Chennai-headquartered public sector lender Indian Bank on Friday reported a net profit of Rs 514.28 crore for Q3FY21, on the back of asset high-quality improvement and expense management measures. It had incurred net loss of Rs 1,739 crore in the very same quarter final fiscal. On the sequential basis, also, its net profit has enhanced by25%.
Speaking to media persons by means of virtual mode, following releasing the earning overall performance, Indian Bank MD & CEO Padmaja Chunduru mentioned the bank has continued its steady development in each company and profit combined with excellent manage more than asset high-quality. Post the merger of Allahabad into Indian Bank, the gains in terms of CASA, bigger geographic footprint, potential to take greater exposures, economies of scale, are all tangible now.
“Our relentless focus on credit monitoring has yielded results in restricting slippages. Even taking into account unflagged NPAs the position is very much in control. Process changes that the bank has implemented in first two quarters, centralising the processing on both liability and asset side are now yielding results. The bank is investing heavily in IT and digital infra and security controls to ensure a seamless, pleasant banking experience to our customers,” she mentioned.
The bank created drastic improvement in its asset high-quality with gross NPA decreasing 365 bps to 9.04% of gross advances, from 12.69%, y-o-y. On a sequential basis it decreased by 85 bps. Similarly, net NPA came down to 2.35 % from 4.22% with a reduction of 187 bps. On a sequential basis it decreased by 61bps. “Our aim is to keep gross NPA and net NPA below 9% and 3% respectively, going forward,” she mentioned.
Provisions and contingencies for Q3FY21 had been at Rs 2, 585 crore as against Rs 4,555 crore in the corresponding quarter of preceding year. Specific loan loss provisions for Q3FY21 had been at Rs 738 crore, compared to Rs 4, 705 crore in Q3FY20.
Chunduru mentioned bank will have to only restructure 1.6% to 2% of the loan book post-lifting of the moratorium and the collection efficiency throughout December stood at above 90%.
The bank’s total capital adequacy ratio (CRAR) enhanced by 42 bps to 14.06% as on Q3FY21 in comparison to 13.64 % as of Q2FY21 as against regulatory requirement of 10.875%. Tier-I CRAR was at 11.18 % as on Q3FY21 versus 10.74% as on Q2FY21 on sequential basis.
Chunduru mentioned the board of the bank has authorized raising of Rs 4, 000-crore capital and this will be performed to bring down government’s shareholding to 75% from the present 88.06%. The board has also authorized raising of tier 2 capital aggregating up to Rs 3,000 crore by means of issuance of Basel III-compliant AT1 / tier 2 bonds in 1 or more tranches throughout the present or subsequent monetary years primarily based on the requirement. “We don’t need to immediately raise capital, but we are ready with the enabling resolution so that we can do it as and when the market situation is conducive,” she mentioned.
The net interest revenue of the bank rose by 31% to Rs 4, 313 crore from Rs 3, 293 crore even though net interest margin (NIM) enhanced by 42 basis points and stood at 3.13% for Q3FY21 as against 2.71 % for Q3FY20. However, non-interest revenue was decrease at Rs 1,397 crore as against Rs 1,673 crore on account of decrease profit on sale of investment and slowdown in recovery in undesirable debts.