  besides  seamlessly  connecting  its 

customers through API, S2S (Server to Server) and Host to Host services.

Your Bank’s pre - eminent position in the Wholesale Banking business has secured recognition from Euromoney, a leading global financial 

publication. The Euromoney Trade Finance Survey has ranked HDFC Bank No 1 in two categories: Best Service and Market Leader in the 

Asian Bank category based on a poll of senior corporate and treasury professionals.

C)   Treasury

The Treasury is the custodian of the Bank’s cash / liquid assets and handles its investments in securities, foreign exchange and cash 

instruments. It manages the liquidity and interest rate risks on the balance sheet and is also responsible for meeting reserve requirements. 

The  vertical  also  helps  manage  the  treasury  needs  of  customers  and  earns  a  substantial  part  of  its  revenues  through  fee  income 

generated from transactions customers undertake with the Bank while managing their foreign exchange and interest rate risks.

Revenue  accrues  from  spreads  on  customer  transactions  based  on  trade  and  remittance  flows  and  demonstrated  hedging  needs.  
The Bank recorded revenue of ` 1,720.4 crore from foreign exchange and derivative transactions in the year under review. While plain 
vanilla forex products were in demand across all customer segments, the demand for derivative products came mostly from large and 

emerging corporates. 

As a part of prudent risk management, the Bank enters into foreign exchange and derivative deals with counterparties after it has set 

up appropriate credit limits based on its evaluation of the ability of the counterparty to meet its obligations. Where the Bank enters into 

foreign currency derivative contracts not involving the Indian Rupee with its customers, it typically lays them off in the inter-bank market 

on a matched basis. For such foreign currency derivatives, the Bank primarily carries the counterparty credit risk (where the customer 

has crystallised payables or mark-to-market losses) and may carry only residual market risk if any. The Bank also deals in derivatives on 

its own account, including for the purpose of its own balance sheet risk management.

The  Bank  maintains  a  portfolio  of  Government  Securities,  in  line  with  regulatory  norms  governing  the  Statutory  Liquidity  Ratio  (SLR).  

A significant portion of these SLR securities are held in the ‘Held-to-Maturity’ (HTM) category, while some are held in the ‘Available for 

Sale’ (AFS) category. The Bank is also a Primary Dealer for Government Securities. As a part of this business, as well as otherwise, the 

Bank holds fixed income securities in the ‘Held for Trading’ (HFT) category.

D)   Partnering with the Government

You will be happy to know that your Bank has been closely working with the Government both at the Central and State levels primarily in 

the following three areas:

1) 

Digitisation and Digital India

In an important development in the year ended March 31, 2019, you will be happy to know that your bank picked up a 9.11 per 
cent  in  CSC  e  -  Governance  Services  India  Ltd  for  a  cash  consideration  of  `  14.6  crore.  This  is  a  company  constituted  under 
the Companies Act by MeITY (Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology). CSCs, managed by Village Level Entrepreneurs 

(VLEs), are the access points for delivery of essential public utility services, social welfare schemes, healthcare, financial, education 

and agriculture services, apart from a host of B2C services to citizens in rural and remote areas of the country. It is a pan-India 

network catering to regional, geographic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the country thus enabling the Government’s mandate 

of a socially, financially and digitally inclusive society. Your bank will use this network to offer retail products and banking services 

to the citizens across the country and further contribute to the Government’s aim of digital India. 

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Further your bank:

a) 

has the second largest share of Direct tax collection and is working to provide the solution on NEFT/RTGS bulk collection 

which will further increase the revenue collection share and is facilitating collections of various central government led levies 

like fees paid to State Pollution Control Boards

b) 

is  enabling  Direct  Benefit  Transfers  under  various  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  using  the  Public  Financial  Management 

System (PFMS) to more than 50,000 beneficiaries

c) 

is  integrated  with  GeM  (Government  e-Marketplace)  to  provide  financial  services  to  buyers  and  sellers  on  this  platform 

instituted to promote transparency 

d) 

works with various government authorities to enable digitisation of payments and collections e.g. collection of property taxes 

and water user charges at more than 100 municipal authorities across India to support Government of India’s Ease of Doing 

Business initiative

e)  

has been the first in the country to develop (e-Vittrapravaha) with the State Government of Madhya Pradesh to provide an 

end - to - end solution for efficient health-care budget and fund flow management 

2)   Customised Banking Solution for Government Employees 

Your Bank has designed a banking package to suit the needs of government employees at the state and central levels. The offering 

includes an overdraft secured by their salary account, complimentary insurance covers and fine pricing on loans.

3)  

Start-Up Fund and SmartUp Banking

Through  its  SmartUp  Programme  for  Start-ups  and  Start-Up  Fund,  your  Bank  is  working  with  various  state  governments  and 

incubators / accelerators to promote entrepreneurship. Memoranda of Understanding have already been signed with three state 

governments to enable execution of varied aspects of their respective start-up policies. Your Bank also works with 12 incubators 

certified by the Department of Science and Technology, including various Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of 

Management, to identify Social Start-ups that require financial and advisory support.

E)   Semi Urban and Rural:

The Semi Urban Rural markets have been a focus of your Bank’s strategy. What changed in the year under review has been the greater 

thrust as a part of the Semi Urban Rural (SURU) push. The rationale behind has been the rising income levels and aspirations of rural 

customers leading to demand for better quality financial products and services. The Rural groups in every department of your bank work 

together to tap these opportunities. 

Apart from meeting its statutory obligations under PSL, HDFC Bank has been offering the widest range of products on the asset side 

of the balance sheet like Auto, 2-wheelers, Personal, Gold, Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV), Small Shopkeeper Loans in these markets. 

Now it plans to increase its coverage of villages and also deepen relationships in the existing ones. An equally important aspect of this 

village penetration strategy is an initiative which combines financial literacy with financial inclusion where customers in each village would 

be educated about various products and services of HDFC Bank which can best meet their financial requirements.

The Semi Urban and Rural push has been backed by its digital strategy. The Bank’s operations in these locations are explained below:

1)   Agriculture and Allied Activities

Your Bank’s credit to Agriculture & Allied activities stood at ` 128,809.32 crore on March 31, 2019, representing an increase of 
nearly 14 per cent over ` 113,160.60 crore in the previous year. Over half of India’s population depends on agriculture for livelihood. 
The key to the Bank’s success here has been its ability to tap the opportunities herein through the following: 

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Our product range includes Pre and Post-Harvest Crop Loans, Two-Wheeler, Auto Loans, Loans against Gold Jewellery amongst 

others. Consequently, the Bank has established a strong footprint in the rural hinterland with its asset products. Apart from advising 

the  farmers  on  their  financial  needs,  your  Bank  is  increasingly  focusing  on  facilitating/educating  them  on  benefits  of  various 

government / regulatory schemes such as crop insurance and interest subvention. 

The Bank has also designed a range of crop and geography-specific products keeping in mind the harvest cycles and the local 

needs of farmers spread across diverse agro climatic zones. 

Our products such as Post-Harvest Cash Credit and Warehouse Receipt Financing enable faster cash flows to the farmer. Credit 

is also disbursed to allied agricultural activities such as Dairy, Pisciculture, and Sericulture.

Farmer centres or Kisan Dhan Vikas Kendras have been rolled out in Punjab, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. 

At  these  centres,  farmers  secure  information  on  soil  health,  mandi  prices,  various  government  initiatives  and  expert  advice.  

These  services  are  also  available  on  the  Bank’s  website  in  vernacular  languages.  The  Bank  also  provides  advisory  on  weather, 

cropping, and harvesting through SMS.

Digitising Milk Procurement This is our effort to facilitate transparency in the milk procurement and payment process. Under this 

initiative, Multi-function Terminals (MFTs), popularly known as Milk-to-Money ATMs, are deployed in dairy societies. The MFTs link 

the milk procurement system of the dairy society to the farmers’ account to enable faster payments. MFTs have cash dispensers 

that function as standard ATMs. The transparency in the milk collection process, including the quality of milk, benefits both farmers 

and society. Payments are credited without the difficulties associated with the cash distribution process. What is more, this creates 

a  credit  history  which  can  then  be  used  as  the  basis  for  accessing  bank  credit.  Apart  from  Dairy  and  Cattle  Loans,  customers 

gain access to all bank products including digital offerings such as 10 Second Personal Loans, Kisan Credit Card, Bill Pay, and 

Missed Call Mobile Recharge. So far your Bank has digitised payments at over 1,000 milk co-operatives spread over 18 states and 

benefiting more than 4 lakh dairy farmers. The Bank facilitates instant realization of payments for over 1 lakh customers.

Substituting the Moneylender: Loans against Gold Jewellery grew to over ` 5,900 crore from over ` 5,500 crore the preceding 

year.  Your  Bank  is  slowly  making  inroads  into  a  market  traditionally  dominated  by  the  unorganised  sector  and  pawn  brokers.  

The entry of organised players into the sector has increased both awareness and transparency. The Bank has been able to serve 

the section of people who would traditionally rely on the moneylender through faster turnaround times.

Social Initiatives in Farm Sector: Farm yield and income are subject to the vagaries of the weather. Factors like soil health, input 

quality (seeds and fertilizers), and availability of water and government policy also impact this. So do price realization and storage 

facilities. Your Bank has launched a variety of initiatives to ease the stress on farm income and rural households. 

Over the last few years, several parts of the country have been severely impacted by natural calamities such as drought, unseasonal 

rains,  hailstorms,  and  floods.  Within  regulatory  guidelines,  the  Bank  has  been  providing  relief  to  impacted  farmers.  It  also  has 

systems designed to enable Direct Benefit Transfers in a time-bound manner. The Bank is also exploring the use of remote sensing 

technologies and analytics to strengthen crop and farm level assessment.

Lending  to  the  agriculture  sector,  including  to  the  small  and  marginal  farmers  is  a  regulatory  mandate  as  part  of  priority  sector 

lending requirements. This has inherent credit risks. Your bank has taken various initiatives to cope with the changing agri-lending 

trend.  It  has  taken  steps  pertaining  to  delinquency  management  like  root-cause  analysis  of  critical  locations,  close  monitoring 

of delinquency, prioritisation based recovery strategy, system automations. Further, your bank is building upon segment specific 

approach  like  funding  to  horticulture  clusters,  supply  chain  finance,  Agribusiness,  MSMEs  and  Dairy  farmers.  It  also  continues 

to engage closely with farmers to mitigate risks and protect portfolio quality. This is reinforced further by a focus on the liability 

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2)   Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) 

Advances  to  the  MSME  segment  as  on  March  31,  2019  stood  at  `  128,976.48  crore  as  against  `  89,042.1  crore  a  year  ago. 
Its advances to the Micro Enterprises alone stood at ` 55,227.96 crore as on March 31, 2019. The MSME sector serves as an 
important engine for economic growth and is one of the largest employers in the economy. 

The year ended March 31, 2019 has seen a steady shift towards digital transactions owing to GST implementation, the push by 

the  Government  and  the  advent/evolution  of  increasingly  tech  savvy  entrepreneurs.  Your  Bank  is  leveraging  this  trend  to  create 

faster solutions. In line with this, the Bank has recently launched an analytics based credit appraisal tool by which a customer can 
get a sanction within 3 hours for loans ranging between ` 11 Lakhs to ` 5 crore. This is facilitated by submission of digital bank 
statements and a combination of scores arrived by our analytical model.

For existing customers, the SME portal continues to offer ad hoc approval and auto enhancement of loans. 

On the trade side, the focus has been on customer engagement for increasing penetration of Trade on Net application. This, as you 

are probably aware is a complete enterprise trade solution for customers engaged in domestic as well as foreign trade enabling 

them to initiate online requests and track them seamlessly resulting in reduced time and costs. 

3)  

Taking Banking to the Unbanked 

Your  Bank  is  fully  committed  to  taking  banking  to  the  remotest  parts  of  the  country  through  the  combination  of  an  extensive 

physical network and a robust digital suite of products and services. Today, over 53 per cent of the Bank’s outlets are located in 

rural and semi-urban areas. The Bank also offers last mile access through mobile applications such as BHIM, UPI, USSD, Scan 

and Pay, and RuPay enabled Micro-ATMs. 

To bring more under-banked sections of the population into formal financial channels, your Bank has opened over 24.1 lakh accounts 

under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) and enrolled 31.4 lakh customers in social security schemes since their 

inception.  We  now  rank  among  the  leading  private  sector  banks  in  this  regard.  In  the  year  under  review,  loans  to  the  tune  of  
` 7,168.7 crore were extended under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) and nearly ` 500.6 crore under the ‘Stand up 
India’ scheme to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and women borrowers in the year under review.

4)  

Sustainable Livelihood Initiative

This  is  primarily  a  social  initiative  with  elements  of  business.  It  entails  skill  training,  livelihood  financing,  and  creating  market 

linkages. Further details are provided in page no 35.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS 

As on March 31, 2019, the Balance Sheet size of this business was US $4.8 billion. Advances constituted 3.02 per cent of the Bank’s Gross 

Advances. The Total Income of the overseas branches constituted 1.06 per cent of the Bank’s Total Income for the year. Though the number is 

small, what is significant is that your Bank is able to cater to a large and growing Indian diaspora. 

As  you  would  know,  your  Bank  has  overseas  branches  in  Bahrain,  Hong  Kong,  and  the  Dubai  International  Finance  Centre  (DIFC).  

These  branches  cater  to  the  needs  of  our  overseas  clients  both  corporate,  and  individual.  They  offer  Banking,  Trade  Finance  and  Wealth 

Management (primarily for non-resident individual customers). In addition, the Bank has Representative Offices in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Nairobi. 

Your Bank also has a presence in International Financial Service Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This unit, which opened 

about  two  years  back  is  akin  to  a  foreign  branch.  Customers  can  avail  of  products  such  as  Trade  Credits,  Foreign  Currency  Term  Loans 

including External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) and derivatives to hedge loans.

NON-BUSINESS OPERATIONS:

SOCIAL COMMITMENT

To reiterate your Bank’s social philosophy: Businesses cannot succeed if the communities they operate in don’t. To add to this, the change 

must be holistic and sustainable. This has been the guiding spirit of the Bank’s social initiatives since inception. This is explained further below.

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Parivartan - A Step Towards Progress

Parivartan is your Bank’s umbrella brand for all its social initiatives. Parivartan or ‘Change’ as it means in English seeks to bring about change 

in the lives of people making them self-reliant and part of the national mainstream. Working largely through communities, Parivartan focuses 

on the following fundamental areas:

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As noted before, Sustainability is one of your Bank’s core values. Your Bank’s belief is that businesses should support the communities in which 

they operate. We are happy to report that your Bank, through its several social initiatives (including SLI) has made a difference to the lives of 

over 5 crore Indians. 

Rural Development

The  Holistic  Rural  Development  Programme  (HRDP)  is  born  out  of  the  conviction  that  the  nation  will  progress  only  when  rural  India  grows. 

Over half the country’s population lives in rural areas and is primarily dependent on agriculture for livelihood. Our efforts here are focused in the 

areas of soil, water and natural resource management and sanitation, issues that affect rural India. These are often multi-pronged interventions. 

Soil conservation for instance will typically cover educating people about use of organic fertilisers. Water management will entail construction, 

renovation and maintenance of water harvesting structures for improving surface and ground water availability. Likewise educating people on 

renewable energy often forms part of our natural resource management efforts. 

Spread over 17 states, the programme covers over 3.6 lakh households across more than 1,100 villages. Over 26,000 acres of arable land 

have been treated to enhance productivity

Promotion of Education

There is no better gift to humanity than education. Improving the quality of education is a focus area under Parivartan. Your Bank’s efforts in 

this area include teacher training, scholarships and career guidance. It also includes providing infrastructure support, such as building toilets in 

schools and improving classrooms. At the community level, this entails educating people on the importance of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 

(WaSH) and creating awareness on issues related to road safety and healthy financial practices. 

The  flagship  programme  here  is  Zero  Investment  Innovations  for  Education  Initiatives  (ZIIEI)  which  was  launched  at  Jaipur,  Rajasthan  in  the 

previous year and gained momentum in the year under review. The ‘Teaching The Teacher’ programme (3T) seeks to transform education in 

government schools across India. It is a unique programme which is committed to improving the skills of teachers, which in turn benefits the 

pupils. Under 3T, more than 15 lakh teachers across 21 states/union territories have been trained by inviting ideas from them, and implementing 

the  selected  ideas  in  schools  to  improve  the  quality  of  education.  This  programme  has  potentially  benefited  more  than  1.6  crore  students 

indirectly and is being executed jointly with a leading non-governmental organisation.

Skills Training and Livelihood Enhancement

Formal  education  remains  a  dream  for  lakhs  of  Indians.  Your  Bank  under  Skills  Training  and  Livelihood  Enhancement  targets  people  in  this 

section  of  society  in  rural  India  and  imparts  income  generating  skills,  primarily  in  agriculture  and  allied  areas  such  as  dairy  and  poultry.  

The objective is to help these people find jobs locally, enhance their household income, and prevent migration. The nationwide programme has 

benefited over 1,00,000 individuals (excluding those trained under the Sustainable Livelihood Initiative or SLI which is explained in detail later). 

As a part of this, more than 40,000 youth have received placement- linked skill development training. Career counselling has been provided to 

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The flagship programme under Skills Training and Livelihood Enhancement is SLI.

Sustainable Livelihood Initiative 

This  initiative  aims  at  ‘Creating  Sustainable  Communities’.  It  does  so  by  empowering  women  and  helping  them  break  the  vicious  circle  of 

poverty. Empowering women, we believe, means empowering families. Women form Self Help Groups (SHGs) or Joint Liability Groups (JLGs). 

The  women  under  the  programme  are  given  occupational  skills  training,  financial  literacy,  and  credit  counselling  and  livelihood  finance  and 

market linkage. The Bank has a Board approved plan to cover 1 crore households against which 96.7 lakh have been covered. 

It’s a unique programme with perhaps no parallel globally. What makes it so are the following:

1) 

2) 

It’s an all-women programme

It covers womenfolk across the length and breadth of a country as vast as India. It is present in 27 states and over 400 districts

3)  With  96.7  lakh  women  or  households/3.87  crore  lives  (ie  96.7  X  4)  being  impacted  potentially,  this  is  one  of  the  world’s  largest  such 

programmes   

4) 

Over 10,000 dedicated, passionate employees of the Bank constituting around 10 per cent of the Bank’s total workforce are running the 

programme

Healthcare and Hygiene

Your  Bank’s  initiatives  in  the  area  of  Healthcare  and  Hygiene,  focusing  on  both  schools  as  well  as  the  community,  have  made  a  substantial 

difference to the lives of students in rural India. 

At the heart of these programmes are community-led sanitation campaigns that promote hygienic conditions in rural areas through appropriate 

wastewater disposal. These initiatives are supplemented by construction of toilets and provision of clean drinking water. Nearly 7,000 school 

toilets and over 15,000 home toilets have been constructed. 

Your Bank also organises health camps, nutrition programmes, and vaccination drives. The flagship programme under this pillar is the Annual 

Blood Donation Drive. In the 12th edition in 2018, your Bank collected over 3 lakh units of blood in a single day which is nearly 42 per cent 

higher than the previous year.  What started off as a small initiative in 2007 with the participation of just 4,000 volunteers has now grown into a 

movement with over 3.5 lakh people from all walks of life participating in the last edition. This included those from colleges, employees of private 

and public sector, and the defence establishment. Nearly 4,000 camps were held across 1,100 cities in India.

Bank employees are central to this effort. In the year under review another landmark was reached: Over 1 million units of blood were collected 

cumulatively over a period of 12 years.

Financial Literacy and Inclusion 

Financial literacy is the first step towards real financial inclusion. Lakhs of people have learnt about the fundamentals of savings, investment 

and organised finance from financial literacy camps conducted by the Bank at its banking outlets as well as financial literacy centres across 

the country. 

This  is  a  multi-pronged  programme  where  literacy  is  imparted  at  branches,  through  business  units  as  well  as  through  its  NGO  partners.  

The flagship scheme under this pillar is Digidhan.

Modelled  on  the  Bank’s  financial  literacy-on-wheels  programme  -  Dhanchayat,  Digidhan,  criss-crosses  the  length  and  breadth  of  the 

country’s hinterland explaining the benefits of digital banking. The medium is through film and the location is often high-footfall pockets such 

as bazaars, mandis and bus-stands.

The Bank is fully compliant with the requirements of the Companies Act 2013, having spent ` 443.8 crore on CSR and emerging as one of the 
highest spenders in this space in India.

The disclosures pertaining to CSR as required under Rule 8 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 have been given in ANNEXURE 2 to 

this report.

Environmental Sustainability

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Towards this end, our ATMs have gone paperless, enabling a reduction of the carbon footprint. The Bank has given this effort a further fillip 

by ensuring multi-channel delivery through Net Banking, Phone Banking, and Mobile Banking. This results in lower carbon emission not just 

from  operations  but  also  from  reduced  customer  travel.  Another  source  for  reducing  the  environmental  footprint  is  solar  ATMs,  which  use 

rechargeable lithium ion batteries that reduce power consumption.

BUSINESS ENABLERS

1)  

People, Culture, Integrity and Ethics

Your  Bank  considers  nurturing  and  promoting  a  culture  built  on  the  foundation  of  ethics  and  integrity  as  a  fundamental  principle.  

And ‘People’ is one of your Bank’s Core Values. What this means is that your Bank hires people with not only the right skill sets but also 

those who have similar values and can fit into its culture.  Needless to say there is no compromise when it comes to ethics. These values 

are reinforced further after onboarding. Your Bank has an institutionalized and well-documented code of conduct, which every employee 

has to affirm annually.

The five pillars of the People approach are:

Talent  Acquisition:  Acquiring  the  right  talent  isn’t  enough  anymore  in  the  current  fast  paced  digital  environment.  What  is  critical  is 

recruiting  scientifically  and  deploying  resources  quickly.  Keeping  in  mind  the  synergies  needed  to  run  a  successful  talent  acquisition 

process, the entire function has been reconfigured. A hub and spoke recruitment model, aided by centers of excellence leveraging new 

technology, analytics and capability building have been created. 

Your  Bank  is  leveraging  Artificial  Intelligence  based  recruitment  tools  to  improve  both  speed  and  quality  of  hiring.  This  in  conjunction 

with competency based assessments ensure a scientific merit based talent acquisition and selection process. Digital channels of talent 

acquisition continue to remain a priority - such as social media hiring and leveraging job portals.

Career Management: Your Bank’s core career philosophy is that after hiring right a conducive environment is created for employees 

to develop and grow. This is done through systematic investment of time in career discussion with employees, competency assessment 

and intensive functional and behavioral training through Gurukul - our in-house programme. The Bank also facilitates inter-departmental 

job movements to employees to help them stay motivated and engaged. 

High Touch Employee Connect Programmes: Your Bank conducts popular events at both local and national levels. While most of 

these events are open to employees, some are meant for families as well. Some of the popular events include Josh Unlimited - a pan 

India sports event; Hunar - a pan India in-house talent competition; Xpressions - a pan India in-house drawing competition; Corporate 

Photography contest and Wanderers - a one-day trek for employees and their children. Events of these nature touch the lives of close to 

60,000 people across the country ensuring a vibrant workplace and building an emotional connect with the organisation.

Training and Development: Training plans for businesses are developed based on needs identified in consultation with the business 

leaders.  An  extensive  bouquet  of  training  programmes  are  delivered,  covering  on-boarding,  product  and  process  training,  advanced 

programmes and behavioral training. The on-boarding training ensures that new employees are trained comprehensively and equipped 

with necessary know-how, as well as functional and behavioral skills required for the proper discharge of the role. 

The  product  training  and  advanced  programmes  enable  skill  development  and,  regular  upgrading  to  build  expertise.  The  training 

methodology  has  evolved  to  application  based  training  including  simulations,  case  studies,  and  games.  Leveraging  technology,  many 

of the class room programmes are now being delivered online. The role-specific learning plan ensures effective use of blended learning 

method.  In  addition  to  this  to  ensure  that  employees  are  assisted  on  the  job,  there  is  a  help-line  ‘Ask  the  Trainers’  which  clarifies  on 

relevant questions within 24 hours.

Rewards and Recognition: Your Bank aims to reward performance as it is the key to keeping employees motivated as well as being 

competitive in the market. It aims to do this while ensuring that there is no deviation from ethics, regulatory guidelines and the principle 

of maintaining internal equity.  

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2)   Digital 2.0 

Your Bank has always been at the forefront of digital innovation in the industry be it ATMs, net banking or mobile banking. Now it has 

embarked on its Digital 2.0 journey. 

The strategic objective of Digital 2.0 is to bring about a transformation for both the Bank and customer. For your Bank it brings about cost 

efficiencies through automation and reduction in origination costs while simultaneously increasing revenue opportunity. It also results in 

a faster time to market and optimization of customer’s digital lifecycle.

For the customer this would mean an improved and hyper personal experience besides an ability to buy bank products from physical/

digital channels alike and also having a conversation with it.

The key elements of the Digital 2.0 strategy are A) Reimagined Net and Mobile Banking Experience B) Digital Marketing, Analytics and 

Digital Origination C) Digital Innovations D) API E) Virtual Relationship Manager 

A) 

Reimagined Net and Mobile Banking Experience: If Digital 1.0 was all about giving the customer convenient access to digital 

channels, Digital 2.0 has all been about enriching and customising the experience. Take the new Mobile Banking App for instance. 

It combines the user journeys that customers go through when they use the app into simple categories such as Save, Invest and 

Pay. It is a large step towards intuitive and simplified banking. This has been built through extensive customer research and by 

partnering with world leading platform and design companies. The App did encounter teething problems leading it to be withdrawn 

for a while. Post relaunch it has been well received. 

B) 

Digital Marketing: Deploying Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning: Your Bank has been able to precisely cater to its 

customers’  preferences,  context,  needs  /  wants  on  the  digital  channels.  It  is  able  to  offer  relevant  and  personalized  products  / 

offers through their channel of preference. Through more intelligent digital marketing campaigns coupled with the ability to close / 

sell products digitally, the Bank aims to step up the proportion of unassisted digital sourcing of products to total sourcing over the 

next two to three years. 

C)  Digital Innovations: Building on the success of the last few years’ your Bank has been able to position itself in the forefront of 

innovation.  One  clear  example  of  this  has  been  the  creation  of  EVA  India’s  first  AI  powered  Chatbot.  It  engages  in  an  intuitive, 

interactive way with people’ and responds to their queries 24*7 instantaneously. Bank on Chat, the other AI conversational offering 

allows customers to solve lifestyle needs by helping them in booking transport and movie tickets by simple chat and pay options. 

D) 

API:  This  is  a  software  intermediary  code  which  rests  between  the  client  application  /  system  and  Bank  system.  This  allows 

exchange of data between the Bank and the customer in a seamless and secure manner. Thus it enables expanding the eco system 

through alliances and entering new markets. Through open innovation and API banking your Bank has started enabling third party 

service providers to connect to the bank’s pre identified internal applications / services securely allowing it to offer its products / 

services on their properties extending the reach exponentially. Already some platform players have been onboarded through which 

customers can now get connected to the Bank, book/renew/liquidate Fixed Deposits, and Recurring Deposits and apply for digital 

products.  This  includes  an  initiative  with  CSC,  a  digital  India  Initiative  to  take  Auto  /  Personal  /  2-wheeler  /  Business  Loans  to 

remote locations and thus champion the cause of digital inclusion. Similarly, an initiative was taken to offer all eligible products to 

a new to bank customer at the time of on boarding and enabling in principle approval for the same. 

The Bank’s efforts have been reinforced through external partnerships like Industry academia interactions, Accelerators Engagement 

Program, Digital Innovation Summit and Digital Innovations Day program. Your Bank has already partnered with over 165 leading 

institutions including the elite ones like The Indian Institutes of Management (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Lucknow), Indian Institute 

of Technology (Delhi), Wharton University and University of Florida. It has also evaluated and worked with over 90 startups.

E) 

Virtual Relationship Manager: Last but not least is the unique Virtual Relationship Manager programme. It is unique as it is the 

only digital channel with a human face/touch. It has the depth and skill, as also the agility to offer concierge services. The channel 

is  a  “bank  within  the  bank”  managing  over  six  million  customers.  It  provides  connect  with  customers  through  a  combination  of 

technology and personalised conversations. The strength of the Virtual Team is its robust training strategies which enables Virtual 

Relationship Managers to adopt individual personalized narratives leading to enhanced relationships and at the same time helping 

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increase the overall productivity for the Bank. Additionally, the Bank’s Learning and Development Team has significantly contributed 

towards spearheading Leadership Programmes for the supervisory force. In the future, emerging technologies like AI, RPA IoT/ AR/ 

VR will be continually pursued across relationship banking, digital self-service, branch banking, risk, marketing, collections, HR and 

be embedded seamlessly in a process and experience which is simpler, better, faster and delightful for customers. 

3)  

Information Technology  

In the technology space, your Bank is considered a leader. Both in terms of being able to identify the right technology solutions for the 

business and deploying them in a timely manner to create customer experience. The 10-second Personal Loan is a case in point. Missed 

Call Banking is another. These products were not only industry firsts but have also gone on to become extremely popular with customers.

Your  Bank  has  gone  further  with  the  implementation  of  an  Open  API  based  Service  Oriented  Architecture  Middleware  platform.  

This enables different systems to talk to each other and thus ensures a seamless flow of information. 

Another important development has been the Digital Application Platform (DAP) which brings together process, digital technologies and 

lifecycle management efficiencies to deliver a better customer experience. This has seen a huge shift to digital channels be it applying for 

loans, credit cards or overdraft facilities. Linkages for this have been established with search engines and fintechs. 

This has been further supplemented with an assisted Savings Bank account opening App in the branch which relationship managers use 

to open digital savings accounts. 

4)   Cyber Security

Your Bank has an effective framework in place to manage cyber security.  The framework rides on 4 pillars viz: - Protect, Detect, Respond 

& Recover.  The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is the person who is responsible overall for ensuring effective information and 

cyber security programme in the bank. There is also a committee of the Board which dedicatedly looks into cyber security issues and 

preparedness.  

In  the  year  under  review,  the  Bank  enhanced  its  cyber  security  protocol  by  enhancing  data  protection  and  cyber  defence  measures. 

The Bank also widened coverage of Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM), which provides a comprehensive and centralised 

view  of  the  security  scenario  of  IT  infrastructure.  Deception  Technology  Solution  was  deployed  to  detect,  analyse  and  defend  against 

advanced attacks often in real-time. In the case of your Bank, it also covers emails and endpoints, besides the network.

Firewalls  were  upgraded  to  Next  Generation  with  deep  packet  inspection  (DPI)  ability.  DPI  analyses  ‘packets’  which  are  nothing  but 

parcels of digital information transmitted across the web in a formatted piece of structured data. Protection against malware, ransomware 

and denial of service attacks have been strengthened further.

Regular  tests  to  assess  the  vulnerability  of  the  IT  infrastructure  and  applications  and  remedy  where  necessary  are  routine.  As  are 

anti-phishing services that help in shutting down phishing sites and protecting the customers from fraud. Risk engine and transaction 

monitoring systems monitor suspicious transactions on Internet Banking, ATM and e-commerce channels.

The Bank has PCI DSS 3.0 and ISO 27001 certifications. PCI DSS is a proprietary information security standard for organisations that 

handle  credit  card  information  and  transactions.  It  is  meant  to  increase  controls  around  cardholder  data  to  reduce  fraud.  In  layman’s 

terms  the  certification  is  an  assurance  that  your  Bank’s  card  customers  enjoy  a  very  high  level  of  safety  while  transacting  with  it.  

The ISO 27001 certification pertains to best practices with respect to information security. On building awareness your bank has a regular 

programme for both employees and customers. All the board members of the bank have been imparted training on cyber security and this 

year, the bank has won 3 awards on best implementation of cyber security including one on spreading cyber security awareness.  

5)  

Service Quality Initiatives and Grievance Redressal

Customer  Focus  is  one  of  the  five  core  values  of  your  Bank.  Your  Bank  has  adopted  a  holistic  approach  for  improving  customer 

experience  across  multiple  channels  especially  since  it  has  various  lines  of  businesses.  In  a  highly  competitive  environment,  ensuring 

product quality and service delivery is vital for business growth. The Bank seeks to achieve this by regularly reviewing service levels and 

capturing feedback from customers. Moreover, the Bank has constituted three committees at different levels to monitor customer service 

viz. Branch Level Customer Service Committees (BLCSCs), Standing Committee on Customer Service and Customer Service Committee 

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While  the  Bank  has  various  touch  points  for  the  customers  such  as  branch,  managed  program  and  phone  banking,  it  has  further 

enhanced the customer experience through a Virtual Relationship Manager (VRM). All this ensures that customers have an omni channel 

experience for any of their financial needs across various touch points. Your Bank has put robust processes in place to regularly monitor 

and measure quality of service levels not only at various touch points but also at a product and process level by Quality Insurance Group.

As part of its continuous efforts to enhance quality of service regular service quality reviews, including mystery shopping, are carried out 

for various products/ channels by following through on a structured calendar of reviews. Such reviews cover key service parameters like 

adherence of benchmark TAT, complaints reduction and, transactions monitoring to ensure meeting the committed service levels along 

with process enhancements. The effectiveness is reviewed periodically at different levels including the Customer Service Committee of 

the Board. 

Your Bank has provided multiple channels to its customers to share feedback on its services as well as register their grievances. It has a 

Grievance Redressal Policy, duly approved by its Board, available in the public domain for ready reference of the customers. 

Your  Bank  is  at  the  forefront  of  developing  innovative  financial  solutions  and  digital  platforms.  This,  coupled  with  concerted  efforts  at 

creating awareness among customers, has led to an increase in the use of its digital channels as well as customer loyalty. Keeping the 

customer’s interest as the primary focus, your Bank has formulated a Board Approved Customer Protection Policy, thereby limiting liability 

of customers in case of unauthorised electronic banking transactions and thus increasing a secure feeling among customers. During the 

year, bank has conducted 39 customer awareness sessions touching over 7,300 customers.

This multi-pronged approach, has resulted in continuous improvement in service standards as well as customer satisfaction.

RISK ARCHITECTURE 

I.  

Risk Management and Portfolio Quality

The key risks that the Bank is exposed to in the course of its business are Credit Risk, Market Risk, Liquidity Risk and Operational Risk. 

These risks not only have a bearing on the Bank’s financial strength and operations but also its reputation. Keeping this in mind, your 

Bank  has  in  place  a  Board  approved  Risk  Strategy  and  Policies  whose  implementation  is  supervised  by  the  Board’s  Risk  Policy  and 

Monitoring  Committee  (RPMC).  The  committee  periodically  reviews  risk  levels  and  direction,  portfolio  composition,  status  of  impaired 

credits and limits for treasury operations.

The hallmark of the Bank’s Risk Management function is, it is independent of the business sourcing unit with the convergence only at the 

CEO level.

The gamut of risks faced by the Bank which are dimensioned and managed include:

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Credit Risk

Credit Risk is defined as the possibility of losses associated with diminution in the credit quality of borrowers or counterparties. Losses 

stem  from  outright  default  or  reduction  in  portfolio  value.  Your  Bank  has  a  distinct  credit  risk  architecture,  policies,  procedures  and 

systems for managing credit risk in both its retail and wholesale businesses. Wholesale lending is managed on an individual as well as 

portfolio basis. By contrast, retail lending, given the granularity of individual exposures, is managed largely on a portfolio basis across 

various products and customer segments. For both categories there are robust front-end and back-end systems in place to ensure credit 

quality  and  minimise  loss  from  default.  The  factors  considered  while  sanctioning  retail  loans  include  income,  demographics,  previous 

credit history of the borrower and the tenor of the loan. In wholesale loans, credit risk is managed by capping exposures on the basis 

of borrower group, industry, credit rating grades and country amongst others. This is backed by portfolio diversification, stringent credit 

approval processes and periodic post-disbursement monitoring and remedial measures. Your Bank has been able to ensure strong asset 

quality through volatile times in the lending environment by stringently adhering to prudent norms and institutionalized processes.

As  on  March  31,  2019,  your  Bank’s  ratio  of  Gross  Non-Performing  Assets  (GNPAs)  to  Gross  Advances  was  1.36  per  cent.  Net  Non-

Performing Assets (Gross Non-Performing Assets Less Specific Loan Loss provisions) was 0.4 per cent of Net Advances. Total restructured 

assets were 0.04 per cent of Gross Advances

The  Bank  has  a  conservative  and  prudent  policy  for  specific  provisions  on  NPAs.  Its  provision  for  NPAs  is  more  than  the  minimum 

regulatory requirements, while adhering to regulatory norms for the provision of Standard Assets.

Digital Lending and Credit Risk

Driven  by  rapid  advances  in  technology,  digitisation  is  increasingly  becoming  a  key  differentiator  for  customer  retention  and  service 

delivery in the banking sector. Digital lending enables customers to secure loans at the click of a button in a matter of minutes, if not seconds. 

However, there are also attendant risks associated with it and your Bank has put in place appropriate checks and balances to manage these 

risks. Such loans are sanctioned primarily to the Bank’s pre-existing customers. Often, they are customers across multiple products and so 

the Bank is familiar with their credit history and risk profile. This makes it possible to evaluate and decide on their fresh requirements almost 

instantly. Besides, most of the credit checks and scores used by the Bank in traditional process underwriting are replicated in digital loans. 

Finally, the Bank has an independent model validation unit that minutely assesses the models used to generate the credit scores for such loans. 

These models are monitored, reviewed periodically, back-tested and corrective action is taken whenever needed.

Market Risk

Market  Risk  arises  largely  from  the  Bank’s  statutory  reserve  management  and  trading  activity  in  interest  rates,  equity  and  currencies 

market.  These  risks  are  managed  through  a  well-defined  Board  approved  Investment  Policy  and  Market  Risk  Policy  that  caps  risk  in 

different  trading  desks  or  various  securities  through  trading  risk  limits  /  triggers.  The  risk  measures  include  position  limits,  gap  limits, 

tenor restrictions, sensitivity limits, namely, PV01, Modified Duration of Hold to Maturity Portfolio and Option Greeks, Value-at-Risk (VaR) 

Limit, Stop Loss Trigger Level (SLTL), Potential Loss Trigger Level (PLTL), and are monitored on end-of-day basis. In addition, forex open 

positions and interest rate sensitivity limits are computed and monitored on an intraday basis. This is supplemented by a Board approved 

stress  testing  policy  and  framework  that  simulates  various  market  risk  scenarios  to  measure  losses  and  initiate  remedial  measures.  

The  market  risk  capital  charge  of  your  Bank  is  computed  on  daily  basis  using  the  Standardised  Measurement  Method  applying  the 

regulatory factors.

Liquidity Risk

Liquidity Risk is the risk that a bank may not be able to meet its short term financial obligations due to an asset–liability mismatch or 

interest rate fluctuations. 

Your  Bank’s  framework  for  liquidity  and  interest  rate  risk  management  is  spelt  out  in  its  Asset  Liability  Management  Policy  that  is 

implemented,  monitored  and  periodically  reviewed  by  the  Asset  Liability  Committee  (ALCO).  As  a  part  of  this  process,  the  Bank  has 

established  various  Board  approved  limits  to  mitigate  both  liquidity  and  interest  risks.  While  the  maturity  gap  and  stock  ratio  limits 

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help  manage  liquidity  risk,  the  net  interest  income  and  market  value  impacts  help  mitigate  interest  rate  risk.  This  is  reinforced  by  a 

comprehensive  Board  approved  stress  testing  programme  covering  both  liquidity  and  interest  rate  risk.  Your  Bank  conducts  various 

studies to assess the behavioral pattern of non-contractual assets and liabilities and embedded options available to customers, which 

are used while managing maturity gaps. Further, your Bank also has necessary framework in place to manage intraday liquidity risk.

The Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR), a global standard, is used to measure a bank’s liquidity position. LCR seeks to ensure that the Bank 

has an adequate stock of unencumbered High-Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA) that can be converted into cash easily and immediately to 

meet its liquidity needs under a 30-day calendar liquidity stress scenario. Based on Basel III norms, RBI has mandated a minimum LCR 

of 100 per cent from January 1, 2019 and your Bank’s LCR stood at 117.66 per cent on a consolidated basis for the year ended March 

31, 2019. 

RBI  has  also  mandated  minimum  Net  Stable  Funding  Ratio  (NSFR)  of  100  per  cent  with  effect  from  1st  April,  2020.  NSFR  seeks  to 

ensure that the Bank maintains a stable funding profile in relation to the composition of its assets and off balance sheet activities. As a 

prudent risk management practice, your Bank has been monitoring this ratio, and is thus adequately prepared to meet the RBI mandated 

requirements.

Operational Risk

This is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events. Given below is a 

detailed explanation under four different heads: Framework and Process, Internal Control, Information Technology and Security Practices 

and Fraud Monitoring and Control. 

a. 

Framework and Process

To  manage  operational  risks,  the  Bank  has  in  place  a  comprehensive  and  operational  risk  management  framework,  whose 

implementation is supervised by the Operational Risk Management Committee (ORMC) and reviewed by the RPMC of the Board. 

An independent Operational Risk Management Department (ORMD) implements the framework. Under the framework, the Bank has 

three lines of defence. The first layer of protection is provided by the Business line (including support and operations) management. 

These managers are primarily responsible for not only managing operational risk on a daily basis, but also for maintaining strict 

internal controls, designing and implementing internal control-related policies and procedures. The second line of defence is the 

ORMD,  which  develops  and  implements  policies,  procedures,  tools  and  techniques  to  assess  and  monitor  the  adequacy  and 

effectiveness of the Bank’s internal controls.

Internal Audit is the last line of defence. The team reviews the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and internal controls 

within the Bank.

b. 

Internal Control

Your Bank has implemented sound internal control practices across all processes, units and functions. The Bank has well laid down 

policies and processes for management of its day-to-day activities. The Bank follows established, well-designed controls, which 

include traditional four eye principles, effective separation of functions, segregation of duties, call back processes, reconciliation, 

exception  reporting  and  periodic  MIS.  Specialised  risk  control  units  function  in  risk  prone  products  /  functions  to  minimise 

operational risk. Controls are tested as part of the SOX control testing framework.

c. 

Information Technology and Security Practices

The Bank operates in a highly automated environment and makes use of the latest technologies to support various operations. 

This throws up operational risks such as business disruption, risks related to information assets, data security, integrity, reliability 

and availability amongst others. The Bank has put in place a governance framework, information security practices and business 

continuity  plan  to  mitigate  information  technology  related  risks.  An  independent  assurance  team  within  Internal  Audit  provides 

assurance on the management of information technology related risks. The Bank has a robust Business Continuity and Disaster 

Recovery  plan  that  is  periodically  tested  to  ensure  that  it  can  meet  any  operational  contingencies.  There  is  an  independent 

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Information  Security  Group  that  addresses  information  security  related  risks.  A  well-documented  Board  approved  information 

security  policy  is  put  in  place.  In  addition,  employees  mandatorily,  and  periodically  undergo  information  security  training  and 

sensitisation exercises.

d. 

Fraud Monitoring and Control

The  Bank  has  put  in  place  a  whistle  blower  policy,  and  a  central  vigilance  team  oversees  implementation  of  fraud  prevention 

measures.  Frauds  are  investigated  to  identify  the  root  cause  and  relevant  corrective  steps  are  taken  to  prevent  recurrence.  

Fraud  prevention  committees  at  the  senior  management  and  Board  level  also  deliberate  on  material  fraud  events  and  initiate 

preventive action. Periodic reports are submitted to the Board and senior management committees.

Compliance Risk

Compliance  Risk  is  defined  as  the  risk  of  impairment  of  your  Bank’s  integrity,  leading  to  damage  to  its  reputation,  legal  or  regulatory 

sanctions,  or  financial  loss,  as  a  result  of  a  failure  (or  perceived  failure)  to  comply  with  applicable  laws,  regulations  and  standards.  

The  Bank  has  a  Compliance  Policy  to  ensure  highest  standards  of  compliance.  A  dedicated  team  of  subject  matter  experts  in  the 

Compliance  Department  works  with  business  and  operations  teams  to  ensure  active  compliance  risk  management  and  monitoring.  

The  team  also  provides  advisory  services  on  regulatory  matters.  The  focus  is  on  identifying  and  reducing  risk  by  rigorously  testing 

products  and  also  putting  in  place  robust  internal  policies.  Products  that  adhere  to  regulatory  norms  are  tested  after  rollout,  and 

shortcomings, if any, are fully addressed till the product stabilises on its own.  Internal policies are reviewed and updated periodically as 

per agreed frequency or based on market action or regulatory guidelines / action. The compliance team also seeks regular feedback on 

regulatory compliance from product, business and operation teams through self-certifications and monitoring.

ICAAP

The Bank has a structured management framework in the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) to identify, assess and 

manage all risks that may have a material adverse impact on its business / financial position / capital adequacy. The ICAAP framework 

is guided by the Bank’s Board approved ICAAP Policy. Additionally, the Board approved Stress Testing Policy and Framework entails the 

use of various techniques to assess potential vulnerability to extreme but plausible stressed business conditions. Changes in the Bank’s 

risk levels and in the on / off balance sheet positions are assessed under such assumed scenarios using sensitivity factors that generally 

relate to their impact on profitability and capital adequacy.

Group Risk

Your Bank has two subsidiaries, HDB Financial Services Limited and HDFC Securities Limited. The Board of each subsidiary is responsible 

for  managing  their  respective  risks  (Credit  Risk,  Market  Risk,  Operational  Risk,  Liquidity  Risk,  Reputation  Risk).  The  ICAAP  at  the 

subsidiaries  is  overseen  within  the  Bank’s  ICAAP  framework.  Stress  testing  for  the  group  as  a  whole  is  carried  out  by  integrating  the 

stress  tests  of  the  subsidiaries.  Similarly,  capital  adequacy  projections  are  formulated  for  the  group  after  incorporating  the  business  / 

capital plans of the subsidiaries.

II.  

Implementation of Indian Accounting Standards (IND-AS)

The  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs,  in  its  press  release  dated  January  18,  2016,  had  issued  a  roadmap  for  implementation  of  Indian 

Accounting Standards (IND-AS) for scheduled commercial banks, insurers / insurance companies and non-banking financial companies. 

This roadmap required these institutions to prepare IND-AS based financial statements for the accounting periods beginning from April 1, 

2018 onwards with comparatives for the periods beginning April 1, 2017 and thereafter. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), vide its circular 

dated February 11, 2016 required all scheduled commercial banks to comply with IND-AS for financial statements for the periods stated 

above. The RBI did not permit banks to adopt IND-AS earlier than the timelines stated above. The said guidelines also state that RBI shall 

issue necessary instructions/ guidance / clarifications on the relevant aspects for implementation of IND-AS as and when required. 

The  implementation  of  IND-AS  by  banks  requires  certain  legislative  changes  in  the  format  of  financial  statements  to  comply  with 

disclosures required by IND-AS. The change in format requires an amendment to the third schedule of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 

to make it compatible with the presentation of financial statements under IND-AS. Considering the amendments needed to the Banking 

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Regulation Act, 1949, as well as the level of preparedness of several banks, the RBI vide its Statement on Developmental and Regulatory 

Policies dated April 5, 2018 had deferred the implementation of IND-AS by one year by when the necessary legislative amendments were 

expected.  The legislative amendments recommended by the RBI are under consideration of the Government of India. Accordingly, the 

RBI, vide its circular dated March 22, 2019 deferred the implementation of IND-AS till further notice.

The  implementation  of  IND-AS  is  expected  to  result  in  significant  changes  to  the  way  the  Bank  prepares  and  presents  its  financial 

statements. The areas that are expected to have significant accounting impact on the application of IND-AS are summarised below: 

1) 

Financial  assets  (which  include  advances  and  investments)  shall  be  classified  under  amortised  cost,  fair  value  through  other 

comprehensive income (a component of Reserves and Surplus) or fair value through profit / loss categories on the basis of the 

nature of the cash flows and the intention of holding the financial assets.

2) 

Interest will be recognised in the income statement using the effective interest method, whereby the coupon, fees net of transaction 

costs and all other premiums or discounts will be amortised over the life of the financial instrument.

3) 

Stock options will be required to be fair valued on the date of grant and be recognised as staff expense in the income statement 

over the vesting period of the stock options.

4) 

The  impairment  requirements  of  IND-AS  109,  Financial  Instruments,  are  based  on  an  Expected  Credit  Loss  (ECL)  model  that 

replaces the incurred loss model under the extant framework. The Bank will be generally required to recognize either a 12-Month 

or  Lifetime  ECL,  depending  on  whether  there  has  been  a  significant  increase  in  credit  risk  since  initial  recognition.  IND-AS  109 

will change the Bank’s current methodology for calculating the provision for Standard Assets and non-performing assets (NPAs).  

The Bank will be required to apply a three-stage approach to measure ECL on financial instruments accounted for at amortised 

cost or fair value through other comprehensive income. Financial assets will migrate through the following three stages based on 

the changes in credit quality since initial recognition:

Stage 1: 12 Months ECL

For exposures which have not been assessed as credit-impaired or where there has not been a significant increase in credit risk since 

initial recognition, the portion of the ECL associated with the probability of default events occurring within the next twelve months will 

need to be recognised. 

Stage 2: Lifetime ECL - Not Credit Impaired

For credit exposures where there has been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition but are not credit-impaired, a lifetime 

ECL will need to be recognised.

Stage 3: Lifetime ECL - Credit Impaired

Financial assets will be assessed as credit impaired when one or more events having a detrimental impact on the estimated future cash 

flows of that asset have occurred. For financial assets that have become credit impaired, a lifetime ECL will need to be recognised.

Interest  revenue  will  be  recognised  at  the  original  effective  interest  rate  applied  on  the  gross  carrying  amount  for  assets  falling  under 

stages 1 and 2 and on written down amount for the assets falling under stage 3. 

5)  

Accounting impact on the application of IND-AS at the transition date shall be recognised in Equity (Reserves and Surplus).

The  Bank,  being  an  associate  of  Housing  Development  Finance  Corporation  Limited  (the  ‘Corporation’),  is  required  to  submit  its 

consolidated  financial  information  (‘fit-for-consolidation  information’),  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  recognition  and  measurement 

principles of IND-AS as specified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, to the Corporation for the purposes of the consolidated 

financial statements/ results of the Corporation. The results of the Bank upon its first time adoption of and transition to IND-AS, based 

on the updated regulations and accounting standards/ guidance and business strategy at the date of actual transition, could differ from 

those reported in the fit-for-consolidation information.

III.  

Internal Controls, Audit and Compliance 

The Bank has put in place extensive internal controls and processes to mitigate operational risks, including centralised operations and 

‘segregation  of  duty’  between  the  front  office,  mid-office  and  back  office.  The  front-office  units  usually  act  as  customer  touch-points 

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and  sales  and  service  outlets.  The  entire  processing,  accounting  and  settlement  of  transactions  is  carried  out  by  the  back-office  in 

the  bank’s  Core  Banking  System.  The  policy  framework,  definition  and  monitoring  of  limits  is  carried  out  by  various  mid-office  and 

risk  management  functions.  The  credit  sanctioning  and  debt  management  units  are  also  segregated  and  do  not  have  any  sales  and 

operations responsibilities.

The  Bank  has  set  up  various  executive-level  committees,  having  participation  from  various  business  and  control  functions,  that  are 

designed to review and oversee matters pertaining to capital, assets and liabilities, business practices and customer service, operational 

risk,  information  security,  business  continuity  planning  and  internal  risk-based  supervision  amongst  others.  The  control  functions  set 

standards  and  lay  down  policies  and  procedures  by  which  the  business  functions  manage  risks  including  compliance  with  applicable 

laws, compliance with regulatory guidelines, adherence to operational controls and relevant standards of conduct.    

At the ground-level, the Bank has a mix of preventive and detective controls implemented through systems and processes ensuring a 

robust framework in the Bank to enable correct and complete accounting, identification of outliers (if any) by the Management on a timely 

basis for corrective action and mitigating operational risks.

The Bank has various Preventive controls viz, (a) Limited and need-based access to systems by users (b) Dual custody over cash and 

near-cash items (c) Segregation of duty in processing of transactions vis-a-vis creation of user IDs (d) Segregation of duty in processing of 

transactions vis-a-vis monitoring and review of transactions / reconciliation (e) Four eye-principle (maker-checker control) for processing 

of transactions (f) Stringent password policy (g) Booking of transactions in Core Banking System mandates the earmarking of line / limit 

(fund  as  well  as  non-fund  based)  assigned  to  the  customer  (h)  STP  processes  between  Core  Banking  System  and  payment  interface 

systems  for  transmission  of  messages  (i)  Additional  authorisation  leg  in  payment  interface  systems  in  applicable  cases  (j)  Audit  logs 

directly extracted from systems (k) Empowerment grid.

The Bank also has detective controls in place viz, (a) Periodic review of user IDs (b) Post transaction monitoring at the back-end by way 

of  call  back  process  (through  daily  log  reports)  by  an  independent  person  i.e.  to  ascertain  that  entries  in  the  Core-Banking  System  / 

messages in payment interface systems are based on valid / authorised transactions and customer requests (c) Daily tally of cash and 

near-cash  items  at  end  of  day  (d)  Reconciliation  of  Nostro  accounts  (by  an  independent  team)  to  ascertain  and  match-off  the  Nostro 

credits  and  debits  (External  or  Internal)  regularly  to  avoid  /  identify  any  unreconciled  /  unmatched  entries  passing  through  the  system  

(e)  Reconciliation  of  all  Suspense  Accounts  and  establishment  of  responsibility  in  case  of  outstandings  (f)  Independent  and  surprise 

checks periodically by supervisors.

Your  Bank  has  an  Internal  Audit  Department  which  is  responsible  for  independently  evaluating  the  adequacy  and  effectiveness  of  all 

internal controls, risk management, governance systems and processes and is manned by appropriately qualified personnel. 

This department adopts a risk based audit approach and carries out audits across various businesses ie Retail, Wholesale and Treasury 

(for India and Overseas books), audit of Operations units, Management Audits, Information Security Audit, Revenue Audit and Concurrent 

Audit  in  order  to  independently  evaluate  the  adequacy  and  effectiveness  of  internal  controls  on  an  ongoing  basis  and  pro-actively 

recommending enhancements thereof. The Internal Audit Department during the course of audit also ascertains the extent of adherence 

to regulatory guidelines, legal requirements and operational processes and provides timely feedback to the Management for corrective 

action. A strong oversight on the operations is also kept through off-site monitoring. 

The  Internal  Audit  Department  also  independently  reviews  the  Bank’s  implementation  of  Internal  Rating  Based  (IRB)  approach  for 

calculation of capital charge for Credit Risk, the appropriateness of Bank’s Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), as 

well as evaluates the quality and comprehensiveness of the Bank’s disaster recovery and business continuity plans and also carries out 

Management self-assessment of adequacy of the Bank’s internal financial controls and operating effectiveness of such controls in terms 

of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Act and Companies Act, 2013.

Any new product / process introduced in the Bank is reviewed by Compliance function in order to ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines 

and  also  by  Internal  Audit  from  the  perspective  of  existence  of  internal  controls.  The  Audit  function  also  pro-actively  recommends 

improvements in operational processes and service quality wherever deemed fit. 

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To  ensure  independence,  the  Internal  Audit  function  has  a  reporting  line  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Audit  Committee  of  the  Board  and  a 

dotted line reporting to the Managing Director.

The Compliance function independently tracks, reviews and ensures compliance with regulatory guidelines and promotes a compliance 

culture in the Bank. 

The Bank has a comprehensive Know Your Customer, Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) policy 

(based on the RBI guidelines / provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002) incorporating the key elements of Customer 

Acceptance Policy, Customer Identification Procedures, Risk Management and Monitoring of Transactions. The policy, is subjected an 

annual review and is duly approved by the Board.

The  Bank  has  taken  significant  measures  in  developing  and  enhancing  an  effective  and  sustainable  KYC  AML  and  CFT  Compliance 

Programme. The adherence to the guidelines prescribed in the policy is monitored by the Bank at various stages of the customer life-

cycle. Your Bank has robust controls in place to ensure adherence to the KYC guidelines at the time of account opening. The Bank also 

has a continuous review process in the form of transaction monitoring including a dedicated AML CFT monitoring team, which carries 

out extensive transaction reviews for identification of suspicious patterns / trends which act as an early warning signal for the Bank to 

carry out enhanced due diligence and appropriate action thereafter. The status of adherence to the KYC, AML and CFT guidelines is also 

placed before the Audit Committee of the Board for their review at quarterly intervals. 

The Audit team and the Compliance team undergo regular training both in-house and external on a continuous basis in order to equip 

them with the necessary know-how and expertise to carry out the function.

The Audit Committee of the Board reviews the effectiveness of controls, compliance with regulatory guidelines as also the performance 

of the Audit and Compliance functions in the Bank and provides direction wherever deemed fit.

Your Bank has always adhered to the highest standards of compliance and has put in place appropriate controls and risk measurement 

and risk management tools in order to ensure a robust compliance and governance structure.  

IV.  Responsible Financing

Your Bank is committed to Responsible Financing and refrains from funding projects that have an adverse impact on Environment, Health 

and Safety (EHS). EHS is an integral part of the bank’s overall credit risk assessment and monitoring process. Every project funded has 

to pass the Bank’s muster in terms of the EHS risk it entails, potential impact and mitigation measures in place or proposed.

The key aspects of the assessment process are:

For all loans exceeding ` 10 crore in amount and five years in tenure, borrowers have to submit a declaration of compliance with EHS 
norms.

In  select  large-ticket  projects,  the  Bank  appoints  a  Lender’s  Independent  Engineer  (LIE)  who  conducts  due  diligence  across  several 

parameters including EHS. The findings of the LIE’s assessment report are then discussed with the client to ensure compliance.

The LIE regularly monitors such projects during the construction period through site visits and reports progress which includes status of 

approvals and relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken. Your Bank officials also conduct independent site inspections from time to 

time to ensure that the project is progressing to the Bank’s satisfaction. 

After  the  project  becomes  operational,  the  borrower  has  to  submit  an  annual  declaration  of  compliance  with  various  national  laws 

including those related to EHS. This is also followed up by onsite visits of bank executives.

The Bank deals with the client primarily through its Relationship Manager (RM). The RM has to report compliance with EHS norms in the 

Credit Assessment Memorandum (CAM) both at the time of initial sanction and during the annual review process. Such certification is 

based on information / disclosures provided by the borrower at the time of initial appraisal and during periodic review of the facilities. 

The RM records outstanding EHS issues if any and follows them up with the client for prompt resolution. The Bank levies default interest 

in case of deviations and, thus, ensures compliance with the agreed EHS norms. If there are significant deviations that could affect the 

viability of the project, the Bank reserves the right to either reduce its exposure or recall the loan. 

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V. 

Integrated Reporting (IR) 

The Bank has taken a step forward in the Integrated Reporting Journey that it embarked upon last year. It will create an Integrated Report 

based on the principles enunciated by the International Integrated Reporting Council which will be hosted on the website of the Bank.

Subsidiary Companies

Your  Bank  has  two  subsidiaries,  HDB  Financial  Services  Limited  (HDBFSL)  and  HDFC  Securities  Limited  (HSL).  HDBFSL  is  a  leading  NBFC 

that caters primarily to segments not covered by the Bank while HSL is among India’s largest retail broking firms. The financial results of the 

subsidiaries  have  been  prepared  in  accordance  with  notified  Indian  Accounting  Standards  (‘Ind-AS’)  with  effect  from  April  1,  2018  (April  1, 

2017 being the transition date). Accordingly, the financial results for the comparative reporting period have also been prepared in accordance 

therewith. 

The detailed financial performance of the companies is given below.

1) 

HDB Financial Services Limited 

HDBFSL’s Net Interest Income grew 17.2 per cent to ` 3,378.8 crore for the year ended March 31, 2019, from ` 2,882.2 crore in the 
previous year. This resulted in a Net Profit rise of 23.6 per cent to ` 1,153.2 crore from ` 933 crore. Net NPA levels stood at 1.12 per cent 
on March 31, 2019.

The company is a leading NBFC that caters to the growing needs of an aspirational India, serving both Retail and Small and Medium 

Commercial Clients. It has a wide range of financial solutions that help customers meet their growing financial needs. 

The Enablers: 

Compelling Product Offering 

HDBFSL brings in a compelling product offering leading to customer convenience. It offers financial services at one place be it secured / 

unsecured loans, investments or insurance. The company offers instant loan approvals for consumer loans with intelligent web application 

forms as well as personalised credit appraisal for large business loans.

With a seamless distribution channel and a committed workforce, HDBFS brings in convenience to customers.

Focus on Phygital: Physical cum Digital

With  its  ever-growing  network  of  1,350  branches  across  961  cities/towns,  HDBFS  is  reaching  out  to  customers  spread  across  the 

country.  Over  85  per  cent  of  its  branches  are  outside  the  top  25  cities  of  India.  This  means  that  a  branch  and  customer  relationship 

manager are never too far from the customer. 

By leveraging digitization, it offers financial solutions to individuals. For instance, they can access their loan account through the website 

www.hdbfs.com.The self-service mobile application and customer service portal “HDB On-The-Go” aims to bring account management 

at a customer’s fingertips. All this means that financial borrowing is now an effortless experience for customers.

This would not have been possible without a committed workforce of over 93,000. The quest for growth has also been balanced by a 

robust risk management framework which has enabled net NPA levels of about 1 per cent (among the lowest in the industry) and strong 

credit ratings. HDBFSL’s long-term debt is rated AAA/stable by CARE & CRISIL and its short-term debt is rated A1+ by CARE & CRISIL, 

indicating the highest degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligations.

BPO Services

Another  revenue  stream  for  the  company  has  been  Business  Process  Outsourcing  (BPO)  solutions  to  HDFC  Bank.  The  BPO  services 

division  delivers  back-office  services  such  as  forms  processing,  documents  verification,  finance  and  accounting  services  and 

correspondence management. HDBFS also delivers front office services such as contact centre management, outbound marketing and 

collection services.

As on March 31, 2019, HDFC Bank held 95.5 per cent stake in the company.

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2)   HDFC Securities Limited 

HSL’s Total Income was ` 782.1 crore as against ` 800.1 crore in the previous year. Net Profit was ` 329.8 crore as against ` 344.7 crore. 

The  company  has  a  customer  base  of  21.4  lakh  to  whom  it  offers  a  large  bouquet  of  financial  services.  In  the  year  under  review,  

HSL had 7 lakh transacting customers, the third highest number of active (transacting) customers among all broking houses.

The focus on digitisation continued but the percentage of customers accessing HSL’s services digitally decreased to 68 per cent from 70 

per cent in the previous year. The percentage accessing it through the mobile app increased to 37 per cent from 33 per cent. 

In  a  conscious  effort  to  rationalize  the  distribution  network  with  greater  emphasis  on  digital  offerings,  HSL  consolidated  its  existing 

branches to end with 278 branches across 165 cities/towns at the end of the year.

The company’s performance must be seen in the context of the overall macroeconomic scenario. While the capital market indices did 

grow on a year on year basis the gains were not as significant as in the previous year. Globally this was due to the Federal Reserve’s 

interest rate hikes, volatile oil prices and the US - China trade war. Domestic factors that impeded capital market performance were the 

NBFC crisis and a potential India-Pakistan conflict towards the end of the year. 

In the year under review, HSL also won many industry accolades. Special mention must be made of the Digital Excellence Awards for 

Conversational Investing which it won in the Economic Times BFSI Innovation Tribe Awards 2018 and in the Digital Excellence Awards 

2018.  HSL  was  also  judged  as  India’s  Most  Ethical  Company  in  Financial  Services  by  World  CSR  Congress.  It  also  won  the  Most 

Attractive Brand in the category of Retail Broking awarded by Trust Research Advisory (TRA). In the Outlook Money Awards 2018, HSL 

was the runner up in the Best Retail Broker category.  

As on March 31, 2019, your Bank held 97.3 per cent stake in HSL.

The annual reports of HDBFSL and HSL are available on the website of the Bank (www.hdfcbank.com). Shareholders who wish to have 

a copy of the annual accounts and detailed information may write to HDFC Bank. These documents will also be available for inspection 

by shareholders at the registered offices of the Bank and its two subsidiaries.

Other Statutory Disclosures

Number of Meetings of the Board, attendance, meetings and constitution of various Committees 

The details of Board meetings held during the year, attendance of Directors at the meetings and constitution of various Committees of the Board 

are included separately in the Corporate Governance Report.

Extract of Annual Return 

Pursuant to Section 134 (2) (a) and Section 92 (3) of the Companies Act, 2013, the extract of the Annual Return in the prescribed format (MGT-9) 

is annexed as ANNEXURE 3 to this Report. Further, the Annual Return of the Bank in the prescribed Form MGT-7 is available on the website 

of the Bank at the link www.hdfcbank.com

Requirement for maintenance of cost records:

The Bank is not required to maintain cost records as specified by the Central Government under section 148(1) of the Companies Act, 2013

Directors’ Responsibility Statement

Pursuant to Section 134 (3) (c) read with Section 134 (5) of the Companies Act, 2013, the Board of Directors hereby state that:

(cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:1)

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to material departures, if any

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prudent so as to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank as on March 31, 2019 and of the profit of the Bank for the 

year ended on that date

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Companies Act, 2013, for safeguarding the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting fraud and other irregularities

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(cid:116)(cid:1)  We have prepared the annual accounts on a going concern basis

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and operating effectively

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and were operating effectively.

Compliance with Secretarial Standards

The Bank is in compliance with all applicable Secretarial Standards as notified from time to time.

Auditors

The Bank’s current Statutory Auditors are S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants. S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP were appointed as Statutory 

Auditor at the previous AGM of the Bank, to hold office till the conclusion of the ensuing AGM. It is now proposed to appoint S. R. Batliboi & 

Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants, as Statutory Auditor of the Bank for period of three years with effect from the conclusion of the ensuing AGM, 

such that their total appointment does not exceed 4 years, which is the maximum permissible term as per Reserve Bank of India, at such fees 

as detailed in the Notice of the 25th AGM of the Bank.

During the year ended March 31, 2019, fees paid to the Statutory Auditors (S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP) and its network firms are as follows:   

(` in crores)

Fees (including taxes)

HDFC Bank to  

HDFC Bank to network 

Subsidiaries of HDFC Bank to Statutory 

Statutory Auditors

firms of Statutory Auditors

Auditors and its network firms

Statutory Audit

Certification & other attest services*

Non-audit services

Outlays and Taxes*

Total

2.50

1.30

-

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4.29

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*includes fees classified under share issue expenses, towards certification and other attest services in respect of capital raised during the year.

Disclosure under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 

As far as FEMA compliances in relation to strategic downstream investments in the Bank’s subsidiaries is concerned, during the year under 

review, there have been no strategic downstream investments made by Bank in its subsidiaries. Accordingly, the Bank has obtained a certificate 

from its statutory auditors to this effect. 

Related Party Transactions

Particulars of transactions with related parties referred to in Section 188 (1), as prescribed in Form AOC-2 under Rule 8 (2) of the Companies 

(Accounts) Rules, 2014 is enclosed as ANNEXURE 4.

Particulars of Loans, Guarantees or Investments

Pursuant  to  Section  186  (11)  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013,  the  provisions  of  Section  186  of  Companies  Act,  2013,  except  sub-section  (1), 

do not apply to a loan made, guarantee given or security provided or any investment made by a banking company in the ordinary course of 

business.  The  particulars  of  investments  made  by  the  Bank  are  disclosed  in  Schedule  8  of  the  Financial  Statements  as  per  the  applicable 

provisions of Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

Financial Statements of Subsidiaries and Associates

In terms of Section 134 of the Companies Act, 2013 and read with Rule 8 (1) of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 the performance and 

financial position of the Bank’s subsidiaries and associates are enclosed as ANNEXURE 5 to this report. There were no entities which became 

or ceased to be the Bank’s subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures during the year. 

Whistle Blower Policy / Vigil Mechanism

The Bank encourages an open and transparent system of working and dealing amongst its stakeholders. While the Bank’s “Code of Conduct 

& Ethics Policy” directs employees to uphold company values and conduct business with integrity and highest ethical standards, the Bank has 

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also adopted a “Whistle Blower Policy” which encourages its employees and various stakeholders to bring to the notice of the Bank any issue 

involving  compromise/  violation  of  ethical  norms,  legal  or  regulatory  provisions,  actual  or  suspected  fraud  etc.,  without  any  fear  of  reprisal, 

discrimination,  harassment  or  victimization  of  any  kind.  All  such  concerns/  complaints  are  received  by  the  Chief  of  Internal  Vigilance  of  the 

Bank and/or by the Whistle Blower Committee through a dedicated email ID or by way of letters etc. All such complaints are enquired into by 

the appropriate authority within the Bank while ensuring confidentiality of the identity of such complainants. On the basis of their investigation,  

if the allegations are proved be correct, then the Competent Authority shall recommend to the appropriate Disciplinary Authority to take suitable 

action against the responsible official and required corrective measures in consultation with the concerned stakeholders. The decision of the 

Whistle Blower Committee is final and binding on all. Preventive measures or any other action considered necessary is also taken forward by 

the Competent Authority.

Details of Whistle Blower complaints received and subsequent action taken and the functioning of the Whistle Blower mechanism are reviewed 

periodically by the Audit Committee of the Board. During the Financial year 2018-19, a total of 56 such complaints were received and taken up 

for investigation which has resulted in certain staff actions in 15 cases post investigation. 

Statement on Declaration by Independent Directors

Mrs.  Shyamala  Gopinath,  Mr.  Malay  Patel,  Mr.  Umesh  Chandra  Sarangi  are  the  Independent  Directors  whereas  Mr.  Sanjiv  Sachar,  

Mr.  M.  D.  Ranganath  and  Mr.  Sandeep  Parekh  are  the  Additional  Independent  Directors  on  the  Board  of  the  Bank  as  on  March  31,  2019.  

All the Independent Directors and Additional Independent Directors have given their respective declarations under Section 149 (6) and (7) of the 

Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder. In the opinion of the Board, the Independent Directors fulfil the conditions relating to their 

status as Independent Directors as specified in Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder and are independent 

of the management. 

Board Performance Evaluation

The  Nomination  and  Remuneration  Committee  (NRC)  has  approved  a  framework  /  policy  for  evaluation  of  the  Board,  Committees  of  the 

Board and the individual members of the Board (including the Chairperson), which is reviewed annually by the NRC. A questionnaire for the 

evaluation of the Board, its Committees and the individual members of the Board (including the Chairperson), designed in accordance with the 

said framework and covering various aspects of the performance of the Board and its Committees, including composition and quality, roles 

and responsibilities, processes and functioning, adherence to Code of Conduct and Ethics and best practices in Corporate Governance was 

sent out to the Directors. The responses received to the questionnaires on evaluation of the Board and its Committees were placed before the 

meeting of the Independent Directors for consideration. The assessment of the Independent Directors on the performance of the Board and its 

Committees was subsequently discussed by the Board at its meeting. 

Your  Bank  has  in  place  a  process  wherein  declarations  are  obtained  from  the  Directors  regarding  fulfilment  of  the  ‘fit  and  proper’  criteria  in 

accordance with RBI guidelines. 

The declarations from the Directors other than members of the NRC are placed before the NRC and the declarations of the members of the 

NRC are placed before the Board. Assessment on whether the Directors fulfil the said criteria is made by the NRC and the Board on an annual 

basis. In addition, the framework / policy approved by the NRC provides for a performance evaluation of the Non-Independent Directors by the 

Independent Directors on key personal and professional attributes. In addition to the above parameters, the Board also evaluates fulfillment of 

the independence criteria as specified in SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 by the Independent Directors 

of the Bank and their independence from the management. Such performance evaluation has been duly completed as above. As Mr. Sandeep 

Parekh and Mr. M. D. Ranganath were recently appointed as Additional Independent Directors on the Board of the Bank with effect from January 

19, 2019 and January 31, 2019 respectively, they abstained from participating in the above Board Performance Evaluation process.

Policy on Appointment and Remuneration of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel

Your  Bank  has  in  place  a  Policy  for  appointment  and  ‘fit  and  proper’  criteria  for  Directors  of  the  Bank.  The  Policy  lays  down  the  criteria  for 

identification of persons who are qualified and ‘fit and proper’ to become Directors on the Board- such as academic qualifications, competence, 

track record, integrity, etc. which shall be considered by the NRC while recommending appointment of Directors. The Policy is available on the 

website of the Bank at the link https://www.hdfcbank.com/assets/pdf/Policy-for-appointment-and-fit-proper-criteria-for-directors.pdf 

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The remuneration of Whole Time Directors, Key Managerial Personnel and Senior Management is governed by the Compensation Policy of the 

Bank. The same is available at the web-link https://www.hdfcbank.com/assets/pdf/Compensation-Policy.pdf. The Compensation Policy 

of the Bank, duly reviewed and recommended by the NRC has been articulated in line with the relevant Reserve Bank of India guidelines. 

Your Bank’s Compensation Policy is aimed to attract, retain, reward and motivate talented individuals critical for achieving strategic goals and 

long term success. The Compensation Policy is aligned to business strategy, market dynamics, internal characteristics and complexities within 

the Bank. The ultimate objective is to provide a fair and transparent structure that helps the Bank to retain and acquire the talent pool critical 

to building competitive advantage and brand equity.

Your  Bank’s  approach  is  to  have  a  pay  for  performance  culture  based  on  the  belief  that  the  Performance  Management  System  provides  a 

sound  basis  for  assessing  performance  holistically.  The  compensation  system  should  also  take  into  account  factors  such  as  roles,  skills  / 

competencies,  experience  and  grade  /  seniority  to  differentiate  pay  appropriately  on  the  basis  of  contribution,  skill  and  availability  of  talent 

on account of competitive market forces. The details of the Compensation Policy are also included in Schedule 18 Notes forming part of the 

Accounts  -  Note  no.  24.  Non-Executive  Directors  are  paid  remuneration  by  way  of  sitting  fees  for  attending  meetings  of  the  Board  and  its 

Committees, which are determined by the Board based on applicable regulatory prescriptions. 

Further, expenses incurred by them for attending meetings of the Board and Committees are reimbursed at actuals. Pursuant to the relevant 

RBI  guidelines  and  approval  of  the  shareholders,  each  of  the  Non-Executive  Directors,  other  than  the  Chairperson,  are  paid  profit-related 
commission of ` 1,000,000 (Rupees Ten Lakh Only)  per annum. 

Mr.  Aditya  Puri  is  the  Non-Executive  Chairman  of  HDB  Financial  Services  Limited,  subsidiary  of  the  Bank.  Mr.  Puri  does  not  receive  any 

remuneration  from  the  subsidiary.  None  of  the  Directors  of  your  Bank  other  than  Mr.  Puri  is  a  director  of  the  Bank’s  subsidiaries  as  on  

March 31, 2019.

Succession Planning 

The Bank’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC) also oversees matters of succession planning of its Directors, Senior Management 

and Key executives of the Bank. With respect to the tenure of the current Managing Director ending in October 2020, the Board will identify a 

successor and work to ensure that this is done in a manner that will allow appropriate time for an effective transition of responsibilities. Towards 

this end, the Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board will constitute a Search Committee to undertake a global search of both 

internal and external candidates.

Significant and Material Orders Passed By Regulators 

During the year under review, there were no significant and material Orders passed by any regulators or courts or tribunals against the Bank 

impacting the going-concern status and Bank’s operations in future. 

Directors and Key Managerial Personnel

In  compliance  with  Section  152  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013,  Mr.  Srikanth  Nadhamuni  will  retire  by  rotation  at  the  ensuing  Annual  General 

Meeting and is eligible for re-appointment.

During  the  year,  Mr.  Partho  Datta  and  Mr.  Bobby  Parikh  ceased  to  be  Directors  of  the  Bank  from  close  of  business  hours  on  September  29, 

2018 and January 26, 2019 respectively, on completing the maximum permitted tenure of eight years as per Banking Regulation Act, 1949.  

Your Directors place on record their sincere appreciation for the contribution made by Mr. Partho Datta and Mr. Bobby Parikh during their tenure 

with the Bank and wishes them well in their future endeavors.

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar, Deputy Managing Director, tendered his resignation from the Board of the Bank on August 10, 2018 which came into 

effect  from  November  8,  2018.  The  Board  places  on  record  their  sincere  appreciation  for  the  contribution  made  by  Mr.  Paresh  Sukthankar 

during his tenure with the Bank and wishes him well in his future endeavors.

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, Mr. Sandeep Parekh and Mr. M. D. Ranganath were appointed as Additional Independent Directors on the Board of the Bank 

with effect from July 21, 2018, January 19, 2019 and January 31, 2019 respectively, subject to the approval of the shareholders. 

The brief resume / details regarding the Directors proposed to be appointed / re-appointed as above is furnished in the report on Corporate 

Governance. There have been no changes in the Directors and Key Managerial Personnel of the Bank other than the above.

Particulars of Employees

The  information  in  terms  of  Rule  5  of  the  Companies  (Appointment  and  Remuneration  of  Managerial  Personnel)  Rules,  2014  is  given  in 

ANNEXURE 6 and ANNEXURE 7 to this report. 

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Conservation of Energy, Technology Absorption, Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

(A)  Conservation of Energy 

Your Bank has undertaken several initiatives in this area such as:

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(cid:49)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:73)(cid:86)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:47)(cid:80)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:21)(cid:10)

Monitoring and energy saving initiative for 100 branches resulting in power saving of over 10 per cent. The Bank won an award in National 

Energy Efficiency Circle Competition 2017 - Winner Best Energy Efficient Case study held by CII in May 2017. Considering the benefits 

accrued, it further extended the monitoring programme to an additional 500 branches across the country and the results have shown 

power savings over 10%.

(B)   Technology Absorption

Your Bank has been at the forefront of using technology absorption and evaluates innovative technology with multiple fintech partners. 

It has launched a formal Consumer Durable Loans portfolio and product with on-line real-time Digital API based collaboration with third 

party and fintech application sourcing platforms. Your Bank is leveraging API based Service Oriented Architecture and Middleware for 

enabling digital initiatives and empowering relationship managers at branches with digital products and services platforms. Your Bank 

has also begun using robotics and artificial intelligence in digital commerce, corporate supply chain and payment settlement systems to 

reduce time to market and turnaround time.

(C)   Foreign Exchange Earnings and Outgo

During the year, the total foreign exchange earned by the Bank was ` 1,720.4 crores (on account of net gains arising on all exchange 
/  derivative  transactions)  and  the  total  foreign  exchange  outgo  was  `  2,130.5  crores  towards  the  operating  and  capital  expenditure 

requirements.

Secretarial Audit

In terms of Section 204 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules made thereunder, M/s. BNP & Associates, Practicing Company Secretaries 

had been appointed as Secretarial Auditors of the Bank for the financial year 2018-19. The report of the Secretarial Auditors is enclosed as 

ANNEXURE 8 to this Report. There are no observations / qualifications / comments in the Report of the Secretarial Auditor. 

Corporate Governance

In  compliance  with  Regulation  34  and  other  applicable  provisions  of  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Board  of  India  (Listing  Obligations  and 

Disclosure  Requirements)  Regulations,  2015,  a  separate  report  on  Corporate  Governance  along  with  a  certificate  of  compliance  from  the 

Secretarial Auditors, forms an integral part of this Report.

Business Responsibility Report

The  Bank’s  Business  Responsibility  Report  containing  a  report  on  its  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  Activities  and  Initiatives  in  the  format 

adopted by companies in India as per the guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Board of India in this regard is available on its web site 

www.hdfcbank.com

Information under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

The relevant information is included in the Corporate Governance Report 

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Acknowledgement

Your Directors would like to place on record their gratitude for all the guidance and co-operation received from the Reserve Bank of India and 

other government and regulatory agencies. Your Directors would also like to take this opportunity to express their appreciation for the hard work 

and dedicated efforts put in by the Bank’s employees and look forward to their continued contribution in building a ‘World Class Indian Bank.’

Conclusion 

It has been a challenging year for the Indian economy externally as well as internally. The good news is that despite the challenges of volatile oil 

prices, trade wars, rising interest rates, and domestic uncertainties due to the impending general elections in India and slowing consumption 

demand, India remained the world’s fastest growing economy. Your Bank which grew faster than the system in the year under review is well 

poised to tap the opportunities of what is still an under penetrated market by leveraging its strong balance sheet and franchise. 

As always, your Bank will continue to be judicious. It will continue to leverage its distribution strength and digital platforms to offer a similar 

experience to customers across urban, semi-urban and rural India.

