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    Annual Report 2009-10

    THE SARASWAT CO-OPERATIVE BANK LIMITED(A SCHEDULED BANK)

    l REGISTERED OFFICE : Madhukosh, S.V.Sovani Path,

    Girgaum, Mumbai 400 004.

    l CORPORATE CENTER : Saraswat Bank Bhavan,

    Plot No. 953, Appasaheb Marathe Marg,

    Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025.

    Website : www.saraswatbank.com

    l DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT : September 14, 1918.

    l NO. AND DATE OF RBI LICENSE : ACD-MH-220-P, dated 27.08.1980.

    l AUDIT CLASSIFICATION : A (Since 1933, i.e. the year in whichwe were registered as a Bank).

    CONTENTS :

    1. Notice ......................................................................................................................................................................2

    2. Board of Directors, Auditors, Legal Advisors and Bankers ......................................................................................3

    3. Performance Highlights ...........................................................................................................................................4

    4. Report of the Board of Directors..............................................................................................................................5

    5. Concise Report of the Board of Directors in Marathi .............................................................................................34

    6. Statutory Auditors Report .....................................................................................................................................51

    7. Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2010 .................................................................................................................52

    8. ProtandLossAccountfortheyearended31stMarch,2010..............................................................................54

    9. Schedules forming part of Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2010 ...........................................................56

    10. Notes to Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2010 ......................................................................................62

    11. Cash Flow Statement ............................................................................................................................................72

    12. Amendment to Bye-law .........................................................................................................................................73

    13. Progress at a Glance.............................................................................................................................................74

    14. Involvement of Small Man .....................................................................................................................................76

    15. Report of the Board of Directors of Saraswat Infotech Ltd. ..................................................................................77

    16. Statutory Auditors Report of Saraswat Infotech Ltd. ............................................................................................80

    17. Balance Sheet of Saraswat Infotech Ltd. as at 31st March, 2010.........................................................................83

    18. ProtandLossAccountofSaraswatInfotechLtd.fortheyearended31stMarch,2010.....................................84

    19. Schedules forming part of Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2010 of Saraswat Infotech Ltd. .................85

    20. Cash Flow Statement (AS3) of Saraswat Infotech Ltd. ........................................................................................92

    21. BalanceSheetAbstractandGeneralBusinessProleofSaraswatInfotechLtd.................................................93

    22. Attendance Slip ....................................................................................................................................................95

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    Annual Report 2009-10

    The Ninety-second Annual General Meeting of the Members of

    The Saraswat Co- operative Bank Ltd., will be held on Saturday,

    25th September, 2010 at 4.00 p.m. at Yogi Sabhagruha, Near

    Dadar Central Railway Station, Behind Swami Narayan Mandir,

    Dadar (East), Mumbai 400014 to transact the following

    business concerning the Bank: -

    1. To consider and approve the Annual Accounts, which consist

    of the Report of the Board of Directors, the Report of the

    Statutory Auditors, the Balance Sheet and the Prot and

    Loss Account, for the year ended 31st March, 2010.

    2. To appropriate net prot and declare dividend as

    recommended by the Board of Directors for the year ended

    31st March, 2010.

    3. To appoint Statutory Auditors for the nancial year

    2010-11 and to authorize the Board of Directors to x

    their remuneration. The Board of Directors recommendsM/s Kulkarni & Khanolkar, Chartered Accountants, 13/14,

    Bell Building, Sir P.M. Road, Fort, Mumbai - 400 001; for

    appointment as Statutory Auditors.

    NOTICE

    4. To approve amendment to Byelaw No.34

    5. To place for consideration and adoption, the Annual Report

    and Audited Accounts of Saraswat Infotech Ltd. (Banks

    wholly-owned subsidiary company, registered underCompanies Act, 1956), which consist of the Report of the

    Board of Directors, the Report of the Statutory Auditors, the

    BalanceSheetandtheProtandLossAccount,fortheyea

    ended 31st March, 2010.

    6. To grant Leave of Absence to the members of the Bank

    other than to those whose names appear in the Attendance

    Register of this 92nd Annual General Meeting.

    By Order of the Board of Directors

    sd/-S.K.Banerj

    Managing Director

    Mumbai : 28th August, 2010

    NOTE : The printed Annual Report of the Bank consisting of the Report of the Board of Directors, the Report of the Statutory Auditors,

    theBalanceSheetandtheProtandLossAccountfortheyearended31stMarch2010isenclosedtothisnotice.

    The printed Annual Report consisting of the Report of the Board of Directors, the Report of the Statutory Auditors, the Balance Sheet

    andtheProtandLossAccountfortheyearended31stMarch2010ofSaraswatInfotechLtd.,Bankswholly-ownedsubsidiary,is

    enclosed to this notice.

    If there is no quorum for the Meeting at the appointed time, in terms of Bye-law No. 48 the Meeting shall stand adjourned to 5.00

    p.m., on the same day and the Agenda of the Meeting shall be transacted at the same venue irrespective of the Rule of Quorum.

    Dividend, when declared, will be paid on or after 1st October, 2010, to those shareholders whose shares are fully paid as on

    31st March, 2010 and whose names are on the record of the Bank as on 6th September, 2010 .

    If any member desires to have information in connection with the Accounts, he/she is requested to address a letter to the Managing

    DirectoroftheBank,toreachhisofceatTheSaraswatCo-operativeBankLtd.,SaraswatBankBhavan,PlotNo.953,Appasaheb

    Marathe Marg, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025, not later than 20th September, 2010, so that the required information may be made

    available at the Annual General Meeting.

    TO SERVE YOU BETTER:

    1. Shareholders are hereby requested to kindly verify their name and address on the Annual Report sent to them. Change in

    address, if any, may kindly be intimated by post or by e-mail to Share Department of the Bank for updating Banks records.

    E-mail address of the Share Department is [email protected]

    2. Shareholders are requested to avail of nomination facility by submitting prescribed Nomination Form, as required under Section36 of the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 and Bye-law No. 19.

    3. Shareholders having Current / Savings Bank / Cash Credit accounts with the Bank and desirous of crediting their dividends to

    their accounts are once again requested to record their standing instructions with the Share Department.

    Unclaimed Dividend

    Notice is hereby given that dividend for the year ended March 31, 2007 (86th Dividend) if not drawn on or before 31st

    October, 2010, will be forfeited by the Bank and credited to Reserve Fund in terms of Bye-law No. 68A.

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    Annual Report 2009-10

    BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    (As on 28.8.2010)

    Shri E. K. Thakur,B.A. (Hons.), C.A.I.I.B.

    Chairman

    Shri K. V. Rangnekar, M.A.Vice- Chairman

    DIRECTORS

    Shri M. K. Mantri,M.A. Shri S.S. Sanzgiri,B.A.

    Late Shri. R.K.Patkar,B.A. (Hons.), B.Com.

    (upto July 22, 2010)

    Shri A.A. Pandit,B.Com., F.C.A., D.B.F.

    Dr. Subhash V. Bhende,M.A., Ph.D. Shri S. S. Shirodkar,Dip. (Indl. Electr.), PGDM

    Shri A.V. Dubhashi,B.Com., A.C.A. Shri S. V. Saudagar,B. Com., F.C.A., D.I.S.A.

    Shri S.V. Deshpande,B. Com., LL.B. Dr. (Mrs.) Anuradha P. Samant,M.B.B.S.

    Shri S. D. Panse,B. Com., F.C.A. Shri M. V. Desai,B.Com.

    Shri H. M. Rathi,B. Com.

    Shri S. K. Banerji,B. Sc. (Hons.), D.B.M., LL. M., FIIBF.Managing Director

    ADVISOR TO THE BOARD

    Shri N. R. Warerkar,B. Com., C.A.I.I.B.

    STATUTORY AUDITORS

    M/s M. P. Chitale & Co., Chartered Accountants

    LEGAL ADVISORS

    Dr. B.R.Naik, LL.M., Ph.D. M/s Little and Company

    Shri A.V.Sabnis, LL.B.Shri K.M.Naik, B.A., LL.B.

    Govind Desai AssociatesShri Shekhar Naphade, B.A., LL.B.

    ADVISOR FOR PROJECTS

    Shri S. N. Sawaikar, M.Com., DMA, C.A.I.I.B.

    BANKERS

    State Bank of India,

    Bank of India,

    HDFC Bank Ltd.,

    Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank Ltd.

    Wells Fargo Bank N.A.,

    Standard Chartered Bank Ltd.,

    ICICI Bank Ltd.,

    WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY

    SARASWAT INFOTECH LIMITED

    Shri E. K. Thakur, B.A. (Hons.), C.A.I.I.B.

