6.1 Hedging activities and derivatives
The Company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations. The primary risks managed using derivative instruments are interest rate risk and foreign currency risk.
6.1.1 Derivatives designated as hedging instrumentsa. Cash flow hedges
The foreign currency and interest rate risk on borrowings have been actively hedged through a combination of forward contracts, principal only swaps and interest rate swaps
The company is exposed to interest rate risk arising from its foreign currency outstanding borrowings amounting to $ 23,58,00,000 (previous year $ 654,500,000). Interest on the borrowing is payable at a floating rate linked to USD LIBOR. The company economically hedged the interest rate risk arising from the debt with a 'receive floating pay fixed' interest rate swap ('swap') Nil (previous year $ 270,000,000).
The Company uses Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) Contracts (Floating to Fixed) to hedge its risks associated with interest rate fluctuations relating interest rate risk arising from foreign currency loans / external commercial borrowings. The Company designates such IRS contracts in a cash flow hedging relationship by applying the hedge accounting principles as per IND AS 109. These IRS contracts are stated at fair value at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of these IRS contracts that are designated and effective as hedges of future cash flows are recognised directly in "Cash Flow Hedge Reserve" under Reserves and surplus and the ineffective portion is recognised immediately in the Statement of Profit and Loss. Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or no longer qualifies for hedge accounting.
The Company also hedges foreign currency risk arising from its fixed rate foreign currency bond by entering into the Forward Contracts and Principal Only Swaps. There is an economic relationship between the hedged item and the hedging instrument as the terms of the Forward contracts/Principal Only Swaps match that of the foreign currency borrowing (notional amount, interest payment dates, principal repayment date etc.). The Company has established a hedge ratio of 1:1 for the hedging relationships as the underlying risk of the Forward contracts/Cross currency swap are identical to the hedged risk components.
@ includes interest accrued on units of AIF amounting to Rs. 386.32 Crore (Previous year Rs. 147.32 crore), which will become due and payable upon maturity only.
(2) Secured Loans and Other Credit Facilities given to customers are secured / partly secured by :
(a) Equitable mortgage of property and / or,
(b) Pledge of shares / debentures, units, other securities, assignment of life insurance policies and / or,
(c) Hypothecation of assets and / or,
(d) Company guarantees and / or,
(e) Personal guarantees and / or,
(f) Negative lien and / or Undertaking to create a security.
(3) (a) Includes Loan to Subsidiary for Rs. 1,330 Crore (March 31, 2023 Rs. 995 Crore).Refer Not 35 (b) Includes Loan to Subsidiary for Rs. Nil (March 31, 2023 Rs. 67.30 Crore).Refer Not 35
(4) Impairment allowance for loans and advances to customers
IHFL's Analytics Department has designed and operates its Internal Rating Model. The model is tested and calibrated periodically. The model grades loans on a four-point grading scale, and incorporates both quantitative as well as qualitative information on the loans and the borrowers. The model uses historical empirical data to arrive at factors that are indicative of future credit risk and segments the portfolio on the basis of combinations of these parameters into smaller homogenous portfolios from the perspective of credit behaviour. Some of the factors that the internal risk based model may consider are:
a) Loan to value
b) Type of collateral
c) Cash-flow and income assessment of the borrower
d) Interest and debt service cover
e) Repayment track record of the borrower
f) Vintage i.e. months on books and number of paid EMIs
g) Project progress in case of project finance
In addition to information specific to the borrower and the performance of the loan, the model may also utilise supplemental external information that could affect the borrower's behaviour.
The Internal Rating Model is dynamic and is calibrated periodically; the choice of parameters and division into smaller homogenous portfolios is thus also dynamic.
The table below shows the credit quality and the maximum exposure to credit risk based on the Company's internal credit rating system and year-end stage classification. *.
The decrease in total ECL during the year is due to overall decrease in loan portfolio and certain loans which became nonperforming and were written off
includes ECL on undrawn loan commitments for Rs. 3.73 Crore
(5) Includes redemption premium accrued on zero coupon bonds. Rs 2,913.96 crore (Previous year Rs. 1,722.31 crore), will become due and payable upon maturity only. The accounting of the redemption premium does not create an enforceable right in favour of the Company on any date prior to redemption, and shall not be considered as the credit of the premium to the account of the Company.
(6) Impairment assessment
The Company's impairment assessment and measurement approach is set out in the notes below. It should be read in conjunction with the material accounting policy information.
(6) (i) Probability of default
The Company considers a loan as defaulted and classified it as Stage 3 (credit-impaired) for ECL calculations typically when the borrowers become 90 days past due on contract payments.
Classification of loans into Stage 2 is done on a conservative basis and typically accounts where contractual repayments are more than 30 days past due are classified in Stage 2. Accounts typically go over 30 days past due owing to temporary mismatch in timing of borrower's or his/her business' underlying cashflows, and are usually quickly resolved. The Company may also classify a loan in Stage 2 if there is significant deterioration in the loans collateral, deterioration in the financial condition of the borrower or an assessment that adverse market conditions
may have a disproportionately detrimental effect on loan repayment. Thus as a part of the qualitative assessment of whether an instrument is in default, the Company also considers a variety of instances that may indicate delay in or non-repayment of the loan. When such event occurs, the Company carefully considers whether the event should result in treating the borrower as defaulted and therefore assessed as Stage 3 for ECL calculations or whether Stage 2 is appropriate.
It is the Company's policy to consider a financial instrument as 'cured' and therefore re-classified out of Stage 3 when none of the default criteria are present. The decision whether to classify an asset as Stage 2 or Stage 1 once cured depends on the updated credit grade once the account is cured, and whether this indicates there has been a significant reduction in credit risk.
(6) (ii) Internal rating model and PD Estimation process
IHFL's Analytics Department has designed and operates its Internal Rating Model which factors in both quantitative as well as qualitative information about the loans and the borrowers. Both Lifetime ECL and 12 months ECL are calculated either on individual basis or a collective basis, depending on the nature of the underlying loan portfolio. In addition to information specific to the borrower and the performance of the loan, the model may also utilise supplemental external information that could affect the borrower's behaviour. The model is also calibrated to incorporate external inputs such as GDP growth rate, unemployment rate and factors specific to the sector/industry of the borrower.
(6) (iii) Exposure at default
The outstanding balance as at the reporting date is considered as EAD by the Company. Considering that PD determined above factors in amount at default, there is no separate requirement to estimate EAD.
(6) (iv) Loss given default
The Company uses historical loss data for identified homogenous pools for the purpose of calculating LGD. The estimated recovery cash flows are discounted such that the LGD calculation factors in the NPV of the recoveries.
(6) (v) Significant increase in credit risk
The internal rating model evaluates the loans on an ongoing basis. The rating model also assesses if there has been a significant increase in credit risk since the previously assigned risk grade One key factor that indicates significant increase in credit risk is when contractual payments are more than 30 days past due.
(7) Collateral
The Company is in the business of extending secured loans mainly backed by mortgage of property (residential or commercial).
In addition to the above mentioned collateral, the Company holds other types of collateral and credit enhancements, such as cross-collateralisation on other assets of the borrower, share pledge, guarantees of parent/holding companies, personal guarantees of promoters/proprietors, hypothecation of receivables via escrow account, hypothecation of receivables in other bank accounts etc.
