4.11 Provisions and Contingent liabilities
Provisions are recognised only when the Company has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of past events, and it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation. When the effect of the time value of money is material, the Company determines the level of provision by discounting the expected cash flows at a pre¬ tax rate reflecting the current rates specific to the liability. The expense relating to any provision is presented in the statement of profit and loss net of any reimbursement.
Provisions are reviewed at each balance sheet date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate. If it is no longer probable that an outflow of resources would be required to settle the obligation, the provision is reversed.
Contingent liability is disclosed in case of present obligation arising from past events, when it is not probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligations and the present obligation arising from past events, when no reliable estimate is possible.
4.12 Share Based Payments
Stock options are granted to the employees under the stock option scheme. The costs of stock options granted to the employees (equity-settled awards) of the Company are measured at the fair value of the equity instruments granted. For each stock option, the measurement of fair value is performed on the grant date. The grant date is the date on which the Company and the employees agree to the stock option scheme. The fair value so determined is revised only if the stock option scheme is modified in a manner that is beneficial to the employees.
This cost is recognised, together with a corresponding increase in share-based payment (SBP) reserves in equity over the period in which the performance and/or service conditions are fulfilled in employee benefits expense The cumulative expense recognised for equity-settled transactions at each reporting date until the vesting date reflects the extent to which the vesting period has expiree and the Company's best estimate of the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest. The statement oi profit and loss expense or Credit for a period represents the movement in cumulative expense recognised as a1 the beginning and end of that period and is recognised in employee benefits expense. On cancellation or lapse oi options granted to employees, the compensation charged earlier will be moved from sharebased payment reserve with corresponding credit in retained earnings.
The dilutive effect of outstanding options is reflected as additional share dilution in the computation of diluted earnings per share.
If the options vests in instalments (i.e. the options ves1 pro rata over the service period), then each instalment is treated as a separate share option grant because each instalment has a different vesting period.
4.13 Dividend on ordinary shares
The Company recognises a liability to make cash distributions to equity holders when the distribution is authorised and the distribution is no longer at the discretion of the Company. As per the Companies Act, 2013 in India, a distribution of final dividend is authorised wher it is approved by the shareholders and interim dividend approved by the Board. A corresponding amount is then recognised directly in equity. In case of interim dividend it is recognised on payment basis as they are revocable til actually paid.
4.14 Revenue recognition - other than financial assets
Revenue (other than for those items to which Ind AS 109 Financial Instruments are applicable) is recognised at fail value of the consideration received or receivable when the company satisfies the performance obligation under the contract with the customer.
4.15 Dividend Income
Dividend income (including from FVOCI investments] is recognised when the Company's right to receive the payment is established and it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the dividend will flow to the entity and the amount of the dividend can be measured reliably.
4.16 Employee benefits
(i) Short-term obligations
Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits that are expected to be settled wholly within 12 months after the end of the period in which the employees render the related service are recognized in respect of employees' services up to the end of the reporting period and are measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled. The liabilities are presented as employee benefit obligations in the balance sheet.
(ii) Post-employment obligations
The company operates the following post-employment schemes:
(a) defined contribution plans such as provident fund, superannuation and Employee's state insurance scheme
(b) defined benefit plans such as gratuity
a) Defined Contribution Scheme
Retirement benefit in the form of provident fund is a defined contribution scheme. The Company has no obligation, other than the contribution payable to the provident fund. The Company recognises contribution payable to the provident fund scheme as an expense, when an employee renders the related service.
Employees' State Insurance: The Company contributes to Employees State Insurance Scheme and recognizes such contribution as an expense in the Statement of Profit and Loss in the period when services are rendered by the employees.
Superannuation: The Company contributes a sum equivalent to 15% of eligible employees' salary to a Superannuation Fund administered by trustees and managed by Life Insurance Corporation of India ("LIC"). The Company has no liability for future Superannuation Fund benefits other than its contribution and recognizes such contributions as an expense in the Statement of Profit and Loss in the period when services are rendered by the employees.
b) Defined Benefit Scheme
Gratuity: The Company makes contribution to a Gratuity Fund administered by trustees and managed by LIC. The Company accounts its liability for future gratuity benefits based on actuarial valuation, as at the Balance Sheet date, determined every year by an independent actuary using the Projected Unit Credit method.
Re-measurements, comprising of actuarial gains and losses, the effect of the asset ceiling, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability
and the return on plan assets are recognised immediately in the balance sheet with a corresponding debit or credit to retained earnings through OCI in the period in which they occur. Remeasurements are not reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods.
Past service costs are recognised in profit or loss on the earlier of:
? The date of the plan amendment or curtailment, and
? The date that the Company recognises related restructuring costs
Net interest is calculated by applying the discount rate to the net defined benefit liability or asset. The Company recognises the following changes in the net defined benefit obligation as an expense in the statement of profit and loss:
? Service costs comprising current service costs, past- service costs, gains and losses on curtailments and non¬ routine settlements; and
? Net interest expense or income
c) Compensated Absences: The Company treats its liability for compensated absences based on actuarial valuation as at the Balance Sheet date, determined by an independent actuary using the Projected Unit Credit method.
Actuarial gains and losses are recognised under OCI in the statement of Profit and Loss in the year in which they occur and not deferred.
