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CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR EXERCISE OF DELEGATED POWERS
Judicious Exercise of Delegated Powers
Compliance of Loan Policy Guidelines, Instructions in the Advances Manual & Loan
Circulars Issued by Head Office from time to time
Infrastructure for proper appraisal of Loan Proposals, disbursement, postdisbursement Supervision & Control over Advances
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CHAPTER 2
DEFINITIONS
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.8
2.9
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
Exposure
Fund Based Secured Limits
Fund Based Unsecured Limits
Powers that can be exercised over and above the Delegated Powers for Single
Borrower
Group Concern
Corporates and Non-Corporates
Real Estate
Third Party Collateral
Definition of Close Relative
CHAPTER 3
CREDIT COMMITTEES AT VARIOUS LEVELS & RESPECTIVE DELEGATED POWERS
Constitution of Credit Committees
Credit Committees at various levels
Sanctioning Authorities and their Delegated Powers for Loans & Advances
Credit Approval Committee (CAC) & Functioning
Head Office Level Credit Committee(HLCC) & Functioning
Regional Office Level Credit Committee(RLCC) & Functioning
Terms & Conditions for exercising Delegated Powers by HLCC-ED & RLCC-RH
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CHAPTER 4
CLEARANCE BY NEW BUSINESS GROUP
4.1
4.2
Background
Constitution of New Business Group
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4.3
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4.4
Functioning of NBG
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4.5
Cut-Off Limit and Coverage of Proposals for Fresh / Additional Credit Facilities for
Expression of Interest from New Business Group (NBG) at Head Office
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5.A.
5.B.
5.C.
CHAPTER 5
EXERCISE OF DELEGATED POWERS
Delegated Powers related to Sanctions
Delegated Powers related to Group Borrowers
Delegated Powers related to Margin
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5.E.
5.F.
5.G.
6.1
6.2
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6
7.7
7.8
7.9
7.10
7.11
7.12
CONTENTS
Delegated Powers under Thrust, General AND Restricted Industries/Sectors
Delegated Powers related to Security
Delegated Powers related to Operational Aspects
Delegated Powers related to SMA and NPA
CHAPTER 6
DELEGATED POWERS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF CONSTITUENT BORROWERS
Exposure Limits to Various Types of Constituent Borrowers
Advances to Trust
CHAPTER 7
DELEGATED POWERS FOR SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES / SEGMENTS / CATEGORY
Infrastructure Finance
Financing of Software /IT Enterprises/Call Centres
Finance to Gems, Diamonds and Jewellery Sector
Delegated Powers under Commercial Real Estate
Finance to Ship Breaking Industry
Finance to Non-Banking Finance Companies & Residuary Non-Banking Companies
(RNBC)
Finance to Capital Market
Financing Film Industry
Financing to Non-Conventional Energy Sector
Financing PSU Disinvestments
Financing Under Schematic Lending
Delegated Powers for Granting Finance for Acquisition of Equity in Overseas
Companies
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CHAPTER 8
GUIDELINES FOR EXERCISE OF DELEGATED POWERS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF FACILITIES
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8.1
Delegated Powers for Term Loans
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8.2
Delegated Powers for Unsecured Short Term Loan
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8.3
Delegated Powers for Corporate Loan Scheme
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8.4
Delegated Powers for Open Term Loan
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8.5
Delegated Powers For Composition Of CC(H) And WCDL
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8.6
Delegated Powers for Pledge
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8.7
Advance against Supply Bills
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8.8
Delegated Powers for Booking of Foreign Exchange Forward Contracts
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8.9
Delegated Powers for Clean Overdrafts Facility
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8.10 Number of Permitted Clean Overdraft Accounts per Branch
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8.11 Delegated Powers for Purchase of Third Party Cheques
Occasional Cheque Purchase and Withdrawal against Uncleared Instruments /
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8.12
Cheques in Case of Non Borrowal Accounts
Delegated Powers for Advances against Pay Orders, Bank Drafts, Govt Cheques
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8.13
(Except Pay Orders or Drafts of Cooperative Banks)
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8.14 Delegated Powers for Opening Standby LC (SBLC)
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8.15 Delegated Powers for Line of Credit
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8.17
8.18
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8.28
8.20
8.19
8.20
8.21
8.22
8.23
8.24
8.25
8.26
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CHAPTER 9
GRANTING OF ADHOC, OVER LIMIT, OCCASIONAL CHEQUE PURCHASE & WITHDRAWAL
AGAINST UNCLEARED INSTRUMENTS / CHEQUES IN BORROWAL ACCOUNTS
Delegated Powers for granting of Adhoc Limits, Over Limit, Occasional Cheque
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9.1
Purchase & Withdrawal Against Uncleared Instruments / Cheques
General Guidelines for granting of Adhoc Limits, Over Limit, Occasional Cheque
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9.2
Purchase & Withdrawal Against Uncleared Instruments / Cheques
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9.3
Adhoc Limits to Exporters
CHAPTER 10
DELEGATED POWERS FOR CONCESSIONS IN RATE OF INTEREST
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10.2
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10.3
10.4
10.5
10.6
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CHAPTER 11
DELEGATED POWERS FOR OTHER CONCESSIONS
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11.2
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11.4
11.5
11.6
11.7
11.8
11.9
11.10
11.11
11.12
CONTENTS
Delegated Powers of Functionaries at Regional office to allow Concession in Service
Charges
General Guidelines for Permitting Concessions
Monitoring
Reporting System
Prepayment Penalty in Case of Term Loans / Demand Loans
Waiver of Insurance
Refund (In Part/Full) of Excess Interest/Penal Interest/Service Charges
Delegated Powers for Permitting Recovery of Commission on Guarantees on Annual
Basis
Delegated Powers for Relaxation / Waiver of ECGC Premium To Be Borne By The
Borrower For The Whole Turnover Packing Credit Guarantee (WTPCG)
Waiver of Registration Clause In Case Of Advance against Supply Bills
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CHAPTER 12
DELEGATED POWERS FOR SHORT/LIMITED REVIEW
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CHAPTER 13
DELEGATED POWERS IN CASE OF MULTIPLE / CONSORTIUM ARRANGEMENT
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13.3
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CHAPTER 14
DELEGATED POWERS FOR ISSUANCE OF NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATES
15.1
15.2
15.3
15.4
15.5
15.6
15.7
15.8
15.9
15.10
15.11
15.12
15.13
15.14
CHAPTER 15
DELEGATED POWERS IN CASE OF TAKEOVER OF ACCOUNTS
Nature of Borrowal Account to Be Transferred From Other Bank to Our Bank
General Guidelines
Credit Report of Borrowal Accounts to be transferred from Other Banks
Minimum Entry Level Internal Credit Rating of the Borrowal Accounts to Be
Transferred From Other Banks to Our Bank
Delegated Authority for Takeover of Borrowal Accounts
Authority to Permit Deviation for Takeover Of Borrowal Accounts
Authority for Enhancement in Credit Limits For Takeover of Borrowal Accounts
Delegated Authority for Relaxation in Benchmark Financial Ratio For Takeover
Accounts
Reporting of Takeover Borrowal Accounts
Periodic Review/ Monitoring Of Takeover Borrowal Accounts
Loan Review of Takeover Borrowal Accounts under Loan Review Mechanism
Other Due Diligence To Be Undertaken For Takeover Accounts
Other Operative Guidelines
Transfer of Borrowal Accounts from our Bank to other Bank/FIs
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CONTENTS
16.1
16.2
16.3
16.4
16.5
16.6
16.7
16.8
16.9
CHAPTER 16
REHABILITATION / RESTRUCTURING OF ACCOUNT
Delegated Powers for Restructuring (At Existing Level of Sanctioned Exposure or
Restructuring with Additional Exposure) of the Borrowal Accounts
Monitoring Period
Delegated Powers for granting of Enhancement/ Additional /Adhoc facilities in
Restructured Accounts-within the Monitoring Period
\Delegated Powers for Granting of Enhancement/ Additional /Adhoc facilities in
Restructured Accounts-after the Monitoring Period
Sanction of Credit Facilities to the Borrowers whose Group Accounts have been
Restructured by Our Bank
Delegated Powers for Permitting Revision in DCCO (Not Amounting to Restructuring)
Extending Banks Commitment to Rehabilitation Package by the Lead Bank or by the
Financial Institutions
Corporate Debt Restructuring (CDR)
Sanction / Takeover of Rescheduled / Restructured Accounts Involving Restructuring
of Dues by State Electricity Boards/Banks/FIs
CHAPTER 17
DELEGATED POWERS FOR PERMITTING HOLDING ON OPERATIONS
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CHAPTER 18
LOANS & ADVANCES TO STAFF/ RELATIVES (INCLUDING CLOSE RELATIVES) OF STAFF
MEMBERS
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18.1 Delegated Powers For Considering Credit Facilities To Relatives Of Staff Members
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18.2 Granting Loans And Advances To Directors Or Relatives Of Directors
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18.3
Loans To Relatives Of Staff Members
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18.6 Loans to Staff Members
CHAPTER 19
LARGE CORPORATE BRANCHES (LCBS): DELEGATION OF POWERS
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CHAPTER 20
CONVERSION FROM PRE-SHIPMENT FACILITY TO POST-SHIPMENT FACILITY
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CHAPTER 21
APPROVAL OF NEW SCHEMES / FORMATS / DELEGATION RELATED ISSUES
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CHAPTER 22
DELEGATED POWER FOR PERMITTING SWITCHOVER FROM PLR TO BASE RATE
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CHAPTER 23
COMPLIANCE / FLEXIBILITY / DEVIATIONS / EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LAID DOWN POLICY
GUIDELINES
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23.1 Monitoring of Deviations
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23.2 Relaxation In Benchmark Ratios (Other Than Takeover Accounts)
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR EXERCISE OF DELEGATED POWERS
1.1.
To have a well-balanced and diversified loan portfolio covering various sectors of the
economy and different industries / sectors.