Needless to say, the Bank will continue to focus on its five core values, namely, Customer Focus, Operational Excellence, Product Leadership, 

People and Sustainability. Its commitment to the highest possible standards of corporate governance remains unwavering even as it embarks 

on the next stage of its evolution to continue delivering sustainable growth to all its stakeholders.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

Chairperson

Mumbai, May 22, 2019

UPDATED STATEMENT

The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Bank,  had  at  its  meeting  dated  March  7,  2019,  approved  the  re-appointment  of  S.R.  Batliboi  &  Co.  LLP  

(ICAI Firm Registration Number: 301003E/300005) as Statutory Auditors of the Bank for a period of 3 years from the conclusion of 25th Annual 

General Meeting, subject to approval of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the shareholders of the Bank. At the said meeting, the Board had 

accordingly approved the Notice for 25th Annual General Meeting containing a Board recommended resolution for consideration of shareholders 

for re-appointment of the said firm as Statutory Auditors along with the explanatory statement therefor, as also the Director’s Report. Thereafter 

on  June  03,  2019,  RBI  has  issued  a  Press  Release  stating  that  in  terms  of  RBI’s  Enforcement  Action  Framework,  RBI  will  not  approve  

S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration Number: 301003E/300005) for carrying out statutory audit assignments 

in commercial banks for one year starting from April 01, 2019. Consequently, the Bank was required to appoint a new statutory auditor with effect 

from current Financial Year 2019-2020. As a result, pursuant to the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Bank, the Board of Directors 

vide their resolution dated June 7, 2019 and in supersession of their earlier resolution dated March 7, 2019, have approved the appointment of  

MSKA & Associates, Chartered Accountants (ICAI Firm Registration No. 105047W) as Statutory Auditors for the Financial Years 2019-2020 to 

2022-23, subject to the approval of the RBI and the shareholders of the Bank, and has accordingly approved the Notice for 25th Annual General 

Meeting with a recommended resolution for appointment of the said firm as Statutory Auditors along with the explanatory statement therefor.  

June 7, 2019

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By the order of the Board

Santosh Haldankar

Vice President- Legal 

& Company Secretary

(Membership No. ACS 19201)

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ANNEXURE 1 to the Directors’ Report

The ESOP Schemes of the Bank are in compliance with SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 (“the Regulations”) and the 

details as per the Regulations are as under:

EMPLOYEES’ STOCK OPTIONS AS ON MARCH 31, 2019

Schemes

Date of Share-

Total No 

Exercise 

Options 

Options 

Options 

Options  

Options 

Options 

Total 

holders 

of Options 

Approval

Approved 

Price (Rs) 
FV ` 2/-

Face value of 
` 2/- each

Opening 

Granted  / 

balance                  
FV ` 2/-

Options 

Re-instated 
FV ` 2/-

Vested FV 
` 2/-

Exercised & 

forfeited

Lapsed

Options in 

Shares  

Allotted  
of ` 2/-

Force as on 

March 31, 

2019

Plan-E-ESOS XIX

30th June, 2010

10,00,00,000

680.00

6,224,900

37,00,800

25,400

24,98,700

Plan D-ESOS XX

16th June, 2007

7,50,00,000

680.00

16,35,700

Plan C-ESOS XXI

17th June, 2005

5,00,00,000

680.00

31,41,500

9,75,800

16,60,500

6,59,900

14,81,000

Plan C-ESOS XXIII

17th June, 2005

5,00,00,000

835.50

1,20,000

62,600

1,000

56,400

Plan F-ESOS XXIV

27th June, 2013

10,00,00,000

835.50 1,70,32,350

66,79,250

12,600 1,03,40,500

Plan F-ESOS XXV

27th June, 2013

10,00,00,000

1,092.65 3,04,04,300

  1,15,82,500

95,71,600

1,62,300

15,700 2,06,54,700

Plan F-ESOS XXVI

27th June, 2013

10,00,00,000

1,097.80

3,000

900

3,000

Plan F-ESOS XXVII

27th June, 2013

10,00,00,000

1,433.20 1,68,65,850

57,25,915

1,121,754 2,520,085

  1,32,24,011

Plan F-ESOS XXVIII

27th June, 2013

10,00,00,000

1,462.15

16,200

6,500

16,200

Plan G-ESOS XXIX 

21st July, 2016

10,00,00,000

2,061.20

  1,91,19,000

  5,23,000

  1,85,96,000

Plan G-ESOS XXX 

21st July, 2016

10,00,00,000

2,006.05

4,40,000

Plan G-ESOS XXXI 

21st July, 2016

10,00,00,000

2,090.45

3,36,000

4,40,000

3,36,000

Total :-

  7,54,43,800

1,98,95,000 1,73,15,815

2,37,72,304 32,05,385

54,700 6,83,06,411

Options Exercised during the aforesaid period 

Share Capital Money received during the above period (`)

Share Premium Money received during the above period (`)

Perquisite Tax Amount collected during the aforesaid period (`)

Total Amount collected during the aforesaid period (`)

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2,37,72,304

47,544,608.00

21,960,605,639.80

9,592,626,161.00

31,600,776,408.80

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Note: 

One (1) share of the face value of ` 2/- each would arise on exercise of One (1) Equity Stock Option.

Vesting Requirements

Except for the death / permanent disablement or retirement of the employee, the options will vest only if 
the employee is in the continuous and uninterrupted employment of the Bank as on the date of vesting 
and has fulfilled the performance criteria for the vesting. 

Maximum Term of Options

Provided  the  employee  is  in  the  continuous  employment  of  the  Bank,  the  options  vested  will 
lapse  in  case  the  same  are  not  exercised  by  the  employee  within  4  years  from  the  date  of  vesting.  
For options granted during the year, the options vested will lapse in case the same are not exercised 
by  the  employee  within  2  years  from  the  date  of  vesting.  Except  in  the  case  of  death  /  permanent 
disablement or retirement of the employee, all unvested options get forfeited on the employee’s last 
working date in the Bank.

Source of shares

Primary

Variation in terms of ESOS

Nil

i. 

DETAILS OF OPTIONS GRANTED TO CURRENT DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Sr. No. Employee Name

Grade

No. of options

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Aditya  Puri

Kaizad Bharucha

Abhay Aima

Arvind Kapil

Arvind Vohra

Ashima Bhat

Ashish Parthasarthy

Ashok Khanna

Benjamin Frank

Bhavesh Zaveri

Chakrapani  Venkatachari

Dhiraj Relli (on deputation to HDFC Securities 

Limited, the Bank’s subsidiary)

Jimmy Tata

Munish Mittal

Nirav Shah

Nitin Chugh

Parag Rao

Rahul Shukla

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Managing Director

Executive Director

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

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4,92,000

1,71,000

1,62,000

1,18,000

1,55,000

1,14,000

1,62,000

64,000

1,14,000

1,62,000

1,38,000

1,14,000

1,62,000

1,18,000

1,18,000

1,14,000

1,18,000

1,62,000

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Sr. No. Employee Name

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Rajesh Kumar R.

Rakesh K. Singh

S. Sampathkumar

Sashidhar Jagdishan

Smita Bhagat

Srinivasan Vaidyanathan

Vinay Razdan

Santosh Haldankar

Grade

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Chief Financial Officer

Group Head 

Group Head 

Group Head 

Vice President (Legal) & Company Secretary

No. of options

1,14,000

1,38,000

61,000

1,62,000

1,14,000

1,55,000

1,55,000

13,000

ii.  Other  employees  who  receive  a  grant  in  any  one  year  of  options 

None

amounting to 5 % or more of options granted during that year

iii.  Identified  employees  who  were  granted  options,  during  any 

None

one  year,  equal  to  or  exceeding  1  percent  of  the  issued  capital 

(excluding outstanding warrants and conversions)

iv.  Diluted  Earnings  Per  Share  (EPS)  pursuant  to  the  issue  of  shares 

The diluted EPS of the Bank calculated after considering the effect 

on  exercise  of  option  calculated  in  accordance  with  Accounting 

Standard (AS) - 20 (Earnings Per Share)

of potential equity shares arising on account of exercise of options 
is ` 77.9

v.  Where  the  company  has  calculated  the  employee  compensation 

cost  using  the  intrinsic  value  of  the  stock  options,  the  difference 

between  the  employee  compensation  cost  so  computed  and  the 

employee  compensation  cost  that  shall  have  been  recognized 

if  it  had  used  the  fair  value  of  the  options,  shall  be  disclosed.  

The impact of this difference on profits and on EPS of the company 

Had the Bank followed fair value method for accounting, the stock 
option compensation expense would have been higher by ` 535.9 

crore.  Consequently,  profit  after  tax  would  have  been  lower  by  
`  535.9  crore  and  the  basic  EPS  of  the  Bank  would  have  been  
`  76.6  per  share  (lower  by  `  2.0  per  share)  and  the  diluted  EPS 
would have been ` 75.9 per share (lower by ` 2.0 per share)

shall also be disclosed

vi.  Weighted average exercise prices and weighted average fair values 

of options shall be disclosed separately for options whose exercise 

price either equals or exceeds or is less than the market price of the 

stock options

The  weighted  average  price  of  the  stock  options  exercised  is  
` 925.8 and the weighted average fair value is ` 329.8 

vii.  A  description  of  the  method  and  significant  assumptions  used 

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has prescribed 

during the year to estimate the fair value of options, at the time of 

two  methods  to  account  for  stock  grants;  (i)  the  intrinsic  value 

grant including the following weighted average information:

method;  (ii)  the  fair  value  method.  The  Bank  adopts  the  intrinsic 

value  method  to  account  for  the  stock  options  it  grants  to  the  

employees. The Bank also calculates the fair value of options at the 

time of grant, using internally developed and tested model with the 

following assumptions

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I.   Risk-free interest rate

7.23 percent to 8.31 percent

II.   Expected life

III.   Expected volatility

IV.   Expected dividends

1 to 6 years 

14.53 percent to 18.68 percent

0.62 percent to 0.65 percent

V.   The price of the underlying share in the market at the time of option 

grant

The  market  price  per  share  was  `  2061.20,  `  2006.05  and  
` 2090.45 the time of grant of options under ESOS XXIX, ESOS XXX 

and ESOS XXXI respectively.

VI.  The weighted average market price of Bank’s shares on NSE at the 

`  2066.01,  `  2002.53  and  `  2099.48  the  time  of  grant  of  options 

time of option grant

under ESOS XXIX, ESOS XXX and ESOS XXXI respectively.

VII. Method  used  and  assumptions  made  to  incorporate  effects  of 

The  exercise  multiple,  which  is  based  on  historical  data  of  early 

expected early exercise

option  exercise  decisions  of  the  employees,  incorporates  early 

exercise  price  effect  in  the  valuation  of  ESOPs.  The  exercise 

multiple indicates that option holders tend to exercise their options 

when  the  share  price  reaches  a  particular  multiple  of  the  exercise 

price.

VIII. How  expected  volatility  was  determined,  including  explanation 

Stock  expected  volatility  is  completely  based  on  GARCH  volatility 

of  the  extent  to  which  expected  volatility  was  based  on  historical 

forecasting model using historical stock prices from the market.

volatility

IX.  Whether  and  how  any  other  features  of  the  option  grant  were 

Stock price and risk free interest rate are variables based on actual 

incorporated into the measurement of fair value, such as a market 

market data at the time of ESOP valuation.

condition

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ANNEXURE 2 to the Directors’ Report

1.  Brief outline of the CSR Policy 

HDFC Bank Annual CSR Report 2018–2019

The Bank’s CSR is implemented under the aegis of ‘Parivartan’ which is the umbrella brand for all the Bank’s social initiatives. Parivartan aims 

to bring about a transformation in the communities in which the Bank operates through multiple initiatives in the areas of Education, Skill 

training and Livelihood Enhancement, Health Care, Environmental Sustainability and Rural Development. The Bank’s programs are guided by 

CSR Policy duly approved by the Board which is driven by the vision of “Creating Sustainable Communities”. The CSR policy and programs 

are aligned to comply with the requirements of Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and are monitored by a Board level committee.  

The Bank’s CSR Policy can be found on the corporate Website at https://www.hdfcbank.com/csr/pdf/CSR_Policy.pdf

2.  Composition of CSR Committee

The Bank has also constituted a Board-level CSR Committee to govern the implementation of the policy. The present composition of the 

Committee is as follows: 

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:46)(cid:83)(cid:15)(cid:1)(cid:54)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:74)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:10)

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:46)(cid:83)(cid:15)(cid:1)(cid:34)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:46)(cid:83)(cid:15)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:10)

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:46)(cid:83)(cid:15)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:75)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:34)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:10)

3.  Average net profit of the company for last three financial years

` 21,960.4 crore

4.  Prescribed CSR Expenditure (two percent of the amount as in item 3 above)

` 439.2 crore

5.  Details of CSR spent during the financial year

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:53)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:27)(cid:1)` 443.8 crore

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:34)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:27)(cid:1)` 0 crore

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)

Sr. 
No.

CSR project/activity Sector (Schedule 

VII)

Projects or 
programs  
1.Local area 
or others         

2.State and 
district

Amount 
outlay 
(project-
wise)  
(` crore)

Amount spent 
(` crore) 
1.Direct 
expenditure  
2.Overheads

(I)

(II)

(III)

(IV)

(V)

1 Promoting Education

Promotion of 
Education

Pan India

48.52

2 Skill Training 

and Livelihood 
Enhancement

Skill development 
and Vocational 
Training

Pan India

24.45

(VI)

1)  3.70
2)  0.52

1) 4.01
2) 0.26

Cumulative 
expenditure 
up to 
reporting 
period  
(` crore)
(VII)

148.44

102.68

57

Amount spent: Direct or 
through *implementing 

agency (` 

 crore)

(VIII)

Directly by the Bank:  
Given in column (VI)
Implementing Agency: 44.30

Directly by the Bank:  
Given in column (VI)
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Sr. 
No.

CSR project/activity Sector (Schedule 

VII)

Projects or 
programs  
1.Local area 
or others         

2.State and 
district

Amount 
outlay 
(project-
wise)  
(` crore)

Amount spent 
(` crore) 
1.Direct 
expenditure  
2.Overheads

(I)

(II)

3 Health Care

4 Environmental 
Sustainability

(III)

(IV)

(V)

Preventive and 
Curative Healthcare

Pan India

17.34

Environment

Pan India

0.71

5 Eradicating Poverty

Eradicating poverty

Pan India

13.17

(VI)

1) 17.15
2)   0.19

1)   0.71
2)   0.01

1)        0
2)   0.14

Cumulative 
expenditure 
up to 
reporting 
period  
(` crore)
(VII)

71.63

4.12

24.17

6 Rural Development

Rural Development 
Projects

Pan India

339.59

1) 192.43
2)    3.63

1077.39

Amount spent: Direct or 
through *implementing 

agency (  

`  crore)

(VIII)

Directly by the Bank:  
Given in column (VI)

Directly by the Bank: Given in 
column (VI)

Directly by the Bank: Given in 
column (VI)
Implementing Agency: 13.03

Directly by the Bank: Given in 
column (VI)
Implementing Agency:143.52

*Details of the implementing agencies are listed below: 

Promotion of Education: Banasthali Vidyapith, CBM India Trust, International Foundation for Research and Education, K. C. Mahindra Education 

Trust , Magic Bus India Foundation, Meljol, Moinee, Save the Children India, Seva Sahayog Foundation, Sri Aurobindo Society, Teach to Lead;  

Rural  Development  :  Abhyuday  Sansthan,  Action  for  Agricultural  Renewal  in  Maharashtra,  Action  For  Food  Production,  Action  for  Social 

Advancement,  Aga  Khan  Foundation,  Aga  Khan  Rural  Support  Programme  India,  Ambuja  Cement  Foundation,  Anarde  Foundation,  AROH 

Foundation,  BAIF  Development  Research  Foundation,  Centre  for  Advance  Research  and  Development,  Collectives  for  Integrated  Livelihood 

Initiatives, Community Advancement & Rural Development Society, Family Health India, Foundation for Ecological Security, FXB India Suraksha,  

Gram  Vikas,  Gramin  Vikas  Trust,  Gramya  Vikash  Mancha,  Haritika,  Indo  Global  Social  Service  Society,  Integrated  Development  Foundation,  

KGVK, Krushi Vikas Va Gramin Prashikshan Sanstha, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, MYRADA, Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra,  Network 

For Enterprise Enhancement and Development Support, Participatory Action for Community Empowerment, Participatory Action for Community 

Empowerment, Peoples Action for National Integration, Prayatn Sanstha, Professional Assistance for Development Action, S.M. Sehgal Foundation,  

Sahbagi Shikshan Kendra, Sai Jyoti Gramodoyog Samaj Sewa Samiti, Sanjeevani Inst. for Empowerment & Development, Shikhar Yuva Manch, 

Shramik Bharti, Society for Action in Community Health, Society for the Upliftment of Villagers & Development of Himalayan Areas (SUVIDHA), 

Ugam Gramin Vikas Sanstha Umra, Vikas Sahyog Pratishthan, Vrutti, Watershed Organisation Trust, World Vision India, Yuva Rural Association; 

Skills Training & Livelihood Enhancement: Access Development Services, Antarang Foundation, End Poverty, Friends Union for Energizing 

Lives, Head Held High Foundation, Pan IIT Alumni Reach for India Foundation, Pratham Education Foundation, Pune City Connect Development 

Foundation, Tata Institute of Social Sciences; Other Donations: Abhinav, Common Service Centre (CSC), Yuva Unstoppable, The Aangan Trust

6. 

In  case  company  has  failed  to  spend  the  two  percent  of  the  average  net  profit  for  the  last  three  financial  years  or  any  part 

thereof, the reasons for not spending the amount. 

NA

7.  A responsibility statement of CSR committee:

The CSR Committee confirms that the implementation and monitoring of the CSR activities of the Bank are in compliance with the CSR 

objectives and CSR Policy of the Company

Mr. Aditya Puri 

Managing Director  

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi 

Chairman - CSR Committee

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ANNEXURE 3 to the Directors’ Report

Form No. MGT-9

Extract of the Annual Return as on the financial year ended March 31, 2018 

[Pursuant to section 92(3) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 12(1) of the 

Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014]

I. 

REGISTRATION AND OTHER DETAILS:

i.   CIN: L65920MH1994PLC080618

ii.   Registration Date: August 30, 1994

iii.   Name of the Company: HDFC Bank Limited

iv.  Category / Sub-category of the Company: Company limited by shares / Indian Non-Government Company

v.   Address of the Registered office and contact details:

HDFC Bank Limited

HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 013. Tel: 022 3976 0000

vi.  Whether listed: Yes

vii.   Name, Address and contact details of Registrar and Transfer Agent: 

Datamatics Business Solutions Limited (Formerly known as Datamatics Financial Services Limited) 

Plot No. B5, Part B, Cross Lane, MIDC, Marol, Andheri East, Mumbai 400 093. 

Tel: 022- 6671 2213/14, E-mail: hdinvestors@datamaticsbpm.com

II.   PRINCIPAL BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY:

All the business activities contributing 10 percent or more of the total turnover of the Company shall be stated: 

Name and Description of the main products / services

NIC Code

Percent to Total Turnover of the Bank

Banking and Financial Services 

64191

100 per cent

III. PARTICULARS OF HOLDING, SUBSIDIARY AND ASSOCIATE COMPANIES:

Name and Address of the Company

CIN/ GLN

Sr. 
No.

Holding / Subsidiary 
/ Associate

Percentage of 
shares held

Applicable 
section

1 HDB Financial Services Limited

U65993GJ2007PLC051028

Subsidiary

95.53

Radhika, 2nd Floor, Law Garden Road, 
Navrangpura, Ahmedabad - 380 009.

2 HDFC Securities Limited

U67120MH2000PLC152193

Subsidiary

97.29

I Think, Techno Campus, Building-B, 
“Alpha” office, 8th Floor, opposite 
Crompton Greaves, Kanjurmarg (East), 
Mumbai - 400 042.

Sec 2(87) of 
Companies Act, 
2013

Sec 2(87) of 
Companies Act, 
2013

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IV.   SHAREHOLDING PATTERN: (EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL BREAKUP AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL EQUITY)

(i)  Category-wise Share Holding

Category 
code

Category of  
shareholder

No. of Shares held at the beginning of the year

No. of Shares held at the end of the year

Percentage 
Change 
during the 
year

(I)

(II)

Demat

Physical

Total

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Demat

Physical

Total

Percentage 
of total 
shares

(A)

Promoters

1

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

2

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

Indian

Individuals/HUF

Central Government

State Government(s)

0

0

0

Bodies Corporate ( # )

543,216,100

Banks / FI

Any Other (specify)

0

0

Sub Total (A)(1)

543,216,100

Foreign

NRIs - Individuals

Other - Individuals

Bodies Corporate 

Banks / FI

Qualified Foreign Investor

Any Other (specify)

Sub Total (A)(2)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Shareholding 

543,216,100

of Promoter and 

Promoter Group 

(A)=(A)(1)+(A)(2)

(B)

Public shareholding

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

0

0

543,216,100

20.93#

582,312,917

0

0

0.00

0.00

0

0

543,216,100

20.93

582,312,917

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

543,216,100

20.93

582,312,917

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

582,312,917

21.38

0

0

0.00

0.00

582,312,917

21.38

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.45

0.00

0.00

0.45

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

582,312,917

21.38

 0.45

1

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

(h)

Institutions

Mutual Funds

256,405,086

2,000

256,407,086

9.88

292,857,184

2,000

292,859,184

10.75

0.87

Banks / FI

2,962,278

8,115

2,970,393

2,732,591

8,105

2,740,696

Central Government

2,784,112

State Government(s)

Venture Capital Funds

0

0

Insurance Companies

56,983,145

0

0

0

0

2,784,112

0

0

0.11

0.11

0.00

0.00

4,341,880

0

0

0

0

0

0

4,341,880

0

0

60,886,798

0.10

0.16

0.00

0.00

2.24

-0.01

0.05

0.00

0.00

0.04

56,983,145

2.20

60,886,798

FIIs

857,889,653

2,000

857,891,653

33.06

850,769,414

2,000

850,771,414

31.24

-1.82

Foreign Venture Capital 

Funds

(i)

Qualified Foreign Investor

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

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Category 
code

Category of  
shareholder

No. of Shares held at the beginning of the year

No. of Shares held at the end of the year

(II)

Demat

Physical

Total

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Demat

Physical

Total

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Percentage 
Change 
during the 
year

(I)

(j)

Alternate Investment 

1,443,123

Funds

(k)

Other (specify)

0

0

0

1,443,123

0.06

4,204,026

0

0.00

1056

0

0

4,204,026

0.15

0.10

1,056

0.00

0.00

Sub Total (B)(1)

1,178,467,397

12,115 1,178,479,512

45.41 1,215,792,949

12,105 1,215,805,054

44.64

-0.77

2

(a)

Non-institutions

Bodies Corporate

0

0

0

0.00

0

0

0

(a)(i)

Indian

152,990,372

121,430

153,111,802

5.90

148,783,648

110,920

148,894,568

(a)(ii)

Overseas

(b)

Individuals

0

0

270

0

270

0

0.00

0.00

0

0

270

0

270

0

(b)(i)

Individuals - 

158,476,509 13,810,769

172,287,278

6.64

165,544,268 9,714,018

175,258,286

0.00

5.47

0.00

0.00

6.44

0.00

-0.43

0.00

0.00

-0.20

shareholders holding 

nominal share capital up 
to ` 1 Lakh

(b)(ii)

Individual shareholders 

61,550,251

191,000

61,741,251

2.38

63,168,012

113,000

63,281,012

2.32

-0.06

holding nominal share 

capital in excess of  
` 1 Lakh

(c)

(d)

d-i

Qualified Foreign Investor

0

Other (specify)

2,762,224

0

0

0

2,762,224

NRI Rep

1,990,585

38,385

2,028,970

d-ii

NRI Non -Rept

8,471,200

1,925

8,473,125

d-iii

Foreign Bodies

d-iv

Foreign National

0

1,588

0

0

0

1,588

0.00

0.11

0.08

0.33

0.00

0.00

0

2,757,539

0

0

0

2,757,539

1,946,790

33,380

1,980,170

7,524,679

2,080

7,526,759

0

1,888

0

0

0

1,888

0.00

0.10

0.07

0.28

0.00

0.00

0.00

-0.01

-0.01

-0.05

0.00

0.00

Sub Total (B)(2)

386,242,729 14,163,779

400,406,508

15.43

389,726,824 9,973,668

399,700,492

14.68

-0.75

Total Public 

Shareholding  

(B)=(B)(1)+(B)(2)

1,564,710,126 14,175,894 1,578,886,020

60.84 1,605,519,773 9,985,773 1,615,505,546

59.32

-1.52

Total (A+B)

2,107,926,226 14,175,894 2,122,102,120

81.77 2,187,832,690 9,985,773 2,197,818,463

80.70

-1.07

(C)

Custodians for GDRs 

472,988,147

0

472,988,147

18.23

525,488,147

0

525,488,147

19.30

1.07

and ADRs

GRAND TOTAL (A)+(B)+(C) 2,580,914,373 14,175,894 2,595,090,267

100.00 2,713,320,837 9,985,773 2,723,306,610

100.00

0.00

# Promoters are Indian Companies incorporated under the Indian Companies Act 1956 and are managed by Indian management. Foreign 

shareholding in the principal promoter company exceeds 51 per cent of their paid up share capital and accordingly the shareholding of 

the company in the Bank may be deemed as indirect foreign shareholding in terms of the extant FDI Policy. 

The percentage of share capital held by the promoters has been calculated after including the equity shares underlying the depository 

receipts  of  the  Bank  in  the  total  number  of  equity  shares.  Pursuant  to  the  Circular  No.  CIR/CFD/CMD/13/2015  dated  November  30, 

2015 issued by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI”), the percentage of promoter shareholding after excluding the equity 

shares underlying depository receipts from the total number of shares would be  26.50% of Bank’s share capital.

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(ii)  Shareholding of Promoters

Shareholder’s Name

Sr. 
No.

Shareholding  
at the beginning of the year

Shareholding  
at the end of the year

No.of
Shares

Percentage 
 of total
Shares

Percentage 
of Shares
Pledged /
encumbered 
to total 
shares

No.of  
Shares

Percentage 
of total
Shares

Percentage 
of Shares
Pledged / 
encumbered 
to total 
shares

Percentage 
change in 
shareholding 
during the 
year**

1 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT 

39,32,11,100

15.15

0.00 43,23,07,917

15.87

FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED

2 HDFC INVESTMENTS LIMITED

15,00,00,000

3 HDFC HOLDINGS LIMITED

Total

5,000

54,32,16,100

5.78

0.00

20.93

0.00 15,00,00,000

0.00

5,000

0.00 58,23,12,917

5.51

0.00

21.38

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.72

(0.27)

0.00

0.45 

(iii)  Change in Promoters’ Shareholding:

Shareholder’s Name

Shareholding at the beginning of the year Cumulative Shareholding during the year

No. of shares Percentage of total Shares No. of shares Percentage of total Shares 

At the beginning of the year

Date  wise  Increase  /  Decrease  in  Promoters 
shareholding during the year specifying the reasons 
for  increase/  decrease  (e.g.  allotment  /  transfer  / 
bonus / sweat / equity etc.) 
Increase  during  the  year  (Allotment  of  Equity 
Shares  to  HDFC  Limited  on  preferential  basis  on  
July 17, 2018)

At the end of the year

54,32,16,100

3,90,96,817

20.93

1.48

58,23,12,917

22.41**

58,23,12,917

21.38**

** 

In addition to the preferential allotment to HDFC Limited, the change in percentage to share capital is also on account of issuance and 

allotment of additional equity shares under the QIP Issue, ADR Issue and upon exercise of equity stock options by the employees.

(iv)  Shareholding Pattern of top ten shareholders (other than directors, promoters and holders of GDRs and ADRs): 

Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

1 Europacific Growth Fund

At the beginning of the Year  31-Mar-2018

98,865,874

3.81

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

06-Apr-2018

1,525,637

0.06 100,391,511

13-Apr-2018

2,880,742

0.11 103,272,253

20-Apr-2018

1,286,742

0.05 104,558,995

27-Apr-2018

04-May-2018

18-May-2018

25-May-2018

08-Jun-2018

23-Nov-2018

467,063

312,565

450,815

313,758

933,268

540,000

0.02 105,026,058

0.01 105,338,623

0.02 105,789,438

0.01 106,103,196

0.04 107,036,464

0.02 107,576,464

30-Nov-2018

2,138,440

0.08 109,714,904

3.87

3.98

4.03

4.04

4.06

4.07

4.09

4.11

3.96

4.04

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Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

07-Dec-2018

1,143,229

0.04 110,858,133

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

14-Dec-2018

28-Dec-2018

11-Jan-2019

18-Jan-2019

01-Feb-2019

08-Feb-2019

15-Feb-2019

22-Feb-2019

28,833

40,381

10,752

11,399

163,966

994,043

30,000

35,957

0.00 110,886,966

0.00 110,927,347

0.00 110,938,099

0.00 110,949,498

0.01 111,113,464

0.04 112,107,507

0.00 112,137,507

0.00 112,173,464

  112,173,464

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

2 SBI-ETF NIFTY 50

At the beginning of the Year  31-Mar-2018

44,994,003

1.73

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Decrease

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

06-Apr-2018

13-Apr-2018

20-Apr-2018

337,541

272,039

114,601

0.01 45,331,544

0.01 45,603,583

0.00 45,718,184

27-Apr-2018

(706,686)

(0.03) 45,011,498

04-May-2018

703281

0.03 45,714,779

11-May-2018

(295,590)

(0.01) 45,419,189

18-May-2018

25-May-2018

01-Jun-2018

539,499

(274,265)

(544,744)

0.02 45,958,688

(0.01) 45,684,423

(0.02) 45,139,679

08-Jun-2018

1,086,823

0.04 46,226,502

15-Jun-2018

22-Jun-2018

75,840

(73,549)

0.00 46,302,342

(0.00) 46,228,793

29-Jun-2018

(2,102,749)

(0.08) 44,126,044

06-Jul-2018

1,866,752

0.07 45,992,796

13-Jul-2018

16-Jul-2018

(69,482)

35,818

(0.00) 45,923,314

0.00 45,959,132

17-Jul-2018

(171,993)

(0.01) 45,787,139

20-Jul-2018

(1,044,625)

(0.04) 44,742,514

27-Jul- 2018

(478,911)

(0.02) 44,263,603

01-Aug-2018

231,450

0.01 44,495,053

03-Aug-2018

2,490,427

0.09 46,985,480

10-Aug-2018

(296,515)

(0.01) 46,688,965

17-Aug-2018

24-Aug-2018

66,969

29,449

0.00 46,755,934

0.00 46,785,383

31-Aug-2018

(571,800)

(0.02) 46,213,583

07-Sep-2018

2,608,458

0.10 48,822,041

14-Sep-2018

21-Sep-2018

28-Sep-2018

236,385

200,560

297213

0.01 49,058,426

0.01 49,258,986

0.01 49,556,199

05-Oct-2018

1,533,994

0.06 51,090,193

63

4.08

4.08

4.08

4.08

4.08

4.08

4.12

4.12

4.12

4.12

1.75

1.76

1.76

1.73

1.76

1.75

1.77

1.76

1.73

1.78

1.78

1.78

1.69

1.77

1.76

1.77

1.73

1.69

1.68

1.68

1.73

1.72

1.73

1.72

1.70

1.80

1.81

1.81

1.82

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Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

12-Oct-2018

19-Oct-2018

26-Oct-2018

31-Oct-2018

02-Nov-2018

09-Nov-2018

16-Nov-2018

298,049

(94,981)

293,655

704,906

703,107

177,085

230,729

0.01

51388,242

0.00 51,293,261

0.01 51,586,916

0.03 52,291,822

0.03 52,994,929

0.01 53,172,014

0.01 53,402,743

23-Nov-2018

1,095,560

0.04 54,498,303

30-Nov-2018

(390,469)

(0.01) 54,107,834

07-Dec-2018

79,206

0.00 54,187,040

14-Dec-2018

(160,447)

(0.01) 54,026,593

21-Dec-2018

28-Dec-2018

31-Dec-2018

04-Jan-2019

11-Jan-2019

18-Jan-2019

25-Jan-2019

01-Feb-2019

08-Feb-2019

15-Feb-2019

22-Feb-2019

01-Mar-2019

08-Mar-2019

15-Mar-2019

159,078

102,597

64,957

863,631

514,347

239,293

324,778

361,948

513,183

135,843

211,601

257,557

413,004

519,405

0.01 54,185,671

0.00 54,288,268

0.00 54,353,225

0.03 55,216,856

0.02 55,731,203

0.01 55,970,496

0.01 56,295,274

0.01 56,657,222

0.02 57,170,405

0.01 57,306,248

0.01 57,517,849

0.01 57,775,406

0.02 58,188,410

0.02 58,707,815

22-Mar-2019

1,364,705

0.05 60,072,520

29-Mar-2019

307,024

0.01 60,379,544

3 LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION 

At the beginning of the Year 31-Mar-2018

51,535,018

1.99

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

60,379,544

OF INDIA

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

21-Sep-2018

28-Sep-2018

05-Oct-2018

197,760

970,075

618,164

0.01 51,732,778

0.04 52,702,853

0.02 53,321,017

12-Oct-2018

1,007,401

0.04 54,328,418

19-Oct-2018

18-Jan-2019

25-Jan-2019

01-Feb-2019

08-Feb-2019

15-Feb-2019

6,600

343,650

198,377

220,278

525,273

194,068

0.00

54335,018

0.01 54,678,668

0.01 54,877,045

0.01 55,097,323

0.02 55,622,596

0.01 55,816,664

55,816,664

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

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1.89

1.89

1.90

1.92

1.95

1.96

1.97

2.01

1.99

1.99

1.99

1.99

2.00

2.00

2.03

2.05

2.06

2.07

2.08

2.10

2.11

2.11

2.12

2.14

2.16

2.21

2.22

2.22

1.91

1.94

1.96

2.00

2.00

2.01

2.02

2.03

2.05

2.05

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Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

4 ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE 

INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

At the beginning of the Year 31-Mar-2018
06-Apr-2018
13-Apr-2018
20-Apr-2018
27-Apr-2018
04-May-2018
11-May-2018
18-May-2018
25-May-2018
01-Jun-2018
08-Jun-2018
15-Jun-2018
22-Jun-2018
29-Jun-2018
06-Jul-2018
13-Jul-2018
16-Jul-2018
17-Jul-2018
20-Jul-2018
27-Jul-2018
01-Aug-2018
03-Aug-2018
10-Aug-2018
17-Aug-2018
24-Aug-2018
31-Aug-2018
07-Sep-2018
14-Sep-2018
21-Sep-2018
28-Sep-2018
05-Oct-2018
12-Oct-2018
19-Oct-2018
26-Oct-2018
31-Oct-2018
02-Nov-2018
09-Nov-2018
16-Nov-2018
23-Nov-2018
30-Nov-2018
07-Dec-2018
14-Dec-2018
21-Dec-2018

Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase

32,162,374
109,744
6,153
106,421
(553,246)
153,320
(161,809)
(146,226)
(592,019)
27,057
(38,665)
268,262
(452,182)
(929,510)
459,212
(48,579)
120,091
(40,262)
(173,905)
(1,534,180)
400,000
618,657
(87,548)
(66,431)
(4,730)
196,229
656,186
(442,553)
(404,163)
195,598
964,030
(225298)
224,946
(134,250)
141,922
(407,584)
377,594
62,809
(46,766)
(207,969)
168,474
(193,397)
229,256

65

1.24
0.00 32,272,118
0.00 32,278,271
0.00 32,384,692
(0.02) 31,831,446
0.01 31,984,766
(0.01) 31,822,957
(0.01) 31,676,731
(0.02) 31,084,712
0.00 31,111,769
0.00 31,073,104
0.01 31,341,366
(0.02) 30,889,184
(0.04) 29,959,674
0.02 30,418,886
0.00 30,370,307
0.01 30,490,398
0.00 30,450,136
(0.01) 30,276,231
(0.06) 28,742,051
0.02 29,142,051
0.02 29,760,708
0.00 29,673,160
0.00 29,606,729
0.00 29,601,999
0.01 29,798,228
0.02 30,454,414
(0.02) 30,011,861
(0.02) 29,607,698
0.01 29,803,296
0.04 30,767,326
(0.01) 30,542,028
0.01 30,766,974
(0.01) 30,632,724
0.01 30,774,646
(0.02) 30,367,062
0.01 30,744,656
0.00 30,807,465
0.00 30,760,699
(0.01) 30,552,730
0.01 30,721,204
(0.01) 30,527,807
0.01 30,757,063

1.24
1.24
1.25
1.23
1.23
1.23
1.22
1.20
1.20
1.19
1.20
1.19
1.15
1.17
1.17
1.17
1.15
1.15
1.09
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.09
1.09
1.10
1.12
1.11
1.09
1.10
1.13
1.12
1.13
1.13
1.13
1.12
1.13
1.13
1.13
1.12
1.13
1.12
1.13

DIRECTORS' REPORT

Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

5 HDFC TRUSTEE COMPANY LTD - 
A/C HDFC HYBRID EQUITY FUND

Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
At the END of the Year 
At the beginning of the Year
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase

28-Dec-2018
31-Dec-2018
04-Jan-2019
11-Jan-2019
18-Jan-2019
25-Jan-2019
01-Feb-2019
08-Feb-2019
15-Feb-2019
22-Feb-2019
01-Mar-2019
08-Mar-2019
15-Mar-2019
22-Mar-2019
29-Mar-2019
30-Mar-2019
31-Mar-2018
06-Apr-2018
13-Apr-2018
20-Apr-2018
27-Apr-2018
04-May-2018
11-May-2018
18-May-2018
25-May-2018
01-Jun-2018
08-Jun-2018
15-Jun-2018
22-Jun-2018
29-Jun-2018
06-Jul-2018
13-Jul-2018
16-Jul-2018
17-Jul-2018
20-Jul-2018
27-Jul-2018
03-Aug-2018
10-Aug-2018
17-Aug-2018
24-Aug-2018
31-Aug-2018
07-Sep-2018
14-Sep-2018
21-Sep-2018

(23,261)
16,712
500,225
(113,766)
(210,848)
351,484
(692,701)
350,905
(151,689)
(284,867)
222,394
352,531
213,786
(187,200)
(154,328)

32,557,853
31,521
(4,657)
65,636
(1,720)
(175,562)
(175,205)
(217,879)
(353,980)
(596,881)
(825,512)
(342,845)
(550,579)
(112,814)
(785,593)
(77,882)
378
219
2112
(8,321)
(220,232)
1,977
3,728
77,821
32,228
(202,483)
135,654
105,427

0.00 30,733,802
0.00 30,750,514
0.02 31,250,739
0.00 31,136,973
(0.01) 30,926,125
0.01 31,277,609
(0.03) 30,584,908
0.01 30,935,813
(0.01) 30,784,124
(0.01) 30,499,257
0.01 30,276,863
0.01 30,629,394
0.01 30,843,180
(0.01) 30,655,980
(0.01) 30,501,652
30,501,652

1.26
0.00 32,589,374
0.00 32,584,717
0.00 32,650,353
0.00 32,648,633
(0.01) 32,473,071
(0.01) 32,297,866
(0.01) 32,079,987
(0.01) 31,726,007
(0.02) 31,129,126
(0.03) 30,303,614
(0.01) 29,960,769
(0.02) 29,410,190
0.00 29,297,376
(0.03) 28,511,783
0.00 28,433,901
0.00 28,434,279
0.00 28,434,498
0.00 28,436,610
0.00 28,428,289
(0.01) 28,208,057
0.00 28,210,034
0.00 28,213,762
0.00 28,291,583
0.00 28,323,811
(0.01) 28,121,328
0.01 28,256,982
0.00 28,362,409

1.13
1.13
1.15
1.15
1.14
1.15
1.12
1.14
1.13
1.12
1.11
1.13
1.13
1.13
1.12
1.12

1.26
1.26
1.26
1.26
1.25
1.24
1.24
1.22
1.20
1.16
1.15
1.13
1.13
1.10
1.09
1.09
1.08
1.08
1.07
1.04
1.04
1.04
1.04
1.04
1.04
1.04
1.05

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Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
At the END of the Year 

28-Sep-2018
05-Oct-2018
12-Oct-2018
19-Oct-2018
26-Oct-2018
31-Oct-2018
02-Nov-2018
09-Nov-2018
16-Nov-2018
23-Nov-2018
30-Nov-2018
07-Dec-2018
14-Dec-2018
21-Dec-2018
28-Dec-2018
31-Dec-2018
04-Jan-2019
11-Jan-2019
18-Jan-2019
25-Jan-2019
01-Feb-2019
08-Feb-2019
15-Feb-2019
22-Feb-2019
01-Mar-2019
08-Mar-2019
15-Mar-2019
22-Mar-2019
29-Mar-2019
30-Mar-2019
At the beginning of the Year  31-Mar-2018
06-Apr-2018
04-May-2018
25-May-2018
01-Jun-2018
08-Jun-2018
15-Jun-2018
22-Jun-2018
29-Jun-2018
06-Jul-2018
13-Jul-2018
17-Jul-2018
20-Jul-2018
27-Jul-2018
03-Aug-2018

Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase

161,386
28,436
(76,769)
336,243
7,438
315,160
174,932
32,318
76,063
2,688
(248,685)
7,719
633,251
4,451
9,329
4,650
71,366
38,342
26,354
4,108
10,464
(42,656)
(36,031)
8,103
(260,907)
766
104,756
3,487
24,395

28,625,304
(44,995)
3,726
11,856
(591,863)
202,487
30,000
34,425
5,990
42,446
21,742
(17,578)
(9,656)
(1,398)
68,467

0.01 28,523,795
0.00 28,552,231
0.00 28,475,462
0.01 28,811,705
0.00 28,819,143
0.01 29,134,303
0.01 29,309,235
0.00 29,341,553
0.00 29,417,616
0.00 29,420,304
(0.01) 29,171,619
0.00 29,179,338
0.02 29,812,589
0.00 29,817,040
0.00 29,826,369
0.00 29,831,019
0.00 29,902,385
0.00 29,940,727
0.00 29,967,081
0.00 29,971,189
0.00 29,981,653
0.00 29,938,997
0.00 29,902,966
0.00 29,911,069
(0.01) 29,650,162
0.00 29,650,928
0.00 29,755,684
0.00 29,759,171
0.00 29,783,566
29,783,566

1.10
0.00 28,580,309
0.00 28,584,035
0.00 28,595,891
(0.02) 28,004,028
0.01 28,206,515
0.00 28,236,515
0.00 28,270,940
0.00 28,276,930
0.00 28,319,376
0.00 28,341,118
0.00 28,323,540
0.00 28,313,884
0.00 28,312,486
0.00 28,380,953

1.05
1.05
1.05
1.06
1.06
1.07
1.08
1.08
1.08
1.08
1.07
1.07
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.09
1.09
1.09
1.09
1.09
1.09

1.10
1.10
1.10
1.08
1.08
1.09
1.09
1.09
1.09
1.09
1.07
1.07
1.07
1.05

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DIRECTORS' REPORT

Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
At the END of the Year 

24-Aug-2018
31-Aug-2018
07-Sep-2018
14-Sep-2018
21-Sep-2018
28-Sep-2018
12-Oct-2018
26-Oct-2018
09-Nov-2018
16-Nov-2018
30-Nov-2018
14-Dec-2018
28-Dec-2018
11-Jan-2019
18-Jan-2019
25-Jan-2019
01-Feb-2019
08-Feb-2019
15-Feb-2019
22-Feb-2019
01-Mar-2019
15-Mar-2019
29-Mar-2019
30-Mar-2019
At the beginning of the Year 31-Mar-2018
06-Apr-2018
13-Apr-2018
20-Apr-2018
27-Apr-2018
04-May-2018
11-May-2018
18-May-2018
25-May-2018
01-Jun-2018
08-Jun-2018
15-Jun-2018
22-Jun-2018
20-Jul-2018
27-Jul-2018
01-Aug-2018
03-Aug-2018
10-Aug-2018
17-Aug-2018
24-Aug-2018
31-Aug-2018

Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease

11,376
(231,825)
(116,783)
(965,366)
(354699)
(104,864)
(113,043)
10,055
48,683
125,757
98,306
4,082
19,142
(141,574)
92,091
20,823
(283,029)
4,441
55,714
124,615
22,238
727,757
103,975

21,133,191
(2,000)
230,000
12,237
250,000
323,300
70,000
200,000
920,984
68,200
274,489
(222,500)
66,100
(2,904)
100,000
1,851,850
(101,946)
62,494
828
55,278
(30,000)

0.00 28,392,329
(0.01) 28,160,504
0.00 28,043,721
(0.04) 27,078,355
(0.01) 26,723,656
0.00 26,618,792
0.00 26,505,749
0.00 26,515,804
0.00 26,564,487
0.01 26,690,244
0.00 26,788,550
0.00 26,792,632
0.00 26,811,774
(0.01) 26,670,200
0.00 26,762,291
0.00 26,783,114
(0.01) 26,500,085
0.00 26,504,526
0.00 26,560,240
0.01 26,684,855
0.00 26,707,093
0.03 27,434,850
0.00 27,538,825
27,538,825

0.81
0.00 21,131,191
0.01 21,361,191
0.00 21,373,428
0.01 21,623,428
0.01 21,946,728
0.00 22,016,728
0.01 22,216,728
0.04 23,137,712
0.00 23,205,912
0.01 23,480,401
0.01 23,257,901
0.00 23,324,001
0.00 23,321,097
0.00 23,421,097
0.07 25,272,947
0.00 25,171,001
0.00 25,233,495
0.00 25,234,323
0.00 25,289,601
0.00 25,259,601

1.05
1.04
1.03
1.00
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.97
0.97
0.98
0.98
0.98
1.01
1.01
1.01

0.81
0.82
0.82
0.83
0.85
0.85
0.86
0.89
0.89
0.90
0.89
0.90
0.88
0.89
0.95
0.93
0.93
0.93
0.93
0.93

7 ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE 

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A/C ADITYA BIRLA SUN LIFE 
FRONTLINE EQUITY FUND

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DIRECTORS' REPORT

Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
At the END of the Year 

07-Sep-2018
14-Sep-2018
28-Sep-2018
12-Oct-2018
19-Oct-2018
26-Oct-2018
31-Oct-2018
02-Nov-2018
09-Nov-2018
23-Nov-2018
30-Nov-2018
07-Dec-2018
14-Dec-2018
21-Dec-2018
28-Dec-2018
31-Dec-2018
04-Jan-2019
11-Jan-2019
25-Jan-2019
01-Feb-2019
08-Feb-2019
15-Feb-2019
22-Feb-2019
01-Mar-2019
08-Mar-2019
15-Mar-2019
22-Mar-2019
29-Mar-2019
30-Mar-2019
At the beginning of the Year 31-Mar-2018
06-Apr-2018
13-Apr-2018
20-Apr-2018
27-Apr-2018
04-May-2018
11-May-2018
18-May-2018
25-May-2018
01-Jun-2018
08-Jun-2018
15-Jun-2018
22-Jun-2018
29-Jun-2018
06-Jul-2018

Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase

250,000
396,000
7,000
596,000
50,000
20,556
33,300
93,500
427,232
(140,000)
(43,500)
(8,000)
3,000
52,768
(76,362)
(500)
173,000
45,000
(50,000)
22,250
(22,250)
(39,425)
56,150
(239,550)
(1,400)
(127,207)
3,533
(42,559)

25,072,466
363,455
(70,405)
(83,166)
(455,936)
115,619
702,935
(302,167)
(165,768)
(21,000)
(2,783,183)
(70,111)
(579,979)
(24,653)
147,698

0.01 25,509,601
0.02 25,905,601
0.00 25,912,601
0.02 26,508,601
0.00 26,558,601
0.00 26,579,157
0.00 26,612,457
0.00 26,705,957
0.02 27,133,189
(0.01) 26,993,189
0.00 26,949,689
0.00 26,941,689
0.00 26,944,689
0.00 26,997,457
0.00 26,921,095
0.00 26,920,595
0.01 27,093,595
0.00 27,138,595
0.00 27,088,595
0.00 27,110,845
0.00 27,088,595
0.00 27,049,170
0.00 27,105,320
(0.01) 26,865,770
0.00 26,864,370
(0.01) 26,737,163
0.00 26,740,696
0.00 26,698,137
26,698,137

0.97
0.01 25,435,921
0.00 25,365,516
0.00 25,282,350
(0.02) 24,826,414
0.00 24,942,033
0.03 25,644,968
(0.01) 25,342,801
(0.01) 25,177,033
0.00 25,156,033
(0.11) 22,372,850
0.00 22,302,739
(0.02) 21,722,760
0.00 21,698,107
0.01 21,845,805

0.94
0.95
0.95
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
1.00
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.99
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.99
1.00
0.99
0.99
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98

0.98
0.98
0.97
0.96
0.96
0.99
0.98
0.97
0.97
0.86
0.86
0.83
0.83
0.84

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DIRECTORS' REPORT

Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Decrease
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Decrease
Increase
Increase
Increase
Decrease
At the END of the Year 

13-Jul-2018
16-Jul-2018
17-Jul-2018
20-Jul-2018
27-Jul-2018
01-Aug-2018
03-Aug-2018
10-Aug-2018
17-Aug-2018
24-Aug-2018
31-Aug-2018
07-Sep-2018
14-Sep-2018
21-Sep-2018
28-Sep-2018
05-Oct-2018
12-Oct-2018
19-Oct-2018
26-Oct-2018
31-Oct-2018
02-Nov-2018
09-Nov-2018
16-Nov-2018
23-Nov-2018
30-Nov-2018
07-Dec-2018
14-Dec-2018
21-Dec-2018
28-Dec-2018
31-Dec-2018
04-Jan-2019
11-Jan-2019
18-Jan-2019
25-Jan-2019
01-Feb-2019
08-Feb-2019
15-Feb-2019
22-Feb-2019
01-Mar-2019
08-Mar-2019
15-Mar-2019
22-Mar-2019
29-Mar-2019
30-Mar-2019

(510,797)
21,609
15,549
(160,108)
192,656
810,150
(129,960)
315,046
526,551
88,050
962,462
1,448,769
299,434
20,627
314,885
(495,469)
(967,952)
27,139
(275,292)
854,966
(135,586)
352,321
(44,462)
(824,213)
(186,524)
(29,268)
339,225
(391,341)
55,434
25,815
170,774
497,870
110,196
120,246
1,039,814
(436,981)
602,825
168,036
(14,849)
147,947
16,807
48,013
(775,427)

(0.02) 21,335,008
0.00 21,356,617
0.00 21,372,166
(0.01) 21,212,058
0.01 21,404,714
0.03 22,214,864
(0.01) 22,084,904
0.01 22,399,950
0.02 22,926,501
0.00 23,014,551
0.04 23,977,013
0.05 25,425,782
0.01 25,725,216
0.00 25,745,843
0.01 26,060,728
(0.02) 25,565,259
(0.04) 24,597,307
0.00 24,624,446
(0.01) 24,349,154
0.03 25,204,120
(0.01) 25,068,534
0.01 25,420,855
0.00 25,376,393
(0.03) 24,552,180
(0.01) 24,365,656
0.00 24,336,388
0.01 24,675,613
(0.01) 24,284,272
0.00 24,339,706
0.00 24,365,521
0.01 24,536,295
0.02 25,034,165
0.00 25,144,361
0.00 25,264,607
0.04 26,304,421
(0.02) 25,867,440
0.02 26,470,265
0.01 26,638,301
0.00 26,623,452
0.01 26,771,399
0.00 26,788,206
0.00 26,836,219
(0.03) 26,060,792
26,060,792

0.82
0.82
0.81
0.80
0.81
0.84
0.82
0.83
0.85
0.85
0.88
0.94
0.95
0.95
0.96
0.94
0.91
0.91
0.90
0.93
0.92
0.94
0.93
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.91
0.89
0.90
0.90
0.90
0.92
0.93
0.93
0.97
0.95
0.97
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.98
0.99
0.96
0.96

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Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

9 KOTAK BANKING ETF

At the beginning of the Year  31-Mar-2018

16,451,543

0.63

Decrease

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

06-Apr-2018

(362,610)

(0.01) 16,088,933

13-Apr-2018

20-Apr-2018

(9,513)

13,092

0.00 16,079,420

0.00 16,092,512

27-Apr-2018

(315,704)

(0.01) 15,776,808

04-May-2018

11-May-2018

18-May-2018

25-May-2018

01-Jun-2018

423,385

431,622

621,053

(19,310)

100,054

0.02 16,200,193

0.02 16,631,815

0.02 17,252,868

0.00 17,233,558

0.00 17,333,612

08-Jun-2018

(3,17,640)

(0.01) 17,015,972

15-Jun-2018

22-Jun-2018

29-Jun-2018

06-Jul-2018

13-Jul-2018

20-Jul-2018

27-Jul-2018

01-Aug-2018

03-Aug-2018

10-Aug-2018

322,193

143,092

(76,402)

12,309

(42,796)

72,178

59,783

347,200

139,430

243,936

0.01 17,338,165

0.01 17,481,257

0.00 17,404,855

0.00 17,417,164

0.00 17,374,368

0.00 17,446,546

0.00

17506,329

0.01 17,853,529

0.01 17,992,959

0.01 18,236,895

Decrease

17-Aug-2018

(409,813)

(0.02) 17,827,082

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Decrease

Decrease

Decrease

Increase

24-Aug-2018

31-Aug-2018

07-Sep-2018

14-Sep-2018

21-Sep-2018

28-Sep-2018

19,672

694,641

43,878

23,726

31,372

66,138

0.00 17,846,754

0.03 18,541,395

0.00 18,585,273

0.00 18,608,999

0.00 18,640,371

0.00 18,706,509

05-Oct-2018

892,308

0.03 19,598,817

12-Oct-2018

19-Oct-2018

26-Oct-2018

31-Oct-2018

02-Nov-2018

09-Nov-2018

4,854

474,971

18,986

406,387

416,875

(20,116)

0.00 19,603,671

0.02 20,078,642

0.00 20,097,628

0.02 20,504,015

0.02 20,920,890

0.00 20,900,774

16-Nov-2018

(656,651)

(0.02) 20,244,123

23-Nov-2018

(749,756)

(0.03) 19,494,367

30-Nov-2018

(387,142)

(0.01) 19,107,225

07-Dec-2018

124,790

0.01 19,232,015

71

0.62

0.62

0.62

0.61

0.62

0.64

0.66

0.66

0.67

0.65

0.67

0.67

0.67

0.67

0.67

0.66

0.66

0.67

0.66

0.67

0.66

0.66

0.68

0.69

0.69

0.69

0.69

0.72

0.72

0.74

0.74

0.75

0.77

0.77

0.75

0.72

0.70

0.71

DIRECTORS' REPORT

Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Decrease

14-Dec-2018

21-Dec-2018

28-Dec-2018

31-Dec-2018

04-Jan-2019

11-Jan-2019

18-Jan-2019

25-Jan-2019

01-Feb-2019

08-Feb-2019

15-Feb-2019

22-Feb-2019

01-Mar-2019

08-Mar-2019

15-Mar-2019

22-Mar-2019

53,506

19,454

394,51

(1,477)

20,651

90,001

51405

152,509

284,741

78,249

537,457

20,964

33,105

426,789

73,579

(48,407)

0.00 19,285,521

0.00 19,304,975

0.00 19,344,426

0.00 19,342,949

0.00 19,363,600

0.00 19,453,601

0.00 19,505,006

0.01

19657,515

0.01 19,942,256

0.00 20,020,505

0.02 20,557,962

0.00 20,578,926

0.00 20,612,031

0.02 21,038,820

0.00 21,112,399

0.00 21,063,992

29-Mar-2019

(892,682)

(0.03) 20,171,310

10 UTI - NIFTY EXCHANGE TRADED 

At the beginning of the Year  31-Mar-2018

16,982,626

0.65

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

20,171,310

FUND

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Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

06-Apr-2018

13-Apr-2018

20-Apr-2018

72170

(40762)

74,999

0.00 17,054,796

0.00 17,014,034

0.00 17,089,033

27-Apr-2018

(46,950)

0.00 17,042,083

04-May-2018

11-May-2018

18-May-2018

25-May-2018

23,203

84,817

(18,582)

69,853

0.00 17,065,286

0.00 17,150,103

0.00 17,131,521

0.00 17,201,374

01-Jun-2018

(227,335)

(0.01) 16,974,039

08-Jun-2018

(64,619)

0.00 16,909,420

15-Jun-2018

22-Jun-2018

29-Jun-2018

06-Jul-2018

13-Jul-2018

16-Jul-2018

17-Jul-2018

42,908

25,181

(69,427)

88,958

(57,620)

8,403

6,974

0.00 16,952,328

0.00 16,977,509

0.00 16,908,082

0.00 16,997,040

0.00 16,939,420

0.00 16,947,823

0.00 16,954,797

20-Jul-2018

(89,178)

0.00 16,865,619

27-Jul-2018

03-Aug-2018

50,129

23,801

0.00 16,915,748

0.00 16,939,549

72

0.71

0.71

0.71

0.71

0.71

0.72

0.72

0.72

0.73

0.74

0.76

0.76

0.76

0.77

0.78

0.77

0.74

0.74

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.66

0.65

0.65

0.65

0.65

0.65

0.65

0.65

0.65

0.64

0.64

0.64

0.63

 
 
DIRECTORS' REPORT

Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage 
of total 
shares

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

Increase

10-Aug-2018

(205,580)

(0.01) 16,733,969

17-Aug-2018

27,225

0.00 16,761,194

24-Aug-2018

(113,896)

0.00 16,647,298

31-Aug-2018

07-Sep-2018

14-Sep-2018

21-Sep-2018

31,074

90,929

66,367

70,810

0.00 16,678,372

0.00 16,769,301

0.00 16,835,668

0.00 16,906,478

28-Sep-2018

(111,406)

0.00 16,795,072

05-Oct-2018

177,225

0.01 16,972,297

12-Oct-2018

2,655

0.00 16,974,952

19-Oct-2018

(145,815)

(0.01) 16,829,137

26-Oct-2018

31-Oct-2018

02-Nov-2018

09-Nov-2018

16-Nov-2018

23-Nov-2018

30-Nov-2018

07-Dec-2018

14-Dec-2018

21-Dec-2018

28-Dec-2018

31-Dec-2018

04-Jan-2019

11-Jan-2019

18-Jan-2019

25-Jan-2019

01-Feb-2019

08-Feb-2019

15-Feb-2019

22-Feb-2019

01-Mar-2019

08-Mar-2019

15-Mar-2019

22-Mar-2019

29-Mar-2019

9,038

(8,763)

218,623

155,556

221,457

43,256

(25,215)

34,412

(54,878)

48,340

16,252

9,258

127,831

167,349

81,492

115,376

97,006

103,568

77,370

43,045

136,738

75,754

138,755

66,198

56,786

0.00 16,838,175

0.00 16,829,412

0.01 17,048,035

0.01 17,203,591

0.01 17,425,048

0.00 17,468,304

0.00 17,443,089

0.00 17,477,501

0.00 17,422,623

0.00 17,470,963

0.00 17,487,215

0.00 17,496,473

0.01 17,624,304

0.01 17,791,653

0.00 17,873,145

0.00 17,988,521

0.00 18,085,527

0.00 18,189,095

0.00 18,266,465

0.00 18,309,510

0.01 18,446,248

0.00 18,522,002

0.01 18,660,757

0.00 18,726,955

0.00 18,783,741

18,783,741

0.62

0.62

0.61

0.61

0.62

0.62

0.62

0.62

0.63

0.63

0.62

0.62

0.62

0.63

0.63

0.64

0.64

0.64

0.64

0.64

0.64

0.64

0.64

0.65

0.65

0.66

0.66

0.67

0.67

0.67

0.67

0.68

0.68

0.69

0.69

0.69

0.69

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

*** Date of transfer has been considered as the date on which the beneficiary position was provided by the Depositories to the Bank.

  Increase = Purchase of shares of the Bank                 Decrease = Sale of shares of the Bank

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(v) Shareholding of Directors and Key Managerial Personnel

Name

Sr. 
No.

Remarks

Date ***

Shareholding at the 
beginning of the year
No. of 
shares

Percentage of 
total shares

Cumulative shareholding 
during the year

No. of 
shares

Percentage of 
total shares

1

Aditya Puri

At the beginning of the Year 

31-Mar-2018

35,66,544

0.14

Increase

Decrease

01-Jun-2018

3,20,000

0.00

38,86,544

08-Jun-2018

(1,82,000)

0.00

37,04,544

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

37,04,544

2

Kaizad Maneck 
Bharucha

At the beginning of the Year 

31-Mar-2018

9,50,051

0.04

Decrease

Decrease

Increase

Increase

Increase

Decrease

Decrease

11-May-2018

(10,000)

0.00

9,40,051

18-May-2018

(20,000)

0.00

9,20,051

01-Jun-2018

57,000

0.00

9,77,051

29-Jun-2018

3,000

0.00

9,80,051

26-Oct-2018

10,000

0.00

9,90,051

15-Mar-2019

(70,000)

0.00

9,20,051

22-Mar-2019

(29,000)

0.00

8,91,051

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

8,91,051

Jointly With Relatives

At the beginning of the Year 

31-Mar-2018

500

0.00

0.15

0.14

0.14

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.03

0.03

0.03

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

500

0.00

3

Keki Minoo Mistry

At the beginning of the Year 

31-Mar-2018

2,91,915

0.01

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

2,91,915

0.01

Jointly With Relatives

At the beginning of the Year 

31-Mar-2018

4,215

0.00

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

4,215

0.00

4

Sashidhar Jagdishan

At the beginning of the Year 

31-Mar-2018

6,73,594

0.03

Increase

Decrease

01-Jun-2018

80,000

0.00

7,53,594

08-Jun-2018

(45,500)

0.00

7,08,094

At the END of the Year 

30-Mar-2019

7,08,094

0.03

0.03

0.03

***   Date of transfer has been considered as the date on which the beneficiary position was provided by the Depositories to the Bank.

Increase = Allotment of equity shares on exercise of equity stock options

Decrease = Sale of shares of the Bank during the year

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V.  

INDEBTEDNESS

Indebtedness of the Bank including interest outstanding / accrued but not due for payment: 

(` crore)

Secured Loans
excluding deposits (1)

Unsecured 
Loans (2)

Deposits (3)

Total
Indebtedness

Indebtedness at the beginning of the financial year
i) Principal Amount
ii) Interest due but not paid
iii) Interest accrued but not due
Total (i+ii+iii)
Change in Indebtedness during the financial year
(cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:34)(cid:69)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)
(cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)
Net change
Indebtedness at the end of the financial year
i) Principal Amount
ii) Interest due but not paid
iii) Interest accrued but not due
Total (i+ii+iii)

14,240.0
-
2.4
14,242.4

3,164.6
-
3,164.6

17,400.0
-
7.0
17,407.0

108,865.0
-
1,837.7
110,702.7

663.1
(9,179.8)
(8,516.7) 

99,685.1
-
2,500.9
102,186.0

123,105.0
-
1,840.1
124,945.1

3,827.7
(9,179.8)
(5,352.1)

117,085.1
-
2,507.9
119,593.0

(1)  Secured  borrowings  represent  borrowings  under  collateralized  borrowing  and  lending  obligations  and  transactions  under  liquidity 

adjustment facility and marginal standing facility.  

(2)  Movement in long-term subordinated debt is shown on a gross basis.

(3)  Section  73  (1)  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013,  states  that  the  provisions  of  the  said  Act  relating  to  acceptance  of  deposits  by 

companies do not apply to a Banking company as defined in the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. Accordingly, information relating 

to the Bank’s deposits is not disclosed in the table above. As per the applicable provisions of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, 

details of the Bank’s deposits have been included under Schedule 3 - Deposits, in the preparation and presentation of the financial 

statements of the Bank

VI.   REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL:

A.  Remuneration to Managing Director, Whole-time Directors and/or Manager: 

Sr.  
No.

Particulars of Remuneration

1 Gross Salary 

Name of Managing Director / Whole Time Director / Manager

Aditya Puri
(Managing 
Director)

Paresh Sukthankar Kaizad Bharucha
(Deputy Managing 
Director)$ 

(Executive 
Director)

(`)

Total  
Amount

a)  Salary as per provisions contained in Section 

107,337,805

56,067,467

49,377,786

212,783,058

17(1) of the Income Tax Act, 1961

b)   Value of perquisites u/s. 17(2) of Income Tax 

22,689,694

5,073,966

6,978,736

34,742,396

Act, 1961 except stock options

c)   Profits in lieu of salary under section 17(3) of 

-

-

-

-

Income Tax Act, 1961.

2 Stock options exercised during the year***
3 Sweat Equity
4 Commission

- as per cent of profits
- others, specify

5 Others *

Total (A) **
Ceiling as per the Act^

42,20,80,000
-
-

1,37,46,41,250
-
-

9,20,98,470 1,888,819,720
-
-

-
-

6,677,227
136,704,726

2,202,412
63,343,845

2,422,032
58,778,554

11,301,671
258,827,125

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^  

Section 198 of the Companies Act, 1956 (which corresponds to the now applicable section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013) does 

not by virtue of section 35B (2A) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, apply to Banking companies.

* 

Includes Provident Fund and tax exempted portion of Superannuation.

**   Does not include the value of the stock options exercised during the year.

$

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar  resigned from the Bank with effect from November 8, 2018. 

***    This includes stock options granted and vested over several previous years, but exercised during the last financial year.

B.   Remuneration to other Directors: 

Sr.  
No.

Name of Director

Independent Directors

1 Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

2 Mr. Partho Datta*

3 Mr. Bobby Parikh*

4 Mr. Malay Patel

5 Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi

6 Mr. Sanjiv Sachar $

7 Mr. Sandeep Parekh $

8 Mr. M.D. Ranganath $

Sub total (i)

Other Non-Executive Directors

9 Mr. Keki Mistry

10 Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni 

Sub total (ii)

Total (i+ii)

Ceiling as per the Act^

Particulars of Remuneration

Fees for attending 
Board / committee 
meetings

Commission#

Others

(`)

Total  
Amount

3,000,000

-

3,500,000

6,500,000

1,050,000

1,000,000

2,150,000

1,000,000

2,950,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

350,000

250,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,050,000

3,150,000

3,950,000

3,000,000

1,000,000

350,000

250,000

1,2750,000

4,000,000

3,500,000

20,250,000

2,050,000

1,000,000

1,400,000

1,000,000

3,450,000

2,000,000

-

-

3,050,000

2,400,000

5,450,000

16,200,000

6,000,000

3,500,000

25,700,000

# Refers to commission for FY 2017-18, paid out in FY 2018-19.

*Mr. Partho Datta and Mr. Bobby Parikh ceased to be directors of the Bank with effect from September 29, 2018 and January 26, 2019 
respectively 

$ Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, Mr. Sandeep Parekh and Mr. M.D. Ranganath were appointed as Directors of the Bank with effect from July 21, 2018, 
January 19, 2019 and January 31, 2019 respectively.  

^ Section 198 of the Companies Act, 1956 (which corresponds to the now applicable section 197 of the Companies Act, 2013) does 

not by virtue of section 35B (2A) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, apply to Banking companies.

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C.   REMUNERATION  TO  KEY  MANAGERIAL  PERSONNEL  OTHER  THAN  MANAGING  DIRECTOR  /  WHOLE  TIME  DIRECTOR  / 
(`)

MANAGER 

Sr.  
No.

Particulars of Remuneration

1 Gross salary

Key Managerial Personnel

Mr. Sanjay 
Dongre
(Company 
Secretary till 
May 31, 2018)

Mr. Santosh 
Haldankar
(Company 
Secretary from 
June 1, 2018)

Mr. Sashidhar 
Jagdishan
(Chief 
Financial 
Officer)

Total

(a)   Salary as per provisions contained in section 17(1) of the Income-tax 

2,927,446

3,706,271

24,302,834 30,936,551

Act, 1961

(b)   Value of perquisites u/s 17(2) of Income-tax Act, 1961 except stock options

610,590

167,948

489,724

1,268,262

(c)   Profits in lieu of salary under section 17(3) of Income-tax Act, 1961

-

-

-

2 Stock options exercised during the year***

88,416,435

-

105,520,000 193,936,435

3 Sweat Equity

4 Commission

- as percent of profits

- others, specify

5 Others*

Total**

-

-

-

-

-

-

32,656

104,680

575,916

713,252

3,570,692

3,978,899

25,368,474 32,918,065

* Includes Provident Fund and tax exempted portion of superannuation.

** Does not include the value of stock options exercised during the year.

*** This includes stock options granted and vested over several previous years, but exercised during the last financial year.

VII.   PENALTIES / PUNISHMENT / COMPOUNDING OF OFFENCES: 

Type

Section of the 
Companies Act 

Brief 
description

Details of penalties / 
punishment / compounding 
fees imposed

Authority (RD / 
NCLT / Court)

Appeal made, 
if any
(give details)

A. COMPANY

Penalty

Punishment

Compounding

B. DIRECTORS

Penalty

Punishment

Compounding

C. OTHER OFFICERS IN DEFAULT 

Penalty

Punishment 

Compounding

NONE

NONE

NONE

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ANNEXURE 5  to the Directors’ Report

Performance and financial position of subsidiaries and associates of the Bank as on March 31, 2019

                                                                                                                                                                           (` crore)

Name of entity

Parent:

HDFC Bank Limited

Subsidiaries*:

1. HDFC Securities Limited

2. HDB Financial Services Limited

Minority Interest in all subsidiaries

*The subsidiaries are domestic entities

Net assets as of  
March 31, 2019

Profit or loss for the 
year ended March 31, 2019

As % of 
consolidated net 
assets**

Amount***

As % of 
consolidated profit 
or loss

Amount***

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1,49,206.32

94.38%

21,078.14

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113.18

**Consolidated net assets are total assets minus total liabilities including minority interest

***Amounts are before inter-company adjustments.

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DIRECTORS' REPORT

ANNEXURE 6 to the Directors’ Report

Disclosures on Remuneration  

1.  Ratio of Remuneration of each director to the median employees’ remuneration for the FY 2018-19

Designation

Managing Director

Executive Director

Note: 

Ratio

248:1

109:1

a.  We have considered fixed pay for the computation of ratios as the performance bonus for the previous year for Whole Time 

Directors is subject to RBI approval.

b.  Fixed pay includes-Salary, Allowances, Retiral Benefits as well as value of perquisites excluding ESOPs

c.  The above includes all employees of the Bank excluding overseas employees.

d.  The Deputy Managing Director, Mr. Paresh Sukthankar resigned from the Bank with effect from November 8, 2018 and hence has 

not been covered in the above calculations.

2.  Percentage increase in remuneration of each Director, CFO, CEO, CS or Manager, if any, in the FY 2018-19

Designation

Managing Director

Executive Director 

Chief Financial Officer

Company Secretary up to May 31, 2018 **

Company Secretary from June 01, 2018 ***

Percentage Increase

20.00

15.00

10.00

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14.95

** Mr. Sanjay Dongre retired from the services of the Bank with effect from the close of business hours May 31, 2018.

*** Mr. Santosh Haldankar was appointed as the Company Secretary of the Bank with effect from June 01, 2018.

3.  Percentage Increase in the median remuneration of employees in the FY 2018-19

The percentage increase in median remuneration of employees in the FY 2018-19 was 10.31 percent.This excludes front line sales staff.

4.  The number of permanent employees on the rolls of the Bank 

As of March 31, 2019 the number of permanent employees on the rolls of the Bank was 98,061. 

5.  Average percentage increase already made in the salaries of employees other than the managerial personnel in the last financial year 

and its comparison with the percentage increase in the managerial remuneration and justification thereof and point out if there are 

any exceptional cir cumstances for increase in the managerial remuneration.

The average percentage increase for Key Managerial Personnel    

The average percentage increase for Non Managerial Staff             

: 

: 

13.08 per cent

9.16 per cent

The average percentage increase in the salaries is primarily on account of annual fixed pay increase and promotions.

6.  Affirmation that the remuneration is as per the remuneration policy of the company 

:  

YES

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ANNEXURE 7 to the Directors’ Report

Statement under Rule 5(2) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 for year ended 

March 31, 2019

Name of the Employee

 Designation

Sr. 
No

Date of 
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Qualifications

Age Exp.

 Total  (`) 

Last Employment

Persons in service for the whole year and drawing emoluments more than ` 1,02,00,000/- per annum

Details of top ten employees in terms of remuneration drawn

1 Aditya Puri

Managing Director

12-Sep-94 B.Com,  CA.

2 Kaizad M. Bharucha

Executive Director

04-Oct-95 B.Com

3 Abhay Aima

4 Navin Puri

5 Ashish Parthasarthy

6 Bhavesh Zaveri

7 Roli Jamthe*

8 Rakesh Singh

9 Sashidhar Jagdishan

10 Nirav Shah

Group Head

Group Head

Group Head

Group Head

02-Jan-95 Grad. from National Defence Academy

01-Feb-99 B. Com,  MBA,  CA.

01-Nov-94 B.E.,  PGDM

13-Apr-98 M.Com.,  CAIIB

Vice President

05-Apr-11 MBA,  BSC,  PGDSM

Group Head

Group Head

Group Head

11-Apr-11 MBA,  BSc

05-Feb-96 B.Sc.,  ACA.,  M.A. (Economics)

15-Jul-99 MMS,  B.Com

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46  136,704,726   Citibank 

33  58,778,554   SBI Commercial & Intl. Bank Ltd. 

32  30,240,753   INDSEC Securities & Finance Ltd. 

36  28,622,181   ANZ Grindlays Bank 

30  28,231,386   INDSEC Investments Ltd. 

30  27,835,275   Barclays Bank 

18  27,810,322   Royal Bank Of Scotland 

26  27,287,098   Roth Child 

30  25,368,474   Deutsche Bank 

24  24,378,499   Global Trust Bank 

Persons in service for the whole year and drawing emoluments more than ` 1,02,00,000/- per annum, other than above

1 Jimmy Tata

Group Head

15-Dec-94 B.Com.,  M.F.M.,  CFA

2 Payal Mandhyan*

Vice President

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3 Umashankar Gopalan*

Vice President

13-Dec-12 B.Com

4 Harsh S Gupta*

Senior Vice President - II

04-Sep-00 PGDBA, B.Sc

5 Sheetal Kapadia*

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06-May-09 PGDMS, B.Com

6 V. Chakrapani

Group Head

24-Nov-94 B.Com,  CAIIB,  ACS

7 Jay Prakash Chandrashekar*

Deputy Vice President

05-Jul-04 MBA, BCom

8 Ashok Khanna

Group Head

19-Jun-02 MA

9 Arup Kumar Rakshit

Senior Executive  

01-Aug-06 PGDM,  BE

Vice President

10 Ashima Khanna Bhat

Group Head

07-Nov-94 B. Bus,  MMS

11 Anupama Rajesh Munagekar

Senior Vice President - I

14-Feb-07 LL.B,  B.Com

12 Mohammed Hannan Abdul *

Deputy Vice President

01-Jul-09 MBA, BSc

13 Parag Rao

14 Nitin Chugh

Group Head

15-Apr-02 MMS,  B.E.

Group Head

16-Apr-01 PGDM,  B.TECH

15 Sathyamurthy Sampath Kumar

Group Head

07-Aug-00 B.Com

16 Ritesh Sampat

Executive Vice President

03-Jan-12 CA, B.Com

17 Rahul Shukla

18 Arvind Kapil

Group Head

01-Mar-18 MBA,  BTech

Group Head

18-Dec-98 MMS,  B.E

19 Rajeev Wariar*

Vice President

15-Apr-10 PGDBA,  BE

20 Pallava Rathore*

Vice President

27-Jun-08 Master's Degree/Diploma

21 Sharad Rungta

Executive Vice President

02-Jun-12 CFA,  CA, B.Com

22 Debajeet Das

Executive Vice President

06-Aug-96 MA

23 Ravi Santhanam

Executive Vice President

01-Mar-17 PG Diploma

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15  23,610,468   India Bulls Securities Ltd. 

25  23,366,065   ICICI Bank 

21  22,265,196   ICICI Cap Ltd 

19  21,987,124   ICICI Bank Ltd 

35  21,078,973   Standard Chartered Bank 

18  20,395,535   Global Trust Bank 

38  20,260,375   Centurion Bank 

27  20,189,197   ABN Amro Bank 

26  19,804,160   A F Ferguson & Co 

27  19,470,007   Strategic Capital Corporation Pvt Ltd 

16  19,379,266   Barclays Bank PLC 

30  19,282,132   IBM Global Services 

24  19,127,583   Standered Chartered Bank 

29  18,995,056   Integrated Finance Co. Ltd. 

19  18,989,190   Standard Chartered Bank 

27  18,788,164   Citibank NA 

25  18,691,798  GE Countrywide Consumer Financial Services Ltd. 

20  18,635,526   Citi Bank 

18  18,320,767   IDBI Bank Ltd 

18  17,994,118   Credit Suisse AG 

24  17,933,852   Texport syndicate 

26  17,852,896   Vodafone India 

DIRECTORS' REPORTSr. 

Name of the Employee

 Designation

Date of 

Qualifications

Age Exp.

 Total  (`) 

Last Employment

No

joining the 

Bank

24 Bhaskar C. Panda

Executive Vice President

21-Nov-97 BA

25 Sharad Kourani*

Assistant Vice President

10-Aug-08 B.Com

26 Smita Bhagat

Group Head

12-Jul-99 M.Com,  MBA

27 V S Unnikrishnan*

Senior Vice President - I

12-Apr-03 MBA,  BSC,  PUC,  SSC

28 Veeresh Hiremath*

Assistant Vice President

28-Apr-08 B.Com

29 Arun Mohanty

Senior Executive Vice 

09-Nov-05 BA

President

56

40

53

43

37

60

34  17,658,518   Times Bank Ltd. 

23  17,272,735   HDFC Bank Ltd 

31  17,201,384   PDCOR Ltd. 

21  17,054,499  Global Trust Bank Ltd 

13  17,045,111  RAK Bank 

37  16,908,241  Reserve Bank Of India 

30 Rajinder Babbar

Senior Executive Vice 

16-Jan-01 LLB,  BSC,  HSC,  SSC

51

32  16,789,248  Centurion Bank Ltd 

President

31 Reji John*

Assistant Vice President

30-Aug-10 PG Diploma, MA, BA

32 Samrat Bose

Senior Vice President - II

17-May-02 Master's Degree/Dip - Others, BCom

33 Amit Dayal

Executive Vice President

19-Dec-94 B.Sc.,  DBM

34 Doulat Phiroze Kutar

Deputy Vice President

18-May-10 MA, BA

35 Rajesh Kumar Rathanchand

Group Head

22-May-00 PGDM,  B.Sc.

36 Vivek Nigam

Senior Vice President - II

03-Apr-17 MBA, BTech

37 Benjamin Frank

Group Head

05-Apr-04 MBA,  B.Sc

38 Munish Mittal

Group Head

17-Aug-96 PGDM,  B.Sc.

39 Vijay Krishna Mulbagal

Senior Executive Vice 

02-Jan-07 PGPM,  BSC,  HSC,  SSC

President

40 Amit Prakash Kapadia

Deputy Vice President

06-Sep-06 PGDBM, MCom, BCom

41 Harrish Mahadevan

Deputy Vice President

06-Apr-11 BCA

42 Saroj Kumar Swain

Senior Vice President - I

25-Aug-04 MBA, BCom

43 Kinjul Sharma*

Deputy Vice President

22-Sep-08 Master's Degree/Dip, B.Com

44 Rahul Bhandari*

Vice President

05-Feb-02 PGDBM,  B.Com

45 Sanjay K.Singla

Executive Vice President

10-Nov-07 PGDM , B.Com

46 Sanmoy Chakrabarti

Senior Executive  

15-Jun-10 MS,  BSC

Vice President

47 Pratap Luthra

Vice President

13-Aug-05 MBA, BA

48 Ajay Kumar Kapoor

Senior Executive Vice 

09-Oct-95 M.Sc.

President

37

42

52

44

47

50

54

50

48

40

35

41

37

41

59

43

37

55

15  16,761,985  Aviva India Life Insurance Co Ltd 

19  16,757,173  Parasmoney Investments 

28  16,692,846  SBI Comrcl & Intl. Bank Ltd 

22  16,643,461  IL & FS Financial Service 

30  16,640,105  Trans America Apple Finance Ltd. 

28  16,588,425  ICICI BANK 

33  16,572,746  IDBI Bank Ltd. 

32  16,399,574  Bank Of Punjab 

24  16,186,877  Diamond Management & Technology 

Consultants 

14  16,006,507  Citibank N A 

14  15,786,047  Citibank 

18  15,710,397  Jaquar & Co Ltd 

14  15,689,831  Citifinancial 

17  15,678,826  Fresher 

37  15,596,339  State Bank Of India 

20  15,557,357  Bank Danamon 

16  15,485,897  ABN Amro Bank Ltd 

33  15,327,886  Times Bank Ltd. 

49 Raveesh Kumar Bhatia

Senior Executive Vice 

03-May-10 PGDM, B.Com

53

28  15,320,547  Fore Consultants Pvt Ltd 

President

50 Dnyanesh Tukaram Khairnar*

Vice President

07-May-07 MMS, CA, BCom

51 Akshat Lakhera

Senior Vice President - I

09-Sep-10 PGDM,  BSC

52 Ashtosh Raina

Senior Vice President - I

03-Sep-07 CAIIB,  B.Sc.