4.17 Earnings Per Share
Basic Earnings Per Share is calculated by dividing the net profit or loss for the year attributable to equity shareholders by the weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the year.
Earnings considered for Earnings per share is the net profit for the year after deducting preference dividend, if any, and attributable tax thereto for the year.
The weighted average number of equity shares outstanding during the period and for all periods presented is adjusted for events, such as bonus shares, other than the conversion of potential equity shares, that have changed the number of equity shares outstanding, without a corresponding change in resources. For the purpose of calculating diluted earnings per share, the net profit or loss for the year attributable to equity shareholders and the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year is adjusted for the effects of all dilutive potential equity shares.
4.18 Cash Flow Statement
Cash #ows are reported using the indirect method, where by profit / (loss) before tax is adjusted for the effects of transactions of non-cash nature and any deferrals or accruals of past or future cash receipts or payments.
For the purpose of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents as defined above, net of outstanding bank overdrafts as they are considered an integral part of cash management of the Company.
4.19 Segment Information
An operating segment is a component of the Company that engages in the business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by Company's Chief operating decision maker.
Revenue and expenses have been identified to segments on the basis of their relationship to the operating activities of the Segment. Revenue and expenses, which relate to the enterprise as a whole and are not allocable to Segments on a reasonable basis have been included under "Un¬ allocable".
Assets and liabilities have been identified to segments on the basis of their relationship to the operating activities of the Segment. Assets and liabilities, which relate to the enterprise as a whole and are not allocable to Segments on a reasonable basis have been included under "Un¬ allocable".
4A. Significant accounting judgements,
estimates and assumptions
The preparation of the Company's financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, and the accompanying disclosures, as well as the disclosure of contingent liabilities. Uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets or liabilities affected in future period
In the process of applying the Company's accounting policies, management has made the following judgements/ estimates, which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
i. Business Model Assessment
The Company from time to time enters into direct bilateral assignment deals, which qualify for de-recognition under
Ind AS 109. Accordingly, the assessment of the Company's business model for managing its financial assets becomes a critical judgment.
Further, the Company also made an investment in the Government securities in order to comply the liquidity ratio compliance as required by RBI pursuant to its master directions. The Company intends to hold these assets till maturity expects that any sale if any necessitated by requirements are likely to be infrequent and immaterial. Accordingly, the related assessment becomes a critical judgement to determine the business model for such financial assets under Ind AS.
ii. Fair value of financial instruments
The fair value of financial instruments 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 (i.e., an exit price) regardless of whether that price is directly observable or estimated using another valuation technique. When the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities recorded in the balance sheet cannot be derived from active markets, they are determined using a variety of valuation techniques that include the use of valuation models. The inputs to these models are taken from observable markets where possible, but where this is not feasible, estimation is required in establishing fair values. Judgements and estimates include considerations of liquidity and model inputs related to items such as credit risk (both own and counterparty), funding value adjustments, correlation and volatility.
iii. Impairment of financial asset
The measurement of impairment losses across all categories of financial assets requires judgement, in particular, the estimation of the amount and timing of future cash flows and collateral values when determining impairment losses and the assessment of a significant increase in credit risk. These estimates are driven by a number of factors, changes in which can result in different levels of allowances.
The Company's ECL calculations are outputs of complex models with a number of underlying assumptions regarding the choice of variable inputs and their interdependencies. Elements of the ECL models that are considered accounting estimates include:
• The Company's criteria for assessing if there has been a significant increase in credit risk and so allowances for financial assets should be measured on a LTECL basis and the qualitative assessment
• The segmentation of financial assets when their ECL is assessed on a collective basis
• Development of ECL models, including the various formulas and the choice of inputs
• Determination of temporary adjustments as qualitative adjustment or overlays based on broad range of forward-looking information as economic inputs
It has been the company policy to regularly review its models in the context of actual loss experience and adjust when necessary.
iv. Leases
a. Determining the lease term of contracts with renewal and termination options - Company as lessee
The Company determines the lease term as the non¬ cancellable term of the lease, together with any periods covered by an option to extend the lease if it is reasonably certain to be exercised, or any periods covered by an option to terminate the lease, if it is reasonably certain not to be exercised. The Company applies judgement in evaluating whether it is reasonably certain whether or not to exercise the option to renew or terminate the lease. That is, it considers all relevant factors that create an economic incentive for it to exercise either the renewal or termination.
b. Estimating the incremental borrowing rate
The Company cannot readily determine the interest rate implicit in the lease, therefore, it uses its incremental borrowing rate (IBR) to measure lease liabilities. The IBR is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to for its borrowings.
v. Provisions and other contingent liabilities
When the Company can reliably measure the outflow of economic benefits in relation to a specific case and considers such outflows to be probable, the Company records a provision against the case. Where the probability of outflow is considered to be remote, or probable, but a reliable estimate cannot be made, a contingent liability is disclosed.
Given the subjectivity and uncertainty of determining the probability and amount of losses, the Company takes into account a number of factors including legal advice, the stage of the matter and historical evidence from similar incidents. Significant judgement is required to conclude on these estimates.
Note : 17 DEBT SECURITIES (at amortised cost) (Contd.)
