18.2 Capital

During the year ended March 31, 2023, the Bank has allotted 70,613 Equity Shares (Previous Year- 1,66,666) of ? 10/-each in respect of stock option exercised aggregating to ? 1.27 crore (Previous Year- ? 3.00 crore) . Accordingly, share capital increased by ? 0.07 crore (Previous Year- ? 0.17 crore) and share premium increased by ? 1.20 crore (Previous Year- ? 2.83 crore) respectively.

18.3 Proposed dividend

The Board of Directors at its meeting held on May 19, 2023, has proposed a dividend of ? 1.50 per share (Previous Year- ? NIL per share) for the year ended March 31, 2023 subject to approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. In terms of revised Accounting Standard (AS) 4 'Contingencies and Events occurring after the Balance sheet date as notified by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs through amendments to Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021, the Bank has not accounted for proposed dividend aggregating to ? 241.63 crore (previous year: ? NIL ) as a liability for the year ended March 31, 2023. Effect of the proposed dividend has been reckoned in determining capital funds in the computation of capital adequacy ratios as at March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

In accordance with the RBI guidelines, banks are required to make consolidated Pillar 3 and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) disclosures under the Basel III Framework. These disclosures are available on the Bank's website at the following link: https://www.bandhanbank.com/regulatory-disclosures. The disclosures have not been subjected to audit by the statutory auditors of the Bank.

B) Draw Down from Reserve

There has been no draw down from reserves during the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

C) Sale and transfers of Securities to / from HTM Category

During the year ended March 31, 2023 and the previous year ended March 31, 2022 the Bank has not sold and transferred securities to or from HTM category exceeding 5% of the book value of investment held in HTM category at the beginning of the year. The 5% threshold referred to above does not include onetime transfer of securities to/from HTM category with the approval of Board of Directors permitted to be undertaken by banks as per extant RBI guidelines, sale of securities under preannounced Open Market Operation (OMO) auction to the RBI and sale of securities or transfer to AFS / HFT consequent to the reduction of ceiling on SLR securities under HTM.

D) Overseas Assets, NPAs and Revenue

The Bank does not have any overseas assets as on March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

E) Off-balance Sheet SPVs sponsored

The Bank has not sponsored any special purposes vehicle which is required to be consolidated as per accounting norms.

F) Divergence in asset classification and provisioning

In terms of the RBI guidelines, banks are required to disclose the divergence in asset classification and provisioning consequent to RBI's annual supervisory process in their notes to accounts to the financial statements, wherever the additional provisioning assessed / additional gross NPAs identified by RBI exceeds the threshold specified by RBI. The threshold for provisioning is 10 per cent of the reported profit before provisions and contingencies for the reference period and that for additional gross NPAs is 10 per cent of the published incremental Gross NPAs for the reference period.

There was no divergence in asset classification and provisioning for NPAs for the years ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

ii) Details of Non Performing Financial Assets Purchased

The Bank did not purchase any Non Performing Financial Assets during the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

iii) Details of Special Mention Account (SMA) or Stressed Financial Assets Purchased

The Bank did not purchase any Special Mention Account (SMA) or Stressed Financial Assets during the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

Note: The information on frauds as above includes certain accounts which were already reckoned as NPAs in the prior years and these are fully provided for.

RBI vide circular No: DoS.CO.FMG.No. S332/23.04.001/2022-23 dated 13.01.2023, has directed Banks to report all UEBT (Unauthorized Electronic Banking Transactions) incidents on the XBRL platform (which is the same platform used to report frauds through FMR). These UEBT transactions are to be reported irrespective of whether customers have shared OTP/bank account credentials or not.

Accordingly, a total of 599 UEBT incidents amounting ? 1.92 crores (not classified by the Bank as fraud) for the period- January 30, 2023 till March 31, 2023 pertaining to FY 2022-23 were reported by the Bank to the RBI.

C) Details of Single Borrower Limit (SGL) / Group Borrower Limit (GBL) exceeded by the Bank

During the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, the Bank's credit exposure to single borrower and group borrowers was within the prudential exposure limits prescribed by RBI.

D) Unsecured Advances against Intangible Collaterals

During the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, there are no unsecured advances for which intangible securities such as charge over the rights, licenses, authority etc. has been taken as collateral by the Bank.