    Chairman

    Shri S. K. Sakhalkar,M.Com., PGD (I.R.) PGD (Comp. Sc.)Managing Director & Chief Executive Ofcer

    Shri D. M. Chandgadkar,M.Com., LL.B., C.A.I.I.B., A.C.S.Chief Domain Ofcer

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    Annual Report 2009-10

    PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

    Table A (` in Crore)

    Particulars FOR THE YEAR ENDED

    31-Mar-09 31-Mar-10 % Change

    Total Income 1,499.92 1,458.20 -2.78%

    TotalExpenditure 1,174.56 1,242.36 5.77%

    GrossProt 325.36 215.84 -33.66%

    Less: Provisions 9.75 36.68 276.21%

    NetProtBeforeTaxandExceptionalItems 315.61 179.16 -43.23%

    Less:IncomeTax 74.32 40.00 -46.18%

    NetProtafterTaxandbeforeExceptionalitems 241.29 139.16 -42.33%

    Less:ExceptionalItems 30.50 19.49 -36.10%

    NetProt 210.79 119.67 -43.23%

    AT THE YEAR END

    Own Funds 1,174.21 1,270.37 8.19%Share Capital 77.50 86.23 11.26%

    Reserves and Surplus 1,096.71 1,184.14 7.97%

    Deposits 12,918.85 14,266.73 10.43%

    Current 916.22 1,244.30 35.81%

    Savings 2,302.13 3,003.37 30.46%

    Term 9,700.50 10,019.06 3.28%

    Advances 8,110.41 9,250.35 14.06%

    Secured 7,995.04 9,151.61 14.47%

    Unsecured 115.37 98.74 -14.41%

    Priority Sector 4,940.81 5,300.48 7.28%

    % to Advances 60.92% 57.30%

    Small Scale Industries 2,454.11 2,946.54 20.07%

    Small Businessmen and Traders 556.78 689.47 23.83%

    Other Priority Sectors 1,929.92 1,664.47 -13.75%

    Working Capital 15,622.82 17,071.06 9.27%

    Investments 4,791.51 5,321.39 11.06%

    Borrowings and Renance 664.00 562.00 -15.36%

    Net NPAs (%) 0.00 0.00 0.00

    Capital Adequacy (%) 10.92 14.63 Number of Members

    Regular * 1,29,741 1,34,417

    Nominal 4,67,644 4,94,292

    Number of Branch Licences 175 200

    Number of Employees 2,904 2,911

    *Shareholdersholdingftysharesandabove

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    Annual Report 2009-10

    Dear Members,

    Your Directors have great pleasure to present the

    Ninetysecond Annual Report on the business and

    the operations of your Bank together with the Audited

    Accounts for the year ended 31st March, 2010. During

    the year under Report, uncertainty and stress in the

    world economy lessened, even as sporadic events

    like the Dubai crisis in the midst of the year and the

    Greekscaldecitcrisistowardstheend,gavesome

    destabilising moments. We would therefore like to

    rstbriefyouontheglobaleconomicscenariothat

    prevailed during the period under Report.

    1. THE GLOBAL ECONOMY:

    Theglobalnancialcrisis,whichcommencedduring

    September 2008, has subsided to a large extent.

    The year 2009-10 was largely a year of recovery for

    the global economy. This rebound in world growth

    was on account of extraordinary policy stimulus

    bothscalaswellasmonetary.However,if private

    sectordemanddoesnotpickup,theeffectsofscal

    stimulus will wane, resulting in lower growth.

    Impact on India:

    The Indian economy bounced back impressively,

    on the back of strong domestic demand combinedwith active monetary management by policy makers.

    The GDP growth for FY 2009-10 stood at 7.4 per

    cent, up from 6.7 per cent in FY 2008-09. A resurging

    manufacturing sector led to the Index of Industrial

    Production (IIP), registering a double-digit growth

    at10.4percent.Despiteadecientmonsoon,the

    agricultural sector grew by 0.2 per cent. However

    decline in the growth of Community, Social and

    Personal services moderated the pace of growth.

    Price situation:

    The key concern during the year remained in the

    formoftherunawayination,whichshotupto9.9

    per cent inMarch 2010.The ination was largely

    driven by supply side pressures, which had led to a

    spurt in the food prices. Since the policy challenge

    fortheRBIwastoanchorinationaryexpectations,

    without harming the recovery, a calibrated approach

    REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

    to monetary unwinding was adopted. The Reserve

    Bank of India (RBI) raised key policy rates of Reverse

    Repo, Repo and Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) during

    the last quarter of FY 2009-10. The RBI places

    greaterimportanceon themanagementofinationthan on growth and therefore, it appears that RBI

    will continue to adopt tight monetary policy to anchor

    inationarypressures.

    Large divergence between ination as measured

    by wholesale and consumer price indices was a

    majorfeatureofinationtrendsinIndiainFY2009-

    10. Since November 2009, relative price variability

    has declined, indicating that ination has become

    increasingly generalised. Economists have also

    realised that when inationary pressures aredominated by adverse supply shocks, monetary

    policy could be a less effective tool in containing

    inationarypressures.

    Fiscal Situation:

    On the scal front, the expansionary policy of the

    Government led toanelevatedlevelofscaldecit

    Thecombinedscaldecitwentupfrom8.5percentof

    GDP in FY 2008-09 to 9.7 per cent of GDP in FY 2009-

    10. In FY 2010-11, good monsoon, pick-up in private

    consumption and additional revenue from the auctionof 3-G and Broadband spectrum in the Telecom sector

    will signicantly ease the pressure on Government

    nances,therebyarrestingthescalslide.

    Monetary and Liquidity Conditions:

    On the monetary front, the money supply (M3),

    increased by 16.9 per cent during FY 2009-10 as

    against 19.1 per cent in FY 2008-09. The Bank

    deposit and Bank credit during FY 2009-10 increased

    by 17 per cent and 16.7 per cent respectively,

    which was lower than the corresponding precedingyears gures of 19.9 per cent and 17.5 per cent

    respectively. There was a surfeit of liquidity in the

    system throughout the year on the back of lower

    credit off-take and robust deposit growth. Mirroring

    easy liquidity conditions, average call money rate

    stayed in the range of 3.15 per cent to 3.50 per cent

    during the year.

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    Financial Markets:

    Overall, nancial markets remained orderly. With

    the revival of foreign institutional investment, equity

    marketsgained strength and the BSEstock index

    nearly doubled from 9,709 as on 31st March, 2009

    to 17,528 as on 31st March, 2010. As regards debtmarkets,long-termyieldshardenedsignicantlyfrom

    7.01 per cent to 7.84 per cent, while short-term rates

    remained low. The Rupee strengthened against the

    US Dollar to close at ` 44.90 by 31st March, 2010

    (an appreciation of 11.87 per cent) on the back of

    increaseinFIIinowsandcontinuedinowofforeign

    directinvestment.Indiasforeignexchangereserves

    increased by USD 27.1 billion to reach USD 279.10

    billion at the end of March, 2010.

    Overall Assessment:Going forward, the fundamentals of the Indian

    economy remained strong. The monetary and

    exit measures initiated by the policy makers will

    result in interest rates moving upwards, thereby

    attracting higher capital inows as interest rate

    differentials widen. In such a scenario, the monetary

    management in FY 2010-11 will largely tilt towards

    reiningofinationarypressureswhile,atthesame

    time remaining supportive of economic growth.

    It should however be noted that inspite of strong

    recovery across the globe, there are signicant

    risks on the global front viz. sizeable increase in

    scaldecits,worseningDebt-GDPratiosandrising

    unemployment in developed countries, which may

    indirectly impact the Indian economy.

    Measures taken by RBI:

    Since the outbreakof the global nancial crisis in

    September 2008, the RBI followed an accommodative

    monetary policy. The nancial year began with

    RBI announcing a 25 basis points reduction in the

    repo and reverse repo rates in its Annual Policy

    statement. The focus remained on providing ample

    rupee liquidity, ensuring comfortable Dollar liquidity

    andmaintainingcontinuedcreditowtoproductive

    sectors. In the course of FY 2009-10, this stance was

    principally geared towards supporting early recovery

    of the growth momentum.

    Theprocessofshiftfromtheexpansionarymonetary

    stancetotheexitstrategybeganon27.10.2009with

    the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) of scheduled

    commercial banks being restored to the pre-crisis

    level of 25 per cent. As we entered the calendar year

    2010, the RBI announced a total 100 bps hike in theCash Reserve Ratio (CRR), signalling beginning of

    windingupoftheexpansionarypolicy.

    The RBI also announced a 100 bps hike in the

    repo and 125 bps hike in reverse repo starting

    from March 2010 till July 2010, in order to curb

    inationary pressures. It is apparent that RBI has

    given precedence to price stability than growth in the

    near term.

    2. MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN BANKING AND

    FINANCIAL SECTOR IN INDIA:

    l The Indian economic and nancial system

    enduredtheshockoftheglobalnancialcrisis

    reasonably well. The nature of the impact

    remained minimal during FY 2009-10 as the

    Indian economy continued to grow steadily.

    l RBI increased the provisioning requirement for

    advances to the Commercial Real Estate (CRE)

    sectorclassiedasStandardassetsfrom0.40

    per cent to 1.00 per cent.

    l Exportcreditrenancefacilitywasreducedfrom50percentto15percentandspecialrenance

    facility for banks was discontinued.

    l RBI stipulated that the Banks should achieve a

    minimum NPA provision coverage ratio of 70 per

    cent by end-September 2010.

    l Branch Authorisation Scheme for opening

    branches in Tier 3 to Tier 6 centres has been

    liberalized (i.e. with population upto 50,000) for

    the commercial banks.

    l In pursuance of the recommendation of the RBI

    Working Group set-up to review BPLR system,

    BPLR has been replaced by Base Rate from

    July 2010. The switch over to the new base-

    ratesystem isexpected tohelp in improving

    and enhancing the visibility of transmission of

    monetary policy signals to the credit market.

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    l In order to allow basic banking services to

    percolate down to the grass root levels of the

    society, RBI has permitted commercial banks

    to appoint additional entities as Business

    Correspondents (BC) and collect reasonable

    service charges from the customer in a

    transparent manner for delivering the servicesthrough BCs.

    l RBI is also considering giving some additional

    banking licenses to private sector players,

    including Non Banking Finance Companies, if

    they meet RBIs eligibility criteria. A discussion

    paper has been placed in public domain in this

    regard.

    3. THE URBAN CO-OPERATIVE BANKING

    SECTOR:

    Indias Urban Co-operative Banking Sector constitutesapproximately seven per cent of the banking

    sectors total assets. However, considering the large

    concentration of Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) in

    ve Statessuch asMaharashtra,Gujrat, Karnataka,

    Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, the importance

    of these institutions in these States is even greater.

    The RBI has been ne tuning its controls on the

    co-operative banking sector slowly, in order to improve

    the quality of supervision and regulation of this sector.