All debt securities have been contracted in India
17.1 Security
(i) Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures - Medium-term is secured by way of specific charge on assets under hypothecation relating to Vehicle Finance, Loan against Property, and other loans.
ii) TERMS OF THE COMPULSORILY CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES (CCD)
Each CCD has a face vaule of ' 100,000 and shall constitute an unsecured and unsubordinated (as between other unsecured creditors) obligation of the Company. The Allotment of CCDs has been made in dematerialized form.
Maturity Date
Unless converted earlier in accordance with the terms hereof, the maturity date for compulsory conversion of each CCD shall be September 30, 2026.
Conversion
Early Conversion Option
Each CCD holder shall be entitled to convert their CCD into Equity Shares on or after September 30,2025 ("Entitlement Date"). Each CCD of face value of ' 100,000 shall be converted into such number of Equity Shares fully paid of face value of ' 2 as per the Conversion Price (defined below). CCD holders can apply for conversion of CCDs within the first 7 calendar days after the Entitlement Date or after the end of every calendar quarter after the Entitlement Date, except the last quarter before maturity, when it will compulsorily convert on the last maturity date i.e., September 30, 2026, provided if September 30, 2026 falls on a trading holiday, then the trading day immediately preceding such date shall be considered by the Company for the purpose of conversion Maturity Date.
Compulsory Conversion
If any or all of the CCDs have not been converted till Maturity Date, then all of the CCDs held on the Maturity Date shall be compulsorily and automatically converted into Equity Shares as per the Conversion Price (defined below).
The fractional amount after conversion of the CCDs tendered for conversion by the CCD holder shall be paid in cash to the CCD holders within seven working days from the date of conversion of CCDs.
Conversion Price
Subject to Regulation 176 of the SEBI Regulations and applicable law, each CCD shall be converted into such number of Equity Shares based on the conversion price arrived as per the below formula. Conversion price shall be higher of the following:
If Conversion Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP)is higher than ' 1,650.00 per Equity Share then the aggregate face value of the CCDs proposed to be converted into Equity Shares at a discount of 16.50% to the Conversion VWAP, if lower than or equal to ' 1,650.00 per Equity Share, then the aggregate face value of the CCDs shall be converted into Equity Shares at a discount of 15.00% to the Conversion VWAP. For the purpose of the above, Conversion Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shall be calculated as seven trading days volume weighted average price of Equity Shares of the Company traded on the NSE, preceding the first date after the end of quarter, prior to Conversion Notice or Maturity Date for compulsory conversion of the balance CCDs held; whichever is earlier; OR the Floor Price of Equity Shares being ' 1,200.51 subject to discount of upto 5%, as may be decided by the Board of Directors of a duly authorized committee of the Board.
Interest on CCDs
Each CCD will bear interest at the rate of 7.50% per annum calculated on the face value of the CCD commencing from the date of Allotment and until the Conversion Date. The Interest shall be paid by the Company to the CCD holders in half yearly instalments.
In the event the CCD holder has exercised its right to convert the CCD, then any Interest accrued but unpaid shall be paid within seven working days from the Conversion Date.
An additional interest at the rate of 2.00% per annum over and above the rate of interest of 7.50% per annum shall be applicable in case of delay in payment of interest by the Company for the delayed period.
iii) The Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to its lenders.
18.1 (i) Secured term loans from banks and financial institution are secured by way of specific /pari passu charge on assets under hypothecation relating to Vehicle Finance and Loans against Immovable Property and Home Loans.
(ii) Securitisation rupee loan represents the net outstanding value (Net of Investment in Pass-through Certificates) of the proceeds received by the Company from securitisation trust in respect of loan assets transferred by the Company pursuant to Deed of Assignment. The Company has provided Credit enhancement to the trust by way of cash collateral and Bank guarantee. Also,refer Note 6.
(iii) Loan repayable on demand is in the nature of Cash Credit and working capital demand loans from banks and is secured by way of floating charge on assets under hypothecation and other assets.
(iv) Details of repayment such as date of repayment, interest rate and amount to be paid have been disclosed in note 18.2 based on the Contractual terms.
(v) The Company has not defaulted in the repayment of dues to its lenders.
(vi) The company has utilised the borrowings for the purpose for which it was obtained.
(vii) The quarterly statements or returns of current assets filed by the company with banks are in agreement with books of accounts.
a) Statutory reserve represents the reserve created as per Section 45IC of the RBI Act, 1934, pursuant to which a Non-Banking Financial Company shall create a reserve fund and transfer therein a sum not less than twenty per cent of its net profit annually as disclosed in the Statement of Profit and Loss account, before any dividend is declared.
b) Capital reserve represents the reserve created on account of amalgamation of Chola Factoring Limited in the year 2013-14.
c) Capital redemption reserve represents the amount equal to the nominal value of shares that were redeemed during the prior years. The reserve can be utilized only for limited purposes such as issuance of bonus shares in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013
d) Securities premium reserve is used to record the premium on issue of shares. The premium received during the year represents the premium received towards allotment of equity shares. The reserve can be utilized only for limited purposes such as issuance of bonus shares, buy back of its own shares and securities in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.
e) The general reserve is a free reserve, retained from Company's profits and can be utilized upon fulfilling certain conditions in accordance with specific requirement of Companies Act, 2013.