Achievement of targets given by the Government of India / Reserve Bank of India / Head
Office for Priority Sector and Sub Sectors with special emphasis on flow of credit towards
various segments i.e. Agriculture, Small and Micro Enterprises, Weaker section, Retail
Credit Schemes and Housing Finance to Individuals.
To enlarge client base of Corporate, Mid-Corporate and SME Segments through marketing
of quality loan assets.
To ensure timely and adequate flow of credit to meet the genuine needs of existing and
prospective borrowers, by ensuring quick and prompt credit decision making by reducing
response time.
1.2.
Sanction of credit limits shall be strictly governed by the Banks existing Loan Policy,
standardized terms & conditions, guidelines laid down in the Advances Manual, circulars
issued by the Head Office and any other conditions as are necessary for sanction of a
particular limit. Proper documentation is to be completed and all Terms & Conditions of
sanction should be complied with before disbursement of any advance.
Delegated powers will be exercised by the delegatees judiciously, with due care and in
good faith, having regard to the duties entrusted to him/ her or to the responsibilities
devolving on him/her. The guiding rule should be that Delegated Powers would be
exercised not merely in letter but also in spirit. In exercising the authority, the delegatee will
comply with the general/ specific instructions and guidelines prescribed by the Head Office
/ RBI / other controlling authority from time to time.
In the exercise of Delegated powers it should be ensured that the credit requirements of the
borrower are assessed in relation to the borrowers business-needs and no attempt should
be made to reduce or underplay the credit requirement or increase the Rate of Interest or
margin solely to bring the proposed limits within ones Delegated Powers. Similarly,
attempts to deliberately add some clause or conditions or waivers or increase the amount
of proposed credit limit solely with the purpose of referring the proposal to higher authorities
should be avoided.
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Accordingly, the Field Functionaries and/or Credit Committees would take the credit
decision at their level and only the deviation be referred to the competent authority for
necessary approval with proper justification.
Wherever Specific Guidelines have been provided, the same shall supersede the General
Guidelines. In case of any doubt, clarifications from the next higher authority (ies) should be
sought rather than making own interpretations.
Sanctioning authority will exercise his / her Delegated powers only after regular loan
proposals are compiled, limits properly assessed and duly recommended atleast by one
officer of the bank other than the sanctioning authority. However, in case of one - man
(Officer) branch, this stipulation would not be applicable.
Proposals which prima facie do not fall within ones Delegated powers should not be
entertained in part. While considering sanction of term loan, the proposed term loan limit
along with the future working capital requirements should be considered in totality by Field
Functionaries while determining the exposure for the purpose of Delegated Powers. This
shall be the case even if working capital limits are not envisaged to be released
immediately but on completion of project.(Detailed guidelines in Chapter-8)
Submitting proposals to higher authorities and simultaneously releasing part limits within
ones own Delegated powers should not be done. The loan proposals should be considered
in totality.
As a matter of policy, the sanction of adhoc limit / temporary enhancement shall be kept to
the bare minimum, to be allowed only where circumstances / business considerations
warrant. Adhoc facility / temporary enhancement must be allowed strictly within the
Delegated powers vested with the concerned functionary. The Adhoc facility should be
allowed selectively and not as a matter of routine / throughout the year. The policy
guidelines with respect to exercise of Delegated powers for sanction of adhoc limits are
detailed in Chapter 9 of this booklet and shall be strictly adhered to while considering/
sanctioning any adhoc facility.
Management appraisal of the borrower should be done and updated every year.
While renewing the credit facilities, although the past track record of the borrower or the
length of his association should be one of the considerations, the status of the customer
should be more critically analyzed.
Due to old relationships with the borrower, alert supervision of the accounts should not be
given a go-by. In other words, long relationship with a borrower should not be given undue
weightage. No laxity be observed in obtaining monitoring statements like stock statements,
stock verification, stock audit, QIS, Monitoring Officers report even in case of borrower
having satisfactory dealings with the bank for a long time. Supervision and follow-up in
such accounts should be rather more than required to avoid sudden slippages.
A clause should be incorporated in the sanction to the effect that the borrower would
require NOC from the Bank for opening of current account or availing credit facilities from
other banks/Financial institutions for further expansion, taking up new activities, setting up
or investing in a subsidiary (whether in the same business line or unrelated business) .
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Assessment of credit requirements be worked out as detailed in Loan Policy and suitable
sub limits e.g. against UBD, FUDBP, LC on DA basis, LC for capital goods etc. be fixed,
wherever required, keeping in view the genuineness of credit requirements of the
constituents.
While exercising powers, it may be ensured that proper mix of pre and post sales limits are
considered.
If a higher authority has declined a proposal, the lower delegatee cannot exercise his
Delegated powers in that particular case without the permission of the higher authority in
writing. Proposals rejected/declined by higher authorities should not be entertained at lower
levels even if such sanctions fall within lower level functionarys Delegated powers.
1.3.
It shall be ensured by the Regional Heads that adequate infrastructure exists for proper
appraisal of loan proposals, disbursement, post-disbursement supervision and control over
advances both at Branches and Regional Offices.
Branch Incumbents and Regional Heads shall make available copies of the Loan Policy as
well as Delegation of Powers Chart along-with detailed guidelines to all concerned persons
handling credit proposals in branches and Regional Offices for prudent exercise of
Delegated powers. The Advances Manuals, Policies and Circulars issued by various
departments are uploaded on OBCWEB and references be made to these for an informed
processing and decision making.
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CHAPTER 2
DEFINITIONS
Unless there is anything repugnant in context or otherwise, the terms referred in this circular
for the purpose of exercising Delegated Powers, would mean as under:
2.1.
EXPOSURE
Exposure shall include Credit exposure (Funded and Non-Funded Credit Limits), credit
equivalent of Forward Contract Limit to the extent of 5% of the Forward Contract Limit and
investment exposure (including underwriting and similar commitments). The sanctioned limits
or outstanding, whichever are higher, shall be reckoned for arriving at the exposure
limits in case of Working Capital Limits. However, in case of fully drawn term loans, where
there is no scope for re-drawal of any portion of the sanctioned limit, outstanding shall
be reckoned as the Credit Exposure. In case of partly drawn term loans, the exposure shall be
taken as outstanding + undrawn portion.
(This definition of Exposure is applicable only for the purpose of exercise of Delegated
Powers. For the purpose of classification of assets in the Banks Balance sheet /
Exposure Norms, the definition of Exposure shall be as per RBI Guidelines.)
2.2.
The following facilities shall be considered as Fund Based Secured Limits for the purpose of
exercise of Delegated Powers (for all Delegatees):
Hypothecation of Stock and/ or Book Debts, Plant & Machinery, Movable Assets
Loans secured by Mortgage of Land & Building, Immovable Assets
Pledge of stocks
Pledge/Assignment of Banks own Deposit, NSC, LIP, Warehousing Receipts, Relief
Bonds, Shares, Units of Mutual Funds
Demand documentary bills accompanied with RRs / TRs of the approved transport
operators
Packing credit for Export secured by stock
FDBP/FUDBP against orders/Letter of Credit
UBD/UDBP /Documentary Usance Bills backed by Inland Letter of Credit/Accepted
Hundies arising out of genuine trade transactions
Pledge of Hire purchase/ leasing documents
Advance against bills for collection / supply bills
Advance against duty drawback/ Undrawn Balances /Cash incentives (to be allowed at
branches authorized for foreign exchange business)
Purchase of cheques drawn by Govt. Departments.
Hypothecation of Trust Receipts
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Advance against bills in the course of collection ( Post shipment Loan)- To be allowed at
branches authorized for Foreign Exchange Business)
(This definition of Unsecured Limits is applicable only for the purpose of exercise of
Delegated Powers. For the purpose of classification of assets in the Banks Balance
sheet / Exposure Norms, the definition of Unsecured Exposure shall be as per RBI
Guidelines.)
2.3.
The following facilities shall be considered as Fund Based Unsecured Limits for the purpose of
exercise of Delegated Powers:
Third Party Cheque Purchase except purchase of cheques drawn by Govt. Departments
which shall be considered as secured.
Withdrawal against Uncleared Effects
Clean Overdraft
In case of credit facilities (Fund Based and/or Non Fund Based), where no charge is
available on tangible security (movable or immovable), the facility shall be treated as
unsecured and shall be sanctioned at Head Office by HLCC-ED/CAC /MCB within their
respective Delegated Powers.
Notwithstanding any facility being defined as Secured / Unsecured, Restricted Powers
shall be exercised in respect of:
Clean Overdraft Facility
Bank Guarantee to Stock Brokers
Advance against Shares
Commercial Real Estate
Retail Credit(As per Scheme)
Agriculture & Priority Sector Advances
2.4.
The powers in respect of the following credit facilities can be exercised over and above the
Delegated Powers as per the Appendix-A.
Advance to self / third parties against Banks own Deposits, NRE/ FCNR(B)/ NRNR
deposits , RFC deposits
Purchase of Govt. cheques, Pay Orders, bank draft issued by Scheduled Commercial
Banks (except pay orders or drafts of Cooperative banks)
Advances against Government Securities like NSC, LIP (Except those covered under
retail schemes)
Bills co-accepted by other banks under IDBI/ICICI schemes for sale of self-manufactured
goods
Advance against Relief Bonds (all series) issued by GOI
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Opening of LCs and issue of Bank Guarantee covered by 100% up-front cash margin
Ad-hoc Limits in case of own sanction and limits sanctioned by lower/higher authority for
all categories of borrowers.
Over Limits in case of own sanction and limits sanctioned by lower/higher authority for all
categories of borrowers.
Occasional Cheque Purchase and Withdrawal against Uncleared Instruments / Cheques
Retail personal loans viz Housing loans, Vehicle loan, Education loan and Personal loan
(Non Commercial purpose)
2.5.
