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e) In addition 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). The countries are categorised into seven risk
categories namely insignificant, low, moderate, high, very high, restricted and off-credit and provisioning is made
on exposures exceeding 180 days on a graded scale ranging from 0.25% to 100%. For exposures with contractual
maturity of less than 180 days, provision is required to be held at 25% of the rates applicable to exposures exceeding
180 days. If the country exposure (net) of the Bank in respect of each country does not exceed 1% of the total
funded assets, no provision is required on such country exposure.
4. Transfer and servicing of assets
The Bank transfers commercial and consumer loans through securitisation transactions. The transferred loans are
de-recognised and gains/losses are accounted for only if the Bank surrenders the rights to benefits specified in the
underlying securitised loan contract. Recourse and servicing obligations are accounted for net of provisions.
In accordance with the RBI guidelines for securitisation of standard assets, with effect from February 1, 2006, the Bank
accounts for any loss arising from securitisation immediately at the time of sale and the profit/premium arising from
securitisation is amortised over the life of the securities issued or to be issued by the special purpose vehicle to which
the assets are sold. In the case of loans sold to an asset reconstruction company, the excess provision is not reversed
but is utilised to meet the shortfall/loss on account of sale of other financial assets to securitisation company (SC)/
reconstruction company (RC).
5. Fixed assets and depreciation
Premises and other fixed assets are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation. Cost includes freight, duties, taxes and
incidental expenses related to the acquisition and installation of the asset. Depreciation is charged over the estimated
useful life of a fixed asset on a straight-line basis. The rates of depreciation for fixed assets, which are not lower than the
rates prescribed in Schedule XIV of the Companies Act, 1956, are given below:
Asset Depreciation Rate
Premises owned by the Bank 1.63%
Improvements to leasehold premises 1.63% or over the lease period, whichever is higher
ATMs 12.50%
Plant and machinery like air conditioners, photo-copying
machines, etc. 10.00%
Computers 33.33%
Furniture and fixtures 15.00%
Motor vehicles 20.00%
Others (including Software and system development expenses) 25.00%
a. Depreciation on leased assets and leasehold improvements is recognised on a straight-line basis using rates
determined with reference to the primary period of lease or rates specified in Schedule XIV to the Companies Act,
1956, whichever is higher.
b. Assets purchased/sold during the year are depreciated on a pro-rata basis for the actual number of days the asset
has been put to use.
c. Items costing upto ` 5,000 are depreciated fully over a period of 12 months from the date of purchase.
d. In case of revalued/impaired assets, depreciation is provided over the remaining useful life of the assets with
reference to revised assets values.
6. Transactions involving foreign exchange
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 daily closing rates, and income and expenditure items of non-integral foreign operations (foreign branches
and offshore banking units) are translated at quarterly average closing rates.
Monetary foreign currency assets and liabilities of domestic and integral foreign operations are translated at closing
exchange rates notified by Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association of India (FEDAI) at the balance sheet date and the
resulting profits/losses are included 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 profits/losses from exchange
differences are accumulated in the foreign currency translation reserve until the disposal of the net investment in the
non-integral foreign operations.
The premium or discount arising on inception of forward exchange contracts that are entered into to establish the
amount of reporting currency required or available at the settlement date of a transaction is amortised over the life of
the contract. All other outstanding forward exchange contracts are revalued at the exchange rates notified by FEDAI
for specified maturities and at interpolated rates for contracts of interim maturities. The contracts of longer maturities
forming part of the Accounts (Contd.)
schedules