f) Under IND AS 102, fair value of the options granted is required to be accounted as expense over the life of the vesting period as employee compensation costs, reflecting the period of receipt of service. Share based payment reserve represents the amount of reserve created for recognition of employee compensation cost at grant date and fair value of options vested and but not execersied by the employess and unvested options are recoginised in statement of profit and loss account.
g) The amount that can be distributed by the Company as dividends to its equity shareholders is determined based on the financial position of the Company and also considering the requirements of the Companies Act, 2013 and relevant RBI Regulation. Thus, the amounts reported in retained earnings are not distributable in entirety.
h) Cash flow hedge reserve represents the cumulative effective portion of gains or losses arising on changes in fair value of hedging instruments entered into for cash flow hedges, which shall be reclassified to profit or loss only when the hedged transaction affects the profit or loss, or included as a basis adjustment to the non-financial hedged item, consistent with the Company accounting policies.
i) FVOCI Reserve represents the cumulative gains and losses arising on the revaluation of equity instruments measured at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income. There has been no draw down from reserve during the year ended March 31,2025 and year ended March 31, 2024
j) Share application money pending allotment represents amount received towards equity shares of the Company pursuant to ESOP scheme and have been subsequently allotted.
Proposed dividend
The Board of Directors of the Company have recommended a final dividend of 35% being " 0.70 per share on the equity shares of the Company, for the year ended March 31,2025 (" 0.70 per share - March 31, 2024) which is subject to approval of shareholders. Consequently the proposed dividend has not been recognised in the books in accordance with IND AS 10.
Note : 35 RETIREMENT BENEFIT (Contd.)
Notes:
5. The above sensitivity analysis are based on change in an assumption which is holding all the other assumptions constant. In practice, this is unlikely to occur, and changes in some assumptions may be correlated. When calculating the sensitivity of defined benefit obligation to significant actuarial assumptions the same method of present value of defined benefit obligations calculated with Projected unit cost method at the end of the reporting period has been applied while calculating defined benefit liability recognised in the balance sheet.
6. The method and type of assumptions used in preparing the sensitivity analysis does not change as compared to the prior period Description of Risk exposures
Valuations are performed on certain basic set of pre-determined assumptions and other regulatory framework which may vary over time. Thus, the Company is exposed to various risks in providing the above gratuity benefit which are as follows:
(a) Interest Rate risk: The plan exposes the company to the risk of fall in interest rates . A fall in interest rates will result in an increase in the ultimate cost of providing the above benefit and will thus result in an increase in the value of the liability (as shown in financial statements).
(b) Liquidity Risk: This is the risk that the company is not able to meet the short-term gratuity pay-outs. This may arise due to non¬ availability of enough cash/cash equivalents to meet the liabilities or holding of illiquid assets not being sold in time.
(c) Salary Escalation Risk: The present value of the defined benefit plan is calculated with the assumption of salary increase rate of plan participants in future. Deviation in the rate of increase of salary in future for plan participants from the rate of increase in salary used to determine the present value of obligation will have a bearing on the plan's liability.
(d) Demographic Risk: The Company has used certain mortality and attrition assumptions in valuation of the liability. The Company is exposed to the risk of actual experience turning out to be worse compared to the assumption.
(e) Regulatory Risk: Gratuity benefit is paid in accordance with the requirements of the Payment of Gratuity Act,1972 (as amended from time to time). There is a risk of change in regulations requiring higher gratuity pay-outs.
(f) Asset Liability Mismatching or Market Risk: The duration of the liability is longer compared to duration of assets, exposing the Company to market risk for volatilities/fall in interest rate.
(g) Investment Risk: The probability or likelihood of occurrence of losses relative to the expected return on a particular investment.
Notes:
1. The Company has not funded its Compensated Absences liability and the same continues to remain as unfunded as at March 31,2025.
2. The estimate of future salary increase takes into account inflation, seniority, promotion and other relevant factors.
3. Discount rate is based on the prevailing market yields of Indian Government Bonds as at the Balance Sheet date for the estimated term of the obligation.
Note : 36 SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company is primarily engaged in the business of financing. All the activities of the Company revolve around the main business. Further, the Company does not have any separate geographic segments other than India
During year ending March 31,2025, for management purposes, the Company has been organised into the following operating segments based on products and services.
Vehicle Finance Loans - Loans to customers against purchase of new/used vehicles, tractors, construction equipment and loan to automobile dealers.
Loan against property - Loans to customer against immovable property
Home Loans - Loans given for acquisition/construction of residential property and loan against residential property Other Loans - Other loans consist of consumer and small enterprise loans, secured business and personal loan and SME loans
The Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) monitors the operating results of its business units separately for making decisions about resource allocation and performance assessment. Segment performance is evaluated based on operating profits or losses and is measured consistently with operating profits or losses in the financial statements. However, income taxes are managed on an entity as a whole basis and are not allocated to operating segments.
Undrawn loan commitments are commitments under which the Company is required to provide a loan under pre-sanctioned terms to the customer.
The undrawn commitments provided by the Company represents limits provided for automobile dealers, bill discounting customers and partly disbursed loans for other loans.
The Company creates expected credit loss provision on the undrawn commitments outstanding as at the end of the reporting year.
Note : 40 ESOP DISCLOSURE ESOP 2007
The Board at its meeting held on June 22, 2007, approved an issue of Stock Options up to a maximum of 5% of the issued Equity Capital of the Company (before Rights Issue) aggregating to 1,904,162 Equity Shares (prior to share split) in a manner provided in the SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines. There are no options outstanding under this scheme.
