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Sale’, is amortised over the remaining period to maturity on constant yield basis and straight line basis respectively.
Quoted investments are valued based on the trades/quotes on the recognised stock exchanges, subsidiary general
ledger account transactions, price list of RBI or prices declared by Primary Dealers Association of India jointly with
Fixed Income Money Market and Derivatives Association (FIMMDA), periodically.
The market/fair value of unquoted government securities which are in the nature of Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)
securities included in the ‘Available for Sale’ and ‘Held for Trading’ categories is as per the rates published by
FIMMDA. The valuation of other unquoted fixed income securities wherever linked to the Yield-to-Maturity (YTM)
rates, is computed with a mark-up (reflecting associated credit risk) over the YTM rates for government securities
published by FIMMDA.
Unquoted equity shares are valued at the break-up value, if the latest balance sheet is available, or at ` 1, as per RBI
guidelines.
Securities are valued scrip-wise and depreciation/appreciation is aggregated for each category. Net appreciation
in each category, if any, being unrealised, is ignored, while net depreciation is provided for. Non-performing
investments are identified based on the RBI guidelines.
d) Costs including brokerage and commission pertaining to investments, paid at the time of acquisition, are charged
to the profit and loss account. Cost of investments is computed based on the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) method.
e) Equity investments in subsidiaries/joint ventures are categorised as ‘Held to Maturity’ in accordance with RBI
guidelines. The Bank assesses these investments for any permanent diminution in value and appropriate provisions
are made.
f) Profit/loss on sale of investments in the ‘Held to Maturity’ category is recognised in the profit and loss account and
profit is thereafter appropriated (net of applicable taxes and statutory reserve requirements) to Capital Reserve.
Profit/loss on sale of investments in ‘Available for Sale’ and ‘Held for Trading’ categories is recognised in the profit
and loss account.
g) Market repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions are accounted for as borrowing and lending transactions
respectively in accordance with the extant RBI guidelines. The transactions with RBI under Liquidity Adjustment
Facility (LAF) are accounted for as borrowing and lending transactions.
h) Broken period interest (the amount of interest from the previous interest payment date till the date of purchase/sale
of instruments) on debt instruments is treated as a revenue item.
i) At the end of each reporting period, security receipts issued by the asset reconstruction companies are valued in
accordance with the guidelines applicable to such instruments, prescribed by RBI from time to time. Accordingly,
in cases where the cash flows from security receipts issued by the asset reconstruction companies are limited
to the actual realisation of the financial assets assigned to the instruments in the concerned scheme, the Bank
reckons the net asset value obtained from the asset reconstruction company from time to time, for valuation of such
investments at each reporting period end.
j) The Bank follows trade date method of accounting for purchase and sale of investments, except for government of
India and state government securities where settlement date method of accounting is followed in accordance with
RBI guidelines.
3. Provision/write-offs on loans and other credit facilities
a) All credit exposures, including loans and advances at the overseas branches and overdues arising from crystallised
derivative contracts, are classified as per RBI guidelines, into performing and NPAs. Loans and advances held at
the overseas branches that are identified as impaired as per host country regulations but which are standard as per
the extant RBI guidelines are identified as NPAs at borrower level. Further, NPAs are classified into sub-standard,
doubtful and loss assets based on the criteria stipulated by RBI.
In the case of corporate loans and advances, provisions are made for sub-standard and doubtful assets at rates
prescribed by RBI. Loss assets and the unsecured portion of doubtful assets are provided/written-off as per the
extant RBI guidelines. For loans and advances booked in overseas branches, which are standard as per the extant
RBI guidelines but are classified as NPAs based on host country guidelines, provisions are made as per the host
country regulations. For loans and advances booked in overseas branches, which are NPAs as per the extant RBI
guidelines and as per host country guidelines, provisions are made at the higher of the provisions required under
RBI regulations and host country regulations. Provisions on homogeneous retail loans and advances, subject to
minimum provisioning requirements of RBI, are assessed at a borrower level, on the basis of the ageing of the loans
in the non-performing category.
The Bank holds specific provisions against non-performing loans and advances, general provision against performing
loans and advances and floating provision taken over from erstwhile Bank of Rajasthan upon amalgamation. The
assessment of incremental specific provisions is made after taking into consideration the existing specific provision
held. The specific provisions on retail loans and advances held by the Bank are higher than the minimum regulatory
requirements.
b) Provision on loans and advances restructured/rescheduled is made in accordance with the applicable RBI guidelines
on restructuring of loans and advances by Banks.
forming part of the Accounts (Contd.)
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