53 Rashmi Singh

Deputy Vice President

29-Mar-10 MBA, BSc

54 Roopesh H. Patil

Senior Vice President - I

28-Feb-00 MBA, BCom

55 Kapil Bansal

Senior Vice President - I

30-Sep-04 PGPM,  B.Com

56 Pranav Bharat Shah

Deputy Vice President

21-Jul-11 PGDBM, BCom

39

42

51

34

45

40

38

14  15,303,665  ICICI Bank Ltd 

18  15,079,872  BNP Paribas 

28  14,948,199  State Bank Of India 

11  14,801,218  Religare Macquarie Wealth Management Ltd 

23  14,754,536  Dalal & Broacha Stock Broking Pvt Ltd 

20  14,606,889  ICICI Bank Ltd. 

13  14,367,957  Citibank N A 

82

HDFC Bank Limited Annual Report 2018 - 2019DIRECTORS' REPORTSr. 

Name of the Employee

 Designation

Date of 

Qualifications

Age Exp.

 Total  (`) 

Last Employment

No

joining the 

Bank

57 Silvestre Anthony Pereira

Vice President

15-Sep-06 MBA, PG Diploma, B.Com

58 Mayuresh Vasant Apte

Executive Vice President

06-Nov-00 MMS,  B.TECH,  C.H.S.E,  C.B.S.E

59 Sumant Rampal

Executive Vice President

10-Aug-99 MBA,  B.Com

60 Ravi Ssn

Executive Vice President

26-Nov-10 B.Com

61 Beena Shah

Vice President

26-May-15 MBA, BCom

62 Rheetu Karthik*

Vice President

15-Mar-05 MBA, MA, BA

63 Mathew Varghese*

Assistant Vice President

15-Jul-10 MMS, BE

64 Vitthal Mangesh Kulkarni

Senior Vice President - II

22-Sep-07 M.Sc.,  BE

65 Suresh Babu Agadkar*

Assistant Vice President

08-Jan-11 MBA, BCom

66 Sheetal Garg

Deputy Vice President

05-Sep-11 MMS, BCom

67 Vikas Rathore

Deputy Vice President

16-Jun-08 MMS, BTech

68 Charmaine Pereira

Senior Vice President - II

01-Nov-94 DBM,  BA

69 Resham A. Mahtani

Senior Vice President - I

01-May-01 PGPIM,  PGDBM,  BA

70 Jay Sonawala

Senior Vice President - II

12-Aug-99 MMS,  B.Com,  HSC,  I.C.S.E

71 Sitaram R. Reddy

Deputy Vice President

01-Dec-11 MBA, BSc

72 Madhusoodan Hegde

Senior Executive Vice 

11-Feb-97 CAIIB,  B.Sc.

President

73 Sowjanya Lakshmi Koppineedi

Deputy Vice President

11-May-05 MBA, BCom

74 Dolreich D'Mello*

Deputy Vice President

09-Jan-97 B.Com

75 Niloy Dey

Deputy Vice President

01-Apr-05 CFA, MBA, BCom

76 N. Srinivasan

Senior Executive Vice 

11-Nov-96 CA,  CWA,  CS.,  B.Com

President

41

49

43

50

41

47

40

47

43

40

35

46

43

42

39

57

36

43

43

51

17  14,334,914  UTI Bank Ltd 

26  14,280,377  Centurion Bank Ltd 

22  14,255,296  Walchnad Capital Ltd. 

26  14,253,365  Deutsche Bank 

15  14,208,296  Kotak Mahindra Bank 

21  14,147,399  MetLife India Insurance Co Ltd 

17  14,115,715  Citibank 

25  14,050,562  Barclays Capital 

22  13,995,309  M/s Centrum Capital Ltd 

14  13,994,751  DBS Bank Ltd 

11  13,973,943  Fresher 

24  13,952,819  Fresher 

21  13,860,372  Mecklai Financial & Commercial Services Ltd. 

20  13,843,873  Fresher 

15  13,733,395  Brics Securities Ltd 

34  13,689,214  Times Bank Ltd. 

15  13,671,802  JM Morgan Stanley Financial Services Pvt Ltd 

22  13,618,745  ANZ Grindlays Bank 

15  13,248,278  ING Vysya Financial Services Ltd 

29  13,240,556  Credential Finance 

77 Atul Sadashiv Barve

Senior Executive Vice 

28-Feb-07 MMS, MA, B.Sc

55

35  13,206,373  IDBI Bank Ltd 

President

78 Gourab Roy

Executive Vice President

01-Mar-96 MCom, BCom

79 Ameya Shekhar Shenoy

Senior Vice President - I

20-Mar-06 MBA,  CA, B.Com

80 Anil Bhavnani

Senior Executive Vice 

16-Jun-03 CS,  B.Com

President

81 Steven Noronha*

Deputy Vice President

19-Jul-11 B.Com

82 Satyabrata Sahoo

Assistant Vice President

07-Aug-06 MBA, BSc

83 Benson Benadict

Deputy Vice President

27-Nov-13 MBA, BTech

84 Brijesh Prabhakar

Deputy Vice President

31-Oct-11 MBA, BE

85 Rajesh Sharma

Senior Vice President - II

15-Nov-00 CA, CS, B.Com

86 Sundaresan M.

Senior Executive Vice 

02-May-02 BE (Mechanical),  PSG,  MBA

President

87 Nishant Nangia*

Deputy Vice President

04-Apr-05 B.Com

88 Sitanshu Mitra

Senior Executive Vice 

01-Sep-95 MBA,  B.Sc

President

52

39

45

43

43

39

39

43

47

37

51

26  13,198,944  UTI Bank Ltd 

15  13,196,926  Tionale Enterprises Pvt Ltd 

25  13,170,409  CitiCorp Finance I Ltd. 

11  13,103,396  Al Maha Financial Services Ltd 

16  13,031,110  Way 2 Wealth Securities Pvt Ltd 

14  13,010,945  Standard Chartered Bank 

15  12,889,130  Citibank 

25  12,881,821  LCC Infotech Ltd 

25  12,865,027  GE Countrywide Consumer Financial Services Ltd. 

16  12,798,375  E-Serve International Ltd 

31  12,738,421  ABN Amro Bank Ltd. 

89 Mohammed Mansoor Azher*

Deputy Vice President

10-Feb-03 MBA, BCom

40

16  12,706,162  Fresher 

83

DIRECTORS' REPORTSr. 

Name of the Employee

 Designation

Date of 

Qualifications

Age Exp.

 Total  (`) 

Last Employment

No

joining the 

Bank

90 Lavesh K Sardana

Executive Vice President

31-Jul-00 PG Diploma - Others, PGDBM, BCom

91 Nitish Nagori

Executive Vice President

01-Jun-10 PG Diploma - Others, BSc

92 Aditya Dhananjai Kumat

Senior Manager

01-Jun-12 MBA, BTech

93 Abheek Barua

Executive Vice President

16-Feb-15 M.Sc

94 Chandramoulee Palani

Senior Vice President - II 16-Jun-17 MBA, BTech

95 Anurag Pathak

Senior Vice President - I

29-Oct-12 PG Diploma - Others, BCom

96 Satish Chandra

Senior Vice President - I

16-Dec-04 B.Com

97 Dhruven Subodhchandra Shah*

Assistant Vice President

02-Jul-15 BE

98 Rajeev Sengupta

Senior Executive Vice 

21-Sep-07 PG (Gen Mgmt),  BE

President

99 Sudhir Sreekumaran*

Assistant Vice President

07-Jul-13 B.Com

100 Venkatraman Balan Iyer

Executive Vice President

02-Sep-00 PG Diploma - Others, BCom

101 B. P. Tikekar

Senior Executive Vice 

30-Aug-95 B.Com

President

44

48

30

52

41

45

51

45

58

42

52

56

23  12,680,931  GE Countrywide Consumer Financial Services Ltd. 

16  12,340,036  ICICI Bank Ltd 

7  12,001,510  Fresher 

31  11,988,982  ICRIER 

18  11,825,648  Credit Agricole 

20  11,793,316  BNP Paribas 

29  11,656,292  Global Trust Bank (Merged into Oriental Bank 

of Commerce) 

8  11,650,754  First Wealth 

36  11,642,341  Hutchison Essar Ltd 

15  11,634,715  Citi Bank N-A 

32  11,586,559  American Express Bank Ltd 

36  11,580,234  New Ind Co-Op Bank Ltd 

102 Deepak Kumar Mohanty

Senior Executive Vice 

24-Dec-03 MSc, MBA, BSc

55

26  11,557,470   ICICI Bank Ltd 

President

103 Gaurav Khandelwal

Senior Vice President - II

17-May-05 PG Diploma - Others, BE

104 Prashant Mehra

Senior Executive Vice 

28-Dec-98 MMS, PGDBM, BE

President

105 Sharad Vijay Goenka

Senior Vice President - II

27-Jan-11 CA, BCom

106 Rohit Pathrabe*

Deputy Vice President

16-Apr-07 BE

107 Sanjay Desai

Executive Vice President

17-Sep-96 BSc

108 Arun Mediratta

Executive Vice President

05-May-98 MBA, MA, BA

109 Ajit Cherian Kuruvilla

Senior Vice President - II

23-Aug-99 Diploma (3-yr Diploma), CA, BCom

110 Neeraj Chawla

Senior Vice President - II

06-Jan-14 CA, BCom

111 Naresh Chandiramani*

Deputy Vice President

07-Jul-10 B.Com

112 Anand Dusane

Executive Vice President

01-Jan-96 CAIIB, MCom, BCom

113 Vaibhav Jain

Deputy Vice President

01-Sep-07 MBA, BCom

114 C K Srinivasan*

Deputy Vice President

01-Sep-16 BSc

115 Tarunendra Balram Lachhwani

Deputy Vice President

17-Jul-12 MMS, BCom

116 Ahmed Abdulqawi Al Jneibi*

Senior Manager

18-Oct-17 BBA

117 Sanjay D Souza

Executive Vice President

01-Dec-99 MMS, BE

118 Sammeer Saurabbh

Executive Vice President

16-Jan-16 BSc

119 Amol Padhye

Senior Vice President - II

01-Jul-17 CA, BCom

120 Winifred Bhatia

Senior Vice President - II

16-Oct-95 MMS, MCom, BCom

40

47

40

41

52

51

51

42

48

46

41

52

37

36

52

51

38

53

14  11,485,665   IDBI Bank Ltd 

25  11,476,148  Maruti Countrywide Auto Financial Services Ltd 

16  11,464,603  HSBC 

19  11,436,981  HSBC 

29  11,392,931  IIT Corporate Service Ltd 

29  11,366,946  Punjab & Sind Bank 

26  11,355,814  Global Trust Bank 

17  11,289,067  CITI Bank 

17  11,242,897  Citibank 

26  11,230,143  State Bank Of Travancore 

17  11,210,809  ABN Amro Bank Ltd N.V. 

32  11,147,715  National Bank of Abu Dhabi 

15  11,124,072  Religare Macquarie Wealth Management Ltd 

6  11,103,954  Tourism Development and Investment Company 

30  11,068,492  Nucleus Securities Ltd 

25  11,059,578  DAIWA CAPITAL MARKETS INDIA PVT LTD 

15  11,016,870  Ernst & Young LLP 

27  10,981,692  Nagarjuna Finance Ltd 

121 Faisal Ikbal Sara

Senior Vice President - II

05-Dec-01 PGDBM, Diploma (3-yr Diploma), BCom 46

26  10,975,494  American Express Bank Ltd 

122 Santhosh Machangada Medappa

Senior Vice President - II

20-Nov-03 Others, MBA, BSc

123 Sameer Ratolikar

Executive Vice President

09-Jan-15 CISA, BE

45

47

17  10,952,529  ICICI Home Finanace Co Ltd 

26  10,945,146  Bank of India 

84

HDFC Bank Limited Annual Report 2018 - 2019DIRECTORS' REPORTSr. 

Name of the Employee

 Designation

Date of 

Qualifications

Age Exp.

 Total  (`) 

Last Employment

No

joining the 

Bank

124 Harish Kushalchand Parakh

Assistant Vice President

20-Dec-11 PGDBM, BCom

37

14  10,941,748  Barclays Bank PLC 

125 Prashanth Ts

Senior Vice President - II

16-Jun-00 PG Diploma - Others, Bachelors Degree 

42

19

 10,918,952   Fresher 

- Other

126 Gagan Salil Malik*

Assistant Vice President

26-Jun-16 B.Com

127 Rajeev Kumar

Senior Vice President - II

28-Apr-03 PG Diploma - Others, BSc

128 Kishan Ghanshani*

Assistant Vice President

22-May-16 B.Com

129 Bardan Sharma

Senior Vice President - II

23-Nov-11 Master's Degree/Dip - Others, BCom

130 Sumedha Malik

Deputy Vice President

30-Mar-05 MA, BA

131 Pinal K. Shah

Senior Vice President - II

01-Jun-98 CFA, MBA, BE

132 Prem Chand

Executive Vice President

13-Aug-07 BA

133 Deepak Narsinh Shinde

Senior Vice President - II

08-Feb-03 B.Com

134 Faishal Khan*

Deputy Vice President

10-Aug-06 PGDBA, BCom

135 Bharat Badhwar

Senior Vice President - II

28-Sep-02 BA

136 Unmesh Sharma

Senior Vice President - I

04-Dec-17 CFA, MBA, BE

137 Nasir Khan

Executive Vice President

14-Nov-11 MA, BA

138 Abhishek Bhagat

Senior Vice President - I

28-Sep-16 MBA, BCom

139 Ramnath Raikar

Executive Vice President

16-Mar-98 BA

140 Priyanka Bakshi

Senior Vice President - I

26-Mar-04 BA

141 Vasudevan Venkatadri

Executive Vice President

26-Oct-06 MBA, BCom

142 Anand Sankararaman

Executive Vice President

03-Mar-00 PGDBA, BE

143 Vijapurapu Sundar

Executive Vice President

20-Feb-15 Master's Degree/Dip - Others, BCom

144 Ashish Bains

Senior Vice President - I

24-Mar-08 MBA, Diploma (3-yr Diploma), BBA

145 Sandeep Bansal

Deputy Vice President

20-Jan-11 PGDBA,  BBA

146 Ganesh Babu M

Senior Manager

15-May-13 PG Diploma,  BE

Employed for part of the year

36

47

47

44

39

50

59

51

38

46

38

49

43

57

40

50

45

52

41

41

29

15  10,908,560  Standard Chartered Bank 

25  10,873,097  CitiFinancial Retail Services India Ltd 

22  10,820,619  Noor Bank 

19  10,736,348  Diageo India Pvt Ltd 

14  10,695,451  Kotak Mahindra Old Mutul Life Insurance Co Ltd 

25  10,626,166  Interface Fianancial Services Ltd 

42  10,601,416  UTI Bank Ltd 

31  10,586,419  Centurion Bank Ltd 

16  10,580,224  ICICI Bank Ltd 

25  10,572,638  Bharti Telenet Ltd 

15  10,555,824  Macquarie Capital Securities 

23  10,545,319  BNY Mellon (India), Pune 

20  10,531,637  Chryseum Advisors LLP 

38  10,505,143  Lloyds Fianance Ltd 

19  10,474,720  CitiFinancial India Ltd 

27  10,423,127  Al-Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation 

24  10,365,886  P&O Nedlloyd (I) Pvt Ltd 

32  10,287,904  ICICI Bank 

18  10,264,377  CRISIL Ltd 

16  10,260,940  RBS Bank 

6  10,239,567  Fresher 

147 Paresh Sukthankar

Deputy Managing Director 01-Sep-94  B.Com,  M.M.S,  A.M.P (Harvard 

56

33  63,343,845  Citibank 

Business School)

148 Ravi Narayan

Group Head

03-May-99 MBA,  B.TECH

149 Neil Percy Francisco

Group Head

20-May-02 MBA,  M.Sc.,  BE

150 Sukarm Bali*

Senior Vice President - I

23-Jul-99 CA,  B.Com

151 Harpuneet Singh

Executive Vice President

10-Apr-18 Others, CA

152 Fayaz Ainodin Patel*

Deputy Vice President

02-Aug-10 MBA, B.Com

153 Abhishek Bhuwalka

Senior Vice President - I

10-Jun-99 MBA, CWA,  B.Com

154 Manu Joseph*

Deputy Vice President

13-Nov-11 MMS, BE

155 Maheswara P Reddy

Senior Vice President - II

06-May-02 MBA,  BA

156 Jagat Dave

Senior Vice President - II

02-May-18 MMS, ICWA, BCom

157 Arvind Vohra

Group Head

12-Sep-18 PG Diploma - Others, BE

158 K. Chandrasekhar

Senior Vice President - II

30-Aug-95 BSC

159 Mahesh Kumar Jugal Kishoretaparia Senior Vice President - I

11-Jun-05 LLB,  CS,  CA,  B.Com

50

57

52

45

39

42

41

47

51

47

51

41

25  17,085,352  Bank of America 

30  15,707,641  Standard Chartered Bank 

27  14,872,556  Dresdner Bank 

20  14,802,174  HSBC Commercial Banking 

12  12,902,206  Sharekhan Ltd 

23  12,104,938  Matchless Packaging 

17  11,767,391  Citibank 

23  11,576,370  American Express Bank Ltd 

26  11,194,933  Ambit Private Ltd 

24  10,688,522  Vodafone India Ltd 

30  10,620,810  Citibank 

17  10,527,144  UTI Bank Ltd 

85

DIRECTORS' REPORTSr. 

Name of the Employee

 Designation

Date of 

Qualifications

Age Exp.

 Total  (`) 

Last Employment

No

joining the 

Bank

160 Sharad Bishnoi

Executive Vice President

09-Aug-04 CAIIB

161 Vinay Razdan

Group Head

06-Sep-18 MBA

162 Pushkar Raghavan Surendran

Deputy Vice President

11-Jan-11 MBA, BCom

163 Priyanshu Gaurav

Deputy Vice President

15-May-06 Master's Degree/Diploma

164 Philip Mathew

Group Head

03-Apr-02 MA,  B.Sc.

165 Thomson Jose

Executive Vice President

01-Dec-99 PG Diploma - Others, BCom

166 K. Manohara Raj

Senior Executive Vice 

06-Dec-96 CAIIB,  B.Com

President

167 Saurabh Jain

Senior Vice President - II

02-Jul-18 CA, BCom

168 Sai Venkatramana Kosuri

Senior Vice President - I

27-Apr-05 LLB,  Bcom

169 Navneet Singh

Senior Vice President - II

16-Aug-18 MBA, BTech

170 Ankush Pitale

Executive Vice President

28-Jul-14 MMS

171 Kartik Hirachand Nagda

Senior Vice President - II

29-Nov-04 MBA, BSc

172 Ramen Raymandal

Senior Vice President - II

10-Aug-16 PGDBM

173 Venkatesh Krishnan

Executive Vice President

27-Sep-18 CA - 93,  B.Com - 88

174 Srinivasan Vaidyanathan

Group Head

01-Dec-18 MBA,  FCA,  FCMA,  Lic ICSI,  FAIA 

(UK),  CMA (USA)

175 Venkateswaran L

Executive Vice President

12-Nov-18 MBA, BTech

176 Sudesh Puthran

Executive Vice President

28-Dec-15 Master's Degree/Dip - Others, BE

177 Sanjay Dongre

Executive Vice President

02-May-95 B.Com,  ACS,  CWAINT,  LL.B.

178 Deepam Sanghi

Senior Vice President - II

10-Jul-17 PGDBM,  BTech

179 Nagarajan Chandran

Executive Vice President

11-Jan-19 Master's Degree/Dip - Others, BSc

180 Sonit Singh

Senior Vice President - I

05-Mar-18 PG Diploma - Others, MBA, BCom

181 Ajay Pancholi

Senior Vice President - II

18-Feb-19 CA, BCom

Notes:

53

52

39

38

56

44

61

42

48

47

46

43

50

51

55

49

49

60

44

47

40

47

31  10,142,795  Zensar Technologies Ltd 

31  10,056,798  Vodafone Idea Ltd 

16

 9,762,948  HSBC 

13

 8,969,948  Fresher 

29

 8,478,082  SSKI Investor Services Pvt Ltd 

22

 8,402,475  Esanda Finance & Leasing Ltd 

38

 7,883,798  Punjab National Bank 

19

 7,658,163  STANDARD CHARTERED BANK 

25

 7,470,260  GE Countrywide Consumer Financial Services Ltd 

26

 7,199,768  Avendus Capital Private Limited 

22

 6,721,715  Religare Capital Markets Pvt. Limited 

17

 6,531,699  GE Countrywide Consumer Financial Services Ltd 

24

 5,551,939  Kotak Mahindra Capital Company (Subsidiary of 

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.) 

28

 5,224,882  HSBC 

31

 5,099,160  Citibank 

24

 4,219,272  Citibank 

26

 3,578,233  CIBIL 

36

 3,570,692  Boehringer Mannheim Ltd 

21

 2,095,382  Rothschild (India) Private Limited 

13

 2,014,548  Bajaj Auto finance 

14

 1,927,370  Standard Chartered Bank 

23

 1,376,119   Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd 

1.   Remuneration shown above includes basic salary, allowances, performance bonus, cash allowances in lieu of perquisites or taxable value 

of perquisites, if availed as computed as per Income-tax rules but excludes gratuity,PF settlement, super annuation settlement, perquisite 

on ESOP & super annuation perquisite

2.   All appointments are terminable by one / three month’s notice as the case may be on either side.

3.   The above list does not include employees sent on deputation whose salary is reimbursed by the other company.

4.   *Employee in overseas location

5.   None of the employees listed above hold 2% or more of the paid-up share capital of the Bank as at March 31, 2019.

6.   Other than Mr. Aditya Puri, Managing Director who holds 0.14% of the paid up share capital of the Bank, the shareholding of the employees 

listed above does not exceed 0.05% of the paid up share capital of the Bank as at March 31, 2019.

7.   None of the employees listed above is a relative of any director of the Bank.

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ANNEXURE 8 to the Directors’ Report

Form No. MR-3 

SECRETARIAL AUDIT REPORT 

For the financial year ended 31st March 2019

[Pursuant to section 204 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule No.9 of the Companies 

(Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014]

To 

The Members 

HDFC Bank Limited 

HDFC Bank House,  

Senapati Bapat Marg, 

Lower Parel (West), 

Mumbai - 400 013

We  have  conducted  the  Secretarial  Audit  of  the  compliance  of  applicable  statutory  provisions  and  the  adherence  to  corporate  practices  by 
HDFC Bank Limited (hereinafter called the ‘Bank’) for the audit period covering the financial year from 01st April 2018 to 31st March 2019 
(‘the audit period’). Secretarial Audit was conducted in a manner that provided us a reasonable basis for evaluating the corporate conducts / 

statutory compliances and expressing our opinion thereon.

Based on our verification of the books, papers, minute books, forms and returns filed and other records maintained by the Bank and also the 

information provided by the Bank, its officers, agents and authorized representatives during the conduct of Secretarial Audit, we hereby report 

that in our opinion, the Bank has, during the audit period complied with the statutory provisions listed hereunder and also that the Bank has 

proper Board processes and compliance mechanism in place to the extent, in the manner and subject to the reporting made hereinafter.

We have examined the books, papers, minute books, forms and returns filed and other records maintained by the Bank for the financial year 

ended on 31st March, 2019 according to the provisions of:

(i)  

The Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’) and the Rules made there under;

(ii)   The Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and the Rules made there under;

(iii) 

 The Depositories Act, 1996 and the Regulations and Bye-laws framed there under;

(iv)  Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the rules and regulations made thereunder to the extent of Overseas Direct Investment and 

External Commercial Borrowings;

(v)   The following Regulations and Guidelines prescribed under the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992:

(a)  The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011;

(b)  The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015;

(c)  The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009;

(d)  The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014;

(e)  The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue and Listing of Debt Securities) Regulations, 2008;

(f) 

The  Securities  and  Exchange  Board  of  India  (Registrars  to  an  Issue  and  Share  Transfer  Agents)  Regulations,  1993  regarding  the 
Companies Act and dealing with client;

(g)  The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015;

(h)  The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1992;

(i) 

(j) 

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Bankers to an Issue) Regulations, 1994;

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Foreign Portfolio Investors)Regulations,2014;

(vi)   The Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as specifically applicable to the Bank.

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We have also examined compliance with the applicable clauses of the Secretarial Standards issued by The Institute of Company Secretaries of 

India related to Board meetings and General Meetings;

During the period under review, the Bank has complied with the provisions of the Act, Rules, Regulations, Guidelines, Standards etc. mentioned 

above. 

During the period under review, provisions of the following regulations were not applicable to the Bank:

(i)  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009;

(ii)   The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Buyback of Securities) Regulations, 1998;

(iii)   Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the rules and regulations made thereunder to the extent of Foreign Direct Investment;

We further report that-

The Board of Directors of the Bank is duly constituted with proper balance of Executive Directors, Non-Executive Directors and Independent 

Directors.  The  changes  in  the  composition  of  the  Board  of  Directors  that  took  place  during  the  period  under  review  were  carried  out  in 

compliance with the provisions of the Act.

Proper notice is given to all Directors to schedule the Board meetings in compliance with the provisions of Section 173(3) of the Companies 

Act, 2013, agenda and detailed notes on agenda were sent at least seven days in advance and where the same were given at shorter notice 

than 7 (seven) days, proper consent thereof were obtained and a system exists for seeking and obtaining further information and clarifications 

on the agenda items before the meeting and for meaningful participation at the meeting.

Decisions at the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Bank were carried through on the basis of majority. There were no dissenting views 

by any member of the Board of Directors during the period under review.

We  further  report  that  there  are  adequate  systems  and  processes  in  the  Bank  commensurate  with  the  size  and  operations  of  the  Bank  to 

monitor and ensure compliance with the applicable laws, rules, regulations and guidelines.

We further report that during the audit period, the Bank has following specific events: 

a) 

Pursuant  to  the  approval  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Bank  and  shareholders  of  the  Bank  vide  their  resolutions  dated  December 

20, 2017 and January 19, 2018 respectively, the Share Allotment Committee of the Bank at its meeting held on July 17, 2018 allotted 
3,90,96,817 Equity Shares of face value of ` 2/- each to Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited on a preferential basis, at 
a price ` 2,174.09 per Equity Share (including a share premium of ` 2,172.09 per Equity Share), aggregating to ` 84,99,99,98,871.53 
(Rupees Eight Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety Nine Crore Ninety Nine Lakhs Ninety Eight Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy One 

and Paise Fifty Three only). 

b) 

Pursuant to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Bank and shareholders of the Bank vide their resolutions dated December 20, 

2017  and  January  19,  2018  respectively,  the  Share  Allotment  Committee  of  the  Bank  at  its  meeting  held  on  August  2,  2018  allotted 
1,28,47,222 Equity Shares of face value of ` 2/- each to eligible Qualified Institutional Buyers, at a price ` 2,160 per Equity Share (including 
a share premium of ` 2,158 per Equity Share), aggregating to ` 27,74,99,99,520 (Rupees Two Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy 
Four Crore Ninety Nine Lakhs Ninety Nine Thousand Five Hundred and Twenty only) 

c) 

Pursuant to the approval of the Board of Directors of the Bank and shareholders of the Bank vide their resolutions dated December 20, 

2017  and  January  19,  2018  respectively,  the  Share  Allotment  Committee  of  the  Bank  at  its  meeting  held  on  August  2,  2018  allotted 
5,25,00,000 Equity Shares of face value of ` 2/- each in favour of JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Depository, which are represented 
by 1,75,00,000 American Depository Receipts (ADRs), at a price USD 104 per ADR, with each ADR representing three underlying Equity 

Shares of the Bank.

d) 

Pursuant to the Board Resolution dated April 21, 2018 and Circular Resolution Nos. 24/2018-19 and 27/2018-19 dated November 23, 

2018 and December 11, 2018, passed by the Board of Directors (“Board”), the Bank has allotted on a private placement basis 8.44% 
Unsecured,  Redeemable  Long  Term,  Fully  Paid-up,  Non-Convertible  Bonds  in  the  nature  of  Debentures  amounting  to  `  6000  Crore 
(60,000 Bonds of face value ` 10,00,000/- each) on December 28, 2018.

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e) 

SEBI had, vide its Directions dated February 23, 2018, came to prima facie inference that the Unpublished Price Sensitive Information 

relating to financials of the Bank for the first quarter of 2017-18 was leaked due to inadequacy of the processes, controls, systems put 

in place by the Bank to prohibit insider trading and hence, inter alia, directed the Bank to strengthen the same so that the same do not 

recur in the future and to conduct an internal inquiry into the said leakage and take action against those responsible for the same. Further, 

SEBI had directed the Bank to complete the inquiry within a period of three months from the date of the SEBI Directions and thereafter file 

a report with SEBI within seven days thereof. The Bank has submitted the requisite information and reports to SEBI within the prescribed 

timelines. There is no further update in this regard. 

Place: Mumbai 

Date: 22nd May 2019              

For BNP & Associates 

Company Secretaries 

[Firm Regn. No. P2014MH037400]

B Narasimhan 

   Partner 

FCS No.:1303 / C P No.:10440

Note: This report is to be read with our letter of even date which is annexed as Annexure A and forms an integral part of this report.

Annexure A

To

The Members,

HDFC Bank Limited,

Secretarial Audit Report of even date is to be read along with this letter.

1. 

The compliance of provisions of all laws, rules, regulations, standards applicable to HDFC Bank Limited (hereinafter called ‘the Bank’) is 

the responsibility of the management of the Bank. Our examination was limited to the verification of records and procedures on test check 

basis for the purpose of issue of the Secretarial Audit Report.

2.  Maintenance of secretarial and other records of applicable laws is the responsibility of the management of the Bank. Our responsibility 

is to issue Secretarial Audit Report, based on the audit of the relevant records maintained and furnished to us by the Bank, along with 

explanations where so required.

3.  We have followed the audit practices and processes as were appropriate to obtain reasonable assurance about the correctness of the 

contents of the secretarial and other legal records, legal compliance mechanism and corporate conduct. The verification was done on test 

check basis to ensure that correct facts as reflected in secretarial and other records produced to us. We believe that the processes and 

practices we followed, provides a reasonable basis for our opinion for the purpose of issue of the Secretarial Audit Report.

4.  We have not verified the correctness and appropriateness of financial records and Books of Accounts of the Bank.

5.  Wherever  required,  we  have  obtained  the  management  representation  about  list  of  applicable  laws,  compliance  of  laws,  rules  and 

regulations and major events during the audit period.

6. 

The Secretarial Audit Report is neither an assurance as to the future viability of the Bank nor of the efficacy or effectiveness with which the 

management has conducted the affairs of the Bank.

Place: Mumbai 
Date: 22nd May 2019              

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For BNP & Associates 

Company Secretaries 

[Firm Regn. No. P2014MH037400]

B Narasimhan 
   Partner 
FCS No.:1303 / C P No.:10440

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

To the Members of HDFC Bank Limited

Report on the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of HDFC Bank Limited (“the Bank”), which comprise the Balance sheet 

as at March 31, 2019, the Profit and Loss Account, the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, 

including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information. 

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid standalone financial statements 

give the information required by the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as well as the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required for 

banking companies and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs 

of the Bank as at March 31, 2019, its profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date. 

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (SAs), as specified under section 

143(10)  of  the  Act.  Our  responsibilities  under  those  Standards  are  further  described  in  the  ‘Auditor’s  Responsibilities  for  the  Audit  of  the 

Standalone Financial Statements’ section of our report. We are independent of the Bank in accordance with the ‘Code of Ethics’ issued by 

the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial 

statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with 

these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis 

for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.

Key Audit Matters

Key  audit  matters  are  those  matters  that,  in  our  professional  judgment,  were  of  most  significance  in  our  audit  of  the  standalone  financial 

statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2019. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financial 

statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, 

our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context. 

We  have  determined  the  matters  described  below  to  be  the  key  audit  matters  to  be  communicated  in  our  report.  We  have  fulfilled  the 

responsibilities described in the “Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements” section of our report, including 

in relation to these matters. Accordingly, our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks 

of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements. The results of our audit procedures, including the procedures performed to 

address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying standalone financial statements.

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Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

Identification of Non-performing advances and provisioning of advances: 

Advances constitute a significant portion of the Bank’s 

The audit procedures performed, among others, included:

assets and the quality of these advances is measured 

in terms of ratio of Non-Performing Advances (“NPA”) 

-  Considering  the  Bank’s  policies  for  NPA  identification  and  provisioning  and 

to  the  gross  advances  of  the  Bank.  The  Bank’s  net 

assessing compliance with the IRAC norms.

advances  constitute  65.84  %  of  the  total  assets  and 

the gross NPA ratio of the Bank is 1.36% as at March 

31, 2019.

The  Reserve  Bank  of  India’s  (“RBI”)  guidelines  on 

Income  recognition  and  asset  classification  (“IRAC”) 

prescribe  the  prudential  norms  for  identification  and 

classification  of  NPAs  and  the  minimum  provision 

required  for  such  assets.  The  Bank  is  also  required 

to  apply  its  judgement  to  determine  the  identification 

and  provision  required  against  NPAs  by  applying 

quantitative  as  well  as  qualitative  factors.  The  risk  of 

identification of NPAs is affected by factors like stress 

and liquidity concerns in certain sectors.

The  provisioning  for  identified  NPAs  is  estimated 

based  on  ageing  and  classification  of  NPAs,  recovery 

estimates,  value  of  security  and  other  qualitative 

factors  and  is  subject  to  the  minimum  provisioning 

norms specified by RBI.

Additionally, the Bank makes provisions on exposures 

that  are  not  classified  as  NPAs  including  advances 

in  certain  sectors  and  identified  advances  or  group 

advances that can potentially slip into NPA. These are 

classified as contingency provisions.

The  Bank  has  detailed  its  accounting  policy  in  this 

regard in Schedule 17- Significant accounting policies 

under note C- 2 Advances.

Since  the  identification  of  NPAs  and  provisioning  for 

advances  require  significant  level  of  estimation  and 

given  its  significance  to  the  overall  audit,  we  have 

ascertained identification and provisioning for NPAs as 

a key audit matter.

-  Understanding,  evaluating  and  testing  the  design  and  operating  effectiveness 

of  key  controls  (including  application  controls)  around  identification  of  impaired 

accounts based on the extant guidelines on IRAC. 

-  Performing other procedures including substantive audit procedures covering the 

identification of NPAs by the Bank. These procedures included:

-  Considering  testing  of  the  exception  reports  generated  from  the  application 

systems where the advances have been recorded.

-  Considering  the  accounts  reported  by  the  Bank  and  other  Banks  as  Special 

Mention  Accounts  (“SMA”)  in  RBI’s  central  repository  of  information  on  large 

credits (CRILC) to identify stress.

-  Reviewing  account  statements  and  other  related  information  of  the  borrowers 

selected based on quantitative and qualitative risk factors.

-  Performing inquiries with the credit and risk departments to ascertain if there were 

indicators  of  stress  or  an  occurrence  of  an  event  of  default  in  a  particular  loan 

account or any product category which need to be considered as NPA. Examining 

the early warning reports generated by the Bank to identify stressed loan accounts.

-  Holding specific discussions with the management of the Bank on sectors where 

there is perceived credit risk and the steps taken to mitigate the risks to identified 

sectors. 

With respect to provisioning of advances, we performed the following procedures:

-  Gained an understanding of the Bank’s process for provisioning of advances.

-  Tested  on  a  sample  basis  the  calculation  performed  by  the  management  for 

compliance with RBI regulations and internally laid down policies for provisioning.

-  For loan accounts, where the Bank made provisions which were not classified as 

NPA, we reviewed the Bank’s assessment for these provisions. 

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Evaluation of open tax litigations (Direct and Indirect Tax)

The  Bank  has  material  open  tax  litigations  including 

-  Gained an understanding of the Bank’s process for determining tax liabilities and 

matters  under  dispute  which 

involve  significant 

the tax provisions.

judgment to determine the possible outcome of these 

disputes.

- 

Involved direct and indirect tax specialists to understand the evaluation of likelihood 

and  level  of  liability  for  significant  tax  risks  after  considering  legal  precedence, 

Since  the  assessment  of  these  open  tax  litigations 

other rulings and new information in respect of open tax positions as at reporting 

requires  significant 

level  of 

judgement,  we  have 

date.

included this as a key audit matter.

-  Agreed  underlying 

tax  balances 

to  supporting  documentation, 

including  

correspondence with tax authorities.

-  Assessed the disclosures within the standalone financial statements in this regard.

Information Technology (“IT”) Systems and Controls

The  reliability  and  security  of  IT  systems  plays  a  key 

-  For testing the IT general controls, application controls and IT dependent manual 

role  in  the  business  operations  of  the  Bank.  Since 

controls, we involved IT specialists as part of the audit. The team also assisted in 

large  volume  of  transactions  are  processed  daily,  the 

testing the accuracy of the information produced by the Bank’s IT systems.

IT  controls  are  required  to  ensure  that  applications 

process data as expected and that changes are made 

in  an  appropriate  manner.  These  systems  also  play 

a  key  role  in  the  financial  accounting  and  reporting 

process of the Bank. 

Due  to  the  pervasive  nature  and  complexity  of  the 

IT  environment  we  have  ascertained  IT  systems  and 

controls as a key audit matter.

-  Tested  the  design  and  operating  effectiveness  of  the  Bank’s  IT  access  controls 

over  the  information  systems  that  are  critical  to  financial  reporting.  We  tested 

IT  general  controls  (logical  access,  change  management  and  aspects  of  IT 

operational  controls).  This  included  testing  that  requests  for  access  to  systems 

were appropriately reviewed and authorized.

-  Tested  the  Bank’s  periodic  review  of  access  rights.  We  inspected  requests  of 

changes  to  systems  for  appropriate  approval  and  authorisation.  We  considered 

the  control  environment  relating  to  various  interfaces,  configuration  and  other 

application layer controls identified as key to the audit.

- 

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  design  and  operating  effectiveness  of  certain 

automated  controls  that  were  considered  as  key  internal  controls  over  financial 

reporting were tested.

-  Tested  compensating  controls  and  performed  alternate  procedures,  where 

necessary.  In  addition,    understood  where  relevant,  changes  made  to  the  IT 

landscape during the audit period and tested those changes that had a significant 

impact on financial reporting.

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Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon

The Bank’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information received by us comprises the information included 

in the Basel III - Pillar 3 disclosures and graphical representation of financial highlights (but does not include the financial statements and our 

auditor’s  reports  thereon),  which  we  obtained  prior  to  the  date  of  this  auditor’s  report,  and  Annual  Report,  which  is  expected  to  be  made 

available to us after that date.

Our  opinion  on  the  standalone  financial  statements  does  not  cover  the  other  information  and  we  do  not  express  any  form  of  assurance 

conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above and, in 

doing so, consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained 

in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed on the other information that we have 

obtained prior to the date of this auditor’s report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required 

to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to 

those Charged with Governance.

Responsibilities of Management and those Charged with Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements

The  Bank’s  Board  of  Directors  is  responsible  for  the  matters  stated  in  section  134(5)  of  the  Act  with  respect  to  the  preparation  of  these 

standalone  financial  statements  that  give  a  true  and  fair  view  of  the  financial  position,  financial  performance,  cash  flows  of  the  Bank  in 

accordance with the provisions of Section 29 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, accounting principles generally accepted in India, including 

the Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 in so far as they 

apply to the Bank and guidelines and directions issued by Reserve Bank of India  from time to time.

This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding 

of the assets of the Bank and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting 

policies;  making  judgments  and  estimates  that  are  reasonable  and  prudent;  and  the  design,  implementation  and  maintenance  of  adequate 

internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to 

the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, 

whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Bank’s ability to continue as a going concern, 

disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends 

to liquidate the Bank or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

Those Charged with Governance are also responsible for overseeing the Bank’s financial reporting process.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements

Our  objectives  are  to  obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether  the  standalone  financial  statements  as  a  whole  are  free  from  material 

misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of 

assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. 

Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected 

to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these standalone financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We 

also:

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perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our 

opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve 

collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. 

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:48)(cid:67)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:1)

Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Bank has adequate internal financial 

controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:38)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:1)

by management. 

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:8)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1) (cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:13)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)

obtained,  whether  a  material  uncertainty  exists  related  to  events  or  conditions  that  may  cast  significant  doubt  on  the  Bank’s  ability  to 

continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to 

the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions 

are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Bank 

to cease to continue as a going concern. 

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:38)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)

standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation. 

We  communicate  with  those  Charged  with  Governance  regarding,  among  other  matters,  the  planned  scope  and  timing  of  the  audit  and 

significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We  also  provide  those  Charged  with  Governance  with  a  statement  that  we  have  complied  with  relevant  ethical  requirements  regarding 

independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, 

and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those Charged with Governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit 

of the standalone financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2019 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these 

matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, 

we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be 

expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Other Matter

The comparative financial statements of the Bank for the corresponding year ended March 31, 2018 were audited by a predecessor auditor 

who expressed an unmodified opinion on those financial statements on April 21, 2018.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1.  The Balance Sheet and the Profit and Loss Account have been drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Section 29 of the Banking 

Regulation Act, 1949 read with Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. 

2.  As required by sub section (3) of section 30 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 , we report that: 

a.   We have obtained all the information and explanations which, to the best of our knowledge and belief, were necessary for the purpose 

of our audit and have found them to be satisfactory;

b.   The transactions of the Bank, which have come to our notice, have been within the powers of the Bank; and 

c.   The financial accounting systems of the Bank are centralized and therefore, accounting returns for the purpose of preparing standalone 

financial statements are not required to be submitted by its branches; we have visited 237 branches for the purpose of our audit. 

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3.  As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:

a.   We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the 

purposes of our audit;

b.   In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Bank so far as it appears from our examination of 

those books;

c.   The Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account, the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the books 

of account;

d.   In  our  opinion,  the  aforesaid  standalone  financial  statements  comply  with  the  Accounting  Standards  specified  under  Section  133  of 

the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 to the extent they are not inconsistent with the accounting policies 

prescribed by RBI;

e.   On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2019 taken on record by the Board of Directors, 

none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2019 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;

f.    With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Bank with reference to these standalone 

financial statements and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure 1” to this report;

g.   In our opinion, the entity being a banking company, the remuneration to whole-time directors during the year ended March 31, 2019 has 

been paid by the Bank in accordance with the provisions of Section 35B(1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949; and

h.   With  respect  to  the  other  matters  to  be  included  in  the  Auditor’s  Report  in  accordance  with  Rule  11  of  the  Companies  (Audit  and 

Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:

i.    The Bank has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer Note 

C17 of Schedule 17, Note 16 (d) of Schedule 18  and Schedule 12 - Contingent liabilities in the standalone financial statements;

ii.    The Bank has made provision, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for material foreseeable losses, if any, 

on long-term contracts including derivative contracts - Refer Note C17 of Schedule 17, Note 10 and 16 (d) of Schedule 18 forming 

part of the standalone financial statements; and

iii.   There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Bank.

Mumbai  

April 20, 2019  

For S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP 

Chartered Accountants 

Firm’s Registration No.: 301003E/E300005

per Sudhir Soni

Partner 

Membership No.: 41870

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

ANNEXURE  1  TO  THE  INDEPENDENT  AUDITOR’S  REPORT  OF  EVEN  DATE  ON  THE 
STANDALONE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF HDFC BANK LIMITED 

Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”)

To the Members of HDFC Bank Limited 

We have audited the internal financial controls over financial reporting of HDFC Bank Limited (“the Bank”) as of March 31, 2019 in conjunction 

with our audit of the standalone financial statements of the Bank for the year ended on that date.

Management’s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls

The Bank’s Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining internal financial controls based on the internal control over financial 

reporting  criteria  established  by  the  Bank  considering  the  essential  components  of  internal  control  stated  in  the  Guidance  Note  on  Audit  of 

Internal  Financial  Controls  Over  Financial  Reporting  issued  by  the  Institute  of  Chartered  Accountants  of  India.  These  responsibilities  include 

the design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and 

efficient  conduct  of  its  business,  including  adherence  to  the  Bank’s  policies,  the  safeguarding  of  its  assets,  the  prevention  and  detection  of 

frauds and errors, the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as 

required under the Act.

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our  responsibility  is  to  express  an  opinion  on  the  Bank’s  internal  financial  controls  over  financial  reporting  based  on  our  audit.  

We conducted our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the “Guidance 

Note”) and the Standards on Auditing as specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal 

financial controls, both applicable to an audit of Internal Financial Controls and, both issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.  

Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable 

assurance  about  whether  adequate  internal  financial  controls  over  financial  reporting  was  established  and  maintained  and  if  such  controls 

operated effectively in all material respects.

Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial 

reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of 

internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and 

operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including 

the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.  

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the internal financial 

controls system over financial reporting.

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting 

A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of 

financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 

A  company’s  internal  financial  control  over  financial  reporting  includes  those  policies  and  procedures  that  (1)  pertain  to  the  maintenance  of 

records  that,  in  reasonable  detail,  accurately  and  fairly  reflect  the  transactions  and  dispositions  of  the  assets  of  the  company;  (2)  provide 

reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally 

accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorisations 

of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised 

acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting

Because  of  the  inherent  limitations  of  internal  financial  controls  over  financial  reporting,  including  the  possibility  of  collusion  or  improper 

management  override  of  controls,  material  misstatements  due  to  error  or  fraud  may  occur  and  not  be  detected.  Also,  projections  of  any 

evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over 

financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures 

may deteriorate.

Opinion

In our opinion, the Bank has, in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system over financial reporting and such internal 

financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at March 31, 2019, based on the internal control over financial reporting 

criteria  established  by  the  Bank  considering  the  essential  components  of  internal  control  stated  in  the  Guidance  Note  on  Audit  of  Internal 

Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Mumbai 

April 20, 2019 

For S. R. Batliboi & Co. LLP 

Chartered Accountants 

Firm’s Registration No.: 301003E/E300005

per Sudhir Soni

Partner

Membership No.: 41870

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BALANCE SHEET

As at March 31, 2019

CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES

Capital

Reserves and surplus

Deposits

Borrowings

Other liabilities and provisions

ASSETS

Cash and balances with Reserve Bank of India

Balances with banks and money at call and short notice

Investments

Advances

Fixed assets

Other assets

Contingent liabilities

Bills for collection

Schedule

As at
31-Mar-19

` in ‘000
As at
31-Mar-18

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

5,446,613 

5,190,181 

1,486,616,908 

1,057,759,776 

9,231,409,284 

7,887,706,396 

1,170,851,238 

1,231,049,700 

551,082,863 

457,637,181 

Total

12,445,406,906 

10,639,343,234 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

467,636,184 

1,046,704,730 

345,840,208 

182,446,097 

2,905,878,784 

2,422,002,416 

8,194,012,167 

6,583,330,908 

40,300,043 

36,072,045 

491,739,520 

368,787,038 

Total

12,445,406,906 

10,639,343,234 

12 

10,247,151,183 

8,754,882,292 

499,528,010 

427,538,250 

Significant accounting policies and notes to the financial statements

17 & 18

The schedules referred to above form an integral part of the Balance Sheet.

As per our report of even date.

For and on behalf of the Board

For S. R. BATLIBOI & CO. LLP

Shyamala Gopinath 

Chartered Accountants

Chairperson

Aditya Puri  

Managing Director

Firm Registration No. 301003E/E300005

per Sudhir Soni

Partner

Membership No.: 41870

Kaizad Bharucha 

Executive Director

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

& Company Secretary

Santosh Haldankar 

Sashidhar Jagdishan 

Vice President (Legal) 

Chief Financial Officer

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

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PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

For the year ended March 31, 2019

I 

INCOME

Interest earned

Other income

II 

EXPENDITURE

Interest expended

Operating expenses

Provisions and contingencies 

III  PROFIT

Net profit for the year

Balance in Profit and Loss account brought forward

IV  APPROPRIATIONS

Transfer to Statutory Reserve

Dividend (including tax / cess thereon) pertaining to previous year paid during the 

year, net of dividend tax credits

Transfer to General Reserve

Transfer to Capital Reserve

Transfer to / (from) Investment Reserve Account

Transfer to / (from) Investment Fluctuation Reserve

Balance carried over to Balance Sheet

Schedule

Year ended
31-Mar-19

` in ‘000
 Year ended
31-Mar-18

13

14

989,720,505 

802,413,550 

176,258,849 

152,203,042 

Total

1,165,979,354 

954,616,592 

15

16

507,288,285 

401,464,913 

261,193,700 

226,903,821 

186,715,716 

151,380,575 

Total

955,197,701 

779,749,309 

210,781,653 

174,867,283 

404,534,155 

326,689,434 

Total

615,315,808 

501,556,717 

 52,695,413 

43,716,821 

 40,525,854 

 33,905,804 

 21,078,165 

 17,486,728 

 1,053,354 

 -   

 7,730,000 

 2,355,227 

 (442,018)

 -   

 492,233,022 

 404,534,155 

615,315,808 
`

501,556,717 
`

 78.65 

 77.87 

 67.76 

 66.84 

Total

V 

EARNINGS PER EQUITY SHARE (Face value ` 2 per share)
Basic 

Diluted 

Significant accounting policies and notes to the financial statements

17 & 18

The schedules referred to above form an integral part of the  

Profit and Loss Account.

As per our report of even date.

For and on behalf of the Board

For S. R. BATLIBOI & CO. LLP

Shyamala Gopinath 

Chartered Accountants

Chairperson

Aditya Puri  

Managing Director

Firm Registration No. 301003E/E300005

per Sudhir Soni

Partner

Membership No.: 41870

Kaizad Bharucha 

Executive Director

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

& Company Secretary

Santosh Haldankar 

Sashidhar Jagdishan 

Vice President (Legal) 

Chief Financial Officer

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Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

CASH FLOW STATEMENT

For the year ended March 31, 2019

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit before income tax 

Adjustments for:

Depreciation on fixed assets

(Profit) / loss on revaluation of investments

Amortisation of premia on held to maturity investments

(Profit) / loss on sale of fixed assets

Provision / charge for non performing assets

Provision for dimunition in value of investment

Provision for standard assets

Dividend from subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures

Contingency provisions

Adjustments for:

(Increase) / decrease in investments

(Increase) / decrease in advances

Increase / (decrease) in deposits

(Increase) / decrease in other assets

Increase / (decrease) in other liabilities and provisions 

Direct taxes paid (net of refunds)

Net cash flow (used in) / from operating activities

Cash flows used in investing activities

Purchase of fixed assets 

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

Investment in subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures

Dividend from subsidiaries / associates / joint ventures

` in ‘000

Year ended 

 Year ended 

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

 321,996,620 

 266,972,951 

 11,401,037 

 9,063,418 

 152,437 

 1,570,448 

 4,534,626 

 3,599,102 

 (64,341)

 3,102 

 65,773,639 

 51,784,408 

 47,066 

 304,543 

 6,483,767 

 5,974,259 

 (2,044,422)

 (2,416,454)

 5,028,840 

 3,891,829 

 413,309,269 

 340,747,606 

 (488,610,497)

 (282,699,813)

(1,676,454,898)

 (1,089,405,183)

1,343,702,888 

 1,451,309,833 

 (112,159,253)

 63,297,493 

 81,830,094 

 (120,347,372)

 (438,382,397)

 362,902,564 

 (122,164,302)

 (102,161,907)

 (560,546,699)

 260,740,657 

 (15,517,953)

 (7,699,194)

 212,346 

 95,089 

 -   

 (143,331)

 2,044,422 

 2,416,454 

Net cash flow used in investing activities

 (13,261,185)

 (5,330,982)

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CASH FLOW STATEMENT

For the year ended March 31, 2019

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from issue of equity shares under preferential allotment

Proceeds  from  issue  of  shares  under  Qualified  Institutions  Placement  and  American  Depository  Receipt 

offering (net of issue expenses)

 ` in ‘000

Year ended 

 Year ended 

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

 84,999,999 

 150,896,153 

 -   

 -   

Money received on exercise of stock options by employees

 22,008,150 

 27,259,099 

Proceeds from issue of Additional Tier I and Tier II Capital Bonds

 -   

 100,000,000 

Redemption of subordinated debt

 (28,750,000)

 (20,750,000)

Increase  /  (decrease)  in  borrowings  (excluding  subordinate  debt,  perpetual  debt  and  upper  Tier  II 

 (31,448,462)

 411,511,034 

instruments)

Dividend paid during the year

Tax on dividend paid during the year

Net cash flow from financing activities

Effect of exchange fluctuation on translation reserve

 (33,842,896)

 (28,312,716)

 (6,682,958)

 (5,593,088)

 157,179,986 

 484,114,329 

 953,463 

 105,872 

Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 (415,674,435)

 739,629,876 

Cash and cash equivalents as at April 1st

Cash and cash equivalents as at March 31st

1,229,150,827 

 489,520,951 

 813,476,392 

1,229,150,827 

As per our report of even date.

For and on behalf of the Board

For S. R. BATLIBOI & CO. LLP

Shyamala Gopinath 

Chartered Accountants

Chairperson

Aditya Puri  

Managing Director

Firm Registration No. 301003E/E300005

per Sudhir Soni

Partner

Membership No.: 41870

Kaizad Bharucha 

Executive Director

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

& Company Secretary

Santosh Haldankar 

Sashidhar Jagdishan 

Vice President (Legal) 

Chief Financial Officer

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 1 - CAPITAL
Authorised capital
3,25,00,00,000 (31 March, 2018: 3,25,00,00,000) Equity Shares of ` 2/- each
Issued, subscribed and paid-up capital
2,72,33,06,610 (31 March, 2018: 2,59,50,90,267) Equity Shares of ` 2/- each

SCHEDULE 2 - RESERVES AND SURPLUS
I 

Statutory reserve
Opening balance
Additions during the year

II

General reserve
Opening balance
Additions during the year

III 

Balance in profit and loss account

IV 

V 

VI 

VII 

VIII

IX

Share premium 
Opening balance
Additions during the year
Deductions during the year [Refer Schedule 18 (4)]

Amalgamation reserve
Opening balance
Additions during the year

Capital reserve
Opening balance
Additions during the year

Investment reserve account
Opening balance
Additions during the year
Deductions during the year 

Investment fluctuation reserve 
Opening balance
Additions during the year

Foreign currency translation account
Opening balance
Additions / (deductions) during the year

As at
31-Mar-19

` in ‘000
As at
31-Mar-18

6,500,000 

6,500,000 

Total

5,446,613 
5,446,613 

5,190,181 
5,190,181 

227,475,679 
 52,695,413 
280,171,092 

89,155,878 
 21,078,165 
110,234,043 

183,758,858 
43,716,821 
227,475,679 

71,669,150 
17,486,728 
89,155,878 

492,233,022 

404,534,155 

311,457,310 
 258,910,728 
 (1,262,858)
569,105,180 

284,263,301 
27,194,009 
 -   
311,457,310 

10,635,564 
 -   
10,635,564 

14,355,910 
 1,053,354 
15,409,264 

 -   
 162,237 
 (162,237)
 -   

 -   
 7,730,000 
 7,730,000 

10,635,564 
 -   
10,635,564 

12,000,683 
 2,355,227 
14,355,910 

 442,018 
45,086 
(487,104)
 -   

 -   
 -   
 -   

145,280 
953,463 
1,098,743 
1,486,616,908 

39,408 
105,872 
145,280 
1,057,759,776 

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total
Total

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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 3 - DEPOSITS

A 

I

Demand deposits

(i)

From banks

(ii) 

From others

II

III

Savings bank deposits

Term deposits

(i)

From banks

(ii) 

From others

B 

I

Deposits of branches in India

II

Deposits of branches outside India

SCHEDULE 4 - BORROWINGS

I Borrowings in India 

(i)  Reserve Bank of India

(ii)  Other banks

(iii)  Other institutions and agencies

(iv)  Upper and lower tier II capital and innovative perpetual debts

(v) Bonds and Debentures (excluding subordinated debt)

II Borrowings outside India

As at
31-Mar-19

` in ‘000
As at
31-Mar-18

34,189,112 

27,237,788 

1,390,788,586 

1,165,587,962 

Total

1,424,977,698 

1,192,825,750 

2,487,003,765 

2,238,102,098 

60,287,319 

72,775,645 

5,259,140,502 

4,384,002,903 

5,319,427,821 

4,456,778,548 

9,231,409,284 

7,887,706,396 

Total

Total

9,173,767,517 

7,847,886,299 

57,641,767 

39,820,097 

Total

9,231,409,284 

7,887,706,396 

 174,000,000 

 138,000,000 

9,155,858 

47,848,399 

 278,316,800 

 342,299,500 

182,320,000 

 211,070,000 

186,750,000 

 126,750,000 

Total

830,542,658 

865,967,899 

340,308,580 

365,081,801 

Total

1,170,851,238 

1,231,049,700 

Secured borrowings included in I and II above: Nil (March 31, 2018: Nil) other than borrowings of ` 17,400.00 
crore  (March  31,  2018:  `  14,239.95  crore)  under  Collateralised  Borrowing  and  Lending  Obligation  and 

transactions under Liquidity Adjustment Facility and Marginal Standing Facility.

SCHEDULE 5 - OTHER LIABILITIES AND PROVISIONS

I Bills payable

II

Interest accrued

III Others (including provisions)

IV  Contingent provisions against standard assets

70,403,952 

82,217,908 

69,509,400 

56,278,541 

374,772,935 

289,244,562 

36,396,576 

29,896,170 

Total

551,082,863 

457,637,181 

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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 6 - CASH AND BALANCES WITH RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

I

II 

Cash in hand (including foreign currency notes)

Balances with Reserve Bank of India:

(a)

In current accounts

(b) 

In other accounts

SCHEDULE 7 - BALANCES WITH BANKS AND MONEY AT CALL AND SHORT NOTICE

I

In India

(i) 

Balances with banks:

(a) 

In current accounts

(b) 

In other deposit accounts

(ii)  Money at call and short notice:

(a)  With banks

(b) With other institutions

II   Outside India

(i) 

(ii) 

In current accounts 

In deposit accounts 

(iii)   Money at call and short notice 

SCHEDULE 8 - INVESTMENTS

A 

Investments in India in

(i)

Government securities

(ii) Other approved securities

(iii) Shares

(iv) Debentures and bonds

(v)

Subsidiaries / joint ventures

(vi) Others (Units, CDs, CPs, PTCs and security receipts)

B  

Investments outside India in

As at

` in ‘000

As at

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

 73,914,902 

75,323,281 

 391,721,282 

364,381,449 

 2,000,000 

607,000,000 

Total

Total

 393,721,282 

971,381,449 

467,636,184 

1,046,704,730 

3,236,030 

175,545 

3,411,575 

8,369,114 

1,169,512 

9,538,626 

 18,000,000 

 -   

 77,213,500 

 45,018,623 

 95,213,500 

 45,018,623 

98,625,075 

54,557,249 

83,970,273 

 2,863,017 

26,124,304 

6,191,625 

160,381,843 

95,572,919 

247,215,133 

127,888,848 

345,840,208 

182,446,097 

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

 2,396,593,098 

1,883,648,036 

 -   

 -   

 3,980,968 

1,197,947 

 286,969,969 

347,873,284 

 38,264,875 

38,264,875 

 165,017,843 

135,541,438 

Total

 2,890,826,753 

2,406,525,580 

(i)  Government securities (including Local Authorities)

 7,236,612 

 4,218,786 

(ii)  Other investments

(a) Shares

(b) Debentures and bonds

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28,375 

 7,780,395 

 11,229,675 

 15,052,031 

 15,476,836 

 2,905,878,784 

2,422,002,416 

Total

Total

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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 9 - ADVANCES

A

B 

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(i)

(ii) 

(iii) 

Bills purchased and discounted

Cash credits, overdrafts and loans repayable on demand

Term loans

Secured by tangible assets*

Covered by bank / government guarantees

Unsecured

* Including advances against book debts

C 

I 

Advances in India

(i)

(ii)

Priority sector

Public sector

(iii) 

Banks

(iv)  Others

C

II 

Advances outside India

(i) 

(ii) 

Due from banks

Due from others

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

Bills purchased and discounted

Syndicated loans

Others

(Advances are net of provisions)

As at

31-Mar-19

` in ‘000
As at

31-Mar-18

320,438,660 

216,592,055 

2,022,142,263 

1,681,643,640 

5,851,431,244 

4,685,095,213 

Total

8,194,012,167 

6,583,330,908 

5,705,087,854 

4,712,405,892 

278,716,962 

191,682,760 

2,210,207,351 

1,679,242,256 

Total

8,194,012,167 

6,583,330,908 

2,174,223,445 

1,728,666,886 

270,921,248 

137,708,318 

9,754,795 

8,357,208 

5,489,286,340 

4,505,343,473 

Total

7,944,185,828 

6,380,075,885 

35,655,221 

33,046,352 

860,526 

1,052,278 

16,686,474 

18,265,990 

196,624,118 

150,890,403 

249,826,339 

203,255,023 

8,194,012,167 

6,583,330,908 

Total

Total

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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 10 - FIXED ASSETS

A

Premises (including land)

Gross block

At cost on 31 March of the preceding year

Additions during the year

Deductions during the year

Depreciation

As at 31 March of the preceding year

Charge for the year

On deductions during the year

Net block

B

Other fixed assets (including furniture and fixtures)

Gross block

At cost on 31 March of the preceding year

Additions during the year

Deductions during the year

Depreciation

As at 31 March of the preceding year

Charge for the year

On deductions during the year

Net block

C 

Assets on lease (plant and machinery)

Gross block

At cost on 31 March of the preceding year

Additions during the year

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As at

31-Mar-19

` in ‘000
As at

31-Mar-18

17,011,976 

16,110,799 

 1,079,471 

 (106,705)

978,572 

(77,395)

Total  

17,984,742 

17,011,976 

5,296,456 

4,778,473 

 579,806 

 (89,465)

592,562 

(74,579)

Total  

5,786,797 

5,296,456 

12,197,945 

11,715,520 

87,766,853 

80,918,907 

 14,702,443 

7,988,185 

 (1,541,302)

(1,140,239)

Total  

100,927,994 

87,766,853 

63,410,328 

55,983,854 

 10,826,104 

8,471,338 

 (1,410,536)

(1,044,864)

Total  

72,825,896 

63,410,328 

28,102,098 

24,356,525 

4,546,923 

4,546,923 

 -   

 -   

Total  

4,546,923 

4,546,923 

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As at March 31, 2019

Depreciation

As at 31 March of the preceding year

Charge for the year

Lease adjustment account

As at 31 March of the preceding year

Charge for the year

Unamortised cost of assets on lease

SCHEDULE 11 - OTHER ASSETS

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Interest accrued

Advance tax / tax deducted at source (net of provisions)

Stationery and stamps

Non banking assets acquired in satisfaction of claims

Bond and share application money pending allotment

Security deposit for commercial and residential property

VII

Others*

As at

31-Mar-19

` in ‘000
As at

31-Mar-18

4,104,467 

4,104,467 

 -   

 -   

Total  

4,104,467 

4,104,467 

442,456 

442,456 

 -   

 -   

Total

442,456 

442,456 

Total

40,300,043 

36,072,045 

- 

- 

118,313,579 

90,737,523 

 19,441,857 

18,456,556 

345,677 

333,306 

-

 146,197 

-

 -   

5,112,892 

5,004,128 

348,379,318 

254,255,525 

Total

491,739,520 

368,787,038 

*Includes  deferred  tax  asset  (net)  of  `  4,352.14  crore  (previous  year:  `  3,344.02  crore)  and  deposits 
placed  with  NABARD  /  SIDBI  /  NHB  on  account  of  shortfall  in  lending  to  priority  sector  of  `  10,832.25 
crore (previous year: ` 13,357.25 crore)

SCHEDULE 12 - CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

I 

II 

III 

IV 

V

Claims against the bank not acknowledged as debts - taxation

Claims against the bank not acknowledged as debts - others

Liability on account of outstanding forward exchange contracts

Liability on account of outstanding derivative contracts

Guarantees given on behalf of constituents:

- In India

- Outside India

VI 

Acceptances, endorsements and other obligations

VII 

Other items for which the Bank is contingently liable

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12,612,436 

11,359,333 

1,190,364 

1,042,772 

5,561,859,469 

4,344,675,713 

3,639,008,146 

3,482,687,822 

536,870,994 

448,741,092 

752,190 

557,296 

475,617,760 

395,452,699 

19,239,824 

70,365,565 

Total

10,247,151,183 

8,754,882,292 

SCHEDULES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 13 - INTEREST EARNED

I

II  

III 

Interest / discount on advances / bills

Income from investments

Interest on balance with RBI and other inter-bank funds

IV   Others

SCHEDULE 14 - OTHER INCOME

I

II  

III 

IV 

V  

VI 

Commission, exchange and brokerage

Profit / (loss) on sale of investments (net)

Profit / (loss) on revaluation of investments (net)

Profit / (loss) on sale of building and other assets (net)

Profit / (loss) on exchange / derivative transactions (net)

Income earned by way of dividends from subsidiaries / associates and / 

or joint ventures abroad / in India

VII  Miscellaneous income

SCHEDULE 15 - INTEREST EXPENDED

I

II  

III 

Interest on deposits

Interest on RBI / inter-bank borrowings

Other interest

SCHEDULE 16 - OPERATING EXPENSES

I

II

Payments to and provisions for employees

Rent, taxes and lighting

III    Printing and stationery

IV   Advertisement and publicity

V 

VI

Depreciation on bank's property

Directors' fees / remuneration, allowances and expenses

VII  Auditors' fees and expenses

VIII

Law charges

IX

X

Postage, telegram, telephone etc.

Repairs and maintenance

XI   

Insurance

XII Other expenditure*

Year ended

31-Mar-19

` in ‘000

Year ended

31-Mar-18

775,441,902 

626,617,888 

199,974,579 

162,223,679 

6,357,012 

7,947,012 

5,238,842 

8,333,141 

Total

989,720,505 

802,413,550 

138,055,432 

113,938,744 

4,020,717 

(152,437)

64,341 

10,817,025 

(1,570,448)

(3,102)

17,203,935 

15,234,978 

 2,044,422 

2,416,454 

15,022,439 

11,369,391 

Total

176,258,849 

152,203,042 

410,518,998 

327,713,471 

95,063,879 

72,903,298 

1,705,408 

848,144 

Total

507,288,285 

401,464,913 

77,617,595 

14,821,006 

5,244,100 

1,573,670 

11,401,037 

32,788 

36,230 

1,419,023 

4,074,980 

12,618,088 

10,414,269 

68,057,439 

14,197,682 

4,803,103 

1,652,205 

9,063,418 

29,596 

26,301 

1,648,413 

4,456,040 

12,933,744 

8,273,244 

121,940,914 

101,762,636 

Total

261,193,700 

226,903,821 

*Includes professional fees, commission to sales agents, card and merchant acquiring expenses and 

system management fees.

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SCHEDULE 17 - Significant accounting policies appended to and forming part of the financial  

     statements for the year ended March 31, 2019

A 

BACKGROUND

HDFC  Bank  Limited  (‘HDFC  Bank’  or  ‘the  Bank’),  incorporated  in  Mumbai,  India  is  a  publicly  held  banking  company  engaged  in 

providing a range of banking and financial services including retail banking, wholesale banking and treasury operations. The Bank is 

governed by the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and the Companies Act, 2013. The Bank has overseas branch operations in Bahrain, 

Hong  Kong,  Dubai  and  Offshore  Banking  Unit  at  International  Financial  Service  Centre  (IFSC),  at  GIFT  City,  Gandhinagar  in  Gujarat. 

The financial accounting systems of the Bank are centralised and, therefore, accounting returns are not required to be submitted by 

branches of the Bank.

B 

BASIS OF PREPARATION

The  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  and  presented  under  the  historical  cost  convention  and  accrual  basis  of  accounting, 

unless otherwise stated and are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in India (‘GAAP’), statutory requirements 

prescribed under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, circulars and guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) from time to 

time,  Accounting  Standards  (‘AS’)  specified  under  Section  133  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013  read  together  with  paragraph  7  of  the 

Companies  (Accounts)  Rules,  2014  and  the  Companies  (Accounting  Standards)  Amendment  Rules,  2016,  in  so  far  as  they  apply  to 

banks.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the management to make estimates and necessary assumptions 

in  the  reported  amounts  of  assets  and  liabilities  (including  contingent  liabilities)  as  of  the  date  of  the  financial  statements  and  the 

reported income and expenses for the reporting period. Management believes that the estimates used in the preparation of the financial 

statements are prudent and reasonable. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Any revision in the accounting estimates is 

recognised prospectively in the current and future periods.

C 

1 

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Investments

Classification:

In accordance with the RBI guidelines on investment classification and valuation, investments are classified on the date of purchase 

into  “Held  for  Trading”  (‘HFT’),  “Available  for  Sale”  (‘AFS’)  and  “Held  to  Maturity”  (‘HTM’)  categories  (hereinafter  called  “categories”). 

Subsequent shifting amongst the categories is done in accordance with the RBI guidelines. Under each of these categories, investments 

are  further  classified  under  six  groups  (hereinafter  called  “groups”)  -  Government  Securities,  Other  Approved  Securities,  Shares, 

Debentures and Bonds, Investments in Subsidiaries / Joint Ventures and Other Investments.

Purchase  and  sale  transactions  in  securities  are  recorded  under  settlement  date  of  accounting,  except  in  the  case  of  equity  shares 

where trade date accounting is followed.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Basis of classification:

Investments that are held principally for resale within 90 days from the date of purchase are classified under HFT category. Investments 

which the Bank intends to hold till maturity are classified as HTM securities. Investments in the equity of subsidiaries / joint ventures are 

categorised as HTM in accordance with the RBI guidelines. Investments which are not classified in either of the above categories are 

classified under AFS category.

Acquisition cost: 

Brokerage, commission, etc. and broken period interest on debt instruments are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account and are not 

included in the cost of acquisition.

Disposal of investments:

Profit  /  Loss  on  sale  of  investments  under  the  aforesaid  three  categories  is  recognised  in  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account.  Cost  of 

investments  is  based  on  the  weighted  average  cost  method.  The  profit  from  sale  of  investment  under  HTM  category,  net  of  taxes 

and  transfer  to  statutory  reserve  is  appropriated  from  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account  to  “Capital  Reserve”  in  accordance  with  the  RBI 

Guidelines.

Short sale:

The  Bank  undertakes  short  sale  transactions  in  Central  Government  dated  securities  in  accordance  with  RBI  guidelines.  

The  short  position  is  categorised  under  HFT  category  and  netted  off  from  investments  in  the  Balance  Sheet.  The  short  position  is 

marked to market and loss, if any, is charged to the Profit and Loss Account while gain, if any, is ignored. Profit / Loss on settlement of 

the short position is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

Valuation:

Investments classified under AFS and HFT categories are marked to market as per the RBI guidelines. 

Traded investments are valued based on the trades / quotes on the recognised stock exchanges, price list of RBI or prices declared by 

Primary Dealers Association of India (‘PDAI’) jointly with Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association (‘FIMMDA’) / Financial 

Benchmarks India Pvt Ltd. (‘FBIL’), periodically. 

The market value of unquoted government securities which qualify for determining the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (‘SLR’) included in the 

AFS and HFT categories is computed as per the Yield-to-Maturity (‘YTM’) rates published by FIMMDA / FBIL.

The  valuation  of  other  unquoted  fixed  income  securities  (viz.  State  Government  securities,  other  approved  securities,  bonds  and 

debentures),  and  preference  shares,  is  done  with  a  mark-up  (reflecting  associated  credit  and  liquidity  risk)  over  the  YTM  rates  for 

government securities published by FIMMDA / FBIL.

Special bonds such as oil bonds, fertilizer bonds etc. which are directly issued by Government of India (‘GOI’) that do not qualify for 

SLR are also valued by applying the mark-up above the corresponding yield on GOI securities published by FIMMDA / FBIL. 

Unquoted equity shares are valued at the break-up value, if the latest Balance Sheet is available or at ` 1 as per the RBI guidelines. 

Units of mutual funds are valued at the latest repurchase price / net asset value declared by the mutual fund. 

Treasury bills, commercial papers and certificate of deposits being discounted instruments, are valued at carrying cost. 

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Security receipts are valued as per the net asset value provided by the issuing Asset Reconstruction Company from time to time.

Investment in unquoted venture capital fund are categorised under HTM category for the initial period of three years and valued at cost. 

Such investment is required to be transferred to AFS thereafter. 

Pass Through Certificates (PTC) including Priority Sector-PTCs are valued by using FIMMDA credit spread as applicable for the NBFC 

category,  based  on  the  credit  rating  of  the  respective  PTC  over  the  YTM  rates  for  government  securities  published  by  FIMMDA  / 

FBIL. 

Net  depreciation  in  the  value,  if  any,  compared  to  the  acquisition  cost,  in  any  of  the  six  groups,  is  charged  to  the  Profit  and  Loss 

Account. The net appreciation, if any, in any of the six groups is not recognised except to the extent of depreciation already provided. 

The valuation of investments includes securities under repo transactions. The book value of individual securities is not changed after 

the valuation of investments.

Investments classified under HTM category are carried at their acquisition cost and not marked to market. Any premium on acquisition 

is  amortised  over  the  remaining  maturity  period  of  the  security  on  a  constant  yield-to-maturity  basis.  Such  amortisation  of  premium 

is  adjusted  against  interest  income  under  the  head  income  from  investments  as  per  the  RBI  guidelines.  Any  diminution,  other  than 

temporary, in the value of investments in subsidiaries / joint ventures is provided for.

Non-performing investments are identified and depreciation / provision are made thereon based on the RBI guidelines. The depreciation 

/  provision  on  such  non-performing  investments  are  not  set  off  against  the  appreciation  in  respect  of  other  performing  securities. 

Interest on non-performing investments is not recognised in the Profit and Loss Account until received.

Repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions:

In accordance with the RBI guidelines, repurchase (Repo) and reverse repurchase (Reverse Repo) transactions in government securities 

and corporate debt securities are reflected as borrowing and lending transactions respectively. 

Borrowing cost on repo transactions is accounted for as interest expense and revenue on reverse repo transactions is accounted for 

as interest income.

2 

Advances

Classification:

Advances  are  classified  as  performing  and  non-performing  based  on  the  RBI  guidelines  and  are  stated  net  of  bills  rediscounted, 

inter-bank participation with risk, specific provisions, interest in suspense for non-performing advances, claims received from Export 

Credit Guarantee Corporation, provisions for funded interest term loan classified as non-performing advances and provisions in lieu of 

diminution in the fair value of restructured assets. Interest on non-performing advances is transferred to an interest suspense account 

and not recognised in the Profit and Loss Account until received.

Provisioning:

Specific loan loss provisions in respect of non-performing advances are made based on management’s assessment of the degree of 

impairment of wholesale and retail advances, subject to the minimum provisioning level prescribed by the RBI. 

The specific provision levels for retail non-performing assets are also based on the nature of product and delinquency levels. Specific 

loan loss provisions in respect of non-performing advances are charged to the Profit and Loss Account and included under Provisions 

and Contingencies.

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Non-performing advances are written-off in accordance with the Bank’s policies. Recoveries from bad debts written-off are recognised 

in the Profit and Loss Account and included under other income. 

In relation to non-performing derivative contracts, as per the extant RBI guidelines, the Bank makes provision for the entire amount of 

overdue and future receivables relating to positive marked to market value of the said derivative contracts.

The Bank maintains general provision for standard assets including credit exposures computed as per the current marked to market 

values of interest rate and foreign exchange derivative contracts, and gold in accordance with the guidelines and at levels stipulated 

by RBI from time to time. In the case of overseas branches, general provision on standard advances is maintained at the higher of the 

levels stipulated by the respective overseas regulator or RBI. Provision for standard assets is included under other liabilities.

Provisions  made  in  addition  to  the  Bank’s  policy  for  specific  loan  loss  provisions  for  non-performing  assets  and  regulatory  general 

provisions are categorised as floating provisions. Creation of floating provisions is considered by the Bank up to a level approved by 

the Board of Directors. In accordance with the RBI guidelines, floating provisions are used up to a level approved by the Board only for 

contingencies under extraordinary circumstances and for making specific provisions for impaired accounts as per these guidelines or 

any regulatory guidance / instructions. Floating provisions are included under other liabilities.

Further  to  the  provisions  required  to  be  held  according  to  the  asset  classification  status,  provisions  are  held  for  individual  country 

exposures  (other  than  for  home  country  exposure).  Countries  are  categorised  into  risk  categories  as  per  Export  Credit  Guarantee 

Corporation of India Ltd. (‘ECGC’) guidelines and provisioning is done in respect of that country where the net funded exposure is one 

percent or more of the Bank’s total assets. Provision for country risk is included under other liabilities.

In  addition  to  the  above,  the  Bank  on  a  prudent  basis  makes  provisions  on  advances  or  exposures  which  are  not  NPAs,  but  has 

reasons  to  believe  on  the  basis  of  the  extant  environment  or  specific  information  or  basis  regulatory  guidance  /  instructions,  of  a 

possible slippage of a specific advance or a group of advances or exposures or potential exposures. These are classified as contingent 

provisions and included under other liabilities.  

The Bank considers a restructured account as one where the Bank, for economic or legal reasons relating to the borrower’s financial 

difficulty,  grants  to  the  borrower  concessions  that  the  Bank  would  not  otherwise  consider.  Restructuring  would  normally  involve 

modification  of  terms  of  the  advance  /  securities,  which  would  generally  include,  among  others,  alteration  of  repayment  period  / 

repayable amount / the amount of instalments / rate of interest (due to reasons other than competitive reasons). Restructured accounts 

are  classified  as  such  by  the  Bank  only  upon  approval  and  implementation  of  the  restructuring  package.  Necessary  provision  for 

diminution in the fair value of a restructured account is made and classification thereof is as per the extant RBI guidelines. Restructuring 

of an account is done at a borrower level.

3 

Securitisation and transfer of assets

The  Bank  securitises  out  its  receivables  to  Special  Purpose  Vehicles  (SPVs)  in  securitisation  transactions.  Such  securitised-out 

receivables  are  de-recognised  in  the  Balance  Sheet  when  they  are  sold  (true  sale  criteria  being  fully  met  with)  and  consideration  is 

received by the Bank. Sales / transfers that do not meet these criteria for surrender of control are accounted for as secured borrowings. 

In respect of receivable pools securitised-out, the Bank provides liquidity and credit enhancements, as specified by the rating agencies, 

in the form of cash collaterals / guarantees and / or by subordination of cash flows in line with RBI guidelines. The Bank also acts as a 

servicing agent for receivable pools securitised-out.

The  Bank  enters  into  transactions  for  transfer  of  standard  assets  through  the  direct  assignment  of  cash  flows,  which  are  similar  to 

asset-backed securitisation transactions through the SPV route, except that such portfolios of receivables are assigned directly to the 

purchaser and are not represented by Pass Through Certificates (PTCs). 

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The RBI issued addendum guidelines on securitisation of standard assets vide its circular dated May 7, 2012. Accordingly, the Bank 

does not provide liquidity or credit enhancements on the direct assignment transactions undertaken subsequent to these guidelines. 

The  Bank  amortises  any  profit  received  for  every  individual  securitisation  or  direct  assignment  transaction  based  on  the  method 

prescribed in these guidelines. 

In  relation  to  securitisation  transactions  undertaken  prior  to  the  aforementioned  RBI  guidelines,  including  those  undertaken  through 

the  direct  assignment  route,  the  Bank  continues  to  amortise  the  profit  /  premium  that  arose  on  account  of  sale  of  receivables  over 

the life of the securities sold, in accordance with the RBI guidelines on securitisation of standard assets issued vide its circular dated  

February 1, 2006.

Any loss arising on account of sale of receivables is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account for the period in which the sale occurs 

in accordance with the said RBI guidelines.

The Bank transfers advances through inter-bank participation with and without risk. In accordance with the RBI guidelines, in the case 

of participation with risk, the aggregate amount of the participation issued by the Bank is reduced from advances and where the Bank 

is  participating,  the  aggregate  amount  of  the  participation  is  classified  under  advances.  In  the  case  of  participation  without  risk,  the 

aggregate amount of participation issued by the Bank is classified under borrowings and where the Bank is participating, the aggregate 

amount of participation is shown as due from banks under advances.

The  Bank  enters  into  transactions  for  the  sale  or  purchase  of  Priority  Sector  Lending  Certificates  (PSLCs).  In  the  case  of  a  sale 

transaction,  the  Bank  sells  the  fulfilment  of  priority  sector  obligation  and  in  the  case  of  a  purchase  transaction  the  Bank  buys  the 

fulfilment of priority sector obligation through the RBI trading platform. There is no transfer of risks or loan assets. The fee received for 

the sale of PSLCs is recorded as miscellaneous Income and the fee paid for purchase of the PSLCs is recorded as other Expenditure 

in Profit and Loss Account. These are amortised over the period of the Certificate.