ESOP 2016
The Board at its meeting held on October 27, 2016, approved to create, and grant from time to time, in one or more tranches, not exceeding 1,56,25,510 Employee Stock Options to or for the benefit of such person(s) who are in permanent employment of the company including some of subsidiaries, managing director and whole time director, (other than promoter/promoter group of the company, independent directors and directors holding directly or indirectly more than 10% of the outstanding equity shares of the company), as may be decided by the board, exercisable into not more than 1,56,25,510 equity shares of face value of " 2/- each fully paid-up, on such terms and in such manner as the board may decide in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws and the provisions of ESOP 2016.
In this regard, the Company has recognised an expense for the employees services received amounting to " 70.53 crores during the year ended March 31,2025 (" 52.53 crores during the year ended March 31, 2024), shown under Employee Benefit Expenses (Refer Note 28).
The Company shares certain costs / service charges with other companies. These costs have been allocated on reasonable basis between the Companies.
Note : 42.1 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
The Company maintains an actively managed capital base to cover risks inherent in the business, meeting the capital adequacy requirements of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), maintain strong credit rating and healthy capital ratios in order to support business and maximise shareholder value. The adequacy of the Company's capital is monitored by the Board using, among other measures, the regulations issued by RBI.
The Company manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to it according to changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of its activities. In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the Company may adjust the amount of dividend payment to shareholders, return capital to shareholders or issue capital securities.
The Company has complied in full with the capital requirements prescribed by RBI over the reported period. The Capital adequacy ratio as of March 31,2025 is 19.75% (March 31,2024- 18.57%) as against the regulatory requirement of 15%.
Note : 42.2 FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
The key financial risks faced by the company are credit and market risks comprising liquidity risk, interest rate risk and foreign currency risks. Note : 42.2.1 CREDIT RISK
Credit risk arises when a borrower is unable to meet his financial obligations to the lender. This could be either because of wrong assessment of the borrower's payment capabilities or due to uncertainties in his future earning potential. The effective management of credit risk requires the establishment of appropriate credit risk policies and processes.
42.2.1.1 ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY
The company has comprehensive and well-defined credit policies across various businesses, products and segments, which encompass credit approval process for all businesses along with guidelines for mitigating the risks associated with them. The appraisal process includes detailed risk assessment of the borrowers, physical verifications and field visits. The company has a robust post sanction monitoring process to identify credit portfolio trends and early warning signals. This enables it to implement necessary changes to the credit policy, whenever the need arises. Also, being in asset financing business, most of the company's lending is covered by adequate collaterals from the borrowers. The company has a robust online application and underwriting model to assess the credit worthiness of the borrower for underwriting decisions for its Vehicle Finance, Loan Against Property, Home loan, Secured business and Personal loan, Consumer durables, Small and medium enterprise loans, Consumer small enterprise loan business. The company also has a well- developed model for the Vehicle Finance Portfolio, to help business teams plan volume with adequate pricing of risk for different segments of the portfolio.
42.2.1.2 RISK MANAGEMENT AND PORTFOLIO REVIEW
The company has a robust portfolio review mechanism. Key metrics like early delinquency, default rates are tracked, monitored and reviewed daily. Business teams review key trends in these Key Risk Indicators and location level strategies are adopted.
42.2.1.3 ECL METHODOLOGY
The Company records allowance for expected credit losses for all financial assets including loan commitments, other than those measured at FVTPL. Equity instruments carried at cost are not subject to impairment under the ECL methodology and tested for impairment as per Ind AS 36.
42.2.1.4 ASSUMPTIONS AND ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
The Company calculates ECLs to measure the expected cash shortfalls, discounted at an approximation to the EIR. A cash shortfall is the difference between the cash flows that are due to an entity in accordance with the contract and the cash flows that the entity expects to receive. ECL is computed on collective basis. The portfolio is segmented based on shared risk characteristics for the computation of ECL.
The key elements of the ECL are summarised below:
42.2.1.4(A) PD
The Probability of Default is an estimate of the likelihood of default over a given time horizon. A default may only happen at a certain time over the assessed period, if the facility has not been previously derecognised and is still in the portfolio. While computing probability of default, significant outlier events are suitably handled to ensure it does not skew the outcomes.
A 12M marginal PD is computed by creating cohorts of accounts starting in Stage 1 at the beginning of the year and subsequently moving to Stage 3 at any point in time during the year.
A conditional average probability of default is computed by taking cohort of which were in Stage 2 at the beginning of the year and subsequently moved to Stage 3 anytime in each subsequent year.
42.2.1.4(B) EAD
The Exposure at Default is an estimate of the exposure at a future default date (in case of Stage 1 and Stage 2), taking into account expected changes in the exposure after the reporting date, including repayments of principal and interest, whether scheduled by contract or otherwise, expected drawdowns on committed facilities, and accrued interest from missed payments. In case of Stage 3 loans EAD represents exposure when the default occurred.
Note : 42 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (Contd.)