E) Risk Category wise Country Exposure

The Bank does not have any Risk Category wise country exposure for the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

F) Unhedged Foreign Currency Exposure

During the year ended March 31, 2023, the Bank made provision of ? 6.64 crores (Previous Year ? 0.50 crores) towards un-hedged foreign currency exposure. As on March 31, 2023, the Bank held cumulative provision towards un-hedged foreign currency exposure of ? 7.20 crores (Previous Year ? 0.56 crores). As on March'23, the Bank is required to provide additional Capital of ? 8.87 crores (Previous year ? 4.58 crores) towards borrowers having un-hedged foreign currency exposures in accordance with RBI guidelines.

G) Intra Group Exposures

The Bank did not have any intra group exposure during the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

H) Factoring Exposures

The Bank did not have any factoring exposure during the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

18.9 Employee Benefits

A) Gratuity

The Bank has a defined benefit gratuity plan. Every employee who has completed five years or more of service is eligible for gratuity on departure and it is computed at 15 days salary (last drawn salary) for each completed year of service. The scheme is funded with an insurance company in the form of qualifying insurance policy.

The following tables summarize the components of net benefit expense recognised in the profit and loss account and the funded status and amounts recognised in the balance sheet for the Gratuity plan.

ix) The estimates of future salary increases considered in actuarial valuation, takes account of inflation, seniority and other relevant factors, such as supply and demand in the employment market.

x) The Bank expects to contribute ? 40.00 crores to gratuity fund in 2023-24 (Previous year ended March 31, 2022: ? 20.00 crores).

xi) The overall expected rate of return on assets is determined based on market prices prevailing on that date, applicable to the year over which the obligation is to be settled.

B) Provident Fund

Amount incurred as expense for defined contribution to Provident Fund is ? 141.11 Crore (Previous year ended March 31, 2022 : ? 115.50 Crores)

C) Compensated Absences

The Bank has provided for compensatory leaves which can be availed and not encashed as per policy of the Bank as present value obligation of the benefit at related current service cost measured using the Projected Unit Credit Method on the basis of an actuarial valuation. The Bank has accordingly booked ? 55.55 Crore (Previous Year ? 43.42 Crore) in the books of accounts for the year.

D) The Code on Social Security, 2020

The Code on Social Security 2020 ('the Code') relating to employee benefits, during the employment and postemployment, has received Presidential assent on September 28, 2020. The Code has been published in the Gazette of India. Further, the Ministry of Labour and Employment has released draft rules for the Code on November 13, 2020. The effective date from which the changes are applicable is yet to be notified and rules for quantifying the financial impact are not yet issued. The Bank will assess the impact of the Code and will give appropriate impact in the financial statements in the period in which, the Code becomes effective and the related rules to determine the financial impact are published.

18.10 Segment Reporting A) Segment Identification

Pursuant to the guidelines issued by RBI on AS 17 - Segment Reporting - Enhancement of Disclosures dated April 18, 2007, the following business segments have been reported:

i) Treasury :

Treasury operations include investments in sovereign securities and trading operations. The Treasury segment also includes the central funding unit.

ii) Retail banking :

Includes lending to individuals/small businesses through the branch network and other delivery channels subject to the orientation, nature of product, granularity of the exposure and low value of individual exposure thereof. It also includes liability products, card services, internet banking, mobile banking, ATM services and NRI services. All deposits sourced by branches are classified in retail category.

iii) Corporate/Wholesale Banking:

Includes corporate relationships not included under Retail Banking.

iv) Other Banking Business :

Include para banking activities like third party product distribution and other banking transaction not covered under any of the above three segments.

Income, expenses, assets and liabilities are either specifically identified with individual segments or are allocated to segments on a systematic basis.

The liabilities of the Bank are first used by the units generating the same. Any excess liabilities of the units are pooled to central funding unit (Treasury). Treasury then lends these funds to other units at appropriate rates.

The transfer pricing mechanism of the Bank is periodically reviewed. The segment results are determined based on the transfer pricing mechanism prevailing for the respective reporting periods.

Revenues of the Treasury segment primarily consist of fees and gains or losses from trading operations and interest income on the investment portfolio. The principal expenses of the segment consist of interest expense on funds borrowed from external sources and other internal segments, premises expenses, personnel costs, other direct overheads and allocated expenses.