In its normal course of business, the Company does not physically repossess properties or other assets, but recovery efforts are made on delinquent loans through on-rolls collection executives, along with legal means to recover due loan repayments. Once contractual loan repayments are more than 90 days past due, repossession of property may be initiated under the provisions of the SARFAESI Act 2002. Re-possessed property is disposed of in the manner prescribed in the SARFAESI Act to recover outstanding debt.
The Company did not hold any financial instrument for which no loss allowance is recognised because of collateral at March 31, 2024. There was no change in the Company's collateral policy during the year.
(8) As at the year end the Company has undrawn loan commitments of Rs. 1,023.67 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 984.25 Crore).
(1) The Company's investments in the Equity Share capital of Indiabulls Insurance Advisors Limited and Indiabulls Capital Services Limited, being its wholly owned subsidiaries, are considered as strategic and long term in nature and are held at a cost of Rs. 0.05 Crore and Rs. 5.00 Crore respectively. Based on the audited financial statements as at and for the year ended March 31, 2024 of these subsidiary companies, the value of investments held in these companies has been eroded as the operations in these subsidiary companies have not yet commenced / are in the process of being set up. During the financial year 2016-17 provision of Rs. 5.05 Crore for diminution in the carrying value was made for these companies in the books of accounts. Accordingly, the Company has since carried forward the provision for impairment loss of Rs. 5.05 Crore in respect of diminution in the carrying value of such investments.
(2) On December 13, 2010 the Erstwhile Holding Company (IBFSL) had sold 26% shares held by it in Indian Commodity Exchange Limited (ICEX) to Reliance Exchange Next Limited (R-Next) for a total consideration of Rs. 47.35 Crore against a proportionate cost of Rs. 26.00 Crore. MMTC Limited (MMTC) filed a petition before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) (Earlier known as Company Law Board)) against ICEX, R-Next and IBFSL alleging that the transfer is null and void in terms of the Shareholders Agreement in view of the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) guidelines. IBFSL contends that such view of MMTC is based on the old FMC guidelines and without considering the amended FMC Guidelines dated June 17, 2010 wherein the transfer norms were relaxed. IBFSL had filed its objections on maintainability of the petition which is pending adjudication before the NCLT. During the year ended March 31, 2023, the Company has sold 18,500,000 Equity Shares of Indian Commodity Exchange Limited for a total consideration of Rs. 1.85 Crore. With this, the Company had sold its entire stake in Indian Commodity Exchange Limited.
(3) As at March 31, 2024, the Company held investments in Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) amounting to Rs. 52.77 Crore. The Company has provided for Rs. 52.77 crores (being 100% of the value of the investment) towards provision for impairment on carrying value of investments in Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) pursuant to RBI circular RBI/2023-24/90 DOR.STR.REC.58/21.04.048/2023-24 dated 19th December 2023. (Also Refer Note 32 (clause 3.3).
(4) The Company along with its wholly owned subsidiary companies Indiabulls Asset Management Company Limited (IAMCL) and Indiabulls Trustee Company Limited, Trustee of IAMCL, (ITCL) had executed definitive transaction document with Nextbillion Technology Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Nextbillion"), to divest its entire stake in the business of managing mutual fund, being carried out by IAMCL & ITCL to Nextbillion. The Company has received all necessary approvals in relation to the transaction and the Company has received the entire consideration of Rs.175.62 Crore on May 02, 2023 (the "Closing Date"). Consequent to the above, the Company does not have any control or shareholding in IAMCL and ITCL subsequent to the Closing Date.
(5) Investment in mutual funds of Rs. 95.11 crores (March 31, 2023 Rs. 88.62 crores) under lien / provided as credit enhancement in respect of assignment deal for loans.
(6) On September 21, 2023, Indiabulls Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company was strike off from the Register of Companies maintained by the RoC.
(a) No amount was due and outstanding to suppliers as at the end of the accounting year on account of Principal and Interest respectively.
(b) No interest was paid during the year in terms of section 16 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 and no amount was paid to the supplier beyond the appointed day.
(c) No amount of interest is due and payable for the period of delay in making payment but without adding the interest specified under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006
(d) No interest was accrued and unpaid at the end of the accounting year.
(e) No further interest remaining due and payable even in the succeeding years for the purpose of disallowance of a deductible expenditure under section 23 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006.
The above information regarding Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has been determined to the extent such parties have
been identified on the basis of information available with the Company. This has been relied upon by the Auditors.
The Company has only one class of equity shares having a face value of R 2 per share. Each holder of fully paid up equity share is entitled to one vote per share. Voting rights of each holder of partly paid up equity share is proportionate to the paid up amount of such share. The final dividend proposed by the Board of Directors, if any, is subject to the approval of the shareholders in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
In the event of liquidation of the Company, the holders of equity shares will be entitled to receive remaining assets of the Company, after distribution of all preferential amounts. The distribution will be in proportion to the number of equity shares held by the shareholders.
(i) (a) As at March 31, 2024, Nil (Previous Year 542,505) GDR's were outstanding and were eligible for conversion into
Equity Shares. The Company does not have information with respect to holders of these GDR's. Holders of Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) will be entitled to receive dividends, subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, to the same extent as the holders of Equity Shares, less the fees and expenses payable under such Deposit Agreement and any Indian tax applicable to such dividends. Holders of GDRs will not have voting rights with respect to the Deposited Shares. The GDRs may not be transferred to any person located in India including Indian residents or ineligible investors except as permitted by Indian laws and regulations.
The Board of Directors at its meeting held on March 21, 2023 approved the delisting of 5,67,505 GDR's (0.12% of the paid-up capital) representing equal number of Equity Shares of face value ^2 each, from the Luxembourg Stock Exchange ("LuxSE") subject to compliance of all applicable requirements. LuxSE vide its letter dated September 13, 2023 informed our Company that the GDRs of the Company have been de-listed from LuxSE, with effect from September 13, 2023.
(b) As at March 31, 2024: 8,400,000 (Previous Year 23,000,000) equity shares fully paid up and 4,200,000 (Previous year Nil) equity shares partly paid up were held by the Pragati Employee Welfare Trust(PEWT). PEWT will be entitled to receive dividends, as the holders of equity shares but will not be having voting rights with respect to the equity shares held by it.
As per records of the Company, including its register of shareholders/ members and other declarations received from shareholders regarding beneficial interest, the above shareholding represents both legal and beneficial ownerships of shares.
Shares held by promoters at the end of the financial year 2024 and at the end of the financial year 2023:
Pursuant to and in terms of BSE & NSE approvals dated February 22, 2023, the erstwhile promoters of the Company, namely, Mr. Sameer Gehlaut, Inuus Infrastructure Private Limited and Sameer Gehlaut IBH Trust, have been reclassified as Public Shareholders. Therefore, effective from February 22, 2023, the shareholding of Promoters and Promoter Group is shown as NIL and their existing shareholding has been added to the Public shareholder.
(ii) Employees Stock Options Schemes:
Grants During the Year / Repricing of outstanding Stock Options:
1. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company has, at its meeting held on February 29, 2024, granted under the "Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited Employee Stock Benefit Scheme - 2023" or IHFL ESOP Plan 2023", 20,000,000 Stock Options representing an equal number of equity shares of face value of Rs. 2 each at an exercise price of Rs. 187.25 per share, which is the latest available closing market price on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, as on February 28, 2024. The Stock Options so granted, shall vest within two years beginning from March 1, 2025 the first vesting date.
2. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company has, at its meeting held on February 29, 2024, granted under the "Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited Employees Stock Option Scheme - 2013 or IHFL ESOS - 2013" or IHFL ESOP Plan 2013", 1,053,406 Stock Options, out of the lapsed Stock Options, granted earlier, representing an equal number of equity shares of face value of Rs. 2 each at an exercise price of Rs. 187.25 per share, which is the latest available closing market price on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, as on February 28, 2024. The Stock Options so granted, shall vest on March 1, 2025 or thereafter, as may be decided by Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company.
3. The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company , at its meeting held on February 29, 2024, has approved repricing of Employee Stock Options ("ESOPs") granted to the employees of the Company and its subsidiary Companies, under ESOP Plan 2013, as per details hereunder:
Existing Exercise Price under ESOP Plan 2013 (Rs.)
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New Exercise Price under ESOP Plan 2013 (Rs.)
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96/-
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85.57/-
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130/-
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115.88/-
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152.85/-
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136.25/-
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(iii) Employee Stock Benefit Scheme 2019 ("Scheme").
The Scheme has been adopted and approved pursuant to: (a) a resolution of the Board of Directors of INDIABULLS HOUSING FINANCE LIMITED at its meeting held on November 6, 2019; and (b) a special resolution of the shareholders' of the Company passed through postal ballot on December 23, 2019, result of which were declared on December 24, 2019.
This Scheme comprises:
a. INDIABULLS HOUSING FINANCE LIMITED Employees Stock Option Plan 2019 ("ESOP Plan 2019")
b. INDIABULLS HOUSING FINANCE LIMITED Employees Stock Purchase Plan 2019 ("ESP Plan 2019")
c. INDIABULLS HOUSING FINANCE LIMITED Stock Appreciation Rights Plan 2019 ("SARs Plan 2019")
In accordance with the ESOP Regulations, the Company had set up Pragati Employee Welfare Trust(formerly known as Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited Employee Welfare Trust) (Trust) for the purpose of implementation of ESOP Scheme. The Scheme is administered through ESOP Trust, whereby shares held by the ESOP Trust are transferred to the employees, upon exercise of stock options as per the terms of the Scheme
(b) The Company has established the "Pragati Employee Welfare Trust" ("Pragati - EWT") (earlier known as Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited - Employees Welfare Trust" (IBH - EWT) ("Trust") for the implementation and management of its employees benefit scheme viz. the "Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited - Employee Stock Benefit Scheme - 2019" (Scheme), for the benefit of the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Pursuant to Regulation 3(12) of the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014, the shares in Trust have been appropriated towards the Scheme for grant of Share Appreciations Rights (SARs) to the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries as permitted by SEBI. The Company will treat these SARs as equity and accounting has been done accordingly. The other disclosures in respect of the SARs are as under:-
(v) 10,891,156 Equity Shares of Rs. 2 each (Previous Year : 31,753,777) are reserved for issuance towards Employees Stock options as granted.
(vi) The weighted average share price at the date of exercise of these options was Rs. 151.60 per share(Previous Year Rs. N.A. per share).
(vii) (a) During the year 2020-21, the Company had issued 4.50% secured, foreign currency convertible bonds due 2026
('FCCBs') of USD 150 Million at par (Outstanding as on March 31, 2024 is USD 0.80 Million), convertible into fully paid-up equity shares of face value of 2/- each of the Company at an initial conversion price of Rs.242 per equity share ("conversion price"), on or after April 21, 2021 and up to the close of business hours on February 20, 2026, at the option of the FCCB holders. FCCBs, which are not converted to equity shares during such specified period, will be redeemable on March 4, 2026. The Conversion price is subject to adjustment w.r.t issuance of bonus share, free issuance of shares, division, consolidation and reclassification of shares, declaration of dividend or any other condition as mentioned in offering circular, but cannot be below the floor price which is Rs.227.09.
Pursuant to the applicable provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, and on receipt of notice for conversion of FCCBs, for a principal value USD 10,000,000, the Company during the financial year 2022-23, issued and allotted 3,025,126 (Thirty Lakh Twenty Five Thousand One Hundred and Twenty Six) Fully Paid Equity shares of face value Rs. 2/- each, at a conversion price of Rs. 243.05 (including a premium of Rs. 241.05) per Equity Share, to the holder of such FCCBs. Consequent to the said allotment, the paid-up Equity Share Capital of the Company stands increased to Rs. 943,193,260 divided into 471,596,630 Fully Paid Equity Shares of face value Rs. 2/- each and outstanding principal value of FCCBs, as listed at Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited under ISIN XS2377720839 stands reduced from USD 145,000,000 to USD 135,000,000.
(viii) During the current year, the Securities Issuance and Investment Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company vide
resolution dated February 15, 2024 approved and allotted 24,62,26,515 partly paid up Equity Shares at a price of R150 per Rights Equity Share (including a premium of R148 per Rights Equity Share) [wherein the applicants were required to pay R50 per Equity Share on application (face value of R 0.67 per Rights Equity Share and premium of R 49.33 per Rights Equity Share) and the balance of R100 on subsequent call(s)] ("Allotment").
(1) Capital reserve is created on receipt of non refundable debenture warrants exercise price.
(2) Capital redemption reserve is created on redemption of preference shares.
(3) Securities premium reserve is used to record the premium on issue of shares. The reserve can be utilised only for limited purposes such as issuance of bonus shares in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
(4) The Companies Act, 2013 till August, 2019 requires that where a Company issues debentures, it shall create a debenture redemption reserve out of profits of the Company available for payment of dividend. The Company is required to maintain a Debenture Redemption Reserve of 25% of the value of debentures issued by a public issue. The amounts credited to the debenture redemption reserve may not be utilised by the Company except to redeem debentures.
(5) Stock Compensation Adjustment is created as required by Ind AS 102 'Share Based Payments' on the Employee Stock Option Scheme operated by the Company for employees of the Group.
(6) This pertains to reserve created under section 36(1)(viii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, by the Erstwhile Holding Company Indiabulls Financial Services Limited ('IFSL'), which has been transferred to the Company under the Scheme of Arrangement during the year ended March 31, 2013.
(7) Under the erstwhile Companies Act 1956, general reserve was created through an annual transfer of net income at a specified percentage in accordance with applicable regulations. The purpose of these transfers was to ensure that if a dividend distribution in a given year is more than 10% of the paid-up capital of the Company for that year, then the total dividend distribution is less than the total distributable results for that year. Consequent to introduction of Companies Act 2013, the requirement to mandatorily transfer a specified percentage of the net profit to general reserve has been withdrawn. However, the amount previously transferred to the general reserve can be utilised in accordance with the requirements of Companies Act, 2013.
(8) In terms of Section 29C of the National Housing Bank ("NHB") Act, 1987, the Company is required to transfer at least 20% of its Profit after tax to a Reserve Fund before any dividend is declared. Transfer to a Reserve Fund in terms of Section 36(1)(viii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is also considered as an eligible transfer as transfer to Special Reserve under Section 29C of the National Housing Bank ("NHB") Act, 1987. The Company has transferred an amount of Rs. Nil (Previous Year Rs. Nil ) to reserve created in terms of Section 36(1)(viii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 termed as "Reserve (IN)" and transferred an amount of Rs. 197.96 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 163.83 Crore) to the Reserve in terms of Section
29C of the National Housing Bank ("NHB") Act, 1987 as at the year end. Further an additional amount of Rs. Nil (Previous Year Rs. 610 Crore) has been set apart by way of transfer to Additional Reserve Fund in excess of the statutory minimum requirement as specified under Section 29C pursuant to Circular no. NHB(ND)/DRS/Pol-No. 03/2004-05 dated August 26, 2004 issued by the National Housing Bank.