    Followingaresomesuchspecicmeasuresundertaken

    by RBI during the year 2009-10 for strengthening the

    Urban Co-operative Banking Sector.

    l Guidelines have been introduced to UCBs on

    internal controls, risk management systems,

    ALM and disclosure norms.

    l RBI increased the provisioning requirement for

    UCBs on advances to the Commercial Real

    Estate (CRE) sector classied as Standard

    assets to 1.00 per cent.

    l RBI has decided to apply duration based capitalcharge for market risks in respect of systemically

    important large UCBs w.e.f. 1st April, 2010.

    l RBI has decided to permit extension of area

    of operation to well- functioning Primary UCBs

    which are located in the States that have signed

    MoUs with the RBI.

    l UCBs have been permitted to declare dividends

    on shares without prior approval of the RBI,

    subject to certain conditions.

    l From April 2010, UCBs will have to calculate

    interest on balances in savings bank accounts

    on a daily product basis. This will lead to higher

    interest payout on saving accounts.

    l UCBs have been advised to discontinue all

    bilateral clearing arrangements arising out of

    normal banking transactions.

    l RBI also released the Report of the working

    group on Umbrella Organisation and Constitution

    of Revival Fund for UCBs, during the year under

    Report.

    l The Future: It must be admitted on all hands that

    the prudential and other calculated measurestaken by RBI for the UCB sector over the last 4-5

    years have accelerated the strengthening of the

    sector. RBI policy measures such as the issuance

    of Vision Document, signing of MOUs with State

    Governments, formation of TAFCUBs and having

    regular consultations with the leaders of the UCB

    sector and the Governments controlling them have

    created a greater sense of responsibility in the

    sector and a stage is now set where irreparable

    UCBshavetoexitthesector,astheRBIhasgiven

    clear signals that only responsible players in the

    sector, compliant of the regulatory regime will be

    supportedandencouragedtogrowandexpand.

    Your Bank, therefore, feels that it will legitimately

    benetfromthenewregulatoryregime.

    4. COVER PAGE:

    The cover page celebrates the completion of a

    ve-yearcompactamongstthefourmajorpillarsof

    themagnicentedice ofyourBank,viz., (1) The

    Board of Directors, (2) The Central Management

    Committee (CENMAC) and all executives,

    (3) The Ofcers Association and all ofcers and

    (4) The Employees Union and all non-management

    employees. We may add that Dr. Adarkar Mission-I

    was conceived and announced by present Chairman

    of your Bank Shri E. K. Thakur, on Tuesday,

    15th March, 2005, which was the eighth day after

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    demise of Dr. S. P. Adarkar. The business of the Bank

    on 31st March, 2004 was of the order of 6,670 crore.

    Dr. Adarkar Mission-I envisaged attaining the goal

    of total business of the Bank of` 10,000 crore plus

    by 31st March, 2006. The Dr. Adarkar Mission-II of

    ` 25,000 crore plus was announced on behalf ofthe Board, by Shri E. K. Thakur immediately after

    successful completion of Dr. Adarkar Mission-I and it

    is to be achieved by 31st March, 2011.

    The above Missions, i.e., Dr. Adarkar Mission-I of

    ` 10,000 crore plus and Dr. Adarkar Mission-II of

    ` 25,000 crore plus constituted a clarion call by your

    Bankonall its employees and fulllmentof these

    Missions called for a leap of faith on the part of all

    employees. The members of management and

    staff at all levels responded to this call of duty mostwholeheartedly.

    All the four major pillars of your Bank, have worked

    faithfully and ceaselessly to achieve these Missions.

    What is important and noteworthy is the fact that the

    two representative organizations in the Bank, i.e.,

    theOfcersAssociationandtheEmployeesUnion

    have shown wisdom and maturity in realizing and

    accepting the fact that destiny of employees is closely

    intertwined with the progress of the Bank. Therefore

    the leadership of these two bodies has continuallyexhortedtheirmemberstoputintheirbesteffortsin

    the pursuance of cause of Dr. Adarkar Missions.

    The pictorial design in the cover page depicts the

    fact that INTEGRITY of the Bank and its personnel

    constitute the foundation of the Bank, the PROGRESS

    of the Bank has been possible because it is supported

    fully and well by the four pillars. TRUST of the public

    at large, which the Bank enjoys and which is the

    productofefcientanddelightfulSERVICEoffered

    at the Banks branches gives the real protection

    to the Bank in an otherwise competitive cut-throat

    banking space.

    5. CHAIRMANS SPEECH 2009 IN RETROSPECT:

    WhiledeliveringhisspeechattheNinety-rstAnnual

    General Meeting on 25th July, 2009, the Chairman of

    your Bank, Shri E. K. Thakur, had dwelt on the global

    nancialdevelopments,theIndianscenarioandyour

    Banks position in wake of the same. Your Bank had,

    at that point of time, achieved a business milestone of

    `21,000crore.Whileprovidingguidanceforthenext

    year, the Chairman, in view of the impact of strong

    recessionary trends in the economy; had anticipateda steep deceleration in the prot projections for

    FY 2009-10. At the same time, the Chairman had

    pencilled out three priorities for your Bank viz.,

    emphasis on (1) CASA deposits, (2) Credit Marketing

    and (3) Strong NPA recoveries.

    The following were the results of the guidelines:

    l Emphasis on CASA deposits: High CASA

    provides competitive advantage as it helps

    lowering cost of funds and in turn, it helps

    reducing the lending rates and thus remainingcompetitive. Many Indian Banks and UCBs

    have a CASA level well above 40 per cent,

    which gives them a competitive advantage

    over your Bank. During the nancial year

    2009-10, your Banks focus on this area

    helped in increasing the CASA deposits from

    ` 3,218.35 crore to ` 4,247.67 crore i.e. an

    increase of 31.98 per cent on a y-o-y basis.

    Resultantly, the ratio of CASA deposits to total

    deposits increased from 24.91 per cent as on

    31st March, 2009 to 29.77 per cent during theyear, which constitutes the highest ever increase

    inCASAinanysinglenancialyear.

    l Credit Marketing: During the year, credit

    demand in the market declined steeply,

    impacting both, Banks topline and bottomline.

    Your Bank also was not an exception to this

    rule. Concerted efforts were made to increase

    the credit portfolio of your Bank. The following

    table shows the results.

    Table No. 1 (` in crore)

    Advances as on 31.03.2009 (A) 8110.41

    Total Advances sanctioned during FY 2009-10 5763.54

    Total advances disbursed during FY 2009-10 (B) 2921.06

    Total repayments/ recoveries during FY 2009-10 (C) 1781.12

    Net additional advances disbursed during FY 2009-10 (D) 1139.94

    Advances as on 31.03.2010 (A+D) 9250.35

    Advances pending disbursement as on 31.03.2010 2842.48

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    Thus, with sustained marketing efforts, the advances

    portfolio increased from ` 8,110.41 crore as on

    31st March, 2009 to ` 9,250.35 crore as on

    31st March, 2010 i.e. a rise of 14.06 per cent.

    l NPA recoveries:Sustained and energetic efforts

    taken by your Bank to reduce the gross NPAs bore

    fruit with recoveries in gross NPAs to the tune of

    ` 110.72 crore. Your Bank has been able to bring

    down its Gross NPA level from 4.50 per cent to

    3.92 per cent. This is despite the fact that there

    were fresh NPAs during the year 2009-10 of

    ` 107.84 crore.

    Thenancialyear2009-10turnedoutaverydifcult

    yearfortheentirenancialsector,aswellasforyour

    Bank. With very tepid demand for credit throughout

    the year, some growth in credit was achieved only

    during the last months of the year. Resultantly, a

    very large chunk of surplus funds of your Bank had

    to be invested mainly in mutual funds at a very low

    return; thus affecting income, as the monies were

    earlier contracted as deposits by your Bank at rates

    much higher than the rate of return from the mutual

    funds.Thisresultedinmarkeddecelerationinprot,

    both in percentage and absolute terms, unwitnessed

    anytime before in the history of your Bank. True to

    our predictions the nancial year turned out to be

    anannushorribilisintermsofnancialresults.We,however found saving grace in the fact that our staff

    at all levels worked with indefatigable spirit to meet

    the challenges of the times, the Bank registered

    substantial growth in CASA deposits, restructured its

    depositportfolioandexcelledinimplementationofthe

    hard-won MHADA tenement lottery project. What is

    most satisfying is the fact that your Banks Business

    Model passed the toughest test of all times and it fully

    proved your Banks endurance and resilience in the

    most trying times, thus allowing us to post a decent

    prot.ItisclearthatyourBankhasthestrengthandthe wherewithal to strive to achieve all its goals in the

    midst of such trying and tumultuous times.

    6. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS DURING FY 2009-10:

    As you are aware, this year has proved to be a

    daunting year for your Bank. However, inspite of the

    challenges posed, your Bank marched forward in

    pursuance of our goal under Dr. Adarkar Mission-II,

    of achieving a business goal of ` 25,000 crore by

    March 31, 2011. The progress is as follows:

    (A) Total business of the Bank (i.e. deposits plus

    advances) grew to ` 23,517.08 crore as on

    31st March, 2010 from ` 21,029.26 crore as on

    31st March, 2009 i.e. a growth of ` 2,487.82

    crore in absolute terms and of 11.83 per cent,

    on a y-o-y basis.

    (B) The deposits grew from ` 12,918.85 crore as on

    31st March, 2009 to ` 14,266.73 crore as on

    31st March, 2010 i.e. a rise of 10.43 per cent,

    while advances increased from ` 8,110.41 crore

    as on 31st March, 2009 to ` 9,250.35 crore as

    on 31st March, 2010 i.e. a rise of 14.06 per cent.