Revenues of the Corporate/Wholesale Banking segment consist of interest and fees earned on loans given to customers falling under this segment and fees arising from these. Revenues of the Retail Banking segment are derived from interest earned on loans classified under this segment, fees for banking services and ATM interchange fees. Expenses of the Corporate/Wholesale Banking and Retail Banking segments primarily comprise interest expense on deposits and funds borrowed from other internal segments, infrastructure and premises expenses for operating the branch network and other delivery channels, personnel costs, other direct overheads and allocated expenses.

Segment income includes earnings from external customers and from funds transferred to the other segments. Segment result includes revenue as reduced by interest expense and operating expenses and provisions, if any, for that segment. Segment-wise income and expenses include certain allocations. Inter segment interest income and interest expense represent the transfer price received from and paid as per the transfer pricing mechanism presently followed by the Bank.

18.15 Small and Micro Industries

Under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 which came into force from 2nd October, 2006, certain disclosures are required to be made relating to Micro, Small and Medium enterprises. There have been no reported cases of delays in payments to micro and small enterprises or of interest payments due to delays in such payments during the years ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022. The above is based on the information available with the Bank which has been relied upon by the auditors.

18.16 Description of contingent liabilities

a) Claims against the Bank not acknowledged as debts:

These represent claims filed against the Bank in the normal course of business and related to taxation matters which are in dispute and are under appeal.

b) Guarantees given on behalf of constituents:

As a part of its banking activities, the Bank issues guarantees on behalf of its customers to enhance their credit standing. Guarantees represent irrevocable assurances that the Bank will make payments in the event of the customer failing to fulfill its financial or performance obligations.

c) Other items:

Other items represent outstanding amount of estimated amount of contracts remaining to be executed on capital account.

d) Acceptances, endorsements and other obligations:

These includes documentary credit issued by the Bank on behalf of its customers and bills drawn by the Bank's customers that are accepted or endorsed by the Bank.

18.18 Disclosures on Remuneration Qualitative Disclosures

a) Information relating to the composition and mandate of the Remuneration Committee.

The Bank's Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC) oversees the framing, review and implementation of the Compensation Policy on behalf of the Board of Directors. The NRC reviews the policy at least once a year to ensure that the reward design is aligned to industry best practices and is consistent with effective risk management and long term business interests of the Bank. The NRC works in close coordination with the Risk Management Committee of the Bank, to achieve the effective alignment between remuneration and risks.

As on March 31, 2023 the NRC comprises of the following directors.

Mr. Suhail Chander- Chairman Dr. A S Ramasastri Mr. Philip Mathew

The NRC functions with the following main objectives:

(i) To identify persons who are qualified to become directors in accordance with the criteria laid down, recommend to the Board their appointment, re-appointment or removal and to carry out evaluation of every Director's performance;

(ii) To formulate the criteria for determining qualifications, positive attributes and independence of a Director and decide their 'fit & proper' status;

(iii) To oversee the framing, review and

implementation of compensation policy of the Bank and recommend to the Board the overall remuneration philosophy and policy including the level and structure of fixed pay, variable pay, perquisites, bonus pool, stock based remuneration to employees;

(iv) To oversee the framing, implementation and review of the Remuneration of the Whole Time Director (WTDs) /Managing Director (MD)/ Chief Executive Officer (CEOs) as per the RBI Guidelines and Companies Act, 2013. The Committee shall recommend to the Board the remuneration package for the Managing Director & CEO and the other Whole Time Directors - including the level of fixed pay, variable pay, stock based Remuneration and perquisites;

(v) To review the HR strategy and policy including the conduct and ethics of the Bank and review any fundamental changes in the organization structure which could have wide ranging and high risk implications;

(vi) To review and recommend to the Board, the succession policy at the level of Managing Director & CEO, other WTDs, senior management one level below the Board and key roles.

b) Information relating to the design and structure of remuneration processes and the key features and objectives of remuneration policy

Objectives of the Remuneration Policy

The Compensation Policy reflects the Bank's objectives for good corporate governance as well as sustained and long-term value creation for stakeholders. The aims of the Bank's remuneration framework are to:

i) Attract, motivate and retain people with requisite skill, experience and ability to deliver the Bank's strategy;

ii) Create an alignment and balance between the rewards and risk exposure of shareholders and interests of employees;

iii) Link rewards to creation of long term sustainable shareholder value consistent with strategic goals and appropriate risk management; and

iv) Encourage behaviour consistent with the Bank's values and principles.