(9) Disclosures as required in terms of Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021, RBI/2020-21/73 DOR.FIN.HFC.CC.No.120/03.10.136/2020-21, 17 February, 2021 for clause 3.2 is as follows:-
(10) This pertains to reserve created under section 45-IC of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934, by the Erstwhile Holding Company Indiabulls Financial Services Limited, which has been transferred to the Company under the Scheme of Arrangement during the year ended March 31, 2013.
(11) The final dividend of R 1.25 per equity share (62.5% on face value of R 2 each) for the financial year ended March 31, 2023 was approved at the AGM of the Shareholders of the Company held on September 25, 2023 and the Company had transferred Rs. 59.94 Crores on September 27, 2023 into the designated Dividend Account.
(12) Other comprehensive income includes fair value gain/(loss) on equity instruments and Derivative instruments in Cash
3.4.3. (A) Qualitative Disclosure:-
The Company's activities expose it to the financial risks of changes in foreign exchange rates and interest rates. The Company uses derivative contracts such as foreign exchange forward, cross currency contracts, interest rate swaps, foreign currency futures, options and swaps to hedge its exposure to movements in foreign exchange and interest rates. The use of these derivative contracts reduce the risk or cost to the Company and the Company does not use those for trading or speculation purposes.
The Company uses hedging instruments that are governed by the policies of the Company which are approved by the Board of Directors, which provide written principles on the use of such financial derivatives consistent with the risk management strategy of the Company. The Board constituted Risk Management Committee (RMC) of the Company manages risk on the Company's derivative portfolio. The officials authorized by the board to enter into derivative transactions for the Company are kept separate from the authorized signatories to confirm the derivative transactions. All derivative transactions that are entered into by the Company are reported to the board, and the mark-to-market on its portfolio is monitored regularly by the senior management. The Company uses Bloomberg to monitor and value its derivative portfolio to ascertain its hedge effectiveness vis-a-vis the underlying. To hedge its risks on the principal and/ or interest amount for foreign currency borrowings on its balance sheet, the Company has currently used cross currency derivatives, forwards and principal only swaps. Additionally, the Company has entered into Interest Rate Swaps (IRS) to hedge its basis risk on fixed rate borrowings and LIBOR risk on its foreign currency borrowings.
Derivative financial instruments are initially measured at fair value on the contract date and are subsequently re-measured to fair value at each reporting date. 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). Derivative assets and liabilities are recognized on the balance sheet at fair value. Fair value of derivatives is ascertained from the mark to market and accrual values received from the counterparty banks. These values are cross checked against the valuations done internally on Bloomberg. Changes in the fair value of derivatives other than those designated as hedges are recognized in the Statement of Profit and Loss. Hedge accounting is discontinued when the hedging instrument expires or is sold, terminated or exercised, no longer qualifies for hedge accounting or the Company chooses to end the hedging relationship.
*Net of Bad Debt recovery of Rs. 515.41 Crore (Previous Year Net of Bad Debt recovery Rs. 516.97 Crore)
'** 'During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, the Company has provided for Rs. 829.90 crores towards provision for impairment on carrying value of investments in Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) pursuant to RBI circular dated 19th December 2023. In this regard, the Company has withdrawn an amount of Rs. 610.00 crores (net-off related tax impact) from the additional special reserve created under section 29C of the National Housing Bank Act 1987 / the Master Direction - NonBanking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 [earlier: NHB circular no. NHB (ND)/ DRS/Pol-No.03/2004-05 dated August 26, 2004]. Subsequently, during the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company has redeemed/sold the investments made in above AIF having a carrying value of Rs. 777.13 crores. The corresponding provision for impairment on these Investments in AIF has been written back and netted off with Impairment on Financial Instruments during year ended March 31, 2024.
(1) Employee Benefits - Provident Fund, Employee State Insurance (ESIC), Gratuity and Compensated Absences disclosures as per Indian Accounting Standard (IndAS) 19 - Employee Benefits:
Contributions are made to Government Provident Fund and Family Pension Fund, ESIC and other statutory funds which cover all eligible employees under applicable Acts. Both the employees and the Company make predetermined contributions to the Provident Fund and ESIC. The contributions are normally based on a certain proportion of the employee's salary. The
Company has recognised an amount of Rs. 6.67 Crore (Previous year Rs. 6.25 Crore) in the Statement of Profit and Loss towards Employers contribution for the above mentioned funds.
Provision for unfunded Gratuity and Compensated Absences for all employees is based upon actuarial valuations carried out at the end of every financial year. Major drivers in actuarial assumptions, typically, are years of service and employee compensation. Pursuant to the issuance of the Indian Accounting Standard (IndAS) 19 on 'Employee Benefits', commitments are actuarially determined using the 'Projected Unit Credit' Method. Gains and losses on changes in actuarial assumptions are accounted for in Statement of Profit and Loss for Compensated absences and for Gratuity in Other Comprehensive Income.
*Does not include Investments which are measured at fair value for the year ended March 31, 2024.
** 'During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company has provided for Rs. 829.90 crores towards provision for impairment on carrying value of investments in Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) pursuant to RBI circular dated 19th December 2023. In this regard, the Company has withdrawn an amount of Rs. 610.00 crores (net-off related tax impact) from the additional special reserve created under section 29C of the National Housing Bank Act 1987 / the Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 [earlier: NHB circular no. NHB (ND)/DRS/Pol-No.03/2004-05 dated August 26, 2004]. Subsequently, during the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company has redeemed/sold the investments made in above AIF having a carrying value of Rs. 777.13 crores. The corresponding provision for impairment on these Investments in AIF has been written back and netted off with Impairment on Financial Instruments during the year ended March 31, 2024. As at March 31, 2024, the Company held investments in Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) amounting to Rs. 52.77 Crore. The Company has provided for Rs. 52.77 crores (being 100% of the value of the investment) towards provision for impairment on carrying value of investments in Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) pursuant to RBI circular dated 19th December 2023.
(vi) During the year, the Company has bought back non-convertible debenture having face value of Rs. 15.90 Crores(Previous Year Rs.1,269.60 crores), thereby earning a profit of Rs. 0.39 Crores(Previous Year loss of Rs.0.001 crores) which is clubbed under net gain on derecognition of financial instruments under amortized cost category.
(vii) The Citizens Whistle Blower Forum had filed a Public Interest Litigation ("PIL") before the Delhi High Court wherein certain allegations have were made against the Indiabulls group. The Company vehemently denied the frivolous allegations that have been made without basic research or inquiry. The Hon'ble High Court of Delhi on February 2, 2024, pronounced its order of dismissal of the PIL.
(viii) The Company does not have any charges or satisfaction of charges which are yet to be registered with the Registrar of Companies beyond the statutory period.
(33) Contingent Liabilities and Commitments:
The Company is involved in certain appellate and judicial proceedings (including those described below) concerning matters arising in the normal course of business including claims from revenue authorities, customers. The proceedings in respect of these matters are in various stages. Management has assessed the possible obligations arising from such claims against the Company, in accordance with the requirements of Indian Accounting Standard (Ind AS) 37 and based on judicial precedents, consultation with lawyers or based on its historical experiences. Accordingly, Management is of the view that based on currently available information no provision in addition to that already recognised in its financial statements is considered necessary in respect of the above.