    (C) Within the overall deposits, your Bank has

    successfully increased the low-cost deposit

    base. The CASA deposits increased by 31.98

    per cent on a y-o-y basis i.e. a rise of` 1,029.32

    crore in absolute terms. The ratio of CASA

    deposits to total deposits thus increased from

    24.91 per cent as on 31st March, 2009 to 29.77

    per cent as on 31st March, 2010.

    (D) On the backdrop of the scenario depicted

    hereinabove,theprotoftheBank(beforetax

    and exceptional items) has decelerated from

    ` 315.61 crore in FY 2008-09 to ` 179.16 crore

    inFY2009-10.Thenetprotaftertaxalsoslid

    lower at ` 119.67 crore in FY 2009-10 vis--vis

    `210.79crorefortheprecedingnancialyear.

    (E) The foreign exchange turnover of your Bank

    remained above ` 50,000 crore for second

    successive year in spite of global nancia

    turmoil,whichhadaffectedcountrysexports.

    (F) The number of branch licences of your bank

    reached the magical gure of 200.Accepting

    that these were tough times, no new mergers

    have been carried out during nancial year

    2009-10. The 200th branch of your Bank was

    opened at Dindoshi , Goregoan (E), Mumbai, on

    16th March, 2010 on the auspicious occasion of

    Gudhi Padva at the hands of Smt. Mrinal Gore,

    the well-known socialist leader.

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    (G) A total of twenty-eight new branches were

    opened during the year. Of these, four new

    branches were opened at Mangalore on a

    single day and two branches were opened at

    Bengaluru on a single day, strengthening Banks

    base in the Southern region.

    (H) RBI allowed your Bank to raise Long Term

    Subordinated Deposits (LTSD) of ` 300 crore

    to strengthen the capital adequacy. Your Bank

    accordingly completed issuance of` 300 crore

    LTSD by March, 2010. In pursuance of the

    instructions from RBI, LTSD issue carried stiff

    conditions. LTSD investments are not protected

    by deposit insurance, no loans can be availed

    against such deposits and they cannot be

    withdrawn before their long maturity. And yet

    depositors entrusted their funds of the order of` 300 crore to your Bank, to support the Banks

    TierII capital, which demonstrates the deep

    and abiding trust the members of public have

    in your Bank and in the brand Saraswat Bank.

    (I) Your Banks capital adequacy ratio has always

    been well above the RBI stipulation of 9 per

    cent. With the issuance of LTSD this year, and

    mainly placing market value on the capital asset

    of new Corporate Center The Saraswat Bank

    Bhavan at Prabhadevi, Mumbai, your Bankhas further strengthened its capital base and

    reserves. The Capital Adequacy Ratio (CRAR),

    which stood at 10.92 per cent as on 31st March,

    2009 has moved up to 14.63 per cent as on

    31st March, 2010 which in effect has enabled us

    to emerge stronger from the recession.

    7. HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR MHADA PROJECT:

    Another feather in the cap for your Bank was the

    bagging of the prestigious MHADA project, through

    stiff bidding competition with major commercialbanks in Mumbai city. Your Bank was selected as the

    exclusiveco-ordinatingagencyforMHADAtenement

    lottery project that commenced in January, 2010.

    The MHADA project was a challenge in itself, which

    your Bank met in the most professional manner.

    Under the MHADA project, the entire process of

    sale and receipt of MHADA application forms and

    further processing right upto the stage of giving

    nalpossession letter to thesuccessful bidder i.e.

    the allottee was handled by your Bank through its

    seventy-veselectbranchesinandaroundMumbai.

    (Your Bank has nearly 100 branches in Mumbai now.)Your Bank received accolades from all sections of

    the society for handling the project awlessly and

    alsoforsurpassingtheexpectationsofthepeople.

    In order to enable more people to bid for the MHADA

    tenements, your Bank designed a Special Loan

    Scheme - SHUBH LAABH for covering the Earnest

    Money Deposit (EMD) required for bidding. This

    loanwasavailableatalltheseventy-vedesignated

    branches. In all 1,73,600 bidders availed of your Banks

    loan facility under SHUBH LAABH scheme.

    Under the MHADA project, we sold 5,02,940

    applicationformsthroughourseventy-vebranches

    designated in and around Mumbai city. This helped

    us reach a very large number of families in the

    city. The successful execution of MHADA project

    helped in making the Brand Saraswat Bank known

    across various sections of the society, giving

    boost to the image of your Bank. The smooth and

    successful handling of this tedious and cumbersome

    responsibility in the most efcient and effective

    manner, the team work and espirit the corps

    demonstrated during this massive project has helped

    your Bank earn a place of honour in the league of

    professional Banks in the metropolis. We record

    our deep gratitude to all the authorities of MHADA

    for reposing their faith inusand for extending us

    excellentunderstandingandco-operationtoenable

    usfulllourresponsibilityundertheproject.

    8. OUR MISSION:

    As you are aware, your Bank has announced four

    ightsforachievingthebusinesslevelof` 1,00,000

    crore plus by the year 2021. These include

    l Dr. Adarkar Mission-I to reach a business level of

    ` 10,000 crore by March 2006

    l Dr. Adarkar Mission-II to reach a business level of

    ` 25,000 crore by March 2011

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    l Dr. Adarkar Mission-III to reach a business level of

    ` 50,000 crore by March 2016

    l Dr. Adarkar Mission-IV to reach a business level

    of` 1,00,000 crore by March 2021

    Your Bank has been successful so far in achieving the

    goals denedunder theseMissions,whileensuringthe highest level of business ethics and professional

    integrity.YourBankachievedandexcelledDr.Adarkar

    Mission-I of 10,000croreintimeandisnowdenitely

    set toachieve Dr.AdarkarMission-II by exceeding

    ` 25,000 crore by March 2011, as planned.

    In the previous years Annual Report, your Board of

    Directorshadexplainedthestrategiesformarching

    towards this goal. Emphasis was laid on acquiring

    top-class human resources, branch expansion

    through strengthening branch network in adjoining

    States, formation of Strategic Business Units (SBUs),

    upgradation of technology and further Brand building.

    Your Bank is proud to inform you that the above-

    mentioned plans were largely accomplished

    successfully during FY 2009-10. Besides, to bring

    fresh vigour, your Bank undertook recruitment

    of professionals from management campuses

    and added lateral recruits - a blend of youth and

    experience. In the coming months, your Bank

    will continue to open new branches in States of

    Maharashtra and Karnataka and will expand into

    Gujarat viz. Ahmedabad, Baroda as well.

    With these measures, your Bank is marching

    aheadrmlyonthepathtowardscompletionof the

    Dr. Adarkar Mission-II well ahead of the stipulated

    timeframe.

    9. YEAR OF AUSTERITY:

    Table No 2: (` in lac)

    Expense 2008-2009

    (A)

    % to net income

    (B)

    2009-2010

    (C)

    % to net income

    (D)

    Change in %

    to net income

    Electricity 718.31 1.22 770.73 1.54 0.32

    Advertising 821.20 1.39 364.98 0.73 -0.66

    Postage & Telegram 262.94 0.45 216.20 0.43 -0.02

    Telephone&Telex 162.26 0.28 163.23 0.33 0.05

    Printing & Stationery 324.64 0.55 364.85 0.73 0.18

    Maintenance 236.98 0.40 68.21 0.14 -0.26

    Travelling & Conveyance 113.93 0.19 105.13 0.21 0.02Security Service charges 370.44 0.63 432.42 0.86 0.23

    Sundries 1636.14 2.78 1703.29 3.40 0.62

    Note:TheriseinElectricityexpenses,Printing&stationeryexpensesandsecurityservicechargesismainlyonaccountoftwenty-eigh

    new branches opened during the year. However, it must be noted that the increase is much less than proportionate which manifests the

    cost control. Of the total increase of` 67.15 lac in Sundries, ` 49.04 lac was on account of increase in medical aid paid to the increased

    numberofpensionersoftheBankandremainingwasattributabletovariousexpensesincurredontheMHADAproject.Asshowninthe

    early paragraphs of this Report, the net income has fallen steeply during the year. However column (D) evidences the tight leash on

    expensesexertedbytheIncomeandCostCouncilofyourBankduringthenancialyear,earninglatterthesobriquetAusterityYear

    in a true sense.

    As declared in the Directors Report for the FY 2008-

    09,thenancialyear2009-10wasdedicatedbythe

    Bank to the practice of Austerity, with a view to

    minimizeexpenditureandmaximizeoutcomes.Cost-

    controlintandemwithefcientuseofresourcesand

    increase in productivity will determine the winners

    and laggards in the future.

    Fromthetraditionalequation,revenue=cost+prot

    equation i.e. wherein customers are charged to cover

    the costs incurred and the prots expected, most

    bankshavealreadymovedintotheprot=revenue

    cost equation. This has been reected in the fact

    that with cost of services staying nearly equal across

    banks, only banks with better cost control can aspire

    for higher prots.The new paradigmin the coming

    yearswillbecost=revenueprot,asthisequation

    focusses on costs and grants them the centrality they

    deserve.

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    The various measures taken during FY 2009-10

    haveresultedincontrolofexpenditureasshownin

    the Table no. 2 on previous page.

    10. SARASWAT BANK BHAVAN

    (CORPORATE CENTER):

    We are happy to inform our members that your

    Banks Corporate Center Saraswat Bank Bhavan

    atPrabhadevihasbecomeoperational.Theedice

    boasts of the state of art technology as well as a

    thoroughly professional and pleasant ambience. It

    is a matter of immense pride for Saraswat Bank to

    make its corporate presence so strongly felt in the

    heart of Mumbai i.e. Prabhadevi, Mumbais new

    downtown and to leave an indelible mark on the

    visitors and onlookers. The Bank has taken pains

    to ensure that the latest amenities are available for

    the convenience of the staff working at the premises.

    TheOccupationCerticate(OC) forSaraswatBank

    Bhavan has already been received, which currently

    allows us to use six out of seven oors and two

    basements; pending erection of the third lift (capsule

    lift).