GROUP CONCERN
2.5.1. The following shall be the criteria for determining the existence of a group:
a)
The group to which a particular borrowing unit belongs, shall, be decided by the
Sanctioning Authority on the basis of the relevant information available, the guiding
principle being commonality of management and effective control.
b) In the case of a split in the group, if the split is formalized, the splinter groups will be
regarded as separate groups.
c) If bank has doubt about the bona fides of the split, a reference may be made to RBI for its
final view in the matter to preclude the possibility of a split being engineered in order to
prevent coverage under the Group Approach.
d) If Field Functionary finds that two firms/ companies/ entities are suspected to be
connected but are not covered under the definition, specific instructions be invariably
obtained from General Manager (Risk Management), before making any interpretation.
2.5.2. The Group/Allied/Sister Concern shall include the following:
a) Two concerns having one or more common proprietors/partner(s); or
b) The proprietor/partner of a firm being director in a Private / Public Ltd. Company and viceversa; or
c) Any of the directors of the Private Limited Company is the director of another private
limited company; or
d) A Limited Company is subsidiary of another Limited Company within the meaning of The
Companies Act , 1956; or
e) A Limited Company is closely held Company with substantial interest i.e. more than 20%
of the equity share capital of the company is owned by the other concern(s); or
f) The member of an HUF is a proprietor/partner of a concern or director of a private limited
company.
Note1: Professional directors on the Board shall be excluded for the purpose of the
concept of the Group.
Note2: In so far as public sector undertakings are concerned, only single borrower
exposure limit would be applicable.
a) The facilities sanctioned to the guarantor(s) shall be taken into account for the purpose of
exposure per group. However, the two concerns shall not be termed as
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REAL ESTATE
Real Estate is defined as an immovable asset - land (earth space) and the permanently
attached improvements to it.
Commercial Real Estate (CRE)/ Income-Producing Real Estate (IPRE)
Commercial Real Estate refers to a method of providing funding to Real Estate (such as, office
buildings to let, retail space, multifamily residential buildings, industrial or warehouse space,
and hotels) where the prospects for repayment and recovery on the exposure depend primarily
on the cash flows generated by the asset. The primary source of these cash flows would
generally be the lease or rental payments or the sale of the asset. The borrower may be, but
is not required to be, an SPE (Special Purpose Entity), an operating company focused on real
estate construction or holdings, or an operating company with sources of revenue other than
real estate.
The distinguishing characteristic of CRE versus other corporate exposures that are
collateralized by real estate is the strong positive correlation between the prospects for
repayment of the exposure and the prospects for recovery in the event of default, with both
depending primarily on the cash flows generated by a property.
From the definition of CRE given above, it may be seen that for an exposure to be classified as
IPRE/CRE, the essential feature would be that:
the funding will result in the creation / acquisition of real estate (such as, office buildings to
let, retail space, multifamily residential buildings, industrial or warehouse space, and hotels)
where the prospects for repayment would depend primarily on the cash flows generated by
the asset. The primary source of cash flow (i.e. more than 50% of cash flows) for
repayment would generally be lease or rental payments or the sale of the assets as also for
recovery in the event of default where such asset is taken as security.
The prospect of recovery in the event of default would also depend primarily on the cash
flows generated from such funded asset which is taken as security, as would generally be
the case.
These guidelines will also be applicable to certain cases where the exposure may not be
directly linked to the creation or acquisition of CRE but the repayment would come from the
cash flows generated by CRE. For example,
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exposures taken against existing commercial real estate whose prospects of repayments
primarily depend on rental/ sale proceeds of the real estate should be classified as CRE.
other such cases may include: extension of guarantees on behalf of companies engaged
in commercial real estate activities,
exposures on account of derivative transactions undertaken with real estate companies,
corporate loans extended to real estate companies and investment made in the equity
and debt instruments of real estate companies,
if the repayment primarily depends on other factors such as operating profit from
business operations, quality of goods and services, tourist arrivals, the exposure would
not be counted as Commercial Real Estate.
For further clarification on classification of account as CRE, reference may be made to RBI
circular RBI Circular DBOD.BP.BC.No. 42 / 08.12.015/ 2009-10 dated September 9, 2009 and
guidelines issued by HO/ RBI from time to time.
2.7.
The obtention of Immovable Collateral security belonging to the following shall not be treated
as Third party collateral:
Credit facilities sanctioned to
Proprietorship concern
Partnership Concern
Private Limited Company
Limited Company
2.8.
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CHAPTER 3
CREDIT COMMITTEES AT VARIOUS LEVELS & RESPECTIVE DELEGATED POWERS
3.1.
In terms of guidelines issued by RBI on the Risk Management Systems in October 1999 as
also in its guidance note on Credit Risk Management, issued in March, 2002 enumerating
essential dimensions for effective Credit Risk Management, the Board of Directors vide
item C-1 dated 21.10.2005, had approved the constitution of Credit Grids at Regional
Offices and Head Office.
Credit Grids are in the nature of a Committee constituted for screening all proposals falling
within the Delegated powers of Credit Committees, which are to be mandatorily routed
through the Credit Grids. Responsibilities and Tasks of Credit Grids include:
Evaluation of credit proposals from all perspectives.
Evaluation of revenue potential of the account vis--vis risks involved.
Giving suggestions as to Risk mitigating measures, if any.
Recommending the proposal to the sanctioning authority.
The Credit Grid should evaluate all the proposals in line with the Banks Loan and Risk
Management Policy guidelines issued from time to time and should submit their
observations/ recommendations to the sanctioning authority.
Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Dept. of Financial Services vide letter dated
3rd April 2012 has advised all Nationalised Banks for setting up of Credit Committees at the
Corporate, Regional and Zonal level in Nationalised Banks.
In view of the foregoing, the constitution of Credit Committees at Head Office Level and
Regional Office Level was approved by Board of Directors in the meeting held on
30.04.2012 vide agenda item No. 71.
As the Credit Committee at Regional Office Level (RLCC) has been constituted, and the
same factors in the spirit behind RBI guidelines for establishing a Credit Grid, such Grid is
not to be formed at Regional Office level.
3.2.
The various Credit Committees at Head Office and Regional Office Level are as under:
i. Head Office Level Credit Committees
Management Committee of Board (MCB) headed by Chairman & Managing Director.
Credit Approval Committee (CAC) headed by Chairman & Managing Director.
Head Office Level Credit Committee (HLCC) headed by Executive Director.
ii. Regional Office Level Credit Committees
Regional Office Level Credit Committee (RLCC) headed by Regional Head
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3.3.
The Sanctioning Authority and their respective delegated powers for sanctioning of credit
proposals are as follows:
(Amount in ` Crore)
Delegated
powers
Sanctioning
SN
Single Borrower
Authority
Group
1.
2.
3.
4.
4.1
4.2
4.3
5.
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
MCB
CAC
HLCC-ED
RLCC-RH
RLCC-RH-GM
RLCC-RH-DGM
RLCC-RH-AGM
Branch
Incumbent (BI)
BI-GM
BI-DGM
BI-AGM
BI-CM
BI-Scale-III
BI-Scale-II
BI-Scale-I
Full Power#
250*
75
Full Power#
Full Power#
150
35
20
10
50
30
15
25
15
7.5
2.5
1
0.25
0.15
40
25
10
2.5
1
0.25
0.15
The Delegated Powers of the functionaries have been defined based on the following:
Fund Based Secured and Unsecured Nature of advances
Non Fund Based facilities
Sector/industries specific restrictions
Branch Incumbents and RLCC-RH can consider sanction of the credit proposals (New,
enhancement, additional, adhoc facilities) of the borrowers having Internal Credit Risk
Rating upto OBC 6 (i.e., OBC 1 to OBC 6). The credit proposals of the borrowers having
Internal Credit Risk Rating below OBC 6(i.e., OBC 7, 8, 9 and 10) shall be considered by
next sanctioning authority. In cases where External Credit Rating of the borrower is C and
D, the powers for sanction of fresh and additional facility shall be vested with next
sanctioning authority.
As it is Renewal (without enhancement and additional facilities) of the credit facilities shall
be undertaken by the respective sanctioning authority within their delegated powers
irrespective of Internal and External Credit Risk Rating of the borrower.
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The Delegated Powers of the sanctioning authorities for Schematic / Retail loan shall be as
per the respective scheme.
3.4. CREDIT APPROVAL COMMITTEE (CAC) & FUNCTIONING
Credit Approval Committee (CAC) headed by CMD has been constituted along with its
functioning & reporting etc. as follows:
SN
1
2
Particulars
Committee Details
Name of the
Credit Approval Committee (CAC) headed by Chairman and Managing
Committee
Director.
Composition of
Chairman and Managing Director
the Committee
Executive Director-1
Executive Director-2
General Manager in-charge of the Large Corporate Credit
General Manager in-charge of the Mid Corporate Credit
General Manager in-charge of the Priority Sector Credit
General Manager in-charge of Accounts/CFO
General Manager in-charge of Risk Management
General Manager in-charge of Credit Monitoring
General Manager in-charge of Recovery & Law
General Manager in-charge of Inspection & Control
Mandatory
Members
Quorum
Delegation of
Power
Delegated Powers
Full Powers#
`250 Crore*
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SN
Particulars
Arranging
Meetings,
Recording of
Minutes
Prior screening
by independent
Credit Grid
Committee Details
The powers delegated to CAC for Loan Compromise / Writeoff proposals are subject to the following:
Particulars
Delegated Powers
Loan Compromise / Write-off Proposal
`4 Crores
Sacrifice Amount*
*Sacrifice Amount shall be calculated as per modular approach of
the Recovery Policy of the Bank. Sacrifice Amount includes both
Principal as well as recorded Interest.
The Board Secretariat has to organize all necessary functions such as
arranging meeting of CAC, recording minutes of the meeting, placing
the minutes before the Board etc. as applicable to MCB.
An independent Credit Grid for CAC has to first screen and
recommend all credit proposals to be considered by the Credit
Approval Committee.
The Credit Grid shall consist of following members:
Deputy General Manager (Large Corporate Credit) Convenor &
Member Secretary for Large Corporate Credit proposals.
Deputy General Manager (Mid Corporate Credit) Convenor &
Member Secretary for Mid Corporate Credit proposals.
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Priority
Sector) Convenor & Member Secretary for Priority Sector Credit
proposals.