In accordance with RBI guidelines on sale of non-performing advances, if the sale is at a price below the net book value (i.e., book value 

less provisions held), the shortfall is charged to the Profit and Loss Account and if the sale is for a value higher than the net book value, 

the excess provision is credited to the Profit and Loss Account in the year the amounts are received.

The Bank invests in PTCs issued by other SPVs. These are accounted for at the deal value and are classified as investments. The Bank 

also buys loans through the direct assignment route which are classified as advances. These are carried at acquisition cost unless it is 

more than the face value, in which case the premium is amortised over the tenor of the loans.

4 

Fixed assets and depreciation

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation as adjusted for impairment, if any. Cost includes cost of purchase and 

all expenditure like site preparation, installation costs and professional fees incurred on the asset before it is ready to use. Subsequent 

expenditure incurred on assets put to use is capitalised only when it increases the future benefit / functioning capability from / of such 

assets. 

Depreciation is charged over the estimated useful life of the fixed asset on a straight-line basis. The management believes that the useful 

life of assets assessed by the Bank, pursuant to the Companies Act, 2013, taking into account changes in environment, changes in 

technology, the utility and efficacy of the asset in use, fairly reflects its estimate of useful lives of the fixed assets. The estimated useful 

lives of key fixed assets are given below:

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Asset

Owned Premises

Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)

Electrical equipment and installations

Office equipment

Computers

Modems, routers, switches, servers, network and related IT equipment

Motor cars

Furniture and fittings

Estimated useful life 

Estimated useful life specified 

as assessed by the 

under Schedule II of the 

Bank

Companies Act, 2013

61 years

10 years

6 to 10 years

3 to 6 years

3 years

3 to 6 years

4 years

16 years

60 years

15 years

10 years

5 years

3 years

6 years

8 years

10 years

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revised remaining useful life of the said asset.

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5 

Impairment of assets

The Bank assesses at each Balance Sheet date whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. Impairment loss, if any, 

is provided in the Profit and Loss Account to the extent the carrying amount of assets exceeds their estimated recoverable amount.

6 

Translation of foreign currency items

Foreign currency income and expenditure items of domestic operations are translated at the exchange rates prevailing on the date of 

the transaction. Income and expenditure items of integral foreign operations (representative offices) are translated at the weekly average 

closing rates and of non-integral foreign operations (foreign branches and offshore banking units) at the monthly average closing rates.

Foreign currency monetary items of domestic and integral foreign operations are translated at the closing exchange rates notified by 

Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI) as at the Balance Sheet date and the resulting net valuation profit or loss arising 

due to a net open position in any foreign currency is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

Both  monetary  and  non-monetary  foreign  currency  assets  and  liabilities  of  non-integral  foreign  operations  are  translated  at  closing 

exchange  rates  notified  by  FEDAI  at  the  Balance  Sheet  date  and  the  resulting  profit  /  loss  arising  from  exchange  differences  are 

accumulated in the Foreign Currency Translation Account until disposal of the non-integral foreign operations in accordance with AS - 

11, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates. 

Foreign  currency  denominated  contingent  liabilities  on  account  of  foreign  exchange  and  derivative  contracts,  guarantees,  letters  of 

credit, acceptances and endorsements are reported at closing rates of exchange notified by FEDAI as at the Balance Sheet date.

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7 

Foreign exchange and derivative contracts

Foreign exchange spot and forward contracts outstanding as at the Balance Sheet date and held for trading, are revalued at the closing 

spot  and  forward  rates  respectively  as  notified  by  FEDAI  and  at  interpolated  rates  for  contracts  of  interim  maturities.  The  USD-INR 

rate for valuation of contracts having longer maturities i.e. greater than one year, is implied from MIFOR and LIBOR curves. For other 

currency pairs, the forward points (for rates / tenors not published by FEDAI) are obtained from Reuters for valuation of the forex deals. 

As directed by FEDAI to consider P&L on present value basis, the forward profit or loss on the deals are discounted till the valuation date 

using the discounting yields. The resulting profit or loss on valuation is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account. Foreign exchange 

contracts are classified as assets when the fair value is positive (positive marked to market value) or as liabilities when the fair value is 

negative (negative marked to market value).

Foreign  exchange  forward  contracts  not  intended  for  trading,  that  are  entered  into  to  establish  the  amount  of  reporting  currency 

required or available at the settlement date of a transaction, and are outstanding at the Balance Sheet date, are effectively valued at the 

closing spot rate. The premia or discount arising at the inception of such forward exchange contract is amortised as expense or income 

over the life of the contract. 

The Bank recognises all derivative contracts (other than those designated as hedges) at fair value, on the date on which the derivative 

contracts are entered into and are re-measured at fair value as at the Balance Sheet or reporting dates. Derivatives are classified as 

assets when the fair value is positive (positive marked to market value) or as liabilities when the fair value is negative (negative marked 

to market value). Changes in the fair value of derivatives other than those designated as hedges are recognised in the Profit and Loss 

Account.

Derivative contracts designated as hedges are not marked to market unless their underlying transaction is marked to market. In respect 

of derivative contracts that are marked to market, changes in the market value are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account in the 

relevant period. The Bank identifies the hedged item (asset or liability) at the inception of the transaction itself. Hedge effectiveness is 

ascertained at the time of the inception of the hedge and periodically thereafter. Gains or losses arising from hedge ineffectiveness, if 

any, are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

8 

Revenue recognition

Interest income is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account on an accrual basis, except in the case of non-performing assets. Also in 

case of domestic advances, where interest is collected on rear end basis, such interest is accounted on receipt basis in accordance 

with the RBI communication. 

Interest  income  on  investments  in  PTCs  and  loans  bought  out  through  the  direct  assignment  route  is  recognised  at  their  effective 

interest rate.

Income  on  non-coupon  bearing  discounted  instruments  is  recognised  over  the  tenor  of  the  instrument  on  a  constant  effective  yield 

basis.

Loan processing fee is recognised as income when due. Syndication / Arranger fee is recognised as income when a significant act / 

milestone is completed.

Gain / loss on sell down of loans is recognised in line with the extant RBI guidelines.

Dividend on equity shares, preference shares and on mutual fund units is recognised as income when the right to receive the dividend 

is established.

Guarantee  commission,  commission  on  letter  of  credit,  annual  locker  rent  fees  and  annual  fees  for  credit  cards  are  recognised  on 

a  straight-line  basis  over  the  period  of  contract.  Other  fees  and  commission  income  are  recognised  when  due,  where  the  Bank  is 

reasonably certain of ultimate collection.

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9 

Employee Benefits

Employee Stock Option Scheme (‘ESOS’):

The  Employee  Stock  Option  Scheme  (‘the  Scheme’)  provides  for  the  grant  of  options  to  acquire  equity  shares  of  the  Bank  to  its 

employees. The options granted to employees vest in a graded manner and these may be exercised by the employees within a specified 

period. 

The  Bank  follows  the  intrinsic  value  method  to  account  for  its  stock-based  employee  compensation  plans.  Compensation  cost  is 

measured by the excess, if any, of the market price of the underlying stock over the exercise price as determined under the option plan. 

The  market  price  is  the  closing  price  on  the  stock  exchange  where  there  is  highest  trading  volume  on  the  working  day  immediately 

preceding the date of grant. Compensation cost, if any is amortised over the vesting period.

Gratuity:

The Bank provides for gratuity to all employees. The benefit vests upon completion of five years of service and is in the form of lump sum 

payment to employees on resignation, retirement, death while in employment or on termination of employment of an amount equivalent 

to 15 days’ basic salary payable for each completed year of service. The Bank makes contributions to funds administered by trustees 

and managed by insurance companies for amounts notified by the said insurance companies. In respect of erstwhile Lord Krishna Bank 

(eLKB) employees, the Bank makes contribution to a fund set up by eLKB and administered by the Board of Trustees. 

The defined gratuity benefit plans are valued by an independent actuary as at the Balance Sheet date using the projected unit credit 

method  as  per  the  requirement  of  AS-15,  Employee  Benefits,  to  determine  the  present  value  of  the  defined  benefit  obligation  and 

the related service costs. Under this method, the determination is based on actuarial calculations, which include assumptions about 

demographics, early retirement, salary increases and interest rates. Actuarial gain or loss is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

Superannuation:

Employees of the Bank, above a prescribed grade, are entitled to receive retirement benefits under the Bank’s Superannuation Fund. 

The Bank contributes a sum equivalent to 13% of the employee’s eligible annual basic salary (15% for the whole time directors and for 

certain eligible erstwhile Centurion Bank of Punjab (eCBoP) staff) to insurance companies, which administer the fund. The Bank has no 

liability for future superannuation fund benefits other than its contribution, and recognises such contributions as an expense in the year 

incurred, as such contribution is in the nature of defined contribution.

Provident fund:

In accordance with law, all employees of the Bank are entitled to receive benefits under the provident fund. The Bank contributes an 

amount, on a monthly basis, at a determined rate (currently 12% of employee’s basic salary). Of this, the Bank contributes an amount 
equal to 8.33% of employee’s basic salary up to a maximum salary level of ` 15,000/- per month, to the Pension Scheme administered 

by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (RPFC). The balance amount is contributed to a fund set up by the Bank and administered 

by a Board of Trustees. In respect of eCBoP employees, employer’s and employee’s share of contribution to Provident Fund till March 

2009, was administered by RPFC and from April 2009 onwards, the same is transferred to the fund set up by the Bank and administered 

by the Board of Trustees. In respect of eLKB employees, the Bank contributes to a fund set up by eLKB and administered by a Board 

of Trustees. The Bank recognises such contributions as an expense in the year in which it is incurred. Interest payable to the members 

of the trust shall not be lower than the statutory rate of interest declared by the Central Government under the Employees Provident 

Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and shortfall, if any, shall be made good by the Bank. 

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The  guidance  note  on  implementing  AS-15,  Employee  Benefits,  states  that  benefits  involving  employer  established  provident  funds, 

which require interest shortfalls to be provided, are to be considered as defined benefit plans. Actuarial valuation of this Provident Fund 

interest shortfall is done as per the guidance note issued in this respect by The Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) and provision towards 

this liability is made.

The overseas branches of the Bank make contribution to the respective relevant government scheme calculated as a percentage of the 

employees’ salaries. The Bank’s obligations are limited to these contributions, which are expensed when due, as such contribution is 

in the nature of defined contribution.

Leave encashment / Compensated absences:

The  Bank  does  not  have  a  policy  of  encashing  unavailed  leave  for  its  employees,  except  for  certain  eLKB  employees  under  Indian 

Banks’  Association  (IBA)  structure.  The  Bank  provides  for  leave  encashment  /  compensated  absences  based  on  an  independent 

actuarial  valuation  at  the  Balance  Sheet  date,  which  includes  assumptions  about  demographics,  early  retirement,  salary  increases, 

interest rates and leave utilisation.

Pension:

In respect of pension payable to certain eLKB employees under IBA structure, which is a defined benefit scheme, the Bank contributes 

10% of basic salary to a pension fund set up by the Bank and administered by the Board of Trustees and the balance amount is provided 

based  on  an  independent  actuarial  valuation  as  at  the  Balance  Sheet  date,  which  includes  assumptions  about  demographics,  early 

retirement, salary increases and interest rates.

In respect of certain eLKB employees who had moved to a Cost to Company (CTC) driven compensation structure and had completed 

less than 15 years of service, the contribution which was made until then, is maintained as a fund and will be converted into annuity 

on separation after a lock-in-period of two years. For this category of employees, liability stands frozen and no additional provision is 

required except for interest as applicable to Provident Fund, which is provided for.

In respect of certain eLKB employees who moved to a CTC structure and had completed service of more than 15 years, pension would 

be paid on separation based on salary applicable as on the date of movement to CTC structure. Provision thereto is made based on an 

independent actuarial valuation as at the Balance Sheet date.

New Pension Scheme (NPS):

In respect of employees who opt for contribution to the NPS, the Bank contributes certain percentage of the basic salary of employees 

to the aforesaid scheme, a defined contribution plan, which is managed and administered by pension fund management companies. 

The Bank has no liability other than its contribution, and recognises such contributions as an expense in the year incurred.

10 

Debit and credit cards reward points

The Bank estimates the probable redemption of debit and credit card reward points and cost per point using an actuarial method by 

employing an independent actuary, which includes assumptions such as mortality, redemption and spends. Provisions for liabilities on 

the outstanding reward points are made based on an independent actuarial valuation as at the Balance Sheet date and included in other 

liabilities and provisions.

11 

Bullion

The Bank imports bullion including precious metal bars on a consignment basis. The imports are typically on a back-to-back basis and 

are priced to the customer based on the price quoted by the supplier.  The difference between the price recovered from customers and 

cost of bullion is classified under Commission Income.

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The Bank also deals in bullion on a borrowing and lending basis and the interest paid / received thereon is classified as interest expense 

/ income respectively.

12 

Lease accounting

Lease payments including cost escalation for assets taken on operating lease are recognised in the Profit and Loss account over the 

lease term on a straight-line basis in accordance with the AS-19, Leases. 

13 

Income tax

Income tax expense comprises current tax provision (i.e. the amount of tax for the period determined in accordance with the Income 

Tax  Act,  1961,  the  rules  framed  there  under  and  considering  the  material  principles  set  out  in  Income  Computation  and  Disclosure 

Standards) and the net change in the deferred tax asset or liability during the year. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised for 

the future tax consequences of timing differences between the carrying values of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, 

and operating loss carried forward, if any. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted or substantively enacted 

tax rates as at the Balance Sheet date. 

Current tax assets and liabilities and deferred tax assets and liabilities are off-set when they relate to income taxes levied by the same 

taxation authority, when the Bank has a legal right to off-set and when the Bank intends to settle on a net basis.

Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent there is reasonable certainty that the assets can be realised in future. In case of 

unabsorbed depreciation or carried forward loss under taxation laws, deferred tax assets are recognised only if there is virtual certainty 

of realisation of such assets. Deferred tax assets are reviewed at each Balance Sheet date and appropriately adjusted to reflect the 

amount that is reasonably / virtually certain to be realised.

14 

Earnings per share

The Bank reports basic and diluted earnings per equity share in accordance with AS-20, Earnings per Share. Basic earnings per equity 

share  has  been  computed  by  dividing  net  profit  for  the  year  attributable  to  equity  shareholders  by  the  weighted  average  number  of 

equity shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other 

contracts to issue equity shares were exercised or converted to equity during the year. Diluted earnings per equity share are computed 

using the weighted average number of equity shares and the dilutive potential equity shares outstanding during the period except where 

the results are anti-dilutive.

15 

Share issue expenses

Share issue expenses are adjusted from Share Premium Account in terms of Section 52 of the Companies Act, 2013.

16 

Segment information 

The disclosure relating to segment information is in accordance with AS-17, Segment Reporting and as per guidelines issued by RBI.

17 

Accounting for provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets

In  accordance  with  AS-29,  Provisions,  Contingent  Liabilities  and  Contingent  Assets,  the  Bank  recognises  provisions  when  it  has  a 

present obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required 

to settle the obligation and when a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made. 

Provisions are determined based on management estimate required to settle the obligation at the Balance Sheet date, supplemented 

by experience of similar transactions. These are reviewed at each Balance Sheet date and adjusted to reflect the current management 

estimates.

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A disclosure of contingent liability is made when there is:

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of one or more uncertain future events not within the control of the Bank; or

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:1)

required to settle the obligation or a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation cannot be made.

(cid:1)

(cid:56)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:73)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:13)(cid:1) (cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:1)

provision or disclosure is made.

Contingent assets, if any, are not recognised in the financial statements since this may result in the recognition of income that may never 

be realised.

Onerous contracts

Provisions  for  onerous  contracts  are  recognised  when  the  expected  benefits  to  be  derived  by  the  Bank  from  a  contract  are  lower 

than the unavoidable costs of meeting the future obligations under the contract. The provision is measured at the present value of the 

lower of the expected cost of terminating the contract and the expected net cost of continuing with the contract. Before a provision is 

established, the Bank recognises any impairment loss on the assets associated with that contract.

18 

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash and gold in hand, balances with RBI, balances with other banks and money at call and short 

notice.

19 

Corporate social responsibility

Expenditure towards corporate social responsibility, in accordance with Companies Act, 2013, are recognised in the Profit and Loss 

Account.

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SCHEDULE  18  -  Notes  forming  part  of  the  financial  statements  for  the  year  ended  

March 31, 2019

Amounts in notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 are denominated in rupee crore to conform to 

extant RBI guidelines, except where stated otherwise.

1. 

Proposed dividend

The Board of Directors, at their meeting held on, April 20, 2019 have proposed a dividend of ` 15 per equity share (previous year: ` 13.00 
per  equity  share)  aggregating  `  4,924.64  crore  (previous  year:  `  4,067.07  crore)  inclusive  of  tax  on  dividend.  The  proposal  is  subject 

to the approval of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. In terms of the revised Accounting Standard (AS) 4 ‘Contingencies and 

Events Occurring After the Balance Sheet Date’, the Bank has not appropriated the proposed dividend from the Profit and Loss Account. 

However, the effect of the proposed dividend has been reckoned in determining capital funds in the computation of the capital adequacy 

ratios.

2. 

Capital adequacy

The Bank’s capital to risk-weighted assets ratio (‘Capital Adequacy Ratio’) as at March 31, 2019 is calculated in accordance with the RBI 

guidelines on Basel III capital regulations (‘Basel III’). The phasing-in of the minimum capital ratio requirement under Basel III is as follows:

Minimum ratio of capital to risk-weighted assets

Common equity tier 1 (CET1)

Tier I capital 

Total capital 

As at March 31,

2018

7.375

8.875

10.875

2019

7.525

9.025

11.025

(% of RWAs)

2020

8.200

9.700

11.700

The  above  minimum  CET1,  tier  I  and  total  capital  ratio  requirements  include  capital  conservation  buffer  (CCB)  and  additional  capital 

applicable to us as Domestic-Systemically Important Bank (D-SIB). 

The Bank’s capital adequacy ratio computed under Basel III is given below:

Particulars

Tier I capital

Of which CET1 capital

Tier II capital

Total capital

Total risk weighted assets

Capital adequacy ratios under Basel III

Tier I

Of which CET1

Tier II

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(` crore)

147,022.76

139,172.76

12,434.88

159,457.64

931,929.87

15.78%

14.93%

1.33%

17.11%

106,004.90

98,004.90

12,535.47

118,540.37

800,125.98

13.25%

12.25%

1.57%

     14.82%

Total

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Bank has not raised Additional Tier I and Tier II capital. During the previous year, the Bank 

had raised debt capital eligible for inclusion in Additional Tier I capital and Tier II capital under the Basel III capital regulations amounting 
to ` 8,000.00 crore and ` 2,000.00 crore respectively.

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As on March 31, 2019, the Bank’s subordinated and perpetual debt capital instruments amounted to ` 10,232.00 crore (previous year: 
` 13,107.00 crore) and ` 8,000.00 crore (previous year: ` 8,000.00 crore) respectively.

In  accordance  with  RBI  guidelines,  banks  are  required  to  make  Pillar  3  disclosures  under  the  Basel  III  capital  regulations.  The  Bank’s 

Pillar 3 disclosures are available on its website at the following link: http://www.hdfcbank.com/aboutus/basel_disclosures/default.htm.  

These Pillar 3 disclosures have not been subjected to audit or review by the statutory auditors.

Capital infusion

Pursuant to the shareholder and regulatory approvals, the Bank on July 17, 2018, made a preferential allotment of 3,90,96,817 equity 
shares  to  Housing  Development  Finance  Corporation  Limited  at  a  price  of    `  2,174.09  per  equity  share  (including  share  premium  of  
`  2,172.09  per  equity  share),  aggregating  to  `  8,500.00  crore  and  on  August  2,  2018,  concluded  a  Qualified  Institutional  Placement 
(QIP) of 1,28,47,222 equity shares at a price of ` 2,160.00 per equity share aggregating to ` 2,775.00 crore and an American Depository 

Receipt (ADR) offering of 1,75,00,000 ADR (representing 5,25,00,000 equity shares) at a price of USD 104 per ADR, aggregating to USD 
1,820.00 million (equivalent `12,440.90 crore). Consequent to the above issuances, share capital increased by ` 20.89 crore and share 
premium increased by ` 23,568.72 crore, net of share issue expenses of ` 126.29 crore. 

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Bank allotted 2,37,72,304 equity shares (previous year: 3,25,44,550 equity shares) aggregating 
to face value ` 4.75 crore (previous year: ` 6.51 crore) in respect of stock options exercised. Accordingly, the share capital increased by 
` 4.75 crore (previous year: ` 6.51 crore) and the share premium increased by ` 2,196.06 crore (previous year: ` 2,719.40 crore).

The details of the movement in the paid-up equity share capital of the Bank are given below: 

(` crore)

Particulars

Opening balance

Addition pursuant to Preferential allotment / QIP / ADR offering

Addition pursuant to stock options exercised 

Closing balance

3. 

Earnings per equity share

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

519.02 

20.89

4.75

544.66

512.51

-

6.51

519.02

Basic  and  diluted  earnings  per  equity  share  of  the  Bank  have  been  calculated  based  on  the  net  profit  after  tax  of  `  21,078.17  crore 
(previous  year:  `  17,486.73  crore)  and  the  weighted  average  number  of  equity  shares  outstanding  during  the  year  of  2,68,00,34,029 

(previous year: 2,58,05,38,505).

Following is the reconciliation between the basic and diluted earnings per equity share:

Particulars

Nominal value per share (`)
Basic earnings per share (`)
Effect of potential equity shares (per share) (`)
Diluted earnings per share (`)

For the years ended

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

2.00

78.65

(0.78)

77.87

2.00

67.76 

(0.92) 

66.84

Basic earnings per equity share of the Bank has been computed by dividing the net profit for the year attributable to the equity shareholders 

by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per equity share has been computed by 

dividing the net profit for the year attributable to the equity shareholders by the weighted average number of equity shares and dilutive 

potential equity shares outstanding during the year, except where the results are anti-dilutive. The dilutive impact is on account of stock 

options granted to employees by the Bank. There is no impact of dilution on the profits in the current year and previous year.

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Following is the reconciliation of the weighted average number of equity shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings 

per share:

Particulars

For the years ended

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Weighted average number of equity shares used in computing basic earnings per equity 

2,68,00,34,029

2,58,05,38,505

share
Effect of potential equity shares outstanding

2,66,37,645

3,55,30,885

Weighted average number of equity shares used in computing diluted earnings per equity 

2,70,66,71,674

2,61,60,69,390

share

4. 

Reserves and Surplus

Statutory Reserve

The Bank has made an appropriation of ` 5,269.54 crore (previous year: ` 4,371.68 crore) out of profits for the year ended March 31, 

2019 to the Statutory Reserve pursuant to the requirements of Section 17 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and RBI guidelines dated 

September 23, 2000.

Capital Reserve

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Bank appropriated ` 105.34 crore (previous year: ` 235.52 crore), being the profit from sale 

of investments under HTM category and profit on sale of immovable properties, net of taxes and transfer to statutory reserve, from the 

Profit and Loss Account to the Capital Reserve.

General Reserve

The Bank has made an appropriation of ` 2,107.82 crore (previous year: ` 1,748.67 crore) out of profits for the year ended March 31, 

2019 to the General Reserve.

Investment Fluctuation Reserve

In accordance with RBI guidelines, banks are required to create an Investment Fluctuation Reserve (IFR) equivalent to 2% of their HFT 

and AFS investment portfolios, within a period of three years starting fiscal 2019. Accordingly, during the year ended March 31, 2019, 
the Bank has made an appropriation of ` 773.00 crore, to the Investment Fluctuation Reserve from the Profit and Loss Account.

Investment Reserve Account

During  the  year  ended  March  31,  2019,  the  net  transfer  between  Investment  Reserve  Account  and  Profit  and  Loss  Account  was  Nil 
(previous year: ` 44.20 crore (net) transferred by the Bank from the Investment Reserve Account to the Profit and Loss Account) as per 

the RBI guidelines.

Draw down from reserves

Share Premium

The Bank has not undertaken any drawdown from share premium during the year ended March 31, 2019 except towards share issue 
expenses of ` 126.29 crore, incurred for the equity raised through the QIP and ADR offering, which have been adjusted against the share 

premium account in terms of section 52 of the Companies Act, 2013. There had been no drawdown from reserves during the year ended 

March 31, 2018. 

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5. 

Dividend on shares allotted pursuant to exercise of stock options

The Bank may allot equity shares after the Balance Sheet date but before the book closure date pursuant to the exercise of any employee 

stock options. These equity shares will be eligible for full dividend for the year ended March 31, 2019, if approved at the ensuing Annual 

General Meeting. 

6. 

Accounting for employee share based payments

The shareholders of the Bank approved the grant of equity share options under Plan “C” in June 2005, Plan “D” in June 2007, Plan “E” in 

June 2010, Plan “F” in June 2013 and Plan “G” in July 2016. Under the terms of each of these Plans, the Bank may issue to its employees 

and Whole Time Directors, Equity Stock Options (‘ESOPs’) each of which is convertible into one equity share. All the plans were framed 

in accordance with the SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme & Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999 as amended from 

time to time and as applicable at the time of the grant. The accounting for the stock options has been in accordance with the SEBI (Share 

Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 to the extent applicable.

Plans C, D, E, F and G provide for the issuance of options at the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of 

the Board (‘NRC’) at the closing price on the working day immediately preceding the date when options are granted. This closing price is 

the closing price of the Bank’s equity share on an Indian stock exchange with the highest trading volume as of the working day preceding 

the date of grant.

The vesting conditions applicable to the options are at the discretion of the NRC. These options are exercisable on vesting, for a period as 

set forth by the NRC at the time of grant. The period in which the options may be exercised cannot exceed five years from date of expiry 

of vesting period. During the years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, no modifications were made to the terms and conditions 

of ESOPs as approved by the NRC.

Activity in the options outstanding under the Employee Stock Option Plans

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:27)

Particulars

Options outstanding, beginning of year

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Forfeited / Lapsed during the year

Options outstanding, end of year

Options exercisable

Number  

of options

Weighted average
exercise price (`)

7,54,43,800

1,98,95,000

2,37,72,304

32,60,085

6,83,06,411

4,03,04,861

1,050.22

2,060.47

925.79

1,506.99

1,365.97

1,017.78

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:27)

Particulars

Options outstanding, beginning of year

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Forfeited / Lapsed during the year

Options outstanding, end of year

Options exercisable

123

Number  

of options

Weighted average
exercise price (`)

9,21,56,300

1,68,82,050

3,25,44,550

10,50,000

7,54,43,800

4,68,10,250

904.97

1,433.23

837.59

1,050.05

1,050.22

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(cid:116)(cid:1)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:27)

Plan

Plan C
Plan D
Plan E
Plan F
Plan G

Range of exercise price  
(`)

Number of shares 

Weighted average

Weighted average

arising

life of options

out of options

(in years)

exercise price
(`)

680.00 to 835.50
680.00
680.00
835.50 to 1,462.15
2,006.05 to 2,090.45

15,37,400
6,59,900
24,98,700
4,42,38,411
1,93,72,000

0.87
0.97
0.96
2.71
3.57

685.70
680.00
680.00
1,134.48
2,060.45

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:27)

Plan

Plan C
Plan D
Plan E
Plan F

Fair value methodology

Range of exercise price  
(`)

Number of shares 

Weighted average

Weighted average

arising

life of options

out of options

(in years)

exercise price
(`)

680.00 to 835.50
680.00 
680.00 
835.50 to 1,462.15

32,61,500
16,35,700
62,24,900
6,43,21,700

1.32
1.43
1.51
3.59

685.72
680.00
680.00
1,113.95

The fair value of options used to compute the proforma net profit and earnings per equity share have been estimated on the dates of 

each grant using the binomial option-pricing model. The Bank estimates the volatility based on the historical prices of its equity shares. 

The Bank granted 1,98,95,000 options during the year ended March 31, 2019 (previous year: 1,68,82,050). The various assumptions 

considered in the pricing model for the ESOPs granted during the year ended March 31, 2019 are:

Particulars

Dividend yield
Expected volatility
Risk-free interest rate

Expected life of the options

March 31, 2019

0.62% to 0.65%
14.53% to 18.68%
7.23% to 8.31%

1 to 6 years

Impact of the fair value method on the net profit and earnings per share (EPS)

Had the compensation cost for the Bank’s stock option plans been determined based on the fair value approach, the Bank’s net profit 
(` crore)

for the year and earnings per share would have been as per the proforma amounts indicated below: 

Particulars

Net profit (as reported)

Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in net income

Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method 

(proforma)

Net profit (proforma)

Basic earnings per share (as reported)

Basic earnings per share (proforma)

Diluted earnings per share (as reported)

Diluted earnings per share (proforma)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

21,078.17

17,486.73

-

535.90

20,542.27 
(`)

78.65

76.65

77.87

75.89

-

650.41

16,836.32
(`)

67.76

65.24

66.84

64.36

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

7. 

Other liabilities

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)` 3,639.66 crore as at March 31, 2019 (previous year: ` 2,989.62 
crore). These are included under other liabilities.

(cid:57) 

Provision for standard assets is made @ 0.25% for direct advances to agriculture and Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) 

sectors, @ 1% for advances to commercial real estate sector, @ 0.75% for advances to commercial real estate - residential 

housing sector, @ 5% on restructured standard advances, @ 2% until after one year from the date on which the rates are 

reset at higher rates for housing loans offered at a comparatively lower rate of interest in the first few years and @ 2% on 

all exposures to the wholly owned step down subsidiaries of the overseas subsidiaries of Indian companies, sanctioned / 

renewed after December 31, 2015.

(cid:57) 

Provision is maintained at rates higher than the regulatory minimum, on standard advances based on evaluation of the risk 

and stress in various sectors as per the policy approved by the Board of the Bank.

(cid:57) 

In  accordance  with  regulatory  guidelines  and  based  on  the  information  made  available  by  its  customers  to  the  Bank,  for 

exposures to customers who have not hedged their foreign currency exposures, provision for standard assets is made at 

levels ranging up to 0.80% depending on the likely loss the entities could incur on account of exchange rate movements.

(cid:57) 

(cid:57) 

Provision for standard assets of overseas branches is made at higher of rates prescribed by the overseas regulator or RBI. 

Pursuant to a recent RBI guideline issued in January 2019, additional 5% provision is maintained in respect of Micro, Small 

and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector standards accounts which have got restructured.

(cid:57) 

For all other loans and advances including credit exposures computed as per the current marked to market values of interest 

rate and foreign exchange derivative contracts, provision for standard assets is made @ 0.40%.

(cid:57) 

In  accordance  with  RBI  guidelines,  an  additional  provision  is  made  @  3%  on  the  incremental  exposure  to  the  “Specified 

Borrowers” (except NBFCs / HFCs) beyond normally permitted lending limit (‘NPLL’) as defined by RBI.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)` 800.10 crore as at March 31, 2019 (previous year: ` 401.11 crore) in respect of 
advances.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1) (cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)

unrealised  loss  on  foreign  exchange  and  derivative  contracts  under  other  liabilities.  Accordingly,  other  liabilities  as  at  March  31, 
2019 include unrealised loss on foreign exchange and derivative contracts of ` 12,772.60 crore (previous year: ` 5,093.04 crore).

8. 

Unhedged foreign currency exposure

The Bank has in place a policy and process for managing currency induced credit risk. The credit appraisal memorandum prepared at 

the time of  origination and review of a credit facility is required to discuss the exchange risk that the customer is exposed to from all 

sources,  including  trade  related,  foreign  currency  borrowings  and  external  commercial  borrowings.  It  could  cover  the  natural  hedge 

available to the customer as well as other hedging methods adopted by the customer to mitigate exchange risk. For foreign currency 

loans granted by the Bank beyond a defined threshold the customer is encouraged to enter into appropriate risk hedging mechanisms 

with the Bank. Alternatively, the Bank satisfies itself that the customer has the financial capacity to bear the exchange risk in the normal 

course of its business and / or has other mitigants to reduce the risk. On a monthly basis, the Bank reviews information on the unhedged 

portion of foreign currency exposures of customers, whose total foreign currency exposure with the Bank exceeds a defined threshold. 

Based on the monthly review, the Bank proposes suitable hedging techniques to the customer to contain the risk. A Board approved 

credit  risk  rating  linked  limit  on  unhedged  foreign  currency  position  of  customers  is  applicable  when  extending  credit  facilities  to  a 

customer. The compliance with the limit is assessed by estimating the extent of drop in a customer’s annual Earnings Before Interest and 

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Depreciation (‘EBID’) due to a potentially large adverse movement in exchange rate impacting the unhedged foreign currency exposure 

of the customer. Where a breach is observed in such a simulation, the customer is advised to reduce its unhedged exposure.

In  accordance  with  RBI  guidelines,  as  at  March  31,  2019  the  Bank  holds  standard  asset  provisions  of  `  203.48  crore  (previous  year:  
`  180.30  crore)  and  maintains  capital  (including  CCB  &  D-SIB)  of  `  959.77  crore  (previous  year:  `  723.08  crore)  in  respect  of  the 

unhedged foreign currency exposure of its customers.

9. 

Investments

(cid:1)(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:27)(cid:1)

Particulars

Gross value of investments

- In India

- Outside India

Provisions for depreciation on investments

- In India

- Outside India

Net value of investments

- In India

- Outside India

(cid:1)(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:46)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:27) 

Particulars

Opening balance

Add: Provision made during the year (including provision on  

non-performing investments)

Less: Write-off, write back of excess provision during the year

Closing balance

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(cid:9)` crore)

 289,350.52 

 1,512.03 

240,899.77

1,560.65

 267.85 

 6.83 

 289,082.67 

 1,505.20 

247.21

12.96

240,652.56

1,547.69

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

260.17

51.58

37.07

274.68

64.48

204.91

9.22

260.17

Movement in provisions held towards depreciation on investments has been reckoned on a yearly basis.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)

(cid:23) 

Details of repo / reverse repo deals excluding triparty repo / reverse repo (in face value terms) done during the year ended 
(` crore)

March 31, 2019:     

Particulars

Securities sold under repo

1. Government securities

2. Corporate debt securities

3. Any other securities

Securities purchased under reverse repo 

1. Government securities

2. Corporate debt securities

3. Any other securities

Minimum
outstanding
during the year

Maximum
outstanding
during the year

Daily average
outstanding
during the year

Outstanding  
as at
March 31, 2019

-

-

-

-

-

-

40,230.19

6,533.93

17,551.52

-

-

-

-

62,745.05

8,320.06

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:23)   Details of repo / reverse repo deals (in face value terms) done during the year ended March 31, 2018:     

(` crore)

Particulars

outstanding

outstanding

outstanding

as at

during the year

during the year

during the year

March 31, 2018

Minimum

Maximum

Daily average

Outstanding  

Securities sold under repo
1. Government securities
2. Corporate debt securities
3. Any other securities
Securities purchased under reverse repo 
1. Government securities
2. Corporate debt securities
3. Any other securities

-
-
-

-
-
-

20,557.80
-
-

62,745.05
-
-

1,433.97
-
-

8,672.06
-
-

13,454.44
-
-

62,745.05
-
-

(cid:23)  

Triparty repo / reverse repo transactions are repo / reverse repo transactions where a triparty agent acts as an intermediary 

between the two parties to the repo / reverse repo to facilitate services such as collateral selection, payment and settlement 

and  custody  and  management  during  the  life  of  the  transaction.  The  details  of  triparty  repo  /  reverse  repo  transactions 

undertaken  by  the  Bank  during  the  year  ended  March  31,  2019  (previous  year:  Nil)  are  given  below.  Amount  of  funds 
(` crore)

borrowed or lent have been reckoned for the purpose of the below table.     

Particulars

outstanding

outstanding

outstanding

as at

during the year

during the year

during the year

March 31, 2019

Minimum

Maximum

Daily average

Outstanding  

Securities sold under triparty repo
1. Government securities
2. Corporate debt securities
3. Any other securities
Securities purchased under triparty repo
1. Government securities
2. Corporate debt securities
3. Any other securities

-
-
-

-
-
-

36,798.00
-
-

7,621.35
-
-

5,650.95
-
-

93.02
-
-

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:47)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:14)(cid:52)(cid:45)(cid:51)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:80)

(cid:23) 

Issuer-wise composition of non-SLR investments as at March 31, 2019: 

-
-
-

7,621.35
-
-

(` crore)

Sr. 

No.

Issuer

Extent of

Extent of

“below

Extent of

Extent of

Amount(1)

private

investment

“unrated”

“unlisted”

placement#

grade”

securities# (2)

securities# (3)

Public sector undertakings

Financial institutions

Banks

Private corporate

669.08

2,345.29

546.01

669.08

1,260.38

230.00

securities#

-

-

-

29,100.95

25,878.77

25.00

Subsidiaries / Joint ventures(4)

Others

Provision held towards depreciation

3,826.49

13,991.77

(274.68)

3,826.49

4,976.38

-

-

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

-

-

-

21.23

-

1.33

-

-

-

4,134.39

-

-

Total

50,204.91

36,841.10

25.00

22.56

4,134.39

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# 

Amounts reported under these columns above are not mutually exclusive.

(1) 

Excludes investments in securities issued by foreign sovereign aggregating to ` 723.66 crore.

(2)   Excludes investments in equity shares and units of equity oriented mutual funds and venture capital funds in line with 

extant RBI guidelines.

(3)   Excludes investments in equity shares, units of equity oriented mutual funds and venture capital funds, pass through 

certificates, security receipts, commercial paper, certificate of deposits and convertible debentures in line with extant 

RBI guidelines.

(4)  

Investments in debt securities issued by subsidiaries / joint ventures have been classified under private corporate.

(cid:23) 

Issuer-wise composition of non-SLR investments as at March 31, 2018: 

(` crore)

Sr. 

No.

Issuer

Extent of

Extent of

“below

Extent of

Extent of

Amount(1)

private

investment

“unrated”

“unlisted”

placement#

grade”

securities# (2)

securities# (3)

securities#

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

Public sector undertakings

Financial institutions

Banks

Private corporate

225.31

100.00

4,723.31

1,414.21

839.15 

80.00 

33,830.07

29,375.78

Subsidiaries / Joint ventures

3,826.49

3,826.49

Others

10,228.23

2,212.50

Provision held towards depreciation

(258.99)

Total

53,413.57

37,008.98

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

270.94

270.94

39.46

5,106.35

-

-

-

-

310.40

5,377.29

# 

Amounts reported under these columns above are not mutually exclusive.

(1) 

Excludes investments in securities issued by foreign sovereign aggregating to ` 421.88 crore.

(2)   Excludes investments in equity shares and units of equity oriented mutual funds and venture capital funds in line with 

extant RBI guidelines.

(3)   Excludes investments in equity shares, units of equity oriented mutual funds and venture capital funds, pass through 

certificates, security receipts, commercial paper, certificate of deposits and convertible debentures in line with extant 

RBI guidelines

(cid:23)(cid:3)

Non-performing non-SLR investments: 

Particulars

Opening balance

Additions during the year

Reductions during the year

Closing balance

Total provisions held

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

92.07 

-

3.82

88.25

75.93

51.57

41.00

0.50

92.07

76.67

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(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:14)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:1)

The details of investments held under the three categories viz. Held for Trading (HFT), Available for Sale (AFS) and Held to Maturity 
(` crore)

(HTM) are as under:  

Particulars

Government securities
Other approved securities
Shares
Debentures and bonds
Subsidiary / Joint ventures
Others

Total

(cid:116)(cid:1)

Securities kept as margin 

As at March 31, 2019

As at March 31, 2018

HFT

AFS

HTM

Total

12,831.25
-
-
3,524.01
-
9,005.39
25,360.65

66,184.10 161,367.62 240,382.97
-
401.60
29,475.04
3,826.49
16,501.78
98,605.86 166,621.37 290,587.88

-
401.60
24,530.37
-
7,489.79

-
-
1,420.66
3,826.49
6.60

HFT
2,471.38
-
-
5,023.15
-
8,005.72
15,500.25

AFS

HTM

Total

49,272.32 137,042.98 188,786.68
-
122.63
35,910.30
3,826.49
13,554.15
84,406.11 142,293.89 242,200.25

-
122.63
29,466.48
-
5,544.68

-
-
1,420.67
3,826.49
3.75

The details of securities that are kept as margin are as under: 

(` crore)

Sr. No. Particulars

Face value as at March 31,
2018
2019

I.

Securities kept as margin with Clearing Corporation of India towards:
Collateral and funds management - Securities segment
a) 
Collateral  and  funds  management  -  Collateralised  Borrowing  and 
b) 

1,420.00
47,713.88

1,520.00
25,770.78

Lending Obligation (CBLO) segment / Triparty Repo
Default fund - Forex Forward segment
Default fund - Forex Settlement segment
Default fund - Rupee Derivatives (Guaranteed Settlement) segment
Default fund - Securities segment
Default fund - CBLO / Triparty repo segment

c) 
d) 
e) 
f) 
g) 
Securities kept as margin with the RBI towards:
Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)
a) 
Repo transactions
b) 
Reverse repo transactions
c) 

Securities kept as margin with National Securities Clearing Corporation of India 

(NSCCIL) towards NSE Currency Derivatives segment.
Securities  kept  as  margin  with  Indian  Clearing  Corporation  Limited  towards 

BSE Currency Derivatives segment.
Securities  kept  as  margin  with  Metropolitan  Clearing  Corporation  of  India 

towards MCX Currency Derivatives segment.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

110.00
51.05
43.00
65.00
45.00

72,411.67
37,216.66
-

309.72

241.00

13.00

100.00
41.05
41.00
65.00
25.00

90,130.65
16,307.49
58,341.00

16.00

241.00

13.00

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:52)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1) `  2,510.01  crore  (previous  year:  
` 3,357.99 crore).

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:34)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:43)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:18)(cid:22)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:1)

provisioning for mark to market losses on investments held in AFS and HFT for the quarters ended December 31, 2017, March 31, 

2018 and June 30, 2018. The circular states that the provisioning for each of these quarters may be spread equally over up to four 

quarters, commencing with the quarter in which the loss was incurred. The Bank has recognised the entire net mark to market loss 

on investments in the quarter in which the mark to market losses were incurred and has not amortised the same as provided in the 

above mention circulars.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:71)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:53)(cid:46)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)

in excess of 5% of the book value of investments held in the HTM category at the beginning of the year.

In accordance with the RBI guidelines, sales from, and transfers to / from, HTM category exclude the following from the 5% cap:

(cid:57)(cid:3) one-time transfer of securities permitted to be undertaken by banks at the beginning of the accounting year with approval of 

the Board of Directors;  

(cid:57) 

(cid:57) 

(cid:57) 

(cid:57) 

sales to the RBI under pre-announced open market operation auctions; 

repurchase of Government securities by Government of India from banks.

additional shifting of securities explicitly permitted by the RBI from time to time; and

direct sales from HTM for bringing down SLR holdings in the HTM category.

10.  Derivatives

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:39)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:34)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:39)(cid:51)(cid:34)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:42)(cid:51)(cid:52)(cid:10)(cid:11)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)(cid:9)` crore)

Sr. 

No.

i)

ii)

iii)

iv)

v)

vi)

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

The total notional principal of swap agreements

315,803.02

308,463.47

Total losses which would be incurred if counter parties failed to fulfill their 

obligations under the agreements

Collateral required by the Bank upon entering into swaps

Concentration of credit risk arising from swaps (%)**

Concentration of credit risk arising from swaps (Amount)**

The fair value of the swap book

2,796.54

-

64.62%

1,807.15

88.18

1,063.13

-

60.62%

644.45

113.36

* Interest Rate Swaps are comprised of INR Interest Rate Swaps and FCY Interest Rate Swaps.

** Concentration of credit risk arising from swaps is with banks as at March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018.

The nature and terms of Rupee IRS outstanding as at March 31, 2019 are set out below: 

(` crore, except numbers)

Nature

Trading

Trading

Trading

Trading

Trading

Trading

Nos.

Notional principal

Benchmark

Terms

1

4

2,249

2,358

397

307

25.00

INBMK

1,250.00

INCMT

117,220.21

120,778.99

OIS

OIS

23,018.50

MIFOR

15,985.00

MIFOR

Total

278,277.70

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

Fixed receivable v/s floating payable

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

Fixed receivable v/s floating payable

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

The nature and terms of foreign currency IRS as on March 31, 2019 are set out below: 

(` crore, except numbers)

Nature

Trading

Trading

Nos.

Notional principal

Benchmark

Terms

90

202

13,859.57  USD LIBOR

Fixed receivable v/s floating payable

23,665.75  USD LIBOR

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

Total

37,525.32

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

There were no FRA outstanding as on March 31, 2019.

The nature and terms of Rupee IRS outstanding as at March 31, 2018 are set out below: 

(` crore, except numbers)

Nature

Nos.

Notional principal

Benchmark

  Terms

Trading

Trading

Trading

Trading

Trading

Trading

Trading

6

5

4

1,764

1,737

272

200

225.00

INBMK

275.00

INBMK

Fixed receivable v/s floating payable

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

1,250.00

INCMT

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

119,743.42

119,993.50

OIS

OIS

Fixed receivable v/s floating payable

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

18,590.00

MIFOR

Fixed receivable v/s floating payable

11,499.00

MIFOR

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

Total

271,575.92

The nature and terms of foreign currency IRS as on March 31, 2018 are set out below: 

(` crore, except numbers)

Nature

Nos.

Notional principal

Benchmark

  Terms

Trading

Trading

Trading

Trading

2

2

92

191

808.08

EURIBOR

Fixed receivable v/s floating payable

808.10

EURIBOR

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable

13,236.99

USD LIBOR

Fixed receivable v/s floating payable

21,827.06

USD LIBOR

Floating receivable v/s fixed payable 

Total

36,680.23

The nature and terms of FRA as on March 31, 2018 are set out below: 

(` crore, except numbers)

Nature

Trading

Trading

Nos.

Notional principal

Benchmark

Terms

6

6

103.66

USD LIBOR

Payable FRA

103.66

USD LIBOR

Receivable FRA

Total

207.32

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:38)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:27)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)(cid:9)` crore)

Sr. 

No.

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

i)

The  total  notional  principal  amount  of  exchange  traded  interest  rate  derivatives 

undertaken during the years reported 

ii)

The  total  notional  principal  amount  of  exchange  traded  interest  rate  derivatives 

outstanding 

iii)

The  notional  principal  amount  of  exchange  traded  interest  rate  derivatives 

outstanding and not ‘highly effective’

iv) Mark-to-market value of exchange traded interest rate derivatives outstanding and 

not ‘highly effective’

Nil

Nil

N.A.

N.A.

Nil

Nil

N.A.

N.A.

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(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)

Overview of business and processes

Derivatives  are  financial  instruments  whose  characteristics  are  derived  from  underlying  assets,  or  from  interest  rates,  exchange 

rates or indices. These include forwards, swaps, futures and options. The notional amounts of financial instruments such as foreign 

exchange  contracts  and  derivatives  provide  a  basis  for  comparison  with  the  instruments  recognised  on  the  Balance  Sheet  but 

do not necessarily indicate the amounts of future cash flows involved or the current fair value of the instruments and, therefore, 

do not indicate the Bank’s exposure to credit or price risks. The following sections outline the nature and terms of the derivative 

transactions generally undertaken by the Bank. 

Interest rate contracts

Forward rate agreements give the buyer the ability to determine the underlying rate of interest for a specified period commencing 

on a specified future date (the settlement date). There is no exchange of principal and settlement is effected on the settlement date. 

The settlement amount is the difference between the contracted rate and the market rate prevailing on the settlement date.

Interest rate swaps involve the exchange of interest obligations with the counterparty for a specified period without exchanging 

the underlying (or notional) principal.

Interest rate caps and floors give the buyer the ability to fix the maximum or minimum rate of interest.  The writer of the contract 

pays  the  amount  by  which  the  market  rate  exceeds  or  is  less  than  the  cap  rate  or  the  floor  rate  respectively.  A  combination  of 

interest rate caps and floors can create structures such as interest rate collar, cap spreads and floor spreads. 

Interest rate futures are standardised interest rate derivative contracts traded on a recognised stock exchange to buy or sell a 

notional security or any other interest bearing instrument or an index of such instruments or interest rates at a specified future date, 

at a price determined at the time of the contract.

Exchange rate contracts

Forward foreign exchange contracts are agreements to buy or sell fixed amounts of currency at agreed rates of exchange on 

future date. These instruments are carried at fair value, determined based on either FEDAI rates or market quotations.

Cross  currency  swaps  are  agreements  to  exchange  principal  amounts  denominated  in  different  currencies.  Cross  currency 

swaps may also involve the exchange of interest payments on one specified currency for interest payments in another specified 

currency for a specified period.

Currency options (including Exchange Traded Currency Option) give the buyer, on payment of a premium, the right but not 

an obligation, to buy or sell specified amounts of currency at agreed rates of exchange on or before a specified future date. 

Currency  futures  contract  is  a  standardised  contract  traded  on  an  exchange,  to  buy  or  sell  a  certain  underlying  asset  or  an 

instrument at a certain date in the future, at a specified price. The underlying instrument of a currency future contract is the rate of 

exchange between one unit of foreign currency and the INR.

The  Bank’s  derivative  transactions  relate  to  sales  and  trading  activities.  Sale  activities  include  the  structuring  and  marketing  of 

derivatives to customers to enable them to hedge their market risks (both interest rate and exchange risks), within the framework 

of regulations as applicable from time to time. The Bank deals in derivatives on its own account (trading activity) principally for the 

purpose of generating a profit from short term fluctuations in price yields or implied volatility. The Bank also deals in derivatives to 

hedge the risk embedded in some of its Balance Sheet assets or liabilities.

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Constituents involved in derivative business

The  Treasury  front-office  enters  into  derivative  transactions  with  customers  and  inter-bank  counterparties.  The  Bank  has  an 

independent  back-office  and  mid-office  as  per  regulatory  guidelines.  The  Bank  has  a  credit  and  market  risk  department  that 

assesses various counterparty risk and market risk limits, within the risk architecture and processes of the Bank.

Derivative policy

The Bank has in place a policy which covers various aspects that apply to the functioning of the derivative business. The derivative 

business  is  administered  by  various  market  risk  limits  such  as  position  limits,  tenor  limits,  sensitivity  limits,  GAP  limit,  scenario 

based profit and loss limit for option portfolio, stop loss triggers and value-at-risk limits that are recommended by the Risk Policy 

and Monitoring Committee (‘RPMC’) to the Board of Directors for approval. All methodologies used to assess market and credit 

risks for derivative transactions are specified by the credit and market risk units. Limits are monitored on a daily basis by the mid-

office.

The Bank has implemented a Board approved policy on Customer Suitability & Appropriateness to ensure that derivative transactions 

entered into are appropriate and suitable to the customer’s nature of business / operations. Before entering into a derivative deal 

with a customer, the Bank scores the customer on various risk parameters and based on the overall score level it determines the 

kind of product that best suits its risk appetite and the customer’s requirements.

Classification of derivatives book

The derivative book is classified into trading and hedging book. Classification of the derivative book is made on the basis of the 

definitions of the trading and hedging books specified in the RBI guidelines. The trading book is managed within the trading limits 

approved by the RPMC and the Board of Directors.

Hedging policy

For  derivative  contracts  designated  as  hedging  instruments,  the  Bank  documents,  at  inception  of  the  hedge,  the  relationship 

between the hedging instrument and the hedged item, the risk management objective for undertaking the hedge and the methods 

used to assess the hedge effectiveness. Hedge effectiveness is ascertained at the time of inception of the hedge and periodically 

thereafter. Hedge effectiveness is measured by the degree to which changes in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged item that 

are attributable to a hedged risk are offset by changes in the fair value or cash flows of the hedging instrument.

The hedging book consists of transactions to hedge Balance Sheet assets or liabilities. The tenor of hedging instrument may be 

less  than  or  equal  to  the  tenor  of  underlying  hedged  asset  or  liability.  Derivative  contracts  designated  as  hedges  in  an  effective 

hedge relationship, are not marked to market unless their underlying asset or liability is marked to market. In respect of derivative 

contracts that are marked to market, changes in the market value are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account in the relevant 

period. Gain or losses arising from hedge ineffectiveness, if any, is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account. Foreign exchange 

forward contracts not intended for trading, that are entered into to establish the amount of reporting currency required or available 

at the settlement date of a transaction, and are outstanding at the Balance Sheet date, are effectively valued at the closing spot 

rate. The premia or discount arising at the inception of such forward exchange contract is amortised as expense or income over 

the life of the contract.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

Provisioning, collateral and credit risk mitigation

The Bank enters into derivative transactions with counter parties based on their business ranking and financial position. The Bank 

sets up appropriate limits upon evaluating the ability of the counterparty to honour its obligations in the event of crystallisation of 

the  exposure.  Appropriate  credit  covenants  are  stipulated  where  required,  as  trigger  events  to  call  for  collaterals  or  terminate  a 

transaction and contain the risk.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

The  Bank,  at  the  minimum,  conforms  to  the  RBI  guidelines  with  regard  to  provisioning  requirements.  Overdue  receivables 

representing  crystallised  positive  mark-to-market  value  of  a  derivative  contract  are  transferred  to  the  account  of  the  borrower 

and treated as non-performing assets, if these remain unpaid for 90 days or more. Full provision is made for the entire amount of 

overdue and future receivables relating to positive marked to market value of non-performing derivative contracts.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)  

(` crore)

Sr. 

No.

Particulars

Currency derivatives

Interest rate derivatives

March 31, 2019 March 31, 2018 March 31, 2019 March 31, 2018

1

Derivatives (notional principal amount)

a) Hedging

b) Trading

2

Marked to market positions

3

4

a) Asset (+)

b) Liability (-)

Credit exposure

Likely impact of one percentage change in 

interest rate (100*PV01)

a) On hedging derivatives

b) On trading derivatives

5

Maximum of 100*PV01 observed during the 

year

a) On hedging

b) On trading

6

Minimum of 100*PV01 observed during the 

year

a) On hedging

b) On trading

-

-

-

-

47,914.10

39,591.46

315,986.71

308,677.32

823.55

(663.14)

3,234.07

684.79

(722.09)

2,740.20

2,797.45

(2,709.26)

4,888.09

1,064.77

(951.41)

3,509.79

-

29.84

-

29.84

-

5.97

-

7.62

0.24

31.32

- 

0.88

-

94.61

-

94.61

-

31.51

-

33.94

15.93

80.86

- 

26.92

(cid:57) 

As  at  March  31,  2019,  the  notional  principal  amount  of  outstanding  foreign  exchange  contracts  classified  as  hedging 
and  trading  amounted  to  `  6,569.73  crore  (previous  year:  `  14,070.60  crore)  and  `  549,616.22  crore  (previous  year:  
` 420,396.97 crore) respectively.

(cid:57) 

The notional principal amounts of derivatives reflect the volume of transactions outstanding as at the Balance Sheet date and 

do not represent the amounts at risk.

(cid:57) 

For  the  purpose  of  this  disclosure,  currency  derivatives  include  currency  options  purchased  and  sold  and  cross  currency 

swaps.

(cid:57) 

(cid:57) 

Interest rate derivatives include interest rate swaps, forward rate agreements and interest rate caps and floors.

The  Bank  has  computed  the  maximum  and  minimum  of  PV01  for  the  year  based  on  the  balances  as  at  the  end  of  every 

month.

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(cid:57) 

In respect of derivative contracts, the Bank evaluates the credit exposure arising therefrom, in line with RBI guidelines. Credit 

exposure has been computed using the current exposure method which is the sum of:

(a) 

the current replacement cost (marked to market value including accruals) of the contract or zero whichever is higher; 

and 

(b)  

the Potential Future Exposure (PFE) is a product of the notional principal amount of the contract and a factor that is 

based on the grid of credit conversion factors prescribed in RBI guidelines, which is applied on the basis of the residual 

maturity and the type of contract.

11.  Asset quality

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:46)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:47)(cid:49)(cid:34)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:10)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)(cid:9)` crore)

Particulars

(i) Net NPAs to net advances

(ii) Movement of NPAs (Gross)

(a) Opening balance

(b)  Additions (fresh NPAs) during the year

(c)  Reductions during the year:

-  Upgradation*

-  Recoveries (excluding recoveries made from upgraded accounts)

-  Write-offs

(d)  Closing balance

(iii)  Movement of net NPAs

(a)  Opening balance 

(b)  Additions during the year

(c)  Reductions during the year

(d)  Closing balance

(iv)  Movement of provisions for NPAs (excluding provisions on standard assets)

(a)  Opening balance 

(b)  Additions during the year

(c)  Write-offs

(d)  Write-back of excess provisions

(e)  Closing balance

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

0.39%

0.40%

8,606.97

14,382.03

11,764.84

3,251.98

3,932.50

4,580.36

11,224.16

2,601.02

4,946.36

4,332.86

3,214.52

6,005.95

9,435.67

4,580.36

2,851.62

8,009.64

5,885.66

12,958.99

10,237.68

4,163.60

2,808.25

3,265.83

8,606.97

1,843.99

4,917.84

4,160.81

2,601.02

4,041.67

8,041.15

3,265.83

2,811.04

6,005.95

NPAs include all loans, investments and foreign exchange and derivatives that are classified as non-performing by the Bank.

*includes those accounts where all overdue have been paid.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:14)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:84)

Technical or prudential write-offs refer to the amount of non-performing assets which are outstanding in the books of the branches, 

but have been written-off (fully or partially) at the head office level. The financial accounting systems of the Bank are integrated 

and there are no write-offs done by the Bank which remain outstanding in the books of the branches. Movement in the stock of 

technically or prudentially written-off accounts is given below: 

(` crore)

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Opening balance of technical / prudential write-offs

Technical / Prudential write-offs during the year

Recoveries made from previously technically / prudentially written-off accounts during 

the year

Closing balance of technical / prudential write-offs

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:39)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)

Floating provision of ` 1,451.28 crore (previous year: ` 1,451.28 crore) have been included under “Other Liabilities”. Movement in 

floating provision is given below: 

Particulars

Opening balance

Provisions made / reinstated during the year

Draw down made during the year

Closing balance

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

1,451.28

1,248.01

-

-

1,451.28

     523.99 

(320.72)

1,451.28

Floating provisions have been utilised as per the Board approved policy for contingencies under extraordinary circumstances and 

for making specific provision for impaired accounts in accordance with the RBI guidelines / directives.

(cid:1)(cid:116)(cid:1)

Divergence in the asset classification and provisioning

There was no divergence observed by the RBI for the year ended March 31, 2018 in respect of the Bank’s assets classification and 

provisioning under the extant prudential norms on Income Recognition, Asset Classification and Provisioning (IRACP).

The impact of changes in classification and provisioning arising out of the RBI’s supervisory process for the year ended  March 31, 

2017 was fully given effect to in the audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2018.

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HDFC Bank Limited Annual Report 2018 - 2019

nnual Report 2018  

k Limi

138

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SCHEDULES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:1)(cid:38)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:46)(cid:52)(cid:46)(cid:38)(cid:10)(cid:1)

sector under RBI guidelines issued in January 2019.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:109)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:52)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:36)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)
(` crore)

(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:27) 

Particulars

Number of accounts

Aggregate value (net of provisions) of accounts sold to SC / RC

Aggregate considerations

Additional consideration realised in respect of accounts transferred in earlier years

Aggregate gain / (loss) over net book value

Provision made to meet shortfall in sale of NPA

Amount of unamortised provision debited to ‘other reserve’

March 31, 2019 March 31, 2018

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(cid:116) 

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:74)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:52)(cid:51)(cid:84)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:47)(cid:49)(cid:34)(cid:84)(cid:27) 

(` crore)

Particulars

SRs 

SRs issued 

issued 

more than  

within 

5 years ago 

past  

but within 

5 years

past 8 years

SRs issued 

more than 

8 years 

ago

Total  

March 31, 

2019

(i)  

Backed by NPAs sold by the Bank as underlying*

190.90

Provision held against (i)

(ii)  

Backed by NPAs sold by other banks / financial institutions / non-

banking financial companies as underlying

Provision held against (ii)

-

0.81

-

Total

191.71

-

-

3.44

-

3.44

-

-

1.32

-

1.32

190.90

-

5.57

-

196.47

*The Bank held contingent provision of ` 76.36 crore towards investment in security receipts backed by NPAs sold by the Bank as 
(` crore)

at March 31, 2019. 

Particulars

SRs 

SRs issued 

issued 

more than  

within 

5 years ago 

past  

but within 

5 years

past 8 years

SRs issued 

more than 

8 years 

ago

Total  

March 31, 

2018

(i)  

Backed by NPAs sold by the Bank as underlying*

Provision held against (i)

(ii)  

Backed by NPAs sold by other banks / financial institutions / non-

banking financial companies as underlying

Provision held against (ii)

190.90

-

9.72

-

Total

200.62

-

-

3.15

-

3.15

-

-

-

-

-

190.90

-

12.87

-

203.77

* During the year ended March 31, 2018, contingent provision of ` 76.36 crore was made towards investment in security receipts 

backed by NPAs sold by the Bank.

139

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SCHEDULES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:109)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:52)(cid:36)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:36)(cid:10)(cid:1)
(` crore)

(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:27) 

Particulars

(i) 

No of accounts sold

(ii)  

Aggregate outstanding

(iii)   Aggregate consideration received

March 31, 2019 March 31, 2018

1

121.75

66.27

-

-

-

(cid:116)(cid:1)

During the years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, no non-performing financial assets were purchased by the 

Bank.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:49)(cid:55)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:27)

There are no SPVs sponsored by the Bank as at March 31, 2019 and as at March 31, 2018.

(cid:18)(cid:19)(cid:15)(cid:1) (cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:14)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)

group borrower exposures, unsecured advances and concentration of deposits, advances, exposures and NPAs

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

Exposure is higher of limits sanctioned or the amounts outstanding as at the year end. 

(` crore)

Category

a) Direct exposure

(i) Residential mortgages*

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

92,051.52

73,654.38

56,967.32

41,460.65

(of which housing loans eligible for inclusion in priority sector advances)

(25,006.05)

(16,475.22)

(ii) Commercial real estate

35,078.57

32,185.51

(iii)

Investments in Mortgage Backed Securities ( MBS) and other securitised exposures:

(a)  Residential

(b)  Commercial real estate 

b)

Indirect exposure

5.63

-

8.21

-

23,740.43

22,249.51

Fund based and non-fund based exposures on National Housing Bank (NHB) and 

23,740.43

22,249.51

Housing Finance Companies (HFCs)

Total exposure to real estate sector

115,791.95

95,903.89

*includes loans purchased under the direct loan assignment route

Of the above, exposure to real estate developers as at March 31, 2019 is 0.5% (previous year: 0.6%) of total advances.

HDFC Bank Limited Annual Report 2018 - 2019

nnual Report 2018  

k Limi

140

 
 
 
SCHEDULES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

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(` crore)

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No.

(i)

Particulars

March 31, 2019 March 31, 2018

Direct investments made in equity shares, convertible bonds, convertible debentures 

and  units  of  equity  oriented  mutual  funds  the  corpus  of  which  is  not  exclusively 

97.52

90.61

invested in corporate debt

(ii)

Advances  against  shares,  bonds,  debentures  or  other  securities  or  on  clean  basis 

to  individuals  for  investment  in  shares  (including  IPO’s  /  ESOP’s),  convertible  bonds, 

235.82

158.96

convertible debentures and units of equity oriented mutual funds

(iii)

Advances for any other purposes where shares or convertible bonds or convertible 

debentures or units of equity oriented mutual funds are taken as primary security

(iv)

Advances  for  any  other  purposes  to  the  extent  secured  by  collateral  security  of 

shares  or  convertible  bonds  or  convertible  debentures  or  units  of  equity  oriented 

5,098.48

5,421.51

mutual funds i.e. where the primary security other than shares / convertible bonds 

427.15

232.66

/ convertible debentures / units of equity oriented mutual funds does not fully cover 

the advances

(v)

Secured and unsecured advances to stock brokers and guarantees issued on behalf 

of stock brokers and market makers

(vi)

Loans sanctioned to corporates against the security of shares / bonds / debentures 

12,510.28

10,915.99

or other securities or on clean basis for meeting promoter’s contribution to the equity 

2,202.40

2,262.75

of new companies in anticipation of raising resources

Bridge loans to companies against expected equity flows / issues

Underwriting commitments taken up in respect of primary issue of shares or convertible 

bonds or convertible debentures or units of equity oriented mutual funds

Financing to stock brokers for margin trading

-

-

-

-

-

-

All exposures to venture capital funds (both registered and unregistered)

6.95

4.10

Total exposure to capital market

20,578.60

19,086.58

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

(x)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:9)` crore)

Risk Category

Insignificant

Low

Moderately low

Moderate

Moderately high

High

Very high

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Exposure (net)

Provision held

Exposure (net)

Provision held

31,262.20

11,200.11

202.27

305.98

43.27

-   

-   

Total

43,013.83

141

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

18,538.08

9,103.81

486.54

350.17

37.20

-

0.18

28,515.98

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

SCHEDULES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)

The factoring exposure of the Bank as at March 31, 2019 is ` 3,214.40 crore (previous year: ` 2,334.53 crore).

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:52)(cid:40)(cid:45)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:40)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:81)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:40)(cid:35)(cid:45)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)

The RBI has prescribed single and group borrower exposure limits linked to a bank’s capital funds. These limits can be enhanced 

by a further 5 percent thereof with the approval of the Board of Directors of the Bank. During the year ended March 31, 2019 and 

March 31, 2018 the Bank was within the limits prescribed by the RBI. 

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:54)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)

Advances for which intangible collaterals such as rights, licenses, authority, trademarks, patents, etc. are charged in favour of the 

Bank in respect of projects financed by the Bank, are reckoned as unsecured advances under Schedule 9 of the Balance Sheet in 

line with extant RBI guidelines. There are no such advances outstanding as at March 31, 2019 (previous year: Nil).

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)

The aggregate amount of participation issued by the Bank and reduced from advances as per regulatory guidelines as at March 
31, 2019 was ` 30,734.43 crore (previous year: ` 24,454.84 crore).

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:47)(cid:49)(cid:34)(cid:84)

a) 

Concentration of deposits 

Particulars

Total deposits of twenty largest depositors

Percentage of deposits of twenty largest depositors to total deposits of the 

Bank

b) 

Concentration of advances 

Particulars

Total advances to twenty largest borrowers

Percentage of advances of twenty largest borrowers to total advances of the 
Bank

 (` crore, except percentages)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

56,760.18

6.1%

50,066.89

6.3%

(` crore, except percentages)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

133,373.25

10.6%

92,114.45

9.0%

Advances comprise credit exposure (funded and non-funded credit limits) including derivative transactions computed as 

per current exposure method in accordance with RBI guidelines.

c) 

Concentration of exposure 

Particulars

Total exposure to twenty largest borrowers / customers

(` crore, except percentages)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

144,610.12

104,796.59 

Percentage of exposure of twenty largest borrowers / customers to total 

11.1%

9.7%

exposure of the Bank on borrowers / customers

Exposures comprise credit exposure (funded and non-funded credit limits) including derivative transactions and investment 

exposure in accordance with RBI guidelines

d) 

Concentration of NPAs 

Particulars

Total gross exposure to top four NPA accounts

   (` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

730.54

708.09 

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e) 

Sector-wise advances 

Sr. 

Sector

No.

A Priority sector

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Gross 
advances

Gross non- 
performing 
loans

% of gross  
non-performing 
loans to gross 
advances in 
that sector

Gross 
advances

Gross non- 
performing 
loans

% of gross  
non-performing 
loans to gross  
advances in 
that sector

1 Agriculture and allied activities

74,272.49

3,185.41

4.29%

73,513.50

2,514.60

2 Advances to industries eligible 

33,559.14

289.74

0.86%

28,405.11

483.71

as priority sector lending

3 Services

83,260.85

1,207.50

1.45%

52,995.58

990.26

4 Personal loans

29,558.28

26.02

0.09%

20,514.50

19.26

3.42%

1.70%

1.87%

0.09%

Sub-total (A)

220,650.76

4,708.67

2.13% 175,428.69

4,007.83

2.28%

B Non Priority sector

1

2

3

4

Agriculture and allied activities

8,631.99

181.68

2.10%

14,131.18

149.41

Industry

Services

201,476.02

2,252.89

1.12% 141,126.81

1,783.60

183,403.18

1,808.92

0.99% 155,844.46

1,114.86

Personal loans

213,172.97 

2,183.75

1.02% 177,723.19

1,451.16

1.06%

1.26%

0.72%

0.82%

Sub-total (B)

606,684.16

6,427.24

1.06% 488,825.65

4,499.03

0.92%

Total (A) + (B)

827,334.92

11,135.91

1.35% 664,254.34

8,506.86

1.28%

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:109)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:65)(cid:49)(cid:52)(cid:45)(cid:36)(cid:84)(cid:8)(cid:10)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:9)` crore)

Type of PSLCs

For the year ended March 31, 2019

For the year ended March 31, 2018

PSLC bought  

PSLC sold during 

PSLC bought  

PSLC sold during 

during the year

the year

during the year 

the year 

Agriculture

Small and Marginal farmers

Micro Enterprises

General

  5,572.00

31,294.00

7,338.75

500.00

10.00

-

22,251.00

-

5,520.00

1,750.00

11,171.25

-

Total

45,954.75

11,681.25

27,771.00

-

-

-

730.75

730.75

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

13.  Other fixed assets

Other  fixed  assets  includes  amount  capitalised  relating  to  software  having  useful  life  of  five  years.  Details  regarding  the  same  are 
(` crore)

tabulated below: 

Particulars

Cost

As at March 31 of the previous year

Additions during the year

Deductions during the year

Depreciation

As at March 31 of the previous year

Charge for the year

On deductions during the year

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

2,391.59

510.70

-

2,902.29

1,748.61

350.15

-

2,098.76

803.53

2,139.70

251.89

-

2,391.59

1,473.76

274.85

-

1,748.61

642.98

Total (a)

Total (b)

Net value (a-b)

14.  Other assets

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:89)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)` 4,352.14 crore (previous year: ` 3,344.02 crore). The break-up of the same is as 
(` crore)
follows: 

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Particulars

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:89)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:27)

Loan loss provisions 

Employee benefits 

Depreciation 

Others

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:89)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:27)

Depreciation 

   3,498.19

      201.19

         14.13

      638.63

   4,352.14

-

-

Total (a)

Total (b)

2,780.22

177.65

-

439.88

3,397.75

(53.73)

(53.73)

3,344.02

(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(` crore)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:44)(cid:70)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:105)(cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:119)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:27)(cid:1) (cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

Deferred tax asset (net) (a-b)

   4,352.14

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Deposit with NABARD / SIDBI / NHB - PSL shortfall

Unrealised gain on foreign exchange and derivative contracts*

Deferred tax assets

Deposits & amounts paid in advance

Accounts receivable

Residual items

10,832.25

13,261.24

4,352.14

2,071.32

4,318.64

2.35

34,837.94

13,357.25

5,091.67

3,344.02

1,802.24

1,827.87

2.50

25,425.55

Total

*The  Bank  has  presented  gross  unrealised  gain  on  foreign  exchange  and  derivative  contracts  under  other  assets  and  gross 

unrealised loss on foreign exchange and derivative contracts under other liabilities

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SCHEDULES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

16.  Provisions and contingent liabilities

Given below is the movement in provisions and a brief description of the nature of contingent liabilities recognised by the Bank.

a) 

Provision for credit card and debit card reward points 

Particulars

Opening provision for reward points

Provision for reward points made during the year

Utilisation / write-back of provision for reward points

Closing provision for reward points

b) 

Provision for legal and other contingencies 

Particulars

Opening provision

Movement during the year (net)

Closing provision

c) 

Provision pertaining to fraud accounts

Particulars

No. of frauds reported during the year 
Amount involved in fraud (` crore)
Amount involved in fraud net of recoveries / write-offs as at the end of the year (` crore)
Provisions held as at the end of the year (` crore)
Amount of unamortised provision debited from “other reserves” as at the end of the 
year (` crore)

d) 

Description of contingent liabilities

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

 (` crore)

471.12

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  (255.59)

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(222.07)

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(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

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March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

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498.44
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-

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119.02
119.02
-

Sr. No. (cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:11)

1

Claims against the Bank 

Brief description
The Bank is a party to various taxation matters in respect of which appeals are pending. The Bank 

2

3

not acknowledged as 

expects  the  outcome  of  the  appeals  to  be  favorable  based  on  decisions  on  similar  issues  in  the 

debts - taxation
Claims against the Bank 

previous years by the appellate authorities, based on the facts of the case and taxation laws. 
The Bank is a party to various legal proceedings in the normal course of business. The Bank does not 

not acknowledged as 

expect the outcome of these proceedings to have a material adverse effect on the Bank’s financial 

debts - others
Liability on account of  

conditions, results of operations or cash flows.
The  Bank  enters  into  foreign  exchange  contracts,  currency  options,  forward  rate  agreements, 

forward exchange and 

currency  swaps  and  interest  rate  swaps  with  inter-bank  participants  on  its  own  account  and  for 

derivative contracts

customers.  Forward  exchange  contracts  are  commitments  to  buy  or  sell  foreign  currency  at  a 

future  date  at  the  contracted  rate.  Currency  swaps  are  commitments  to  exchange  cash  flows  by 

way of interest / principal in one currency against another, based on predetermined rates. Interest 

rate swaps are commitments to exchange fixed and floating interest rate cash flows. The notional 

amounts of financial instruments such as foreign exchange contracts and derivatives provide a basis 

for comparison with instruments recognised on the Balance Sheet but do not necessarily indicate the 

amounts of future cash flows involved or the current fair value of the instruments and, therefore, do 

not indicate the Bank’s exposure to credit or price risks. The derivative instruments become favorable 

(assets) or unfavorable (liabilities) as a result of fluctuations in market rates or prices relative to their 

terms. 

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Sr. No. (cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:11)

Brief description

4

Guarantees given on 

As a part of its commercial banking activities, the Bank issues documentary credit and guarantees 

behalf of constituents, 

on behalf of its customers. Documentary credits such as letters of credit enhance the credit standing 

acceptances, 

of the Bank’s customers. Guarantees generally represent irrevocable assurances that the Bank will 

endorsements and 

make payments in the event of the customer failing to fulfill its financial or performance obligations.

other obligations

5

Other items for which the 

These include: a) Credit enhancements in respect of securitised-out loans; b) Bills rediscounted by 

Bank is contingently liable

the Bank; c) Capital commitments; d) Underwriting commitments; e) Investment purchases pending 

settlement;  f)  Amount  transferred  to  the  RBI  under  the  Depositor  Education  and  Awareness  Fund 

*Also refer Schedule 12 - Contingent liabilities

(DEAF).

e) 

The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India issued an order dated February 28, 2019 of relating to employer’s contribution to the provident 

fund (‘PF’) under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. The Bank is in the process of evaluating 

the said order and would consider any further effect in its financial statements upon receiving additional clarity on the subject.

(cid:18)(cid:24)(cid:15)(cid:1) (cid:35)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Interest income as a percentage to working funds1

Net interest income as a percentage to working funds

Non-interest income as a percentage to working funds

Operating profit2 as a percentage to working funds

Return on assets (average)

Business3 per employee (` in crore)

Profit per employee4 (` in crore)

Gross non-performing assets to gross advances5

Gross non-performing advances to gross advances

Percentage of net non-performing assets6 to net advances7

8.93%

4.35%

1.59%

3.58%

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Provision coverage ratio8 

71.36%

69.78%

Definitions of certain items in Business ratios / information:

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

Working funds is the daily average of total assets during the year.

Operating profit is net profit for the year before provisions and contingencies and profit / (loss) on sale of building and other assets 

(net).

“Business” is the total of quarterly average of net advances and deposits (net of inter-bank deposits).

Productivity ratios are based on average employee numbers.

Gross advances are net of bills rediscounted and interest in suspense.

Net NPAs are non-performing assets net of specific provisions, ECGC claims received, provisions for funded interest term loans 

classified as NPAs and provisions in lieu of diminution in the fair value of restructured assets classified as NPAs.

7. 

Net advances are equivalent to gross advances net of specific loan loss provisions, ECGC claims received, provision for funded 

interest term loans classified as NPA and provisions in lieu of diminution in the fair value of restructured assets. 

8. 

Provision coverage ratio does not include assets written-off.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

18. 

Interest income

Interest  income  under  the  sub-head  Income  from  Investments  includes  dividend  on  units  of  mutual  funds  and  equity  and  preference 
shares received during the year ended March 31, 2019 amounting to ` 408.27 crore (previous year: ` 160.59 crore). 

19.  Earnings from standard assets securitised-out

There are no Special Purpose Vehicles (‘SPV’s) sponsored by the Bank for securitisation transactions. During the years ended March 31, 

2019 and March 31, 2018, there were no standard assets securitised-out by the Bank.

Form and quantum of services and liquidity provided by way of credit enhancement

The  Bank  has  provided  credit  and  liquidity  enhancements  in  the  form  of  cash  collaterals  /  guarantees  /  subordination  of  cash  flows 

etc., to the senior Pass Through Certificates (‘PTC’s) as well as in loan assignment transactions. The RBI issued addendum guidelines 

on  securitisation  of  standard  assets  vide  its  circular  dated  May  7,  2012.  Accordingly,  the  Bank  does  not  provide  liquidity  or  credit 

enhancements on the direct assignment transactions undertaken subsequent to these guidelines. The total value of credit enhancement 
outstanding in the books as at March 31, 2019 was ` 223.25 crore (previous year: ` 223.25 crore) and outstanding servicing liability was 
` 0.03 crore (previous year: ` 0.05 crore).

20.  Other income

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:70)

(cid:57) 

(cid:57) 

Commission, exchange and brokerage income is net of correspondent bank charges.

Commission income for the year ended March 31, 2019 includes fees of ` 1,473.37 crore (previous year: ` 1,192.34 crore) in 
respect of life insurance business, of which ` 554.82 crore (previous year: ` 406.77 crore) is for displaying publicity materials 
at the Bank’s branches / ATMs and  ` 222.68 crore (previous year:  ` 203.43 crore) is in respect of general insurance and 

health insurance business.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:46)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:70)

Miscellaneous income includes recoveries from written-off accounts amounting to ` 1,430.81 crore (previous year: ` 1,093.84 crore).

21.  Other expenditure

Other expenditure includes commission paid to sales agents amounting to ` 2,805.61 crore (previous year: ` 2,427.96 crore), exceeding 

1% of the total income of the Bank.

22.  Provisions and contingencies

The break-up of provisions and contingencies included in the Profit and Loss Account is given below:  

 (` crore)

Particulars

Provision for income tax

- Current

- Deferred     

Provision for NPAs

Provision for diminution in value of non-performing investments

Provision for standard assets

Other provisions and contingencies*

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

12,129.61

(1,008.12)

6,394.11

4.71

648.38

502.88

10,107.25

(896.68)

4,910.43

30.45

597.43

389.18

Total 

18,671.57

15,138.06  

legal  and  other  contingencies  `  500.29  crore  (previous  year:  `  390.04  crore),  provisions  /  
*Includes  provisions  for  tax, 
(write-back)  for  securitised-out  assets  `  2.59  crore  (previous  year:  `  2.14  crore)  and  standard  restructured  assets  Nil  (previous  year:  
` (3.00) crore).

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SCHEDULES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

23.  Employee benefits

Gratuity 

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(` crore)

Reconciliation of opening and closing balance of the present value of the 
defined benefit obligation
Present value of obligation as at April 1 
Interest cost 
Current service cost 
Benefits paid 
Actuarial (gain) / loss on obligation:  
Experience adjustment
Assumption change 
Present value of obligation as at March 31

Reconciliation of opening and closing balance of the fair value of the plan 
assets 
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Expected return on plan assets 
Contributions 
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Actuarial gain / (loss) on plan assets:
Experience adjustment 
Assumption change 
Fair value of plan assets as at March 31  

Amount recognised in Balance Sheet
Fair value of plan assets as at March 31  
Present value of obligation as at March 31 
(cid:34)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:1)
Expenses recognised in Profit and Loss Account
Interest cost 
Current service cost
Expected return on plan assets
Net actuarial (gain) / loss recognised in the year 
Net cost 
Actual return on plan assets 
Estimated contribution for the next year 
Assumptions
Discount rate
Expected return on plan assets  
Salary escalation rate

542.97
39.69
73.06
(46.81)

7.12
1.92
617.95

416.40
32.13
88.29
(46.81)

11.70
-
501.71

501.71
(617.96)
(116.25)

39.69
73.06
(32.13)
(2.67)
77.95
43.84
89.51

488.00
35.12
65.19
(39.53)

10.44
(16.25)
542.97

355.57
27.02
73.21
(39.53)

0.13
-
416.40

416.40
(542.97)
(126.57)

35.12
65.19
(27.02)
(5.94)
67.35
27.15
88.29

7.64% per annum
7.00% per annum
8.00% per annum

7.50% per annum
7.00% per annum
8.00% per annum

The  estimates  of  future  salary  increases,  considered  in  actuarial  valuation,  take  account  of  inflation,  seniority,  promotion  and  other 
relevant factors.