42.2.1.4(C) LGD
The Loss Given Default is an estimate of the loss arising in the case where a default occurs at a given time. It is based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due and those that the lender would expect to receive, including from the realisation of any collateral. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the EAD. The recoveries are discounted back to the default date using customer IRR. This present value of recovery is used for LGD computation. A recovery rate (RR) computed as the ratio of present value of recovery to the EAD (1 - RR), gives the LGD.
42.2.1.5 MECHANICS OF THE ECL METHOD Stage 1:
All loans (other than purchased credit impaired asset) are categorised as Stage 1 on initial recognition. The 12 months ECL is calculated as the portion of LTECLs that represent the ECLs that result from default events on a financial instrument that are possible within the 12 months after the reporting date. The Company calculates the 12 months ECL allowance based on the expectation of a default occurring in the 12 months following the reporting date. These expected 12-month default probabilities are applied to EAD and multiplied by the expected LGD and discounted by an approximation to the original EIR.
Stage 2:
Loans which are past due for more than 30 days are categorised as Stage 2. When a loan has shown a significant increase in credit risk since origination, the Company records an allowance for the LTECLs PDs and LGDs are estimated over the lifetime of the instrument. The expected cash shortfalls are discounted by an approximation to the original EIR.
Stage 3:
Loans which are past due for more than 90 days are categorised as Stage 3. For loans considered credit-impaired, the Company recognises the lifetime expected credit losses for these loans. The method is similar to that for Stage 2 assets, with the PD set at 100%
Restructured loans are categorised as Stage 3 on the date of restructuring and remain so for a period of one year. Post this, regular staging criteria applies.
Loans which have been renegotiated or modified in accordance with RBI Notifications for COVID-19 related stress, has been classified as Stage 2 due to significant increase in credit risk.
The Post Implementation Staging of Loans restructured under Covid Resolution framework shall follow the Days Past Due of respective loan agreements.
In respect of new lending products, where historical information is not available, the company follows simplified matrix approach for determining impairment allowance based on industry practise. These loans constitute around 13% of the total loan book.
Loan Movement across stages during the year is given in a note 9.1 Loan commitment:
When estimating LTECLs for undrawn loan commitments, the Company estimates the expected portion of the loan commitment that will be drawn down over its expected life. The ECL is then based on the present value of the expected shortfalls in cash flows if the loan is drawn down. The expected cash shortfalls are discounted at an approximation to the expected EIR on the loan. For an undrawn loan commitment, ECLs are calculated and presented under provisions.
Other Financial assets:
The Company follows 'simplified approach' for recognition of impairment loss allowance on other financial assets. The application of simplified approach does not require the Company to track changes in credit risk and calculated on case-by-case approach, taking into consideration different recovery scenarios.
42.2.1.6 INCORPORATION OF FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS IN ECL MODEL
The Company considers a broad range of forward-looking information with reference to external forecasts of economic parameters such as GDP growth, Inflation, Government Expenditure etc., as considered relevant so as to determine the impact of macro-economic factors on the Company's ECL estimates.
The inputs and models used for calculating ECLs are recalibrated periodically through the use of available incremental and recent information. Further, internal estimates of PD, LGD rates used in the ECL model may not always capture all the characteristics of the market / external environment as at the date of the financial statements. To reflect this, qualitative adjustments or overlays are made as temporary adjustments to reflect the emerging risks reasonably.
Annual data from 2018 to 2028 (including forecasts for 4 years) were obtained from World Economic Outlook, October 2023 published by International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF provides historical and forecasted data for important economic indicators country-wise. The data provided for India is used for the analysis. Macro variables that were compared against default rates at segment level to determine the key variables having correlation with the default rates using appropriate statistical techniques. Vasicek model has been incorporated to find the Point in Time (PIT) PD. The company has formulated the methodology for creation of macro-economic scenarios under the premise of economic baseline, upside and downside condition. A final PIT PD is arrived as the scenario weighted PIT PD under different macroeconomic scenarios.
42.2.1.8 Concentration of credit risk and Collateral and Credit Enhancements 42.2.1.8(a) Concentration of credit risk
Concentration of credit risk arise when a number of counterparties or exposures have comparable economic characteristics, or such counterparties are engaged in similar activities or operate in same geographical area or industry sector so that collective ability to meet contractual obligations is uniformly affected by changes in economic, political or other conditions.The Company is in retail lending business on pan India basis targeting primarily customers who either do not get credit or sufficient credit from the traditional banking sector. Vehicle Finance (consisting of new and used Commercial Vehicles, Passenger Vehicles, Tractors, Construction Equipment and Loan to Automobile dealers) is lending against security (other than for trade advance) of Vehicle/ Tractor / Equipment and contributes to 55% of the loan book of the Company as of March 31, 2025 (58% as of March 31, 2024). Hypothecation endorsement is made in favour of the Company in the Registration Certificate in respect of all registerable collateral. Portfolio is reasonably well diversified across South, North, East and Western parts of the country. Similarly, sub segments within Vehicle Finance like Heavy Commercial Vehicles, Light Commercial Vehicles, Car and Multi Utility Vehicles, three wheeler and Small Commercial Vehicles, Refinance against existing vehicles, older vehicles (first time buyers), Tractors and Construction Equipment leading to well diversified sub product mix. New Tractors and New Construction Equipment have portfolio share of 6% each.