To achieve the above objectives, the philosophy adopted by the Bank is as follows:

i) Market referenced: offer employees competitive salary, achieved through benchmarking with peer groups.

ii) Making fixed salary the main remuneration component.

iii) Ensure that jobs of similar internal value are grouped and pegged within a range guided by market benchmarked jobs.

iv) Risk factoring: A significant portion of the senior and top management compensation will be variable, of which, for some key roles, part of the variable compensation may be deferred.

v) Focus on 'Total rewards', all aspects of compensation, rewards and well defined benefits, including rewarding work environment and personal development.

vi) The focus will be to ensure that the Bank is competitive in its overall salary offer to its employees without being excessively expensive for the Bank.

The compensation structure for the MD & CEO also mirrors the Bank's philosophy of aligning with the principles of sound compensation practices to ensure:

i) Effective and independent governance of

compensation.

ii) Effective alignment of compensation with prudent risk taking.

iii) Effective supervisory oversight and engagement

by stakeholders.

Design & Structure of Remuneration process

The total compensation is a prudent mix of fixed remuneration and performance-based variable

remuneration

The key remuneration elements are:

1) Fixed Pay

2) Discretionary Performance-based Variable

Remuneration

The Bank ensures that the fixed pay element is reasonable, taking into account the market rates and trends. The fixed pay is reviewed annually using market intelligence provided by a leading global performance/reward consulting and benchmarking firm for financial services industry to ensure that the Bank remains competitive in marketplace and that the Bank is able to attract and retain best talent. The level of fixed pay shall be sufficient enough in order to discourage inappropriate risk-taking.

Performance-based variable remuneration may comprise cash bonus, stock linked instruments, and is awarded by ensuring:

i) an appropriate balance between fixed and performance-based components;

ii) that the fixed component represents a higher proportion of the total remuneration;

iii) that the performance-based component reflects the risk underlying the achieved result;

iv) that a part of the performance-based component may be deferred;

v) that no hedging of deferred shares takes place;

Presently, the bank utilises only two form of performance based variable remuneration, viz.,cash bonus, ESOP, as referred in note no 18.29 is linked to continuous service with the Bank.

The compensation policy of the Bank is reviewed by the NRC and approved by the Board of Directors. The NRC oversees the implementation of the policy and reviews the fixed pay increases, the organizational performance threshold for bonus to be paid, cash bonus and deferred variable remuneration.

c) Description of the ways in which current and future risks are taken into account in the remuneration process

The MD & CEO, employees in the grades of SVPs and above and employees engaged in the functions of Risk Control and Compliance are included in the policy of risk alignment of compensation.

The alignment of compensation to prudent risk taking is ensured through the following:

i) Structure of remuneration is such that a significant part of performance based variable remuneration is deferred.

ii) Performance hurdles includes financial and nonfinancial parameters, ensuring compensation is aligned to both.

iii) Fixed Salary is reasonable and sufficient, thereby discouraging inappropriate risk taking.

iv) Annual Bonus Plan is managed with an independent governance framework.

v) Variable remuneration awards are conditional, discretionary and contingent upon a sustainable and risk-adjusted performance. They are therefore capable of forfeiture or reduction at the Bank's discretion.

vi) For employees included in the policy of risk alignment of compensation, NRC has the discretion to apply malus and clawback - expost risk adjustment, allowing the Bank to adjust previously awarded remuneration to take account of subsequent performance and potential risk outcomes and thus enabling to recoup variable pay in the event of a negative contribution.

Deferral of Variable Pay

To ensure that risk measures are not focused only on the achievement of short term goals, variable payout is deferred, if it exceeds 50% of the fixed pay.

The Bank's compensation policy aims to ensure that both ex-ante estimates and ex-post outcomes of risk affect payoffs; so that one or the other, can better address the various situations or risks.

d) Description of ways in which the Bank seeks to link performance, during a performance measurement period with levels of remuneration.

The Bank has a performance measurement framework in place to assess the achievements of the organization as a whole, its business lines and organizational units as well as individual employees. In order to maximise the incentive to deliver adequate performance and to take into account any risks of the business activities, the Bank seeks to closely link remuneration outcomes with performance

and risk outcomes. Accordingly, the Bank's performance management and compensation philosophy is designed in a manner to help achieve the Bank's business objectives.