Expected  rate  of  return  on  investments  is  determined  based  on  the  assessment  made  by  the  Bank  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year  with  regard  to  its  existing  portfolio.  Major  categories  of  plan  assets  as  a  percentage  of  fair  value  of  total  plan  assets  as  of  
March 31, 2019 are given below:

Category of plan assets

Government securities
Debenture and bonds
Equity shares
Others

% of fair value to total plan assets
as at March 31, 2019
23.79%
28.96%
45.03%
2.22%
100.00%

Total

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(cid:1)

(cid:38)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:75)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

Particulars

Plan assets

Defined benefit obligation
Surplus / (deficit)
Experience adjustment gain / (loss) on plan assets
Experience adjustment (gain) / loss on plan liabilities

2019

501.71

617.96
(116.25)
11.70
7.12

Years ended March 31,
2017

2016

2018

416.40

542.97
(126.57)
0.13
10.44

355.57

488.00
(132.43)
32.44
35.48

287.93

390.47
(102.54)
(13.69)
16.24

(cid:9)` crore)

2015

242.88

310.59
(67.71)
21.35
4.59

(` crore)

Pension 

Particulars

Reconciliation of opening and closing balance of the present value of the defined 
benefit obligation

Present value of obligation as at April 1 

Interest cost 

Current service cost 

Benefits paid 

Actuarial (gain) / loss on obligation:  

Experience adjustment 

Assumption change 

Present value of obligation as at March 31 

Reconciliation of opening and closing balance of the fair value of the plan assets  

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

73.06

5.10

0.75

(12.57)

3.32

(0.12)

69.54

31.30
1.86
0.88
(12.57)

0.48
-
21.95

21.95
(69.54)
(47.59)

5.10
0.75
(1.86)
2.72
6.71

2.34
14.03

73.55

5.19

0.74

(8.75)

3.95

(1.62)

73.06

36.16
2.36
0.94
(8.75)

0.59
-
31.30

31.30
(73.06)
(41.76)

5.19
0.74
(2.36)
1.74
5.31

2.95
13.79

7.64% per annum
7.00% per annum
8.00% per annum

7.50% per annum
7.00% per annum
8.00% per annum

150

Fair value of plan assets as at April 1  
Expected return on plan assets  
Contributions 
Benefits paid 
Actuarial gain / (loss) on plan assets:  
Experience adjustment 
Assumption change 
Fair value of plan assets as at March 31  
Amount recognised in Balance Sheet

Fair value of plan assets as at March 31  
Present value of obligation as at March 31 

(cid:34)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:1)
Expenses recognised in Profit and Loss Account

Interest cost 
Current service cost  
Expected return on plan assets 
Net actuarial (gain) / loss recognised in the year  
Net cost 

Actual return on plan assets 
Estimated contribution for the next year  
Assumptions 

Discount rate 
Expected return on plan assets  
Salary escalation rate

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The  estimates  of  future  salary  increases,  considered  in  actuarial  valuation,  take  account  of  inflation,  seniority,  promotion  and  other 

relevant factors.

Expected  rate  of  return  on  investments  is  determined  based  on  the  assessment  made  by  the  Bank  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  with 

regard to its existing portfolio. Major categories of plan assets as a percentage of fair value of total plan assets as of March 31, 2019 are 

given below:

Category of plan assets

Government securities
Debenture and bonds
Others

% of fair value to total plan assets
as at March 31, 2019
 8.49%
73.88%
17.63%
100.00%

Total

(cid:1)

(cid:38)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:75)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:9)` crore)

Particulars

Plan assets
Defined benefit obligation
Surplus / (deficit)
Experience adjustment gain / (loss) on plan assets
Experience adjustment (gain) / loss on plan liabilities

Provident fund

Years ended March 31,

2019

21.95
69.54
(47.59)
0.48
3.32

2018

     31.30 
     73.06 
   (41.76)
      0.59 
      3.95

2017

2016

2015

36.16
73.55
(37.39)
0.39
4.65

38.38
70.88
(32.50)
1.43
17.35

41.91
57.45
(15.54)
(2.38)
(0.19)

The guidance note on AS-15, Employee Benefits, states that employer established provident funds, where interest is guaranteed are to 

be considered as defined benefit plans and the liability has to be valued. The Institute of Actuaries of India (‘IAI’) has issued a guidance 

note  on  valuation  of  interest  rate  guarantees  on  exempt  provident  funds.  The  actuary  has  accordingly  valued  the  same  and  the  Bank 

held a provision of Nil as at March 31, 2019 (previous year: Nil), towards the present value of the guaranteed interest benefit obligation.  

The actuary has followed the deterministic approach as prescribed by the guidance note.

Assumptions

Particulars
Discount rate (GOI security yield)
Expected guaranteed interest rate 

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

7.64% per annum
8.65% per annum

7.50% per annum
8.55% per annum

The Bank does not have any unfunded defined benefit plan. The Bank contributed ` 247.95 crore (previous year: ` 222.84 crore) to the 
provident  fund,  `  3.27crore  (previous  year:  `  2.76  crore)  to  the  National  Pension  Scheme  and  `  103.41  crore  (previous  year:  `  67.68 
crore) to the superannuation plan.

Compensated absences

The actuarial liability of compensated absences of accumulated privileged and sick leaves of the employees of the Bank is given below: 
 (` crore)

Particulars

Privileged leave

Sick leave

Total actuarial liability

Assumptions

Discount rate

Salary escalation rate

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

321.30

66.99

388.29

259.46

61.91

321.37

7.64% per annum

8.00% per annum

7.50% per annum

8.00% per annum

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The estimates of future salary increases, considered in actuarial valuation, take account of inflation, seniority, promotion and other 

relevant factors.

24.  Disclosures on remuneration

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)

A. 

Information relating to the bodies that oversee remuneration

Name and composition 

The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Bank  has  constituted  the  Nomination  and  Remuneration  Committee  (hereinafter,  the  ‘NRC’)  for 

overseeing  and  governing  the  compensation  policies  of  the  Bank.  The  NRC  is  comprised  of  four  non-executive  directors  as  of 

March 31, 2019. Further, two members of the NRC are also members of the Risk Policy and Monitoring Committee (hereinafter, the 

‘RPMC’) of the Board. 

The NRC is comprised of Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath, Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, Mr. Sandeep Parekh and Mr. M.D. Ranganath. Further, Mrs. 

Shyamala Gopinath and Mr. M.D. Ranganath are also members of the RPMC. Mr. Sanjiv Sachar is the chairperson of the NRC. 

During the year ended March 31, 2019, Mr. Bobby Parikh and Mr. Partho Datta ceased to be a members of the NRC pursuant to 

their cessation as directors of the Bank on completing their term of 8 continuous years as permitted under Banking Regulation Act 

1949. 

Mandate of the NRC

The primary mandate of the NRC is to oversee the implementation of compensation policies of the Bank. The NRC periodically 

reviews  the  overall  compensation  policy  of  the  Bank  with  a  view  to  attract,  retain  and  motivate  employees.  In  this  capacity  it  is 

required to review and approve the design of the total compensation framework, including compensation strategy programs and 

plans, on behalf of the Board of Directors. The compensation structure and pay revision for Whole Time Directors is also approved 

by the NRC. The NRC co-ordinates with the RPMC to ensure that compensation is aligned with prudent risk taking.

External Consultants 

(cid:34)(cid:48)(cid:47)(cid:27) As commissioned by the NRC, the Bank employed the services of AON in the area of compensation market benchmarking 

and executive compensation. 

(cid:36)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:27) The Bank employed the services of Cedar Consulting to review and recommend key scorecard measures for 

the Whole Time Directors.

(cid:52)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:8)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:90)

The  Remuneration  Policy  of  the  Bank  includes  within  its  scope  all  business  lines,  all  permanent  staff  in  its  domestic  as  well  as 

international offices. Further the principles articulated in the compensation policy are universal, however in the event there are any 

statutory provisions in overseas locations the same take precedence over the remuneration policy of the Bank.

All  permanent  employees  of  the  Bank  except  those  covered  under  the  long  term  wage  agreement  are  covered  by  the  said 

compensation  policy.  The  number  of  employees  covered  under  the  compensation  policy  was  97,805  as  at  March  31,  2019 

(previous year: 87,983).

(cid:35)(cid:15)(cid:1)

(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:67)(cid:75)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)

policy

(cid:42)(cid:15)(cid:1)

(cid:44)(cid:70)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:67)(cid:75)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:90)

The  Bank’s  Compensation  /  Remuneration  Policy  (the  ‘Policy’)  is  aligned  to  business  strategy,  market  dynamics,  internal 

characteristics  and  complexities  within  the  Bank.  The  ultimate  objective  of  the  Policy  is  to  provide  a  fair  and  transparent 

structure  that  helps  in  acquiring  and  retaining  the  talent  pool  critical  to  build  competitive  advantage  and  brand  equity.  

The  Policy  has  been  designed  basis  the  principles  for  sound  compensation  practices  in  accordance  with  regulatory 

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requirements and provides a framework to create, modify and maintain appropriate compensation programs and processes 

with adequate supervision and control. 

The  Bank’s  performance  management  system  provides  a  sound  basis  for  assessing  employee  performance  holistically.  

The Bank’s compensation framework is aligned with the performance management system and differentiates pay appropriately 

amongst its employees based on degree of contribution, skill and availability of talent owing to competitive market forces by 

taking into account factors such as role, skills, competencies, experience and grade / seniority.

The NRC reviews the following critical principles enunciated in the policy and ensures that:

(a) 

the compensation is adjusted for all types of prudent risk taking; 

(b) 

compensation outcomes are symmetric with risk outcomes;

(c) 

compensation payouts are sensitive to the time horizon of risk; and 

(d) 

the mix of cash, equity and other forms of compensation are aligned with risk. 

II. 

Design and Structure of Remuneration

a) 

Fixed Pay

The NRC ensures that the fixed component of the compensation is reasonable, taking into account all relevant factors 

including industry practice. 

Elements of Fixed Pay

The  fixed  pay  component  of  the  Bank’s  compensation  structure  typically  consists  of  elements  such  as  base  salary, 

allowances, perquisites, retirement and other employee benefits. Perquisites extended are in the nature of company 

car,  hard  furnishing,  company  leased  accommodation,  club  membership  and  such  other  benefits  or  allowances  in 

lieu of such perquisites / benefits. Retirement benefits include contributions to provident fund, superannuation fund  

(for certain job bands), national pension scheme and gratuity. The Whole Time Directors of the Bank are entitled to 

other post-retirement benefits such as car and medical facilities, in accordance with specified terms of employment 

as per the policy of the Bank, subject to RBI approval. The Bank also provides pension to certain employees of the 

erstwhile Lord Krishna Bank (‘eLKB’) under the Indian Banks’ Association (‘IBA’) structure.

Determinants of Fixed Pay

The fixed pay is primarily determined by taking into account factors such as the job size, performance, experience, 

location, market competitiveness of pay and is designed to meet the following key objectives of:

(a) 

fair compensation given the role complexity and size;

(b) 

fair compensation given the individual’s skill, competence, experience and market pay position; 

(c) 

sufficient contribution to post retirement benefits; and

(d) 

compliance with all statutory obligations.

For Whole Time Directors additional dimensions such as prominence of leadership among industry leaders, consistency 

of the Bank’s performance over the years on key parameters such as profitability, growth and asset quality in relation 

to its own past performance and that of its peer banks would be considered. The quantum of fixed pay for Whole Time 

Directors is approved by the NRC as well as the Board and is subject to the approval of the RBI.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:67)(cid:10)(cid:1)

(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:90)

The performance management system forms the basis for variable pay allocation of the Bank. The Bank ensures that 

the performance management system is comprehensive and considers both, quantitative and qualitative performance 

measures. 

Whole Time Directors

The bonus for Whole Time Directors does not exceed 70% of the fixed pay in a year, thereby ensuring that there is a 

balance between the fixed and variable pays. The variable pay for Whole Time Directors is approved by the NRC as 

well as the Board and is subject to the approval of the RBI. The variable pay component is paid out subject to the 

following conditions:

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:56)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:22)(cid:17)(cid:6)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:89)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:66)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)

per the schedule mentioned in the table below:

(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:90) Timelines

60%

13.33%

13.33%

13.33%

Payable effective April 1 of the financial year immediately following the performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the second financial year following the reference performance 

year.

Payable effective April 1 of the third financial year following the reference performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the fourth financial year following the reference performance 

year.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:88)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)

of the Bank and / or relevant line of business in any year. Under the malus clause the incumbent foregoes the 

payout of the deferred variable pay in full or in part. Under the claw back clause the incumbent is obligated to 

return all the tranches of payout received of bonus amounts pertaining to the relevant performance year. The 

deferred bonus is paid out post review and approval by the NRC.

Employees other than Whole Time Directors

The Bank has formulated the following variable pay plans:

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)

The quantum of variable payout is a function of the performance of the Bank, performance of the business unit, 

performance  of  the  individual  employee,  job  band  of  the  employee  and  the  functional  category.  Basis  these 

key determinants and due adjustment for risk alignment, a payout matrix for variable pay is developed. Market 

trends  for  specific  businesses  /  functions  along  with  inputs  from  compensation  surveys  may  also  be  used  in 

finalising the payout. 

Bonus  pools  are  designed  to  meet  specific  business  needs  therefore  resulting  in  differentiation  in  both  the 

quantum  and  the  method  of  payout  across  functions.  Typically  higher  levels  of  responsibility  receive  a  higher 

proportion of variable pay vis-à-vis fixed pay. The Bank ensures that the time horizon for risk is assessed and 

the deferment period, if any, for bonus is set accordingly. The following is taken into account while administering 

the annual bonus:

(cid:57) 

In the event the proportion of variable pay to fixed pay is substantially high (variable pay exceeding 50% of 

fixed pay) for employees in certain grades, the Bank has devised the following deferment schedule after 

taking into consideration the nature of risk, time horizon of risk, and the materiality of risk.

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(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:90) Timelines

60%

Payable effective April 1 of the financial year immediately following the performance 

13.33%

13.33%

13.33%

year.
Payable  effective  April  1  of  the  second  financial  year  following  the  reference 

performance year.
Payable effective April 1 of the third financial year following the reference performance 

year.
Payable  effective  April  1  of  the  fourth  financial  year  following  the  reference 

performance year.

(cid:57) 

In cases of deferment of variable pay the Bank makes an assessment prior to the due date for payment of 

the deferred portion for any negative contribution. The criteria for negative contribution are decided basis 

pre-defined financial benchmarks. The Bank has in place appropriate methods for prevention of vesting of 

deferred variable pay or any part thereof, on account of negative contribution. The Bank also has in place 

claw back arrangements in relation to amounts already paid in the eventuality of a negative contribution.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:49)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:14)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:49)(cid:45)(cid:49)(cid:84)(cid:10)(cid:1)

PLPs are formulated for sales personnel who are given sales targets but have limited impact on risk since credit 

decisions are exercised independent of the sales function. All PLP payouts are based on a balanced scorecard 

framework which factors not just quantitative, but also qualitative measures, such as quality of business sourced, 

customer  complaints  etc.,  and  are  subject  to  achievement  of  individual  targets  enumerated  in  the  respective 

scorecards of the employees. A portion of the PLP payouts is deferred till the end of the year to provide for any 

unforeseen performance risks. Any employee who is on the PLP is excluded from the bonus plan.

Review of Remuneration Policy of the Bank

The Compensation Policy of the Bank was reviewed by the NRC during the year ended March 31, 2019 and the 

following material changes were incorporated therein:

(cid:57) 

The  Bank  has  amended  its  policy  for  grant  of  ESOPs.  Under  this  policy,  ESOPs  granted  to  eligible 

employees vest over four tranches spread over a period of 48 months vis-à-vis 39 months for the earlier 

grants. 

(cid:57) 

(cid:57) 

The Bank has introduced a policy under which it may consider granting ESOPs for certain employees in 

select strategic roles at the time of hiring.

The Bank has introduced a policy under which it may consider granting performance bonus to critical hires 

based on their performance rating at confirmation.

c) 

Guaranteed Bonus

Guaranteed  bonuses  may  not  be  consistent  with  sound  risk  management  or  pay  for  performance  principles  of  the 

Bank and therefore do not form an integral part of the general compensation practice. 

For  critical  hiring  for  some  select  strategic  roles,  the  Bank  may  consider  granting  of  bonus  based  on 

performance  rating  upon  confirmation  as  a  prudent  way  to  avoid  loading  the  entire  cost  of  attraction  into 

the  fixed  component  of  the  compensation  which  could  have  a  long  term  cost  implication  for  the  Bank.  

For  such  hiring,  the  said  bonus  is  generally  decided  by  taking  into  account  appropriate  risk  factors  and  market 

conditions. 

For hiring at levels of Whole Time Directors / Managing Director and certain employees in select strategic roles, a sign-

on bonus, if any, is limited to the first year only and is in the form of Employee Stock Options.

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(cid:69)(cid:10)(cid:1)

(cid:38)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:65)(cid:38)(cid:52)(cid:48)(cid:49)(cid:8)(cid:84)(cid:10)

The Bank considers ESOPs as a vehicle to create a balance between short term rewards and long term sustainable 

value creation. ESOPs play a key role in the attraction and retention of key talent. The Bank grants equity share options 

to its Whole Time Directors and other employees above a certain grade. All plans for grant of options are framed in 

accordance with the SEBI guidelines, 1999 as amended from time to time and are approved by the shareholders of 

the Bank. These plans provide for the grant of options post approval by the NRC.

The  grant  of  options  is  reviewed  and  approved  by  the  NRC.  The  NRC  grants  options  after  considering  parameters 

such as the incumbent’s grade and performance rating, and such other factors as may be deemed appropriate by the 

NRC. Equity share options granted to the Whole Time Directors are subject to the approval of the NRC, the Board and 

the RBI. With effect from April 1, 2018, the Bank has amended its policy for grant of ESOPs. Under this policy, ESOPs 

granted to eligible employees vest over four tranches spread over a period of 48 months. Vesting for all ESOPs granted 

subsequent to April 1, 2017 is based on the assessment of performance of the employee at the time of vesting.

e) 

Severance Pay

The Bank does not grant severance pay other than accrued benefits (such as gratuity, pension) except in cases where 

it is mandated by any statute. 

f) 

Hedging

The Bank does not provide any facility or fund or permit its Whole Time Directors and employees to insure or hedge 

their compensation structure to offset the risk alignment effects embedded in their compensation arrangement. 

g)  

Statutory Bonus

Some section of employees are also paid statutory bonus as per the Payment of Bonus Act (1965) as amended from 

time to time. 

III.  Remuneration Processes

Fitment at the time of Hire

Pay scales of the Bank are set basis the job size, experience, location and the academic and professional credentials of the 

incumbent. 

The compensation of new hires is in line with the existing pay ranges and consistent with the compensation levels of the 

existing employees of the Bank at similar profiles. The pay ranges are subject to change basis market trends and the Bank’s 

talent management priorities. While the Bank believes in the internal equity and parity as a key determinant of pay it does 

acknowledge the external competitive pressures of the talent market. Accordingly, there could be certain key profiles with 

critical  competencies  which  may  be  hired  at  a  premium  and  treated  as  an  exception  to  the  overall  pay  philosophy.  Any 

deviation from the defined pay ranges is treated as a hiring exception requiring approval with appropriate justification.

(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)

It is the endeavor of the Bank to ensure external competitiveness as well as internal equity without diluting the overall focus 

on optimising cost. In order to enhance our external competitiveness the Bank participates in an annual salary survey of the 

banking sector to understand key market trends as well as get insights on relative market pay position compared to peers. 

The Bank endeavors to ensure that most employees progress to the median of the market in terms of fixed pay over time. 

This coupled with key internal data indicators like performance score, job family, experience, job grade and salary budget 

form the basis of decision making on revisions in fixed pay. 

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Increments  in  fixed  pay  for  majority  of  the  employee  population  are  generally  undertaken  once  in  every  year.  However 

promotions, confirmations and change in job dimensions could also lead to a change in the fixed pay during other times of 

the year.

The Bank also makes salary corrections and adjustments during the year for those employees whose compensation is found 

to be below the market pay and who have a good performance track record. However such pay revisions are done on an 

exception basis.

Risk, Control and Compliance Staff

The  Bank  has  separated  the  Risk,  Control  and  Compliance  functions  from  the  Business  functions  in  order  to  create  a 

strong culture of checks and balances thereby ensuring good asset quality and to eliminate any possible conflict of interest 

between revenue generation and risk management and control. Accordingly, the overall variable pay as well as the annual 

salary increment of the employees in the Risk, Control and Compliance functions is based on their performance, functional 

objectives  and  goals.  The  Bank  ensures  that  the  mix  of  fixed  to  variable  compensation  for  these  functions  is  weighted  in 

favour of fixed compensation.

C. 

Description of the ways in which current and future risks are taken into account in the remuneration processes. It should 

include the nature and type of the key measures used to take account of these risks

The Bank takes into account various types of risks in its remuneration processes. The Bank follows a comprehensive framework 

that  includes  within  its  ambit  the  key  dimensions  of  remuneration  such  as  fixed  pay,  variable  pay  and  long  term  incentives  

(i.e. Employee Stock Options). 

Fixed pay: The Bank conducts a comprehensive market benchmarking study to ensure that employees are competitively positioned 

in  terms  of  fixed  pay.  The  Bank  follows  a  robust  salary  review  process  wherein  revisions  in  fixed  compensation  are  based  on 

performance.  The  Bank  also  makes  salary  adjustments  taking  into  consideration  pay  positioning  of  employees  vis-à-vis  market 

reference points. Through this approach the Bank endeavors to ensure that the talent risk due to attrition is mitigated as much as 

possible. Fixed pay could be revised downwards as well in the event of certain proven cases of misconduct by an employee.

Variable pay: The Bank has distinct types of variable pay plans as given below:

(a)  Quarterly / monthly performance-linked pay (PLP) plans:

All  quarterly  /  monthly  PLP  plans  are  based  on  the  principle  of  balanced  scorecard  framework  that  includes  within  its 

ambit both quantitative and qualitative factors including key strategic objectives that ensure future competitive advantage 

for  the  Bank.  PLP  plans,  by  design,  have  deterrents  that  play  a  role  of  moderating  payouts  based  on  the  non-fulfillment 

of  established  quantitative  /  qualitative  risk  factors.  Deterrents  also  include  risks  arising  out  of  non-compliance,  mis-sell 

etc. Further, a portion of all payouts under the PLP plans is deferred till the end of the year to provide for any unforeseen 

performance risks.

(b) 

Annual bonus plan:

The Bank takes into consideration the fact that a portion of the Bank’s profits are directly attributable to various types of risks 

the Bank is exposed to such as credit risk, market risk, operational risk and other quantifiable risks.

The  framework  developed  by  the  Bank  in  order  to  arrive  at  the  quantum  of  bonus  pool  is  based  on  the  performance 

of  the  Bank  and  profitability.  The  annual  bonus  is  distributed  based  on  business  unit  and  individual  performance.  

The  business  unit  performance  is  based  on  factors  such  as  growth  in  revenue,  growth  in  profit,  cost  to  income  ratio  and 

achievement vis-à-vis plans and key objectives.  Bonus pay out for an individual employee in a particular grade is linked to 

the performance rating of the employee and subject to meeting the Bank’s standards of ethical conduct.

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The Bank has devised appropriate malus and claw back clauses as a risk mitigant for any negative contributions of the Bank 

and / or relevant line of business in any year for Whole Time Directors. Under the malus clause the incumbent foregoes the 

vesting of the deferred variable pay in full or in part. Under the claw back clause the incumbent is obligated to return all the 

tranches  of  bonus  payout  pertaining  to  the  reference  performance  year.  The  deferred  bonus  is  paid  out  post  review  and 

approval by the NRC.

The bonus for Whole Time Directors is capped at 70% of the fixed pay in a year. The variable pay for Whole Time Directors 

is approved by the NRC as well as the Board of Directors of the Bank and is subject to the approval of the RBI. 

The variable pay component for Whole Time Directors and employees in certain grades is paid out subject to the following 

conditions:

Where the variable pay constitutes 50% or more of the fixed pay, a portion of the same would be deferred as per the schedule 

mentioned in the table below:

(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:90)

Timelines

60%

13.33%

13.33%

13.33%

Payable effective April 1 of the financial year immediately following the performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the second financial year following the reference performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the third financial year following the reference performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the fourth financial year following the reference performance year.

(c) 

Long term incentives (employee stock options):

The Bank also grants employee stock options to employees in certain job bands. The grant is based on performance rating 

of the individual. 

D. 

Description of the ways in which the Bank seeks to link performance during a performance  measurement period with levels 

of remuneration

The Bank has a very comprehensive multi-dimensional performance measurement metrics that takes into consideration multiple 

factors that include qualitative as well as quantitative factors. The following are the key performance measurement metrics for the 

Bank. These also form part of the key metrics for the measurement of the performance of Whole Time Directors and impact the 

final remuneration:

a) 

b) 

c) 

d) 

e) 

f) 

Business Growth - This includes growth in advances and deposits;

Profitability - This includes growth in profit after tax;

Asset Quality - Gross NPA, Net NPA and % of Restructured assets to net advances;

Financial Soundness - Capital Adequacy Ratio Position and Tier I capital;

Shareholder value creation - Return on equity; and

Financial Inclusion - Growth in number of households covered, growth in the value of loans disbursed under this category 

and achievement against priority sector lending targets.

Most of the above parameters are evaluated in two steps: 

A. 

Achievement against the plans of the Bank; and

B.   Achievement against the performance of peers.

Apart from the factors related to business growth there is also a key qualitative factor such as regulatory compliance. Compliance 

is the key qualitative factor that acts as the moderator in the entire organisation evaluation process. A low score on compliance 

can significantly moderate the other performance measures and depending on severity may even nullify their impact.

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While  the  above  parameters  form  the  core  evaluation  parameters  for  the  Bank  each  of  the  business  units  are  measured  on  the 

following from a remuneration standpoint:

a) 

b) 

c) 

d) 

e) 

f) 

g) 

h) 

Increase in plan over the previous year;

Actual growth in revenue over previous year;

Growth in net revenue (%);

Achievement of net revenue against plan (%);

Actual profit before tax; 

Growth in profit before tax compared to the previous year; 

Improvement in cost to income over the previous year; and

Achievement of key strategic initiatives.

Apart from the above the business units are also measured against certain key business objectives that are qualitative in nature. 

The process by which levels of remuneration in the Bank are aligned to the performance of the Bank, business unit and individual 

employees is articulated below:

Fixed Pay

The Bank reviews the fixed pay portion of the compensation structure basis merit-based increments and market corrections. These 

are based on a combination of performance rating, job band and the functional category of the individual employee. For a given job 

band, the merit increment is directly related to the performance rating. The Bank strives to ensure that most employees progress 

to the median of the market in terms of fixed pay over time. All other things remaining equal, the correction percentage is directly 

related to the performance rating of the individual.

Variable Pay

Basis the performance of the business unit, individual performance and role, the Bank has formulated the following variable pay 

plans: 

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)

The Bank’s annual bonus is computed as a percentage of the gross salary for every job band. The bonus multiple is based on 

performance of the business unit (based on the parameters above), performance rating, job band and the functional category 

of the individual employee. The business performance level determines the multiplier for the bonus. All other things remaining 

equal, for a given job band, the bonus is directly related to the performance rating. The proportion of variable pay to fixed 

pay increases with job band. Employees on the annual bonus plan are not part of the PLPs.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:49)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:14)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:49)(cid:45)(cid:49)(cid:84)(cid:10)

The Bank has formulated PLPs for its sales personnel who are given sales targets basis a balanced scorecard methodology. 

All PLP payouts are subject to the achievement of individual targets enumerated in the respective scorecards of the employees 

and moderated by qualitative parameters. A portion of the PLP payouts is deferred till the end of the year to provide for any 

unforeseen performance risks. All PLP plans are based on balanced scorecard framework.

(cid:38)(cid:15)(cid:1)

(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:75)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)

A discussion of the Bank’s policy on deferral and vesting of variable remuneration and a discussion of the Bank’s policy and criteria 

for adjusting deferred remuneration before vesting and after vesting:

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Whole Time Directors

The  bonus  for  Whole  Time  Directors  does  not  exceed  70%  of  the  fixed  pay  in  a  year,  thereby  ensuring  that  there  is  a  balance 

between the fixed and variable pay. The variable pay for Whole Time Directors is approved by the NRC as well as the Board and is 

subject to the approval of the RBI. The variable pay component is paid out subject to the following conditions:

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:56)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:22)(cid:17)(cid:6)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:89)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:90)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)

the schedule mentioned in the table below:

(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:90)

Timelines

60%

13.33%

13.33%

13.33%

Payable effective April 1 of the financial year immediately following the performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the second financial year following the reference performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the third financial year following the reference performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the fourth financial year following the reference performance year.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:88)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1)

and / or relevant line of business in any year. 

(cid:57) 

Malus clause

Under  the  malus  clause  the  incumbent  foregoes  the  vesting  of  the  deferred  variable  pay  in  full  or  in  part.  In 

the  event  there  is  a  deterioration  in  specific  performance  criteria  (such  as  criteria  relating  to  profit  or  asset 

quality)  that  are  laid  down  by  the  NRC,  then  the  NRC  would  review  the  deterioration  in  the  performance 

taking  into  consideration  the  macroeconomic  environment  as  well  as  internal  performance  indicators  and 

accordingly  decide  whether  any  part  of  the  deferred  tranche  pertaining  to  that  financial  year  merits  a  withdrawal.  

The deferred bonus is paid out post review and approval by the NRC.

(cid:57) 

Claw back clause

Under the claw back clause the incumbent is obligated to return all the tranches of payout received of bonus amounts 

pertaining to the relevant performance year. In the event there is any act attributable to the concerned Whole Time 

Director / Managing Director resulting in an incident of willful and deliberate misinterpretation / misreporting of financial 

performance  (inflating  the  financials)  of  the  Bank,  for  a  financial  year,  which  comes  to  light  in  the  subsequent  three 

years,  the  incumbent  is  obligated  to  return  all  the  tranches  of  bonus  payout  received  pertaining  to  the  relevant 

performance year.

The specific criteria on the applicability of malus and claw back arrangements are reviewed by the NRC annually.

Employees other than Whole Time Directors

The Bank has formulated the following variable pay plans:

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)

The quantum of variable payout is a function of the performance of the Bank, performance of the individual employee, job 

band  of  the  employee  and  the  functional  category.  Basis  these  key  determinants  and  due  adjustment  for  risk  alignment, 

a  payout  matrix  for  variable  pay  is  developed.  Market  trends  for  specific  businesses  /  functions  along  with  inputs  from 

compensation surveys may also be used in finalising the payout. 

Bonus pools are designed to meet specific business needs therefore resulting in differentiation in both the quantum and the 

method of payout across functions. Typically higher levels of responsibility receive a higher proportion of variable pay vis-à-

vis fixed pay. The Bank ensures that the time horizon for risk is assessed and the deferment period, if any, for bonus is set 

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accordingly. Employees on the annual bonus plan are not part of the PLPs.

The following is taken into account while administering the annual bonus:

(cid:57) 

In the event the proportion of variable pay to fixed pay is substantially high (typically variable pay exceeding 50% of 

fixed  pay),  for  employees  in  certain  grade  the  Bank  has  devised  the  following  deferment  schedule  after  taking  into 

consideration the nature of risk, time horizon of risk and the materiality of risk.

(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:66)(cid:90)

Timelines

60%

13.33%

13.33%

13.33%

Payable effective April 1 of the financial year immediately following the performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the second financial year following the reference performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the third financial year following the reference performance year.

Payable effective April 1 of the fourth financial year following the reference performance year.

(cid:57) 

In cases of deferment of variable pay the Bank makes an assessment prior to the due date for payment of the deferred 

portion  for  any  negative  contribution.  The  criteria  for  negative  contribution  are  decided  basis  pre-defined  financial 

benchmarks.  The  Bank  has  in  place  appropriate  methods  for  prevention  of  vesting  of  deferred  variable  pay  or  any 

part thereof, on account of negative contribution. The Bank also has in place claw back arrangements in relation to 

amounts already paid in the eventuality of a negative contribution.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:49)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:14)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:49)(cid:45)(cid:49)(cid:84)(cid:10)

PLPs are formulated for sales personnel who are given sales targets but have limited impact on risk since credit decisions are 

exercised independent of the sales function. All PLP payouts are subject to the achievement of individual targets enumerated 

in the respective scorecards of the employees. A portion of the PLP payouts is deferred till the end of the year to provide for 

any unforeseen performance risks. 

F. 

Description of the different forms of variable remuneration (i.e. cash, shares, ESOPs and other forms) that the Bank utilises 

and the rationale for using these different forms

The Bank recognises the importance of variable pay in reinforcing a pay for performance culture. Variable pay stimulates employees 

to stretch their abilities to exceed expectations.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)

These are paid to reward performance for a given financial year. This covers all employees and excludes employees receiving 

PLP payouts. This is based on performance of the business unit, performance rating, job band and functional category of 

the individual. For higher job bands the proportion of variable pay to total compensation tends to be higher.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:49)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:14)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:49)(cid:45)(cid:49)(cid:84)(cid:10)

These are paid to frontline sales staff for the achievement of specific sales targets but have limited impact on risk as credit 

decisions  are  exercised  independent  of  the  sales  function.  Further,  it  has  been  the  endeavor  of  the  Bank  to  ensure  that 

the objectives set are based on the principles of a balanced scorecard that takes into account quantitative and qualitative 

measures rather than just the achievement of financial numbers. Further all PLPs have inherent risk adjustment mechanisms 

manifested  in  the  form  of  deterrents.  All  PLP  payouts  are  subject  to  the  achievement  of  parameters,  both  qualitative  and 

quantitative enumerated in the respective scorecards of the employees. A portion of the PLP payouts is deferred till the end 

of the year to provide for any unforeseen performance risks.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:38)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)

This is to reward for contribution of employees in creating a long term, sustainable earnings and enhancing shareholder value. 

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Only employees in a certain job band and with a specific performance rating are eligible for stock options. Performance is the 

key criteria for granting stock options.

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)

The  quantitative  disclosures  cover  the  Bank’s  Whole  Time  Directors  and  Key  Risk  Takers.  Key  Risk  Takers  are  individuals  who  can 

materially set, commit or control significant amounts of the Bank’s resources, and / or exert significant influence over its risk profile. The 

Bank’s Key Risk Takers include Whole Time Directors, Group Heads, Business Heads directly reporting to the Managing Director and 

select roles in the Bank’s Treasury and Investment Banking functions.

Sr. No.

(cid:52)(cid:86)(cid:67)(cid:75)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(a)

Number  of  meetings  held  by 

the 

Number of meetings: 11

Number of meetings: 7

NRC  during  the  financial  year  and 

remuneration paid to its members

Remuneration paid: ` 0.17 crore

Remuneration paid: ` 0.13 crore

(b) (i)

Number of employees having received a 

33 employees

34 employees

variable remuneration award during the 

financial year 

(b) (ii)

Number  and  total  amount  of  sign-on 

4,65,000  stock  options  granted  as  sign-on 

None

awards made during the financial year 

awards  during  the  year  ended  March  31, 

2019.

(b) (iii) Number and total amount of guaranteed 

None

bonuses  awarded  during  the  financial 

year

(b) (iv) Details of severance pay, in addition to 

None

accrued benefits, if any 

None

None

(c) (i)

Total  amount  of  outstanding  deferred 

remuneration,  split  into  cash,  shares 

and share-linked instruments and other 

forms 

Total  amount  of  outstanding  deferred 
remuneration (cash bonus) was ` 1.91 crore.

Total  amount  of  outstanding  deferred 
remuneration (cash bonus) was ` 2.80 crore.

(c) (ii)

Total  amount  of  deferred  remuneration 

` 2.28 crore

` 1.82 crore

paid out in the financial year 

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Sr. No.

(cid:52)(cid:86)(cid:67)(cid:75)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(d)

Breakdown  of  amount  of  remuneration 

awards  for  the  financial  year  to  show 

fixed  and  variable,  deferred  and  non-

` 66.59 crore (Fixed*)
`  13.69  crore  (variable  pay  pertaining  to 
financial  year  ended  March  31,  2018,  in 

` 55.43 crore (Fixed*)
`  11.76  crore  (variable  pay  pertaining  to 
financial  year  ended  March  31,  2017,  in 

deferred 

relation  to  employees  where  there  was  no 

relation  to  employees  where  there  was  no 

deferment of pay).
`  5.90  crore  (variable  pay  pertaining  to 
financial  year  ended  March  31,  2017,  in 

relation  to  employees  where  there  was  a 
deferment of pay), of which ` 4.51 crore was 
non-deferred  variable  pay  and  `  1.39  crore 
was deferred variable pay.

deferment of pay).

The approval of the RBI on the variable pay 

of  the  Bank’s  Whole  Time  Directors  for  the 

year ended March 31, 2017 is awaited. There 

were  no  other  employees  where  there  was 

deferment of pay. 

Number of stock options granted during the 

The approval of the RBI on the variable pay 

financial year: 47,11,100

of  the  Bank’s  Whole  Time  Directors  for  the 

year ended March 31, 2018 is awaited. There 

were  no  other  employees  where  there  was 

deferment of variable pay.

Number of stock options granted during the 

financial year: 33,51,000

The  approval  of  the  RBI  in  relation  to  grant 

of  stock  options  to  the  Bank’s  Whole  Time 

Directors for the year ended March 31, 2019 

is awaited. 

(e) (i)

Total  amount  of  outstanding  deferred 

remuneration and retained remuneration 

exposed  to  ex-post  explicit  and  /  or 

Total  amount  of  outstanding  deferred 
remuneration (cash bonus) was ` 1.91 crore.

Total  amount  of  outstanding  deferred 
remuneration (cash bonus) was ` 2.80 crore.

implicit adjustments
Total  amount  of  reductions  during  the 

Nil

(e) (ii)

financial  year  due  to  ex-post  explicit 

adjustments
Total  amount  of  reductions  during  the 

Nil

(e) (iii)

financial  year  due  to  ex-post  implicit 

adjustments 

*Excludes gratuity benefits, since the same is computed at Bank level.

25.  Segment reporting 

Business segments 

Nil

Nil

Business  segments  have  been  identified  and  reported  taking  into  account,  the  target  customer  profile,  the  nature  of  products  and 

services, the differing risks and returns, the organisation structure, the internal business reporting system and the guidelines prescribed 

by RBI. The Bank operates in the following segments:

a) 

Treasury

The treasury segment primarily consists of net interest earnings from the Bank’s investment portfolio, money market borrowing and 

lending, gains or losses on investment operations and on account of trading in foreign exchange and derivative contracts.

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b) 

Retail banking

The retail banking segment serves retail customers through the Bank’s branch network and other channels. This segment raises 

deposits from customers and provides loans and other services to customers with the help of specialist product groups. Exposures 

are  classified  under  retail  banking  taking  into  account  the  status  of  the  borrower  (orientation  criterion),  the  nature  of  product, 

granularity of the exposure and the quantum thereof.

Revenues of the retail banking segment are derived from interest earned on retail loans, interest earned from other segments for 

surplus  funds  placed  with  those  segments,  subvention  received  from  dealers  and  manufacturers,  fees  from  services  rendered, 

foreign  exchange  earnings  on  retail  products  etc.  Expenses  of  this  segment  primarily  comprise  interest  expense  on  deposits, 

commission paid to retail assets sales agents, infrastructure and premises expenses for operating the branch network and other 

delivery channels, personnel costs, other direct overheads and allocated expenses of specialist product groups, processing units 

and support groups.

c)  Wholesale banking

The  wholesale  banking  segment  provides  loans,  non-fund  facilities  and  transaction  services  to  large  corporates,  emerging 

corporates, public sector units, government bodies, financial institutions and medium scale enterprises. Revenues of the wholesale 

banking  segment  consist  of  interest  earned  on  loans  made  to  customers,  interest  /  fees  earned  on  the  cash  float  arising  from 

transaction  services,  earnings  from  trade  services  and  other  non-fund  facilities  and  also  earnings  from  foreign  exchange  and 

derivative  transactions  on  behalf  of  customers.  The  principal  expenses  of  the  segment  consist  of  interest  expense  on  funds 

borrowed  from  external  sources  and  other  internal  segments,  premises  expenses,  personnel  costs,  other  direct  overheads  and 

allocated expenses of delivery channels, specialist product groups, processing units and support groups.

d) 

Other banking business

This  segment  includes  income  from  parabanking  activities  such  as  credit  cards,  debit  cards,  third  party  product  distribution, 

primary dealership business and the associated costs.

e) 

Unallocated

All  items  which  are  reckoned  at  an  enterprise  level  are  classified  under  this  segment.  This  includes  capital  and  reserves,  debt 

classified as Tier I or Tier II capital and other unallocable assets and liabilities such as deferred tax, prepaid expenses, etc.

Segment  revenue  includes  earnings  from  external  customers  plus  earnings  from  funds  transferred  to  other  segments.  Segment 

result includes revenue less interest expense less operating expense and provisions, if any, for that segment. Segment-wise income 

and  expenses  include  certain  allocations.  Interest  income  is  charged  by  a  segment  that  provides  funding  to  another  segment, 

based on yields benchmarked to an internally approved yield curve or at a certain agreed transfer price rate. Transaction charges 

are  levied  by  the  retail  banking  segment  to  the  wholesale  banking  segment  for  the  use  by  its  customers  of  the  retail  banking 

segment’s branch network or other delivery channels. Segment capital employed represents the net assets in that segment.

Geographic segments

The geographic segments of the Bank are categorised as domestic operations and foreign operations. Domestic operations comprise 

branches in India and foreign operations comprise branches outside India.

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Segment reporting for the year ended March 31, 2019 is given below:

(cid:1)

(cid:35)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:27)(cid:1)

Sr. 

Particulars

No.

Segment revenue 

Unallocated revenue

Less: Inter-segment revenue 

Income from operations (1) + (2) - (3) 

Segment results 

Unallocated expenses 

Income tax expense (including deferred tax)

Net profit (5) - (6) - (7) 

Segment assets

Unallocated assets

Total assets (9) + (10) 

Segment liabilities 

Unallocated liabilities

Total liabilities (12) + (13) 

(cid:9)` crore)

Treasury

Retail 

Wholesale 

Other 

Total

banking

banking

banking 

operations

23,576.48 

89,222.34 

54,563.54 

15,299.43 

182,661.79 

1,305.76 

11,796.27 

14,224.12 

6,791.53 

34,117.68 

52.78 

66,116.65 

116,597.92 

1,918.04 

11,121.50 

21,078.14 

348,766.21 

428,790.92 

408,749.72 

50,854.71  1,237,161.56 

61,438.85 

732,294.96 

271,887.13 

5,357.06  1,070,978.00 

7,379.15 

1,244,540.71 

24,356.39 

1,095,334.39 

Capital employed (9) - (12)  

287,327.36 

(303,504.04)

136,862.59 

45,497.65 

166,183.56 

(Segment assets - Segment liabilities)

Unallocated (10) - (13)

Total (15) + (16)

Capital expenditure 

Depreciation 

93.67 

1,149.97 

26.31 

912.24 

192.62 

104.52 

141.93 

1,578.19 

97.04 

1,140.11 

(16,977.24)

149,206.32 

Provisions for non - performing assets / others*

(0.20)

4,608.34 

1,689.09 

1,247.44 

7,544.67 

Unallocated other provisions*

*Represents material non-cash charge other than depreciation and taxation.

(cid:1)

(cid:40)(cid:70)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:27)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

Particulars

Revenue

Assets

Capital expenditure

165

5.41 

(cid:9)` crore)

Domestic

International

115,358.96 

1,238.96 

1,210,826.50 

33,714.21 

1,576.84 

1.35 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

  
 
SCHEDULES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

Segment reporting for the year ended March 31, 2018 is given below:

(cid:1)

(cid:35)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:27)(cid:1)

(cid:1)

Sr. 

Particulars

No.

1

Segment revenue 

2 Unallocated revenue

Less: Inter-segment revenue 

Income from operations (1) + (2) - (3) 

3

4

5

(cid:9)` crore)

Treasury

Retail 

Wholesale

Other

Total

banking

 banking

 banking 

operations

19,841.37 

73,843.05 

41,504.13  

12,259.14 

147,447.69

-

51,986.03

95,461.66

Segment results 

1,540.00  

9,971.72

11,720.51

5,487.90

28,720.13   

6 Unallocated expenses 

7

Income tax expense (including deferred tax)

8 Net profit (5) - (6) - (7) 

9

Segment assets 

10 Unallocated assets

11 Total assets (9) + (10) 

12 Segment liabilities 

13 Unallocated liabilities

14 Total liabilities (12) + (13) 

 2,022.81 

 9,210.57  

 17,486.75   

 350,894.38   

371,906.59

297,040.57  

 37,595.49    1,057,437.03  

55,349.70  

598,785.46   

270,287.20  

4,081.50  

928,503.86   

 6,497.28  

1,063,934.31  

29,135.42  

957,639.28   

15 Capital employed (9) - (12) 

295,544.68  

(226,878.87)

26,753.37  

33,513.99   

128,933.17   

(Segment assets - Segment liabilities)

16  Unallocated (10) - (13)

17 Total (15) + (16)

18  Capital expenditure 

19  Depreciation 

5.77 

11.58 

729.47 

723.91 

73.05 

92.36 

88.39 

78.49 

896.68 

906.34 

(22,638.14)

106,295.03   

20 Provisions for non - performing assets / others*

35.36

3,539.06

1,565.79

773.10

5,913.31

21 Unallocated other provisions*

*Represents material non-cash charge other than depreciation and taxation. 

(cid:1)

(cid:40)(cid:70)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:27)(cid:1)

Particulars

Revenue

Assets

Capital expenditure

14.18

(cid:9)` crore)

Domestic

International

 94,643.54  

 818.12 

 1,036,987.78  

 26,946.53 

 896.33 

 0.35 

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26.  Liquidity coverage ratio 

Quantitative information on Liquidity Coverage Ratio (‘LCR’) for year ended March 31, 2019 is given below:  

(` crore)

Particulars

1

2

Total High Quality Liquid Assets 
(HQLA)

Retail deposits and deposits from 
small business customers, 
of which:

(cid:1)(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)
March 31, 2019

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)
December 31, 2018

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)
September 30, 2018

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)
June 30, 2018

Total 
unweighted 
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total  
weighted  
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total 
unweighted 
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total  
weighted  
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total 
unweighted 
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total  
weighted  
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total 
unweighted 
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

202,599.15

188,250.76

178,276.15

Total  
weighted  
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

175,093.91

541,900.33

50,120.87

520,268.66

48,092.79

502,045.40

46,411.31

476,575.65

43,977.35

(i) Stable deposits

81,383.24

4,069.16

78,681.49

3,934.07

75,864.72

3,793.24

73,604.32

3,680.22

(ii) Less stable deposits

460,517.09

46,051.71

441,587.17

44,158.72

426,180.68

42,618.07

402,971.33

40,297.13

3

Unsecured wholesale funding, 
of which:

(i) Operational deposits 
(all counterparties)

246,345.36

128,744.90

227,318.17

113,256.87

220,583.99

108,041.95

229,841.48

114,864.45

48,828.51

12,129.38

37,321.49

9,253.61

29,619.33

7,328.47

29,621.23

7,329.11

(ii) Non-operational deposits 

185,626.41

104,725.08

174,949.82

88,956.40

179,240.43

88,989.25

187,489.34

94,804.43

(all counterparties)

(iii) Unsecured debt

11,890.44

11,890.44

15,046.86

15,046.86

11,724.23

11,724.23

12,730.91

12,730.91

4

5

Secured wholesale funding

8,430.54

1,772.41

7,336.78

4,790.74

Additional requirements, of which

103,036.61

70,251.68

118,812.30

88,217.02

104,875.38

74,165.59

98,242.91

67,486.12

(i) Outflows related to derivative 

60,637.90

60,637.90

79,939.76

79,939.76

65,418.01

65,418.01

59,024.43

59,024.43

exposures and other 
collateral requirement

(ii) Outflows related to loss of 

funding on debt products

-

-

-

-

-

-

-   

-   

(iii) Credit and liquidity facilities

42,398.71

9,613.78

38,872.54

8,277.26

39,457.37

8,747.58

39,218.48

8,461.69

6 Other contractual funding 

17,948.21

17,948.21

17,361.18

17,361.18

16,669.89

16,669.89

16,435.76

16,435.76

obligation

7 Other contingent funding 

71,060.49

2,131.81

71,246.42

2,137.39

66,669.99

2,000.10

66,965.75

2,008.97

obligations

Total Cash Outflows

277,628.01

270,837.66

254,625.62

249,563.39

Secured lending (e.g. reverse repo)

-

-

-

-

213.46

-

-

-   

8

9

10 Inflows from fully performing 

59,980.73

32,853.96

58,509.81

32,376.30

54,193.26

28,899.47

50,922.85

26,538.23

exposures

11 Other cash inflows

77,422.45

72,019.99

93,685.78

89,094.61

80,956.77

75,328.74

71,191.50

66,337.13

12 Total Cash Inflows

137,403.18

104,873.95

152,195.59

121,470.91

135,363.49

104,228.21

122,114.35

92,875.36

13 (cid:53)(cid:48)(cid:53)(cid:34)(cid:45)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:50)(cid:45)(cid:34)

14 Total Net Cash Outflows

15 Liquidity Coverage Ratio (%)

Total 
Adjusted 
Value

202,599.15

172,754.06

117.28%

Total 
Adjusted 
Value

188,250.76

149,366.75

126.03%

Total 
Adjusted 
Value

178,276.15

150,397.41

118.54%

Total 
Adjusted 
Value

175,093.91

156,688.03

111.75%

*  

  The average weighted and unweighted amounts are calculated taking simple average based on daily observation for the respective 

quarters.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Quantitative information on Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) for year ended March 31, 2018 is given below: 

(` crore)

Particulars

1

2

Total High Quality Liquid Assets 
(HQLA)

Retail deposits and deposits from 
small business customers, of 
which:

(cid:1)(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)
March 31, 2018

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)
December 31, 2017

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)
September 30, 2017

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)
June 30, 2017

Total 
unweighted 
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total  
weighted  
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total 
unweighted 
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total  
weighted  
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total 
unweighted 
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total  
weighted  
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

Total 
unweighted 
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

159,124.53

144,640.70

139,746.99

Total  
weighted  
value  
(cid:9)(cid:66)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:10)(cid:11)

129,486.04

451,439.43

41,543.33

437,781.88

40,242.17

424,604.50

39,008.20

416,803.77

38,258.84

(i) Stable deposits

72,012.25

3,600.61

70,720.40

3,536.02

69,044.92

3,452.25

68,430.67

3,421.53

(ii) Less stable deposits

379,427.18

37,942.72

367,061.48

36,706.15

355,559.58

35,555.95

348,373.10

34,837.31

3

Unsecured wholesale funding, of 
which:

(i) Operational deposits 
(all counterparties)

217,228.50

108,512.17

218,185.05

108,548.59

208,551.94

103,584.62

193,071.47

97,650.85

30,439.14

7,531.20

32,391.28

8,019.39

27,759.15

6,860.56

26,283.04

6,494.60

(ii) Non-operational deposits 

177,618.56

91,810.17

176,441.84

91,177.28

172,534.99

88,466.26

156,271.16

80,638.98

(all counterparties)

(iii) Unsecured debt

9,170.80

9,170.80

9,351.92

9,351.92

8,257.80

8,257.80

10,517.27

10,517.27

4

5

Secured wholesale funding

8,812.39

4,075.92

2,629.35

1,109.89

Additional requirements, 
of which

100,425.78

66,017.10

89,779.68

61,816.62

97,874.66

65,983.77

86,528.11

56,903.77

(i) Outflows related to derivative 

55,868.70

55,868.70

52,671.96

52,671.96

57,282.24

57,282.24

48,362.71

48,362.71

exposures and other 
collateral requirement

(ii) Outflows related to loss of 

funding on debt products

-

-

-   

-   

-   

-   

-   

-   

(iii) Credit and liquidity facilities

44,557.08

10,148.40

37,107.72

9,144.66

40,592.42

8,701.53

38,165.40

8,541.06

6 Other contractual funding 

18,406.90

18,406.90

16,645.61

16,645.61

16,735.66

16,735.66

22,232.29

22,232.29

obligation

7 Other contingent funding 

59,074.58

1,772.24

57,544.60

1,726.34

53,170.78

1,595.12

55,532.12

1,870.86

obligations

8

9

Total Cash Outflows

245,064.13

233,055.25

229,536.72

218,026.50

Secured lending (e.g. reverse repo)

60.11

-

685.87

-   

457.78

-   

1,158.69

-   

10 Inflows from fully performing 

51,397.30

27,229.36

48,750.21

25,705.12

42,881.46

22,698.40

41,246.92

21,944.76

exposures

11 Other cash inflows

72,083.27

66,513.09

66,728.00

61,994.69

69,006.74

63,779.42

59,786.42

55,149.29

12 Total Cash Inflows

123,540.68

93,742.45

116,164.08

87,699.81

112,345.98

86,477.82

102,192.03

77,094.05

13 (cid:53)(cid:48)(cid:53)(cid:34)(cid:45)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:50)(cid:45)(cid:34)

14 Total Net Cash Outflows

15 Liquidity Coverage Ratio (%)

Total 
Adjusted 
Value

159,124.53

151,321.68

105.16%

Total 
Adjusted 
Value

144,640.70

145,355.44

99.51%

Total 
Adjusted 
Value

139,746.99

143,058.90

97.68%

Total 
Adjusted 
Value

129,486.04

140,932.45

91.88%

* The average weighted and unweighted amounts are calculated taking simple average based on daily observation for the respective 

quarters. 

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:36)(cid:51)

The  Liquidity  Coverage  Ratio  (LCR)  is  one  of  the  Basel  Committee’s  key  reforms  to  develop  a  more  resilient  banking  sector.  

The objective of the LCR is to promote the short-term resilience of the liquidity risk profile of banks. It does this by ensuring that banks have 

an adequate stock of unencumbered High-Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA) that can be converted easily and immediately into cash to meet their 

liquidity needs for a 30 calendar day liquidity stress scenario. The LCR is expected to improve the banking sector’s ability to absorb shocks 

arising from financial and economic stress, whatever the source, thus reducing the risk of spillover from the financial sector to the real economy.

The Liquidity Risk Management of the Bank is governed by the Asset Liability Management (ALM) Policy approved by the Board. The Asset 

Liability  Committee  (‘ALCO’)  is  a  decision-making  unit  responsible  for  implementing  the  liquidity  and  interest  rate  risk  management  strategy 

of  the  Bank  in  line  with  its  risk  management  objectives  and  ensures  adherence  to  the  risk  tolerance  /  limits  set  by  the  Board.  In  order  to 

determine cash outflows, the Bank segregates its deposits into various customer segments, viz Retail (which include deposits from individuals), 
Small Business Customers (those with deposits under ` 5 crore), and Wholesale (which would cover all residual deposits). Within Wholesale, 

deposits  that  are  attributable  to  clearing,  custody  and  cash  management  services  are  classified  as  Operational  Deposits.  Other  contractual 

funding,  including  a  portion  of  other  liabilities  which  are  expected  to  run  down  in  a  30  day  time  frame  are  included  in  the  cash  outflows.  

These classifications, based on extant regulatory guidelines, are part of the Bank’s LCR framework, and are also submitted to the RBI.

The LCR is calculated by dividing a Bank’s stock of HQLA by its total net cash outflows over a 30-day stress period. The guidelines for LCR 

were effective January 1, 2015, with then minimum requirement at 60% which rose in equal annual steps to reach 100% on January 1, 2019. 

This graduated approach was designed to ensure that the LCR could be introduced without material disruption to the orderly strengthening of 

banking systems or the ongoing financing of economic activity. The present requirement, as on March 31, 2019 is 100%.

In the Indian context, the run-off factors for the stressed scenarios are prescribed by the RBI, for various categories of liabilities (viz., deposits, 

unsecured  and  secured  wholesale  borrowings),  undrawn  commitments,  derivative-related  exposures  and  offset  with  inflows  emanating 

from  assets  maturing  within  the  same  time  period.  Given  below  is  a  table  of  run-off  factors  and  the  average  LCR  maintained  by  the  Bank  

quarter-wise over the past two years:

Particulars

Retail Deposits

Small Business Customers

Operational deposits

Non-financial corporates, sovereigns, central banks, multilateral development banks and PSEs

Other legal entities

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:69)

March 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

September 30, 2018

June 30, 2018

March 31, 2018

December 31, 2017

September 30, 2017

June 30, 2017

LCR Maintained (Average)

LCR Required

117.28%

126.03%

118.54%

111.75%

105.16%

99.51%

97.68%

91.88%

100.00%

90.00%

90.00%

90.00%

90.00%

80.00%

80.00%

80.00%

Run-off factors

5% - 10%

5% - 10%

5% - 25%

40%

100%

The average LCR for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 was at 117.28% as against 105.16% for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, and well 
above  the  present  prescribed  minimum  requirement  of  100%.  The  average  HQLA  for  the  quarter  ended  March  31,  2019  was  `  202,599.15 
crore,  as  against  was  `  159,124.53  crore  for  the  quarter  ended  March  31,  2018.  During  the  same  period  the  composition  of  government 

securities and treasury bills in the HQLA increased from 87% to 91%.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

For  the  quarter  ended  March  31,  2019,  derivative  exposures  (net  of  cash  inflows)  /  collateral  requirements  and  undrawn  commitments 

constituted just about 0.5% and 3.4% respectively of average cash outflow, in line with earlier periods. The Bank has consistently maintained 

a robust funding profile with a significant portion of funding through deposits. As of March 31, 2019, the top 20 depositors comprised of 6.1% 

of total deposits.

27.  Related party disclosures

As per AS-18, Related Party Disclosure, the Bank’s related parties are disclosed below:

Promoter

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

Subsidiaries

HDFC Securities Limited

HDB Financial Services Limited

Welfare trust of the Bank

HDB Employees Welfare Trust

Key management personnel

Aditya Puri, Managing Director

Paresh Sukthankar, Deputy Managing Director (ceased to be related party effective November 8, 2018)

Kaizad Bharucha, Executive Director

Relatives of key management personnel

Anita Puri, Amit Puri, Amrita Puri, Adishwar Puri, Aarti Sood, Havovi Bharucha, Huzaan Bharucha, Danesh Bharucha, Daraius Bharucha.

Entities in which key management personnel are interested

Salisbury Investments Private Limited and Akuri by Puri 

The following ceased to be related party effective November 8, 2018:

Tanaksh  Innovations  Private  Limited,  Sangeeta  Sukthankar,  Dattatraya  Sukthankar,  Shubhada  Sukthankar,  Akshay  Sukthankar,  Ankita 

Sukthankar, Madhavi Lad.

In accordance with paragraph 5 of AS-18, the Bank has not disclosed certain transactions with relatives and interested entities of key 

management personnel as they are in the nature of banker-customer relationship.

The  significant  transactions  between  the  Bank  and  related  parties  for  year  ended  March  31,  2019  are  given  below.  A  specific  related 

party transaction is disclosed as a significant related party transaction wherever it exceeds 10% of all related party transactions in that 

category:

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:37)(cid:35)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)` 4.56 crore (previous year: ` 2.47 crore); Housing Development Finance Corporation 
Limited ` 5.49 crore (previous year: ` 5.96 crore).  

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:27)(cid:1) (cid:41)(cid:37)(cid:35)(cid:1) (cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) `  294.50  crore  (previous  year:  `  136.61  crore),  HDFC  Limited  `  35.20  crore 
(previous year: ` 13.28 crore).

(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)` 282.97 crore (previous year: ` 264.27 crore). 

(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:37)(cid:35)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)` 1,916.90 crore (previous year: ` 1,759.67 crore); Housing Development 
Finance Corporation Limited ` 486.95 crore (previous year: ` 405.17 crore).

(cid:37)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)` 511.17 crore (previous year: ` 432.53 crore).

(cid:37)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:27)(cid:1)(cid:41)(cid:37)(cid:35)(cid:1)(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)` 52.54 crore (previous year: ` 112.59 crore); HDFC Securities Limited ` 151.90 
crore  (previous year: ` 129.06 crore).

The Bank’s related party balances and transactions for the year ended March 31, 2019 are summarised as follows:   

(cid:42)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:90)

Promoter

Subsidiaries

Associates

Key management 

(` crore)
Total

personnel

Deposits taken

Deposits placed

Advances given

Fixed assets purchased from
Fixed assets sold to
Interest paid to
Interest received from
Income from services rendered to
Expenses for receiving services from

Equity investments

Other investments

Dividend paid to

Dividend received from

Receivable from

Payable to

Guarantees given

Remuneration paid
Loans purchased from

3,290.99
(3,290.99)
0.47
(0.47)
-
-
-
-
5.49
35.20
282.97
486.95
-
-
-
(1,740.49)

511.17

-

30.55

(48.40)
83.64
(83.64)
0.37
(0.40)
-
23,982.42

614.20
(614.20)
10.62
(10.62)
3,104.74
(3,104.74)
-
-
4.65
294.50
49.65
1,922.45
3,826.49
(3,826.49)
964.95
(1,154.65)

-

204.44

16.41

(16.41)
85.16
(85.16)
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

-

-

-

-
-
-
-
-
-
-

27.02
(27.02)
0.76
(2.51)
2.96
(3.11)
-
-
1.13
0.10
#
0.61
-
-
-
-

7.43

-

-

-
-
-
-
-
25.88
-

3,932.21
(3,932.21)
11.85
(13.60)
3,107.70
(3,107.85)
-
-
11.27
329.80
332.62
2,410.01
3,826.49
(3,826.49)
964.95
(2,895.14)

518.60

204.44

46.96

(64.81)
168.80
(168.80)
0.37
(0.40)
25.88
23,982.42

#      Denotes amount less than ` 1 lakh.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:89)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)

at each quarter-end.

(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:15)

(cid:35)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)

key managerial personnel. These will be paid based on approval from RBI. As of March 31, 2019, approved unpaid deferred bonus 
in respect of earlier years was ` 1.91 crore.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

The  Bank  being  an  authorised  dealer,  deals  in  foreign  exchange  and  derivative  transactions  with  parties  which  include  its  promoter.  

The foreign exchange and derivative transactions are undertaken in line with the RBI guidelines. The notional principal amount of foreign 
exchange  and  derivative  contracts  transacted  with  the  promoter  that  were  outstanding  as  on  March  31,  2019  is  `  5,865.50  crore 
(previous  year:  `  5,972.14  crore).  The  contingent  credit  exposure  pertaining  to  these  contracts  computed  in  line  with  the  extant  RBI 
guidelines on exposure norms was ` 79.12 crore (previous year: ` 80.76 crore). 

During  the  year  ended  March  31,  2019,  the  Bank  purchased  debt  securities  from  Housing  Development  Finance  Corporation  Limited 
` 685.00 crore (previous year: ` 2,105.00 crore) and from HDB Financial Services Limited ` 2,180.58 crore (previous year: ` 1,885.00 

crore) issued by these entities.
During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Bank made investment of ` 963.22 crore (previous year: Nil) in pass through certificates in 
respect of assets securitised out by HDB Financial Services Limited for which the outstanding as on March 31, 2019 was ` 878.20 crore.
During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Bank paid rent of ` 0.66 crore (previous year: ` 0.66 crore) to party related to the Bank’s key 
management  personnel  in  relation  to  residential  accommodation.  As  at  March  31,  2019,  the  security  deposit  outstanding  was  `  3.50 
crore (previous year: ` 3.50 crore). 
The  deposit  outstanding  from  HDB  Employees  Welfare  Trust  as  at  March  31,  2019  was  `  37.19  crore  (previous  year:  `  49.26  crore).  
The Bank also paid interest on deposit from HDB Employees Welfare Trust aggregating to ` 3.00 crore (previous year: ` 3.21 crore). 

The Bank’s related party balances and transactions for the year ended March 31, 2018 are summarised as follows:   

       (` crore)

(cid:42)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:90)

Promoter

Subsidiaries

Associates

Key management 

Total

personnel

Deposits taken

Deposits placed

Advances given

Fixed assets purchased from
Fixed assets sold to
Interest paid to
Interest received from
Income from services rendered to
Expenses for receiving services from

Equity investments

Other Investments

Dividend paid to
Dividend received from

Receivable from

Payable to

Guarantees given

Remuneration paid
Loans purchased from

#      Denotes amount less than ` 1 lakh.

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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1.70
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

14.10
(37.45)
2.51
(2.51)
3.16
(3.45)
-
-
1.05
0.12
#
0.76
-
-
-
-
5.67
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19.29
-

3,630.42
(4,099.51)
13.60
(13.60)
1,594.08
(1,594.37)
-
-
22.83
150.02
293.23
2,174.02
3,826.49
(3,826.49)
2,723.92
(2,769.46)
438.20
241.65
29.74
(68.53)
104.82
(211.37)
0.25
(0.27)
19.29
5,623.94

3,250.77
(3,250.77)
0.47
(0.47)
-
-
-
-
5.96
13.28
264.27
405.17
-
-
1,603.88
(1,603.88)
432.53
-
28.34
(60.79)
32.78
(36.17)
0.25
(0.27)
-
5,623.94

365.55
(811.29)
10.62
(10.62)
1,590.92
(1,590.92)
-
-
14.12
136.62
28.96
1,768.09
3,826.49
(3,826.49)
1,120.04
(1,165.58)
-
241.65
1.40
(7.74)
72.04
(175.20)
-
-
-
-

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:89)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)

at each quarter-end.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:15)

(cid:35)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)

key managerial personnel. These will be paid based on approval from RBI. As of March 31, 2018, approved unpaid deferred bonus 
in respect of earlier years was ` 2.80 crore.

28. 

Intra-Group exposure

Intra-Group exposures in accordance with RBI guidelines are as follows: 

 (` crore)

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Total amount of intra-group exposures

Total amount of top 20 intra-group exposures

Percentage of intra-group exposures to total exposure of the Bank on borrowers / customers

Details of breach of limits on intra-group exposures and regulatory action thereon, if any

7,368.31

7,368.31

0.56%

Nil

7,137.13 

7,137.13 

0.67% 

Nil

29.  Leases

Operating leases primarily comprise office premises, staff residences and Automated Teller Machines (‘ATM’s), which are renewable at 

the option of the Bank. The details of maturity profile of future operating lease payments are given below:

Particulars

Not later than one year

Later than one year and not later than five years

Later than five years

The total of minimum lease payments recognised in the Profit and Loss Account for the year

Total

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

993.31

3,217.18

4,016.39

8,226.88

1,199.66

958.85

3,107.95

3,540.07

7,606.87

1,166.50

Total of future minimum sub-lease payments expected to be received under non-cancellable 

29.31

6.33

sub-leases

Sub-lease amounts recognised in the Profit and Loss Account for the year 

Contingent (usage based) lease payments recognised in the Profit and Loss Account for the 

9.35

206.55

7.77

174.87

year

The Bank has sub-leased certain of its properties taken on lease. 

The  terms  of  renewal  and  escalation  clauses  are  those  normally  prevalent  in  similar  agreements.  There  are  no  undue  restrictions  or 

onerous clauses in the agreements.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

30.  Transfers to Depositor Education and Awareness Fund (DEAF)

The details of amount transferred during the respective year to DEAF are as under: 

(` crore)

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Opening balance of amounts transferred to DEAF

Add: Amounts transferred to DEAF during the year

Less: Amounts reimbursed by DEAF towards claims

Closing balance of amounts transferred to DEAF

31.  Penalties levied by the RBI

367.68 

132.28

(3.36)

496.60

230.50

139.93 

(2.75) 

367.68 

During the year ended March 31, 2019, RBI has imposed a penalty of ` 0.20 crore (previous year: Nil) for non-compliance with various 

directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC) / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards.

(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:15)(cid:1) (cid:37)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:78)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:84)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:36)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)

(A)  Customer complaints other than ATM transaction disputes

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(a) No. of complaints pending at the beginning of the year

(b) No. of complaints received during the year 

(c) No. of complaints redressed during the year

(d) No. of complaints pending at the end of the year 

4,064 

169,846

169,222

4,688

2,349

120,439 

118,724 

4,064 

(B)   ATM transaction disputes relating to the Bank’s customers on the Bank’s ATMs

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(a) No. of complaints pending at the beginning of the year

(b) No. of complaints received during the year 

(c) No. of complaints redressed during the year

(d) No. of complaints pending at the end of the year 

(e) Complaints per ten thousand transactions

225 

19,438

19,481

182

0.94

145

19,105 

19,025

225 

1.00 

(C) 

ATM transaction disputes relating to the Bank’s customers on other banks’ ATMs

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(a) No. of complaints pending at the beginning of the year

(b) No. of complaints received during the year 

(c) No. of complaints redressed during the year

(d) No. of complaints pending at the end of the year 

(e) Complaints per ten thousand transactions

2,553 

209,083

208,864

2,772

7.31

1,464

127,307 

126,218 

2,553 

4.98 

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(D) 

Total customer complaints and ATM transaction disputes [total of tables (A), (B) and (C) above]

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(a) No. of complaints pending at the beginning of the year

(b) No. of complaints received during the year 

(c) No. of complaints redressed during the year

(d) No. of complaints pending at the end of the year 

6,842 

398,367

397,567

7,642

3,958

266,851 

263,967 

6,842 

Note: ATM transaction disputes reported in the above tables are in accordance with RBI guidelines on disclosure of customer 

complaints.

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:88)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:48)(cid:78)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:84)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:35)(cid:48)(cid:10)

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(a) No. of unimplemented awards at the beginning of the year  

(b) No. of awards passed by the BO during the year

(c) No. of awards implemented during the year 

(d) No. of unimplemented awards at the end of the year

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)

-

- 

- 

- 

-

-

-

-

The average number of customer complaints per branch, including ATM transaction disputes, was 6.9 per month during the year ended 

March 31, 2019 (previous year: 4.7 per month). For the year ended March 31, 2019, retail liability segment accounted for 80.37% 

of the total complaints (previous year: 76.46%), followed by credit cards at 14.56% of the total complaints (previous year: 17.14%), 

retail assets at 4.50% of the total complaints (previous year: 5.57%), while other segments accounted for 0.57% of total complaints 

(previous year: 0.83%). The top 10 areas of customer complaints for the year ended March 31, 2019, including ATM transaction 

disputes,  aggregated  318,540  complaints  (previous  year:  2,03,045  complaints)  and  accounted  for  79.96%  of  total  complaints 

(previous year: 76.09%). The top 5 areas of customer complaints on which the Bank is working towards root cause remediation 

are - unauthorized usage through debit card online, cash not dispensed or less cash dispensed in the Bank’s ATMs, Transaction 

dispute related - credit cards, Sales related - credit cards and Unauthorized usage through debit card done at Other Bank ATMs.  

The above is based on the information available with the Bank which has been relied upon by the auditors.

33.  Disclosure of Letters of Comfort (LoC) issued by the Bank

The Bank has not issued any Letter of Comfort during the years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018.

34.  Small and micro industries

Under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 which came into force from October 2, 2006, certain disclosures 

are  required  to  be  made  relating  to  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  enterprises.  There  have  been  no  reported  cases  of  delays  in  payments 

to  micro  and  small  enterprises  or  of  interest  payments  due  to  delays  in  such  payments  during  the  years  ended  March  31,  2019  and  

March 31, 2018. The above is based on the information available with the Bank which has been relied upon by the auditors.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

35.  Overseas assets, NPAs and revenue 

Particulars

Total Assets 

Total NPAs

Total Revenue

(cid:20)(cid:23)(cid:15)(cid:1) (cid:48)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:14)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:49)(cid:55)(cid:84)

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

33,714.21

26,946.53

23.31

1,238.96

134.64 

818.12 

There are no Off-Balance Sheet SPVs sponsored by the Bank, which need to be consolidated as per accounting norms.

37.  Credit default swaps

The Bank has not transacted in credit default swaps during the year ended March 31, 2019 (previous year: Nil).

38.  Corporate social responsibility

Operating expenses include ` 443.77 crore (previous year: ` 374.54 crore) for the year ended March 31, 2019 towards Corporate Social 

Responsibility (CSR), in accordance with Companies Act, 2013.

The Bank has spent 2.02% (previous year: 2.04%) of its average net profit for the last three financial years as part of its CSR for the year 

ended  March  31,  2019.  As  a  responsible  bank,  it  has  approached  the  mandatory  requirements  of  CSR  spends  positively  by  laying  a 

foundation on which it would build and scale future projects and partnerships. The Bank continues to evaluate strategic avenues for CSR 

expenditure in order to deliver maximum impact. In the years to come, the Bank will further strengthen its processes as per requirement.

The details of amount spent during the respective year towards CSR are as under: 

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Particulars

Amount 

Amount 

Total

Amount 

Amount 

Total

spent

(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:16)

spent

(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:16)

provision

provision

Construction / acquisition of any asset 

On purpose other than (i) above 

-

443.77

-

-

-

-

443.77

374.54

-

-

-

374.54

Sr. 

No.

(i)

(ii)

39. 

Investor education and protection fund

There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Bank 

during the years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018.

40.  Disclosure on remuneration to Non-Executive Directors

Remuneration by way of sitting fees to the Non-Executive Directors for attending meetings of the Board and its committees during the 
year ended March 31, 2019 amounted to ` 1.62 crore (previous year: ` 1.58 crore).

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Further, in accordance with RBI guidelines, profit related commission to all Non-Executive Directors other than the Chairperson for the 
year ended March 31, 2019 amounted to ` 0.90 crore (previous year: ` 0.80 crore).

41.  Comparative figures

Figures for the previous year have been regrouped and reclassified wherever necessary to conform to the current year’s presentation.  

The previous year comparative numbers were audited by a firm of Chartered Accountants other than S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP.

As per our report of even date.

For and on behalf of the Board

For S. R. BATLIBOI & CO. LLP

Shyamala Gopinath 

Chartered Accountants

Chairperson

Aditya Puri  

Managing Director

Firm Registration No. 301003E/E300005

per Sudhir Soni

Partner

Membership No.: 41870

Kaizad Bharucha 

Executive Director

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

& Company Secretary

Santosh Haldankar 

Sashidhar Jagdishan 

Vice President (Legal) 

Chief Financial Officer

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

(cid:52)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:75)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:83)

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT

To the Members of HDFC Bank Limited

Report on the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

Opinion

We  have  audited  the  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  of  HDFC  Bank  Limited  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  “the  Bank”)  and  its 

subsidiaries  (the  Bank  and  its  subsidiaries  together  referred  to  as  “the  Group”)  comprising  of  the  consolidated  Balance  sheet  as  at  March 

31,  2019,  the  consolidated  Profit  and  Loss  Account  and  the  consolidated  Cash  Flow  Statement  for  the  year  then  ended,  and  notes  to  the 

consolidated financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies (hereinafter referred to as “the consolidated financial 

statements”).

In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us and based on the consideration of reports of 

other auditors on separate financial statements and on the other financial information of the subsidiaries, the aforesaid consolidated financial 

statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013, as amended (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true and 

fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the consolidated state of affairs of the Group as at March 

31, 2019, their consolidated profit and their consolidated cash flows for the year ended on that date. 

Basis for Opinion

We  conducted  our  audit  of  the  consolidated  financial  statements  in  accordance  with  the  Standards  on  Auditing  (SAs),  as  specified  under 

section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the ‘Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the 

Consolidated Financial Statements’ section of our report. We are independent of the Group in accordance with the ‘Code of Ethics’ issued by 

the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements 

under  the  provisions  of  the  Act  and  the  Rules  thereunder,  and  we  have  fulfilled  our  other  ethical  responsibilities  in  accordance  with  these 

requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for 

our audit opinion on the consolidated financial statements.

Key Audit Matters

Key  audit  matters  are  those  matters  that,  in  our  professional  judgment,  were  of  most  significance  in  our  audit  of  the  consolidated  financial 

statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2019. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial 

statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. For each matter below, 

our description of how our audit addressed the matter is provided in that context. 

We  have  determined  the  matters  described  below  to  be  the  key  audit  matters  to  be  communicated  in  our  report.  We  have  fulfilled  the 

responsibilities described in the ‘Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements’ section of our report, including 

in  relation  to  these  matters.  Accordingly,  our  audit  included  the  performance  of  procedures  designed  to  respond  to  our  assessment  of  the 

risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements. The results of audit procedures performed by us and by other auditors 

of components not audited by us, as reported by them in their audit reports furnished to us by the management, including those procedures 

performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinion on the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

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Key audit matters

How our audit addressed the key audit matter

Identification of Non-performing advances and provisioning of advances:

Advances  constitute  a  significant  portion  of  the 

The audit procedures performed, among others, included:

Group’s  assets  and  the  quality  of  these  advances 

is  measured  in  terms  of  ratio  of  Non-Performing 

Advances  (“NPA”)  to  the  gross  advances  of  the 

Group. The Group’s net advances constitute 67.24% 

of the total assets as at March 31, 2019.

The  Reserve  Bank  of 

India’s 

(“RBI”)  guidelines 

on 

Income 

recognition  and  asset  classification 

(“IRAC”)  prescribe 

the  prudential  norms 

for 

identification  and  classification  of  NPAs  and  the 

-  Considering  the  Group’s  policies  for  NPA  identification  and  provisioning  and 

assessing compliance with the IRAC Norms.

-  Understanding, evaluating and testing the design and operating effectiveness of key 

controls (including application controls) around identification of impaired accounts 

based on the extant guidelines on IRAC. 

-  Performing  other  procedures  including  substantive  audit  procedures  covering  the 

identification of NPAs by the Bank. These procedures included:

-  Considering testing of the exception reports generated from the application systems 

minimum  provision 

required 

for  such  assets.  

where the advances have been recorded.

The Group is also required to apply its judgement to 

determine  the  identification  and  provision  required 

against  NPAs  by  applying  quantitative  as  well  as 

qualitative factors. The risk of identification of NPAs is 

-  Considering the accounts reported by the Bank and other Banks as Special Mention 

Accounts (“SMA”) in RBI’s central repository of information on large credits (CRILC) 

to identify stress.

affected by factors like stress and liquidity concerns 

-  Reviewing  account  statements  and  other  related  information  of  the  borrowers 

in certain sectors.

selected based on quantitative and qualitative risk factors.

The  provisioning  for  identified  NPAs  is  estimated 

-  Performing inquiries with the credit and risk departments to ascertain if there were 

based on ageing and classification of NPAs, recovery 

indicators  of  stress  or  an  occurrence  of  an  event  of  default  in  a  particular  loan 

estimates,  value  of  security  and  other  qualitative 

account or any product category which need to be considered as NPA. Examining 

factors  and  is  subject  to  the  minimum  provisioning 

the early warning reports generated by the Bank to identify stressed loan accounts.

norms specified by RBI.

-  Holding  specific  discussions  with  the  management  of  the  Bank  on  sectors  where 

Additionally, the Bank makes provisions on exposures 

there is perceived credit risk and the steps taken to mitigate the risks to identified 

that  are  not  classified  as  NPAs,  including  advances 

sectors. 

in  certain  sectors  and  identified  advances  or  group 

advances that can potentially slip into NPA. These are 

classified as contingency provisions.

The  Group  has  detailed  its  accounting  policy  in 

this  regard  in  Significant  accounting  policies  under 

With respect to provisioning of advances, we performed the following procedures:

-  Gained an understanding of the Group’s process for provisioning of advances.

-  Tested  on  a  sample  basis  the  calculation  performed  by  the  management  for 

compliance with RBI regulations and internally laid down policies for provisioning.

schedule 17 Note D 2 - Advances.

For loan accounts, where the Bank made provisions which were not classified as NPA, 

Since  the  identification  of  NPAs  and  provisioning  for 

advances  require  significant  level  of  estimation  and 

given  its  significance  to  the  overall  audit,  we  have 

ascertained  identification  and  provisioning  for  NPAs 

as a key audit matter.

we reviewed the Bank’s assessment for these provisions.

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Evaluation of open tax litigations (Direct and Indirect Tax)

The  Bank  has  material  open  tax  litigations  including 

-  Gained  an  understanding  of  the  Bank’s  process  for  determining  tax  liabilities  and 

matters  under  dispute  which 

involve  significant 

the tax provisions.

judgment to determine the possible outcome of these 

disputes.

- 

Involved direct and indirect tax specialists to understand the evaluation of likelihood 

and level of liability for significant tax risks after considering legal precedence, other 

Since  the  assessment  of  these  open  tax  litigations 

rulings and new information in respect of open tax positions as at reporting date.

requires  significant  level  of  judgement,  we  have 

included this as a key audit matter.

-  Agreed  underlying 

tax  balances 

to  supporting  documentation, 

including 

correspondence with tax authorities.