    Brand Saraswat Bank:

    The Saraswat Bank sports a new logo, which

    represents a change in the outlook of the Bank asalso the zeal to embrace the changing organizational

    ethics with open arms and improvise its functions,

    systems and procedures to suit modern day

    banking. The new logo has indeed been accepted

    andappreciatedasanexcellenttoolforourbrand

    positioning and image building of the Bank. It has

    also radically changed the opinion of a very large

    segment of people who earlier considered every co-

    operativeBanktobeanobsoletenancialinstitution

    with a status- quoist and stagnant image.

    The new branches of Saraswat Bank, opened after

    the launch of the new logo, are a delight to visit and

    see, in terms of ambience, systems as well as the

    services offered, which are in tune with our mantra

    of delighting our customers and amazing our

    competitors.

    Thefunctioningofthecorporateofceandsevera

    of the Banks departments from the corporate centre

    Saraswat Bank Bhavan at Prabhadevi will, in the

    above backdrop, provide a tremendous advantage to

    your Bank. With Saraswat Bank Bhavan, your Bank

    has transitioned from an old-generation Bank andhave indeed arrived as a modern 21st century Bank.

    This provides boost to the Brand Saraswat Bank.

    11. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (HRD):

    Behind the success of the Bank is its most important

    asset - the human capital. It is the people who make

    an organization. The quality of human resources

    determine the quality of the service at the Bank. We

    had elaborated in detail the main tenets on which the

    Banks HRD Philosophy is based, in the last years

    Annual Report.

    The Bank does everything possible to build a sense

    of belonging in the employees, where they are trained

    and a strong sense of commitment to their work is

    developed, with opportunities to discover and use

    their potential to the fullest, in a healthy motivating

    work environment. The top management pays special

    attention to the needs, facilities and infrastructure for

    the emotional and intellectual development of all its

    personnel.

    The unmatched growth of the Bank since last ten

    years was possible only because the vision of

    the top management was fully supported by the

    total conviction, commitment and capabilities of

    employees of your Bank at all levels.

    Training:

    Enhancing the capabilities and knowledge level of the

    human resources is accorded the highest priority by

    your Bank. Your Bank therefore follows a systematic

    approach to training. Training needs of employees

    are taken care of, on a continuous basis, right from

    recruitment and throughout the working life of the

    employee with your Bank.

    During FY 2009-10, your Bank provided training to

    1,800 employees. Apart from the same, induction

    training was provided to newly recruited employees.

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    Special two day training programme was conducted

    on Managerial Effectiveness for the employees

    within the management cadre, who were promoted

    to higher ranks.

    Special refresher programmes were arranged for

    staff of erstwhile banks merged in to your Bank in the

    recent past.

    In order to inculcate learning culture in the

    organization, on-line tests on Product knowledge

    were developed and conducted for employees in

    branches and departments. Practice study material

    was developed and made available to employees to

    help them prepare for banking related professional

    examinations.

    Recruitment :

    With growing business development and openingof branches this year, investment in human capital

    assumed great importance. During the year, total

    431 employees were recruited for manning additional

    positions and for strengthening our marketing and

    operations. Of these, 87 are in Management cadre

    and 344 in Non-Management cadre. With this

    recruitment, your Bank now employs a total of 2,911

    persons in the Bank.

    Promotional Exercises :

    In order to cater to the growing expanse of your

    Bank and the need for managerial positions in the

    wake of the same, the Bank conducted promotional

    exercises to various cadres. A total of sixty-eight

    employees were promoted to various cadres during

    the year. All promoted personnel have been suitably

    placed in various branches / departments including

    in existingbranchesof themergedbanksandthe

    newly opened branches.

    The Branch Expansion HRD Support :

    Identication and selection of right personnel for

    new branches with competencies and capabilities

    to take up the challenges and with capacity to

    effectively shoulder the responsibilities in future

    has become key responsibility of the HR function

    of the Bank. New branches have been provided

    with the employees who have air for marketing

    alongwithadequateknowledgeandexperienceof

    banking operations and branch management. A new

    cadre of Marketing and Operation Personnel has

    been created to provide thrust for marketing efforts

    at the branches. All new recruitments, excepting

    of professionally qualied persons are made as

    marketing & operational personnel. A blend of lateral

    recruits,qualiedfreshersandinternalexperienced

    staff has been provided to the new branches.

    Industrial Relations:

    The Bank has always respected the rights, role and

    existence of theemployees organizations. Mutua

    Trust, Respect and Acceptance are underlying

    principles of every relationship. Along with the Board

    ofDirectorsandExecutives,theOfcersAssociation

    and the Employees Unions are the pillars of our Bank

    on which the stability, sustainability and development

    of the organization rests. The Bank pays special

    attention to the well being of its employees, by giving

    them pay scales, benets and service conditions,

    which are comparable to the industry. At the same

    time, theBankexpectsexcellent performanceand

    contribution, which will take the Bank ahead in the

    competition. Satised, motivated and committed

    workforce is behind success of your Bank. There

    is cordial and ongoing dialogue with employees

    organizations on all issues raised by them. The

    Union and the Association have always responded

    favourably on issues raised by management with

    them. The employees organizations have shown

    complete commitment to ensure that Bank marches

    onitswell-denedpathofprogress.

    Madhusatva:

    During FY 2007-08, a new fortnightly house

    magazine titled Madhusatva was launched as a

    mouthpiece of our Human Resources Department.

    The rst issue of Madhusatva was published on

    14th October, 2007 and was released in the Branch

    Managers Conference of the Bank. The magazine

    waslaunchedinthecontextofthefelt-needtocreate

    greater awareness about the functioning of your Bank

    amongst the large number of employees of the seven

    merged banks, who were absorbed in your Bank as

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    also newly recruited staff so as to help their faster and

    better assimilation and integration in the Bank. The

    fortnightly magazine depicts a pictorial and narrative

    account of all important happenings in the Bank

    and conveys to all employees our ideas, initiatives

    and the progress being made in the direction of ourMission. It also aims at imparting our values to our

    new employees. This magazine reaches the home

    of every employee every fortnight. This initiative has

    now reached its Fiftieth issue of publication and has

    been successful in creating greater bonding amongst

    existingemployeesaswellincreatingunderstanding

    about the culture and priorities of the Bank amongst

    new employees and the employees of the merged

    banks. Shri Sunil Manjrekar, a Chief Manager in the

    Bankand President of the OfcersAssociationof

    the Bank is functioning successfully as the Editor ofMadhusatva.

    12. BPR INITIATIVE

    In the last years Annual Report, we had stressed on

    the need of organizations to look at their business

    processes from a clean slate perspective. From our

    organizational point of view, we had detailed few BPR

    initiatives as below :

    Formation of Retail Asset and Small Business

    Enterprises Centres (RASECs), Setting up of SME focussed branches,

    Setting up of Clearing Processing Clusters

    (CPCs),

    Setting up of Centralised Deposit Service Centre

    (CDSC) .

    In further pursuance of our laid down initiatives, the

    below mentioned steps have been undertaken during

    FY 2009-10:

    Opening of one Retail Asset and Small Business

    Enterprises Centre (RASEC) for Gandhakosh,

    at Matunga.

    Opening of four SMEfocussed branches viz.

    SME Vikhroli, SME Panjim, SME Pune and

    SME Vile Parle.

    Three more SMEs are proposed to be set up, two in

    Mumbai and one in Aurangabad during FY 2010-11.

    A separate Credit Processing Centre will also be set

    up for our merged banks unit i.e. Gandhakosh.

    Creation of Strategic Business Units (SBUs):

    As you are aware, your Bank has been growing at

    a fast pace. Within a three years time-frame, the

    number of branch licences have nearly doubled

    (from 105 as on March 2007 to 220 as on the date

    of Report).

    As the organization grows, the need to segregate

    different business units, within the overall corporate

    identity becomes imperative. These units should

    be ideally managed as self-contained planning

    units for which discrete business strategies can be

    developed. The key philosophy behind the formation

    of Strategic Business Units (SBUs) is to gain

    competitive advantage by segmenting the activities

    of the Bank in a strategic manner and thus allocating

    the resources competitively.

    During the year under consideration, your Bank

    undertook major restructuring exercise in terms

    of formation of four Strategic Business Units viz.

    Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, Treasury and

    Gandhakosh. Gandhakosh refers to the Strategic

    Business Unit for Merged Banks. All the four SBUs

    are headed by a top ofcial of the level of Chief

    General Manager or above, who all are designated

    asChiefExecutiveOfcersoftheirrespectiveSBUs.

    Each CEO has been assigned Key Result Areas for

    the individual SBU, with adequate delegated powers

    13. EVALUATION OF MERGERS A PROGRESS

    CARD:

    In the last years Annual Report, we had highlighted

    the inorganic growth, the Bank had achieved through

    the merger initiatives. In order to further enhance the

    business development opportunities arising out of

    the mergers of seven UCBs into your Bank, detailed

    in the last years Report, your Board of Directors

    hasdenedandcreatedaStrategicBusinessUnit

    (SBU) during 2009-10, by grouping together the

    Zones of the seven merged banks. This SBU of

    merged Banks is named as GANDHAKOSH. The

    SBU Gandhakosh is expected to function as a

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    Bank within the Bank. Its head has been granted

    thestatusofChiefExecutiveOfceroftheSBUfor

    the purpose. The goals dened for Gandhakosh

    include (A) Reaching a business level of ` 15,000

    crore by 31st March, 2016, (B) Reducing the Gross

    NPAs of the aggregated seven merged banks from

    their original level of` 276.41 crore to ` 75 crore by31st March, 2016 (C) Returning to Saraswat Bank its

    cost of acquisition of seven UCBs i.e. ` 279.00 crore,

    (D) Building Gandhakosh into a professionally

    managed entity that can compete with the best banks

    in India in termsofbusiness per employee; prot

    per employee; customer acquisition and highest

    standards of customer service. With this initiative, it

    isexpectedthatyourBankwouldbeabletoreach

    out to varied cross sections by opening branches in

    newareas,acrossmanymoreStatesandexplore

    the vast potential of untapped business with more

    focussed approach.