Given below are amounts in respect of claims asserted by revenue authorities and others a) Demand pending under the Income Tax Act,1961
(i) For Rs. 1.23 Crore with respect to FY 2008-09 ( Previous Year Rs. 1.23 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961,against which appeal is pending before The Supreme Court.
(ii) For Rs.1.27 Crore with respect to FY 2010-11 (Previous Year Rs.1.27 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961, against which the department has filed appeal before The High Court.
(iii) For Rs. 1.13 Crore with respect to FY 2011-12 ( Previous Year Rs. NIL ) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which the department has filed appeal before The High Court.
(iv) For Rs. 0.11 Crore with respect to FY 2012-13 ( Previous Year Rs. NIL ) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which the department has filed appeal before The High Court.
(v) For Rs. 0.67 Crore with respect to FY 2013-14 ( Previous Year Rs. 14.16 Crore ) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which department has filed appeal before The High Court.
(vi) For Rs. 0.92 Crore with respect to FY 2014-15 ( Previous Year Rs. 13.81 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which department has filed appeal before The High Court.
(vii) For Rs 1.44 Crore with respect to FY 2015-16 ( Previous Year Rs. 20.54 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which department has filed appeal before The High Court.
(viii) For Rs. 48.58 Crore with respect to FY 2016-17 ( Previous Year Rs. 48.66 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which department has filed appeal before The High Court.
(ix) For Rs. Nil with respect to FY 2017-18 (Previous Year Rs. 9.65 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which appeal is pending before ITAT.
(x) For Rs. 0.59 Crore with respect to FY 2017-18 (Previous Year Rs. 1.30 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which appeal is pending before CIT(Appeal).
(xi) For Rs. Nil with respect to FY 2018-19 (Previous Year Rs. 64.15 Crore ) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which appeal is pending before ITAT.
(xii) For Rs. Nil with respect to FY 2019-20 (Previous Year Rs. 28.04 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which appeal is pending before ITAT.
(xiii) For Rs. Nil with respect to FY 2020-21 (Previous Year Rs. 0.58 Crore) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which appeal is pending before CIT ( Appeal ).
(xiv) For Rs. 0.23 Crore with respect to FY 2021-22 (Previous Year Rs. 0.23 Crore ) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which appeal is pending before CIT ( Appeal ).
(xv) For Rs. 0.02 crore with respect to FY 2021-22 (Previous Year Rs. NIL ) against disallowances under Income Tax Act,1961 against which appeal is pending before CIT ( Appeal ).
(xvi) In respect of financial years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16, the Company has received favourable orders from ITAT on certain matters having demand of Rs. 45.20 Crore. The department has filed an appeal before the High Court against the above orders of ITAT. The Company has already recorded provision for these disputed liabilities in its financials on a conservative basis.
(b) (i) Demand pending u/s 73 of CGST Act, 2017 for Rs. 0.40 Crore (Previous year Rs. NIL) (excluding Interest as per section 50
of the CGST Act, 2017 and Penalty of Rs. 0.04 Crore) with respect to FY 2017-18 to FY 2019-20. Appeal has been filed on 28th March 2024 for the respective FY(s) before the Commissioner (Appeals) Jaipur after payment of total tax as a predeposit of Rs. 0.04 Crore (Previous Year NIL) required for the purpose of filing an appeal under GST law. It is to be noted amount disputed in the order is appealable before the Appellate Authority and likely to be reversed with supporting documents.
(ii) Demand pending u/s 73 of CGST Act, 2017 for Rs.0.08 Crore (Previous year Rs. 0.08 Crore) (including Interest & Penalty) with respect to FY 2018-19 against which appeal has been filed before Commissioner (Appeals) Raipur. The Company has paid tax as a pre-deposit of Rs. 0.00 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 0.00 Crore) required for the purpose of filing an appeal under GST law. Being aggrieved by the order of Adjudicating Authority, the Company has filed rectification application under section 161 of the CGST Act before the Adjudicating Authority. The appeal is pending before the Appellate Authority for disposal.
(iii) The Company has filed an appeal before the Commissioner (Appeals-II) under section 85 of the Finance Act, 1994(32 of 1994), against the order in original no. 08/VS/JC/CGST/DSC/2022-23 dated 15.11.2022 passed by Joint Commissioner, CGST, Delhi South Commissionerate, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi-110066. The disputed amount w.r.t. penalty u/s 78 is Rs. 0.51 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 0.51 Crore) and penalty u/s 77 is Rs. 0.00 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 0.00 Crore). The Company paid a pre-deposit amount of Rs. 0.04 Crore to comply with Section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944, for the purpose of filing the appeal. The appeal has been decided in favour of company with Nil Demand vide order no 01/2023-24 dated 11th April 2023 of Commissioner (Appeals-II). However, the tax department has contested against the order passed by Commissioner (Appeals-II) before CESTAT.
(iv) Demand pending u/s 73 of CGST Act, 2017 for Rs. 0.46 Crore (Previous year Rs. NIL) (excluding Interest as per section 50 of the CGST Act, 2017 and Penalty of Rs. 0.05 Crore) with respect to FY 2018-19. Appeal has been filed on 10th May 2024 before the Commissioner (Appeals) Jaipur after payment of tax as a pre-deposit of Rs. 0.05 Crore (Previous Year NIL) required for the purpose of filing an appeal under GST law. It is to be noted amount disputed in the order is appealable before the Appellate Authority and likely to be reversed with supporting documents.
(c) Capital commitments for acquisition of property, plant and equipment at various branches as at the year end (net of capital advances paid) Rs. 9.24 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 23.44 Crore).
(d) Corporate guarantees provided to Unique Identification Authority of India for Aadhaar verification of loan applications for Rs. 0.25 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 0.25 Crore).
(e) Bank guarantees provided against court case for Rs. 0.05 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 0.05 Crore).
(f) Corporate guarantees provided to NABARD for loan taken by Indiabulls Commercial Credit Limited for Rs. 200.64 Crore (Previous Year Rs. 381.07 Crore)
(34) Segment Reporting:
The Company is mainly engaged in the housing finance and mortgage-backed lending business, and all other activities revolve around this main business of the Company. Further, all activities are conducted within India and as such there is no separate reportable segment, as per the Ind AS 108 - Operating Segments specified under Section 133 of the Act.
(37) Earnings Per Equity Share
Earnings Per Equity Share (EPS) as per Indian Accounting Standard (IndAS)-33 "Earnings Per Share",:
The basic earnings per share is computed by dividing the net profit attributable to Equity Shareholders for the year by the weighted average number of Equity Shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share are computed using the weighted average number of Equity Shares and also the weighted average number of Equity Shares that could have been issued on the conversion of all dilutive potential Equity Shares. The dilutive potential Equity Shares are adjusted for the proceeds receivable, had the shares been actually issued at fair value.
Dilutive potential Equity Shares are deemed converted as of the beginning of the year, unless they have been issued at a later date. The number of Equity Shares and potential diluted Equity Shares are adjusted for potential dilutive effect of Employee Stock Option Plan as appropriate.
(38) In respect of amounts as mentioned under Section 124 of the Companies Act, 2013, there were no dues required to be credited to the Investor Education and Protection Fund as on March 31, 2024. (Previous Year Rs. Nil).
(39) (1) Disclosures as required in terms of Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company
(Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021, RBI/2020-21/73 DOR.FIN.HFC.CC.No.120/03.10.136/2020-21, 17 February, 2021 & Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India (Non-Banking Financial Company - Scale Based Regulation) Directions, 2023.