-  Assessed the disclosures within the consolidated financial statements in this regard.

Information Technology (“IT”) Systems and Controls

The reliability and security of IT systems plays a key 

-  For testing the IT general controls, application controls and IT dependent manual 

role  in  the  business  operations  of  the  Group.  Since 

controls, we involved IT specialists as part of the audit. The team also assisted in 

large volume of transactions are processed daily, the 

testing the accuracy of the information produced by the IT systems.

IT  controls  are  required  to  ensure  that  applications 

process data as expected and that changes are made 

in  an  appropriate  manner.  These  systems  also  play 

a  key  role  in  the  financial  accounting  and  reporting 

process of the Bank. 

Due  to  the  pervasive  nature  and  complexity  of  the 

IT  environment  we  have  ascertained  IT  systems  and 

controls as a key audit matter.

-  Tested  the  design  and  operating  effectiveness  of  the  Group’s  IT  access  controls 

over  the  information  systems  that  are  critical  to  financial  reporting.  We  tested 

IT  general  controls  (logical  access,  changes  management  and  aspects  of  IT 

operational  controls).  This  included  testing  that  requests  for  access  to  systems 

were appropriately reviewed and authorized.

-  Tested  the  Bank’s  periodic  review  of  access  rights.  We  inspected  requests  of 

changes  to  systems  for  appropriate  approval  and  authorisation.  We  considered 

the  control  environment  relating  to  various  interfaces,  configuration  and  other 

application layer controls identified as key to the audit.

- 

In addition to the above, the design and operating effectiveness of certain automated 

controls that were considered as key internal controls over financial reporting were 

tested.

-  Tested compensating controls or performed alternate procedures, where necessary. 

In addition, understood where relevant, changes made to the IT landscape during 

the audit period and tested those changes that had a significant impact on financial 

reporting.

Information Other than the Consolidated Financial Statements and Auditor’s Report Thereon

The Bank’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Basel 

III  -  Pillar  3  disclosures  and  graphical  representation  of  financial  highlights  (but  does  not  include  the  financial  statements  and  our  auditor’s 

reports thereon) which we obtained prior to the date of this auditor’s report, and Annual Report, which is expected to be made available to us 

after that date.

Our  opinion  on  the  consolidated  financial  statements  does  not  cover  the  other  information  and  we  do  not  express  any  form  of  assurance 

conclusion thereon. 

In connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information identified above and, 

in  doing  so,  consider  whether  such  other  information  is  materially  inconsistent  with  the  consolidated  financial  statements  or  our  knowledge 

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obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed on the other information that 

we have obtained prior to the date of this auditor’s report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are 

required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

When we read the Annual Report, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are required to communicate the matter to 

those Charged with Governance.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Consolidated Financial Statements

The Bank’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and presentation of these consolidated financial statements in terms of the 

requirements of the Act that give a true and fair view of the consolidated financial position, consolidated financial performance, consolidated 

cash flows of the Group in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting  Standards specified 

under section 133 of the Act read Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 in so far as they apply to the Group and the guidelines 

issued by the Reserve Bank of India.

The respective Board of Directors of the companies included in the Group are responsible for maintenance of adequate accounting records 

in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Group and for preventing and detecting frauds and other 

irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

and  the  design,  implementation  and  maintenance  of  adequate  internal  financial  controls,  that  were  operating  effectively  for  ensuring  the 

accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the consolidated financial statements 

that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, which have been used for the purpose of 

preparation of the consolidated financial statements by the Directors of the Bank, as aforesaid.

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, the respective Board of Directors of the companies included in the Group are responsible 

for assessing the ability of the Group to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using 

the  going  concern  basis  of  accounting  unless  management  either  intends  to  liquidate  the  Group  or  to  cease  operations,  or  has  no  realistic 

alternative but to do so.

Those Charged with Governance are also responsible for overseeing the financial reporting process of the Group.

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

Our  objectives  are  to  obtain  reasonable  assurance  about  whether  the  consolidated  financial  statements  as  a  whole  are  free  from  material 

misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of 

assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. 

Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected 

to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We 

also:

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:42)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:71)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:76)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)

perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our 

opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve 

collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. 

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:48)(cid:67)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:1)

Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Bank has adequate internal financial 

controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:38)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:1)

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(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:8)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:72)(cid:80)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1) (cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:13)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)

obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Group to 

continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the 

related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions 

are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group 

to cease to continue as a going concern. 

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:38)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)

consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation. 

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:48)(cid:67)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:71)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:40)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:81)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:88)(cid:73)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)

we  are  the  independent  auditors,  to  express  an  opinion  on  the  consolidated  financial  statements.  We  are  responsible  for  the  direction, 

supervision and performance of the audit of the financial statements of such entities included in the consolidated financial statements of 

which we are the independent auditors. For the other entities included in the consolidated financial statements, which have been audited 

by other auditors, such other auditors remain responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the audits carried out by them. 

We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with those Charged with Governance of the Bank and such other entities included in the consolidated financial statements of 

which we are the independent auditors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, 

including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We  also  provide  those  Charged  with  Governance  with  a  statement  that  we  have  complied  with  relevant  ethical  requirements  regarding 

independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, 

and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those Charged with Governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit 

of the consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended March 31, 2019 and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these 

matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, 

we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be 

expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Other Matter

(a)  We did not audit the financial statements and other financial information, in respect of 2 subsidiaries, whose financial statements include 

total  assets  of  Rs.  571,930,600  (thousands)  as  at  March  31,  2019,  and  total  revenues  of  Rs.  96,231,600  (thousands)  and  net  cash 

inflows of Rs. 1,514,400 (thousands) for the year ended on that date. These financial statement and other financial information have been 

audited by other auditors, which financial statements, other financial information and auditor’s reports have been furnished to us by the 

management. Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, in so far as it relates to the amounts and disclosures included in respect 

of these subsidiaries and our report in terms of sub-sections (3) of Section 143 of the Act, in so far as it relates to the aforesaid subsidiaries, 

is based solely on the reports of such other auditors.

Our  opinion  above  on  the  consolidated  financial  statements,  and  our  report  on  Other  Legal  and  Regulatory  Requirements  below,  is  not 

modified in respect of the above matters with respect to our reliance on the work done and the reports of the other auditors and the financial 

statements and other financial information certified by the Management. 

(b)  The consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended March 31, 2018, included in these consolidated financial statements, 

have been audited by the predecessor auditor who expressed an unmodified opinion on those statements on April 21, 2018. 

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

As  required  by  Section  143(3)  of  the  Act,  based  on  our  audit  and  on  the  consideration  of  report  of  the  other  auditors  on  separate  financial 

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statements and the other financial information of subsidiaries, as noted in the ‘other matter’ paragraph we report, to the extent applicable, that:

(a)  We/the other auditors whose report we have relied upon have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best 

of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit of the aforesaid consolidated financial statements;

(b)  In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law relating to preparation of the aforesaid consolidation of the financial statements 

have been kept so far as it appears from our examination of those books and reports of the other auditors;

(c)  The Consolidated Balance Sheet, the Consolidated Profit and Loss Account and the Consolidated Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this 

Report are in agreement with the books of account maintained for the purpose of preparation of the consolidated financial statements;

(d)  In our opinion, the aforesaid consolidated financial statements comply with the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the 

Act, read with Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014;

(e)  On the basis of the written representations received from the directors of the Bank as on March 31, 2019 taken on record by the Board of 

Directors of the Bank and the reports of the statutory auditors who are appointed under Section 139 of the Act, of its subsidiary companies, 

none of the directors of the Group’s companies is disqualified as on March 31, 2019 from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 

164(2)  of  the  Act.  As  reported  by  the  statutory  auditor  of  a  subsidiary  company,  based  on  the  information  available  on  the  Ministry  of 

Corporate Affairs website, it is understood that a director of a subsidiary company has attracted disqualification under section 164(2) as 

on  March  31,  2019.  The  subsidiary  company  has  represented  to  its  statutory  auditor  that  the  said  director  is  in  disagreement  with  the 

disqualification and has tendered his resignation as a director of the subsidiary company on April 16, 2019.

(f)  With respect to the adequacy and the operating effectiveness of the internal financial controls over financial reporting with reference to these 

consolidated financial statements of the Bank and its subsidiary companies, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure 1” to this report;

(g)  In our opinion, the Bank being a banking company, the remuneration to whole-time directors of the Bank during the year ended March 31, 

2019 has been paid by the Bank in accordance with the provisions of Section 35B (1) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. Based on the 

consideration of reports of other auditors of the subsidiaries, the remuneration paid by subsidiaries to their directors during the current year 

is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act;

(h)  With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) 

Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us and based on the 

consideration of the report of the other auditors on separate financial statements as also the other financial information of the subsidiaries, 

as noted in the ‘Other matter’ paragraph:

i.    The consolidated financial statements disclose the impact of pending litigations on its consolidated financial position of the Group in 

its consolidated financial statements - Refer Schedule 12.1, Schedule 17 Note D 17, and Schedule 18 Note 11(d) to the consolidated 

financial statements; 

ii.   Provision has been made in the consolidated financial statements, as required under the applicable law or accounting standards, for 

material foreseeable losses, if any, on long-term contracts including derivative contracts - Refer Schedule 17 Note D 7 and D 17 and 

Schedule 18 Note 11(d) to the consolidated financial statements in respect of such items as it relates to the Group; 

iii.   There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by the Bank 

and its subsidiaries during the year ended March 31, 2019.

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ANNEXURE  1  TO  THE  INDEPENDENT  AUDITOR’S  REPORT  OF  EVEN  DATE  ON  THE 
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF HDFC BANK LIMTED 

Report on the Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”)

To the Members of HDFC Bank Limited 

In  conjunction  with our audit of the consolidated financial statements of HDFC Bank Limited as of and for the year ended March 31, 2019, 

we  have  audited  the  internal  financial  controls  over  financial  reporting  of  HDFC  Bank  Limited  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  “Bank”)  and  its 

subsidiary companies, which are companies incorporated in India, as of that date. 

Management’s Responsibility for Internal Financial Controls 

The respective Board of Directors of the Bank and its subsidiary companies, which are companies incorporated in India, are responsible for 

establishing  and  maintaining  internal  financial  controls  based  on  the  internal  control  over  financial  reporting  criteria  established  by  the  Bank 

considering  the  essential  components  of  internal  control  stated  in  the  Guidance  Note  on  Audit  of  Internal  Financial  Controls  Over  Financial 

Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.  These responsibilities include the design, implementation and maintenance 

of adequate internal financial controls that were operating effectively for ensuring the orderly and efficient conduct of its business, including 

adherence to the respective company’s policies, the safeguarding of its assets, the prevention and detection of frauds and errors, the accuracy 

and completeness of the accounting records, and the timely preparation of reliable financial information, as required under the Act. 

Auditor’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Bank’s internal financial controls over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted 

our audit in accordance with the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting (the “Guidance Note”) and the 

Standards on Auditing, both, issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and deemed to be prescribed under section 143(10) of the 

Act, to the extent applicable to an audit of internal financial controls.  Those Standards and the Guidance Note require that we comply with 

ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether adequate internal financial controls over 

financial reporting were established and maintained and if such controls operated effectively in all material respects.

Our audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the adequacy of the internal financial controls system over financial 

reporting and their operating effectiveness. Our audit of internal financial controls over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of 

internal financial controls over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and 

operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including 

the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained and the audit evidence obtained by the other auditors in terms of their reports referred 

to in the Other Matters paragraph below, is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion on the internal financial controls 

system over financial reporting.

Meaning of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting 

A company’s internal financial control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of 

financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 

A  company’s  internal  financial  control  over  financial  reporting  includes  those  policies  and  procedures  that  (1)  pertain  to  the  maintenance  of 

records  that,  in  reasonable  detail,  accurately  and  fairly  reflect  the  transactions  and  dispositions  of  the  assets  of  the  company;  (2)  provide 

reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally 

accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorisations 

of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised 

acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Inherent Limitations of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting

Because  of  the  inherent  limitations  of  internal  financial  controls  over  financial  reporting,  including  the  possibility  of  collusion  or  improper 

management  override  of  controls,  material  misstatements  due  to  error  or  fraud  may  occur  and  not  be  detected.  Also,  projections  of  any 

evaluation of the internal financial controls over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the internal financial control over 

financial reporting may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures 

may deteriorate.

Opinion

In our opinion, the Bank and its subsidiary companies, have, maintained in all material respects, an adequate internal financial controls system 

over financial reporting and such internal financial controls over financial reporting were operating effectively as at March 31, 2019, based on 

the internal control over financial reporting criteria established by the Bank considering the essential components of internal control stated in 

the Guidance Note on Audit of Internal Financial Controls Over Financial Reporting issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

Other Matters

Our  report  under  Section  143(3)(i)  of  the  Act  on  the  adequacy  and  operating  effectiveness  of  the  internal  financial  controls  over  financial 

reporting of the Bank, insofar as it relates to its subsidiary companies, is based on the corresponding reports of the auditors of such subsidiary 

companies.  

Mumbai 

April 20, 2019 

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Chartered Accountants 

Firm’s Registration No.: 301003E/E300005

per Sudhir Soni

Partner

Membership No.: 41870

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

As at March 31, 2019

CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES

Capital

Reserves and surplus

Minority interest

Deposits

Borrowings

Other liabilities and provisions

ASSETS

Cash and balances with Reserve Bank of India

Balances with banks and money at call and short notice

Investments

Advances

Fixed assets

Other assets

Contingent liabilities

Bills for collection

As at

` in ‘000

 As at 

Schedule

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

1

2

2A

3

4

5

 5,446,613  

 5,190,181 

 1,531,279,982 

 1,090,801,062 

 5,017,945 

 3,563,322 

 9,225,026,779 

 7,883,751,419 

 1,577,327,790 

 1,564,420,848 

 583,957,956 

 484,134,863 

Total

 12,928,057,065 

 11,031,861,695 

6

7

8

9

10

11

 468,045,896 

 1,046,882,074 

 350,130,527 

 183,733,488 

 2,869,176,781 

 2,384,609,240 

 8,692,226,631 

 7,000,338,363 

 42,198,371 

 38,105,583 

 506,278,859 

 378,192,947 

Total

 12,928,057,065 

 11,031,861,695 

12

 10,251,253,094 

 8,757,769,674 

 499,528,010 

 427,538,250 

Significant accounting policies and notes to the Consolidated financial 

statements

17 & 18

The schedules referred to above form an integral part of the Consolidated 

Balance Sheet

As per our report of even date.

For and on behalf of the Board

For S. R. BATLIBOI & CO. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 301003E/E300005

Shyamala Gopinath 

Aditya Puri  

Chairperson

Managing Director

per Sudhir Soni
Partner
Membership No.: 41870

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

Kaizad Bharucha 

Executive Director

Santosh Haldankar 

Sashidhar Jagdishan 

Vice President (Legal) 

Chief Financial Officer

& Company Secretary

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

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CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT 

For the year ended March 31, 2019

I

INCOME
Interest earned
Other income

II  EXPENDITURE

Interest expended
Operating expenses
Provisions and contingencies 

III PROFIT

Net profit for the year
Less: Minority interest
Add: Share in profits of associates
Consolidated profit for the year 
Balance in the Profit and Loss Account brought forward

IV  APPROPRIATIONS

Transfer to Statutory Reserve
Tax (including cess) on dividend
Dividend (including tax / cess thereon) pertaining to previous year paid 
during the year, net of dividend tax credits
Transfer to General Reserve
Transfer to Capital Reserve
Transfer to / (from) Investment Reserve Account
Transfer to / (from) Investment Fluctuation Reserve
Balance carried over to Balance Sheet

V EARNINGS PER EQUITY SHARE (Face value ` 2 per share)

Basic 
Diluted 
Significant accounting policies and notes to the 
Consolidated financial statements
The schedules referred to above form an integral part of the Consolidated 

Profit and Loss Account.

As per our report of even date.

For and on behalf of the Board

Year ended
31-Mar-19

 1,051,607,400 
 189,470,509 
 1,241,077,909 

 537,126,876 
 276,947,604 
 202,547,300 
 1,016,621,780 

 224,456,129 
 1,131,820 
 -   
 223,324,309 
 430,989,822 
 654,314,131 

` in ‘000
 Year ended
31-Mar-18

 852,878,437 
 160,566,041 
 1,013,444,478 

 423,814,803 
 239,272,220 
 164,749,045 
 827,836,068 

 185,608,410 
 513,389 
 5,221 
 185,100,242 
 345,323,284 
 530,423,526 

 54,997,602 
 433,081 

 45,620,310 
 507,653 

 40,525,854 

 33,905,804 

 21,078,165 
 1,053,354 
 -   
 7,730,000 
 528,496,075 
 654,314,131 
 ` 
 83.33 
 82.51 

 17,486,728 
 2,355,227 
 (442,018)

 -   
 430,989,822 
 530,423,526 
 ` 
 71.73 
 70.76 

Schedule

13
14
Total

15
16

Total

Total

Total

17 & 18

For S. R. BATLIBOI & CO. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 301003E/E300005

Shyamala Gopinath 

Aditya Puri  

Chairperson

Managing Director

per Sudhir Soni
Partner
Membership No.: 41870

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

Kaizad Bharucha 

Executive Director

Santosh Haldankar 

Sashidhar Jagdishan 

Vice President (Legal) 

Chief Financial Officer

& Company Secretary

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

For the year ended March 31, 2019

Cash flows from operating activities

Consolidated profit before income tax 

 342,049,793 

 284,131,068 

` in ‘000

Year ended 

Year ended 

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

Adjustments for:

Depreciation on fixed assets

(Profit) / loss on revaluation of investments

Amortisation of premia on held to maturity investments

(Profit) / loss on sale of fixed assets

Provision / charge for non performing assets

Provision for dimunition in value of investments

Provision for standard assets

Contingency provisions

Share in current year's profits of associates

Adjustments for:

 12,206,675 

 9,667,819 

 152,437 

 1,570,448 

 4,534,626 

 3,599,102 

 (62,054)

 11,833 

 74,186,708 

 57,553,339 

 47,066 

 308,075 

 6,861,413 

 6,575,746 

 4,991,092 

 3,961,191 

 -   

 (5,221)

 444,967,756 

 367,373,400 

(Increase) / decrease in investments (excluding investments in subsidiaries)

 (489,301,670)

 (282,310,524)

(Increase) / decrease in advances

Increase / (decrease) in deposits

(Increase) / decrease in other assets

 (1,766,074,976)

 (1,203,053,719)

 1,341,275,360 

 1,452,408,940 

 (122,449,924)

 52,336,433 

Increase / (decrease) in other liabilities and provisions 

 87,851,107 

 (114,511,772)

Direct taxes paid (net of refunds)

 (503,732,347)

 272,242,758 

 (124,983,100)

 (100,098,994)

Net cash flow (used in) / from operating activities

 (628,715,447)

 172,143,764 

Cash flows used in investing activities

Purchase of fixed assets 

Proceeds from sale of fixed assets

Investment in subsidiaries and / or joint ventures

 (16,206,124)

 (8,477,746)

 222,037 

 99,204 

 -   

 (143,331)

Net cash flow used in investing activities

 (15,984,087)

 (8,521,873)

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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT

For the year ended March 31, 2019

Cash flows from financing activities

Increase in minority interest

Proceeds from issue of equity shares under preferential allotment

Proceeds from issue of shares under Qualified Institutions Placement and American 

Depository Receipt offering (net of issue expenses)

` in ‘000

Year ended 

 Year ended 

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

 1,454,623 

 666,553 

 84,999,999 

 150,896,153 

 -   

 -   

Money received on exercise of stock options by employees

 22,008,150 

 27,259,098 

Increase / (decrease) in borrowings (excluding subordinate debt, perpetual debt and 

upper Tier II instruments)

 32,656,942 

 498,214,409 

Proceeds from issue of Additional Tier I and Tier II Capital Bonds

 9,000,000 

 102,800,000 

Redemption of subordinated debt

Dividend paid during the year

Tax on dividend paid during the year

Net cash flow from financing activities

Effect of exchange fluctuation on translation reserve

 (28,750,000)

 (20,750,000)

 (33,842,896)

 (28,312,716)

 (7,116,039)

 (6,100,741)

 231,306,932 

 573,776,603 

 953,463 

 105,872 

Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 (412,439,139)

 737,504,366 

Cash and cash equivalents as at April 1st, 2018

Cash and cash equivalents as at March 31st, 2019

 1,230,615,562 

 493,111,196 

 818,176,423 

 1,230,615,562 

As per our report of even date.

For and on behalf of the Board

For S. R. BATLIBOI & CO. LLP
Chartered Accountants
Firm Registration No. 301003E/E300005

Shyamala Gopinath 

Aditya Puri  

Chairperson

Managing Director

per Sudhir Soni
Partner
Membership No.: 41870

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

Kaizad Bharucha 

Executive Director

Santosh Haldankar 

Sashidhar Jagdishan 

Vice President (Legal) 

Chief Financial Officer

& Company Secretary

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

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SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 1 - CAPITAL
Authorised capital
3,25,00,00,000 (31 March, 2018: 3,25,00,00,000) Equity Shares of ` 2/- each 
Issued, subscribed and paid-up capital
2,72,33,06,610 (31 March, 2018: 2,59,50,90,267) Equity Shares of ` 2/- each 

SCHEDULE 2 - RESERVES AND SURPLUS
I

Statutory reserve
Opening balance
Additions during the year

II

III

IV 

V

VI 

VII

VIII

IX

General reserve
Opening balance
Additions during the year

Balance in profit and loss account

Share premium account
Opening balance
Additions during the year
Deductions during the year [Refer Schedule 18 (4)]

Amalgamation reserve
Opening balance
Additions during the year

Capital reserve
Opening balance
Additions during the year

Investment reserve account
Opening balance
Additions during the year
Deductions during the year

Investment fluctuation reserve 
Opening balance
Additions during the year

Foreign currency translation account
Opening balance
Additions / (deductions) during the year

As at
31-Mar-19

` in ‘000
 As at 
31-Mar-18

 6,500,000 

 6,500,000 

 5,446,613 

 5,446,613 

 5,190,181 

 5,190,181 

 233,323,511 
 54,997,602 
 288,321,113 

 89,405,878 
 21,078,165 
 110,484,043 

 187,703,201 
 45,620,310 
 233,323,511 

 71,919,150 
 17,486,728 
 89,405,878 

 528,496,075 

 430,989,822 

 311,945,097 
 258,422,941 
 (1,262,858)
 569,105,180 

 284,751,089 
 27,194,008 
 -   
 311,945,097 

 10,635,564 
 -   
 10,635,564 

 14,355,910 
 1,053,354 
 15,409,264 

 -   
 162,237 
 (162,237)
 -   

 -   
 7,730,000 
 7,730,000 

 145,280 
 953,463 
 1,098,743 

 10,635,564 
 -   
 10,635,564 

 12,000,683 
 2,355,227 
 14,355,910 

 442,018 
 45,086 
 (487,104)
 -   

 -   
 -   
 -   

 39,408 
 105,872 
 145,280 

 1,531,279,982 

 1,090,801,062 

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

Total

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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 2A - MINORITY INTEREST
Minority interest at the date on which parent subsidiary relationship came into 

existence
Subsequent increase

Includes reserves of Employee Welfare Trust of ` 142.75 crore (previous year:   
` 76.78 crore)

SCHEDULE 3 - DEPOSITS

A

I

 Demand deposits

(i)  

(ii)

From banks

From others

II

III

I

II

B

Savings bank deposits

Term deposits

(i)

(ii)

From banks

From others

Deposits of branches in India

Deposits of branches outside India

SCHEDULE 4 - BORROWINGS

I 

Borrowings in India 

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

Reserve Bank of India

Other banks

Other institutions and agencies

Upper and lower Tier II capital and innovative perpetual debts   

Bonds and Debentures (excluding subordinated debt)

II

Borrowings outside India

 Secured borrowings included in I & II above: ` 32,819.98 crore (previous year:   
` 27,269.82 crore) other than borrowings of ` 17,400.00 crore (March 31, 2018:   
` 14,239.95 crore) under Collateralised Borrowing and Lending Obligation and 
transactions under Liquidity Adjustment Facility and Marginal Standing Facility.

SCHEDULE 5 - OTHER LIABILITIES AND PROVISIONS
I
II
III
IV 

Bills payable
Interest accrued
Others (including provisions)
Contingent provisions against standard assets

191

As at
31-Mar-19

       ` in ‘000 
 As at
31-Mar-18

 276,029 

 276,029 

Total

 4,741,916 
 5,017,945 

 3,287,293 
 3,563,322 

 34,189,112 

 27,237,788 

 1,386,120,241 

 1,162,864,325 

Total

 1,420,309,353 

 1,190,102,113 

 2,487,001,601 

 2,237,968,679 

 60,287,319 

 72,775,645 

 5,257,428,506 

 4,382,904,982 

Total

Total

 5,317,715,825 

 4,455,680,627 

 9,225,026,779 

 7,883,751,419 

 9,167,385,012 

 7,843,931,322 

 57,641,767 

 39,820,097 

Total

 9,225,026,779 

 7,883,751,419 

 174,000,000 

 145,278,089 

 325,310,645 

 211,320,000 

 381,110,476 

 138,000,000 

 168,280,179 

 371,460,868 

 231,070,000 

 290,528,000 

Total

 1,237,019,210 

 1,199,339,047 

 340,308,580 

 365,081,801 

Total

 1,577,327,790 

 1,564,420,848 

 70,403,952 
 82,477,845 
 392,586,642 
 38,489,517 
 583,957,956 

 82,217,908 
 66,759,768 
 303,545,722 
 31,611,465 
 484,134,863 

Total

      
    
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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 6 - CASH AND BALANCES WITH RESERVE BANK OF INDIA

I

II

Cash in hand (including foreign currency notes)

Balances with Reserve Bank of India:

(a)

(b) 

In current accounts

In other accounts

SCHEDULE  7 - BALANCES WITH BANKS AND MONEY AT CALL AND SHORT NOTICE

I  

In India

(i)

Balances with banks:

(a)

(b)

In current accounts

In other deposit accounts

(ii)

Money at call and short notice:

(a) With banks

(b) With other institutions

II

Outside India

(i)

(ii)

In current accounts 

In deposit accounts

(iii) Money at call and short notice 

SCHEDULE 8 - INVESTMENTS

A

Investments in India in

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

Government securities

Other approved securities

Shares

Debentures and bonds

Others (Units, CDs, CPs, PTCs and security receipts)

B 

Investments outside India in

As at

` in ‘000  

 As at

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

 74,324,614 

 75,500,625 

 391,721,282 

 364,381,449 

 2,000,000 

 607,000,000 

Total

Total

 393,721,282 

 971,381,449 

 468,045,896 

 1,046,882,074 

Total

Total

Total

 3,458,949 

 4,242,945 

 7,701,894 

 8,734,805 

 2,091,212 

 10,826,017 

 18,000,000 

 -   

 77,213,500 

 45,018,623 

 95,213,500 

 45,018,623 

 102,915,394 

 55,844,640 

 83,970,273 

 26,124,304 

 2,863,017 

 6,191,625 

 160,381,843 

 95,572,919 

Total

Total

 247,215,133 

 127,888,848 

 350,130,527 

 183,733,488 

 2,396,593,098 

 1,883,648,036 

 -   

 -   

 4,095,538 

 1,396,772 

 277,328,845 

 336,681,684 

 176,107,269 

 147,405,912 

Total

 2,854,124,750 

 2,369,132,404 

  (i)   Government securities (including Local Authorities)

 7,236,612 

 4,218,786 

  (ii)  Other investments

(a) Shares

(b) Debentures and bonds

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 28,375 

 7,780,395 

 11,229,675 

 15,052,031 

 15,476,836 

 2,869,176,781 

 2,384,609,240 

Total

Total

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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 9 - ADVANCES
A 

(i)
(ii)
(iii)

Bills purchased and discounted
Cash credits, overdrafts and loans repayable on demand
Term loans

B 

(i)
(ii) 
(iii)

Secured by tangible assets*
Covered by bank / government guarantees
Unsecured

* Including advances against book debts

C

I

C

II

Advances in India
(i)
(ii) 
(iii)
(iv)

Priority sector
Public sector
Banks
Others

Advances outside India
(i)
(ii)

Due from banks
Due from others
(a)
(b)
(c)

Bills purchased and discounted
Syndicated loans
Others

(Advances are net of provisions)

SCHEDULE 10 - FIXED ASSETS

A

Premises (including land)

Gross block

At cost on 31 March of the preceding year

Additions during the year

Deductions during the year

Depreciation

As at 31 March of the preceding year

Charge for the year

On deductions during the year

Net block

193

As at
31-Mar-19

 320,438,660 
 2,022,142,263 
 6,349,645,708 
 8,692,226,631 

 6,085,438,502 
 278,716,962 
 2,328,071,167 
 8,692,226,631 

` in ‘000 
 As at
31-Mar-18

 216,592,055 
 1,681,643,640 
 5,102,102,668 
 7,000,338,363 

 5,042,641,201 
 191,682,760 
 1,766,014,402 
 7,000,338,363 

 2,213,382,045 
 270,921,248 
 9,754,795 
 5,948,342,204 
 8,442,400,292 

 1,765,302,486 
 137,708,318 
 8,357,208 
 4,885,715,328 
 6,797,083,340 

 35,655,221 

 33,046,352 

 860,526 
 16,686,474 
 196,624,118 
 249,826,339 
 8,692,226,631 

 1,052,278 
 18,265,990 
 150,890,403 
 203,255,023 
 7,000,338,363 

Total

Total

Total

Total
Total

 17,285,825 

 16,384,648 

 1,079,471 

 (106,705)

 978,572 

 (77,395)

Total  

 18,258,591 

 17,285,825 

 5,321,464 

 4,798,856 

 584,394 

 (89,465)

 597,187 

 (74,579)

Total  

 5,816,393 

 5,321,464 

 12,442,198 

 11,964,361 

     
     
    
   
             
                               
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As at March 31, 2019

B

Other fixed assets (including furniture and fixtures)

Gross block

At cost on 31 March of the preceding year

Additions during the year

Deductions during the year

Depreciation

As at 31 March of the preceding year

Charge for the year

On deductions during the year

Net block

C

Assets on lease (plant and machinery)

Gross block

At cost on 31 March of the preceding year

Additions during the year

Depreciation

As at 31 March of the preceding year

Charge for the year

Lease adjustment account

As at 31 March of the preceding year

Charge for the year

Unamortised cost of assets on lease

SCHEDULE 11 - OTHER ASSETS

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Interest accrued

Advance tax / tax deducted at source (net of provisions)

Stationery and stamps

Non banking assets acquired in satisfaction of claims

Bond and share application money pending allotment

Security deposit for commercial and residential property

VII

Others*

*Includes deferred tax asset (net) of ` 4,620.68 crore (previous year: ` 3,532.07 
crore), goodwill of ` 148.79 crore (previous year: ` 148.79 crore) and deposits placed 

with NABARD / SIDBI / NHB on account of shortfall in lending to priority sector of 
` 10,832.25 crore (previous year: ` 13,357.25 crore)

As at
31-Mar-19

 92,109,943 

 15,385,650 

 (1,647,235)

Total  

 105,848,358 

 65,968,721 

 11,627,195 

 (1,503,731)

 76,092,185 

 29,756,173 

Total  

` in ‘000 
 As at
31-Mar-18

 84,574,310 

 8,752,421 

 (1,216,788)

 92,109,943 

 58,013,105 

 9,071,123 

 (1,115,507)

 65,968,721 

 26,141,222 

 4,546,923 

 4,546,923 

 -   

 -   

Total 

 4,546,923 

 4,546,923 

 4,104,467 

 4,104,467 

 -   

 -   

Total  

 4,104,467 

 4,104,467 

 442,456 

 442,456 

 -   

 -   

Total

 442,456 

 442,456 

 -   

 -   

Total  

 42,198,371 

38,105,583

 118,544,724 

 19,546,668 

 345,677 

 -   

 146,197 

 5,293,406 

 90,775,781 

 18,304,321 

 333,306 

 -   

 -   

 5,167,669 

 362,402,187 

 263,611,870 

Total

 506,278,859 

 378,192,947 

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As at March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 12 - CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

As at

` in ‘000 

 As at

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

Claims against the bank not acknowledged as debts - taxation

 12,612,813 

 11,359,710 

Claims against the bank not acknowledged as debts - others

 1,255,424 

 1,985,622 

Liability on account of outstanding forward exchange contracts

 5,561,859,469 

 4,344,675,713 

Liability on account of outstanding derivative contracts

 3,639,008,146 

 3,482,687,822 

I  

II 

III 

IV 

V 

Guarantees given on behalf of constituents 

- in India

- outside India

VI

Acceptances, endorsements and other obligations

VII  Other items for which the Bank is contingently liable

SCHEDULE 13 - INTEREST EARNED

I

Interest / discount on advances / bills

II 

Income from investments

III 

Interest on balance with RBI and other inter-bank funds

IV

Others

SCHEDULE 14 - OTHER INCOME

I    Commission, exchange and brokerage

II   Profit / (loss) on sale of investments (net)

III 

Profit / (loss) on revaluation of investments (net)

IV  Profit / (loss) on sale of building and other assets (net)

V 

Profit / (loss) on exchange / derivative transactions (net)

VI Miscellaneous income

195

 536,870,994 

 448,741,092 

 752,190 

 557,296 

 475,617,760 

 395,452,699 

 23,276,298 

 72,309,720 

Total

 10,251,253,094 

 8,757,769,674 

 837,361,574 

 676,589,047 

 199,247,497 

 162,297,863 

 6,606,217 

 5,406,186 

 8,392,112 

 8,585,341 

Total

 1,051,607,400 

 852,878,437 

 149,313,053 

 122,935,083 

 5,735,619 

 11,005,345 

 (152,437)

 (1,570,448)

 62,054 

 (11,833)

 17,203,935 

 15,234,978 

 17,308,285 

 12,972,916 

Total

 189,470,509 

 160,566,041 

SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 15 - INTEREST EXPENDED

I 

II

III

Interest on deposits

Interest on RBI / inter-bank borrowings

Other interest

SCHEDULE 16 - OPERATING EXPENSES

I

Payments to and provisions for employees

II    

Rent, taxes and lighting

III   

Printing and stationery

IV 

V 

VI 

VII 

VIII

IX

X   

XI 

XII

Advertisement and publicity

Depreciation on bank's property

Directors' fees / remuneration, allowances and expenses

Auditors' fees and expenses

Law charges

Postage, telegram, telephone etc.

Repairs and maintenance

Insurance

Other expenditure*

` in ‘000 

Year ended

Year ended

31-Mar-19

31-Mar-18

 410,442,557 

 327,540,435 

 124,978,211 

 95,426,124 

 1,706,108 

 848,244 

Total

 537,126,876 

 423,814,803 

 104,511,480 

 91,939,035 

 15,775,363 

 15,231,599 

 5,261,700 

 4,821,103 

 1,593,970 

 1,719,205 

 12,206,675 

 9,667,819 

 35,988 

 36,230 

 32,496 

 26,301 

 1,419,023 

 1,648,413 

 4,490,653 

 4,850,740 

 12,835,334 

 13,149,745 

 10,424,807 

 8,286,960 

 108,356,381 

 87,898,804 

Total

 276,947,604 

 239,272,220 

*Includes professional fees, commission to sales agents, card and merchant acquiring expenses and 

system management fees.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

SCHEDULE 17 -  Significant  accounting  policies  appended  to  and  forming  part  of  
year  ended  

the 

for 

the  consolidated  financial  statements 
March 31, 2019

A  Background

HDFC Bank Limited (‘HDFC Bank’ or ‘the Bank’), incorporated in Mumbai, India is a publicly held banking company engaged in providing 

a range of banking and financial services including retail banking, wholesale banking and treasury operations. The Bank is governed by 

the  Banking  Regulation  Act,  1949  and  the  Companies  Act,  2013.  The  Bank  has  overseas  branch  operations  in  Bahrain,  Hong  Kong, 

Dubai  and  Offshore  Banking  Unit  at  International  Financial  Service  Centre  (IFSC),  at  GIFT  City,  Gandhinagar  in  Gujarat.  The  financial 

accounting systems of the Bank are centralised and, therefore, accounting returns are not required to be submitted by branches of the 

Bank. 

HDB  Financial  Services  Limited  (HDBFSL)  and  HDFC  Securities  Limited  (HSL)  are  subsidiaries  of  the  Bank.  HDBFSL  is  a  non-deposit 

taking non-banking finance company. HSL is a financial services provider along with broking as a core product.

B  Principles Of Consolidation

The  consolidated  financial  statements  comprise  the  financial  statements  of  the  Bank  and  its  subsidiaries  constituting  the  ‘Group’.  

The corresponding consolidated financial statement of pervious year also include the ‘Group’s’ share of profits in an associate.

The Bank consolidates its subsidiaries in accordance with Accounting Standard (‘AS’) 21, Consolidated Financial Statements, specified 

under  Section  133  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013,  on  a  line-by-line  basis  by  adding  together  the  like  items  of  assets,  liabilities,  income 

and expenditure. Capital reserve / Goodwill on consolidation represent the difference between the Bank’s share in the net worth of the 

subsidiary and the cost of acquisition at the time of making the investment in the subsidiary. Further, the Bank accounts for investments 

in associates under equity method of accounting in accordance with AS-23, Accounting for Investments in Associates in Consolidated 

Financial Statements, specified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013.

C  Basis Of Preparation

The  consolidated  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  and  presented  under  the  historical  cost  convention  and  accrual  basis  of 

accounting, unless otherwise stated and are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in India (‘GAAP’), statutory 

requirements prescribed under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, circulars and guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) 

from time to time, Accounting Standards (‘AS’) specified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 read together with paragraph 7 

of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and the Companies (Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016, in so far as they apply 

to banks.

Use of estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the management to make estimates and necessary 

assumptions in the reported amounts of assets and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as of the date of the financial statements 

and  the  reported  income  and  expenses  for  the  reporting  period.  Management  believes  that  the  estimates  used  in  the  preparation  of 

the  financial  statements  are  prudent  and  reasonable.  Actual  results  could  differ  from  these  estimates.  Any  revision  in  the  accounting 

estimates is recognised prospectively in the current and future periods.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Basis of consolidation 

The consolidated financial statements present the accounts of HDFC Bank Limited with its following subsidiaries:

Name

HDFC Securities Limited

HDB Financial Services Limited

HDB Employee Welfare Trust

Relation

Subsidiary

Subsidiary

*

Country of 
incorporation

Ownership 
interest**

India

India

India

97.3%

95.5%

The financial statements of HDBFSL and HSL have been prepared in accordance with notified Indian Accounting Standards (‘Ind-AS’) 

with  effect  from  April  1,  2018.  The  financial  statements  used  for  consolidation  are  special  purpose  financial  statements  prepared  in 

accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in India (‘GAAP’) specified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013 

read together with paragraph 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and the Companies (Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 

2016.

*  

The accounts of HDB Employee Welfare Trust, a trust established for providing general welfare measures such as medical relief 

and educational assistance to the employees of the Bank and their dependents has been entirely consolidated.

**  

Denotes HDFC Bank’s direct interest. 

 During  the  year  ended  March  31,  2018,  the  un-audited  financial  statements  of  an  associate  have  been  drawn  for  the  period 

ended  December  31,  2017.  International  Asset  Reconstruction  Company  Private  limited  ceased  to  be  an  associate  with  effect 

from March 9, 2018 on account of reduction in ownership interest from 29.4% to 19.2%.

During the year ended March 31, 2019 the Bank’s shareholding in HDB Financial Services Limited decreased from 95.9% to 95.5% 

on account of the stock options exercised by minority stakeholders.

During the year ended March 31, 2019 the Bank’s shareholding in HDFC Securities Limited decreased from 97.7% to 97.3% on 

account of the stock options exercised by minority stakeholders.

The audited financial statements of the subsidiary companies, entity controlled by the Bank have been drawn up to the same reporting 

date as that of the Bank, i.e. March 31, 2019.

D  Principal Accounting Policies

1 

Investments

HDFC Bank Limited   

Classification:

In  accordance  with  the  RBI  guidelines  on  investment  classification  and  valuation,  investments  are  classified  on  the  date  of  purchase 

into  “Held  for  Trading”  (‘HFT’),  “Available  for  Sale”  (‘AFS’)  and  “Held  to  Maturity”  (‘HTM’)  categories  (hereinafter  called  “categories”). 

Subsequent shifting amongst the categories is done in accordance with the RBI guidelines. Under each of these categories, investments 

are  further  classified  under  six  groups  (hereinafter  called  “groups”)  -  Government  Securities,  Other  Approved  Securities,  Shares, 

Debentures and Bonds, Investments in Subsidiaries / Joint Ventures and Other Investments. 

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Purchase  and  sale  transactions  in  securities  are  recorded  under  settlement  date  of  accounting,  except  in  the  case  of  equity  shares 

where trade date accounting is followed.

Basis of classification:

Investments that are held principally for resale within 90 days from the date of purchase are classified under HFT category. Investments 

which  the  Bank  intends  to  hold  till  maturity  are  classified  as  HTM  securities.  Investments  in  the  equity  of  subsidiaries  /  joint  ventures 

are categorised as HTM in accordance with the RBI guidelines. Investments which are not classified in either of the above categories 

are classified under AFS category.

Acquisition cost:

Brokerage,  commission,  etc.  and  broken  period  interest  on  debt  instruments  are  recognised  in  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account  and  are 

not included in the cost of acquisition.

Disposal of investments:

Profit  /  Loss  on  sale  of  investments  under  the  aforesaid  three  categories  is  recognised  in  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account.  Cost  of 

investments  is  based  on  the  weighted  average  cost  method.  The  profit  from  sale  of  investment  under  HTM  category,  net  of  taxes 

and  transfer  to  statutory  reserve  is  appropriated  from  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account  to  “Capital  Reserve”  in  accordance  with  the  RBI 

Guidelines.

Short sale:

The  Bank  undertakes  short  sale  transactions  in  Central  Government  dated  securities  in  accordance  with  RBI  guidelines.  

The  short  position  is  categorised  under  HFT  category  and  netted  off  from  investments  in  the  Balance  Sheet.  The  short  position  is 

marked to market and loss, if any, is charged to the Profit and Loss Account while gain, if any, is ignored. Profit / Loss on settlement 

of the short position is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

Valuation:

Investments classified under AFS and HFT categories are marked to market as per the RBI guidelines.

Traded investments are valued based on the trades / quotes on the recognised stock exchanges, price list of RBI or prices declared by 

Primary Dealers Association of India (‘PDAI’) jointly with Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association (‘FIMMDA’) / Financial 

Benchmarks India Pvt Ltd. (‘FBIL’), periodically. 

The market value of unquoted government securities which qualify for determining the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (‘SLR’) included in the 

AFS and HFT categories is computed as per the Yield-to-Maturity (‘YTM’) rates published by FIMMDA / FBIL. 

The  valuation  of  other  unquoted  fixed  income  securities  (viz.  State  Government  securities,  other  approved  securities,  bonds  and 

debentures)  and  preference  shares,  is  done  with  a  mark-up  (reflecting  associated  credit  and  liquidity  risk)  over  the  YTM  rates  for 

government securities published by FIMMDA / FBIL. 

Special  bonds  such  as  oil  bonds,  fertilizer  bonds  etc.  which  are  directly  issued  by  Government  of  India  (‘GOI’)  that  do  not  qualify  for 

SLR are also valued by applying the mark-up above the corresponding yield on GOI securities published by FIMMDA / FBIL.

Unquoted equity shares are valued at the break-up value, if the latest Balance Sheet is available or at ` 1 as per the RBI guidelines. 

Units of mutual funds are valued at the latest repurchase price / net asset value declared by the mutual fund. 

Treasury bills, commercial papers and certificate of deposits being discounted instruments, are valued at carrying cost. 

Security receipts are valued as per the net asset value provided by the issuing Asset Reconstruction Company from time to time.

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Investment in unquoted venture capital fund are categorised under HTM category for the initial period of three years and valued at cost. 

Such investment is required to be transferred to AFS thereafter. 

        Pass Through Certificates (‘PTCs’) including Priority Sector-PTCs are valued by using FIMMDA credit spread as applicable for the NBFC 

category, based on the credit rating of the respective PTC over the YTM rates for government securities published by FIMMDA / FBIL. 

Net  depreciation  in  the  value,  if  any,  compared  to  the  acquisition  cost,  in  any  of  the  six  groups,  is  charged  to  the  Profit  and  Loss 

Account. The net appreciation, if any, in any of the six groups is not recognised except to the extent of depreciation already provided. 

The  valuation  of  investments  includes  securities  under  repo  transactions.  The  book  value  of  individual  securities  is  not  changed  after 

the valuation of investments.

Investments classified under HTM category are carried at their acquisition cost and not marked to market. Any premium on acquisition 

is  amortised  over  the  remaining  maturity  period  of  the  security  on  a  constant  yield  to  maturity  basis.  Such  amortisation  of  premium 

is  adjusted  against  interest  income  under  the  head  income  from  investments  as  per  the  RBI  guidelines.  Any  diminution,  other  than 

temporary, in the value of investments in subsidiaries / joint ventures is provided for.

Non-performing investments are identified and depreciation / provision are made thereon based on the RBI guidelines. The depreciation 

/ provision on such non-performing investments are not set off against the appreciation in respect of other performing securities. Interest 

on non-performing investments is not recognised in the Profit and Loss Account until received.

Repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions:

In accordance with the RBI guidelines, repurchase (Repo) and reverse repurchase transactions (Reverse Repo) in government securities 

and corporate debt securities are reflected as borrowing and lending transactions respectively. 

Borrowing  cost  on  repo  transactions  is  accounted  for  as  interest  expense  and  revenue  on  reverse  repo  transactions  is  accounted  for 

as interest income.

HDFC Securities Limited

Investments that are readily realisable and are intended to be held for not more than one year from the date, on which such investments 

are made, are classified as current investments. All other investments are classified as long term investments. Current investments are 

carried at cost or fair value, whichever is lower. Long-term investments are carried at cost. However, provision for diminution is made 

to  recognise  a  decline,  other  than  temporary,  in  the  value  of  the  investments,  such  reduction  being  determined  and  made  for  each 

investment individually.

HDB Financial Services Limited

Investments expected to mature after twelve months are taken as long term / non-current investment and stated at cost. Provision is 

recognised only in case of diminution, which is other than temporary in nature. Investments maturing within three months from the date 

of acquisition are classified as cash equivalents if they are readily convertible into cash. All other investments are recognised as short 

term / current investments and are valued at lower of cost and net realisable value.  

2 

Advances

HDFC Bank Limited

Classification:

Advances  are  classified  as  performing  and  non-performing  based  on  the  RBI  guidelines  and  are  stated  net  of  bills  rediscounted, 

inter-bank  participation  with  risk,  specific  provisions,  interest  in  suspense  for  non-performing  advances,  claims  received  from  Export 

Credit Guarantee Corporation, provisions for funded interest term loan classified as non-performing advances and provisions in lieu of 

diminution in the fair value of restructured assets. Interest on non-performing advances is transferred to an interest suspense account 

and not recognised in the Profit and Loss Account until received.

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Provisioning:

Specific  loan  loss  provisions  in  respect  of  non-performing  advances  are  made  based  on  management’s  assessment  of  the  degree  of 

impairment of wholesale and retail advances, subject to the minimum provisioning level prescribed by the RBI. 

The specific provision levels for retail non-performing assets are also based on the nature of product and delinquency levels. Specific 

loan loss provisions in respect of non-performing advances are charged to the Profit and Loss Account and included under Provisions 

and Contingencies. 

Non-performing advances are written-off in accordance with the Bank’s policies. Recoveries from bad debts written-off are recognised 

in the Profit and Loss Account and included under other income. 

In relation to non-performing derivative contracts, as per the extant RBI guidelines, the Bank makes provision for the entire amount of 

overdue and future receivables relating to positive marked to market value of the said derivative contracts.

The  Bank  maintains  general  provision  for  standard  assets  including  credit  exposures  computed  as  per  the  current  marked  to  market 

values  of  interest  rate  and  foreign  exchange  derivative  contracts  and  gold  in  accordance  with  the  guidelines  and  at  levels  stipulated 

by RBI from time to time. In the case of overseas branches, general provision on standard advances is maintained at the higher of the 

levels stipulated by the respective overseas regulator or RBI. Provision for standard assets is included under other liabilities.

Provisions  made  in  addition  to  the  Bank’s  policy  for  specific  loan  loss  provisions  for  non-performing  assets  and  regulatory  general 

provisions  are  categorised  as  floating  provisions.  Creation  of  floating  provisions  is  considered  by  the  Bank  up  to  a  level  approved  by 

the  Board  of  Directors.  In  accordance  with  the  RBI  guidelines,  floating  provisions  are  used  up  to  a  level  approved  by  the  Board  only 

for contingencies under extraordinary circumstances and for making specific provisions for impaired accounts as per these guidelines 

or any regulatory guidance / instructions. Floating provisions are included under other liabilities.

Further  to  the  provisions  required  to  be  held  according  to  the  asset  classification  status,  provisions  are  held  for  individual  country 

exposures  (other  than  for  home  country  exposure).  Countries  are  categorised  into  risk  categories  as  per  Export  Credit  Guarantee 

Corporation of India Ltd. (‘ECGC’) guidelines and provisioning is done in respect of that country where the net funded exposure is one 

percent or more of the Bank’s total assets. Provision for country risk is included under other liabilities.

In addition to the above, the Bank on a prudent basis makes provisions on advances or exposures which are not NPAs, but has reasons 

to  believe  on  the  basis  of  the  extant  environment  or  specific  information  or  basis  regulatory  guidance  /  instructions,  of  a  possible 

slippage of a specific advance or a group of advances or exposures or potential exposures. These are classified as contingent provisions 

and included under other liabilities. 

The Bank considers a restructured account as one where the Bank, for economic or legal reasons relating to the borrower’s financial 

difficulty,  grants  to  the  borrower  concessions  that  the  Bank  would  not  otherwise  consider.  Restructuring  would  normally  involve 

modification  of  terms  of  the  advance  /  securities,  which  would  generally  include,  among  others,  alteration  of  repayment  period  / 

repayable amount / the amount of instalments / rate of interest (due to reasons other than competitive reasons). Restructured accounts 

are  classified  as  such  by  the  Bank  only  upon  approval  and  implementation  of  the  restructuring  package.  Necessary  provision  for 

diminution in the fair value of a restructured account is made and classification thereof is as per the extant RBI guidelines. Restructuring 

of an account is done at a borrower level.

HDB Financial Services Limited

Classification:

Advances are classified as standard, sub-standard and doubtful assets as per the Company policy approved by the Board. The rates 

applied  for  making  provisions  on  non-performing  advances  are  higher  than  those  required  by  the  relevant  RBI  guidelines.  Interest 

on  non-performing  advances  is  transferred  to  an  interest  suspense  account  and  not  recognised  in  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account  until 

received. Loan assets are recognised on disbursement of loan and in case of new asset financing on the transfer of ownership.

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Provisioning:

The  Company  assesses  all  receivables  for  their  recoverability  and  accordingly  recognises  provision  for  non-performing  and  doubtful 

assets as per approved Company policies and guidelines. The Company ensures provisions made are not lower than as stipulated by 

RBI guidelines.

The Company provides 0.40% on standard assets as stipulated by RBI master direction (RBI/DNBR/2016-17/45 Master Direction DNBR 

PD  008/03.10.119/2016-17)  issued  on  September  1,  2016  Non-Banking  Financial  Company  -  Systematically  Important  Non-Deposit 

taking Company and Deposit taking Company (Reserve Bank) Directions 2016 as amended.

Loan origination costs:

Brokerage, commission, incentive to employee, etc. paid at the time of acquisition of loans are charged to expenses.

3 

Securitisation and transfer of assets

HDFC Bank Limited

The  Bank  securitises  out  its  receivables  to  Special  Purpose  Vehicles  (‘SPVs’)  in  securitisation  transactions.  Such  securitised-out 

receivables  are  de-recognised  in  the  Balance  Sheet  when  they  are  sold  (true  sale  criteria  being  fully  met  with)  and  consideration  is 

received by the Bank. Sales / transfers that do not meet these criteria for surrender of control are accounted for as secured borrowings. 

In respect of receivable pools securitised-out, the Bank provides liquidity and credit enhancements, as specified by the rating agencies, 

in the form of cash collaterals / guarantees and / or by subordination of cash flows in line with RBI guidelines. The Bank also acts as 

a servicing agent for receivable pools securitised-out. 

The  Bank  enters  into  transactions  for  transfer  of  standard  assets  through  the  direct  assignment  of  cash  flows,  which  are  similar  to 

asset-backed securitisation transactions through the SPV route, except that such portfolios of receivables are assigned directly to the 

purchaser and are not represented by Pass Through Certificates (‘PTCs’). 

The  RBI  issued  addendum  guidelines  on  securitisation  of  standard  assets  vide  its  circular  dated  May  7,  2012.  Accordingly,  the  Bank 

does not provide liquidity or credit enhancements on the direct assignment transactions undertaken subsequent to these guidelines. The 

Bank amortises any profit received for every individual securitisation or direct assignment transaction based on the method prescribed 

in these guidelines.

In relation to securitisation transactions undertaken prior to the aforementioned RBI guidelines, including those undertaken through the 

direct assignment route, the Bank continues to amortise the profit / premium that arose on account of sale of receivables over the life 

of the securities sold, in accordance with the RBI guidelines on securitisation of standard assets issued vide its circular dated February 

1, 2006.

Any loss arising on account of sale of receivables is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account for the period in which the sale occurs 

in accordance with the said RBI guidelines.

The Bank transfers advances through inter-bank participation with and without risk. In accordance with the RBI guidelines, in the case 

of participation with risk, the aggregate amount of the participation issued by the Bank is reduced from advances and where the Bank 

is  participating,  the  aggregate  amount  of  the  participation  is  classified  under  advances.  In  the  case  of  participation  without  risk,  the 

aggregate amount of participation issued by the Bank is classified under borrowings and where the Bank is participating, the aggregate 

amount of participation is shown as due from banks under advances.

The  Bank  enters  into  transactions  for  the  sale  or  purchase  of  Priority  Sector  Lending  Certificates  (‘PSLCs’).  In  the  case  of  a  sale 

transaction,  the  Bank  sells  the  fulfilment  of  priority  sector  obligation  and  in  the  case  of  a  purchase  transaction  the  Bank  buys  the 

fulfilment of priority sector obligation through the RBI trading platform. There is no transfer of risks or loan assets. The fee received for 

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the sale of PSLCs is recorded as miscellaneous income and the fee paid for purchase of the PSLCs is recorded as other expenditure 

in Profit and Loss Account. These are amortised over the period of the Certificate.

In  accordance  with  RBI  guidelines  on  sale  of  non-performing  advances,  if  the  sale  is  at  a  price  below  the  net  book  value  (i.e.,  book 

value less provisions held), the shortfall is charged to the Profit and Loss Account and if the sale is for a value higher than the net book 

value, the excess provision is credited to the Profit and Loss Account in the year the amounts are received.

The Bank invests in PTCs issued by other SPVs. These are accounted for at the deal value and are classified as investments. The Bank 

also  buys  loans  through  the  direct  assignment  route  which  are  classified  as  advances.  These  are  carried  at  acquisition  cost  unless  it 

is more than the face value, in which case the premium is amortised over the tenor of the loans. 

HDB Financial Services Limited

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a) 

On receivables being assigned / securtised, the assets are de-recognised as all the rights, title, future receivables & interest 

thereof are assigned to the purchaser.

b) 

Gains  arising  on  assignment  of  receivables  will  be  recognised  at  the  end  of  the  tenure  of  assignment  contract  as  per  the 

RBI guidelines, while loss, if any is recognised upfront.

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a) 

Securitised receivables are de-recognised in the Balance Sheet when they are sold i.e. they meet true sale criteria.

b) 

Gains  arising  out  of  securitisation  of  assets  are  recognised  over  the  tenure  of  the  securities  issued  by  Special  Purpose 

Vehicle Trust (‘SPV’).

c) 

The excess interest spread on the securitisation transactions are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account only when it is 

redeemed in cash by the SPV after adjusting for overdue receivable for more than 90 days. Losses, if any, are recognised 

upfront.

4 

Fixed assets and depreciation 

HDFC Bank Limited

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation as adjusted for impairment, if any. Cost includes cost of purchase and 

all expenditure like site preparation, installation costs and professional fees incurred on the asset before it is ready to use. Subsequent 

expenditure incurred on assets put to use is capitalised only when it increases the future benefit / functioning capability from / of such 

assets. 

Depreciation is charged over the estimated useful life of the fixed asset on a straight-line basis. The management believes that the useful 

life  of  assets  assessed  by  the  Bank,  pursuant  to  the  Companies  Act,  2013,  taking  into  account  changes  in  environment,  changes  in 

technology, the utility and efficacy of the asset in use, fairly reflects its estimate of useful lives of the fixed assets. The estimated useful 

lives of key fixed assets are given below:

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Asset

Owned Premises

Automated Teller Machines (‘ATMs’)

Electrical equipment and installations

Office equipment

Computers

Modems, routers, switches, servers, network and related IT equipment

Motor cars

Furniture and fittings

Estimated useful life as 

Estimated useful 

assessed 

by the Bank

life specified under 

Schedule II of the 

Companies Act, 2013

61 years

10 years

6 to 10 years

3 to 6 years

3 years

3 to 6 years

4 years

16 years

60 years

15 years

10 years

5 years 

3 years

6 years

8 years

10 years

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revised remaining useful life of the said asset.

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HDFC Securities Limited

Tangible  assets  are  stated  at  acquisition  cost,  net  of  accumulated  depreciation  and  accumulated  impairment  losses,  if  any.  Cost 

comprises  purchase  price  and  expenses  directly  attributable  to  bringing  the  asset  to  its  working  condition  for  the  intended  use. 

Subsequent  expenditure  related  to  an  item  of  fixed  asset  are  added  to  its  book  value  only  if  it  increases  the  future  benefits  from  the 

existing asset beyond its previously assessed standard of performance.

Items  of  fixed  assets  that  have  been  retired  from  active  use  and  are  held  for  disposal  are  stated  at  the  lower  of  their  net  book  value 

and net realisable value and are shown separately in the financial statements.

Gains  or  losses  arising  from  disposal  or  retirement  of  tangible  fixed  assets  are  measured  as  the  difference  between  the  net  disposal 

proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and are recognised net, within “Other Income” or “Other Expenses”, as the case maybe, 

in the Profit and Loss Account in the year of disposal or retirement.

Capital  work-in-progress  are  fixed  assets  which  are  not  yet  ready  for  their  intended  use.  Such  assets  are  carried  at  cost  comprising 

direct cost and related incidental expenses.

Depreciation is provided on a pro-rata basis to fully depreciate the assets using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives 

of the assets.

For the following categories of assets, depreciation on tangible fixed assets has been provided on the straight-line method as per the 

useful life prescribed in Schedule II to the Companies Act, 2013:

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SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

Asset

Computer hardware           

Office equipment

Furniture and fixtures

Leasehold improvements

Electricals

Office premises

Estimated useful life

3 years

5 years

10 years

Over the remaining period of the lease

10 years

60 years

For the following categories of assets, the Company has assessed useful life based on technical advice, taking into account the nature 

of the asset, the estimates usage of asset, the operating condition of asset, anticipated technological changes and utility in the business, 

as below:  

Asset

Vehicles

Network & servers

Estimated useful life 

4 years

4 years

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expenditure on making the asset ready for its intended use and net of any trade discounts and rebates. Subsequent expenditure 

on  an  intangible  asset  is  charged  to  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account  as  an  expense  unless  it  is  probable  that  such  expenditure 

will  enable  the  intangible  asset  increase  the  future  benefits  from  the  existing  asset  beyond  its  previously  assessed  standard 

of  performance  and  such  expenditure  can  be  measured  and  attributed  to  the  intangible  asset  reliably,  in  which  case,  such 

expenditure is capitalised.

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assets are not yet ready for their intended use.

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amortisation method are reviewed at least at each reporting date. If the expected useful life of the asset is significantly different 

from previous estimates, the amortisation period is changed accordingly.

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disposal  proceeds  and  the  carrying  amount  of  the  asset  and  recognised  as  income  or  expense  in  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account 

in the year of disposal.

The estimated useful lives of intangible assets used for amortisation are:

Asset

Computer software licenses

Electronic trading platform (Website)

Bombay Stock Exchange card 

Estimated useful life

5 years

5 years

10 years

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SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

HDB Financial Services Limited 

Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment, if any. The cost of fixed assets comprise purchase price 

and any attributable cost of bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use. Subsequent expenditure incurred on assets 

put to use is capitalised only when it increases the future benefit / functioning capability from / of such assets.

Depreciation is charged over the estimated useful life of the fixed assets on a straight line basis in the manner prescribed in Schedule 

II  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013.  The  estimated  lives  used  and  differences  from  the  lives  prescribed  under  Schedule  II  are  noted  in  the 

table below:

Asset

Building

Leasehold improvements

Motor cars

Computers

Furniture and fixtures

Office equipment

Estimated useful life as 

Estimated useful life 

assessed by 

the Company

under Schedule II of 

Companies Act, 2013

60 years 

60 years 

Tenure of lease agreements

Tenure of lease agreements

4 years

2 to 5 years

3 to 7 years

3 years

8 years

3 years

10 years

5 years

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During the year, the Company re-assessed the useful lives of certain computer-related assets, furniture and fixtures and office equipment. 

As a result of the re-assessment, the Company changed the estimated lives from 3 years to a range of 2 to 5 years for computer-related 

assets, from 10 years to a range of 3 to 7 years for furniture and fixtures and from 5 years to 3 years for office equipment. The change 
in estimate resulted in total additional cumulative catch-up depreciation of ` 10.10 crores during the current year. 

Software  and  system  development  expenditure  are  capitalised  at  cost  of  acquisition  including  cost  attributable  to  bring  the  same  in 

working condition and the useful life of the same is estimated of 3 years with zero residual value. Any expenses on such software for 

support and maintenance payable annually are charged to the Profit and Loss Account.

5 

Impairment of assets

The Group assesses at each Balance Sheet date whether there is any indication that an asset may be impaired. Impairment loss, if any, 

is provided in the Profit and Loss Account to the extent the carrying amount of assets exceeds their estimated recoverable amount.

6 

Translation of foreign currency items

HDFC Bank Limited

Foreign currency income and expenditure items of domestic operations are translated at the exchange rates prevailing on the date of 

the transaction. Income and expenditure items of integral foreign operations (representative offices) are translated at the weekly average 

closing rates and of non-integral foreign operations (foreign branches and offshore banking units) at the monthly average closing rates.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Foreign  currency  monetary  items  of  domestic  and  integral  foreign  operations  are  translated  at  the  closing  exchange  rates  notified  by 

Foreign  Exchange  Dealers’  Association  of  India  (‘FEDAI’)  as  at  the  Balance  Sheet  date  and  the  resulting  net  valuation  profit  or  loss 

arising due to a net open position in any foreign currency is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

Both  monetary  and  non-monetary  foreign  currency  assets  and  liabilities  of  non-integral  foreign  operations  are  translated  at  closing 

exchange  rates  notified  by  FEDAI  at  the  Balance  Sheet  date  and  the  resulting  profit  /  loss  arising  from  exchange  differences  are 

accumulated in the Foreign Currency Translation Account until disposal of the non-integral foreign operations in accordance with AS - 

11, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates.

Foreign  currency  denominated  contingent  liabilities  on  account  of  foreign  exchange  and  contracts  derivative,  guarantees,  letters  of 

credit, acceptances and endorsements are reported at closing rates of exchange notified by FEDAI as at the Balance Sheet date.

HDFC Securities Limited

Foreign  currency  transactions  are  recorded  at  the  rates  of  exchange  prevailing  on  the  date  of  the  transaction.  Exchange  differences, 

if any, arising out of transactions settled during the year are recognized in the Profit and Loss Account. Monetary assets and liabilities 

denominated in foreign currencies as at the Balance Sheet date are translated at the closing exchange rate on that date. The exchange 

differences, if any, are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account and related assets and liabilities are accordingly restated in the Balance 

Sheet.

7 

Foreign exchange and derivative contracts 

HDFC Bank Limited

Foreign exchange spot and forward contracts outstanding as at the Balance Sheet date and held for trading, are revalued at the closing 

spot and forward rates respectively as notified by FEDAI and at interpolated rates for contracts of interim maturities. 

The USD-INR rate for valuation of contracts having longer maturities i.e. greater than one year is implied from MIFOR and LIBOR curves.  

For other currency pairs, the forward points (for rates / tenors not published by FEDAI) are obtained from Reuters for valuation of the 

FX deals. As directed by FEDAI to consider P&L on present value basis, the forward profit or loss on the deals are discounted till the 

valuation date using the discounting yields. The resulting profit or loss on valuation is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account. Foreign 

exchange  contracts  are  classified  as  assets  when  the  fair  value  is  positive  (positive  marked  to  market  value)  or  as  liabilities  when  the 

fair value is negative (negative marked to market value).

Foreign exchange forward contracts not intended for trading, that are entered into to establish the amount of reporting currency required 

or available at the settlement date of a transaction and are outstanding at the Balance Sheet date, are effectively valued at the closing 

spot rate. The premia or discount arising at the inception of such forward exchange contract is amortised as expense or income over 

the life of the contract.

The Bank recognises all derivative contracts (other than those designated as hedges) at fair value, on the date on which the derivative 

contracts  are  entered  into  and  are  re-measured  at  fair  value  as  at  the  Balance  Sheet  or  reporting  dates.  Derivatives  are  classified  as 

assets when the fair value is positive (positive marked to market value) or as liabilities when the fair value is negative (negative marked 

to market value). Changes in the fair value of derivatives other than those designated as hedges are recognised in the Profit and Loss 

Account. 

Derivative contracts designated as hedges are not marked to market unless their underlying transaction is marked to market. In respect 

of  derivative  contracts  that  are  marked  to  market,  changes  in  the  market  value  are  recognised  in  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account  in  the 

relevant period. The Bank identifies the hedged item (asset or liability) at the inception of the transaction itself. Hedge effectiveness is 

ascertained at the time of the inception of the hedge and periodically thereafter. Gains or losses arising from hedge ineffectiveness, if 

any, are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

8 

Revenue recognition

HDFC Bank Limited 

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Also in case of domestic advances, where interest is collected on rear end basis, such interest is accounted on receipt basis in 

accordance with the RBI communication.

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interest rate.

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a straight-line basis over the period of contract. Other fees and commission income are recognised when due, where the Bank 

is reasonably certain of ultimate collection. 

HDFC Securities Limited

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the contract.

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case may be, issue of the insurance policy to the applicant.

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stamp duties and other levies by SEBI and stock exchanges.

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financial instrument and the rate applicable.

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HDB Financial Services Limited

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income is recognised upon realisation as per the RBI guidelines. Interest accrued and not realised before the classification of the 

asset as an NPA is reversed and credited to the interest suspense account.

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

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charges, late payment charges, foreclosure charges and application money, which are accounted as and when received.

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9 

Employee benefits

HDFC Bank Limited

Employee Stock Option Scheme (‘ESOS’): 

The  Employee  Stock  Option  Scheme  (‘the  Scheme’)  provides  for  the  grant  of  options  to  acquire  equity  shares  of  the  Bank  to  its 

employees. The options granted to employees vest in a graded manner and these may be exercised by the employees within a specified 

period. 

The  Bank  follows  the  intrinsic  value  method  to  account  for  its  stock-based  employee  compensation  plans.  Compensation  cost  is 

measured  by  the  excess,  if  any,  of  the  market  price  of  the  underlying  stock  over  the  exercise  price  as  determined  under  the  option 

plan. The market price is the closing price on the stock exchange where there is highest trading volume on the working day immediately 

preceding the date of grant. Compensation cost, if any is amortised over the vesting period.

Gratuity:

The Bank provides for gratuity to all employees. The benefit vests upon completion of five years of service and is in the form of lump 

sum  payment  to  employees  on  resignation,  retirement,  death  while  in  employment  or  on  termination  of  employment  of  an  amount 

equivalent  to  15  days  basic  salary  payable  for  each  completed  year  of  service.  The  Bank  makes  contributions  to  funds  administered 

by trustees and managed by insurance companies for amounts notified by the said insurance companies. In respect of erstwhile Lord 

Krishna Bank (‘eLKB’) employees, the Bank makes contribution to a fund set up by eLKB and administered by the Board of Trustees.

The  defined  gratuity  benefit  plans  are  valued  by  an  independent  actuary  as  at  the  Balance  Sheet  date  using  the  projected  unit  credit 

method  as  per  the  requirement  of  AS-15,  Employee  Benefits,  to  determine  the  present  value  of  the  defined  benefit  obligation  and 

the  related  service  costs.  Under  this  method,  the  determination  is  based  on  actuarial  calculations,  which  include  assumptions  about 

demographics, early retirement, salary increases and interest rates. Actuarial gain or loss is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

Superannuation:

Employees  of  the  Bank,  above  a  prescribed  grade,  are  entitled  to  receive  retirement  benefits  under  the  Bank’s  Superannuation  Fund. 

The Bank contributes a sum equivalent to 13% of the employee’s eligible annual basic salary (15% for the whole time directors and for 

certain eligible erstwhile Centurion Bank of Punjab (‘eCBoP’) staff) to insurance companies, which administer the fund. The Bank has 

no liability for future superannuation fund benefits other than its contribution, and recognises such contributions as an expense in the 

year incurred, as such contribution is in the nature of defined contribution.

Provident fund:

In  accordance  with  law,  all  employees  of  the  Bank  are  entitled  to  receive  benefits  under  the  provident  fund.  The  Bank 

contributes  an  amount,  on  a  monthly  basis,  at  a  determined  rate  (currently  12%  of  employee’s  basic  salary).  Of  this,  the 
Bank  contributes  an  amount  equal  to  8.33%  of  employee’s  basic  salary  up  to  a  maximum  salary  level  of  `  15,000/-  per 

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

month,  to  the  Pension  Scheme  administered  by  the  Regional  Provident  Fund  Commissioner  (‘RPFC’).  The  balance  amount 

is  contributed  to  a  fund  set  up  by  the  Bank  and  administered  by  a  Board  of  Trustees.  In  respect  of  eCBoP  employees, 

employer’s  and  employee’s  share  of  contribution  to  Provident  Fund  till  March  2009,  was  administered  by  RPFC  and  from 

April  2009  onwards,  the  same  is  transferred  to  the  fund  set  up  by  the  Bank  and  administered  by  the  Board  of  Trustees.  

In  respect  of  eLKB  employees,  the  Bank  contributes  to  a  fund  set  up  by  eLKB  and  administered  by  a  Board  of  Trustees.  

The Bank recognises such contributions as an expense in the year in which it is incurred. Interest payable to the members of the trust 

shall  not  be  lower  than  the  statutory  rate  of  interest  declared  by  the  Central  Government  under  the  Employees  Provident  Funds  and 

Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 and shortfall, if any, shall be made good by the Bank.

The  guidance  note  on  implementing  AS-15,  Employee  Benefits,  states  that  benefits  involving  employer  established  provident  funds, 

which  require  interest  shortfalls  to  be  provided,  are  to  be  considered  as  defined  benefit  plans.  Actuarial  valuation  of  this  Provident 

Fund interest shortfall is done as per the guidance note issued in this respect by The Institute of Actuaries of India (‘IAI’) and provision 

towards this liability is made.

The  overseas  branches  of  the  Bank  make  contribution  to  the  respective  relevant  government  scheme  calculated  as  a  percentage  of 

the employees’ salaries. The Bank’s obligations are limited to these contributions, which are expensed when due, as such contribution 

is in the nature of defined contribution. 

Leave encashment / Compensated absences:

The Bank does not have a policy of encashing unavailed leave for its employees, except for certain eLKB employees under Indian Banks’ 

Association  (IBA)  structure.  The  Bank  provides  for  leave  encashment  /  compensated  absences  based  on  an  independent  actuarial 

valuation at the Balance Sheet date, which includes assumptions about demographics, early retirement, salary increases, interest rates 

and leave utilisation.

Pension:

In respect of pension payable to certain eLKB employees under IBA structure, which is a defined benefit scheme, the Bank contributes 

10%  of  basic  salary  to  a  pension  fund  set  up  by  the  Bank  and  administered  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  the  balance  amount  is 

provided based on an independent actuarial valuation as at the Balance Sheet date which includes assumptions about demographics, 

early retirement, salary increases and interest rates. 

In respect of certain eLKB employees who had moved to a Cost to Company (‘CTC’) driven compensation structure and had completed 

less  than  15  years  of  service,  the  contribution  which  was  made  until  then,  is  maintained  as  a  fund  and  will  be  converted  into  annuity 

on separation after a lock-in-period of two years. For this category of employees, liability stands frozen and no additional provision is 

required except for interest as applicable to Provident Fund, which is provided for. 

In respect of certain eLKB employees who moved to a CTC structure and had completed service of more than 15 years, pension would 

be paid on separation based on salary applicable as on the date of movement to CTC structure. Provision thereto is made based on 

an independent actuarial valuation as at the Balance Sheet.

New Pension Scheme (‘NPS’):

In respect of employees who opt for contribution to the NPS, the Bank contributes certain percentage of the basic salary of employees 

to  the  aforesaid  scheme,  a  defined  contribution  plan,  which  is  managed  and  administered  by  pension  fund  management  companies. 

The Bank has no liability other than its contribution, and recognises such contributions as an expense in the year incurred.

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HDFC Securities Limited

Short term

Short term employee benefits include salaries and performance incentives.  A liability is recognised for the amount expected to be paid 

under short-term cash bonus or target based incentives if the Company has a present legal or informal obligation to pay this amount 

as  a  result  of  past  service  provided  by  the  employee,  and  the  obligation  can  be  estimated  reliably.  These  costs  are  recognised  as  an 

expense in the Profit and Loss Account at the undiscounted amount expected to be paid over the period of services rendered by the 

employees to the Company.

Long term

The  Company  offers  its  employees  long  term  benefits  by  way  of  defined-contribution  and  defined-benefit  plans,  of  which  some  have 

assets  in  special  funds  or  securities.  The  plans  are  financed  by  the  Company  and  in  the  case  of  some  defined  contribution  plans  by 

the Company along with its employees.

       Defined-contribution plans

These are plans in which the Company pays pre-defined amounts to separate funds and does not have any legal or informal obligation 

to pay additional sums. These comprise of contributions to the National Pension Scheme, Employees’ Provident Fund, Family Pension 

Fund and Superannuation Fund. The Company’s payments to the defined-contribution plans are reported as expenses during the period 

in which the employees perform the services that the payment covers.

Defined-benefit plans

Expenses  for  defined-benefit  gratuity  plan  are  calculated  as  at  the  Balance  Sheet  date  by  an  independent  actuary  in  a  manner  that 

distributes  expenses  over  the  employee’s  working  life.  These  commitments  are  valued  at  the  present  value  of  the  expected  future 

payments, with consideration for calculated future salary increases, using a discount rate corresponding to the interest rate estimated 

by the actuary having regard to the interest rate on government bonds with a remaining term that is almost equivalent to the average 

balance working period of employees. The fair values of the plan assets are deducted in determining the net liability. When the fair value 

of plan assets exceeds the commitments computed as aforesaid, the recognised asset is limited to the net total of any cumulative past 

service costs and the present value of any economic benefits available in the form of reductions in future contributions to the plan. 

Actuarial losses or gains are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account in the year in which they arise.

Other employee benefits

Compensated absences which accrue to employees and which can be carried to future periods but are expected to be availed in twelve 

months immediately following the year in which the employee has rendered service are reported as expenses during the year in which 

the employees perform the services that the benefit covers and the liabilities are reported at the undiscounted amount of the benefits. 

Share-based payment transactions

Equity settled stock options granted under the Company’s Employee Stock Option Schemes are accounted for as per the accounting 

treatment  prescribed  by  the  Guidance  Note  on  Employee  Share-based  Payments  issued  by  the  Institute  of  Chartered  Accountants 

of  India.  The  intrinsic  value  of  the  option  being  excess  of  fair  value  of  the  underlying  share  immediately  prior  to  date  of  grant  over 

its  exercise  price  is  recognised  as  deferred  employee  compensation  with  a  credit  to  employee  stock  option  outstanding  account.  

The deferred employee compensation is charged to Profit and Loss Account on straight line basis over the vesting period of the option. 

The options that lapse are reversed by a credit to employee compensation expense, equal to the amortised portion of value of lapsed 

portion and credit to deferred employee compensation expense equal to the unamortised portion.

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HDB Financial Services Limited 

Gratuity

The  Company  provides  for  gratuity  to  all  employees.  The  benefit  is  in  the  form  of  lump  sum  payments  to  vested  employees  on 

resignation, retirement, or death while in employment or on termination of employment of an amount equivalent to 15 days basic salary 

payable  for  each  completed  year  of  service.  Vesting  occurs  upon  completion  of  five  years  of  service.  The  Company  makes  annual 

contributions  to  fund  administered  by  trustees  and  managed  by  insurance  companies  for  amounts  notified  by  the  said  insurance 

companies. The defined benefit plan are valued by an independent external actuary as at the Balance Sheet date using the projected 

unit  credit  method  to  determine  the  present  value  of  defined  benefit  obligation  and  the  related  service  costs.  Under  this  method,  the 

determination is based on actuarial calculations, which include assumptions about demographics, early retirement, salary increases and 

interest rates. Actuarial gain or loss is recognised in the Profit and Loss Account.

Provident fund

In accordance with the applicable law, all employees of the Company are entitled to receive benefits under the Provident Fund Act, 1952.  

The Company contributes an amount, on a monthly basis, at a determined rate to the Pension Scheme administered by the Regional 

Provident  Fund  Commissioner  (‘RPFC’)  and  the  Company  has  no  liability  for  future  provident  fund  benefits  other  than  its  annual 

contribution.  Since  it  is  a  defined  contribution  plan,  the  contributions  are  accounted  for  on  an  accrual  basis  and  recognized  in  the 

Profit and Loss Account.

       Compensated absences 

The Company does not have a policy of encashment of unavailed leaves for its employees but are permitted to carry forward subject 

to a prescribed maximum days. The Company provides for compensated absences in accordance with AS-15 (revised 2005), Employee 

Benefits issued by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The provision is based on an independent external actuarial valuation at 

the Balance Sheet date.

10  Debit and credit cards reward points

HDFC Bank Limited

The  Bank  estimates  the  probable  redemption  of  debit  and  credit  card  reward  points  and  cost  per  point  using  an  actuarial  method  by 

employing an independent actuary, which includes assumptions such as mortality, redemption and spends. Provisions for liabilities on 

the  outstanding  reward  points  are  made  based  on  an  independent  actuarial  valuation  as  at  the  Balance  Sheet  date  and  included  in 

other liabilities and provisions.

11     Bullion

HDFC Bank Limited

The Bank imports bullion including precious metal bars on a consignment basis. The imports are typically on a back-to-back basis and 

are priced to the customer based on the price quoted by the supplier. The difference between the price recovered from customers and 

cost of bullion is classified under commission income.

The Bank also deals in bullion on a borrowing and lending basis and the interest paid / received thereon is classified as interest expense 

/ income respectively.

12 

Lease accounting

Lease payments including cost escalation for assets taken on operating lease are recognised in the Profit and Loss Account over the 

lease term on a straight-line basis in accordance with the AS-19, Leases.

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13 

Income tax

Income  tax expense comprises current tax provision (i.e. the amount of tax for the period determined in accordance with the Income 

Tax  Act,  1961,  the  rules  framed  there  under  and  considering  the  material  principles  set  out  in  Income  Computation  and  Disclosure 

Standards) and the net change in the deferred tax asset or liability during the year. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised for 

the future tax consequences of timing differences between the carrying values of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, 

and operating loss carried forward, if any. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted or substantively enacted 

tax rates as at the Balance Sheet date. 

Current tax assets and liabilities and deferred tax assets and liabilities are off-set when they relate to income taxes levied by the same 

taxation authority, when the Bank has a legal right to off-set and when the Bank intends to settle on a net basis.

Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent there is reasonable certainty that the assets can be realised in future. In case of 

unabsorbed depreciation or carried forward loss under taxation laws, deferred tax assets are recognised only if there is virtual certainty 

of  realisation  of  such  assets.  Deferred  tax  assets  are  reviewed  at  each  Balance  Sheet  date  and  appropriately  adjusted  to  reflect  the 

amount that is reasonably / virtually certain to be realised.

14 

Earnings per share

The Group reports basic and diluted earnings per equity share in accordance with AS-20, Earnings per Share. Basic earnings per equity 

share  has  been  computed  by  dividing  net  profit  for  the  year  attributable  to  equity  shareholders  by  the  weighted  average  number  of 

equity shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other 

contracts to issue equity shares were exercised or converted to equity during the year. Diluted earnings per equity share are computed 

using the weighted average number of equity shares and the dilutive potential equity shares outstanding during the period except where 

the results are anti-dilutive.