    GANDHAKOSH, (SBUMerged Banks) was

    commissioned on 17th August, 2009. Soon after the

    acquisition of these seven UCBs and subsequent

    formation of Gandhakosh, your Bank has acted

    quickly to encash the various opportunities arising out

    of the mergers and the results are very encouraging.

    Thefollowingtableencapsulatesthebusinessprole

    of Gandhakosh:

    Table No 3: Business Prole of Gandhakosh : (` in crore)

    Name of the

    merged bank

    Date of

    merger

    Business

    on the dateof merger

    Total business as

    on 31.03.2010(of the Branches of

    the merged banks)

    Gross

    NPAs onthe date of

    merger

    Gross

    NPAs as on31.03.10

    Aggregate

    Recoveriestill 31.03.10

    Operating Prot

    earned fromthe date of the

    merger

    MMCB 20.03.2006 292.55 1,069.94 66.54 29.05 37.49 43.54

    Mandvi 30.03.2007 885.33 1,343.56 40.38 16.25 24.13 58.19

    AKJSB and MRSB 30.06.2007 253.57 300.47 73.82 35.68 38.14 0.27

    NPCB 21.12.2007 207.95 243.98 56.24 36.05 20.19 9.79

    SICB 01.09.2008 167.21 269.52 13.43 9.63 3.80 1.27

    KMCB 06.03.2009 88.17 110.22 26.00 17.60 8.40 -0.19

    TOTAL 1,894.78 3,337.69* 276.41 144.26 132.15 112.87**

    *Wemustseethisbusinessinthecontextofthefactthatmanybranchesoftheoriginalmergedbankshave

    beenclosedandshiftedtonewlocationsrecently,wheretheyarendingtheirfeetandmanyothersare

    closed and are in the process of shifting.

    **Theoperatingprotearnedtillnowofover ` 112 crore proves that we lived upto our promise of creating

    Wealth out of Waste for your Bank. It may also be observed that under our special nurture the loss making

    UCBshavereturnedtoprot,exceptingtheKMCB,whichstillshowsanominalloss.

    The graphical presentation of total business and

    gross NPAs for seven merged banks as on 31st

    March, 2010 is given in the following two graphs i.e.GRAPH-I and GRAPH-II.

    From the GRAPH-I, we can see that your Bank has

    been successful not only in retaining the business

    of these merged banks, but has been further able to

    grow it. The total business of these merged banks

    has increased from ` 1,894.78 crore as on date of

    mergers to ` 3,337.69 crore as on 31st March, 2010.

    i.e. by ` 1,442.91 crore in absolute terms. It needs to

    benotedthatoutofninety-sixlicencesandbranches

    of GANDHAKOSH only forty-three branches are fully

    functional. Others are (a) very recently opened, (b)

    closed and in the process of shifting and (c) being

    closed for shifting and relocation.

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    MMCB Mandvi NPCB SICB KMCB

    292.55

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    885.33

    1343.56

    253.57

    300.47

    207.95243.98

    167.21

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    AKJSB& MRSB

    As on merger date As on 31st March, 2010

    One of the crucial aspects of the merger of these

    seven banks into your Bank remains in the form of

    the gross NPAs of these banks, which are transferred

    to our books. As you are aware, the gross NPAs of all

    the seven merged banks at the time of merger stood

    at ` 276.41 crore. Most of these merged banks had

    become sick because they had failed to recover their

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    As on merger date As on 31st March, 2010

    Graph-III PRODUCTIVITY PER EMPLOYEE

    NPAs.Inthiscontext,ourbringingdownthegross

    NPAs of these seven banks from aggregate ` 276.41

    crore to ` 144.26 crore and thus making a total

    recovery of` 132.15 crore as on 31st March, 2010

    speaks volumesfor the skillsandefciency ofthe

    recovery apparatus of your Bank. This is inspite of

    the fact that NPAs of these merged banks are ridden

    with problems such as of improper documentation,

    inadequate realizable value of securities, litigation in

    respect of some of the properties given as security,

    absconding borrowers etc.

    Productivity Per Employee of Merged Banks:

    The GRAPH-III shows changes in the Productivity

    per Employee of the merged banks as on the date

    of merger and as on 31st March, 2010 i.e. under our

    special nurture.

    In case of the two earlier banks viz. MMCB and

    Mandvi, the productivity has improved dramatically.

    In case of erstwhile Maratha Mandir Bank, the

    productivity per employee (PPE) has improved from

    ` 1.26 crore (as on date of merger i.e. 20.03.2006) to

    ` 6.77 crore as on 31st March, 2010. Similarly, in the

    case of erstwhile Mandvi Co-operative Bank Ltd., the

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    productivity ratio per employee has improved from

    ` 2.32 crore to ` 7.15 crore. This level of productivity is

    in line with the per employee productivity of Saraswat

    Bank employees at the time of these mergers.

    (It may be noted that your own legacy Saraswat

    Bank achieved a PPE of seven crore after eighty-

    sevenyearsofitsexistence).Weseeasimilartrend

    of increasing productivity in case of other acquired

    banks also.

    Conclusion:

    It will thus be clear that the strategy of your Bank

    (A) to treat each of the loss making seven merged

    banks as an independent Zone right from the date

    of merger, (B) to bring all the seven Zones underthe SBU called Gandhakosh-to facilitate paying

    focussed attention to each of the erstwhile merged

    banks, to each of their branches and to every

    employee adopted from the merged banks and (C) to

    provide for their special nurture - has paid miraculous

    dividends so far. Almost all erstwhile seven banks

    have been turned around and the productivity per

    employeeandprotperemployeehavebeengoing

    up.WehaveaddedtoyourBanksbusiness,prots

    and branches through these mergers. Employees

    adopted from these banks are getting increasingly

    assimilated into the staff of your Bank, owing to the

    laid down policies of their integration as also owing

    to on-the-job training and in-house training imparted

    at your Banks Learning Center. HRD policies have

    been put in place for continued motivation and

    special nurture of these adopted employees. Your

    Board of Directors have, therefore, considerable

    satisfaction concerning the success of its initiative tosecure inorganic growth through mergers, while at

    the same time having supported 7,70,882 hapless

    depositors of these seven merged banks, in their

    hourofnancialcrisis.

    14. BRANCH EXPANSION:

    Your Banks Dr. Adarkar MissionII has a goal of

    opening 250 branches and achieving a business level of

    ` 25,000 crore by March 2011. In our last years

    Annual Report, we initiated the famed Ashwamedhprogramme, wherein we decided to follow the mantra

    ofopeningonebranchineveryfteendays.Thesaid

    programme was followed diligently and your Bank

    moved on from 175 branches as on 31st March, 2009

    to 200 as on 31st March, 2010.

    TohaveapanIndiapresence,amixofrural,semi-

    urban and metro cities have been identied for

    opening new branches keeping in view factors such

    aspopulation,culturalmix,existingbankingdensity

    and business potential. The regulators also appreciate

    such an inclusive approach. Currently, cluster-based

    expansionisunderwayincitieslikeMumbai,Pune,

    Nagpur, Konkan region of Maharashtra and States of

    Karnataka, Gujarat and Delhi.

    The Bank was founded in 1918 by public-spirited

    individuals hailing from a part of the then Ratnagiri

    District, which is now known as the Sindhudurg

    District. In consonance with our special attachment

    with the Konkan region, during 2009-11, the entire

    Konkan belt from Panvel to Sawantwadi was covered

    by opening eleven new branches, making a total

    of fteen branches. Branches have been opened

    at Kudal, Sawantwadi, Alibaug, Panvel-I, Panvel-

    II, Pen, Mahad, Vaibhavwadi, Ratnagiri, Lanja and

    Rajapur in addition to our branches at Vengurla,

    Malvan, Kankavli and Chiplun.

    The following Table-No.4 shows the work undertaken

    by our Administration Department in pursuance of

    our expansion programme under the project titled

    Ashwamedh-during FY 2009-10.

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    Table No 4:

    DETAILS OF THE TWENTY EIGHT BRANCHES OPENED FROM 01.04.2009 TO 31.03.2010

    Sr. No. Name of Branch Location Date of

    Opening/

    Relocation/

    Shifting1 SME - Vikhroli Prabhat Bhavan, Block "B",

    First Floor, 96, L.B.S Marg,

    Opp. CIPLA, Vikhroli (West),

    Mumbai - 400 083.

    27-04-2009

    2 Ratnagiri Benjamin Enclave, 1st Floor,

    Opp. Central Bus Stand,

    Ratnagiri-Kolhapur Highway,

    Ratnagiri - 415 612.

    28-04-2009

    3 SME - Panjim Tristar Building, 2nd Floor,

    13B,ECComplex,PattoPlaza,

    Panjim, Goa - 403 001.

    09-05-2009

    4 Koramangala-Bengaluru with ATM Sogo Properties, Site No. 47,

    100 ft. Road, 4th Block, Ward No. 68,

    Koramangala, Bengaluru - 560 034.

    08-06-2009

    5 Gadkari Chowk with ATM Shivsena Bhavan, Ram Ganesh

    Gadkari Chowk, 177, N. C.Kelkar,

    Dadar. Mumbai - 400 028.

    19-06-2009

    6 SME - Pune C/2, Kohinoor Estate Co-op Housing

    Society. Plot No. 12, Mula Road,

    Sangamwadi, Near Kamalnayan Bajaj

    Garden, Pune - 411 003.