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Risk
Management)
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Credit
Monitoring)
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Recovery)
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Inspection &
Control)
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Retail Credit)
Mandatory Members: The mandatory members of the Grid shall be
Convenor & Member Secretary for respective Credit Proposals
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Risk
Management)
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Credit
Monitoring) or in their absence DGM / AGM (Recovery)
Note: In the absence of any of the DGMs of any of the function, the
AGM shall be the member of the Grid.
Quorum of the Grid: The quorum of the Grid shall be four members
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SN
7
8
9
Particulars
Committee Details
including mandatory members.
Placing,
The presentation of credit proposals to CAC for consideration and
Appraising
& approval shall be undertaken by the respective Convenor and Member
Recommending Secretary of the Credit Grid.
of
the
Proposals
to
the Committee
Reporting
of The minutes of the CAC are to be placed before the Board in the next
Minutes
meeting.
Reconstitution
The CMD has been empowered to constitute and reconstitute the
of Credit Grid
Credit Grid from time to time.
10 Other
Conditions
3.5.
In addition to the MCB and CAC, Head Office Level Credit Committee (HLCC) headed by
Executive Director as per MOF guidelines has been constituted with Composition,
Delegated Powers, functioning & reporting etc. as follows:
SN
1
2
Particulars
Committee Details
Name of the Head Office Level Credit Committee headed by Executive Director
Committee
(HLCC ED)
Composition of
Executive Directors
the Committee
General Manager (Respective Credit Verticals)
General Manager (Recovery)
General Manager (Accounts)
General Manager (Credit Monitoring)
General Manager (Risk Management)
General Manager (Inspection & Control)
Mandatory
Members
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SN
Particulars
Committee Details
General Manager (Risk Management)
4
5
6
7
Periodicity
of
the Meeting
Arranging
Meetings,
Recording
of
Minutes
Prior screening
by independent
Credit Grid
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SN
Particulars
Committee Details
Management)
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Credit
Monitoring)
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager (Inspection &
Control)
Asstt. General Manager/ Chief Manager (Retail Credit)
Mandatory Members: The mandatory members of the Grid are:
Convenor & Member Secretary for respective Credit Proposals /
Loan Compromise & Write-Off Proposals
Deputy General Manager / Asstt. General Manager
(Risk
Management)
Quorum of the Grid: The quorum of the Grid is five members
including mandatory members.
10
11
12
Placing,
Appraising
&
Recommending
of the Proposals
to
the
Committee
Reporting
of
Minutes
Reporting
of
Sanctions
Reconstitution
of HLCC ED
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The CMD shall be empowered to constitute and reconstitute the
HLCC ED/Credit Grid.
In view of the same, Regional Office Level Credit Committee (RLCC) headed by Regional
Head be constituted as per MOF guidelines with Composition, Delegated Powers,
functioning & reporting etc. as follows:
SN
Particulars
Committee Details
1 Name of the Regional Office Level Credit Committee headed by Regional Head
Committee
(RLCC RH)
2 Composition of Regional Head - Head of Committee
the Committee
Second Man at RO
In-Charge of Credit Deptt. at RO
In-Charge of Risk Deptt. at RO*
In-Charge of Credit Monitoring Dept. / Planning Deptt. at RO
In-Charge of Recovery Deptt. at RO
* The alternate member for Officer in-charge of Risk Deptt. shall be
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SN
3
Particulars
Committee Details
Officer in-charge of Credit Monitoring at RO.
Regional Head - Head of Committee
For Credit Proposals:
In-Charge of Credit Dept. at RO
In-Charge of Risk Dept. at RO*
Mandatory
Members
Quorum
Delegation
Powers
sanctioning
Credit
Proposals
6
7
Periodicity
the Meeting
Arranging
Meetings,
Recording
Minutes
of
AGM
0.25
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SN
Particulars
Committee Details
8 Prior screening As the Credit Committee at Regional Office Level (RLCC) has been
by independent constituted, and the same factors in the spirit behind RBI guidelines
Credit Grid
for establishing a Credit Grid, such Grid is not to be formed at RO
level.
9 Placing,
The presentation of credit proposals / Loan Compromise & Write-Off
Appraising
& Proposals to RLCC RH for approval shall be undertaken by
Recommending respective Officer of Credit Deptt. / Officer of Recovery Deptt.
of the Proposals
to
the
Committee
10 Reporting
of The minutes of the meetings of the RLCC RH shall be sent by
Minutes to
Regional Office to respective departments at HO i.e. Credit or
Recovery Department and these respective departments shall place
these minutes before HLCC ED of respective Credit verticals for
reporting in the next meeting.
11 Reporting
of The proposals sanctioned by RLCC RH shall be placed to the
Sanctions to
authority as per the chart below:
Proposals sanctioned by RLCC RH headed
Particulars
GM
DGM
AGM
GM (Credit
GM (Credit
Reporting of HLCC ED
Monitoring)
at
Monitoring)
Sanctions to
of respective
HO
at HO
Credit
verticals*
* Reporting by Credit Monitoring Deptt.
12 Reconstitution
The CMD is empowered to constitute and reconstitute from time to
of RLCC RH
time the RLCC RH including induction of Branch Head of
Specialized branches.
3.7.
a) All the Delegated Powers for various purposes related to Loans and Advances which were
hitherto delegated by the Board of Directors to the respective functionaries viz. CMD, ED /
CGM/GM (Large Corporate Credit), other General Managers at HO and Regional Head
shall now vest with CAC, HLCC ED and RLCC RH respectively.
b) The existing powers vested in Branch Incumbents shall continue as before.
c) The proposals beyond the powers delegated to HLCC ED shall be placed before the
Credit Approval Committee or MCB as per Delegated Power guidelines.
d) Credit proposals which are not disposed off within the prescribed time limit by Branch
Incumbents shall be reported to Regional Level Credit Committee (RLCC-RH).
e) These Committees shall also review the pending proposals and expedite actions.
f) The decision of these Committees shall be unanimous. In case unanimous decision cannot
be arrived at, reasons of disagreement and the basis of the decision shall be specifically
mentioned in the minutes.
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g) In respect of Loan compromise/ Write off proposals, the terms and conditions mentioned in
Recovery policy shall be applicable while exercising powers delegated to these
Committees.
h) The RLCC-RH is delegated authority only for sanction of Credit proposals/ Loan
Compromise & Write off Proposals falling under the powers of RLCC-RH. The following
matters need not be routed through RLCC-RH:
Recommendations of Regional Office in respect of Credit proposals/ Loan
compromise & Write-Off proposals under the powers of Head Office.
New Business Group (NBG) proposals for Expression of Interest approval.
Other proposals such as concession in Rate of Interest / Margin/ Service Charges
and other amendments / routine matters falling under the powers of Head Office.
and the above are to be recommended by the Regional Heads.
i) It should be ensured that the Turn Around Time (TAT) for sanction and disbursement of
credit proposals is brought down to the minimum while ensuring compliances of Systems/
Procedures as per laid down policy guidelines of the Bank.
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CHAPTER 4
CLEARANCE BY NEW BUSINESS GROUP
4.1.
BACKGROUND
The basic objective of NBG is to expeditiously convey Expression of Interest (EOI) in case of
New Corporate Connections.
4.2.
The constitution of New Business Group at Head Office Level and Regional Office Level shall
be as follows:
NBG AT HEAD OFFICE HEADED BY CMD
The constitution of the New Business Group (NBG) at Head Office headed by CMD shall be
as under:
i.
ii.
Executive Director-I
iii.
Executive Director-II
iv.
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Chief General Manager/ General Manager (Large Corporate Credit) will be the convener of
the NBG.
Dy. General Manager (Large Corporate Credit) or in his absence Asst. General Manager
(Large Corporate Credit) shall pilot the eligible Large Corporate proposals in NBG.
Dy. General Manager (Mid Corporate & SME) or in his absence Asst. General Manager (Mid
Corporate & SME) shall pilot the eligible Mid Corporate proposals in NBG.
In respect of Retail Credit proposals, it will be mandatory for General Manager (Retail Credit)
to participate in the NBG. In his absence, Dy. General Manager/Asst. General Manager
(Retail Credit) shall be mandatory member for Retail Credit proposals.
Dy. General Manager (Retail Credit) or in his absence Asst. General Manager (Retail Credit)
shall pilot the eligible Retail Credit proposals in NBG.
In respect of Priority Sector credit proposals, it will be mandatory for General Manager (Rural
Dev. & Priority Sector) to participate in the NBG. In his absence, Dy. General Manager/Asst.
General Manager (Rural Dev. & Priority Sector) shall be the mandatory member for the
Priority Sector credit proposals.
Dy. General Manager (Rural Dev. & Priority Sector) or in his absence Asst. General Manager
(Rural Dev. & Priority Sector) shall pilot the eligible Priority Sector proposals in NBG.
In the absence of any General Manager, the alternate General Manager at the Head Office
along with the next officer in-charge of the respective Portfolio shall be co-opted as NBG
member of the meeting of the NBG.
NBG AT REGIONAL OFFICE HEADED BY REGIONAL HEAD
The constitution of the NBG headed by Regional Head at RO level:
i.
Regional Head
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
Quorum of NBG at RO level: Any three with mandatory presence of Regional Head & Incharge of Loans Department of the concerned Regional Office.
4.3.
The following categories of advances are exempted from New Business Group (NBG) approval:
New borrower whose group concern(s) is dealing with the Bank for last three years with
satisfactory performance of all the group concerns and atleast one such group concern
(existing) enjoying minimum exposure of `10.00 Crore & above.
In case of existing borrower falling under restricted industries/activity for NBG approval
mentioned at Point No.4.5 (B) where additional exposure proposed to be taken by the Bank
as a part of JLF Corrective Action Plan package, Administrative approval shall not be
required to be obtained from NBG at Head Office.
4.4.
The Expression of Interest approval by New Business Group (NBG) is required for all
fresh credit proposals of more than `5 Crore. In case of the existing borrower falling under
restricted industries/activities, only Administrative Clearance from NBG at Head Office
headed by CMD/ED shall be obtained prior to sanction additional facility.