15 

Share issue expenses

HDFC Bank Limited

Share issue expenses are adjusted from Share Premium Account in terms of Section 52 of the Companies Act, 2013.

16 

Segment information 

The disclosure relating to segment information is in accordance with AS-17, Segment Reporting and as per guidelines issued by RBI. 

17     Accounting for provisions, contingent liabilities and contingent assets

In  accordance  with  AS-29,  Provisions,  Contingent  Liabilities  and  Contingent  Assets,  the  Group  recognises  provisions  when  it  has  a 

present obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required 

to settle the obligation and when a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation can be made. 

Provisions are determined based on management estimate required to settle the obligation at the Balance Sheet date, supplemented 

by experience of similar transactions. These are reviewed at each Balance Sheet date and adjusted to reflect the current management 

estimates. 

A disclosure of contingent liability is made when there is:

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one or more uncertain future events not within the control of the Group; or

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required to settle the obligation or a reliable estimate of the amount of the obligation cannot be made.

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When  there  is  a  possible  obligation  or  a  present  obligation  in  respect  of  which  the  likelihood  of  outflow  of  resources  is  remote,  no 

provision or disclosure is made.

Contingent  assets,  if  any,  are  not  recognised  in  the  financial  statements  since  this  may  result  in  the  recognition  of  income  that  may 

never be realised.

Onerous contracts

Provisions  for  onerous  contracts  are  recognised  when  the  expected  benefits  to  be  derived  by  the  Bank  from  a  contract  are  lower 

than the unavoidable costs of meeting the future obligations under the contract. The provision is measured at the present value of the 

lower of the expected cost of terminating the contract and the expected net cost of continuing with the contract. Before a provision is 

established, the Bank recognises any impairment loss on the assets associated with that contract.

18  Cash and cash equivalents 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash and gold in hand, balances with RBI, balances with other banks and money at call and short 

notice.

19  Corporate social responsibility 

Expenditure  towards  corporate  social  responsibility,  in  accordance  with  Companies  Act,  2013,  are  recognised  in  the  Profit  and  Loss 

Account.

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SCHEDULE  18  -  Notes  forming  part  of  the  consolidated  financial  statements  for  the  

         year ended March 31, 2019

Amounts in notes forming part of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019 are denominated in rupee crore 

to conform to extant RBI guidelines, except where stated otherwise.

1 

Proposed dividend

The  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Bank,  at  their  meeting  held  on  April  20,  2019,  have  proposed  a  dividend  of  `  15.00  per  equity  share 
(previous  year:  `  13.00  per  equity  share)  aggregating  `  4,924.64  crore  (previous  year:  `  4,067.07  crore)  inclusive  of  tax  on  dividend. 

The  proposal  is  subject  to  the  approval  of  shareholders  at  the  Annual  General  Meeting.  In  terms  of  the  revised  Accounting  Standard 

(AS)  4  ‘Contingencies  and  Events  Occurring  After  the  Balance  Sheet  Date’,  the  Bank  has  not  appropriated  the  proposed  dividend 

from the Profit and Loss Account. However, the effect of the proposed dividend has been reckoned in determining capital funds in the 

computation of the capital adequacy ratios.

2 

Capital infusion

Pursuant to the shareholder and regulatory approvals, the Bank on July 17, 2018, made a preferential allotment of 3,90,96,817 equity 
shares  to  Housing  Development  Finance  Corporation  Limited  at  a  price  of  `  2,174.09  per  equity  share  (including  share  premium  of  
`  2,172.09  per  equity  share),  aggregating  to  `  8,500.00  crore  and  on  August  2,  2018,    concluded  a  Qualified  Institutional  Placement 
(QIP) of 1,28,47,222 equity shares at a price of ` 2,160.00 per equity share aggregating to ` 2,775.00 crore and an American Depository 

Receipt  (ADR)  offering  of  1,75,00,000  ADR  (representing  5,25,00,000  equity  shares)  at  a  price  of  USD  104  per  ADR,  aggregating  to 
USD 1,820.00 million (equivalent ` 12,440.90 crore). Consequent to the above issuances, share capital increased by ` 20.89 crore and 
share premium increased by ` 23,568.72 crore, net of share issue expenses of ` 126.29 crore.

During  the  year  ended  March  31,  2019,  the  Bank  allotted  2,37,72,304  equity  shares  (previous  year:  3,25,44,550  equity  shares) 
aggregating to face value ` 4.75 crore (previous year: ` 6.51 crore) in respect of stock options exercised. Accordingly, the share capital 
increased by ` 4.75 crore (previous year: ` 6.51 crore) and the share premium increased by ` 2,196.06 crore (previous year: ` 2,719.40 

crore).

The details of the movement in the paid-up equity share capital of the Bank are given below: 

(` crore)

Particulars
Opening balance
Addition pursuant to Preferential allotment / QIP / ADR offering
Addition pursuant to stock options exercised 
Closing balance

3 

Earnings per equity share   

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

519.02
20.89
4.75
544.66

512.51
-
6.51
519.02

Basic  and  diluted  earnings  per  equity  share  have  been  calculated  based  on  the  consolidated  net  profit  after  tax  attributable  to  the 
Group of ` 22,332.43 crore (previous year: ` 18,510.02 crore) and the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during 

the year of 2,68,00,34,029 (previous year: 2,58,05,38,505).   

Following is the reconciliation between the basic and diluted earnings per equity share:

Particulars

Nominal value per share (`)
Basic earnings per share (`)
Effect of potential equity shares (per share) (`)
Diluted earnings per share (`)

For the years ended

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

2.00
83.33
(0.82)
82.51

2.00
71.73
(0.97)
70.76

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Basic  earnings  per  equity  share  has  been  computed  by  dividing  the  net  profit  for  the  year  attributable  to  the  equity 

shareholders  by  the  weighted  average  number  of  equity  shares  outstanding  during  the  year.  Diluted  earnings  per  equity 

share  has  been  computed  by  dividing  the  net  profit  for  the  year  attributable  to  the  equity  shareholders  by  the  weighted 

average  number  of  equity  shares  and  dilutive  potential  equity  shares  outstanding  during  the  year,  except  where  the  results  are  

anti-dilutive.  The  dilutive  impact  is  on  account  of  stock  options  granted  to  employees  by  the  Bank.  There  is  no  impact  of  dilution  on 

the profits in the current year and previous year.

Following is the reconciliation of the weighted average number of equity shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings 

per share:

Particulars

For the years ended

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Weighted  average  number  of  equity  shares  used  in  computing  basic  earnings  per 

2,68,00,34,029

2,58,05,38,505

equity share

Effect of potential equity shares outstanding

2,66,37,645

      3,55,30,885

Weighted  average  number  of  equity  shares  used  in  computing  diluted  earnings  per 

2,70,66,71,674

 2,61,60,69,390

equity share

4 

Reserves and Surplus 

Statutory Reserve

The Bank and a subsidiary has made an appropriation of ` 5,499.76 crore (previous year: ` 4,562.03 crore) out of profits for the year 

ended March 31, 2019 to the Statutory Reserve pursuant to the requirements of Section 17 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and 

RBI guidelines dated September 23, 2000.

Capital Reserve

During  the  year  ended  March  31,  2019,  the  Bank  appropriated  `  105.34  crore  (previous  year:  `  235.52  crore),  being  the  profit  from 

sale of investments under HTM category and profit on sale of immovable properties, net of taxes and transfer to statutory reserve, from 

the Profit and Loss Account to the Capital Reserve. 

General Reserve

The Bank has made an appropriation of ` 2,107.82 crore (previous year: ` 1,748.67 crore) out of profits for the year ended March 31, 

2019 to the General Reserve.

Investment Fluctuation Reserve

In accordance with RBI guidelines, banks are required to create an Investment Fluctuation Reserve (‘IFR’) equivalent to 2% of their HFT 

and AFS investment portfolios, within a period of three years starting fiscal 2019. Accordingly, during the year ended March 31, 2019, 
the Bank has made an appropriation of ` 773.00 crore to the Investment Fluctuation Reserve from the Profit and Loss Account.

Investment Reserve Account

During  the  year  ended  March  31,  2019,  the  net  transfer  between  Investment  Reserve  Account  and  Profit  and  Loss  Account  was  Nil 
(previous  year:  `  44.20  crore  (net)  transferred  by  the  Bank  from  the  Investment  Reserve  Account  to  the  Profit  and  Loss  Account)  as 

per the RBI guidelines.

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        Draw down from reserves         

        Share Premium

The Bank has not undertaken any drawdown from share premium during the year ended March 31, 2019 except towards share issue 
expenses  of  `  126.29  crore,  incurred  for  the  equity  raised  through  the  QIP  and  ADR  routes,  which  have  been  adjusted  against  the 

share  premium  account  in  terms  of  section  52  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013.  There  had  been  no  drawdown  from  reserves  during  the 

year ended March 31, 2018. 

5 

Dividend on shares allotted pursuant to exercise of stock options 

The  Bank  may  allot  equity  shares  after  the  Balance  Sheet  date  but  before  the  book  closure  date  pursuant  to  the  exercise 

of  any  employee  stock  options.  These  equity  shares  will  be  eligible  for  full  dividend  for  the  year  ended  March  31,  2019,  

if approved at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.

6 

Accounting for employee share based payments

        HDFC Bank Limited

The  shareholders  of  the  Bank  approved  the  grant  of  equity  share  options  under  Plan  “C”  in  June  2005,  Plan  “D”  in  June  2007,  Plan 

“E” in June 2010, Plan “F” in June 2013 and Plan “G” in July 2016. Under the terms of each of these Plans, the Bank may issue to its 

employees and Whole Time Directors, Equity Stock Options (‘ESOPs’) each of which is convertible into one equity share. All the plans 

were framed in accordance with the SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme & Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999 as 

amended  from  time  to  time  and  as  applicable  at  the  time  of  the  grant.  The  accounting  for  the  stock  options  has  been  in  accordance 

with the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 to the extent applicable.

Plans  C,  D,  E,  F  and  G  provide  for  the  issuance  of  options  at  the  recommendation  of  the  Nomination  and  Remuneration  Committee 

of  the  Board  (‘NRC’)  at  the  closing  price  on  the  working  day  immediately  preceding  the  date  when  options  are  granted.  This  closing 

price is the closing price of the Bank’s equity share on an Indian stock exchange with the highest trading volume as of the working day 

preceding the date of grant. 

The vesting conditions applicable to the options are at the discretion of the NRC. These options are exercisable on vesting, for a period 

as set forth by the NRC at the time of grant. The period in which the options may be exercised cannot exceed five years from date of 

expiry of vesting period. During the years ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018, no modifications were made to the terms and 

conditions of ESOPs as approved by the NRC.

Activity in the options outstanding under the Employee Stock Option Plans

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:27)

Particulars

Options outstanding, beginning of year

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Forfeited / Lapsed during the year

Options outstanding, end of year

Options exercisable

217

Number of 

Options

Weighted average 
exercise price (`)

7,54,43,800

1,98,95,000

2,37,72,304

32,60,085

6,83,06,411

4,03,04,861

1,050.22

2,060.47

925.79

1,506.99

1,365.97

1,017.78

 
 
 
 
 
 
SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:27)

Particulars

Options outstanding, beginning of year

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Forfeited / Lapsed during the year

Options outstanding, end of year

Options exercisable

Number of 

Options

Weighted average 
exercise price (`)

9,21,56,300

1,68,82,050

3,25,44,550

10,50,000

7,54,43,800

4,68,10,250

904.97

1,433.23

837.59

1,050.05

1,050.22

901.44

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:27)

  Plan

Plan C

Plan D

Plan E

Plan F

Plan G

Number of

Weighted average

Weighted average

 Range of exercise price (`)

shares arising 

life of options

out of options

(in years)

680.00 to 835.50

680.00

680.00

835.50 to 1,462.15

2,006.05 to 2,090.45

15,37,400

6,59,900

24,98,700

4,42,38,411

1,93,72,000

0.87

0.97

0.96

2.71

3.57

exercise price 
(`)

685.70

680.00

680.00

1,134.48

2,060.45

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:27)

  Plan

Plan C

Plan D

Plan E

Plan F

Fair value methodology

Number of

Weighted average

Weighted average

  Range of exercise price (`)

shares arising 

life of options

out of options

(in years)

 680.00 to 835.50

680.00

680.00

32,61,500

16,35,700

62,24,900

 835.50 to 1,462.15

6,43,21,700

1.32

1.43

1.51

3.59

exercise price 
(`)

685.72

680.00

680.00

1,113.95

The fair value of options used to compute the proforma net profit and earnings per equity share have been estimated on the dates of 

each grant using the binomial option-pricing model. The Bank estimates the volatility based on the historical prices of its equity shares. 

The Bank granted 1,98,95,000 options during the year ended March 31, 2019 (previous year: 1,68,82,050). The various assumptions 

considered in the pricing model for the ESOPs granted during the year ended March 31, 2019 are:

Particulars

Dividend yield

Expected volatility

Risk - free interest rate

Expected life of the options

March 31, 2019

0.62% to 0.65%

14.53% to 18.68%

7.23% to 8.31%

1 to 6 years

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SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

Impact of the fair value method on the net profit and earnings per share (EPS)

Had the compensation cost for the Bank’s stock option plans been determined based on the fair value approach, the Bank’s net profit 
(` crore)

for the year and earnings per share would have been as per the proforma amounts indicated below: 

Particulars

Net profit (as reported)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

21,078.17

17,486.73

Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in net income

Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method 

(proforma)

Net profit (proforma)

Basic earnings per share (as reported)

Basic earnings per share (proforma)

Diluted earnings per share (as reported)

Diluted earnings per share (proforma)

HDFC Securities Limited

-

535.90

20,542.27
(`)

78.65

76.65

77.87

75.89

-

650.41

16,836.32
(`)

67.76

65.24

66.84

64.36

The Shareholders of the Company approved a stock option scheme (viz. ESOS - II) in February 2017 (“Company Options”). Under the 

terms of the scheme, the Company issues stock options to employees, whole time director, managing director and directors (excluding 

Independent Directors) of the Company, each of which is convertible into one equity share.

Scheme ESOS - II provides for the issuance of options at the recommendation of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors 
(the  “Compensation  Committee”)  at  a  price  of  `  1,136/-  per  share,  being  the  fair  market  value  of  the  share  arrived  by  considering 

the  average  price  of  the  two  independent  valuation  reports.  Method  of  settlement  of  this  options  are  equity  shares  of  the  Company. 

Weighted average remaining contractual life of these options is 11 months.

Such options vest at definitive dates, save for specific incidents, prescribed in the scheme as framed / approved by the Compensation 

Committee. Such options are exercisable for a period following the vesting at the discretion of the Compensation Committee.

Method used for accounting for shared based payment plan

The Company uses the Intrinsic Value method to account for the compensation cost of stock options to employees of the Company.

Activity in the options outstanding under the Employee Stock Options Plan

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:27)

Particulars 

Options outstanding, beginning of year

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Forfeited / Lapsed during the year

Options outstanding, end of year

Options exercisable

219

Company  

options

Weighted average 
exercise price (`)

2,01,450

-

61,150

6,650

1,33,650

29,050

1,136

-

1,136

1,136

1,136

1,136

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:27)

Particulars

Options outstanding, beginning of year
Granted during the year
Exercised during the year
Forfeited / Lapsed during the year
Options outstanding, end of year
Options exercisable

Company  

options

2,80,000
-
69,550
9,000
2,01,450
11,750

Weighted average 
exercise price (`)
1,136
-
1,136
1,136
1,136
1,136

(cid:1)

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:27)

Plan

Range of  
exercise price (`)

Number of shares  

arising out of options

Weighted average remaining 

contractual life of options 

(in years)

Weighted average  
exercise price (`)

Company Options

1,136

1,33,650

0.9 Years

1,136

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:27)

Plan

Range of  
exercise price (`)

Number of shares  

arising out of options

Weighted average remaining 

contractual life of options 

(in years)

Weighted average  
exercise price (`)

Company Options

1,136

201,450

1.8 Years

1,136

Fair value methodology

The fair value of options used to compute  proforma net income and earnings per equity share have been estimated on dates of each 

grant using the Black and Scholes model. The shares of the Company are not listed on any stock exchange. Accordingly, the Company 

has  considered  the  volatility  of  its  stock  price  as  an  average  of  the  historical  volatility  of  similar  listed  enterprises  for  the  purpose  of 

calculating  the  fair  value  to  reduce  any  company  specific  variations.  The  various  assumptions  considered  in  the  pricing  model  for  the 

stock options granted by the Company.

Particulars

Dividend yield

Expected volatility

Risk - free interest rate

Expected life of the options

March 31, 2017

3.52%

43.53% to 42. 48%

6.60% to 6.90%

3 to 5 years

Impact of the fair value method on the net profit and earning per share

Had compensation cost for the Company’s stock option plans been determined based on the fair value approach, the Company’s net 

profit and earnings per share would have been as per the proforma amounts indicated below:

Particulars

Net Profit (as reported)

Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in net income

Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method 

(proforma)

Net Profit (proforma)

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

347.95

-

2.66

345.29

344.42

-

2.64

341.78

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Basic earnings per share (as reported)

Basic earnings per share (proforma)

Diluted earnings per share (as reported)

Diluted earnings per share (proforma)

HDB Financial Services Limited

(`)

223.65

221.94

223.20

221.50

(`)

222.40

220.69 

221.84

220.14

In accordance with resolution approved by the shareholders, the Company has reserved shares, for issue to employees through ESOS 

Scheme. On the approval of Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC), each ESOS scheme is issued. The NRC has approved 

stock option schemes ESOS-8 on July 14, 2015, ESOS-9 on October 18, 2016 and ESOS-10 on October 13, 2017 and ESOS-11 on 

January 15, 2019. Under the term of the schemes, the Company may issue stock options to employees and directors of the Company, 

each of which is convertible into one equity share.

Such  options  vest  at  a  definitive  date,  save  for  specific  incidents,  prescribed  in  the  scheme  as  framed  /  approved  by  the  NRC.  Such 

options  are  exercisable  for  a  period  following  vesting  at  the  discretion  of  the  NRC,  subject  to  a  maximum  of  two  years  from  the  date 

of vesting for ESOS-8 and maximum of four years from the date of vesting for ESOS-9, ESOS-10 and ESOS-11.

Method used for accounting for shared based payment plan

The Company uses intrinsic value to account for the compensation cost of stock options to employees of the Company.

Activity in the options outstanding under the Employee Stock Option Plans 

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:34)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:27)

Particulars 

Options outstanding, beginning of year

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Forfeited / Lapsed during the year

Options outstanding, end of year

Options

Weighted average 
exercise price (`)

62,69,950

9,10,500

27,64,050

1,86,100

42,30,300

168.41

274.00

141.22

159.37

209.36

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:1)(cid:34)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:27)

Particulars 

Options outstanding, beginning of year

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Forfeited / Lapsed during the year

Options outstanding, end of year

221

Options

Weighted average 
exercise price (`)

58,78,660 

33,40,250 

26,91,960 

2,57,000 

62,69,950

112.46 

213.00 

106.74 

114.01 

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(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:26)(cid:27)

Plan

ESOS - 8

ESOS - 9

ESOS - 10

ESOS - 11

Range of  

Number of shares  

Weighted average 

Weighted average  

exercise price  
(`)

arising out  

remaining contractual life 

of options

of options (in years)

exercise  
price (`)

88.00

137.00

213.00

274.00

34,500

874,200

2,414,200

907,400

1.50

4.53

5.06

5.94

88.00

137.00

213.00

274.00

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:77)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:18)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:19)(cid:17)(cid:18)(cid:25)(cid:27)

Plan

ESOS - 8

ESOS - 9

ESOS - 10

Range of  

Number of shares  

Weighted average 

Weighted average  

exercise price  
(`)

arising out  

remaining contractual life 

of options

of options (in years)

exercise  
price (`)

88.00 

137.00 

213.00 

11,15,000 

18,44,200 

33,10,750 

2.47

5.02

5.69

88.00

137.00

213.00

Fair Value methodology

The  fair  value  of  options  used  to  compute  proforma  net  income  and  earnings  per  equity  share  have  been  estimated  on  the  dates  of 

each grant using the Black-Scholes model. The shares of Company are not listed on any stock exchange. Accordingly, the Company has 

considered the volatility of its stock price based on historical volatility of similar listed enterprises. The various assumptions considered 

in the pricing model for the stock options granted by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2019 are:

Particulars

Dividend yield

Expected volatility

Risk-free interest rate

Expected life of the option

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

0.66%

34.90%

7.23%

0.70%

42.85%

6.44%

3.01 years

3.05 years

Impact of the fair value method on the net profit and earning per share

Had compensation cost for the Company’s stock option plans been determined based on the fair value approach, the Company’s net 

profit and earnings per share would have been as per the proforma amounts indicated below:

Particulars

Net Profit (as reported)

Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in net income 

Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method

(proforma)

Net Profit (proforma)

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

1,151.10

-

16.05

951.74

- 

15.27

1,135.05

936.47

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Particulars

Basic earnings per share (as reported)

Basic earnings per share (proforma)

Diluted earnings per share (as reported)

Diluted earnings per share (proforma)

Group

March 31, 2019
(`)
14.69

March 31, 2018
(`)
12.18

14.48

14.67

14.46

11.99

12.16

11.97

Impact of the fair value method on the net profit and earning per share of the Group

Had  compensation  cost  for  the  stock  option  plans  outstanding  been  determined  based  on  the  fair  value  approach,  the  Group’s  net 
                    (` crore)

profit and earnings per share would have been as per the proforma amounts indicated below: 

Particulars
Net Profit (as reported)
Less: Stock-based compensation expense determined under fair value based method 

(proforma)
Net Profit (proforma)

Basic earnings per share (as reported)
Basic earnings per share (proforma)
Diluted earnings per share (as reported)
Diluted earnings per share (proforma)

7 

Other liabilities

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

22,332.43
554.61

21,777.82
(`)
83.33
81.26
82.51
80.46

18,510.02
668.32

17,841.70
(`)
71.73
69.14
70.76
68.20

The Bank has presented gross unrealised gain on foreign exchange and derivative contracts under other assets and gross unrealised 

loss  on  foreign  exchange  and  derivative  contracts  under  other  liabilities.  Accordingly,  other  liabilities  as  at  March  31,  2019  include 
unrealised loss on foreign exchange and derivative contracts of ` 12,772.60 crore (previous year: ` 5,093.04 crore).

8 

Investments

HDFC Bank Limited 

The details of securities that are kept as margin are as under:

                                                                                                                                                    (` crore)

Sr. 

No.

I.

Particulars

Face value as at March 31,

2019

2018

Securities kept as margin with Clearing Corporation of India towards:

a)  Collateral and funds management - Securities segment

b)  Collateral  and  funds  management  -  Collateralised  Borrowing  and  Lending 

1,420.00

47,713.88

1,520.00

25,770.78

Obligation (CBLO) segment / Triparty Repo

c)  Default fund - Forex Forward segment

d)  Default fund - Forex Settlement segment

e)  Default fund - Rupee Derivatives (Guaranteed Settlement) segment

f)  Default fund - Securities segment

g)  Default fund - CBLO / Triparty repo segment

110.00

51.05

43.00

65.00

45.00

100.00

41.05

41.00

65.00

25.00

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Sr. 

No.

II.

Particulars

Securities kept as margin with the RBI towards:

a)  Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS)

b)  Repo transactions

c)  Reverse repo transactions

III.

Securities  kept  as  margin  with  National  Securities  Clearing  Corporation  of  India 

(NSCCIL) towards NSE Currency Derivatives segment.

Face value as at March 31,

2019

2018

72,411.67

37,216.66

-

309.72

90,130.65

16,307.49

58,341.00

16.00

IV.

Securities  kept  as  margin  with  Indian  Clearing  Corporation  Limited  towards  BSE 

241.00

241.00

Currency Derivatives segment.

V.

Securities  kept  as  margin  with  Metropolitan  Clearing  Corporation  of  India  towards 

13.00

13.00

MCX Currency Derivatives segment.

HDFC Securities Limited 

Sr. No. Particulars

(` crore)

March 31, 2019 March 31, 2018

I.

Mutual funds marked as lien with stock exchange for margin requirement

319.00

599.06

9 

Other fixed assets

Other  fixed  assets  includes  amount  capitalised  relating  to  software,  Bombay  Stock  Exchange  card  and  electronic  trading  platform. 
(` crore)

Details regarding the same are tabulated below: 

Particulars

Cost

As at March 31 of the previous year

Additions during the year

Deductions during the year

Depreciation

As at March 31 of the previous year

Charge for the year

On deductions during the year

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

2,454.48

525.99

-

2,188.08

266.40

-

Total (a)

2,980.47

2,454.48

1,791.73

362.14

-

2,153.87

826.60

1,509.12

282.61

-

1,791.73

662.75

Total (b)

Net value (a-b)

10  Other assets

Other  assets  include  deferred  tax  asset  (net)  of  `  4,620.68  crore  (previous  year:  `  3,532.07  crore).  The  break-up  of  the  same  is  as 

follows: 

Particulars

Deferred tax asset arising out of:

Loan loss provisions 

Employee benefits

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March 31, 2018

3,735.12

212.53

2,945.98

186.11

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Particulars

Depreciation

Others

Deferred tax liability arising out of:

Depreciation 

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

30.44

642.59

Total (a)

4,620.68

Total (b)

-

-

-

446.58

3,578.67

(46.60)

(46.60)

Deferred tax asset (net) (a-b)

4,620.68

3,532.07

(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:53)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:1) (cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1) 

gross  unrealised  loss  on  foreign  exchange  and  derivative  contracts  under  other  liabilities.  Accordingly,  other  assets  as  
at  March  31,  2019  include  unrealised  gain  on  foreign  exchange  and  derivative  contracts  of  `  13,261.24  crore  (previous  year:  
` 5,091.67 crore).

11 

Provisions and contingent liabilities

Given below is the movement in provisions and a brief description of the nature of contingent liabilities recognised by the Bank.

a) 

Provision for credit card and debit card reward points 

 (` crore)

Particulars

Opening provision for reward points

Provision for reward points made during the year

Utilisation / write back of provision for reward points

Closing provision for reward points

b) 

Provision for legal and other contingencies 

Particulars

Opening provision

Movement during the year (net)

Closing provision

c) 

Provision pertaining to fraud accounts 

Particulars

No. of frauds reported during the year

Amount involved in fraud (` crore)

Amount involved in fraud net of recoveries / write-offs as at the end of the year (` crore)

Provisions held as at the end of the year (` crore)

Amount of unamortised provision debited from “other reserves” as at the end of the year 
(` crore)

225

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

471.12

387.56

      (255.59)

  603.09

431.24

261.95

(222.07)

471.12

  (` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

314.01

84.42

398.43

311.90

2.11

314.01

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

5,484

                3,612

498.44

431.42

431.42

        146.55

        119.02

         119.02

-

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d) 

Description of contingent liabilities

Sr. No. Contingent liability*

Brief description

1

Claims against the  Group 

The  Group  is  a  party  to  various  taxation  matters  in  respect  of  which  appeals  are  pending.  

not acknowledged as debts - 

The Group expects the outcome of the appeals to be favourable based on decisions on similar 

taxation

issues in the previous years by the appellate authorities, based on the facts of the case and 

taxation laws.

2

Claims against the Group 

The Group is a party to various legal proceedings in the normal course of business. 

not acknowledged as debts 

The Group does not expect the outcome of these proceedings to have a material adverse effect 

- others

on the Group’s financial conditions, results of operations or cash flows.

3

Liability on account of  

The Bank enters into foreign exchange contracts, currency options, forward rate agreements, 

forward exchange and 

currency  swaps  and  interest  rate  swaps  with  inter-bank  participants  on  its  own  account  and 

derivative contracts

for customers. Forward exchange contracts are commitments to buy or sell foreign currency 

at a future date at the contracted rate. Currency swaps are commitments to exchange cash 

flows by way of interest / principal in one currency against another, based on predetermined 

rates. Interest rate swaps are commitments to exchange fixed and floating interest rate cash 

flows. The notional amounts of financial instruments such as foreign exchange contracts and 

derivatives provide a basis for comparison with instruments recognised on the Balance Sheet 

but do not necessarily indicate the amounts of future cash flows involved or the current fair value 

of the instruments and therefore, do not indicate the Bank’s exposure to credit or price risks. 

The  derivative  instruments  become  favorable  (assets)  or  unfavorable  (liabilities)  as  a  result  of 

fluctuations in market rates or prices relative to their terms.

4

Guarantees given on behalf 

As a part of its commercial banking activities the Bank issues documentary credit and guarantees 

of constituents, acceptances, 

on  behalf  of  its  customers.  Documentary  credits  such  as  letters  of  credit  enhance  the  credit 

endorsements and other 

standing  of  the  Bank’s  customers.  Guarantees  generally  represent  irrevocable  assurances 

obligations

that  the  Bank  will  make  payments  in  the  event  of  the  customer  failing  to  fulfill  its  financial  or 

performance obligations.

5

Other items for which the 

These include: a) Credit enhancements in respect of securitised-out loans; b) Bills rediscounted 

Group is contingently liable

by the Bank; c) Capital commitments; d) Underwriting commitments; 

e)  Investment  purchases  pending  settlement;  f)  Amount  transferred  to  the  RBI  under  the 

Depositor Education and Awareness Fund (DEAF).

*Also refer Schedule 12 - Contingent Liabilities

e)  

The  Hon’ble  Supreme  Court  of  India  issued  an  order  dated  February  28,  2019  of  relating  to  employer’s  contribution  to  the 

provident fund (‘PF’) under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. The Group is in the process 

of evaluating the said order and would consider any further effect in its financial statements upon receiving additional clarity on 

the subject.

12  Commission, exchange and brokerage income

Commission, exchange and brokerage income is net of correspondent bank charges.

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13 

Provisions and contingencies

The break-up of ‘Provisions and Contingencies’ included in the Profit and Loss Account is given below: 

Particulars

Provision for income tax   - Current

                         - Deferred

Provision for NPAs

Provision for diminution in value of non-performing investments

Provision for standard assets

Other provisions and contingencies*

(` crore)

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

12,961.15

(1,088.60)

7,192.22

4.71

686.14

499.11

10,848.11

(945.03)

5,487.32

30.80

657.58

396.12

Total

20,254.73

16,474.90

*Includes provisions for tax, legal and other contingencies ` 496.52 crore (previous year: ` 396.98 crore), provisions 
/  (write  back)  for  securitised-out  assets  `  2.59  crore  (previous  year:  `  2.14  crore)  and  standard  restructured  assets 
Nil (previous year: ` (3.00) crore).

14 

Employee benefits

Gratuity 

Particulars
Reconciliation of opening and closing balance of the present 
value of the defined benefit obligation   
Present value of obligation as at April 1
Interest cost
Current service cost
Benefits paid
Actuarial (gain) / loss on obligation:
Experience adjustment
Assumption change
Present value of obligation as at March 31

Reconciliation of opening and closing balance of the fair value of 
the plan assets
Fair value of plan assets as at April 1
Expected return on plan assets
Contributions
Benefits paid
Actuarial gain / (loss) on plan assets:
Experience adjustment
Assumption change
Fair value of plan assets as at March 31
Amount recognised in Balance Sheet
Fair value of plan assets as at March 31
Present value of obligation as at March 31
Asset / (liability) as at March 31

227

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(` crore)

614.06
44.46
90.11
(56.77)

10.46
0.54
702.86

457.35
35.43
102.39
(56.77)

12.04
(2.69)
547.75

547.75
(702.86)
(155.11)

548.50
39.12
78.58
(48.11)

13.69
(17.72)
614.06

390.23
29.87
87.71
(48.11)

(2.35)
-
457.35

457.35
(614.06)
(156.71)

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Particulars

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

Expenses recognised in Profit and Loss Account

Interest cost

Current service cost

Expected return on plan assets

Net actuarial (gain) / loss recognised in the year

Net cost

Actual return on plan assets

Estimated contribution for the next year

Assumptions (HDFC Bank Limited)

Discount rate

Expected return on plan assets

Salary escalation rate

Assumptions (HDFC Securities Limited)

Discount rate

Expected return on plan assets

Salary escalation rate

Assumptions (HDB Financial Services Limited)

Discount rate

Expected return on plan assets

Salary escalation rate

44.46

90.11

(35.43)

1.64

100.78

44.78

128.46

39.12

78.58

(29.87)

(1.68)

86.15

27.52

114.31

7.64% per annum

7.00% per annum

8.00% per annum

7.20% per annum

7.20% per annum

9.00% per annum

7.50% per annum

7.00% per annum

8.00% per annum

7.40% per annum

8.00% per annum

11.00% per annum

 6.84% - 6.92% per annum

  7.50% per annum

7.16% per annum

7.50% per annum

5.00% - 8.00% per annum

5.00% - 7.00% per annum

The  estimates  of  future  salary  increases,  considered  in  actuarial  valuation,  take  account  of  inflation,  seniority,  promotion  and  other 

relevant factors.

Expected rate of return on investments is determined based on the assessment made by the Group at the beginning of the year with 

regard to its existing portfolio. Major categories of plan assets as a percentage of fair value of total plan assets as of March 31, 2019 

are given below:

Category of plan assets

Government securities

Debenture and bonds

Equity shares

Others

Experience adjustment 

Particulars

Plan assets

Defined benefit obligation

Surplus / (deficit)

HDFC Bank

HDFC Securities 

HDB Financial 

Limited

Limited

Services Limited

23.79%

28.96%

45.03%

2.22%

42.00%

44.00%

10.00%

4.00%

Total

100.00%

100.00%

98.01%

0.19%

-

1.80%

100.00%

(` crore)

Years ended March 31,

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

547.75

702.86

457.35

614.06

390.23

548.50

295.46

401.93

(155.11)

(156.71)

(158.27)

(106.47)

248.13

318.37

(70.24)

21.27

4.84

Experience adjustment gain / (loss) on plan assets

Experience adjustment (gain) / loss on plan liabilities

12.04

10.46

(2.35)

13.69

31.19

39.69

(13.61)

16.27

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Pension 

Particulars
Reconciliation of opening and closing balance of the present value of the 
defined benefit obligation
Present value of obligation as at April 1
Interest cost
Current service cost
Benefits paid
Actuarial (gain) / loss on obligation:
Experience adjustment
Assumption change
Present value of obligation as at March 31
Reconciliation of opening and closing balance of the fair value  of the plan assets
Fair value of plan assets as at April 1
Expected return on plan assets
Contributions
Benefits paid
Actuarial gain / (loss) on plan assets:
Experience adjustment
Assumption change
Fair value of plan assets as at March 31
Amount recognised in Balance Sheet
Fair value of plan assets as at March 31
Present value of obligation as at March 31
Asset / (liability) as at March 31
Expenses recognised in Profit and Loss Account
Interest cost
Current service cost
Expected return on plan assets
Net actuarial (gain) / loss recognised in the year
Net cost
Actual return on plan assets
Estimated contribution for the next year
Assumptions
Discount rate
Expected return on plan assets
Salary escalation rate

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

(` crore)

73.06 
5.10
0.75
(12.57)

3.32
(0.12)
        69.54 

31.30
1.86
0.88
        (12.57)

0.48
-
21.95

21.95
(69.54)
(47.59)

5.10
0.75
(1.86)
2.72
6.71
2.34
14.03

73.55
               5.19 
               0.74 
              (8.75)

               3.95 
              (1.62)
             73.06 

36.16
               2.36 
               0.94 
              (8.75)

               0.59 
-
             31.30 

             31.30 
           (73.06)
           (41.76)

5.19
0.74
              (2.36)
               1.74 
               5.31 
2.95
             13.79 

7.64% per annum
7.00% per annum
8.00% per annum

7.50% per annum
7.00% per annum
8.00% per annum

The  estimates  of  future  salary  increases,  considered  in  actuarial  valuation,  take  account  of  inflation,  seniority,  promotion  and  other 

relevant factors.

Expected  rate  of  return  on  investments  is  determined  based  on  the  assessment  made  by  the  Bank  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  with 

regard to its existing portfolio. Major categories of plan assets as a percentage of fair value of total plan assets as of March 31, 2019 

are given below:

Category of plan assets

Government securities

Debenture and bonds

Others

% of fair value to total plan assets 

as at March 31, 2019

8.49%

73.88%

17.63%

100.00%

Total

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Experience adjustment 

Particulars

Plan assets

Defined benefit obligation

Surplus / (deficit)

Experience adjustment gain / (loss) on plan assets

Experience adjustment (gain) / loss on plan liabilities

Provident fund

(` crore)

Years ended March 31,

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

21.95

69.54

      31.30 

      73.06

(47.59)

   (41.76)

0.48

3.32

        0.59 

        3.95 

36.16

73.55

(37.39)

0.39

4.65

38.38

70.88

(32.50)

1.43

17.35

41.91

57.45

(15.54)

(2.38)

(0.19)

The guidance note on AS-15, Employee Benefits, states that employer established provident funds, where interest is guaranteed are to 

be considered as defined benefit plans and the liability has to be valued. The Institute of Actuaries of India (IAI) has issued a guidance 

note  on  valuation  of  interest  rate  guarantees  on  exempt  provident  funds.  The  actuary  has  accordingly  valued  the  same  and  the  Bank 

held a provision of Nil as at March 31, 2019 (previous year: Nil) towards the present value of the guaranteed interest benefit obligation. 

The actuary has followed the deterministic approach as prescribed by the guidance note. 

Assumptions:

Particulars

Discount rate (GOI security yield)

Expected guaranteed interest rate 

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

7.64% per annum

7.50% per annum

8.65% per annum

8.55% per annum

The Group does not have any unfunded defined benefit plan. The Group contributed ` 331.21 crore (previous year: ` 308.21 crore) to 
the  provident  fund.  The  Bank  contributed  `  103.41  crore  (previous  year:  `  67.68  crore)  to  the  superannuation  plan  and  `  3.27  crore 
(previous year: ` 2.76 crore) to the National Pension Scheme.

        Compensated absences

The  actuarial  liability  of  compensated  absences  of  accumulated  privileged  and  sick  leaves  of  the  employees  of  the  Group  is  given 
        (` crore)

below: 

Particulars

Privileged leave

Sick leave

Total actuarial liability

Assumptions (HDFC Bank Limited)

Discount rate

Salary escalation rate

Assumptions (HDFC Securities Limited)

Discount rate

Salary escalation rate

Assumptions (HDB Financial Services Limited)

Discount rate

Salary escalation rate

March 31, 2019

March 31, 2018

347.22

67.74

414.96

283.08

62.67

345.75

7.64% per annum

8.00% per annum

7.50% per annum

8.00% per annum

7.20% per annum

9.00% per annum

7.40% per annum

11.00% per annum

6.84% - 6.92% per annum

7.20% per annum

5.00% - 8.00% per annum

5.00% - 7.00% per annum

The  estimates  of  future  salary  increases,  considered  in  actuarial  valuation,  take  account  of  inflation,  seniority,  promotion  and  other 

relevant factors.

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15 

Segment reporting

Business segments 

Business  segments  have  been  identified  and  reported  taking  into  account,  the  target  customer  profile,  the  nature  of  products  and 

services, the differing risks and returns, the organisation structure, the internal business reporting system and the guidelines prescribed 

by RBI. The Group operates in the following segments:

(a) 

 Treasury

The  treasury  segment  primarily  consists  of  net  interest  earnings  from  the  Bank’s  investment  portfolio,  money  market  borrowing 

and lending, gains or losses on investment operations and on account of trading in foreign exchange and derivative contracts.

(b)  Retail banking

The retail banking segment of the Bank serves retail customers through the Bank’s branch network and other delivery channels. 

This  segment  raises  deposits  from  customers  and  provides  loans  and  other  services  to  customers  with  the  help  of  specialist 

product groups. Exposures are classified under retail banking taking into account the status of the borrower (orientation criterion), 

the nature of product, granularity of the exposure and the quantum thereof.

Revenues of the retail banking segment are derived from interest earned on retail loans, interest earned from other segments for 

surplus  funds  placed  with  those  segments,  subvention  received  from  dealers  and  manufacturers,  fees  from  services  rendered, 

foreign  exchange  earnings  on  retail  products  etc.  Expenses  of  this  segment  primarily  comprise  interest  expense  on  deposits, 

commission paid to retail assets sales agents, infrastructure and premises expenses for operating the branch network and other 

delivery channels, personnel costs, other direct overheads and allocated expenses of specialist product groups, processing units 

and support groups.

(c)    Wholesale banking

The  wholesale  banking  segment  provides  loans,  non-fund  facilities  and  transaction  services  to  large  corporates,  emerging 

corporates, public sector units, government bodies, financial institutions and medium scale enterprises. Revenues of the wholesale 

banking  segment  consist  of  interest  earned  on  loans  made  to  customers,  interest  /  fees  earned  on  the  cash  float  arising  from 

transaction  services,  earnings  from  trade  services  and  other  non-fund  facilities  and  also  earnings  from  foreign  exchange  and 

derivative  transactions  on  behalf  of  customers.  The  principal  expenses  of  the  segment  consist  of  interest  expense  on  funds 

borrowed  from  external  sources  and  other  internal  segments,  premises  expenses,  personnel  costs,  other  direct  overheads  and 

allocated expenses of delivery channels, specialist product groups, processing units and support groups.

(d)  Other banking business

This  segment  includes  income  from  parabanking  activities  such  as  credit  cards,  debit  cards,  third  party  product  distribution, 

primary dealership business and the associated costs. This segment also includes Bank’s subsidiaries.

(e)  Unallocated

All  items  which  are  reckoned  at  an  enterprise  level  are  classified  under  this  segment.  This  includes  capital  and  reserves,  debt 

classified as Tier I or Tier II capital and other unallocable assets and liabilities such as deferred tax, prepaid expenses, etc.

Segment  revenue  includes  earnings  from  external  customers  plus  earnings  from  funds  transferred  to  other  segments.  Segment 

result  includes  revenue  less  interest  expense  less  operating  expense  and  provisions,  if  any,  for  that  segment.  Segment-wise 

income  and  expenses  include  certain  allocations.  Interest  income  is  charged  by  a  segment  that  provides  funding  to  another 

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segment, based on yields benchmarked to an internally approved yield curve or at a certain agreed transfer price rate. Transaction 

charges  are  levied  by  the  retail  banking  segment  to  the  wholesale  banking  segment  for  the  use  by  its  customers  of  the  retail 

banking  segment’s  branch  network  or  other  delivery  channels.  Segment  capital  employed  represents  the  net  assets  in  that 

segment. 

Geographic segments

The geographic segments of the Bank are categorised as domestic operations and foreign operations. Domestic operations comprise 

branches in India and foreign operations comprise branches outside India.

Segment reporting for the year ended March 31, 2019 is given below: 

Business segments:   

Sr. 

No.

Particulars

1

Segment revenue

2 Unallocated revenue

Less: Inter-segment revenue

Income from operations (1) + (2) - (3)

3

4

5

Treasury

Retail 

Wholesale 

banking

banking

Other 

banking 

operations

(` crore)

Total

23,576.48 

89,222.34 

54,563.54 

22,809.31 

190,171.67 

52.78 

66,116.65 

124,107.80 

Segment results

1,305.76 

11,796.27 

14,224.12 

8,910.06 

36,236.21 

6 Unallocated expenses

7

Income tax expense (including deferred tax)

8 Net profit (5) - (6) - (7) 

9

Segment assets

10 Unallocated assets

11 Total assets (9) + (10)

12 Segment liabilities

13 Unallocated liabilities

14 Total liabilities (12) + (13)

1,918.04 

11,872.55 

22,445.62 

348,766.21 

428,790.92 

408,749.72 

99,119.71 

1,285,426.56 

7,379.15 

1,292,805.71 

61,438.85 

732,294.96 

271,887.13 

48,653.92 

1,114,274.86 

24,356.40 

1,138,631.26 

15 Capital employed (9) - (12) 

287,327.36 

(303,504.04)

136,862.59 

50,465.78 

171,151.69 

(Segment assets - Segment liabilities)

16 Unallocated (10) - (13)

17 Total (15) + (16)

18 Capital expenditure

19 Depreciation

93.67 

26.31 

1,149.97 

912.24 

192.62 

104.52 

210.25 

177.60 

(16,977.24)

154,174.45 

1,646.51 

1,220.67 

20 Provisions for non - performing assets / others*

(0.20)

4,608.34 

1,689.09 

2,079.54 

8,376.77 

21 Unallocated other provisions*

5.41 

*Represents material non-cash charge other than depreciation and taxation

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Geographic segments: 

Particulars

Revenue

Assets

Capital expenditure

Segment reporting for the year ended March 31, 2018 is given below: 

    (` crore)

Domestic

International

     122,868.84 

      1,238.96 

  1,259,091.50 

    33,714.21 

        1,645.16 

            1.35 

(` crore)

Business segments: 

Sr. 

No.

Particulars

1

Segment revenue

2 Unallocated revenue

Less: Inter-segment revenue

Income from operations (1) + (2) - (3)

3

4

5

Treasury

Retail 

Wholesale 

banking

banking

Other 

banking 

Total

operations

   19,841.37 

  73,843.05 

   41,504.13 

18,141.93 

153,330.48 

  -   

51,986.03 

101,344.45 

Segment results

     1,540.00 

 9,971.72 

   11,720.51 

7,254.51

 30,486.74 

6 Unallocated expenses

7

Income tax expense (including deferred tax)

8 Net profit (5) - (6) - (7) 

9

Segment assets

10 Unallocated assets

11 Total assets (9) + (10)

12 Segment liabilities

13 Unallocated liabilities

14 Total liabilities (12) + (13)

  2,022.81 

  9,903.08 

 18,560.85 

350,894.38 

 371,906.59 

297,040.57 

76,847.35  1,096,688.89 

55,349.70 

598,785.46 

270,287.20 

39,672.93 

964,095.29 

6,497.28 

1,103,186.17 

 29,135.42 

 993,230.71 

15 Capital employed (9) - (12) 

 295,544.68 

(226,878.87)

   26,753.37 

37,174.42 

 132,593.60 

(Segment assets - Segment liabilities)

16 Unallocated (10) - (13)

17 Total (15) + (16)

18 Capital expenditure

19 Depreciation

5.77 

 729.47 

 73.05 

    164.81 

973.10 

   11.58

    723.91

    92.36

     138.93

  966.78 

 (22,638.14)

109,955.46 

20 Provisions for non - performing assets / others*

35.36

3,539.06

1,565.79

1,417.43

6,557.64

21 Unallocated other provisions*

14.18

*Represents material non-cash charge other than depreciation and taxation

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

Geographic segments: 

Particulars

Revenue

Assets

Capital expenditure

16  Related party disclosures

    (` crore)

Domestic

International

100,526.33

818.12

1,076,239.64

26,946.53

972.75

0.35

As per AS-18, Related Party Disclosure, the Group’s related parties are disclosed below:

Promoter

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

Key management personnel

Aditya Puri, Managing Director

Paresh Sukthankar, Deputy Managing Director (ceased to be related party effective November 8, 2018)

Kaizad Bharucha, Executive Director

Relatives of key management personnel

Anita Puri, Amit Puri, Amrita Puri, Adishwar Puri, Aarti Sood, Havovi Bharucha, Huzaan Bharucha, Danesh Bharucha, Daraius Bharucha.

Entities in which key management personnel are interested

Salisbury Investments Private Limited and Akuri by Puri 

The following ceased to be related party effective November 8, 2018:

Tanaksh  Innovations  Private  Limited,  Sangeeta  Sukthankar,  Dattatraya  Sukthankar,  Shubhada  Sukthankar,  Akshay  Sukthankar,  

Ankita Sukthankar, Madhavi Lad.

In accordance with paragraph 5 of AS-18, the Bank has not disclosed certain transactions with relatives and interested entities of key 

management personnel as they are in the nature of banker-customer relationship.

A specific related party transaction is a significant transaction wherever it exceeds 10% of all related party transactions in that category. 

Transactions  between  the  Bank  and  Housing  Development  Finance  Corporation  Limited  exceed  10%  of  all  related  party  transactions 

in that category.

The Group’s related party balances and transactions for the year ended March 31, 2019 are summarised as follows:                    (` crore)

Items / Related party

Promoter

Associates

Key management 

personnel

Total

Deposits taken

Deposits placed

Advances given

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-

-

-

-

-

27.02

(27.02)

0.76

(2.51)

2.96

(3.11)

3,318.01

(3,318.01)

1.23

(2.98)

2.96

(3.11)

3,290.99

(3,290.99)

0.47

(0.47)

-

-

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Items / Related party

Promoter

Associates

Key management 

personnel

Total

Fixed assets purchased from

Fixed assets sold to

Interest paid to

Interest received from

Income from services rendered to

Expenses for receiving services from

Equity investments

Other investments

Dividend paid to

Dividend received from

Receivable from

Payable to

Guarantees given

Remuneration paid

Loans purchased from

-

-

5.49

35.20

282.97

486.95

-

-

-

(1,740.49)

511.17

-

30.55

(48.40)

83.64

(83.64)

0.37

(0.40)

-

23,982.42

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.13

0.10

#

0.61

-

-

-

-

7.43

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

25.88

-

-

-

6.62

35.30

282.97

487.56

-

-

-

(1,740.49)

518.60

-

30.55

(48.40)

83.64

(83.64)

0.37

(0.40)

25.88

23,982.42

#   Denotes amount less than ` 1 lakh

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:89)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:73)(cid:1)

quarter-end.

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:15)

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:35)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:90)(cid:1) (cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:90)(cid:1)

managerial personnel. These will be paid based on approval from RBI. As of March 31, 2019, approved unpaid deferred bonus in respect 
of earlier years was ` 1.91 crore.

The Bank being an authorised dealer, deals in foreign exchange and derivative transactions with parties which include its promoter. The foreign 

exchange  and  derivative  transactions  are  undertaken  in  line  with  the  RBI  guidelines.  The  notional  principal  amount  of  foreign  exchange  and 
derivative contracts transacted with the promoter that were outstanding as at March 31, 2019 is ` 5,865.50 crore (previous year: ` 5,972.14 
crore). The contingent credit exposure pertaining to these contracts computed in line with the extant RBI guidelines on exposure norms was 
` 79.12 crore  (previous year: ` 80.76 crore). 

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Bank purchased debt securities from Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited ` 685.00 
crore (previous year: ` 2,105.00 crore) issued by it.

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Bank paid rent of ` 0.66 crore (previous year: ` 0.66 crore) to parties related to the Bank’s key 
management  personnel  in  relation  to  residential  accommodation.  As  at  March  31,  2019,  the  security  deposit  outstanding  was  `  3.50  crore 
(previous year: ` 3.50 crore).

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For the year ended March 31, 2019

The Group’s related party balances and transactions for the year ended March 31, 2018 are summarised as follows:                  (` crore)

Items / Related party

Promoter

Associates

Key management 

personnel

Total

14.10

   3,264.87

(37.45)

         (3,288.22)

Deposits taken

Deposits placed

Advances given

Fixed assets purchased from

Fixed assets sold to

Interest paid to

Interest received from

Income from services rendered to

Expenses for receiving services from

Equity investments

Other investments

Dividend paid to

Dividend received from

Receivable from

Payable to

Guarantees given

Remuneration paid

Loans purchased from

3,250.77

(3,250.77)

0.47

(0.47)

-

-

-

-

5.96

13.28

264.27

405.17

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.70

-

-

-

-

  -

1,603.88

                  -

(1,603.88)

-

432.53

                  -

-

                  -

                  -

-

28.34

(60.79)

32.78

(36.17)

0.25

(0.27)

2.51

(2.51)

3.16

(3.45)

-

-

1.05

0.12

#

0.76

-

-

-

-

5.67

-

-

   -

          2.98

(2.98)

          3.16

(3.45)

-

-

8.71

13.40

264.27

405.93

-

-

    1,603.88

(1,603.88)

       438.20

-

28.34

(60.79)

32.78

(36.17)

0.25

(0.27)

19.29

                  -

                      -

-

  -

                  -

              -

-

                     -

            -

                  -

19.29

5,623.94

                  -

                     -

5,623.94

#     Denotes amount less than ` 1 lakh

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:39)(cid:74)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:89)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1) (cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

each quarter-end.

(cid:51)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:87)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:81)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:72)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:90)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:15)

(cid:35)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:67)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1) (cid:76)(cid:70)(cid:90)(cid:1) (cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:79)(cid:70)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:1) (cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:1) (cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:1) (cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)

key managerial personnel. These will be paid based on approval from RBI. As of March 31, 2018, approved unpaid deferred bonus in 
respect of earlier years was ` 2.80 crore.

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SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

17 

Additional information pursuant to Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013

Additional information to consolidated accounts at March 31, 2019 (Pursuant to Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013) 

(` crore)

Name of entity

Net assets as of March 31, 2019

Profit or loss for the

year ended March 31, 2019

As % of consolidated 

Amount***

As % of consolidated 

Amount***

net assets**

profit or loss

Parent:
HDFC Bank Limited
Subsidiaries*:
1. HDFC Securities Limited
2. HDB Financial Services Limited
Minority Interest in all subsidiaries

*The subsidiaries are domestic entities

97.09%

149,206.32

94.38%

21,078.14

0.76%
4.77%
0.33%

1,167.80
7,326.28
501.79

1.56%
5.15%
0.51%

347.95
1,151.09
113.18

**Consolidated net assets are total assets minus total liabilities including minority interest

***Amounts are before inter-company adjustments.

Additional information to consolidated accounts at March 31, 2018 (Pursuant to Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013) 

Name of entity

Net assets as of March 31, 2018

(` crore) 

Profit or loss for the

year ended March 31, 2018

As % of consolidated 

Amount***

As % of consolidated 

Amount***

net assets**

profit or loss

Parent:
HDFC Bank Limited
Subsidiaries*:
1. HDFC Securities Limited
2. HDB Financial Services Limited
Minority Interest in all subsidiaries

*The subsidiaries are domestic entities

 96.99%

 106,295.03 

94.47%

 17,486.75

0.91%
5.66%
0.33%

 1,000.78 
 6,202.23 
 356.33 

1.86%
5.14%
0.28%

**Consolidated net assets are total assets minus total liabilities including minority interest

***Amounts are before inter-company adjustments.

 344.42 
 952.00 
 51.34 

(` crore)

Name of entity

Investment as per equity method 

Share of profit or loss for the 

as of March 31, 2018

year ended March 31, 2018

As % of consolidated 

Amount

As % of consolidated 

Amount

net assets

profit or loss

Associate*:
International Asset Reconstruction 

Company Private Limited**

* 

The associate is a domestic entity

19.20%

 Refer Note 

0.003%

0.52

**  

During  the  year  ended  March  31,  2018,  the  Bank’s  stake  in  IARC,  hitherto  at  29.4%,  reduced  to  19.2%  due  to  further  issue  of 

equity shares made by IARC in which the Bank did not participate. Accordingly, IARC ceased to be an associate company of the 

Bank with effect from March 9, 2018.

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SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

18 

Leases

Operating leases primarily comprise office premises, staff residences and Automated Teller Machines (‘ATM’s), which are renewable at 

the option of the Group. The details of maturity profile of future operating lease payments are given below: 

Particulars

Not later than one year

Later than one year and not later than five years

Later than five years

The total of minimum lease payments recognised in the Profit and Loss Account for the year

Total  of  future  minimum  sub-lease  payments  expected  to  be  received  under  non-cancellable  

sub-leases

Sub-lease amounts recognised in the Profit and Loss Account for the year

Contingent (usage based) lease payments recognised in the Profit and Loss Account for the year

The Bank has sub-leased certain of its properties taken on lease.

Total

  (` crore)

March 31, 2019 March 31, 2018

1,053.94

3,426.70

4,109.25

8,589.89

1,261.30 

29.94 

9.48 

206.55 

1,016.13

3,303.45

3,626.31

7,945.89

1,231.87

7.08

8.06

174.87

The  terms  of  renewal  and  escalation  clauses  are  those  normally  prevalent  in  similar  agreements.  There  are  no  undue  restrictions  or 

onerous clauses in the agreements.

19 

Penalties levied by the RBI

During the year ended March 31, 2019, RBI has imposed a penalty of ` 0.20 crore (previous year: Nil) for non-compliance with various 

directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC) / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards.

20 

Small and micro industries

HDFC Bank Limited

Under  the  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  Development  Act,  2006  which  came  into  force  from  October  2,  2006,  certain 

disclosures are required to be made relating to Micro, Small and Medium enterprises. There have been no reported cases of delays in 

payments  to  micro  and  small  enterprises  or  of  interest  payments  due  to  delays  in  such  payments  during  the  years  ended  March  31, 

2019 and March 31, 2018. The above is based on the information available with the Bank which has been relied upon by the auditors.

HDFC Securities Limited 

On  the  basis  of  the  information  available  with  the  Company  and  the  intimation  received  from  ‘suppliers’  regarding  their  status  under 
the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 the amount unpaid as at March 31, 2019 was ` 0.04 crore (previous 
year: ` 0.03 crore).

HDB Financial Services Limited 

As per the confirmation received from the suppliers covered under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, 

the amount unpaid as at March 31, 2019 was Nil (previous year: Nil). The above is based on the information available with the Company 

which has been relied upon by the auditors.

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SCHEDULES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended March 31, 2019

21  Corporate social responsibility

Operating expenses include ` 473.50 crore (previous year: ` 391.92 crore) for the year ended March 31, 2019 towards Corporate Social 

Responsibility (‘CSR’), in accordance with Companies Act, 2013.

The details of amount spent by the Group during the respective years towards CSR are as under: 

            (` crore)

Sr.

No.

(i)

(ii)

Particulars

            March 31, 2019                                             

March 31, 2018

Amount 

Amount unpaid 

Total

Amount 

Amount unpaid 

Total

spent

/ provision

spent

/ provision

Construction / acquisition of any asset

On purpose other than (i) above

-

473.50  

-

-

-

-

473.50  

391.92

-

-

-

391.92

22 

Additional disclosure

Additional  statutory  information  disclosed  in  the  separate  financial  statements  of  the  Bank  and  subsidiaries  have  no  material  bearing 

on the true and fair view of the Consolidated Financial Statements and the information pertaining to such items which are not material 

have not been disclosed in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

23  Comparative figures

Figures for the previous year have been regrouped and reclassified wherever necessary to conform to the current year’s presentation. 

The previous year comparative numbers were audited by a firm of Chartered Accountants other than S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP.

As per our report of even date.

For and on behalf of the Board

For S. R. BATLIBOI & CO. LLP

Shyamala Gopinath 

Chartered Accountants

Chairperson

Aditya Puri  

Managing Director

Firm Registration No. 301003E/E300005

per Sudhir Soni

Partner

Membership No.: 41870

Kaizad Bharucha 

Executive Director

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

& Company Secretary

Santosh Haldankar 

Sashidhar Jagdishan 

Vice President (Legal) 

Chief Financial Officer

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

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STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 129
OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013

Form  AOC  -  1:  Pursuant  to  the  first  proviso  to  sub-section  (3)  of  section  129  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013  read  with  rule  5  of 

Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and Companies (Accounts) Amendment Rules, 2016

Statement containing salient features of the financial statements of subsidiaries, associate companies and joint ventures

Part A: Subsidiaries

(` crore)

Sr. 

Name of the subsidiary

HDFC Securities Limited

HDB Financial Services 

No.
1.
2.

The date since when subsidiary was acquired
Reporting  period  for  the  subsidiary  concerned,  if  different  from 

September 28, 2005
Reporting period of the 

  August 31, 2007
Reporting period of the 

the holding company’s reporting period

subsidiary is the same as that 

subsidiary is the same as that 

Limited

3.

Reporting currency and exchange rate as on the last date of the 

relevant financial year in the case of foreign subsidiaries.
Share capital
Reserves & surplus
Total assets
Total liabilities
Investments
Turnover

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Profit before taxation
11. Provision for taxation
12. Profit after taxation
13. Proposed dividend (including tax thereon)*
Extent of shareholding (in percentage)
14.

of the holding company i.e. 

of the holding company i.e. 

April 1, 2018 to  

April 1, 2018 to  

March 31, 2019
Not applicable as this is a 

March 31, 2019
Not applicable as this is a 

domestic subsidiary
15.61
1,152.19 
1,998.47
830.67
398.58
781.81
514.83
166.88
347.95
207.06
97.29%

domestic subsidiary
785.70 
6,540.58 
55,194.59 
47,868.31 
627.28 
8,841.34 
1,712.51 
561.43 
                           1,151.09 
170.50 
95.53%

*  Includes  interim  dividend  on  equity  shares  paid  during  the  year.  In  terms  of  revised  Accounting  Standard  (AS)  4  ‘Contingencies  and 

Events  occurring  after  the  Balance  sheet  date’  as  notified  by  the  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs  through  amendments  to  Companies 

(Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2016, the subsidiaries have not appropriated their proposed dividend (including tax) from 

Profit and Loss Account for the year ended March 31, 2019.

Notes: 

1. 

2. 

There are no subsidiaries that are yet to commence operations.

No subsidiaries were liquidated or sold during the year.

Part B: Associate Companies and Joint Ventures

Not Applicable

For and on behalf of the Board

Shyamala Gopinath 
Chairperson

Aditya Puri  
Managing Director

Mumbai, April 20, 2019

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Executive Director

Santosh Haldankar 
Vice President (Legal) 
 & Company Secretary

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Sashidhar Jagdishan 
Chief Financial Officer

Keki Mistry

Malay Patel

Umesh Sarangi

Sanjiv Sachar

Sandeep Parekh

M D Ranganath

Directors

BASEL III - PILLAR 3 DISCLOSURES

As at March 31, 2019

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide its circular under reference DBR.No.BP.BC.1/21.06.201/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015 on ‘Basel III Capital 

Regulations’ (‘Basel III circular’) read together with the circular under reference DBR.No.BP.BC.80/21.06.201/2014-15 dated March 31, 2015 

on ‘Prudential Guidelines on Capital Adequacy and Liquidity Standards - Amendments’ requires banks to make Pillar 3 disclosures including 

leverage ratio and liquidity coverage ratio under the Basel III Framework. These disclosures are available on HDFC Bank’s website under the 

‘Regulatory Disclosures’ section. The link to this section is given below: 

http://www.hdfcbank.com/aboutus/basel_disclosures/default.htm

The Regulatory Disclosures section contains the following disclosures:

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:50)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:20)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:27)

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

(cid:131) 

Scope of application 

Capital adequacy 

Credit risk   

Credit risk: Portfolios subject to the standardised approach

Credit risk mitigation: Disclosures for standardised approach

Securitisation exposures 

Market risk in trading book   

Operational risk   

Asset Liability Management (‘ALM’) risk management 

General disclosures for exposures related to counterparty credit risk

Equities: Disclosure for banking book positions

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:36)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:74)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:74)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:15)

(cid:46)(cid:66)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:70)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:15)

(cid:45)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:15)

(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:72)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:84)(cid:68)(cid:77)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:15)

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE OF CONDITIONS
OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

To The Members of 

HDFC Bank Limited

We  have  examined  the  compliance  of  conditions  of  corporate  governance  by  HDFC  Bank  Limited  (the  ‘Company’)  for  the  year  ended  

March 31, 2019, as prescribed in Regulations 17 to 27, clauses (b) to (i) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 46 and Para C, D and E of Schedule V 

to Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (‘LODR’). 

We  state  that  the  compliance  of  conditions  of  Corporate  Governance  is  the  responsibility  of  the  management,  and  our  examination  was 

limited  to  procedures  and  implementation  thereof  adopted  by  the  Company  for  ensuring  the  compliance  of  the  conditions  of  the  Corporate 

Governance. It is neither an audit nor an expression of opinion on the financial statements of the Company. 

In our opinion, and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, we certify that the Company has complied with 

the conditions of Corporate Governance as stipulated in the aforesaid provisions of LODR.  

We further state that such compliance is neither an assurance as to the future viability of the Company nor the efficiency or effectiveness with 

which the management has conducted the affairs of the Company. 

For BNP & Associates

Company Secretaries

[Firm Regn. No. P2014MH037400] 

B Narasimhan

Partner

FCS No.: 1303

COP No.: 10440

Place: Mumbai 

Date: May 22, 2019

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CERTIFICATE

Pursuant to regulation 34(3) and Schedule V Para C clause (10)(i) of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 

2015 (“SEBI Listing Regulations”)

To
The Members

HDFC Bank Limited

HDFC Bank House

Senapati Bapat Marg

Lower Parel (W) 

Mumbai 400013

We have examined the relevant books, papers, minutes books, forms and returns filed, Notices received from the Directors during the Financial 

Year  2018-19,  and  other  records  maintained  by  the  Company  and  also  the  information  provided  by  the  Company,  its  officers,  agents  and 

authorised representatives of HDFC Bank Limited CIN.: L65920MH1994PLC080618 (hereinafter called the ‘Bank’) having its Registered office 

at HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (W) Mumbai - 400013 for the purpose of issuance of a Certificate, in accordance 

with Regulation 34 (3) read with Schedule V Para-C Sub clause 10 (i) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and 

Disclosure Requirements) 2015 (LODR), as amended vide notification no SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2018/10 dated May 9, 2018 issued by SEBI.

In  our  opinion  and  to  the  best  of  our  knowledge  and  based  on  such  examination  as  well  as  information  and  explanations  furnished  to  us, 

which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of issuance of this certificate and based on such verification as 
considered necessary, we hereby certify that none of the Directors stated below who are on the Board of the Bank as on 31st March 2019 have 
been debarred or disqualified from being appointed or continuing as Directors of the Bank by Securities and Exchange Board of India or the 

Ministry of Corporate Affairs or any such other statutory authority.

S. No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Name of the Director

Shyamala Gopinath
Aditya Puri
Kaizad Maneck Bharucha
Keki Minoo Mistry
Sanjiv Sachar
Umesh Chandra Sarangi
Srikanth Nadhamuni
Sandeep Pravin Parekh
Malay Yogendra Patel
Dwarakanath Ranganath Mavinakere

DIN
02362921
00062650
02490648
00008886
02013812
02040436
02551389
03268043
06876386
07565125

*Date of Appointment in the Bank
02/01/2015
12/10/2004
24/12/2013
19/01/2012
21/07/2018
01/03/2016
20/09/2016
19/01/2019
31/03/2015
31/01/2019

*Date of appointment is the date which is reflected on MCA portal.

We further state that such compliance is neither an assurance as to the future viability of the Bank nor of the efficiency or effectiveness with 

which the management has conducted the affairs of the Bank.

Place: Mumbai 

Date: May 22, 2019

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Company Secretaries
[Firm Regn. No. P2014MH037400] 

B Narasimhan

Partner

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[Report  on  Corporate  Governance  pursuant  to  the  Companies  Act,  2013  and  the  SEBI  (Listing  Obligations  and  Disclosure  Requirements) 

Regulations, 2015 {“the SEBI Listing Regulations”} and forming a part of the report of the Board of Directors]

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK

Shareholders

Regulators

Board of Directors

Audit Committee

Stakeholders’ 
Relationship 
Committee

Nomination &  
Remuneration 
Committee

Risk Policy and  
Monitoring Committee

Other  
Committees

External and Internal 
Auditors

Managing Director

Executive  
Director

  The Board of Directors of the Bank are the ultimate custodians of governance.

  The Board of Directors are accountable to various stakeholders such as- shareholders and regulatory authorities such as Reserve Bank of 

India, Securities and Exchange Board of India, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, etc.

  The Board of Directors has constituted various committees under it, each with defined roles and responsibilities - such as Audit Committee, 

Stakeholders’  Relationship  Committee,  Nomination  and  Remuneration  Committee,  Risk  Policy  and  Monitoring  Committee  and  other 

committees. The Statutory Auditors have a reporting responsibility to the Audit Committee.

  The Managing Director is responsible for the overall affairs of the Bank, under the superintendence, guidance and control of the Board of Directors.

  The Executive Director, under the guidance of the Managing Director, has over-sight over various business functions.

PHILOSOPHY ON CODE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 

The  Bank  believes  in  adopting  and  adhering  to  the  best  recognized  corporate  governance  practices  and  continuously  benchmarking  itself 

against each such practice. The Bank understands and respects its role and responsibility towards its shareholders and strives hard to meet 

their expectations. 

The Bank believes that best board practices, transparent disclosures and shareholder empowerment are necessary for creating shareholder 

value.

The Bank has infused the philosophy of corporate governance into all its activities. The philosophy on corporate governance is an important 

tool  for  shareholder  protection  and  maximization  of  their  long  term  values.  The  cardinal  principles  such  as  independence,  accountability, 

responsibility, transparency, fair and timely disclosures, credibility, sustainability, etc. serve as the means for implementing the philosophy of 

corporate governance in letter and in spirit.

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The  composition  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the  Bank  (“Board”)  is  governed  by  the  provisions  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013,  the  Banking 

Regulation Act, 1949 and the listing requirements of the Indian Stock Exchanges where the securities issued by the Bank are listed. 

The Board has 10 (ten) Directors as on March 31, 2019

Composition of the Board of Directors of the Bank as on March 31, 2019: 

Executive Directors: Mr. Aditya Puri (Managing Director) and Mr. Kaizad Bharucha (Executive Director)                                                     

Non-Executive Directors: Mr. Keki Mistry and Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni.

Independent  Directors:  Mrs.  Shyamala  Gopinath  (Part-time  Non-Executive  Chairperson),  Mr.  Malay  Patel,  Mr.  Umesh  Chandra  Sarangi,  

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, Mr. Sandeep Parekh and Mr. M. D. Ranganath. 

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, Mr. Sandeep Parekh and Mr. M. D. Ranganath have been appointed as Additional Independent Directors, subject to the 

approval of the shareholders at the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Bank. 

All the Independent Directors of the Bank possess the requisite qualifications and experience which enable them to contribute effectively to 

the  Bank.  The  Board  confirms  that  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board,  the  Independent  Directors  fulfill  the  conditions  specified  in  the  SEBI  Listing 

Regulations and the Companies Act, 2013 and are independent of the management.

Mr. Keki Mistry represents Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC Limited) on the Board of the Bank.

Mr.  Paresh  Sukthankar  resigned  as  Deputy  Managing  Director  of  the  Bank  with  effect  from  November  08,  2018  on  account  of  personal 

considerations.

Mr. Partho Datta and Mr. Bobby Parikh ceased to be Directors of the Bank with effect from September 29, 2018 and January 26, 2019 respectively, 

each having completed term of eight continuous years, being the maximum period prescribed under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

None of the Directors on the Board is a member of more than ten (10) Committees and Chairperson of more than five (5) Committees across all 

public companies in which he / she is a Director. All the Directors have made necessary disclosures regarding Committee positions occupied 

by them in other companies.

None of the Directors are related to each other.

LENGTH OF SERVICE OF DIRECTORS - No. of years (Y)*

AGE GROUP OF DIRECTORS - No. of years (Y)

5

3

3

2

2

2

1

1

1

<4Y

4-6Y

6-8Y

>8Y

40-50

50-54

55-59

60-64

65-69

*Pursuant  to  Banking  Regulation  Act,  1949,  only  the  Chairperson 
and  Whole-Time  directors  may  hold  office  for  a  period  exceeding  
eight years.

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BOARD COMPOSITION

20%

20%

60%

Details  of  directorships,  memberships  and  chairpersonships  of  the 
committees of other companies for the current Directors of the Bank are  
as follows:

Name of Director

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

Mr. Malay Patel

Mr. Keki Mistry

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Kaizad Bharucha

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar

Mr. Sandeep Parekh

Mr. M. D. Ranganath

Directorships on the Board 
of other companies*

Memberships of 
Committees of other 
companies *

7

1

11 (1)

(1)

-

-

6

1

1

-

2 (4)

-

6 (3)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Independent Directors 

    Executive Directors

* The figures in brackets indicate Chairpersonships.

    Non-Independent, Non-Executive Directors

Note:  For  the  purpose  of  considering  the  limit  of  the  Directorships  and  limits 
of  Committees  on  which  the  directors  are  members  /  chairperson,  all  public 
limited  companies  (whether  listed  or  not),  private  limited  companies,  foreign 
companies and companies under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 have 
been  included.  Further,  chairpersonships  /  memberships  of  only  the  Audit 
Committee and the Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee in these companies 
have been considered.

PROFILE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The profile of the Directors of the Bank as on March 31, 2019 is as under:

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath, aged 69 years, holds a Master’s Degree in Commerce and is a CAIIB. Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath has over 41 years 

of experience in financial sector policy formulation in different capacities at RBI. As Deputy Governor of RBI for seven years, and a member 

of the RBI’s Board of Directors, she guided and influenced national policies in diverse areas such as regulation and supervision, development 

of  financial  markets,  capital  account  management,  management  of  government  borrowings,  forex  reserves  management  and  payment  and 

settlement system. She has served on several Committees while with the RBI. During 2001-03, she worked as senior financial sector expert 

in  the  then  Monetary  Affairs  and  Exchange  Department  of  the  International  Monetary  Fund  (Financial  Institutions  Division).  She  was  on  the 

Corporate  Bonds  and  Securitisation  Advisory  Committee  (CoBoSAC),  a  Sub-Committee  of  SEBI.  She  served  as  the  Chairperson  on  the 

Advisory Board on Bank, Commercial and Financial Frauds for two years from 2012 to 2014. Apart from HDFC Bank, she is an Independent 

Director  on  few  other  companies  including  not  for  profit  entities.  She  is  also  Chairperson  of  the  Board  of  Governors  of  Indian  Institute  of 

Management, Raipur. 

Mrs.  Gopinath  is  currently  on  the  Board  of  following  5  (five)  public  limited  companies  as  Independent  Director:  Tata  Elxsi  Limited,  Colgate-

Palmolive (India) Limited, CMS Info Systems Limited, Lodha Developers Limited and BASF India Limited. 

Mrs. Gopinath does not hold any shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Aditya Puri, aged 68 years, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Punjab University and is an Associate Member of the Institute of 

Chartered Accountants of India. 

Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Puri was the Chief Executive Officer of Citibank, Malaysia from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Puri has been the Managing 

Director of the Bank since September 1994. Mr. Puri has over four decades of experience in the banking sector in India and abroad.

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Mr. Puri has provided outstanding leadership as the Managing Director and has contributed significantly to enable the Bank scale phenomenal 

heights under his stewardship. Recently, Mr. Aditya Puri was conferred the AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award for the Year 2018. 

Mr.  Puri  was  also  honoured  for  his  corporate  and  philanthropic  leadership  by  the  American  Indian  Foundation  (AIF)  at  their  Annual  New 

York  Gala.  He  was  recognized  for  transformative  initiatives  undertaken  by  HDFC  Bank  under  his  leadership.  The  numerous  awards  won 

by  Mr.  Puri  and  the  Bank  are  a  testimony  to  the  tremendous  credibility  that  Mr.  Puri  has  built  for  himself  and  the  Bank  over  the  years.  

The Bank has made good and consistent progress on key parameters like balance sheet size, total deposits, net revenues, earnings per share 

and  net  profit  during  Mr.  Puri’s  tenure.  The  rankings  achieved  by  the  Bank  amongst  all  Indian  banks  with  regard  to  market  capitalization, 

profit  after  tax  and  balance  sheet  size  remain  amongst  the  top  10.  During  his  tenure,  Mr.  Puri  has  led  the  Bank  through  two  major 

mergers  in  the  Indian  banking  industry  i.e.  merger  of  Times  Bank  Limited  and  Centurion  Bank  of  Punjab  Limited  with  HDFC  Bank  Limited.  

The subsequent integrations have been smooth and seamless under his inspired leadership. Mr. Puri’s vision and strategy have been the driving 

force behind the Bank’s foray into the world of “Digital Banking” resulting in the roll out of several digital banking products like EVA Webchat 

Bot, UPI, 10 - second personal loans, PayZapp, etc.

Mr. Puri is the Non-Executive Chairman on the Board of HDB Financial Services Limited.

Mr. Puri, along with his relatives, holds 37,04,544 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

Mr. Keki Mistry 

Mr. Keki Mistry, aged 64 years, is a Non- Executive Director of the Bank. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of 

Mumbai. Mr. Mistry is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr. Mistry brings with him over three decades of 

varied experience in banking and financial services domain. Mr. Mistry has worked with AF Ferguson & Co, a renowned Chartered Accountancy 

firm, followed by stints at Hindustan Unilever Limited and Indian Hotels Company Limited. 

In the year 1981, Mr. Mistry joined Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC Ltd.). Mr. Mistry was inducted on to the Board of 

HDFC Ltd. as an Executive Director in the year 1993 and was elevated to the post of Managing Director in November 2000. In October 2007,  

Mr. Mistry was appointed as Vice Chairman & Managing Director of HDFC Ltd. and became the Vice Chairman & CEO in January 2010. As a 

part of the management team, Mr. Mistry has played a critical role in the successful transformation of HDFC Ltd. into India’s leading financial 

services conglomerate by facilitating formation of companies including HDFC Bank Ltd., HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd, HDFC Life 

Insurance Company Ltd. and HDFC Ergo General Insurance Company Ltd. He is currently the Chairman of CII National Council on Corporate 

Governance and a member of Primary Markets Advisory Committee set up by SEBI. He was also a member of the Committee of Corporate 

Governance set up by SEBI. 

Mr. Keki Mistry is currently on Board of following 8 (eight) public limited companies: HDFC Limited: Vice Chairman and CEO, GRUH Finance 

Limited:  Chairman,  HDFC  Asset  Management  Limited,  HDFC  Life  Insurance  Company  Limited,  HDFC  ERGO  General  Insurance  Company 

Limited, Greatship (India) Limited, Torrent Power Limited and Tata Consultancy Services Limited: Director.

Mr. Mistry, along with his relatives, holds 2,96,130 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019. 

Mr. Kaizad Bharucha 

Mr. Kaizad Bharucha, aged 54 years, holds a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from University of Mumbai. He has been associated with the 

Bank since 1995. In his current position as Executive Director, he is responsible for Wholesale Banking covering areas of Corporate Banking, 

Emerging  Corporate  Group,  Business  Banking,  Healthcare  Finance,  Agri  Lending,  Department  for  Special  Operations  and  inclusive  Banking 

Initiatives Group. He has driven growth and profitability in the aforesaid areas of the Wholesale Banking segment of the Bank. 

In his previous position as Group Head - Credit & Market Risk, he was responsible for the Risk Management activities in the Bank viz., Credit 

Risk, Market Risk, Debt Management, Risk Intelligence and Control functions. 

Mr. Bharucha has been a career banker with over three decades of banking experience. Prior to joining the Bank, he worked in SBI Commercial 

and International Bank in various areas including Trade Finance and Corporate Banking. 

He  has represented HDFC Bank as a member of the working group constituted by the Reserve Bank of India to examine the role of  Credit 

Information Bureau and on the sub-committee with regard to adoption of the Basel II guidelines. 

Mr. Bharucha is not a director in any other public limited company. 

Mr. Bharucha, along with his relatives, holds 8,91,551 equity shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

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Mr. Malay Patel

Mr.  Malay  Patel,  aged  42  years,  is  a  Major  in  Engineering  (Mechanical)  from  Rutgers  University,  Livingston,  NJ,  USA,  and  an  A.A.B.A.  in 

business  from  Bergen  County  College,  Fairlawn,  NJ,  USA.  He  is  a  director  on  the  Board  of  Eewa  Engineering  Company  Private  Limited,  a 

company in the plastics / packaging industry with exports to more than 50 countries. He has been involved in varied roles such as export / 

import, procurement, sales and marketing, etc in Eewa Engineering Company Private Limited. 

Mr. Malay Patel has special knowledge and practical experience in matters relating to small scale industries in terms of Section 10-A (2)(a) of 

the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

Mr. Patel is not a director in any other public limited company.

Mr. Malay Patel does not hold any shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi, aged 67 years, holds a Master’s Degree in Science (Botany) from the Utkal University (gold medalist). 

Mr. Sarangi has 36 years of experience in the Indian Administrative Services and brought in significant reforms in modernization of agriculture, 

focus on agro processing and export. As the erstwhile Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) from 

December 2007 to December 2010, Mr. Sarangi focused on rural infrastructure, accelerated initiatives such as microfinance, financial inclusion, 

watershed development and tribal development.

Mr.  Sarangi  has  been  appointed  as  a  Director  having  specialized  knowledge  and  experience  in  agriculture  and  rural  economy  pursuant  to 

Section 10-A (2)(a) of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. 

Mr. Sarangi is not a director in any other public limited company.

Mr. Sarangi does not hold any shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni, aged 55 years, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications from National Institute of Engineering 

and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University. Mr. Nadhamuni is a technologist and an entrepreneur with 29 

years of experience in the areas of CPU design, Healthcare, e-Governance, National ID, Biometrics, Financial Technology and Banking sectors. 

Mr. Nadhamuni is presently the Chairman of Novopay Solutions Private Limited, a company involved in the area of mobile payments and is 

the CEO of Khosla Labs Private Limited, a start-up incubator. He has also been a co-founder of e-Governments Foundation with Mr. Nandan 

Nilekani  which  works  on  the  objectives  to  improve  governance  in  Indian  cities  and  creation  of  Municipal  ERP  suite  which  improves  service 

delivery of cities. 