    10-07-2009

    7 SME - Vile Parle with ATM Bholanath C.H.S. Ltd.,Subhash Road, Vile Parle (East),

    Mumbai - 400 057.

    23-07-2009

    8 Talegaon with ATM Shop No. 33 to 39. P. L. Khandge

    Plaza, Talegaon chakan Road,

    Talegaon, Dist. Pune - 410 507.

    31-08-2009

    9 M.G.Road - Mangalore with ATM Shop No. 1 to 7. Manasa Tower,

    Ground Floor, Kodialballi,

    Mangalore - 575 003.

    19-09-2009

    10 Chilimbi - Mangalore with ATM Shop No. 1 and 2, Manasa Residency,

    Ground Floor, Chilimbi, Near Sony

    World, Mangalore - 575 006.

    19-09-2009

    11 Mannagudda - Mangalore with ATM Shop No. 1,2,3 and 4. Durga

    Apartment. Mannagudda,

    Mangalore - 575 003.

    19-09-2009

    12 Bhavanthi Street - Mangalore with ATM Shop No. 17,18,19 and 35, Ground

    Floor, Venkatramana Arcade,

    Bhavanthi Street,

    Mangalore - 575 001.

    19-09-2009

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    Sr. No. Name of Branch Location Date of

    Opening/

    Relocation/

    Shifting

    13 M. C. C. H. Society, Panvel with ATM 48, Hara Madhav Niwas, M.C.C.H

    Society, Panvel 410 206.25-09-2009

    14 S. N. Road, Panvel with ATM Shree Balaji Apartment,

    Swami Nityanand Road,

    Near Garden Hotel,

    Panvel 410 206.

    25-09-2009

    15 Vaibhavwadi 253, Ground Floor, Near Vaibhavwadi

    Bus Stand, Taluka - Vaibhavwadi,

    Dist. - Sindhudurg.

    17-11-2009

    16 Gangapur - Nashik with ATM Gadakh Sadan, Ground Floor,

    Near Pumping Bus Stand,

    Gangapur Raod, Nashik - 422 005.

    25-11-2009

    17 Jalgaon Mangal Jeevan Building,Ground Floor, 27, Gandhi Nagar,

    Near S. T. Stand, Jalgaon - 425 001.

    10-12-2009

    18 Pen Centre Point, Shop No. 62 64 &

    53 - 56, Pen Municipal Corporation,

    Chinchpada,NexttoPenSTDepot.,

    Pen, Dist. Raigad - 402 107.

    05-01-2010

    19 Mahad with ATM 1st Floor, Mahad Trade Centre, Opp.

    LocalPostOfce,M.C.Road,Near

    Shivaji Chowk, Mahad - 403 201.

    16-01-2010

    20 Chakan 2/3, Shubhmangal Plaza,

    Near Kohinoor Centre,Pune - Nashik Highway, Talegaon

    Chowk, Taluka - Khed, Chakan.

    25-01-2010

    21 Baner Road, Pune with ATM 1,2and3,DaulatComplex,Survey

    No. 314, Baner Road, Pune - 411 045.25-01-2010

    22 Karad with ATM 1-4, Manorath Plaza,

    Plot No. 507, Shaniwarpeth,

    Taluka - Karad, Dist. Satara - 415 110.

    10-02-2010

    23 Sanvordem with ATM Meghkunj, Opp. Police station,

    Sanguem Road,

    Curchorem - Sanvordem, Goa.

    25-02-2010

    24 Sion (W) with ATM Ganesh Bhuvan,

    Opp Municipal School,

    Swami Vallabhadas Road,

    Sion (W), Mumbai - 400 022.

    12-03-2010

    25 Lower Parel Shop No. 14, Ground Floor,

    Orbit Eternia, N.M.Joshi Marg,

    Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400 013.

    14-03-2010

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    Sr. No. Name of Branch Location Date of

    Opening/

    Relocation/

    Shifting

    26 Malleshwaram, Bengaluru with ATM 52/2, 8th Main, 16th Cross,

    Malleshwaram, Bengaluru - 560 055.14-03-2010

    27 Jayanagar, Bengaluru Sri Venkateshwara Arcade,

    33rd Cross, 4th T Block, Jayanagar

    Extension,Bengaluru-560004.

    14-03-2010

    28 Nagari Niwara with ATM Shop no. 27, Plot no. 28, Junction of

    D. P. Road No. 1 & 2, Nagari Niwara

    Housing Project, Goregaon (East),

    Mumbai - 400 063.

    16-03-2010

    INVESTMENT IN NEW BRANCHES:

    Two of our members have raised concerns about

    theaggressivepaceofBranchExpansionundertheAshwamedh programme. They would like to know

    whether the Bank will be in a position to bear the

    brunt of additional expenses on account of large

    number of these new branches. The query is natural

    because over the previous eighty-seven years, your

    Bankhadopenedonlyseventy-veBranches,which

    averaged to much less than one branch per year.

    In this connection, we have to inform members that

    we plan our business strategies after considerable

    researchofthenancialandbankingmarket.Asof

    now, 98% of Indians do not avail of a stock market

    product, 80% of the population do not avail of any

    insurance product and 60% of our populace do

    not avail of any banking facilities. Hence, there is

    enormousscopeforbanksandnancialinstitutions

    to grow. The RBI has also proposed to issue licenses

    to new private banks. Foreign banks are eager to

    enter the Indian banking space. Small Indian banks,

    like your Bank, if they fail to reach a reasonably large

    size, (this size is known as the critical mass) whereby

    they will remain visible and effective players in thebanking space, they will be atrophied and will have

    toexitthemarket.Itisacallofsurvival,therefore,we

    make every endeavour to grow in size - otherwise

    we will be left behind, stagnate and perish. Even

    otherwise,ourexpensesgrowyearafteryear.Hence

    our business and income must also grow every year.

    We have also to provide for the rainy day say a

    bad economic cycle, such as the one we witnessed

    overthelasttwoyears.Itisinthiscontext,wehave

    a well-considered business strategy to seek organic

    and inorganic growth.

    We assure our members that we are pursuing branch

    expansionandgrowthcautiously.Weopenedthirty-

    one new branches till 31st March, 2010 after the

    RBI opened fresh licences post-Madhavpura, in the

    year 2007. Some of these newly opened branches

    arealreadyinprotandmostothersareprogressing

    quickly towards viability and here on, they will prove

    to be the building blocks of growth for your bank. On

    overallbasis,togetherwearemakingasmallnetproof` 2.29 crore from these thirty-one new branches.

    Thissmallnetprotfromthesethirty-onebranchesis

    expectedtogrowto` 50 crore by 31st March, 2015.

    We may also add for the information of the members

    that these 31 new branches have contributed a total

    business of` 1,187 crore to the aggregate business

    of`23,517.08croreforthenancialyear2009-10.

    15. RISK MANAGEMENT:

    The main function of the Risk Management

    Department of your Bank is to identify, control,mitigate and monitor the risk which is intrinsic in all

    the activities of the Bank.

    Credit Risk:

    In order to mitigate the Credit Risk, your Bank has

    commenced a study of the portfolio concentration

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    across the various industry sectors in addition to the

    usual risk mitigating measures like Loan Review

    Mechanisms, obtaining credit reports of the borrowers

    from CIBIL, etc. Continuous attention is also provided

    for improving the quality of the transaction risk

    management by updating the systems covering thecredit appraisal and post approval processes.

    A special cell is in operation to monitor the Special

    Mention Accounts i.e. accounts showing signs of

    incipient sickness to prevent deterioration in the credit

    quality of the asset by identifying the problems at an

    early stage and put in place appropriate measures to

    prevent further deterioration in quality.

    Operational Risk:

    In addition to the adherence to the Know Your

    Customer (KYC) norms stipulated by the Reserve

    Bank of India, your Bank has initiated the following:

    l Anti Money Laundering (AML):

    AML software has been put in place in all the branches

    of your Bank. Your bank is taking every possible step

    to ensure that the accounts maintained in the Bank

    are not utilized for conducting Money Laundering

    activities.Similarly,yourBankidentiesthehighvalue

    cash transactions, which are screened for verifying

    their genuineness. All suspicious transactions, which

    give rise to a reasonable ground of suspicion, are

    reported under Suspicious Transaction Report (STR)

    to FIU-IND.

    l CustomerIdenticationProcess(CIP):

    The module ensures that a person with doubtful

    background cannot open an account with your

    Bank. Whenever any new account is opened, the

    system veries whether the name appears in the

    negative list e.g. Fraudster List, UN Terrorist List

    and Defaulters List etc. and it generates alerts. The

    system support is backed by the massive suspicious

    transactions monitoring awareness campaign, which

    was launched by your Bank amongst your Banks

    employees.

    Withthethreatofnancialterrorismloomingonthe

    banking industry, these efforts serve to safeguard

    your Bank from getting used as a channel to route

    suspiciousmonetarytransactions.Thisexercisealso

    enhances the image of your Bank with the counter-

    parties, especially, your Banks foreign banking

    correspondents who are keen to deal only with Banks

    that have implemented such anti-money launderingmeasures and have a robust risk management

    system.

    Market Risk:

    To manage the Liquidity and the Interest Rate risk,

    the asset-liability mismatches are monitored by

    preparing the Asset Liability Statement on a regular

    basis, which enables the senior management to take

    appropriate measures.

    The RBI has made it mandatory for UCBs to calculatethe duration based Capital Charge on the Market Risk

    in line with the Basel-II requirements with effect from

    1st April, 2010.

    Your Bank places great emphasis on compliance

    with the on-going requirements as per RBI Directives

    as also meeting the fast changing needs of the

    economic environment. Your Bank has put in place a

    set of best practices in risk management appropriate

    to the size and nature of the Banks business portfolio

    and these are being reviewed from time to time bysenior management as also the Board of Directors.

    Your Bank is proud to possess a highly talented and

    energetic risk management team in the department.