All fresh credit proposals envisaging exposure (Both FundBased and Non-Fund Based)
exceeding the cut-off limit shall be referred to the Head Office/ Regional Office for placing
the same before the respective New Business Group (NBG) authority.
NBG will discuss and reach a consensus about the proposal being support worthy or not,
based on the Preliminary Information Memorandum (PIM) put up by the respective Credit
verticals.
Consensus will only be in the nature of Expression of Interest and not a commitment of
the Bank. The final sanction shall be accorded by the respective sanctioning authority after
a detailed scrutiny of all aspects of the proposal and after obtaining the recommendations
of the appropriate functionary as per prescribed system and procedure.
The validity of the Expression of Interest approval granted by NBG shall be three months
from the date of approval.
The validity of Expression of Interest approval implies that the full-fledged credit proposal
(including all the relevant papers for regular sanction) for sanction of credit facilities shall
be received at the branch within three months.
In case the full-fledged credit proposal is not received at the branch within a period of three
months, the Expression of Interest approval granted by NBG shall lapse and would
require revalidation by the NBG. The same is illustrated below with an example:
Date of Expression of Interest approval by
01.01.2014
NBG
Validity of Expression of Interest approval by
31.03.2014
NBG
In case full-fledged proposal is not received at The
Expression
of
Interest
the branch by 31.03.2014(including this date) approval granted NBG shall lapse
and require revalidation
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As soon as NBG approval is received, all the relevant papers required for regular sanction
of credit facilities must be compiled after due discussion with the borrower on Terms &
Conditions of NBG approval.
Branches and Regional Offices should endeavour to submit the credit proposal to the
respective sanctioning authority within one month of the NBG approval, thereby providing
sufficient time for sanctioning authority to process and sanction the regular limits and/or
convey the credit decision of the Bank expeditiously.
The references received directly from the Corporates will also be placed before the NBG by
the respective Credit Verticals before referring the same to Regional Office.
Regional Heads shall make reference to Head Office about the fresh business proposals
(beyond their powers) received both at the branches as well as at RO before undertaking
full-scale appraisal to cut short the delay in decision making.
Any proposal which is rejected under NBG shall be displayed in the OBC-e-circular portal.
All the field functionaries shall refer to the portal before recommending/conveying approval
of NBG proposals to ensure that such proposals were not rejected earlier by the Bank.
Decision on the proposal submitted for NBG approval at HO will be taken after receipt of
recommendation of concerned Regional Office except in the cases received directly from
syndicating banks/institutions and Large Corporate Branches.
Holding of the NBG meeting regularly and recording deliberations & minutes
Normally NBG would meet every week or as and when there is urgency, even at shorter
intervals.
The deliberations shall be duly recorded in the minutes, record of which should be properly
maintained.
Chairman & Managing Director may induct any other General Manager at his discretion to
be involved in the group discussion on exigencies.
Type of Borrower
New Borrowers
Cut-off Limit
NBG Authority
NBG at RO
headed by DGM
NBG at RO
headed by GM
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NBG at HO
headed by CMD/ ED
SN
B.
Type of Borrower
Cut-off Limit
NBG Authority
Loan Proposals falling under the following industries (New /Existing borrower)
Loan proposals falling under:
Above `5 Crore
NBG at HO
headed by CMD/ED
Comm. Real Estate
IT / Software
In case of the existing
Microfinance
borrower falling under
Ship-breaking industry
restricted
Capital Market
industries/activities, only
NBFC(Other than SI-NBFC)
Administrative Clearance
Entertainment / Film Industry
from NBG at Head Office
including dubbing
headed by CMD/ED shall
Tea/Coffee
be obtained prior to
Jute
sanction additional facility.
Asbestos sheet
manufacturing
Rubber Plantations
Gems and Jewellery
Educational Institutions
Chemical
BPO/ Call Centre
NBG approval in case of sanction of Fresh credit facilities to the Borrowers whose
sister/allied concerns are Ex-Clients of our Bank/Clients of other banks who had adjusted
their accounts under Compromise/Settlement
The sanctioning authorities can consider sanction of Fresh credit facilities to the
Borrowers whose sister/allied concerns are Ex-Clients of our Bank/Clients of other banks
who had adjusted their accounts under Compromise/Settlement within their respective
Delegated Powers. For Field Functionaries, prior approval of NBG at Head Office is
required irrespective of the amount of exposure.
The NBG at Regional Office shall have NO powers to approve Expression of Interest in
respect of all the cases where the regular sanction falls under the powers of Head Office
(HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB) irrespective of the amount of exposure of the borrower.
The Branches / Regional Offices should submit all credit proposals involving fresh
exposure (FB + NFB) as per the cut-off limit to the designated authority in the Preliminary
Information Memorandum (PIM) as per the format circulated vide Circular No. HO/
RMD/55/2014-15/645dated 10.11.2014 for approval of Expression of Interest by New
Business Group (NBG).
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CHAPTER 5
EXERCISE OF DELEGATED POWERS
5A. DELEGATED POWERS RELATED TO SANCTIONS
5.A.1 BASIS OF DETERMINATION OF DELEGATED POWERS OF VARIOUS
FUNCTIONARIES
The Delegated powers for loans and advances would be exercised based on the scale of the
delegates follows:
Delegated power of
Branch Incumbent
Regional Head
Basis of determination
Based on the scale of the Branch Incumbent i.e. whether
the incumbent is in Scale I, II, III, IV, V, VI and VII
Based on the scale of the Delegatee i.e. whether the
Delegatee is in Scale V, VI and VII
SANCTION
ALLOWED
IN
EMERGENT
CASES:
No telephonic/verbal sanction will be given by any delegatee except in very exceptional cases
for which the following procedure will be strictly adhered to:
a) Confirmation is to be sought by the branch or Regional Office as the case may be,
immediately by return post/fax/e-mail, from concerned delegatee who has conveyed the
telephonic sanction.
b) Sanctioning authority will also simultaneously issue a confirmatory letter on the same
date.
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Validity of sanction
6 months from date of sanction
6 months from date of sanction
3 months from date of sanction
This condition should also be incorporated as one of the conditions of sanction. If the
sanctioned limits are not availed of within these aforesaid periods from the date of sanction,
detailed reasons should be sought from the borrower and sanction should be got revalidated from the sanctioning authority provided no unfavourable change has come to the
notice of the Bank in any form (including those pertaining to the means and net worth of the
borrower/guarantor/collateral security) during the intervening period.
Rate of interest to be charged shall be renegotiated with the borrower at the time of
revalidation of the sanction.
However, in case of MCB sanctions, CAC shall have powers to revalidate the lapsed
sanction provided there is no change in the Basic project parameters.
In case the borrower is not interested in availing the facility, the matter shall be referred to
the sanctioning authority and limit shall be got cancelled. Similarly, where the validity of
unavailed limits has expired, the same shall be cancelled.
In case of term loans, fresh schedule of drawal should be obtained and necessary
recommendations for extension in gestation period shall be sent to the sanctioning
authority with justifications.
5.A.6 AUTHORITY TO DECLINE/REJECT LOAN PROPOSALS
The loan applications pertaining to SC/ST, MSME borrowers and Exports cannot be
rejected by the sanctioning authority under whose powers the same falls. Only the next
higher sanctioning authority can reject the same.
Branch Managers may reject applications (except in case of SC/ST) provided the cases of
rejection are verified subsequently by the RLCC-RH.
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TO
INDIVIDUAL/FIRM/COMPANY
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sanctioned any credit facility without prior permission /approval from the next higher
authority.
5.A.13 ENHANCEMENT IN CREDIT LIMITS WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF FRESH SANCTION
TO BE PERMITTED ONLY BY THE NEXT HIGHER AUTHORITY
The Branches/Regional Offices shall obtain prior permission from next higher authority
before considering enhancement of credit limits in case of request for enhancement within
six months of fresh sanction.
However, for cases falling under the Delegated powers of HLCC-ED, CAC and MCB, the
respective sanctioning authority can consider such requests within their respective
delegated powers.
5.A.14 OTHER CATEGORIES OF BORROWERS NOT PERMITTED FOR FINANCE BY
THE BANK UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED
a) Loan Proposals belonging, in any way, to the willful defaulters (as defined by RBI vide
its Circular No. DBOD.NO.DL (W).BC.110/20.16.003 (1)/2001-02 dated 30.05.2002 &
DBOD.NO.DL (W).BC.87/20.16.003/2007-08 dated 28.05.2008) of banks/ financial
institutions shall not be considered.
b) In addition, the entrepreneurs/promoters of companies where Bank has identified siphoning
off /diversion of funds, misrepresentation, falsification of accounts and fraudulent
transactions shall be debarred from institutional finance from the Bank for floating new
ventures for a period of 5 years from the date the name of the willful defaulter is published
in the list of willful defaulters by RBI.
c) An undertaking shall be obtained from all fresh borrowers to the effect that none of their
associate/ group concerns are classified as willful defaulters by other banks/ financial
Institutions. Suitable affidavit should be obtained at the time of accepting loan application
wherever the namesake of the promoters/partners/directors is included in any of the
defaulter lists. The deponent should categorically affirm that he/she is not the same person
which is appearing in the defaulter lists.
d) Branches/Regional Offices shall invariably obtain list of group concerns from all fresh
borrowers along with the names of their banks / financial institutions besides classification
of accounts.
e) The Bank should not deny credit facilities to constituents merely on the ground that any of
their directors happens to be the professional director on the board of a defaulting
company.
f) Credit facilities for units/product group under the banned list / negative list of All India
Financial Institutions, Government of India, RBI, IBA, other authorities.
g) Fresh borrowers who are incurring losses (operating loss or cash loss) for the past two
years unless otherwise justified with valid reasons for such loss. (Cases of such borrowal
accounts shall be disposed of by the respective sanctioning authority). However, the
branches shall obtain in-principle approval from Regional Office for financing fresh cases
where the unit has incurred cash losses.