Loan Against Property is mortgage loan against security of existing immovable property (primarily self-occupied residential property) to self- employed non-professional category of borrowers and contributes to 21 % of the lending book of the Company as of March 31,2025 (20% as of March 31, 2024). Portfolio is concentrated in South 44%, followed by North 29% and West 21% and with small presence in East 6% of the overall exposure of this segment.
Home Loan is loan provided to buy or construct new/existing homes and contributes 9 % of the lending book of the Company as of March 31, 2025 (9% as of March 31, 2024). Portfolio is concentrated in South 66% followed by East at 12% , North and West at 11% each of the overall exposure of this segment.
The Concentration of risk is managed by Company for each product by its region and its sub-segments. Company did not overly depend on few regions or sub-segments as of March 31, 2025.
42.2.1.8(b) Collateral and Credit enhancements
Although collateral can be an important mitigation of credit risk, it is the Company's practice to lend on the basis of the customer's ability to meet the obligations out of cash flow resources other than placing primary reliance on collateral and other credit risk enhancements.
The Company obtains first and exclusive charge on all collateral that it obtains for the loans given. Vehicle Finance and Loan Against Property loans are secured by collateral at the time of origination. In case of Vehicle loans, Company values the vehicle either through proforma invoice (for new vehicles) or using registered valuer for used vehicles. In case of Loan against Property, the value of the property at the time of origination will be arrived by obtaining two valuation reports from Company's empanelled valuers.
Hypothecation endorsement is obtained in favour of the Company in the Registration Certificate of the Vehicle/ Tractor / Equipment funded under the vehicle finance category.
Immovable Property is the collateral for Loan Against Property. Security Interest in favour of the Company is created by Mortgage through deposit of title deed which is registered wherever required by law.
In respect of Other loans, Home loans follow the same process as Loan Against Property and pledge is created in favour for the Company for loan against securities. 91% of the Company's term loan are secured by way of tangible Collateral.
In respect of some unsecured lending, the company obtains First Loss Default Guarantee or similar arrangement from external service providers as partial cover against potential credit default.
Valuation of Collateral:
a) Vehicles including construction equipment and tractors are valued at original cost less 20% depreciation per year on WDV
b) Immovable property is valued based on the amount as per the valuation report at the time of sanctioning of loan
c) Other loans are valued based on book debts at cost or securities at market value
42.2.2 Market Risk
Market Risk is the possibility of loss arising from changes in the value of a financial instrument as a result of changes in market variables such as interest rates, exchange rates. The company's exposure to market risk is a function of asset liability management and interest rate sensitivity assessment. The company is exposed to interest rate risk and liquidity risk, if the same is not managed properly. The company continuously monitors these risks and manages them through appropriate risk limits. The Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO) reviews market-related trends and risks and adopts various strategies related to assets and liabilities, in line with the company's risk management framework. ALCO activities are in turn monitored and reviewed by a board sub-committee. In addition, the company has put in an Asset Liability Management (ALM) support group which meets frequently to review the liquidity position of the company.
42.2.2.1 Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. Liquidity risk arises because of the possibility that the Company might be unable to meet its payment obligations when they fall due as a result of mismatches in the timing of the cash flows under both normal and stress circumstances. Such scenarios could occur when funding needed for illiquid asset positions is not available to the Company on acceptable terms. To limit this risk, management has arranged for diversified funding sources and adopted a policy of availing funding in line with the tenor and repayment pattern of its receivables and monitors future cash flows and liquidity on a daily basis. The Company
has developed internal control processes and contingency plans for managing liquidity risk. This incorporates an assessment of expected cash flows and the availability of unencumbered receivables which could be used to secure funding by way of assignment if required. The Company also has lines of credit that it can access to meet liquidity needs. These are reviewed by the Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) on a monthly basis. The ALCO provides strategic direction and guidance on liquidity risk management. A sub-committee of the ALCO, comprising members from the Treasury and Risk functions, monitor liquidity risks on a weekly basis and decisions are taken on the funding plan and levels of investible surplus, from the ALM perspective. This sets the boundaries for daily cash flow management. Analysis of Financial liabilities by remaining contractual maturities given in note -47.
42.2.2.2 Interest Rate Risk
The Company being in the business of lending raises money from diversified sources like market borrowings, term Loan from banks and financial institutions, foreign currency borrowings etc. Financial assets and liabilities constitute significant portion, changes in market interest rates can adversely affect the financial condition. The fluctuations in interest rates can be due to internal and external factors. Internal factors include the composition of assets and liabilities across maturities, existing rates and re-pricing of various sources of borrowings. External factors include macro-economic developments, competitive pressures, regulatory developments and global factors. The movement in interest rates (upward / downward) will impact the Net Interest Income depending upon rate sensitivity of the asset or liability. The company uses traditional gap analysis report to determine the vulnerability to movements in interest rates. The Gap is the difference between Rate Sensitive Assets (RSA) and Rate Sensitive Liabilities (RSL) for each time bucket. A positive gap indicates that the company can benefit from rising interest rates while a negative gap indicates that the company can benefit from declining interest rates. Based on market conditions, the company enters into interest rate swap to mitigate interest rate risk.
42.2.2.3 Foreign Currency Risk
Foreign currency risk for the Company arise majorly on account of foreign currency borrowings. The Company manages this foreign currency risk by entering in to cross currency swaps and forward contract. When a derivative is entered in to for the purpose of being as hedge, the Company negotiates the terms of those derivatives to match with the terms of the hedge exposure.