The performance management system in the Bank is aligned to the balanced scorecard approach. The goal setting process helps individuals to have clarity on their roles and align their profiles in line with the broad organization strategy. Both quantitative / financial and qualitative / non-financial performance measures are considered. The qualitative or non-financial measures include customer service, adherence to risk and compliance standards, behaviour and values such as accountability, team work, etc., which builds a culture conducive to sustainable business performance.

The performance appraisal process starts with the employee conducting self-appraisal followed by the assessment of the supervisor via appraisal feedback and discussion. For all employees of the Bank, half-yearly appraisal is followed by the annual appraisal. The mid-year feedback process includes feedback on performance and on competencies with an objective of a mid-course review, to help plan and prioritize corrective actions for employees to remain aligned to achievement of their business goals and self-development. The performance appraisal ratings is reviewed/ calibrated by a committee comprising senior leaders.

Individual fixed pay increases and variable remuneration are based on the final performance ratings. In addition, the fixed pay increase is also influenced by an employee's position in the salary range and relevant market salaries. Performance related variable compensation is linked to corporate performance, business performance and individual performance. The performance ratings based bonus distribution matrix is reviewed by the NRC.

Employees engaged in all control functions including Compliance and Risk do not carry business profit targets in their goal sheets and hence are compensated based on their achievement of key result areas as per the balance score card. The aim is to ensure that the remuneration system and outcomes relating to such control functions maintain the independence of the function and Bank's robust risk management framework. Accordingly, for the control functions, the variable pay is conservative to promote prudent risk management behavior and the 'pay mix' is skewed towards fixed pay.

In the case of performance evaluation of the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, factors such as financial performance measures, cost management initiatives, other strategic initiatives, prudential risk and compliance management, recognition and awards to the Bank, etc., is taken into account, which may vary from

year to year depending on the Bank's strategic priorities. Based on the inputs from NRC, the Board reviews the performance and recommends the rate of bonus to be paid, and the increments for the MD & CEO, for regulatory approval in terms of Section 35B of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (B.R. Act, 1949).

e) Bank's policy on deferral and vesting of variable remuneration and bank's policy and criteria for adjusting deferred remuneration before vesting and after vesting.

In terms of RBI guidelines, the Compensation Policy specifically addresses the following categories of employees:

Category I : Managing Director &Chief Executive Officer / Whole Time Directors / Material Risk Takers

Category II : Risk Control and Compliance Staff

Category III: Other Categories of Staff (employees receiving share-linked variable pay)

The following principles are applied for grant and deferral of performance-based variable remuneration for the above categories of employees.

Category I

i) Variable pay shall not exceed 3 (three) times the annual fixed pay for MD & CEO and WTDs.

ii) Variable pay shall not exceed 2.5 (two and half) times the annual fixed pay for MRTs.

iii) At minimum, variable pay shall be equal to the annual fixed pay.

iv) If an executive is barred by regulation/ statute to receive grant of share-linked instruments, the variable pay shall be capped at 1.5 (one and half) times the annual fixed pay, but will be more than 50% of the annual fixed pay

v) If variable pay is up to 2 (two) times the annual fixed pay, then at least 50% of the variable pay shall be in the form of share-linked instruments (i.e. non-cash).

vi) If variable pay is between 2 (two) to 3 (three) times the annual fixed pay, then at least two-thirds of the variable pay shall be in the form of share-linked instruments (i.e. non-cash).

vii) At least 60% of total variable pay shall be deferred including at least 50% of cash-based variable pay. However, in cases where the cash component of variable pay is under ' 25 lakh, the Bank at its discretion, may not necessarily have deferral requirements.

viii) Deferral of cash based variable pay shall be for 3 years on pro-rata yearly basis (annual vesting).

ix) Deferral of share-linked variable pay shall be for 4 years on pro-rata yearly basis (annual vesting).

Category II

a) The mix of Fixed Pay and Variable remuneration will be weighed towards Fixed Pay.

b) Variable pay shall not exceed the annual fixed pay.

c) At least 40% of the variable pay shall be in the

form of share-linked instruments (i.e. non-cash).

d) Deferral of share-linked variable pay shall be for 4 years on pro-rata yearly basis (annual vesting).

e) The compensation will be commensurate to their key role in the Bank.