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Types of Exposure
Delegated Authority
NEW BORROWERS
1.
Fresh Exposure
EXISTING BORROWERS
2.
3.
Types of Exposure
Delegated Authority
Sanction related to accounts which have Within the normal Delegated Powers
not been restructured but whose Group
Account is Restructured and Standard
with other bank/Financial Institution.
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SN
Types of Exposure
NEW BORROWERS
1.
Delegated Authority
Fresh Exposure
HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB
EXISTING BORROWERS
2.
3.
HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB
4.
Next higher authority in case of BI/RLCCRH irrespective of the Internal Credit Risk
Rating grade of the borrower.
Respective sanctioning authority in case of
HLCC-ED/ CAC/ MCB.
Types of Exposure
Delegated Authority
NEW BORROWERS
1. Fresh Exposure
HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB
EXISTING BORROWERS
2. Renewal / Review of limits
3.
Granting
of
additional/ HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB
enhancement / adhoc facilities
4.
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SN
Types of Exposure
Delegated Authority
1. Granting of additional/ enhancement / Next higher authority in case of BI/RLCCadhoc facilities
RH. Respective sanctioning authority in
case of HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB.
Sanctioning Authority shall examine the
viability aspect.
2.
Restructuring of limits (Restructuring at Next higher authority in case of BI/RLCCexisting level of sanctioned exposure or RH irrespective of the Internal Credit Risk
restructuring with additional fresh exposure) Rating grade of the borrower.
Respective sanctioning authority in case of
HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB.
Types of Exposure
Delegated Authority
NEW BORROWERS
1.
Fresh Exposure
EXISTING BORROWERS
2.
3.
4.
Restructuring of limits (Restructuring at Next higher authority in case of BI/RLCCexisting level of sanctioned exposure or RH irrespective of the Internal Credit Risk
restructuring
with
additional
fresh Rating grade of the borrower.
exposure)
Respective sanctioning authority in case of
HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB.
OR
THEIR
The Delegated Powers for sanction of credit facilities to the borrowers or their associates
appearing in the defaulters list / caution list circulated from time to time by RBI, IBA, CIBIL,
ECGC, other banks /Financial Institutions, Government of India etc. are as follows:
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SN
TYPES OF EXPOSURE
NEW BORROWERS
1. Fresh Exposure
DELEGATED AUTHORITY
HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB
EXISTING BORROWER
2. Renewal / Review of limits
3.
Granting
of
additional/ HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB
enhancement / adhoc facilities
4.
Restructuring
of
limits
(Restructuring at existing level of
sanctioned
exposure
or
restructuring with additional fresh
exposure)
TYPES OF EXPOSURE
DELEGATED AUTHORITY
NEW BORROWERS
1. Fresh Exposure
EXISTING BORROWER
2. Renewal
3.
4.
Next higher authority in case of BI/RLCCRH irrespective of the Internal Credit Risk
Rating grade of the borrower.
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2.
PARTICULARS
DELEGATED POWERS
Delegated Powers for sanction of The respective sanctioning authority can consider
credit facilities to Borrowers
the credit proposals within their Delegated Powers
whose Consumer Score (both TU
to the borrowers having acceptable CIBIL Score.
and PL) is equal to or above the
acceptable Consumer Score
Delegated Powers for sanction of The respective sanctioning authority can consider
credit facilities to Borrowers
the credit proposals within their Delegated Powers
whose Consumer Score
is
in case of borrower/ Sole Proprietor/
below
the
acceptable
Partner/Promoter
Director
/Directors/
Consumer Score on account of
Guarantors having acceptable TransUnion
other than the credit card
Score (TU) even if Personal Loan (PL) Score is
defaults
below the acceptable Score.
The Branch Incumbent and RLCC-RH shall
consider the proposal after obtaining prior
permission (by sending Process Note) from the
next higher sanctioning authority in case the
TransUnion (TU) Score of a borrower/ Sole
Proprietor/
Partner/Promoter
Director
/Directors/ Guarantors is below the acceptable
Consumer Score. RLCC-RH and HLCC-ED shall
examine such cases on merits before giving their
permission to the branches and RLCC-RH
respectively for taking credit exposure.
However, HLCC-ED /CAC / MCB, can consider
the proposal within their respective Delegated
Powers irrespective of the Consumer Score.
Renewal/Review(without enhancement)
3.
The Delegated Powers for sanction of credit facilities to borrowers where borrowers account is
Standard Restructured/ Non Performing Asset (NPA) /adjusted under Compromise/ Settlement
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with our Bank/other banks/Financial Institutions shall be as per the guidelines for Standard
Restructured/ Non Performing Asset (NPA) /adjusted under Compromise/ Settlement with our
Bank/other banks/Financial Institutions.
5.A.24 SANCTION OF FRESH CREDIT FACILITIES TO EX-CLIENTS OF OUR
BANK/CLIENTS OF OTHER BANKS WHO HAD ADJUSTED THEIR ACCOUNTS
UNDER COMPROMISE/ SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATED
The Board of Directors vide BR No. F-7 dated 18.8.2001 approved that the request for fresh
credit facilities by previous borrower(s) of our Bank and borrowers of other banks who have
adjusted their accounts through settlement/compromise can be considered by the Bank on the
following terms and conditions:
The Board has directed that whenever a proposal for fresh approval in a compromise
account is put up, the same be clearly indicated on the first page of the note.
Besides, copy of the last settlement proposition must be enclosed.
The aforesaid directions of the Board shall be meticulously followed while considering
fresh proposal for approval in a compromise account.
The Delegated powers for sanction of credit facilities to the borrowers who are
Ex-Clients of our Bank/Clients of other Banks who had adjusted their accounts under
compromise/settlement are as follows:
SN
Types of Exposure
NEW BORROWERS
1. Fresh Exposure
EXISTING BORROWERS
2. Renewal / Review of limits
3.
Delegated Authority
CAC/MCB
By the respective sanctioning authorities
within their Delegated Powers.
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EXISTING BORROWERS
2. Renewal / Review of limits
Delegated Authority
Respective sanctioning authorities within their
delegated powers. For Field Functionaries, prior
approval of NBG at Head Office is required
irrespective of the amount of exposure.
By the respective sanctioning authorities within
their Delegated Powers.
3.
Granting of additional/
By the respective sanctioning authorities within
enhancement / adhoc facilities
their Delegated Powers.
5B. DELEGATED POWERS RELATED TO GROUP BORROWERS
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not
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5.B.5 TWO OR MORE GROUP FIRMS AVAILING CREDIT FACILITIES FROM TWO
OR MORE DIFFERENT REGIONS
If two group concerns seek credit facilities from branches falling under different Regions,
the sanctioning authority at respective Regions may sanction credit limits in the individual
accounts of the group within the Delegated powers vested with the respective sanctioning
authority after confirming that aggregate group exposure of all the individual accounts in all
the Regions taken together shall not exceed the Delegated powers for group exposure as
applicable to the RLCC-RH in the highest scale from amongst the Regional Heads.
In such cases, Branch Incumbents shall not exercise their Delegated powers except for
permissible Adhoc facilities.
The Regions concerned shall exchange all information on the status of the Group accounts
at quarterly intervals and early if any account turns irregular.
5.B.6 TWO OR MORE GROUP FIRMS AVAILING CREDIT FACILITIES AT TWO OR
MORE BRANCHES IN THE SAME REGION
Under normal circumstances, all accounts of Group shall be sanctioned credit facilities from
one Branch only for effective control and monitoring. However, Regional Head may permit
operations at a branch other than the parent branch, if there are justified reasons for the
same.
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PRESCRIBED
MARGIN
25%
Advance to self
25%
25%
50%
25%
50%
30%
15%
10%
25%
5-10%
15%
10%
15%
25%
40%
25%
25%
40%
40%
respective
* Residual life of such item shall also be certified by the government approved valuer /
architect.
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Lower Margin
upto which
reduction may
be permitted by
RLCC-RH
25%
20%
30%
10%
15%
10%
by
For any further reduction not covered above, the case shall be referred to the HLCC-ED for
approval.
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D. Term Loans against Second Hand Vehicles, Second Hand Car, Second Hand Plant
& Machinery.
The Branches shall have no power to reduce margin in such cases.
The RLCC-RH shall have authority to reduce the margin upto 25% on case to case
basis for cases falling under delegated powers of ROs / Branches.
For any further reduction, the case shall be referred to the HLCC-EDfor approval.
For proposals under Head Office powers, respective sanctioning authority at HO
shall have delegated powers for reduction in margin on case to case basis upto 25%.
E. Margin In Case of Specific Borrowal / Retail Schemes
In case of specific borrowal / retail schemes approved by Head Office, margin
stipulated as per the scheme shall be obtained. The Delegated Powers to reduce
margin in case of schematic lending shall be as per the respective scheme.
F. Margin on Advance Against Banks Own Deposit
The Delegated Powers to reduce margin in case of advances against Banks own
Deposit are as under:
SN
LOAN AGAINST
PRESCRIBED
MARGIN
1.
Self-Deposit
with
residual
maturity of less than 6 months
5%
2.
10%
3.
15%
Third Party Deposit
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5.D.
DELEGATED POWERS
INDUSTRIES/SECTORS
UNDER
THRUST
GENERAL
AND
RESTRICTED
The threshold internal Credit Risk Rating for New Borrowers and additional Exposure to
Existing Borrowers is as under:
Particular
Thrust/General/Restricted areas of Lending
Threshold Rating
OBC 1 to 6
OBC 1 to OBC 10
OBC 1 to OBC 5
OBC 1 to OBC 3
OBC 1 to OBC 3
Branch Incumbents and RLCC-RH can consider the credit proposals of the borrowers
having Internal Credit Risk Rating upto OBC 6 (i.e., OBC 1 to OBC 6).
The credit proposals of the borrowers having Internal Credit Risk Rating below OBC
6(i.e., OBC 7, 8, 9 and 10) shall be considered by next sanctioning authority. In cases
where external rating of the borrower is C & D, the powers for sanction of fresh and
additional facility will vest with next higher authority.