Mr. Nadhamuni was the Chief Technology Officer of Aadhaar (UID Authority of India) during 2009-2012 where he participated in design and 

development of the world’s largest biometric based ID system. He was instrumental in development of Aadhaar technology, several banking 

and financial protocols including MicroATM, Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) and Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB). 

Mr.  Nadhamuni  spent  14  years  in  the  Silicon  Valley  (California,  US)  working  for  several  global  companies  such  as  Sun  Microsystems  (CPU 

design), Intel Corporation (CPU design), Silicon Graphics (Interactive TV) and WebMD (Internet Healthcare). 

Mr. Nadhamuni has been appointed as a Director having expertise in the field of Information Technology.  

Mr. Nadhamuni is not a director in any other public limited company.

Mr. Nadhamuni does not hold any shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

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Mr. Sanjiv Sachar 

Mr.  Sanjiv  Sachar,  aged  61  years  is  an  Additional  Independent  Director  on  the  Board  of  the  Bank.  Mr.  Sachar,  is  a  Fellow  Associate  of  the 

Institute  of  Chartered  Accountants  of  India  and  on  31st  October,  2016  retired  as  the  Senior  Partner  of  Egon  Zehnder,  the  world’s  largest 

privately held executive search firm. 

Mr. Sachar set up the Egon Zehnder practice in India in 1995 and played a key role in establishing the firm as a market leader in the executive 

search  space  across  various  country  segments.  Over  the  course  of  his  two  decades  at  Egon  Zehnder,  Mr.  Sachar  has  mentored  senior 

executives across industry sectors that today are either Board members, CEOs or CFOs of large corporates in India and overseas. Mr. Sachar 

has also been the co-founder of the chartered accountancy and management consulting firm, Sachar Vasudeva & Associates and co-founded 

executive search firm, Direct Impact. 

Mr. Sachar is an Independent Director on the Board of KDDL Limited.

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar does not hold any shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

Mr. Sandeep Parekh

Mr. Sandeep Parekh, aged 48 years, holds an LL.M (Securities and Financial Regulations) degree from Georgetown University and an LL.B. 

degree  from  Delhi  University.  He  is  the  managing  partner  of  Finsec  Law  Advisors,  a  financial  sector  law  firm  based  in  Mumbai.  He  was  an 

Executive Director at the Securities & Exchange Board of India during 2006-08, heading the Enforcement and Legal Affairs departments. He is 

a faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has worked for law firms in Delhi, Mumbai and Washington, D.C. Mr. Parekh 

focuses  on  securities  regulations,  investment  regulations,  private  equity,  corporate  governance  and  financial  regulations.  He  is  admitted  to 

practice law in New York and is a member of Mensa. He was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a “Young Global Leader” in 2008.  

He  was  Chairman  and  member  of  various  SEBI  and  RBI  Committees  and  sub-Committees  and  is  presently  the  Chairman  of  SEBI’s  Proxy 

Advisory working group and a member of SEBI’s Mutual Fund Advisory Committee. 

Mr. Parekh is not a director in any other public limited company.

Mr. Sandeep Parekh does not hold any shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

Mr. M. D. Ranganath

Mr. M. D. Ranganath, aged 57 years, holds Master’s degree in technology from IIT, Madras and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the 

University of Mysore. He is a PGDM from IIM, Ahmedabad and a member of CPA, Australia.

Mr. Ranganath has over 26 years of experience in the Global IT services and financial services industry. He was Chief Financial Officer of Infosys 

Limited, a globally listed IT services corporation, with over 200,000 employees, till November, 2018. During his tenure of 18 years at Infosys, he 

was an integral part of the growth and transformation of Infosys into a globally respected IT services company and effectively played leadership 

roles in a wide spectrum of areas- Strategy, Finance, M&A, Consulting, Risk Management, and Corporate planning- culminating in the role of 

Chief  Financial  Officer  and  worked  closely  with  the  Board  of  Infosys  and  its  committees  in  formulating  and  executing  its  strategic  priorities.  

Prior  to  Infosys,  he  worked  at  ICICI  Limited  for  8  years  and  executed  responsibilities  in  credit,  treasury,  equity  portfolio  management  and 

corporate planning.

In the years 2017 and 2018, Mr. Ranganath was the recipient of the Best CFO Asia award in the technology sector, by Institutional Investor 

publication, based on poll of buy-side and sell-side investor community.

Mr. Ranganath is not a director in any other public limited company.

Mr. Ranganath does not hold any shares in the Bank as on March 31, 2019.

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ATTENDANCE AT BOARD MEETINGS & LAST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

The  Board  /  Committee  Meetings  are  convened  by  giving  appropriate  notice  well  in  advance  of  the  meetings.  The  Directors  /  Members  are 

provided with appropriate information in the form of agenda items in a timely manner, to enable them to deliberate on each agenda item and 

make informed decisions and provide appropriate directions to the Management in this regard. 

Video-conferencing facility is also provided at the Board / Committee meetings in case any director is unable to attend but wishes to participate 

in the meetings.  

At  the  Board  /  Committee  meetings,  presentations  and  deep-dive  sessions  are  made  covering  important  areas  of  the  Bank  such  as  annual 

plans and strategies, Cyber security and Data Privacy, amendments and salient provisions of the SEBI Listing Regulations and other applicable 

regulations / laws, macro-economic updates and monetary policy implications, Parivartan (CSR Initiatives), etc. Further, the Managing Director 

periodically provides a commentary on the current state of affairs of the Bank and macro-economic outlook, so as to give an insight to the 

Board of Directors on industry trends and developments. 

During  the  financial  year  under  review,  9  (nine)  Board  Meetings  were  held.  The  meetings  were  held  on  April  21,  2018,  May  22,  2018,  

June 29, 2018, July 21, 2018, September 28, 2018, October 20, 2018, January 19, 2019, February 02, 2019 and March 07, 2019.

The Board meeting held on February 02, 2019 was a separate off-site meeting dedicated exclusively for strategic matters of the Bank.

Details of attendance at the Board Meetings held during the financial year under review and attendance at the last AGM are as follows:

Name of the Director

Board Meetings attended during the year

Attendance at last AGM (June 29, 2018)

Independent Directors

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath1

Mr. Partho Datta2

Mr. Bobby Parikh2

Mr. Malay Patel

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi

Mr. Sandeep Parekh3

Mr. M. D. Ranganath3

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar3

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Keki Mistry

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni 4

Executive Directors

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar  5

Mr. Kaizad Bharucha

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4

7

9

9

2

2

5

8

7

9

6

9

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Absent

Present

Present

Present

Present

NA

NA

NA

Present

Absent

Present

Present

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1Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath was unable to attend the previous AGM of the Bank due to prior personal commitments.  

2Mr.  Partho  Datta  and  Mr.  Bobby  Parikh  ceased  to  be  Directors  of  the  Bank  with  effect  from  September  29,  2018  and  January  26,  2019 

respectively.

3Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, Mr. Sandeep Parekh and Mr. M. D. Ranganath have been appointed as Directors of the Bank with effect from July 21, 2018, 

January 19, 2019 and January 31, 2019 respectively.

4Mr. Nadhamuni  was unable to attend 2 board meetings held on April 21, 2018 and May 22, 2018 due to his prior commitments in relation to 

the Aadhaar matter in the Supreme Court. Further, he could not attend the last AGM of the Bank held on June 29, 2018 since he was unwell. 

(Mr. Nadhamuni has attended all the Board meetings of the Bank held during FY 2017-18, as well as the AGM of the Bank held on July 24, 2017 

for FY 2016-17.)

5Mr. Paresh Sukthankar resigned as Deputy Managing Director of the Bank with effect from November 08, 2018.

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS 

Managing Director and other Executive Directors:

The details of the remuneration paid to Mr. Aditya Puri, Managing Director; Mr. Paresh Sukthankar, Deputy Managing Director$ and Mr. Kaizad 

Bharucha, Executive Director during the financial year 2018-19 are as under: 

Particulars

Basic

Allowances and Perquisites

Provident Fund

Superannuation

Performance Bonus # 

Number of stock options granted *

(Amount in `)

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar$ Mr. Kaizad Bharucha

54,393,638

32,915,672

6,527,233

8,159,040

34,709,143

492,000

17,103,452

22,068,605

2,052,412

2,565,518

19,553,858

-

18,933,600

21,032,795

2,272,032

2,840,040

13,700,087

171,000

$ Mr. Paresh Sukthankar resigned from the Bank with effect from November 8, 2018 

# For the Managing Director, this amount includes 60% of the Performance Bonus for FY 2016-17 paid out in FY 2018-19 and deferred bonus 

tranches  of  previous  financial  years.  For  the  Deputy  Managing  Director  and  the  Executive  Director,  this  amount  includes  full  performance 

bonus for FY 2016-17 paid out in FY 2017-18 and deferred bonus tranches of previous financial years. At present, the bonus pertaining to the 

FY 2017-18 proposed to be paid out in FY 2018-19 is pending RBI approval. Therefore, after RBI approval is obtained, the approved amounts, 

if any, will be paid and disclosed in the Corporate Governance Report for the next financial year.

* The stock options granted to Mr. Aditya Puri and Mr. Kaizad Bharucha have not been issued at discount and the same have been granted 

at the closing market price prevailing on the day prior to the date of grant on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. The Bank follows a 

method  of  conditional  vesting,  i.e.  vesting  of  each  tranche  is  subject  to  performance.  The  vesting  schedule  for  the  stock  options  is  -  35% 

of options after expiry of twelve months from date of grant, 30% options after expiry of twenty-four months from the date of grant, 20% of 

options after expiry of thirty-six months from the date of grant and the balance options after expiry of forty-eight months from date of grant, 

subject to performance and approval of RBI. The options so vested are to be exercised within 2 years from the respective dates of vesting.

The criteria for evaluation of performance of Whole-Time Directors include performance vis-à-vis business plans, performance vis-à-vis banking 

system, and performance in relation to regulatory and compliance requirements.

The notice period for each of them, as specified in their respective terms of appointments, is three months. 

The appointment and tenure of Whole-Time Directors has been approved by the RBI.

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The Bank provides for gratuity in the form of lump-sum payment on retirement or on death while in employment or on termination of employment 

of an amount equivalent to 15 (fifteen) days basic salary payable for each completed year of service. 

The Bank makes annual contributions to funds administered by trustees and managed by insurance companies for amounts notified by the 

said insurance companies. The Bank accounts for the liability for future gratuity benefits based on an independent external actuarial valuation 

carried out annually.

Perquisites (evaluated as per Income Tax Rules, 1962 wherever applicable and at actual cost to the Bank otherwise) such as the benefit of the 

Bank’s furnished accommodation, gas, electricity, water and furnishings, club fees, personal accident insurance, use of car and telephone at 

residence, medical reimbursement, leave and leave travel concession and other benefits like provident fund, superannuation and gratuity are 

provided in accordance with the rules of the Bank in this regard. 

No sitting fees were paid to Mr. Puri, Mr. Sukthankar and Mr. Bharucha for attending meetings of the Board and / or its Committees.

DETAILS OF REMUNERATION / SITTING FEES PAID TO NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

All the non-executive directors including the independent directors and the Chairperson receive remuneration by way of sitting fees for each 

meeting of the Board and its various committees. No stock options are granted to any of the non-executive directors.  

During the year, Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath was paid remuneration of ` 35,00,000. The remuneration of the Chairperson has been approved by 
the Reserve Bank of India. Pursuant to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013, the Directors are paid sitting fees of ` 50,000 and ` 100,000 

per meeting for attending Committee & Board meetings respectively.

Pursuant to RBI guidelines dated June 1, 2015 on Compensation to Non-Executive Directors of Private Sector Banks and read with the relevant 

shareholders’ resolution in this regard, non-executive directors, including the independent directors, other than the Chairperson, also receive 

profit related commission as per the limits prescribed in the RBI guidelines. Pursuant to these guidelines and shareholders’ resolution passed 

at  the  22nd  Annual  General  Meeting  of  the  Bank  held  on  July  21,  2016,  the  non-executive  directors  were  paid  profit  related  commission  of  
` 1,000,000 each during the financial year 2018-19 pertaining to financial year 2017-18. This is in addition to the sitting fees paid to them for 

attending Committee & Board Meetings.

The details of sitting fees and commission paid to non-executive directors during the financial year 2018-19 is as under:

Name of the Director

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

Mr. Partho Datta*

Mr. Bobby Parikh*

Mr. Malay Patel

Mr. Keki Mistry 

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi 

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni 

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar $

Mr. Sandeep Parekh $

Mr. M. D. Ranganath $

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Commission #

3,000,000

1,050,000

2,150,000

2,950,000

2,050,000

2,000,000

1,400,000

1,000,000

350,000

250,000

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1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

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# Refers to commission for FY 2017-18, paid out in FY 2018-19.

*Mr.  Partho  Datta  and  Mr.  Bobby  Parikh  ceased  to  be  directors  of  the  Bank  with  effect  from  September  29,  2018  and  January  26,  2019 

respectively. 

$  Mr.  Sanjiv  Sachar,  Mr.  Sandeep  Parekh  and  Mr.  M.  D.  Ranganath  were  appointed  as  Directors  of  the  Bank  with  effect  from  July  21,  2018, 

January 19, 2019 and January 31, 2019 respectively.  

There were no other pecuniary relationships or transactions of Non-Executive Directors vis-a-vis the Bank (except banking transactions in the 

ordinary course of business and on arm’s length basis) during FY 2018-19.

COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS, TERMS OF REFERENCE AND ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETINGS

The Board has constituted various Committees of Directors to take informed decisions in the best interest of the Bank. These Committees 

monitor the activities as per the scope defined in their Charter and terms of reference. 

The Board’s Committees are as follows:

Classification

Director's  Name

Audit

Nomination  
&  
Remuneration

Stakeholders' 
Relationship

Corporate 
Social 
Responsibility

Risk  & 
Policy 
Monitoring

Fraud 
Monitoring

Customer 
Service

Credit 
Approval

Premises

Review: 

Review: 

Wilful 
Defaulters' 
Identification

Non 
Cooperative 
Borrowers

Digital 
Transactions 
Monitoring

IT 
Strategy*

Non 
Executive 
Directors

Mrs. Shyamala 
Gopinath

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

Mr. Malay Patel

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

Mr. M. D. 
Ranganath

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

Executive 
Directors

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Kaizad 
Bharucha

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

(cid:32)

* Not a Board-level Committee. Consists of members of senior management and external IT 

(cid:32) Chairperson    (cid:32) Member

consultant in addition to the above members. 

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Mr. Keki Mistry

Mr. Umesh 
Chandra 
Sarangi

Mr. Srikanth 
Nadhamuni

Mr. Sanjiv 
Sachar

Mr. Sandeep 
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Audit Committee:  

Brief Terms of Reference / 

Roles and responsibilities:

a.  Overseeing the Bank’s financial reporting process and disclosure of financial information to ensure 

that the financial statement is correct, sufficient and credible;

b.  Recommending appointment and removal of external auditors and fixing of their fees;

c.  Reviewing  with  management  the  annual  financial  statements  and  auditor’s  report  before 

submission to the Board with special emphasis on accounting policies and practices, compliance 

with accounting standards, disclosure of related party transactions and other legal requirements 

relating to financial statements; 

d.  Reviewing  the  adequacy  of  the  Audit  and  Compliance  functions,  including  their  policies, 

procedures, techniques and other regulatory requirements; and

e.  Any other terms of reference as may be included from time to time in the Companies Act, 2013, SEBI 

Listing Regulations, 2015, including any amendments / re-enactments thereof from time to time.

The  Board  has  also  adopted  a  Charter  for  the  Audit  Committee  in  accordance  with  certain 

United States regulatory standards as the Bank’s securities are also listed on the New York Stock 

Exchange. 

Composition:

Mr.  M.  D.  Ranganath  (Chairman),  Mrs.  Shyamala  Gopinath,  Mr.  Umesh  Chandra  Sarangi  and  

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, all of whom are independent directors. Mr. M. D. Ranganath and Mr. Sanjiv Sachar 

are the members of Audit Committee having financial expertise.

(During the year, Mr. Bobby Parikh and Mr. Partho Datta ceased to be members of the  Committee 

pursuant  to  their  cessation  as  Directors  of  the  Bank.  Further,  Mr.  M.  D.  Ranganath  and  Mr.  Sanjiv 

Sachar were appointed as members of the Committee.)

Mr. Santosh Haldankar, Company Secretary of the Bank, acts as the Secretary of the Committee.

Meetings:

The Committee met 7 (seven) times during the year on April 20, 2018; May 22, 2018; July 17, 2018; 

July 20, 2018; October 19, 2018; January 18, 2019 and March 7, 2019.

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Nomination and Remuneration Committee:

Brief Terms of Reference / Roles 

a.  Scrutinizing the nominations of the directors with reference to their qualifications and experience, 

and responsibilities:

for  identifying  ‘Fit  and  Proper’  persons,  assessing  competency  of  the  persons  and  reviewing 

compensation levels of the Bank’s employees vis-à-vis other banks and the banking industry in 

general.

The  NRC  has  formulated  a  Policy  for  Appointment  and  Fit  and  Proper  Criteria  of  Directors, 

which inter-alia provides for criteria to assess the competency of the persons nominated, which 

includes:

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:69)(cid:70)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:1)(cid:82)(cid:86)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:71)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:84)(cid:13)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:70)(cid:89)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:13)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:68)(cid:76)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:69)(cid:28)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:80)(cid:71)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:68)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:69)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:15)

For  assessing  the  integrity  and  suitability,  features  like  criminal  records,  financial  position, 

civil  actions  undertaken  to  pursue  personal  debts,  refusal  of  admission  to  and  expulsion  from 

professional bodies, sanctions applied by regulators or similar bodies and previous questionable 

business practices are considered.

b.  The Committee also formulates criteria for evaluation of performance of individual directors including 

independent directors, the Board of Directors and its Committees. The criteria for evaluation of 

performance  of  directors  (including  independent  directors)  include  personal  attributes  such  as 

attendance at meetings, communication skills, leadership skills and adaptability and professional 

attributes such as  understanding of the Bank’s core business and strategic objectives, industry 

knowledge, independent judgment, adherence to the Bank’s Code of Conduct, Ethics and Values, etc. 

Composition:

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar (Chairman), Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath, Mr. Sandeep Parekh and Mr. M. D. Ranganath.

(During the year, Mr. Bobby Parikh and Mr. Partho Datta ceased to be members of the Committee 

pursuant to their cessation as Directors of the Bank. Further, Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, Mr. Sandeep Parekh 

and Mr. M. D. Ranganath were appointed as members of the Committee) 

All the members of the Committee are independent directors.

Meetings:

The  Committee  met  11  (eleven)  times  during  the  year  on  April  20,  2018;  May  10,  2018;  

June  01,  2018;  June  29,  2018;  July  31,  2018;  August  20,  2018;  September  28,  2018;  

October 19, 2018; January 18, 2019; January 30, 2019 and March 07, 2019.

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Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee:

Brief Terms of Reference / Roles 

The Committee approves and monitors transfer, transmission, splitting and consolidation of shares 

and responsibilities:

and  considers  requests  for  dematerialization  of  shares.  Allotment  of  shares  to  the  employees  on 

exercise  of  stock  options  granted  under  the  various  Employees  Stock  Option  Schemes  which  are 

made in terms of the powers delegated by the Board in this regard, are placed before the Committee 

for  ratification.  The  Committee  also  monitors  redressal  of  grievances  from  shareholders  relating  to 

transfer of shares, non-receipt of Annual Report, dividends, etc.

The  powers  to  approve  share  transfers  and  dematerialization  requests  have  been  delegated  to 

executives of the Bank to avoid delays that may arise due to non-availability of the members of the 

Committee.  Mr.  Santosh  Haldankar,  Vice  President-Legal  &  Company  Secretary  of  the  Bank  is  the 

Compliance Officer responsible for expediting the share transfer formalities. 

As  on  March  31,  2019,  234  (Two  Hundred  Thirty  Four)  instruments  of  transfer  for  49,313  equity 

shares was pending for transfer, which have since been processed. The details of the transfers are 

reported to the Committee from time to time. 

During the year ended March 31, 2019, the Bank received 5,855 complaints from the shareholders. 

The  Bank  had  attended  to  all  the  complaints.  101  complaints  remained  pending  and  5  complaints 

have not been solved to the satisfaction of the shareholders as on March 31, 2019.

Besides, 15,905 letters were received from the shareholders relating to change of address, nomination 

requests, updation of email IDs and PAN No(s), updation of complete bank account details viz. Core 

Banking account no., IFSC and / MICR code, Mandate for crediting dividend by National Automated 

Clearing House (NACH) and National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT), claim of shares from Unclaimed 

Suspense account, and from the Investors Education and Protection Fund Authority, queries relating 

to the annual reports, non-receipt of shares upon sub-division of Bank’s shares from the face value 
of  `  10/-  each  to  the  face  value  of  `  2/-  each,  amalgamation,  request  for  re-validation  of  dividend 

warrants and various other investor related matters. These letters have also been responded to.

Composition:

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi (Chairman), Mr. Aditya Puri, Mr. Malay Patel and Mr. Sandeep Parekh.

(During the year, Mr. Paresh Sukthankar ceased to be a member of the Committee pursuant to his 

resignation. Further, Mr. Sandeep Parekh was appointed as a member of the Committee.) 

Meetings:

The Committee met 4 (four) times during the year on April 18, 2018; July 19, 2018; October 17, 2018 

and January 17, 2019.

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Risk Policy and Monitoring Committee:

Brief Terms of Reference / Roles 

The  Committee  has  been  formed  as  per  the  guidelines  of  Reserve  Bank  of  India  on  Asset  Liability 

and responsibilities:

Management  /  Risk  Management  Systems.  The  Committee  develops  Bank’s  credit  and  market 

risk policies and procedures, verifies adherence to various risk parameters and prudential limits for 

treasury  operations  and  reviews  its  risk  monitoring  system.  The  Committee  also  ensures  that  the 

Bank’s credit exposure to any one group or industry does not exceed the internally set limits and that 

the risk is prudentially diversified.

Further, as per RBI guidelines, the Chief Risk Officer of the Bank regularly interacts with the members 

of the Committee without the presence of management at the meetings of the Committee. 

Composition:

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni (Chairman), Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath, Mr. M. D. Ranganath and Mr. Aditya 

Puri. 

(During the year, Mr. Partho Datta ceased to be a member of the Committee pursuant to his cessation 

as  a  director  of  the  Bank  and  Mr.  Paresh  Sukthankar  ceased  to  be  a  member  of  the  committee 

pursuant to his resignation as director of the Bank. Further, Mr. Nadhamuni and Mr. M. D. Ranganath 

were appointed as members of the Committee.) 

Meetings: 

The Committee met 5 (five) times during the year on April 18, 2018; June 29, 2018; July 19, 2018; 

October 17, 2018 and January 17, 2019. 

Credit Approval Committee:

Brief Terms of Reference / Roles 

The Committee evaluates and approves credit exposures, which are beyond the powers delegated 

and responsibilities:

to executives of the Bank. This facilitates quick response to the needs of the customers and timely 

disbursement of loans.

Composition: 

Mr. Malay Patel (Chairman), Mr. Aditya Puri, Mr. Kaizad Bharucha and Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni.

(Mr. Keki Mistry ceased to be a member of the Committee with effect from May 02, 2019.)

Meetings: 

The Committee met 13 (thirteen) times during the year on April 13, 2018; April 27, 2018; May 22, 2018; 

June  22,  2018;  July  21,  2018;  September  18,  2018;  September  28,  2018;  October  20,  2018;  

December 05, 2018; January 19, 2019; February 11, 2019; February 27, 2019 and March 28, 2019

Premises Committee:

Brief Terms of Reference / Roles 

The Committee approves purchases and leasing of premises for the use of Bank’s branches, back 

and responsibilities:

offices, ATMs and residence of executives in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Board.

Composition: 

Mr. Keki Mistry (Chairman), Mr. Aditya Puri and Mr. Malay Patel. 

Meetings: 

The Committee met 5 (five) times during the year on April 18, 2018; July 21, 2018; October 17, 2018; 

January 17, 2019 and March 07, 2019.

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Fraud Monitoring Committee:

Brief Terms of Reference / Roles 

Pursuant  to  the  directions  of  the  RBI,  the  Bank  has  constituted  a  Fraud  Monitoring  Committee, 

and responsibilities:

exclusively  dedicated  to  the  monitoring  and  following  up  of  cases  of  fraud  involving  amounts  of  
` 1 crore and above.

The  objectives  of  this  Committee  are  the  effective  detection  of  frauds  and  immediate  reporting  of 

the  frauds  and  actions  taken  against  the  perpetrators  of  frauds  to  the  concerned  regulatory  and 

enforcement agencies. The terms of reference of the Committee are as under:

a. 

Identify  the  systemic  lacunae,  if  any,  that  facilitated  perpetration  of  the  fraud  and  put  in  place 

measures to plug the same;

b. 

Identify the reasons for delay in detection, if any and report to top management of the Bank and 

RBI;

c.  Monitor progress of Central Bureau of Investigation / Police Investigation and recovery position;

d.  Ensure that staff accountability is examined at all levels in all the cases of frauds and staff side 

action, if required, is completed quickly without loss of time;

e.  Review  the  efficacy  of  the  remedial  action  taken  to  prevent  recurrence  of  frauds,  such  as 

strengthening of internal controls; and 

f.  Put in place other measures as may be considered relevant to strengthen preventive measures 

against frauds. 

Composition:

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath (Chairperson), Mr. Keki Mistry, Mr. Malay Patel, Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi, 

Mr. Aditya Puri and Mr. Sandeep Parekh.

(During the year, Mr. Partho Datta ceased to be a member of the Committee pursuant to his cessation 

as Director of the Bank.  Further, Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi and Mr. Sandeep Parekh were appointed 

as members of the Committee.)

Meetings:

The Committee met 5 (Five) times during the year on April 18, 2018; July 19, 2018; September 28, 2018; 

October 17, 2018 and January 17, 2019.

Customer Service Committee:

Brief  Terms  of  Reference  /  Roles 

The  Committee  monitors  the  quality  of  services  rendered  to  the  customers  and  also  ensures 

and responsibilities: 

implementation  of  directives  received  from  the  RBI  in  this  regard.  The  terms  of  reference  of  the 

Committee are to formulate comprehensive deposit policy incorporating the issues arising out of the 

demise of a depositor for operation of his account, the product approval process, annual survey of 

depositor satisfaction and the triennial audit of such services. 

Composition:

Mrs.  Shyamala  Gopinath  (Chairperson),  Mr.  Keki  Mistry,  Mr.  Malay  Patel,  Mr.  Srikanth  Nadhamuni,  

Mr. Aditya Puri and Mr. Sandeep Parekh. 

(During the year, Mr. Sandeep Parekh was appointed as a member of the Committee.)

Meetings:

The Committee met 4 (Four) times during the year on April 18, 2018; July 19, 2018; October 17, 2018 

and January 17, 2019.

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Corporate Social Responsibility Committee:

Brief  Terms  of  Reference  /  Roles 

The  Board  has  constituted  a  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  Committee  with  the  following 

and responsibilities:

terms of reference:

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:53)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:86)(cid:77)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:8)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:52)(cid:51)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:72)(cid:90)(cid:13)(cid:1)(cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:40)(cid:80)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:84)

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:53)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:78)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:35)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:76)(cid:8)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:52)(cid:51)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:77)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:71)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:78)(cid:66)(cid:79)(cid:68)(cid:70)

(cid:116)(cid:1) (cid:53)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:83)(cid:70)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:88)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:73)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:36)(cid:52)(cid:51)(cid:1)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:75)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:16)(cid:1)(cid:74)(cid:79)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:87)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:71)(cid:83)(cid:80)(cid:78)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:70)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:1)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:70)

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Composition:

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi (Chairman), Mr. Sanjiv Sachar, Mr. Malay Patel and Mr. Aditya Puri 

(During the year, Mr. Bobby Parikh and Mr. Partho Datta ceased to be members of the Committee 

pursuant  to  their  cessation  as  Directors  of  the  Bank  and  Mr.  Paresh  Sukthankar  ceased  to  be  a 

member  of  the  committee  pursuant  to  his  resignation  as  director  of  the  Bank.  Further,  Mr.  Sanjiv 

Sachar and Mr. Malay Patel were appointed as members of the Committee.)

Meetings:

The Committee met 4 (four) times during the year on April 18, 2018; July 19, 2018; October 17, 2018 

Review Committee for Wilful Defaulters’ Identification:                 

and January 17, 2019.

Brief  Terms  of  Reference  /  Roles 

The Board has constituted a Review Committee for Wilful Defaulters’ Identification to review the orders 

and responsibilities:

passed by the Committee of Executives for Identification of Wilful Defaulters and provide the final decision 

with regard to identified Wilful defaulters.

Composition:

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath (Chairperson), Mr. Aditya Puri, Mr. Sandeep Parekh, Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi 

and Mr. Sanjiv Sachar. 

(During the year Mr. Bobby Parikh and Mr. Partho Datta ceased to be members of the Committee pursuant 

to their cessation as Directors of the Bank. Further, Mr. Sandeep Parekh, Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi and 

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar were appointed as members of the Committee.)

Meetings:

No meetings of the Committee were held during the year.

Review Committee for Non-Cooperative Borrowers:

Brief  Terms  of  Reference  /  Roles 

The  Board  has  constituted  a  Review  Committee  to  review  matters  related  to  Non-Co-operative 

and responsibilities:

Borrowers which are handled by the Internal Committee of Executives appointed for this purpose.

Composition:

Mrs.  Shyamala  Gopinath  (Chairperson),  Mr.  Aditya  Puri,  Mr.  Sandeep  Parekh,  Mr.  Umesh  Chandra 

Sarangi and Mr. Sanjiv Sachar. 

(During  the  year  Mr.  Bobby  Parikh  and  Mr.  Partho  Datta  ceased  to  be  members  of  the  Committee 

pursuant  to  their  cessation  as  Directors  of  the  Bank.  Further,  Mr.  Sandeep  Parekh,  Mr.  Umesh 

Chandra Sarangi and Mr. Sanjiv Sachar were appointed as members of the Committee.)

Meetings:

No meetings of the Committee were held during the year.

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Digital Transaction Monitoring Committee:

Brief  Terms  of  Reference  /  Roles 

In  order  to  promote  digital  transactions  of  the  Bank  and  to  provide  directions  in  terms  of  strategy  and 

and responsibilities:

action plans including monitoring the progress of achievement in the digital transactions space, the Bank 

has constituted the Digital Transaction Monitoring Committee during the year. The terms of reference to 

the Committee, inter-alia include the following:

a.  Framing of the Bank-level strategy and action plans for achieving the target of digital transactions in an 

organized manner, as may be set by the Government, regulatory authorities, IBA, etc. from time to time.

b.  Monitoring  the  progress  of  achievement  in  digital  transactions  in  line  with  the  Bank’s  strategy  and 

action plans.

c.  To review and explore new opportunities for increasing the digital transactions of the Bank from time 

to time and give the necessary directions in implementing and improving high level of digitalization in 

Bank.

d.  Any other terms of reference as may be specified by the Government, regulatory authorities, IBA, etc. 

from time to time.

Composition:

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni (Chairman), Mr. Malay Patel, Mr. Aditya Puri and Mr. M. D. Ranganath.

(During  the  year,  Mr.  Paresh  Sukthankar  ceased  to  be  a  member  of  the  committee  pursuant  to  his 

resignation  as  Director  of  the  Bank.  Further,  Mr.  M.  D.  Ranganath  was  appointed  as  a  member  of  the 

Committee.) 

Meetings:

The Committee met 4 (Four) times during the year on April 19, 2018; July 20, 2018; October 19, 2018 and 

IT Strategy Committee:

January 18, 2019.

Brief  Terms  of  Reference  /  Roles 

The Bank has in place, an IT Strategy Committee to look into various technology related aspects.

and responsibilities:

Composition:

This Committee is not a Board Level Committee. However, Mr. M. D. Ranganath (Chairman) Mr. Srikanth 

Nadhamuni, and Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath, are members of the Committee along with other executives of 

the Bank and an external expert.

(During the year, Mr. Bobby Parikh ceased to be a member of the committee pursuant to his cessation as 

Director of the Bank and Mr. Paresh Sukthankar ceased to be a member of the committee pursuant to 

his resignation as director of the Bank. Further, Mr. M. D. Ranganath was appointed as a member of the 

Committee.)

Meetings:

The Committee met 4 (four) times during the year on April 19, 2018; July 20, 2018; October 19, 2018 and 

Meeting of the Independent Directors:

January 18, 2019

The Independent Directors of the Bank held a meeting on January 16, 2019 and March 07, 2019 without the presence of the non-independent 

Directors and senior management team of the Bank. All the Independent Directors as on the date of the respective meeting had attended the 

meetings. The Independent Directors discussed matters as required under the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI 

Listing Regulations, 2015.

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ATTENDANCE AT THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS HELD DURING FINANCIAL YEAR 2018-19

Audit Committee

Credit Approval Committee

[Total seven meetings held]

[Total thirteen meetings held]

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath 

Mr. Bobby Parikh1

 Mr. Sanjiv Sachar2

Mr. M. D. Ranganath3

Mr. Partho Datta1

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi 

7

6

3

-

2

7

Mr. Bobby Parikh1

Mr. Keki Mistry

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Malay Patel4

Mr. Kaizad Bharucha

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni5

Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee 

Customer Service Committee

[Total four meetings held]

[Total four meetings held]

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi 

Mr. Malay Patel

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Sandeep Parekh6

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar7

4

4

4

-

3

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Sandeep Parekh6

Mr. Keki Mistry

Mr. Malay Patel 

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni 

Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Premises Committee

[Total eleven meetings held]

[Total five meetings held]

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar2

Mr. Partho Datta1

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

Mr. Bobby Parikh1

Mr. Sandeep Parekh6

Mr. M. D. Ranganath3

5

6

Mr. Malay Patel

Mr. Aditya Puri

11

Mr. Keki Mistry

9

2

-

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2

13

12

11

13

1

4

4

-

3

4

3

5

5

5

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Fraud Monitoring Committee

Risk Policy & Monitoring Committee

[Total five meetings held]

[Total five meetings held]

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath 

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Partho Datta1

Mr. Sandeep Parekh6

Mr. Keki Mistry

Mr. Malay Patel 

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi 

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar7

Mr. Partho Datta1

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. M. D. Ranganath3

5

5

2

-

4

5

5

Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

Digital Transactions Monitoring Committee

[Total four meetings held]

[Total four meetings held]

Name

No. of meetings attended

Name 

No. of meetings attended

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi

Mr. Partho Datta1

Mr. Bobby Parikh1

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar7

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar2

Mr. Malay Patel

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni

Mr. Malay Patel

Mr. Aditya Puri

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar7

Mr. M. D. Ranganath 3

                           -

4

1

4

4

3

-

4

4

5

4

2

5

-

3

4

4

4

1        Mr.  Partho  Datta  and  Mr.  Bobby  Parikh  ceased  to  be  directors  of  the  Bank  with  effect  from  September  29,  2018  and  January  26,  2019 

respectively.

2   Mr. Sanjiv Sachar was appointed as a member of Nomination & Remuneration Committee with effect from September 18, 2018, member 

of Audit Committee with effect from October 10, 2018 and member of Corporate Social Responsibility Committee with effect from March 

7, 2019

3   Mr. M. D. Ranganath was appointed as a member of Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee, Risk Policy & Monitoring 

Committee and Digital Transactions Monitoring Committee with effect from March 07, 2019.

4     Mr. Malay Patel was appointed as a member of Credit Approval Committee with effect from May 22, 2018.

5   Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni was appointed as a member of Credit Approval Committee with effect from March 07, 2019.

6   Mr.  Sandeep  Parekh  was  appointed  as  a  member  of  Nomination  &  Remuneration  Committee  with  effect  from  January  23,  2019  and 

member of Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee, Customer Service Committee and Fraud Monitoring Committee with effect from March 

07, 2019.

7   Mr. Paresh Sukthankar resigned as Deputy Managing Director of the Bank with effect from November 08, 2018.

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OWNERSHIP RIGHTS

Certain rights that a shareholder in a company enjoys:

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April 1, 2019, except in case of transmission or transposition of securities, requests for effecting transfer of securities shall not be processed 

unless the securities are held in dematerialized form with a depository.

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speak in person, at general meetings.

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and vote at the general meetings of the company on its behalf.

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by him / her. 

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Act, 2012, no person holding shares in a banking company shall, in respect of any shares held by him, exercise voting rights on poll in excess 

of ten per cent of the total voting rights of all the shareholders of the banking company, provided that RBI may increase, in a phased manner, 

such ceiling on voting rights from ten percent to twenty-six per cent. The notification dated July 21, 2016 issued by RBI and notified in the 

Gazette of India dated September 17, 2016 states that the current level of ceiling on voting rights is at twenty six per cent.

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procedure prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013 as amended from time to time. 

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or indirectly, and effective means of redress.

The  rights  mentioned  above  are  prescribed  in  the  Companies  Act,  2013,  the  SEBI  Listing  Regulations  and  Banking  Regulation  Act,  1949, 

wherever applicable, and should be followed only after careful reading of the relevant sections. These rights are not necessarily absolute.

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GENERAL BODY MEETINGS

(Following are the details of general body meetings for the previous three financial years held at Birla Matushri Sabhagar, 19, New Marine Lines, 

Mumbai 400020 at 2.30 p. m.) 

Sr. 

Particulars of 

Day & Date

Number of Special 

Nature of Special Resolutions

No.

meeting

Resolutions passed, 

1

22nd Annual 
General Meeting

Thursday,  
July 21, 2016

if any

3 (Three)

1.  Alteration  of  Memorandum  of  Association  on  account  of 

increase in authorized share capital

2.  Issue of perpetual debt instruments, Tier II capital bonds and 
senior long-term infrastructure bonds on private placement 
basis

3.  Grant of equity stock options

2

3

4

23rd Annual General 
Meeting

Monday,  
July 24, 2017

Extra-Ordinary 
General Meeting

Friday,  
January 19, 2018

2 (Two)

1.  Re-appointment  of  Mrs.  Shyamala  Gopinath  as  Part-Time 

Non-Executive Chairperson of the Bank

2.  Issue of perpetual debt instruments, Tier II capital bonds and 
senior long-term infrastructure bonds on private placement 
basis

Total 3 (Three) special 
businesses transacted, 
out of which 2 
(Two) were special 
resolutions 

1.  Raising  of  funds  through  issue  of  equity  shares  and  / 
or  equity  shares  through  depository  receipts  and  /  or 
convertible securities

2.  Preferential issue of equity shares to Housing Development 

Finance Corporation Limited

24th Annual General 
Meeting

Friday,  
June 29, 2018

1 (One)

1.  Issue  of  Perpetual  Debt  Instruments  (part  of  Additional 
Tier  I  capital),  Tier  II  Capital  Bonds  and  Long  Term  Bonds 
(financing  of  infrastructure  and  affordable  housing)  on  a 
private placement basis

POSTAL BALLOT

During the financial year 2018-19, no resolutions were passed by means of postal ballot.

DISCLOSURES

Material Subsidiary

The Bank has 2 subsidiaries namely- HDB Financial Services Limited and HDFC Securities Limited, neither of which qualifies to be a material 

subsidiary within the meaning of the SEBI Listing Regulations. However, as a good corporate governance practice, the Bank has formulated a 

policy for determining material subsidiary. The policy is available on the Bank’s website at https://www.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/common/

pdf/Policy-for-determining-material-subsidiary.pdf

Related Party Transactions

During the year, the Bank has entered into transactions with the related parties in the ordinary course of business. The Bank has not entered 

into any materially significant transactions with the related parties including promoters, directors, the management, subsidiaries or relatives of 

the Directors, which could lead to a potential conflict of interest between the Bank and these parties. Transactions with related parties were 

placed before the Audit Committee / Board for approval. There were no material transactions with related parties, which were not in the normal 

course of business, nor were there any material transactions, which were not at an arm’s length basis. Details of related party transactions 

entered into during the year ended March 31, 2019 are given in, Note No. 27 in Schedule 18, forming part of ‘Notes to Accounts’. 

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The Bank has put in place a policy to deal with related party transactions and the same has been uploaded on the Bank’s web-site at https://
www.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/common/pdf/Policy_on_Related_Party_Transactions.pdf

Commodity Price Risks and Foreign Exchange Risks and hedging activities

Being  in  the  business  of  Banking,  as  per  the  extant  regulations,  the  Bank  does  not  deal  in  any  commodity,  though,  can  be  exposed  to  the 

commodity price risks of its customers in its capacity as lender / banker. 

Currently,  the  Bank  has  open  exposure  in  Gold  and  such  open  exposures  in  Gold  are  primarily  on  account  of  positions  created  from  short 

term deposits under the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) raised from Customers and trading positions in Gold. These positions are managed 

similar to other foreign exchange exposures using spot, outright forwards and swap transactions in Gold and monitored as part of the trading 

portfolio within the stipulated trading risk limits viz. Net overnight open position limit, Intraday open position limit, Gap limits, Value-at-Risk limit, 

Stop Loss Trigger Level, etc. that are defined in the Treasury Limits Package. In-addition, Bank is authorized by Reserve Bank of India to import 

Gold and Silver and the exposure arising out of import of gold and silver on consignment basis is covered on back to back basis. 

The spot, forward and swap contracts, outstanding as on the Balance Sheet date and held for trading, are revalued at the closing spot and 

forward rates respectively as notified by FEDAI (Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India) and at interpolated rates for contracts of interim 

maturities. The USD-INR rate for valuation of contracts having longer maturities i.e. greater than one year is implied from MIFOR and LIBOR 

curves. For other pairs, where the rates / tenors are not published by FEDAI, the spot and forward points are obtained from Reuters for valuation 

of the foreign exchange deals. The foreign exchange profit or loss is arrived on present value basis thereafter, as directed by FEDAI, whereby 

the forward profits or losses on the deals, as computed above, are discounted till the valuation date using the discounting yields. The resulting 

profit or loss on valuation is recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss.

Given below are the exposure details of the Bank under the Gold Monetisation Scheme deposits as of March-2019 quarter-end:

Total exposure of the Bank to commodities i.e. Gold (in INR) as on March-end 2019: 60,94,36,235.10

Commodity 

Exposure in 

Name

INR towards 

Exposure  

in Quantity 

the particular 

terms towards 

commodity

the particular 

commodity

% of such exposure hedged through commodity derivatives

Domestic market

International market

Total

OTC

Exchange

OTC

Exchange

GMS (XAU)

609,436,235.10

1,93,000 Grams

100

0

0

0

100

Note: The underlying exposure to Gold under GMS is covered using over-the-counter XAU/USD and USD/INR forward transactions.

Fees paid to Statutory Auditors

The total fees for all services paid by the Bank and its subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, to the Statutory Auditor and all entities in the 

network firm / network entity are mentioned in Directors’ Report.

Accounting Treatment

The  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  and  presented  under  the  historical  cost  convention  and  accrual  basis  of  accounting,  unless 

otherwise stated and are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in India (‘GAAP’), statutory requirements prescribed 

under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, circulars and guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) from time to time and Accounting 

Standards (‘AS’) specified under Section 133 of the Companies Act, 2013, in so far as they apply to banks.

There are no deviations from the statutory provisions. 

Whistle Blower Policy / Vigil Mechanism

The details of establishment of whistle blower policy / vigil mechanism are furnished in the Directors’ Report which may be referred to. None of 

the Bank’s personnel have been denied access to the Audit Committee.

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Remuneration and Selection criteria for Directors

Kindly refer to the relevant details as furnished in the Directors’ Report.

Appointment / Resignation of Director

During  the  year,  Mr.  Paresh  Sukthankar  resigned  as  Deputy  Managing  Director  of  the  Bank  with  effect  from  November  08,  2018,  due  to 

personal considerations. The Board places on record its sincere appreciation of the contribution made by Mr. Paresh Sukthankar during his 

tenure with the Bank and wishes him well in his future endeavors.

During  the  year,  Mr.  Partho  Datta  and  Mr.  Bobby  Parikh  ceased  to  be  Directors  of  the  Bank  with  effect  from  September  29,  2018  and  

January 26, 2019 respectively on completion of eight continuous years as Directors, the maximum term permitted under Banking Regulation 

Act, 1949.

Mr.  Sanjiv  Sachar,  Mr.  Sandeep  Parekh  and  Mr.  M.D  Ranganath  were  appointed  as  Directors  of  the  Bank  with  effect  from  July  21,  2018,  

January 19, 2019 and January 31, 2019 respectively.

Familiarization of Independent Directors

The details of familiarization programmes imparted to Independent Directors are available on the website of the Bank at http://www.hdfcbank.

com/aboutus/cg/Familiarization.htm 

Strictures and Penalties for last three financial years: 

During  the  financial  year  2018-19,  Reserve  Bank  of  India  (RBI)  has,  vide  its  order  dated  February  4,  2019,  imposed  a  monetary  penalty  of  
` 2 million on the Bank for non-compliance with various directions issued by RBI on Know Your Customer (KYC) / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) 

standards, more specifically those contained in their circulars dated November 29, 2004 and May 22, 2008. The Bank has since implemented 

corrective action to strengthen its internal control mechanisms so as to ensure that such incidents do not recur.

During  the  financial  year  2017-18,  pursuant  to  the  media  reports,  SEBI  has  issued  directions  to  the  Bank  (“SEBI  Directions”)  in  relation  to 

leakage of unpublished price sensitive information (“UPSI”) pertaining to the financial results of the Bank for the quarter ended December 31, 

2015 and the quarter ended June 30, 2017 in various private WhatsApp groups ahead of Bank’s official announcement to the relevant stock 

exchanges. SEBI had directed the Bank to observe the following: (i) to strengthen its processes / systems / controls forthwith to ensure that 

such instances of leakage of unpublished price sensitive information do not recur in future, (ii) to submit a report on: (a) the present systems 

and controls and how the present systems and controls have been strengthened, (b) details of persons who are responsible for monitoring such 

systems, and (c) the periodicity of monitoring. Further, SEBI has directed HDFC Bank Limited to conduct an internal inquiry into the leakage of 

UPSI relating to its financial figures including Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) results and take appropriate action against those responsible for 

the same, in accordance with the applicable law. The scope of such inquiry will need to include determination of the possible role of following 

persons in relation to the aforesaid leakage of UPSI: (i) persons / members of committees involved in generation of the original data for the 

purpose  of  determination  of  key  figures  pertaining  to  financial  figures  including  gross  NPAs,  (ii)  persons  involved  in  the  consolidation  of  the 

figures for the financial results, (iii) persons involved in the preparation of board notes and presentations, (iv) persons involved in dissemination 

of information relating to financial results in the public domain, and (v) any other persons who had access to the information. SEBI had directed 

the Bank to complete the inquiry within a period of three months from the date of the SEBI Directions and thereafter, file a report with SEBI in 

this regard within a further period of seven days. The Bank has submitted the requisite information and reports to SEBI in compliance with the 

SEBI Directions and within the timelines prescribed therein.

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During the financial year 2016-17, further to the media reports in October 2015 about irregularities in advance import remittances in various 

banks,  the  Reserve  Bank  of  India  (RBI)  had  conducted  a  scrutiny  of  the  transactions  carried  out  by  the  Bank  under  Section  35(1A)  of  the 

Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The RBI issued a Show Cause Notice to which the Bank had submitted it's detailed response. After considering 
the Bank’s submission, the RBI imposed a penalty of ` 2.00 crores on the Bank vide its letter dated July 19, 2016 on account of pendency in 
receipt of bill of entry relating to advance import remittances made and lapses in adhering to KYC / AML guidelines in this respect. The penalty 

has since been paid. The Bank has implemented a comprehensive corrective action plan, to strengthen its internal control mechanisms so as 

to ensure that such incidents do not recur.

A chart or a matrix setting out the skills / expertise / competencies of the Board of Directors

The  Board  of  Directors  have  identified  the  following  core  skills  /  expertise  /  competencies  /  special  knowledge  or  practical  experience,  as 

required in the context of the Bank’s business and sector(s) for it to function effectively. The same are in line with the relevant provisions of the 

Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and relevant circulars issued by the Reserve Bank of India from time to time:

(i) 

Accountancy, 

(ii)   Agriculture and Rural Economy, 

(iii)  Banking, 

(iv)   Co-operation, 

(v)   Economics, 

(vi)   Finance, 

(vii)  Law, 

(viii)   Small-Scale Industry, 

(ix)  

Information Technology,

(x)   Payment & Settlement Systems,

(xi)   Human Resources,

(xii)   Risk Management,

(xiii)   Business Management,

(xiv)   Any other matter the special knowledge of, and practical experience in, which would, in the opinion of the Reserve Bank, be useful to the 

Bank’s business / sectors. 

Sr. No. Name

Designation

Core skills / expertise / competencies available with 

the Board

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath

Part time Non-executive Chairperson Banking, Payment & Settlement Systems, Risk Management 

Mr. Aditya Puri

Managing Director

Banking, Finance & Risk Management

Mr. Kaizad Bharucha

Executive Director

Banking, Credit & Risk Management 

Mr. Keki Mistry

Non-executive Director

Accountancy & Finance 

Mr. Srikanth Nadhamuni

Non-executive Director

Information Technology

Mr. Malay Patel

Independent Director

Small-scale industries

Mr. Umesh Chandra Sarangi

Independent Director

Agriculture & rural economy

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar

Additional Independent Director

Human resources & Finance

Mr. Sandeep Parekh

Additional Independent Director

Law (with focus on securities market and financial regulations)

10

Mr. M. D. Ranganath

Additional Independent Director

Finance, Information Technology & Risk Management

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Details of utilization of funds raised through preferential allotment or qualified institutions placement as specified under Regulation 

32 (7A)

The Bank has utilized the funds raised through preferential allotment and qualified institutions placement made by the Bank during FY 2018-19 

for  the  purposes  as  mentioned  in  the  notice  of  the  Extraordinary  General  meeting  held  on  January  19,  2018,  wherein  the  shareholders  had 

approved the raising of funds.

Disclosures in relation to the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013

Details of the number of complaints received, disposed, and pending during the year 2018-19 pertaining to the Sexual Harassment of Women 

at Workplace are as under:

Number of complaints received 

Number of complaints disposed 

Number of cases pending for more than 90 days

COMPLIANCE WITH MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

25

21

04

The Bank has complied with all the applicable mandatory requirements of the Code of Corporate Governance as prescribed under the SEBI 

Listing Regulations. 

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

The  Bank  has  put  in  place  a  mechanism  for  performance  evaluation  of  the  Directors.  The  details  of  the  same  have  been  included  in  the 

Directors’ Report.

COMPLIANCE WITH NON-MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS

a)  Board of Directors

The Bank maintains the expenses relating to the office of non-executive Chairperson of the Bank and reimburses all the expenses incurred 

in performance of her duties. 

b)  Shareholder’s Rights

The Bank publishes its results on its website at www.hdfcbank.com which is accessible to the public at large. The same are also available 

on the websites of the Stock Exchanges on which the Bank’s shares are listed. 

A  half-yearly  declaration  of  financial  performance  including  summary  of  the  significant  events  is  presently  not  being  sent  separately  to 

each shareholder. The Bank’s results for each quarter are published in an English newspaper having a wide circulation and in a Marathi 

newspaper having a wide circulation in Maharashtra. Hence, half-yearly results are not sent to the shareholders individually.

c)   Audit Qualifications

During  the  period  under  review,  there  is  no  audit  qualification  in  the  Bank’s  financial  statements.  The  Bank  continues  to  adopt  best 

practices to ensure regime of unqualified financial statements.

d)  Separate posts of Chairperson and Managing Director / CEO

  Mrs. Shyamala Gopinath is the Chairperson of the Bank and Mr. Aditya Puri is the Managing Director of the Bank.

e)   Reporting of Internal Auditor

The Internal Auditor of the Bank reports directly to the Audit Committee of the Bank.

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GENERAL SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION:

SHAREHOLDERS HOLDING MORE THAN 1% OF THE SHARE CAPITAL OF THE BANK AS AT MARCH 31, 2019

Sr No.

Name of the Shareholder

No. of Shares held

% to share capital

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

HDFC Investments Limited

Euro Pacific Growth Fund

Life Insurance Corporation of India

SBI- ETF Nifty 50

HDFC Trustee Company Limited A/c HDFC Balanced Fund

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd

Government of Singapore

52,54,88,147*

43,23,07,917

15,00,00,000

11,21,73,464

5,58,16,664

6,03,79,544

2,97,83,566

3,05,01,652

2,75,38,825

19.30

15.87

5.51

4.12

2.05

2.22

1.09

1.12

1.01

*  One  (1)  American  Depository  Share  (ADS)  represents  three  (3)  underlying  equity  shares  of  the  Bank.  Two  (2)  GDRs  represent  one  (1) 

underlying equity share of the Bank.

Share Range From

Share Range To

No. of Shares

% To Capital

No. of Holders

% To No. Of Holders

DISTRIBUTION OF SHAREHOLDING AS AT MARCH 31, 2019

1

2501

5001

10001

15001

20001

25001

50001

2500

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

50000

10,31,06,710

2,01,20,502

1,87,23,760

1,13,25,628

86,83,295

91,39,841

3,01,95,957

100000

4,09,04,147

100001

and above

2,48,11,06,770

TOTAL :-

2,72,33,06,610

3.79

0.74

0.69

0.42

0.32

0.34

1.11

1.50

91.11

100

605,848

5,629

2,635

915

496

404

862

578

1228

6,18,595

97.94

0.91

0.43

0.15

0.08

0.07

0.14

0.09

0.20

100

579,483 Folios comprising of 2,71,33,20,837 equity shares forming 99.63 % of the share capital are in demat form.

39,112 Folios comprising of 99,85,773 equity shares forming 0.37 % of the share capital are in physical form.

Note: Other than the stock options granted to the employees of the Bank which will result in an addition to the equity capital of the Bank on 

the exercise of the stock options and subsequent allotment of equity shares and 17,13,52,588 outstanding ADRs (representing 51,40,57,764 

underlying equity shares of the Bank) and 2,28,60,766 outstanding GDRs (representing 1,14,30,383 underlying equity shares of the Bank) as 

on 31.03.2019, the Bank has no outstanding warrants or other convertible instruments as on March 31, 2019 which could have an impact on 

the equity capital of the Bank.

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SHARE PRICE / CHART

 The  monthly  high  and  low  quotation  of  Bank’s  equity  shares  traded  on  BSE  Ltd  (BSE)  and  The

 The  monthly  high  and  low  quotation  and  the

 National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) during FY 2018-19 and its performance vis-à-vis BSE

 volume  of  Bank’s  American  Depository  Shares

:SENSEX and S&P CNX NIFTY respectively is as under

 (ADS)  traded  on  New  York  Stock  Exchange

BSE Ltd

MONTH

HIGH

LOW

Apr-18
May-18
Jun-18
Jul-18
Aug-18
Sep-18
Oct-18
Nov-18
Dec-18
Jan-19
Feb-19
Mar-19

1984.00
2150.00
2170.05
2219.05
2179.00
2080.00
2052.00
2137.50
2158.15
2173.00
2154.35
2327.00

1880.25
1947.30
2009.75
2065.00
2055.00
1913.80
1884.40
1896.80
2032.15
2023.00
2076.05
2070.25

SENSEX 
Closing
35213.30
35993.53
35877.41
37644.59
38989.65
38934.35
36616.64
36389.22
36554.99
36701.03
37172.18
38748.54

LOW

HIGH

MONTH

The National Stock Exchange of India Ltd
NIFTY 
closing
10739.35
10736.15
10714.30
11356.50
11680.50
10930.45
10386.60
10876.75
10862.55
10830.95
10792.50
11623.90

1979.00
2160.00
2157.00
2220.00
2175.00
2078.95
2052.20
2137.55
2159.40
2166.50
2155.00
2328.05

1860.30
1946.00
2009.10
2063.25
2058.25
1910.20
1885.00
1896.00
2032.00
2022.00
2073.20
2070.00

Apr-18
May-18
Jun-18
Jul-18
Aug-18
Sep-18
Oct-18
Nov-18
Dec-18
Jan-19
Feb-19
Mar-19

(NYSE) during FY 2018-19

New York Stock Exchange

MONTH

Apr-18
May-18
Jun-18
Jul-18
Aug-18
Sep-18
Oct-18
Nov-18
Dec-18
Jan-19
Feb-19
Mar-19

HIGHEST      
(US$)
101.13
105.44
107.09
112.10
104.81
99.87
95.32
102.50
104.57
104.10
102.42
115.91

MONTHLY        
LOWEST     
VOLUME
(US$)
1,73,49,100
93.47
1,98,44,500
94.11
101.00 1,18,71,200
103.31 1,03,98,100
1,51,05,000
98.68
1,55,18,300
90.63
1,95,58,500
85.43
1,58,43,600
88.67
1,74,58,100
94.06
1,53,71,700
94.50
1,19,97,000
97.94
1,48,50,000
99.55

Share Price (`)

HDFC Bank’s share price on BSE

2400
2300
2200
2100
2000
1900
1800
1700

Apr ’18 May ’18 Jun ’18

Jul ’18 Aug ’18 Sep ’18 Oct ’18 Nov ’18 Dec ’18 Jan ’19

Feb’19 Mar ’19

High

Low

Sensex

Sensex

40000
39000
38000
37000
36000
35000
34000
0

Share Price (`)

HDFC Bank’s share price on NSE

S&P CNX Nifty

2400
2300
2200
2100
2000
1900
1800
1700

Apr ’18 May ’18 Jun ’18

Jul ’18 Aug ’18 Sep ’18 Oct ’18 Nov ’18 Dec ’18 Jan ’19

Feb’19 Mar ’19

High

Low

S&P CNX Nifty

12000

11500

11000

10500

10000

0

ADS Price (US$)

HDFC Bank’s ADS price on NYSE

Volume (No. of ADS)

120

100

80

60

40

20

Apr ’18 May ’18 Jun ’18

Jul ’18 Aug ’18 Sep ’18 Oct ’18 Nov ’18 Dec ’18 Jan ’19

Feb’19 Mar ’19

20000000

15000000

10000000

5000000

0

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Low

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CATEGORIES OF SHAREHOLDERS AS AT MARCH 31, 2019

No of shares

% to Capital

Promoters (*)

ADS and GDRs (#)

Foreign Institutional Investors 

58,23,12,917

52,54,88,147

85,07,71,414

Overseas Corporate Bodies, Foreign Bodies, Foreign National and Non Resident Indians 

19,82,328

Financial Institutions, Banks, Mutual Funds and Central Government

Life Insurance Corporation and its subsidiaries

Other Insurance Corporations

Indian Companies

Others

TOTAL

21.38

19.30

31.24

0.07

11.01

2.05

0.19

5.47

9.29

29,99,42,816

5,58,16,664

50,70,134

14,88,94,568

25,30,27,622

2,72,33,06,610

100.00

Categories of shareholders as on March 31, 2019

9.29%

Details of Shareholding

0.19%

5.47%

21.38%

Promoters*

ADS & GDRs#

11.01%

2.05%

0.07%

Foreign Institutional Investors

Overseas Corporate Bodies, NRIs, Foreign Bodies

LIC of India and its Subsiidaries

Banks, Mutual Funds, Financial Institutions and Central 
Government

19.30%

Indian Companies

Other Insurance Corporations

Others

31.24%

(*) None of the equity shares held by the Promoter Group are under pledge.

(#) JP Morgan Chase Bank is the Depository for both the ADS (51,40,57,764 underlying equity shares) & GDRs (1,14,30,383 underlying equity shares).

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GLOBAL DEPOSITORY RECEIPTS (“GDRs”)*

The monthly high and low quotation of the Bank’s GDRs traded on Luxembourg Stock Exchange are as under:   

(in US$)

Month

Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19

High

14.90

15.80

15.70

16.00

15.80

14.60

14.00

15.20

15.30

15.20

15.10

16.70

Low

14.30

14.40

14.80

15.10

14.50

13.20

12.90

13.00

14.20

14.30

14.60

14.70

* 2 GDRs represent one underlying equity share of the Bank

MONTHLY VOLUMES OF THE BANK’S SHARES TRADED ON NSE AND BSE

Month

Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18

Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19

NSE

BSE

2,63,18,977 3,95,18,909 8,56,91,101 5,10,00,163 5,14,16,350 5,54,30,133 8,27,31,593 6,87,77,510 47,497,880 5,50,45,470 4,31,48,609 7,28,35,637

14,55,912

23,72,911

24,92,621

15,14,165

17,51,687

21,47,912

62,15,324

49,69,802

21,26,648

55,83,172

18,72,998

31,37,964

FINANCIAL CALENDAR

[April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020]

Board Meeting for consideration of accounts

April 20, 2019

Dispatch of Annual Reports

June 10, 2019 to June 15, 2019

Record date for purpose of determining eligibility of dividend

Electronic and Physical: June 21, 2019

Last date for receipt of proxy forms

July 10, 2019 (up to 2.30 p.m.)

Date, Time and Venue of the 25th AGM

July 12, 2019 at 2.30 p.m.

Birla Matushri Sabhagar, 19, New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400020

Dividend declaration date

July 12, 2019

Probable date of payment of dividend

Electronic: July 15, 2019 onwards

Physical: July 16, 2019 onwards

Board Meeting for considering unaudited results for first three 

Within 25 days from the end of each quarter

quarters of FY 2019-20

CODE OF CONDUCT

The Bank has framed and adopted a Code of Conduct, which is approved by the Board. The Code is applicable to all directors and senior 

management  personnel  of  the  Bank.  This  Code  has  been  posted  on  the  Bank’s  website  www.hdfcbank.com.  All  the  Directors  and  senior 

management personnel have affirmed compliance with the Code of Conduct / Ethics as approved and adopted by the Board.

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LISTING 

Listing on Indian Stock Exchanges:

The equity shares of the Bank are listed at the following Stock Exchanges and the annual fees for 2019-20 have been paid: 

Sr. No. NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE

1.

2.

BSE Limited, Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Dalal Street, Fort, Mumbai 400 023.

The National Stock Exchange of India Limited, Exchange Plaza, 5th Floor, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra 

(East), Mumbai 400 051.

STOCK CODE

500180

HDFCBANK

Names of Depositories in India for dematerialization of equity shares (ISIN No. INE040A01026)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:116)(cid:1)

(cid:47)(cid:66)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:80)(cid:79)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:68)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:74)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:47)(cid:52)(cid:37)(cid:45)(cid:10)

(cid:36)(cid:70)(cid:79)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:66)(cid:77)(cid:1)(cid:37)(cid:70)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:1)(cid:52)(cid:70)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:74)(cid:68)(cid:70)(cid:84)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:42)(cid:79)(cid:69)(cid:74)(cid:66)(cid:10)(cid:1)(cid:45)(cid:74)(cid:78)(cid:74)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:69)(cid:1)(cid:9)(cid:36)(cid:37)(cid:52)(cid:45)(cid:10)

International Listing :

Sr. No. Security description

Name &  Address of the International Stock Exchange

Name & Address of Depository

1

The American Depository 

The New York Stock Exchange (Ticker - HDB) 

J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Shares (ADS) 

11, Wall Street, 

(CUSIP No. 40415F101)

New York, NY 10005

2

Global Depository Receipts 

Luxembourg Stock Exchange  

(GDRs)

Postal Address :

J.P. Morgan Depositary Receipts,

383 Madison Ave, Floor 11,

New York, NY, 10179

J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

J.P. Morgan Depositary Receipts,

(ISIN / Trading Code : 

Societe De La Bourse De Luxembourg 

383 Madison Ave, Floor 11,

US40415F2002)

Societe Anonyme, 35A Boulevard Joseph II 

New York, NY, 10179

L-1840 Luxembourg.

Mailing Address :

B.P. 165, L - 2011, Luxembourg 

The Depository for ADS and GDRs is represented in India by: J.P Morgan Chase Bank N.A., India Sub Custody, J P Morgan Chase Bank NA, 

6th Floor, Paradigm “B” Wing, Behind Toyota Showroom, Mindspace, Malad (West), Mumbai - 400 064.

SHARE TRANSFER PROCESS AND SYSTEM

Datamatics  Business  Solutions  Limited  (formerly  known  as  Datamatics  Financial  Services  Limited)  acts  as  the  Registrar  and  Share  Transfer 

Agent (RTA) for the Bank’s equity and debt issues. The Bank’s equity shares which are in compulsory dematerialized (demat) list are transferable 

through the depository system. Shares in physical form are processed by the RTA and approved by the Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee 

of the Bank or authorized officials of the Bank. The share transfers are generally processed within a period of 15 (fifteen) days from the date 

of receipt of the transfer documents by the RTA. Pursuant to the SEBI Listing Regulations, with effect from April 1, 2019, except in case of 

transmission or transposition of securities, requests for effecting transfer of securities shall not be processed unless the securities are held in 

dematerialized form with a depository.

MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

The quarterly and half-yearly unaudited / audited financial results are normally published in the newspapers, viz., the Business Standard in English 

and Mumbai Sakal / Navshakti in Marathi (regional language). The results are also displayed on the Bank’s web-site at www.hdfcbank.com.

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The shareholders can visit the Bank’s web-site for financial information, shareholding information, dividend policy, key shareholders’ agreements, 

if any, Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Bank, etc. The web-site also gives a link to www.sec.gov where the investors can view 

statutory filings of the Bank with the Securities and Exchange Commission, USA.

The information relating to the Bank’s financial results and shareholding pattern are displayed on the websites of the Stock Exchanges on which 

the Bank’s shares are listed.

Other  information  such  as  press  releases,  stock  exchange  disclosures  and  presentations  made  to  investors  and  analysts,  etc.  are  regularly 

displayed on the Bank’s web-site.

CODE FOR PREVENTION OF INSIDER TRADING

The  Bank  has  adopted  a  share  dealing  code  for  the  prevention  of  insider  trading  in  the  securities  of  the  Bank  as  well  as  in  other  listed  or 

proposed to be listed companies. The share dealing code, inter-alia, prohibits purchase / sale of securities of the Bank or of other listed or 

proposed to be listed companies by insiders while in possession of unpublished price sensitive information in relation to the Bank or such listed 

or proposed to be listed companies. 

DEBENTURE TRUSTEES

The SEBI Listing Regulations require companies, which have listed their debt securities, to disclose the names of their debenture trustees with 

contact details in their Annual Report. The following are the debenture trustees for the privately placed bonds of the Bank:

1. 

IDBI  Trusteeship  Services  Ltd,  Asian  Building,  Ground  Floor,  17  R  Kamani  Marg,  Ballard  Estate,  Mumbai  400001.  

Tel : 022-40807000

2.  Axis  Trustee  Services  Limited,  The  Ruby,  2nd  Floor,  SW,  29,  Senapati  Bapat  Marg,  Dadar  West,  Mumbai  400028.  

Tel : 022-62260054 / 50

3.  Vistra ITCL (India) Limited (Formerly known as IL&FS Trust Company Limited), The IL&FS Financial Centre, Plot C-22 / G Block, 7th Floor, 

Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (East) Mumbai 400051. Tel: 022-26593535.

SHAREHOLDERS’ HELPDESK

Share transfers, dividend payments and all other investor related activities are attended to and processed at the office of Registrar and Transfer 

Agents. 

For  lodgment  of  transfer  deeds  and  any  other  documents  or  for  any  grievances  /  complaints,  shareholders  /  investors  may  contact  at  the 

following address:

Mr. Sunny Abraham / Ms. Manisha Parkar / Mr. Tukaram Thore 

Datamatics Business Solutions Ltd, (Formerly known as Datamatics Financial Services Ltd) 

Plot No. B 5, Part B Crosslane,  

MIDC, Marol, Andheri (East),  

Mumbai 400 093,

Tel : +91-022 - 66712213-14 

Fax :  +91-022 - 66712011 

E-mail : hdinvestors@datamaticsbpm.com 

Counter Timings : 10:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m.  

(Monday to Friday except public holidays)

For the convenience of investors, transfers up to 500 shares and complaints from investors are accepted at the Bank’s Office at 2nd Floor, 

Zenith House, Keshavrao Khadye Marg, opposite Race Course Gate no. 5 & 6, Mahalaxmi (West), Mumbai 400 034.

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Shareholders’ Helpdesk Timings : 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  

Between Monday to Friday (except on Bank holidays) 

Telephone : +91-022-3976 0000 Extn : 0012, 0003 & 0016 

Email : shareholder.grievances@hdfcbank.com

For IEPF Related matters - Mr. Dhanjit Thaivalappil (Nodal Officer):

Tel: +91-022-3976 0012 / 0003 / 0016

Email: Shareholder.grievances@hdfcbank.com

Queries relating to the Bank’s operational and financial performance may be addressed to: 

shareholder.grievances@hdfcbank.com 

Name of the Compliance Officer of the Bank: Mr. Santosh Haldankar, Vice President-Legal & Company Secretary 

Telephone: +91-022-6652 1000

BANKING CUSTOMER HELPDESK

In the event of any queries / complaints, banking customers can directly approach the Branch Manager or can call / write to the Bank using 

the following contact details:

Call at: Our customer care (Phone Banking) numbers. 

Location wise list of customer care numbers are available at: 

http://www.hdfcbank.com/personal/find-your-nearest/find-phone-banking

Write to:

HDFC Bank Ltd., New Building,  

“A” Wing, 2nd Floor, 26-A Narayan Property,  

Chandivali Farm Road, Off Saki Vihar Road, Chandivali,  

Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 072. 

Email : support@hdfcbank.com

Contact us online: 

Fill up the “Complaint Form” available at the following website link:

https://leads.hdfcbank.com/applications/webforms/apply/complaint_form_new.asp

For grievances other than Shareholder grievances please send your communication to the following email addresses:

1)   Depository Services: dphelp@hdfcbank.com

2)   Retail Banking / ATM / Debit Cards / Mutual Fund: support@hdfcbank.com  

3)  Loans, Advances / Advance against shares: loansupport@hdfcbank.com 

4)  Credit Cards : customerservices.cards@hdfcbank.com

PLANT LOCATIONS

Being  in  the  banking  business,  the  Bank  does  not  have  plants.  However,  the  Bank  has  5,103  banking  outlets  in  2,748  cities  /  towns  as  on  

March 31, 2019. The locations of the branches are also displayed on the Bank’s website.

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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE OF THE AUDITORS

The  Secretarial  Auditors  have  certified  that  the  Bank  has  complied  with  the  conditions  of  Corporate  Governance  as  stipulated  in  the  listing 

requirements of the Indian Stock Exchanges where the Bank’s securities are listed. The same is annexed to the Annual Report.

The Certificate from the Secretarial Auditors will be sent to the Stock Exchanges along with the Annual Report of the Bank.

Mumbai, May 22, 2019 

DECLARATION

On behalf of the Board of Directors 

Shyamala Gopinath 

Chairperson

I confirm that for the year under review, all directors and senior management have affirmed their adherence to the provisions of the Code of 

Conduct of Directors and senior management personnel.

Mumbai, May 22, 2019  

Aditya Puri 

Managing Director

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A)  DIVIDENDS:

Receipt of Dividends through Electronic mode:

The SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 have directed that listed companies shall mandatorily 

make all payments to investors including dividend to shareholders, by using any RBI approved electronic mode of payment viz. ECS, 

LECS (Local ECS), RECS (Regional ECS), NECS (National ECS), Direct Credit, RTGS, NEFT, etc. 

In order to receive the dividend without loss of time, all the eligible shareholders holding shares in demat mode are requested to update 

with  their  respective  Depository  Participants  before  June  21,  2019,  their  correct  core  banking  account  Account  Number,  including 

9  Digit  MICR  Code  and  11  digit  IFSC  Code,  E-Mail  ID  and  Mobile  No(s).  This  will  facilitate  the  remittance  of  the  dividend  amount 

as  directed  by  SEBI  in  the  Bank  Account  electronically.  Updation  of  E-Mail  IDs  and  Mobile  No(s)  will  enable  sending  communication 

relating to credit of dividend, unencashed dividend etc.

Shareholders  holding  shares  in  physical  form  may  communicate  details  relating  to  their  core  banking  account,  Viz.  9  Digit  MICR 

Code, 11 digit IFSC Code, E- Mail ID and Mobile No(s) to the Registrar and Share Transfer Agents viz. Datamatics Business Solutions 

Limited (formerly Datamatics Financial Services Limited,) having address at Plot No. B 5, Part B Crosslane, MIDC, Marol, Andheri (E), 

Mumbai-400 093, before June 21, 2019 by quoting the reference folio number and attaching a photocopy of the Cheque leaf of their 

active  core  banking  account  and  also  a  self-attested  copy  of  their  PAN  card  and  a  utility  payment  (not  more  then  six  month  old)  / 

Bank Pass Book / Passport to validate the present address of the shareholder.

Various modes for making payment of Dividends under Electronic mode:

In  case  the  shareholder  has  updated  the  complete  and  correct  core  banking  account  details  (including  9  digit  MICR  Code  and  

11 digit IFSC code) before the record date, i.e. June 21, 2019, which is fixed for the purpose of payment of dividend, then the Bank 

shall make the payment of dividend to such shareholder under any one of the following modes:

1.  National Automated Clearing House (NACH)

2.  National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT)

3.  Direct credit in case the bank account is with HDFC Bank Limited.

In  case  dividend  paid  by  electronic  mode  is  returned  or  rejected  by  the  corresponding  bank  due  to  any  reason  then  the  Bank  will 

issue a dividend warrant and print the bank account details available on its records on the said dividend warrant to avoid fraudulent 

encashment of the warrants. The dividend warrant will be dispatch by the Registrars at the registered address of the shareholder.

Transfer of Shares to Investors Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Authority 

Pursuant  to  the  applicable  provisions  of  Section  124  (6)  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013  all    shares  in  respect  of  which  dividend  has 

/  have  remained  unpaid  or  unclaimed  for  consecutive  seven  years  the  corresponding  shares  have  been  transferred  in  the  name  of 

IEPF  Authority  which  is  being  notified  by  the  Ministry  of  Corporate  Affairs,  Government  of  India  (MCA).  The  MCA  has  also  notified  

the applicability of Section 124 (6) along with the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and 

Refund  )  Rules,  2016  with  effect  from  September  7,  2016  and  Notification  dated  28.02.2017  issued  in  this  regard  (Collectively  the 

“IEPF Rules”). As per said IEPF Rules, Companies are required to transfer the shares in IEPF Authority where seven years as provided 

under Section 124 (5) have been completed and upon completion of 3 months from the date of the notification as stated  hereinabove. 

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In compliance with the aforesaid provision your Bank has transferred 414423 shares to the INVESTOR EDUCATION AND PROTECTION 

FUND  AUTHORITY  MINISTRY  OF  CORPORATE  AFFAIRS  account  (IEPF)  bearing  demat  account  no  12047200  13676780  which  is 

opened with Central Depository Services Limited (CDSL) with Depository Participant at SBI CAP Securities Ltd. As required under the 

said provisions all subsequent corporate benefits that will be accrue in relation to the above shares will also be credited  to the said 

IEPF Authority. During the year ended March 31, 2019 the IEPF Authority transferred 4685 shares against the claim received by them 

from the shareholders. 

As per the terms of Section 124(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 the Rule 7 of the IEPF Rules the share holders can claim the shares 

from IEPF Authority by making an online application in Form IEPF 5 which is available at http://www.iepf.gov.in.   

Guidelines to file your claim :- 

Download  the  IEPF  -5  form  from  the  website  of  IEPF  (http://www.iepf.gov.in)  for  filing  the  claim  for  refund  of  shares  Read  the 

instructions provided on the website/ instructions kit along with the e-form carefully before filling the form. After filling the form save it 

on your computer and submit the duly filled form by following the instructions given in the upload link on the website. On successful 

uploading the acknowledgment will be generated indicating the SRN. This SRN is to be used for future tracking of the form.

Printout of the duly filled IEPF -5 and the acknowledgment issued after uploading the form will have to be submitted together with an 

Indemnity Bond in original, Copy of acknowledgment and self attested copy of e-Form along with the other documents as mentioned 

in  the  Form  IEPF-5  to  Nodal  Officer  (IEPF)  of  the  Bank  in  a  envelope  marked  “Claim  for  refund  from  IEPF  Authority”.  In  the  process 

general information about the Bank which will have to be submitted are as under. 

(a)   Corporate Identification Number (CIN) of company :- L65920MH1994PLC080618

(b)   Name of the company :- HDFC Bank Limited

(c)   Address of registered office of the company :- 

HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai 400013

(d)   email ID of the company :- shareholder.grievances@hdfcbank.com

Unclaimed Dividends

As  per  the  applicable  provisions  of  the  Companies  Act,  the  Bank  is  statutorily  required  to  transfer  to  the  Investor  Education  & 

Protection Fund (IEPF) all dividends remaining unclaimed for a period of 7 (seven) years from the date they became due for payment. 

Dividends for and up to the financial year ended March 31, 2011 have already been transferred to the IEPF and the dividend for the 

financial year ended March 31, 2012 will be transferred to IEPF after July 12, 2019. The details of unclaimed dividends for the financial 

year 2011-2012 onwards and the last date for claiming such dividends are given below:

Dividend for the year ended

Date of Declaration of dividend

Last date for claiming dividend

March 31, 2012

March 31, 2013

March 31, 2014

March 31, 2015

March 31, 2016

March 31, 2017

March 31, 2018

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July 13, 2012

June 27, 2013

June 25, 2014

July 21, 2015

July 21, 2016

July 24, 2017

June 29, 2018

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July 12, 2019

June 26, 2020

June 24, 2021

July 20, 2022

July 20, 2023

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B)   SHARES LYING IN UNCLAIMED SUSPENSE ACCOUNT

Particulars

Opening Balance as on April 1, 2018

Add: Transfer during the year 2018-19

Less: Claims received and shares transferred *

Less: Shares transferred to IEPF account  

Closing Balance as on March 31, 2019 **

Records / 

Shares

No of shareholders

1,923

4,01,780

0

144

0

0

49,470

0

1,779

3,52,310

*  Number of shareholders who approached the Bank for the transfer of shares from the suspense account.

**  Voting rights on these shares shall remain frozen till the rightful owners of such shares claim these shares.

Date 

Time 

Place 

25th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Friday, July 12, 2019

2.30 p.m.

Birla Matushri Sabhagar, 
19, New Marine Lines, 
Mumbai 400 020

Record date for determining eligibility of Dividend

June 21, 2019

Cut-off date for determining eligibility for e-voting

July 5, 2019

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AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Euromoney Trade Finance Survey 2019
Best Service (Asian Banks only) - India
Market Leader (Asian Banks only) - India

The Financial Express India's Best Banks 
Awards 2017-18
Best Bank - New Private Sector Category

Business Today - KPMG India's Best Bank 
Awards 2019
Bank of the Year - HDFC Bank and SBI
Best Large Bank - HDFC Bank

The Economic Times Corporate Excellence 
Awards 2018
Company of the Year

Mint - EY Emerging Technology Award 2019
Winner - Robotic Process
Automation (software) Category

NASSCOM AI Game Changer Awards 2018
Innovative Application in AI - Virtual Agent Engine

Asiamoney Best Bank Awards 2019
Best Digital Bank (India)

Institutional Investor 2018 All-Asia Executive 
Team - Survey

Finance Asia poll on Asia's Best Companies
Best Managed Company - Rank #1
Best Growth Strategy - Rank #1
Best ECG - Rank #2
Best CEO - Rank #1 Aditya Puri

AIMA-JRD Tata Corporate Leadership
Award 2018
Aditya Puri

Outlook Money Awards 2019
Best Private Sector Bank Award - Gold

Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth 
Management Survey 2019
No. 1 in Asset Management category

BrandZ India's Most Valuable Brands 2018
HDFC Bank ranked No. 1 - for the 5th consecutive year

BrandZ's Top 100 Global Brands List
HDFC Bank featured in the coveted list for 4th 
consecutive year

National Payments Excellence Awards 2018
HDFC Bank wins NPCI National Payments
Excellence Awards

Barron's World's Top 30 CEOs
Aditya Puri in prestigiouss Barron's list for 4th year

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STATUTORY AUDITORS

S.R. Batliboi & Co. LLP
Chartered Accountants

REGISTERED OFFICE

HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg,
Lower Parel, Mumbai 400 013

Tel: + 91 22 6652 1000
Fax: + 91 22 2496 0737

CORPORATE
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

L65920MH1994PLC080618

REGISTRARS &
TRANSFER AGENTS

Datamatics Business Solutions Limited
(Formerly Datamatics Financial Services Limited)
Plot No. B 5, Part B,Crosslane, MIDC, Marol,
Andheri (East), Mumbai- 400 093

Tel: + 91 22 6671 2213/14
Fax: + 91 22 6671 2011
e-mail: hdinvestors@datamaticsbpm.com