    The Risk Management Department was adjudged as

    the best Department of the Bank by a team of visiting

    Inspectors from RBI, during their inspection of the

    Bank for FY 2009-10.

    16. AUDIT & INSPECTION

    Your Bank is on a fast growth trajectory, having nearly220 branch licences spread across various States.

    The activities performed at various branches are

    monitored through your Banks Audit & Inspection

    department. The Audit Department is presently

    manned with well-trained personnel with good

    bankingexperience.

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    Your Bank has introduced ONLINE AUDIT

    system, where paperless audit is conducted using

    computers.YourBankisapioneerinthisexercise,

    where all required data is provided to auditors online,

    which enables auditors to conduct smooth audit,

    without even logging into CORE banking system.It also ensures 100 per cent coverage of audit

    scope. Online audit has enabled us to effectively

    control entire audit activity and has also enabled us

    to analyze the performance of auditors, which is of

    prime importance.

    The scope of concurrent and internal audit covers all

    areas of branch operations including house keeping.

    All branches are subject to audit rating allotted by

    the Department. The rating is done based on various

    parameters that consists various aspects of branch

    operations such as house keeping, achievement of

    targets, branch ambiance, customer service etc.

    Information Systems Auditing is an emerging auditing

    area and therefore, your Bank has been carrying out

    IS Audit in view of core banking scenario. Additionally,

    veyearsago,BankspresentChairmanShriE.K.

    Thakur has introduced Self- Audit for the branches.

    Inthisexercise,BranchManagersconductauditof

    their own branches based on a template provided by

    the Audit Department and they become self aware

    ofhousekeepingdecienciesthusfacilitatingearlyplugging of the loopholes and ensuring readiness for

    any other form of Audit at the Branch.

    17. VIGILANCE:

    Your Bank has always given due importance

    and weightage to Vigilance function. The Chief

    VigilanceOfceratthehelmofthedepartmenthas

    active participation in the Accounts, Audits and NPA

    Committee of the Board, which meets every month to

    discuss progress and issues of Audits, Accounts and

    NPA having impact and implications on the health ofthe Bank.

    The Vigilance departments core function is to furnish

    to the Board of Directors and RBI full information

    about the incidences of frauds, action taken by the

    Bank to prevent the frauds and further development

    inexistingfrauds,intheirreturnsonfrauds.Besides

    this. Vigilance department submits monthly report

    to RBI on detection of counterfeit banknotes at the

    branches of the Bank and reports incidents, if any,

    to police authorities. Your Bank has well laid down

    reporting systems in place for following up Vigilance

    matters.Your Bank uses Vigilance function as a mechanism

    to prevent, detect and punish malade actions

    and misuse of discretion and delegated authority.

    Vigilance makes a systematic effort to prevent

    occurrence of frauds. The Vigilance department thus

    performs four critical functions:

    a) Preventive Vigilance (alertness and avoidance

    of fraud).

    b) Detective Vigilance (investigation of fraud/

    corrupt act).

    c) Punitive Vigilance (recommendation to punish

    the guilty).

    d) Corrective Vigilance (to plug loopholes and

    lacunas in the systems and procedures).

    18. MULTIPLE DELIVERY CHANNELS:

    a) Visa Debit Card - Your Bank launched its

    prestigious product VISA Debit Card during

    2007-08. After ironing out the initial teething

    troubles, the project has been operationalised

    from February 2009. As on date, your Bank

    has issued more than 1,86,000 cards to the

    customers. The transactions with the VISA Debit

    Cards are on the rise both on domestic outlets

    as well as at the international outlets. These

    cards have enabled our customers to access all

    VISA enabled ATMs as well as transact on POS

    terminals for their purchases in India & abroad.

    During the current year, we plan to provide

    Online VISA Debit card transactions with 3DSecure solutions (as per the requirement of RBI)

    which will help the customers in carrying out

    online transactions for payment of Bills, booking

    tickets etc. Bank plans to launch premium Visa

    Gold / Platinum Debit Card for our Elite Account

    Holders in the current year.

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    b) ATM - During the year, your Bank has added 28

    new ATMs making the total number of ATMs to

    90. The Bank has plans to increase the number

    of ATMs at various locations along with the

    opening of the Branches.

    Our ATM cards can be used on ATMs of BANCSconsortium. We have requested RBI to admit us

    as a member of NFS the National Switch so

    that our ATM cards can be used at over 60,000

    ATMs of all banks in India. Your Bank is in the

    process of bringing in the necessary technology

    for the purpose.

    c) Mobile Banking - Your Bank offers mobile

    banking facilities to customers with various

    attractive features. We are also planning to

    launch full-edged Online Payment Facilities

    through Mobile Banking in the current year,

    subject to RBI clearance.

    d) Internet Banking - Your Bank has provided

    Internet Banking facility to the customers with

    various options including option of funds transfer

    in the linked account and requests for issue of

    Cheque Book. Other attractive features will also

    be introduced in the said delivery channels in

    the current year.

    e) RTGS/ NEFT - Your Bank is active on the

    RTGS / NEFT platform since its inception. Your

    Bankhas beenconstantly urging our existing

    as well as new clientele to move on to the

    electronic platform for funds transfer instead

    of cheques to ensure speedy availability of

    funds. Your Bank is happy to inform you that

    the RTGS/ NEFT transactions have increased

    by 11.5 per cent on a y-o-y basis, the tota

    volume for FY 2009-10 being of the order of

    ` 2,20,520 crore.

    f) Customer Service Survey - The Bank has beenconducting Customer Service Survey through

    in-house staff members and contacting the

    walk-in customers to have their feedback and

    suggestions. However, the Board of Directors

    decidedtohaveanexhaustivesurveythrough

    awell-known international agency in the eld

    through which the Bank can get an overall view of

    the customers feelings and needs. This Survey

    was conducted by M/s Synovate India Pvt. Ltd.,

    which is a subsidiary company of Aegis, a global

    media communication and marketing group witha presence in sixty countries, which is in the

    business of customer satisfaction and loyalty

    surveys.

    The survey, which was completed during the

    yearunderReport,providedexcellent insights

    into the improvements required in our customer

    focus. The recommendations in the survey are

    underimplementation.Theaimofthisexercise

    is to offer world-class service and facilities to all

    our customers.19. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE:

    The Table No. 5, No. 6 and No. 7 give your Banks

    nancialperformanceduring theFY2009-10asa

    snapshot:

    Table No 5:

    Business Growth: (` in crore)

    Particulars 31-Mar-09 31-Mar-10 % Growth

    Deposits (i+ii) 12,918.85 14,266.73 10.43%

    (a) Current 916.22 1,244.30 35.81%(b) Savings 2,302.13 3,003.37 30.46%

    (i) Low-Cost Deposits (a)+(b) 3,218.35 4,247.67 31.98%

    (ii) Term 9,700.50 10,019.06 3.28%

    Advances 8,110.41 9,250.35 14.06%

    Investments 4,791.51 5,321.39 11.06%

    Total Business Turnover( Deposits +Advances) 21,029.26 23,517.08 11.83%

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    Table No 6:

    Operating Results: (` in crore)

    Particulars 31-Mar-09 31-Mar-10 %Change

    Interest Income 1,270.45 1,286.70 1.28

    InterestExpenses 911.08 957.89 5.14Net Interest Income 359.37 328.81 -8.50

    Non-Interest Income 229.47 171.50 -25.26

    Total Operating Income 588.84 500.31 -15.03

    OperatingExpenses 263.48 284.47 7.97

    GrossProt 325.36 215.84 -33.66

    Provisions 9.75 36.68 276.21

    ProtBeforeTaxandExceptionalitems 315.61 179.16 -43.23

    Incometax 74.32 40.00 -46.18

    ProtAfterTaxandbeforeExceptionalItems 241.29 139.16 -42.33

    ExceptionalItems 30.50 19.49 -36.10Net Prot After Tax and Exceptional Items 210.79 119.67 -43.23

    Table No 7:

    Key Indicators of Performance:

    Particulars 31-Mar-09 31-Mar-10

    1. Return On Avg.Assets (%) 1.46 0.74

    2. Non Interest Income to Total

    Income (%) 15.30 11.76

    3. Cost to Income (%) 44.75 56.86

    4. Net Interest Margin (%) 2.99 2.61

    5. Average yield on advances (%) 11.75 11.476. Average yield on investments (%) 7.52 6.83

    7. Average cost of deposits (%) 7.39 7.12

    Notes:

    l Returnonaverageassetsistheratioofnetprotaftertax

    to the average assets.

    l Non-Interest income represents income from commission,

    exchange,tradinginGovt.securitiesetc.

    l Cost represents operating expenses, while the income

    represents net interest income and the non-interest

    income.

    l Net Interest Margin (NIM) is the ratio of Net interest incometo average earning assets.

    Some of the key indicators as above do not show

    improvement over the last year. The main reasons

    were (1) the non-availability of good lending

    opportunities in the backdrop of the slow economic

    growth during the year, (2) our conscious decision

    toweedoutandexitfromcertainadvances,which

    had shown sure signs of impairment in the wake

    of severe global recession, such as the diamond

    advances. The resulting surplus funds therefore had

    to be deployed in mutual funds, bank deposits and

    securities where the average returns were very low

    vis--vis the return on advances (i.e. 6.83 % vis--

    vis 11.47%)-resulting in our experiencing a large

    negativespreadforthersttimeinthelastninety-

    two years of our working.

    Segment wise Performance:

    Retail segment:

    Retail loans:

    The department has been taking various steps in

    last few years, to achieve the goal set for developing

    a healthy portfolio of Retail Loans in our Advances

    and has taken an aggressive stand on marketing our

    competitive products such as Vastu Siddhi Home

    Loan, Super Fast Car Loan, Saraswati Education

    Loan and our specially designed product for Medi


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