DEVIATIONS
IN
EXPOSURE
CAP
FOR
Any deviation to the stipulated cap for industries/sectors as per Loan policy may be permitted
by Board of Directors.
5.D.3. CREDIT FACILITIES APPROVED BY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
AUTHORITY TO PERMIT AMENDMENTS
Amendments in terms and conditions including reduction in margin in the credit facilities
approved by the MCB shall be permitted by the MCB only except:
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No such credit facility shall be sanctioned by Branch Incumbent under his or her
Delegated powers without obtaining such prior approval from the RLCC-RH. In such
cases, Branch Incumbent shall obtain prior approval of the RLCC-RH before accepting
Immovable collateral securities belonging to third parties (other than close relatives
of borrower) for fresh sanction / enhancement of credit facilities.
The obtention of Immovable Collateral belonging to the following shall not be treated as
Third party collateral:
Credit facilities sanctioned to
Proprietorship Concern
Partnership Concern
In existing cases sanctioned by Branch Incumbents where third party collaterals have
been obtained, the properties should be visited and it shall be ensured that the mortgage
of property and intent given by the owner to mortgage his/her property is genuine. Visit
Report to be kept on record at the time of renewal / review of such cases, Branch
Incumbents shall obtain prior approval of RH.
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only to ensure proper follow up/scrutiny of the various accounts of the group as a whole.
The Regional Heads should periodically review the position of all borrowal accounts at
their end falling under their respective jurisdiction and ensure compliance.
5.F.3. APPROVAL FOR ALLOWING THE BORROWER TO OPEN / CONTINUE A
CURRENT ACCOUNT WITH OTHER BRANCHES OF THE BANK OR OTHER
BANKS
This facility, for the purpose of collection of cheques, taxes / customs duty / excise duty
payments, remittances (other than consortium / multiple financing), can be accorded by the
Regional Heads and wherever the limits are sanctioned by Head Office, such approval can
also be given by Regional Heads subject to the said account being a Standard Asset and
submission / scrutiny of the statement of account on quarterly basis.
5.F.4. PERMITTING THE BORROWER TO
FUNDS OF BORROWER
The Delegated Power has been vested with RLCC-RH (in cases falling under RO/ Branch
powers) and the respective sanctioning authority at HO (in cases falling under HO powers) to
permit the borrower to invest their short-term/temporary surplus in short-term money market
instruments like Commercial Paper (CP), Certificates of Deposit (CD) and in Term Deposit with
other banks.
5.F.5. FIXATION OF SINGLE PARTY LIABILITY FOR BILLS DISCOUNTING
FACILITY SANCTIONED
While fixing the single party liability, care shall be taken to ensure that the bills are drawn as far
as possible on more drawees and concentration on a few drawees is minimised. The single
party liability shall be fixed taking into account the distribution pattern of the borrower between
its customers.
A. CASES SANCTIONED BY HEAD OFFICE
The Regional Heads shall be authorized to fix the single party liability for the Bills Discounting
facility sanctioned by Head Office. The single party liability shall be fixed by the Regional Head
in consultation with the branches.
B. CASES SANCTIONED BY REGIONAL OFFICE AND BRANCHES
The Regional Heads shall be authorized to fix the single party liability for the Bills Discounting
facility sanctioned by Regional Office/Branches.
5.F.6. DELEGATED
POWERS
INTERCHANGEABILITY
FOR
PERMITTING
SUB-LIMITS/
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Delegated Powers
HLCC-ED
CAC
MCB
75
250
Full Powers
4. Branch Incumbents in Scale I and Scale II shall not exercise powers for allowing Overdraft
against duty drawback and cash incentives.
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CHAPTER 6
DELEGATED POWERS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF CONSTITUENT BORROWERS
6.1. EXPOSURE LIMITS TO VARIOUS TYPES OF CONSTITUENT BORROWERS
(Amount in ` Crore)
Maximum credit Maximum credit
exposure limit
exposure limit
Type of Constitution of the Borrower
to borrowers
to Real Estate
other than Real
Borrowers
Estate
Individual borrowers for personal loans for Non-business
5
5
purpose (Other than schematic loans) on secured basis
only
Sole proprietary concerns, HUF*
50
30
Partnership firms/ Trusts/ Regd. Societies / Associations/
100
50
Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
Private Ltd. Co. (which is not a subsidiary or holding
company of a Public Ltd. Co.)/ Closely held Public
400
200
Ltd. Co.
Closely Held Public Limited Company owned by
1000
250
Central / State Govt.
Widely held Public Ltd Company / Statutory Bodies 15% of Capital
400
/Private Ltd. Company (which is a subsidiary or holding Funds of the
company of a widely held Public Ltd. Company)
Bank as on the
date
of
last
Audited Balance
sheet
*No fresh exposure shall be extended by the Bank to HUF entities or Partnership entities
where HUF is a partner. As regards Banks existing exposure, the Bank shall endeavour to
progressively exit from such exposures or alternatively get the partnership reconstituted for
ensuring that HUF is not a partner.
CAC/ MCB shall be competent authority to relax the above norms on case to case basis
No loans to be granted to partnership / proprietorship concerns against the primary
security of shares and debentures
6.2. ADVANCES TO TRUST
RLCC-RH shall have authority to permit advances to Trusts for cases falling under
Regional Office/ Branch powers.
For proposals under Head Office powers, the respective sanctioning authority shall
exercise their Delegated powers for advances to trusts.
However, permission shall be obtained from Commissioner of Charity (in states where
this office exists) for sanction of facilities / charging or alienation of property of the Trust.
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Keeping in view, the risks associated with lending to trusts on account of legal implications
involved in mortgaging the property of the Trust and limitation in realisability of the property,
comfort should not be derived from the securities offered while sanctioning credit facilities
to Trusts. The viability of the project and cash flows of the Trust are to be relied upon while
considering any advance to a Trust.
Trust Constitution and restrictions placed in the Trust Deed should be perused carefully
before taking a credit decision.
Credit facilities to a partnership firm, where a Trust is a partner, should normally not be
considered to avoid inherent risk of being a party, knowingly or unknowingly, to a breach of
Trust by the Trustees. The authorised persons of the Trust need to sign the documents on
behalf of the Trust as a partner. The constitutional documents of a Trust should be checked
to verify if the Trust can become a partner of a partnership firm and certified true copy of
requisite resolutions should be procured in relation to execution of documents, charging of
properties, etc. by the Trust as a partner.
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CHAPTER 7
DELEGATED POWERS FOR SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES / SEGMENTS / CATEGORY
7.1. INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
However
Branch
Incumbents/RLCC-RH
may
consider
sanction
(including
renewal/additional/enhancement proposals in existing cases) of proposals falling under the
following category of infrastructure finance on merits, within their Delegated powers:
Construction relating to projects involving agro processing & supply of inputs to
agriculture, and
Construction for preservation and storage of processed agro products, perishable goods
such as fruits, flowers, vegetables including testing facility for quality.
The respective sanctioning authorities can consider credit proposals under PMDO facility
(including infrastructure projects) within their respective Delegated Powers.
All fresh/additional/ enhancement proposals for finance to Software /IT companies and call
centers shall be considered at Head Office. Such proposals shall normally be backed
by minimum of 100% collateral security; however MCB/CAC/HLCC-ED can permit
relaxation in collateral security for cases falling under their respective powers.
In view of the current slowdown in the gems and Jewellery sector, all fresh/additional/
enhancement proposals for finance to gems and Jewellery sector shall be considered at
Head Office.
However, renewal of credit limits at existing level may be considered by the respective
sanctioning authority.
The authority to permit facility of direct dispatch of shipping documents to importers shall be
with RLCC-RH in case of proposals falling within the powers of Regional Office and
Branches and with respective sanctioning authorities in case of proposals falling under
Head Office Powers. Branch Incumbents shall have no powers except as stated when
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Bank does not have any credit exposure as detailed in Circular No. IBD/63/2013-14/420
dated 27.07.2013 and IBD/32/14-15/211 dated 17.06.2014.
The respective sanctioning authorities can consider Finance to Gems, Diamond and
Jewellery Sector under OBLS Scheme.
Branches shall have no powers to consider proposals under Commercial Real Estate.
Delegated powers for considering Commercial Real Estate proposal shall be vested with
RLCC-RH/ HLCC-ED/CAC/ MCB as per Appendix-A.
In case of Commercial Real Estate, for credit proposals above `5 Crore, prior NBG
approval from HO shall be obtained.
The Delegated Powers with respect to Ship Breaking industry are as follows:
DELEGATED AUTHORITY
PARTICULARS
Delegated Authority for Approval of limits RLCC-RH at Ahmedabad and Mumbai and
HLCC- ED/CAC/MCB within their respective
on yearly basis to Ship breakers
Delegated Powers.
Delegated Authority for Approval of limits RLCC-RH
on ship to ship basis within the yearly
limits set by Head Office / RLCC-RH at
Mumbai & Ahmedabad
7.6.
Branches and Regional Offices shall have no powers to consider proposals related to all
categories of NBFCs.
The Delegated powers for sanctioning of credit proposals related to all categories of
NBFCs shall be at Head Office only.
The credit proposals from NBFCs falling under the Delegated powers of HLCC-ED/CAC
/MCB can be considered by the respective authority under its delegated powers.
NBFCs having assets size of less than `50Crore can be sanctioned only by HLCC-ED/
CAC/MCB under their delegated authority.
7.7.
The delegated powers for advance against shares, bonds, mutual fund units to individuals,
broking entities promoted by Banks/ FIs as well as other broking entities shall be as per
Appendix-A.
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Branch Incumbents in Scale I, Scale II and Scale III shall have no Delegated Powers
under such category of financing.
Stock Broker includes any single stock Broking entity including its associates / inter
connected companies
on
behalf
of
share
Sanctioning authority for financing Film Industry rests with MCB/CAC/HLCC-ED within their
Delegated powers.
All the proposals shall be sanctioned at Head Office within the Delegated powers of HLCCED/CAC/ MCB as applicable.