(xiii) Disclosure of Penalties imposed by NHB and other regulators Disclosure of Penalties imposed by NHB and other regulators [FY24]
During the financial year ended March 31, 2024, National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) had imposed penalty of Rs.0.001 Crore (excluding GST), for delay in intimating record date for payment of interest on Non-Convertible Debentures, for the period ended July 31, 2021, under Regulation 60(2) of SEBI(LODR)Regulations, 2015 (SEBI LODR).
Also BSE Limited and NSE had imposed penalty of Rs.0.0003 Crore each (excluding GST), for delay in submission of statement of deviation on utilization of funds raised through issue of debt securities, for quarter ended March 31, 2022, under Regulation 52(7) & (7A) of SEBI LODR.
Disclosure of Penalties imposed by NHB and other regulators [FY23]
During the financial year ended March 31, 2023, under Regulation 13(1) of SEBI(LODR)Regulations, 2015, BSE Limited had imposed penalty of Rs.0.004 Crore (including GST), on delay in processing Dividend amount to an investor's account.
An amount of Rs. 0.001 Crore paid to Reserve Bank of India for delay in submission of certain return
Compounding fees of Rs. 0.01 Crore paid to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs with respect to certain observations in the inspection Conducted for the financial year 2014-15 & 2016-17
(xiv) Gold loan
The Company has not granted any loans against collateral of gold jewellery (Previous Year: Nil).
(xviii) Institutional set-up for liquidity risk management
Liquidity Risk Management framework consists of Asset Liability Management Committee [ALCO] which is a subcommittee of the Board of Directors. The meetings of ALCO are held at periodic intervals. While the ALCO is responsible for oversight of specific risks relating to liquidity and interest rate sensitivity, the Risk Management Committee is repsonsible for company-wide risk management.
(xxi) The Company has applied to the RBI for change of its Certification of Registration to Non-Banking Financial Company-Investment and Credit Company [NBFC-ICC] consequent to the Company not meeting the Principal Business Criteria for Housing Finance Companies as laid out in para 5.3 of the Master Direction - Non Banking Financial Company -Housing Finance Company (NBFC-HFC) (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 (Master Directions) and is awaiting approval from the RBI. The Company has been advised by the National Housing Bank [NHB] to continue compliance with the Master Directions and other circulars issued by RBI as applicable to HFCs, and the Supervisory circulars issued by NHB till the time conversion is approved by RBI.
(i) Name of the committee of the Board : Audit Committee
Summarized terms of reference- To oversee the financial reporting process and disclosure of financial information;
- To review with management, quarterly, half yearly and annual financial statements and ensure their accuracy and correctness before submission to the Board;
- To review with management and internal auditors, the adequacy of internal control systems, approving the internal audit plans/ reports and reviewing the efficacy of their function, discussion and review of periodic audit reports including findings of internal investigations;
- To recommend the appointment of the internal and statutory auditors and their remuneration;
- To review and approve required provisions to be maintained as per IRAC norms and write off decisions;
- To hold discussions with the Statutory and Internal Auditors;
- Review and monitoring of the auditor's independence and performance, and effectiveness of audit process;
- Examination of the auditors' report on financial statements of the Company (in addition to the financial statements) before submission to the Board;
- Approval or any subsequent modification of transactions of the Company with related parties;
- Scrutiny of inter-corporate loans and investments;
- Review of Credit Concurrent Audit Report/ Concurrent Audit Report of Treasury;
- Valuation of undertakings or assets of the Company, wherever it is necessary;
- M onitoring the end use of funds raised through public offers and related matters as and when such funds are raised and also reviewing with the management the utilization of the funds so raised, for purposes other than those stated in the relevant offer document, if any and making appropriate recommendations to the Board in this regard;
- Evaluation of the risk management systems (in addition to the internal control systems);
- Review and monitoring of the performance of the statutory auditors and effectiveness of the audit process;
- To hold post audit discussions with the auditors to ascertain any area of concern;
- To review the functioning of the whistle blower mechanism;
- T pproval to the appointment of the CFO after assessing the qualifications, experience and background etc. of the candidate;
- Approval of Bad Debt Write Off in terms of the Policy;
- E eview of information system audit of the internal systems and processes to assess the operational risks faced by the Company and also ensures that the information system audit of internal systems and processes is conducted periodically; and
- R eviewing the utilization of loans and/or advances and/or investment by the Company to its subsidiary
companies, exceeding rupees 100 Crores or 10% of the assets side of the respective subsidiary companies, whichever is lower, including existing loans / advances / investment existing as on April 1, 2019.
(ii) Name of the committee of the Board : Nomination & Remuneration Committee Summarized terms of reference- R ormulation of the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a
director and recommend to the board of directors a policy relating to, the remuneration of the directors, key managerial personnel and other employees;
- Formulation of criteria for evaluation of performance of independent directors and the board of directors;
- Devising a policy on diversity of board of directors;
- I dentifying persons who are qualified to become directors and who may be appointed in senior management in accordance with the criteria laid down, and recommend to the board of directors their appointment and removal;
- W hether to extend or continue the term of appointment of the independent director, on the basis of the report of performance evaluation of independent directors;
- To ensure 'fit and proper' status of proposed/ existing directors;
- To recommend to the Board all remuneration, in whatever form, payable to Directors, KMPs and senior management;
- R raming suitable policies and systems to ensure that there is no violation, by an employee of any applicable laws in India or overseas, including:
> T he Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations, 2015; or
> T he Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to the Securities Market) Regulations, 1995; and
Summarized terms of reference- To approve requests for share transfers and transmissions;
- To approve the requests pertaining to remat of shares/sub-division/consolidation/issue of renewed and duplicate share certificates etc.;
- To oversee all matters encompassing the shareholders' / investors' related issues;
- T esolving the grievances of the security holders of the Company, including complaints related to transfer/ transmission of shares, non-receipt of annual report, non-receipt of declared dividends, issue of new/ duplicate certificates, general meetings etc.
- Review of measures taken for effective exercise of voting rights by shareholders.
- T eview of adherence to the service standards adopted by the Company in respect of various services being rendered by the Registrar & Share Transfer Agent.
- T eview of the various measures and initiatives taken by the Company for reducing the quantum of unclaimed dividends and ensuring timely receipt of dividend warrants/annual reports/statutory notices by the shareholders of the Company.
(ii) The Company has setup an Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO), to handle liquidity risk management. ALCO committee reviews our asset and liability positions and gives directions to our finance and treasury teams in managing the same. Our risk management committee approves, reviews, monitors and modifies our credit and operation policy from time to time, reviews regulatory requirements and implements appropriate mechanisms and guidelines related to risk Management.
(42) Fair value measurement42.1 Valuation principles
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction in the principal (or most advantageous) market at the measurement date under current market conditions , regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using a valuation technique.
In order to show how fair values have been derived, financial instruments are classified based on a hierarchy of valuation techniques.
42.2 Valuation governance
The Company's process to determine fair values is part of its periodic financial close process. The Audit Committee exercises the overall supervision over the methodology and models to determine the fair value as part of its overall monitoring of financial close process and controls. The responsibility of ongoing measurement resides with business units . Once submitted, fair value estimates are also reviewed and challenged by the Risk and Finance functions.
Equity instruments in non-listed entities are initially recognised at transaction price and re-measured and valued on a case-by-case and classified as Level 2. Fair value is the price of recent transaction as there has not been a significant lapse of time since the last transaction took place.
Mutual Funds
Open ended mutual funds are valued at NAV declared by respective fund house and are classified under Level 1.