Category III

a) Variable Remuneration will be as per the NRC approved pay-out levels in terms of grade and role matrix.

b) Variable pay shall not exceed the annual fixed pay.

c) At least 50% of the variable pay shall be in the

form of share-linked instruments (i.e. non-cash).

d) Deferral of share-linked variable pay shall be for 4 years on pro-rata yearly basis (annual vesting).

For the three categories of employees mentioned hereinabove, the awarded performance based variable pay shall be subject to in-year adjustment, malus or clawback as decided by the NRC, in the event of negative contribution of the Bank and / or relevant line of business and in material cases of detrimental conduct of individual or business.

Negative contribution of the Bank and / or relevant line of business is defined as:

Conduct related:

i) If an employee engages in certain detrimental conduct, including mis-selling practices, manipulation of interest rate benchmarks, illegal activity, breach of a fiduciary duty, etc. that causes material financial or reputational harm to the Bank.

ii) If the award was based on a material misrepresentation by the employee.

iii) If there is reasonable evidence of employee malfeasance and breach of integrity inviting disciplinary actions.

iv) Violation of Anti Hedging and Anti Pledging Policy

or Code of Conduct for Prevention of Insider Trading.

Risk related and others:

i) If the awarded performance-based variable pay was granted on a deliberately erroneous foundation or an incorrect decision made due to gross negligence not considered as errors of judgement.

ii) If the employee who is reasonably expected to be aware of the failure, misconduct or weakness in approach that contributed to the failure, improperly or with gross negligence failed to identify, assess, report or escalate in a timely manner.

iii) If the performance, decisions or actions taken leads to the Bank or the relevant business unit suffering a significant material downturn in its financial performance.

iv) If the RBI assessed divergence in the Bank's provisioning for Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) or asset classification exceeds the prescribed threshold for public disclosure, the bank shall not pay the unvested portion of the variable compensation for the assessment year under malus clause. Further, in such a situation, there shall not be any increase in variable pay for the assessment year. In case the bank's post assessment Gross NPAs are less than 2.0%, these restrictions will apply only if the criteria for public disclosure are triggered either on account of divergence in provisioning or both provisioning and asset classification.

v) In the event of a material restatement, correction or amendment of the Bank's financial results for the relevant period.

f) Description of the different forms of variable remuneration

(i.e. cash, shares, ESOPs and other forms) that the bank utilizes and the rationale for using these different forms.

The Bank presently utilizes only one form of variable remuneration, viz., cash bonus, which is linked to corporate performance, business performance and individual performance ensuring differential pay based on the performance. ESOP, as referred in Note 18.29 is linked to continuous service with the Bank.

18.20 Disclosure on Derivatives

(i) Derivatives

The Bank has not entered into any derivative transaction during the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022. Currently Bank is not entering into derivative transactions like Exchange Traded Derivatives, Forward Rate Agreements or Options and Swaps. However, at later stage, Bank may place a separate policy on dealing in derivatives before the Board based on extant regulatory guidelines and internal capabilities, on approval of which derivative transactions may be undertaken.

(ii) Credit default swaps

The Bank has not transacted in credit default swaps during the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022.

b) Marketing and distribution

During the year ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, the Bank has received ? 161.57 crore (Previous Year ? 133.85 crore) in respect of the marketing and distribution function (excluding bancassurance business) undertaken by them.

c) Implementation of IFRS converged Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS)

"The RBI issued a circular in February, 2016 requiring banks to implement Indian Accounting Standards ('Ind AS') and prepare Ind AS financial statements with effect from April 01, 2018. In line with the RBI guidelines on Ind AS implementation, the Bank has formed a Steering Committee comprising members from the concerned functional areas. As advised by the RBI, the Bank has also submitted Proforma Ind AS financial statements every half year to the RBI.

Further, RBI vide its communication dated August 08, 2021, had advised the bank to submit Proforma Ind AS financial statements every quarter.

Further on January 16, 2023 RBI released a discussion paper on the Expected Loss (EL) based approach for loan loss provisioning by banks to formulate a principle based guidelines supplemented by regulatory backstops wherever necessary.

However, the RBI in its press release issued on March 22, 2019 has deferred the applicability of Ind AS till further notice for Scheduled Commercial Banks.