The Company holds derivative financial instruments such as Cross currency interest rate swap to mitigate risk of changes in exchange rate in foreign currency and floating interest rate.
The Counterparty for these contracts is generally a bank. These derivative financial instruments are valued based on quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in market place.
42.2.2.4 Hedging Policy
The Company's policy is to fully hedge its foreign currency borrowings at the time of drawdown and remain so till repayment and hence the hedge ratio is 1:1.
The Management assessed that cash and cash equivalents, bank balance other than Cash and cash equivalents, receivable, other financial assets, payables and other financial liabilities approximates their carrying amount largely due to short term maturities of these instruments.
Note 44.2 - Fair value hierarchy
The fair value of the financial assets and liabilities is included at the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair values of financial assets or liabilities disclosed under level 2 category.
i) The fair value of loans have estimated by discounting expected future cash flows using discount rate equal to the rate near to the reporting date of the comparable product.
ii) The fair value of debt securities, borrowings other than debt securities and subordinated liabilities have been estimated by discounting expected future cash flows using discounting rate equal to the rate near to reporting date based on comparable rate / market observable data.
iii) Derivatives are fair valued using observable inputs / rates.
iv) The fair value of investments in Government securities/STRIPS/ Treasury Bills are derived from rate equal to the rate near to the reporting date of the comparable product.
v) Fair value of investment property is calculated based on valuation given by external independent valuer and also refer note 13 for sensitivity analysis.
(vi) Institutional set-up for liquidity risk management:
Liquidity risk is defined as the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in meeting obligations associated with financial liabilities that are settled by delivering cash or another financial asset. Liquidity risk arises because of the possibility that the Company might be unable to meet its payment obligations when they fall due as a result of mismatches in the timing of the cash #ows under both normal and stress circumstances. Such scenarios could occur when funding needed for illiquid asset positions is not available to the Company on acceptable terms. To limit this risk, management has arranged for diversified funding sources and adopted a policy of availing funding in line with the tenor and repayment pattern of its receivables and monitors future cash #ows and liquidity on a daily basis. The Company has developed internal control processes and contingency plans for managing liquidity risk. This incorporates an assessment of expected cash #ows and the availability of unencumbered receivables which could be used to secure funding by way of assignment if required. The Company also has lines of credit that it can access to meet liquidity needs. These are reviewed by the Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) on a monthly basis. The ALCO provides strategic direction and guidance on liquidity risk management. A sub-committee of the ALCO, comprising members from the Treasury and Risk functions, monitor liquidity risks on a weekly basis and decisions are taken on the funding plan and levels of investible surplus, from the ALM perspective. This sets the boundaries for daily cash flow management.
xiv) Liquidity Coverage Ratio
The Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) is a key compliance requirement for a resilient and stable financial sector. Its objective is the promotion of short¬ term resilience of the liquidity risk profile of financial institutions by ensuring that it has sufficient High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA) to survive a significant stress scenario lasting for one month. The Liquidity Coverage Ratio is expected to improve the financial sector's ability to absorb shocks arising from financial and economic stress, whatever the source, thus reducing the risk of spill over from the financial sector to the real economy. Liquidity Management of the company is supervised by the Asset Liability Committee. The management is of the view that the company has in place robust processes to monitor and manage liquidity risks and sufficient liquidity cover to meet its likely future short-term requirements.
The company has a diversified mix of borrowings with respect to the source, type of instrument, tenor and nature of security. The Asset Liability Committee constantly reviews and monitors the funding mix and ensures the optimum mix of funds based on the cash flow requirements, market conditions and keeping the interest rate view in consideration. Additionally, the Company has lines of credit that it can access to meet liquidity needs.
These are reviewed by the Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) on a monthly basis. The Asset Liability Committee provides strategic direction and guidance on liquidity risk management. A sub-committee of the Asset Liability Committee, comprising members from the Treasury and Risk functions, monitor liquidity risks on a weekly basis and decisions are taken on the funding plan and levels of investible surplus, from the Asset Liability Management perspective. This sets the boundaries for daily cash flow management.
In line with RBI regulations, the cash outflows and inflows have been stressed by 115% and 75% of their respective original values for computing LCR. The key drivers on the inflow side are the expected collections from the performing assets of the company and on the outflow side the scheduled maturities. The High-Quality Liquid Assets are entirely held in Government Securities which are classified as Level 1 assets with no haircut.
The LCR has been consistently maintained well over the regulatory threshold throughout the year. The company has Board approved internal risk thresholds for LCR which is higher than the regulatory requirement.
All foreign currency borrowings are fully hedged both for principal and interest at the time of drawal of each loan and hence do not run the risk of currency mismatch.
As per our report of even date For and on behalf of the Board of Directors
For KKC & Associates LLP
Chartered Accountants
ICAI Firm Regn No. 105146W/Wl00621
Devang Doshi Ravindra Kumar Kundu Vellayan Subbiah
Partner Managing Director Executive Chairman
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For B. K. Khare & Co
Chartered Accountants ICAI Firm Regn No. : 105102W
Padmini Khare Kaicker P. Sujatha D. Arul Selvan
Partner Company Secretary Chief Financial Officer
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Date : April 25, 2025 Place : Chennai
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