Unlisted debentures and bonds
Fair value of these instruments is derived based on the discounted cash flows and market comparison technique as at reporting date and are classified as Level 3.
Interest rate swaps, Currency swaps and Forward rate contracts
The fair value of Interest rate swaps is calculated as the present value of estimated cash flows based on observable yield curves. The fair value of Forward foreign exchange contracts and currency swaps is determined using observable foreign exchange rates and yield curves at the balance sheet date.
42.8 Valuation methodologies of financial instruments not measured at fair value
Below are the methodologies and assumptions used to determine fair values for the above financial instruments which are not recorded and measured at fair value in the Company's financial statements. These fair values were calculated for disclosure purposes only. The below methodologies and assumptions relate only to the instruments in the above tables.
Debt Securities & Subordinated liabilities
These includes Subordinated debt, secured debentures, unsecured debentures. The fair values of such liabilities are estimated using a discounted cash flow model based on contractual cash flows using actual or estimated yields and discounting by yields incorporating the credit risk. These instrument are classified in Level 2.
*Assets and Liabilities other than above
The carrying value of assets and liabilities other than investments at amortised cost, debt securities and subordinated liabilities represents a reasonable approximation of fair value.
(43) Transfers of financial assets
Transfers of financial assets that are not derecognised in their entirety
Securitisations: The Company uses securitisations as a source of finance. Such transaction resulted in the transfer of contractual cash flows from portfolios of financial assets to holders of issued debt securities. Such deals resulted in continued recognition of the securitised assets since the Company retains substantial risks and rewards.
The table below outlines the carrying amounts and fair values of all financial assets transferred that are not derecognised in their entirety and associated liabilities.
Transfers of financial assets that are derecognised in their entirety
The Company has elected to apply the de-recognition provisions of Ind AS 109 prospectively from the date of transition to Ind AS. Thus, Pre-transition securitisation deals continues to be de-recognised in their entirety
The details for each type of continued involvement relating to transferred assets derecognised in their entirety: Nil(Previous Year Rs. Nil)
Assignment Deals
During the year ended March 31, 2024, the Company has sold some loans and advances measured at amortised cost as per assignment deals, as a source of finance. As per the terms of deal, since the derecognition criteria as per IND AS 109, including transfer of substantially all the risks and rewards relating to assets being transferred to the buyer being met, the assets have been derecognised.
The management has evaluated the impact of the assignment transactions done during the year for its business model. Based on the future business plans, the Company's business model remains to hold the assets for collecting contractual cash flows.
The table below summarises the carrying amount of the derecognised financial assets measured at amortised cost and the gain/(loss) on derecognition, per type of asset.
Since the Company has transferred the above financial assets in a transfer that qualified for derecognition in its entirety, the whole of the interest spread ( over the expected life of the asset) is recognised on the date of derecognition as interest-only strip receivable ("Receivables on assignment of loan") and correspondingly recognised as gain on derecognition of financial assets.
Transfers of financial assets that are not derecognised in their entirety
During the year ended March 31, 2024, the Company had sold some loans and advances measured at amortised cost as per assignment deals, as a source of finance. As per the terms of deal, since the derecognition criteria as per IND AS 109, including transfer of substantially all the risks and rewards relating to assets being transferred to the buyer not being met, the assets have been re-recognised.
The table below summarises the carrying amount of the re-recognised financial assets measured at amortised cost and the gain/(loss) on re-recognition, per type of asset.
(44) Capital management-
For the purpose of the Company's capital management, capital includes issued equity capital, share premium and all other equity reserves attributable to the equity holders of the Company. The primary objective of the Company's capital management is to maximise the shareholder value. The Company monitors capital using a capital adequacy ratio as prescribed by the NHB/ RBI guidelines. Refer note 39(1)(i) for details.
(45) Risk ManagementIntroduction and risk protile
Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (IBHFL) is a housing finance Company in India and is regulated by the National Housing Bank (NHB) and Reserve Bank of India(RBI). In view of the intrinsic nature of operations, the Company is exposed to a variety of risks, which can be broadly classified as credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk and operational risk. It is also subject to various regulatory risks.
Risk management structure and policies
As a lending institution, Company is exposed to various risks that are related to lending business and operating environment. The Principal Objective in Company 's risk management processes is to measure and monitor the various risks that Company is subject to and to follow policies and procedures to address such risks. Company 's risk management framework is driven by Board and its subcommittees including the Audit Committee, the Asset Liability Management Committee and the Risk Management Committee. Company gives due importance to prudent lending practices and have implemented suitable measures for risk mitigation, which include verification of credit history from credit information bureaus, personal verification of a customer's business and residence, technical and legal verifications, conservative loan to value, and required term cover for insurance. The major types of risk Company face in businesses are liquidity risk, credit risk, interest rate risk and equity price risk.
(A) Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the potential for loss to an entity arising from either its inability to meet its obligations or to fund increases in assets as they fall due without incurring unacceptable cost or losses.
The Company manages liquidity risk by maintaining sufficient cash and cash equivalents (including marketable securities) to meet its obligations at all times. It also ensures having access to funding through an adequate amount of committed credit lines. The Company's treasury department is responsible for liquidity and funding as well as settlement management. In addition, processes and policies related to such risks are overseen by senior management and the management regularly monitors the position of cash and cash equivalents vis-a-vis projections. Assessment of maturity profiles of financial assets and financial liabilities including debt financing plans and maintenance of Balance Sheet liquidity ratios are considered while reviewing the liquidity position.
Credit Risk arises from the potential that an obligor is either unwilling to perform on an obligation or its ability to perform such obligation is impaired resulting in economic loss to the Company. IBHFL's Credit Risk Management framework is categorized into following main components:
- Board and senior management oversight
- Organization structure
- Systems and procedures for identification, acceptance, measurement, monitoring and controlling risks.
It is the overall responsibility of the board appointed Risk Management Committee to approve the Company's credit risk strategy and lending policies relating to credit risk and its management. The policies are based on the Company's overall business strategy and the same is reviewed periodically.
The Board of Directors constituted Risk Management Committee keeps an active watch on emerging risks the Company is exposed to. The Risk Management Committee(RMC) defines loan sanctioning authorities, including process of vetting by credit committees for various types/values of loans. The RMC approves credit policies, reviews regulatory requirements, and also periodically reviews large ticket loans and overdue accounts from this pool.
The Risk Management Committee approves the 'Credit Authority Matrix' that defines the credit approval hierarchy and the approving authority for each group of approving managers/ committees in the hierarchy.
To maintain credit discipline and to enunciate credit risk management and control process there is a separate Risk Management department independent of loan origination function. The Risk Management department performs the function of Credit policy formulation, credit limit setting, monitoring of credit exceptions / exposures and review / monitoring of documentation.
Derivative financial Instruments
Credit risk arising from derivative financial instruments is, at any time, limited to those with positive fair values, as recorded on the balance sheet. With gross-settled derivatives, the Company is also exposed to a settlement risk, being the risk that the Company honours its obligation, but the counterparty fails to deliver the counter value.
Analysis of risk concentration
The Company's concentrations of risk for loans are managed by counterparty and type of loan (i.e. Housing and NonHousing as defined by NHB). Housing and Non housing loans are given to both individual and corporate borrowers. The table below shows the concentration of risk by type of loan
Market Risk is the risk that the value of on and off-balance sheet positions of a financial institution will be adversely affected by movements in market rates or prices such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, equity prices, credit spreads and/or commodity prices resulting in a loss to earnings and capital.