The Bank has made a diagnostic study to identify the gaps, process and system changes required to implement Ind AS and is in the process of implementing necessary changes in its IT system and other processes. The Bank is regularly holding workshops and training for its staff.

18.24 Disclosure on Liquidity Coverage Ratio (a) Qualitative disclosure

The Bank has adopted the Basel III framework on liquidity standards as prescribed by RBI and has put in place requisite systems and processes to enable periodical computation and reporting of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR). The Risk department computes the LCR and reports the same to the Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO) every month for review.

The Bank follows the criteria laid down by RBI for calculation of High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA),gross outflows and inflows within the next 30-day period. HQLA predominantly comprises Government securities in excess of minimum SLR requirement viz. Treasury Bills, Central and State Government securities and excess of minimum cash reserve ratio (CRR).

The Board of Directors has the overall responsibility for management of liquidity risk. The Board at overall level decides the strategy, policies and procedures of the bank to manage liquidity risk in accordance with the liquidity risk tolerance/ limits. The Board has constituted Risk Management Committee, which reports to the Board, and consist of Managing Director and certain other Board members. The Committee is responsible for evaluating the overall risks faced by the bank including liquidity risk.

18.29 Employee Stock Option Scheme (ESOS)

On July 26, 2017 the board of directors approved the Bandhan Bank Employee Stock Option Plan Series 1 for issue of stock options to eligible employees and directors of the Bank.

The Shareholders of the Bank at the meeting held on 23rd November, 2017 has approved the Employee Stock Option Plan Series 1 and the grant of Employee Stock Option to the employees of the Bank. The said approval accords the Board of Directors of the Bank or any Committee including the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, which the Board has constituted, to create, offer, and grant at any time to permanent employees of the Bank, including any Director of the Bank, whether whole-time or otherwise but excluding Promoter(s), Independent Directors and Directors holding directly or indirectly more than 10% of the outstanding equity shares, employee stock options from time to time in one or more tranches.

This plan was framed in accordance with the SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme & Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999 as amended from time to time and as applicable at the time of the grant. The accounting for the stock options has been in accordance with the SEBI (Share Based Employee Benefits) Regulations, 2014 to the extent applicable.

Employee Stock Option Plan Series 1 provides for the issuance of options at the recommendation of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board ('NRC') at the closing price on the working day immediately preceding the date when options are granted. The closing price of the Bank's equity share on an Indian stock exchange with the highest trading volume as of the working day preceding the date of grant set forth by the NRC at the time of grant. The period in which the options may be exercised cannot exceed five years from date of expiry of vesting period. However, if the participant's employment terminates due to retirement (including pursuant to any early/ voluntary retirement scheme), the whole of the unvested options shall vest on the first vesting date relating to the said grant, immediately following the date of superannuation. During the years ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022, no modifications were made to the terms and conditions of ESOPs as approved by the NRC.

18.31 As part of the normal banking business, the Bank grants loans and advances to its borrowers with permission to lend/invest or provide guarantee/security in other entities identified by such borrowers or on the basis of the basis of security/guarantee provided by the co-borrower. Similarly, the Bank may accept funds from its customers, who may instruct the Bank to lend/invest/ provide guarantee or security or the like against such deposit in other entities identified by such customers. These transactions are part of Bank's normal banking business, which is conducted after exercising proper due diligence including adherence to "Know Your Customer" guidelines.

Other than the nature of transactions described above:

• No funds have been advanced or loaned or invested by the Bank to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies) ("Intermediaries") with the understanding that the Intermediary shall lend or invest in party identified by or on behalf of the Bank (Ultimate Beneficiaries).

• The Bank has not received any fund from any party(s) (Funding Party) with the understanding that the Bank shall whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified by or on behalf of the Bank ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.

18.36 Accounting policies have been consistently applied by the Bank except where a newly issued accounting standard is initially adopted or a revision to an existing accounting standard requires a change in the accounting policy hitherto in use. Any circular / direction issued by the RBI is implemented prospectively when it becomes applicable. During the year, the Bank has reassessed the estimated useful life of Motor Vehicles from existing 8 years to 4 years resulting in excess depreciation charge of '1.11 crore to the Profit & Loss Account.

18.37 Previous year figures have been regrouped/reclassified, wherever necessary, to conform to current year classification.