Financial institutions may be exposed to Market Risk in variety of ways. Market risk exposure may be explicit in portfolios of securities / equities and instruments that are actively traded. Conversely it may be implicit such as interest rate risk due to mismatch of loans and deposits. Besides, market risk may also arise from activities categorized as off-balance sheet item. Therefore market risk is potential for loss resulting from adverse movement in market risk factors such as interest rates, forex rates, equity and commodity prices.
The Company's exposure to market risk is primarily on account of interest rate risk and Foreign exchange risk.
(i) Interest Rate Risk:-
Interest rate risk arises when there is a mismatch between positions, which are subject to interest rate adjustment within a specified period. The Company's lending, funding and investment activities give rise to interest rate risk. The immediate impact of variation in interest rate is on the Company's net interest income, while a long term impact is on the Company's net worth since the economic value of the assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet exposures are affected. While assessing interest rate risks, signals given to the market by RBI and government departments from time to time and the financial industry's reaction to them shall be continuously monitored.
Due to the nature of its business, the Company is exposed to moderate to high Interest Rate Risk. This risk has a major impact on the balance sheet as well as the Statement of profit and loss of the Company. Interest Rate Risk arises due to:
i) Changes in Regulatory or Market Conditions affecting the interest rates
ii) Short term volatility
iii) Prepayment risk translating into a reinvestment risk
iv) Real interest rate risk.
In short run, change in interest rate affects Company's earnings (measured by NII or NIM) and in long run it affects Market Value of Equity (MVE) or net worth. It is essential for the Company to not only quantify the interest rate risk
but also to manage it proactively. The Company mitigates its interest rate risk by keeping a balanced portfolio of fixed and variable rate loans and borrowings. Further Company carries out Earnings at risk analysis and maturity gap analysis at quarterly intervals to quantify the risk.
Interest Rate sensitivity
The following table demonstrates the sensitivity to a reasonably possible change in interest rates (all other variables being constant) of the Company's statement of profit and loss:
(ii) Foreign currency risk
Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of an exposure will fluctuate because of changes in foreign currency rates. The Company's exposure to the risk of changes in foreign exchange rates relates primary to the foreign currency borrowings taken from banks through the FCNR route and External Commercial Borrowings (ECB).
The Company follows a conservative policy of hedging its foreign currency exposure through Forwards and / or Currency Swaps in such a manner that it has fixed determinate outflows in its function currency and as such there would be no significant impact of movement in foreign currency rates on the Company's profit before tax (PBT) and equity.
(E) Operational Risk
Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and system or from external events. Operational risk is associated with human error, system failures and inadequate procedures and controls. It is the risk of loss arising from the potential that inadequate information system; technology failures, breaches in internal controls, fraud, unforeseen catastrophes, or other operational problems may result in unexpected losses or reputation problems. Operational risk exists in all products and business activities.
IBHFL recognizes that operational risk event types that have the potential to result in substantial losses includes Internal fraud, External fraud, employment practices and workplace safety, clients, products and business practices, business disruption and system failures, damage to physical assets, and finally execution, delivery and process management.
The Company cannot expect to eliminate all operational risks, but it endeavours to manage these risks through a control framework and by monitoring and responding to potential risks. Controls include effective segregation of duties, access, authorisation and reconciliation procedures, staff education and assessment processes, such as the use of internal audit.
(46) LeasesCompany is a Lessee
(a) The Company has lease contracts for various office premises used in its operations. Leases of office premises generally have lease terms between 1 to 12 years. The Company's obligations under its leases are secured by the lessor's title to the leased assets. Generally, the Company is restricted from assigning and subleasing the leased assets.
The Company also has certain leases of office premises with lease terms of 12 months or less. The Company applies the 'short-term lease' recognition exemptions for these leases.
(b) Leases are shown as follows in the Group balance sheet and profit & loss account
The Company had total cash outflows for leases of Rs. 61.77 crores during the year ended March 31, 2024 ( Rs. 59.95 crores during the year ended March 31, 2023).
(47) The Company has not entered into any transactions with companies struck off under section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013 or section 560 of Companies Act, 1956 during the year ended March 31, 2024.
(48) Quarterly returns or statements of current assets filed by the Company with banks or financial institutions are in agreement with the books of accounts;
(49) The Company has not been declared a wilful defaulter by any bank or financial institution or other lender during the year.
(50) The Company has not traded or invested in crypto currency or virtual currency during the financial year ended March 31, 2024.
(51) From October 1, 2022, the Company is in compliance with RBI Circular No. RBI/2021-2022/125 DOR.STR.REC.68/21.04.048/2021-22 dated November 12 2021, related to classification of NPA and up-gradation of accounts classified as NPA.
(52) During the quarter ended December 31, 2023, the Company has provided for Rs. 829.90 crores towards provision for impairment on carrying value of investments in Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) pursuant to RBI circular dated 19th December 2023. In this regard, the Company has withdrawn an amount of Rs. 610.00 crores (net-off related tax impact) from the additional special reserve created under section 29C of the National Housing Bank Act 1987 / the Master Direction - NonBanking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 [earlier: NHB circular no. NHB (ND)/ DRS/Pol-No.03/2004-05 dated August 26, 2004]. Subsequently, during the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company has redeemed/sold the investments made in above AIF having a carrying value of Rs. 777.13 crores. The corresponding provision for impairment on these Investments in AIF has been written back and netted off with Impairment on Financial Instruments during the year ended March 31, 2024.
During the previous year ended March 31, 2023, the Company has withdrawn additional special reserve created under section 29C of the National Housing Bank Act 1987 / the Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021 [earlier: NHB circular no. NHB (ND)/DRS/Pol-No.03/2004-05 dated August 26, 2004] for an amount of Rs. 525.00 crores in respect of impairment of financial instruments net off related tax impact.
(53) The Company has not advanced or loaned or invested funds to any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Intermediaries) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Intermediaries shall;
(a) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
(b) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
(54) The Board of Directors of the Company at their meeting held on May 24, 2024 recommended a final dividend of R 2.00 per equity share (100% on face value of R 2 each) for the financial year ended March 31, 2024, subject to approval of members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting.
(55) Subsequent to the current financial year, the Company had raised U.S.$350,000,000 by allotment of Senior Secured Social Bonds due 2027 (the "Bonds") in accordance with Regulation S / Rule 144A of the U.S. Securities Act, 1933 and applicable Indian laws.
(56) The Company has not received any funds from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (Funding Party) with the understanding (whether recorded in writing or otherwise) that the Company shall;
(a) directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Company (Ultimate Beneficiaries) or
(b) provide any guarantee, security or the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries"
(57) The Company did not enter into any transactions which are not recorded in the books of accounts and has been surrendered or disclosed as income during the year in the tax assessments under the Income Tax Act, 1961. (Previous year Rs. Nil).
(58) There are no proceedings initiated or pending against the Company for holding any benami property under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988 (45 of 1988) during the year ended March 31, 2024 (Previous year Rs. Nil).
(59) The Company has complied with the NHB Directions, 2010 including Prudential Norms and as amended from time to time. Disclosures as required in terms of Master Direction - Non-Banking Financial Company - Housing Finance Company (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2021, RBI/2020-21/73 DOR.FIN.HFC.CC.No.120/03.10.136/2020-21, 17 February, 2021 have been prepared in compliance with Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS).
(60) Previous Year's figures have been regrouped / reclassified wherever necessary to correspond with the current year's classification / disclosures.
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