Maximum Exposure for the Bank for any single disinvestment is `200 Crore subject to a
consolidated ceiling of `1000 Crore;
The tenor, margin, interest, security, repayment-schedule, shall be decided based on casespecific merits by MCB/ CAC/HLCC-ED for accounts falling upto their respective Delegated
powers.
Branch Incumbents shall exercise Delegated powers within the Structured Schemes only
for the Category/Segment/Purpose of Credit for which specific Bank Schemes already
exist.
However, this restriction shall not apply to Loan to Traders (Retail Credit) and OBLS. The
Branch incumbents can consider Loans to Traders beyond these two schemes, as per
Loan policy guidelines.
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The Delegated powers for sanction of this type of advance shall be at Head Office only as
follows:
(Amount in ` Crore)
SIZE OF LIMIT (in ` Crore)
DELEGATED AUTHORITY
HLCC-ED
Up to `75.00 Crore
CAC
Up to `250.00 Crore
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CHAPTER 8
GUIDELINES FOR EXERCISE OF DELEGATED POWERS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF
FACILITIES
8.1. DELEGATED POWERS FOR TERM LOANS
8.1.1. Composite / Integrated Assessment and Sanction of Credit Facilities to
Borrowers
In some of the cases, it has been observed that stand alone term loans are considered at
the field level without assessing the overall credit requirements of the borrowers covering
working capital requirements and Non Fund based credit requirements.
Accordingly,
The field functionaries shall not consider Standalone Term Loans in case of finance to
manufacturing units.
The proposed term loan along with the future working capital requirements should be
considered only in totality by Field functionaries while determining the exposure for the
purpose of Delegated Powers. This shall be the case even if working capital limits are
not envisaged to be released immediately but on completion of project.
However, a stipulation shall invariably be made that working capital limits shall be
released only after / near completion of the project for procurement of raw material /
consumables on account of commencement of trial / commercial production.
The term loan maturity profile (excluding Retail Schemes / Housing Loans) should not
generally exceed 7 years. However, RLCC-RH/HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB may permit term
loans having repayment period up to 10 years (including gestation period) on case to
case basis, where cash flow justifies such longer repayment period.
In the cases of financing for infrastructure, the term loan maturity period may go up to 15
years or more. But in case the repayment period is over 15 years, it may be considered
by the sanctioning authority on case to case basis.
However, the cases where repayment of Term Loan is beyond 7 years, the information of
such cases shall be submitted by respective Regional Offices to respective Credit
Verticals at HO which shall place the consolidated information (RO+HO cases) of all such
cases to ALCO for information.
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As per system in vogue, payments under Term Loan are released directly to the suppliers
to ensure end use of funds. On a few occasions, the borrowers claim reimbursement of
funds after spending the amount on the project mobilized by them from allied/associate
concerns/other sources. In such cases the RLCC-RH shall have authority to permit such
reimbursement (on case to case basis) in cases sanctioned within the powers of the
MCB/CAC/HLCC-ED/RLCC-RH/Branches subject to obtention of certificate from a firm of
Chartered Accountants about the amount spent and source of finance. RLCC-RH should
also arrange for inspection of the unit to satisfy himself in this regard before permitting
reimbursement.
In case there is no change in the terms and conditions of the sanction, the annual review
of Standalone Term Loan cases falling under the powers of HO/RO/Branch shall be
undertaken by the respective sanctioning authority based on the outstanding prevailing at
the time of review (for determining the Delegated Power).
In case there is any change in the terms and conditions of the sanction (including release
of Personal Guarantee, security, ceding of charge etc.) in the standalone Term Loan at
the time of review, the annual review shall be undertaken only by the original sanctioning
authority.
The Bank policy guidelines for granting Unsecured Short Term Loan to Corporates to
meet their short term requirements was approved vide agenda item no. A-15 by the
Board of Directors in its meeting held on 24.08.2012. The same have been circulated to
the field functionaries vide Circular No. HO/ RMD/43/2012-13/404 dated 10.09.2012.
The proposals for sanction of Unsecured Short Term Loan to Corporates can be
considered by CAC/MCB only within their respective delegated powers for Loans &
Advances.
The proposals for sanction of Unsecured Short Term Loans to Corporates shall be placed
before the CAC/MCB only as a regular agenda item and not through Circular Resolution.
Further, all such sanctions (along with copy of the Resolution & Process note) shall be
placed before the Board in the next meeting for information.
Any relaxation in the said policy norms can be permitted by the CAC/MCB within their
Delegated Powers.
8.3.
The revised guidelines of the Banks Corporate loan Scheme have been approved by the
Board of Directors vide Board Resolution No A-13 dated 22.06.2013. The same have
been circulated to the field functionaries vide Circular No. HO/ RMD/16/2013-14/194
dated 25.06.2013.
The Sanctioning Authority for Corporate Loan shall be restricted to Head Office only.
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The HLCC-ED, CAC, MCB can sanction Corporate Loan within their Delegated Lending
Powers.
The Branch Incumbents shall not exercise any Delegated powers for open term loan.
The guidelines of pricing the WCDL component of Working Capital Finance at 0.50% p.a.
below the Rate (subject to a minimum of Base Rate) are applicable in those cases where
sanctioned Rate and normal applicable Rate are same.
In other cases, delegated authorities can consider concession in Rate of Interest within
their respective Delegated Powers for allowing concession in Rate of Interest.
RLCC-RH may consider waiver of registration clause after satisfying itself about the
reasons thereof.
8.8. DELEGATED POWERS FOR BOOKING OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE FORWARD
CONTRACTS
As per RBI Guidelines, the risk arising out of booking of Forward Contracts is to be
properly mapped and as per the approved Policy, 5% of the limit fixed for the Forward
Contracts shall be taken as credit exposure. In other words, 5% of the limit sanctioned for
booking of Forward Contracts will be added to the other credit limits sanctioned in favour
of the borrower and overall credit exposure will be counted after adding the credit
exposure on account of Forward Contract limits
Hence, at the time of sanction of fresh limits / renewal of limits, the credit exposure on
account of Forward Contract Limit shall be calculated and shall be part of the exposure
limits.
In view of the above Policy, the Branches / Regional Offices should propose for sanction
of limits for booking of Forward Contracts along with other credit limits simultaneously
wherever necessary, in consultation with the borrower. These limits will be sanctioned by
the competent authority as per the Policy and will form a part of the overall credit
exposure to the borrower.
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We reiterate that no Forward Contracts can be booked without a proper sanction from the
competent authority and a copy of the sanction shall also be sent to IBD for their
information.
The number of clean OD accounts that can be considered by Branch Incumbents in Scale
I and Scale II shall be restricted to 5 accounts at a time within their Delegated Powers.
Branch Incumbents in Scale III and above can sanction 10 Clean OD accounts at a time
within their Delegated Powers.
In case of exceptional circumstances and for bonafide exigencies wherever such number
of borrowers is exceeded, prior permission from the Regional Head is to be obtained
stating the reason and circumstances for exceeding the number of borrowers for clean
overdraft and the same shall be duly reported in STM 41.
The number of accounts shall not include those overdraft accounts which have been
classified as NPA or automatically generated by system.
8.10.1. Guidelines For Exercise Of Delegated Powers For Clean Overdraft Facility
It is to be ensured that the facility is not permitted for funding speculative activities.
In case of Clean Overdraft, it cannot be allowed for more than 15 days at a stretch and
overall aggregate number of days when such clean overdraft facility is extended shall not
exceed 90 days during the Financial Year.
In case of overdraft limits sanctioned under Branch powers, the Branch Incumbents shall
not have any delegated authority for permitting temporary enhancement as permitted in
the loan policy of the bank for granting of adhoc limits/temporary enhancement for other
borrowal accounts.
The total amount of cash withdrawals in a single clean overdraft account shall not exceed
50% of the facilities sanctioned with maximum of `50000 during the entire tenure of the
facility.
Prior permission from Regional Office/Head Office shall be obtained before permitting any
facility beyond Delegated Powers of the field functionaries as mentioned above.
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Necessary documents/ Demand Promissory Note shall be obtained before allowing the
Clean Overdraft facility.
The facility be allowed occasionally and wherever the requirements are frequent in
nature, need based requirements of the borrower be assessed and regular working
capital limits be established.
The transactions permitted under the above policy shall be reported in STM-41/STRO-16
statements as per the system in vogue. The statement submitted by the branches shall
be scrutinized at Regional Office level and the outstanding is to be monitored to ensure
that no clean overdraft remains outstanding for a period of more than 15 days. The
statement of clean overdraft permitted by the Branches shall be put up to RLCC-RH for
information and confirmation of action, wherever necessary.
Wherever clean overdraft entries are not adjusted within the stipulated period (i.e.,
maximum 15 days), the same shall be classified and reported as EAS. In case the facility
remains unadjusted beyond one month of due date of adjustment, the account be
classified as SMA and the same shall be reported to Regional Office and Head Office
simultaneously along-with the steps taken for adjustment of the account.
The regular Limit of purchase of third party cheques is to be permitted selectively to those
account holders maintaining a satisfactory conducted current account for a minimum
period of six months or where the borrower has been sanctioned regular credit facilities
from the bank.
ii.
Need based requirements of the borrower be assessed and regular limits be set up after
proper risk assessment and also taking into consideration actual requirements based on
turnover of the business of the borrower and all other relevant factors.
iii.
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The Delegated Powers for Occasional Cheque Purchase and Withdrawal against
Uncleared Instruments / Cheques in case of non borrowal accounts shall be as per
Delegated Powers of the functionaries for Clean Overdraft as per Appendix-A.
ii.
The third party Occasional Cheque Purchase/ Withdrawal against uncleared effects shall
be permitted in select cases, where the current account has run satisfactorily for a
minimum period of six months. In case of non borrowal accounts, deviation can be
permitted by RLCC-RH, HLCC-ED, CAC and MCB within their respective Delegated
Powers.
iii.
In case cheques are dishonoured resulting in an overdraft in the account, the Delegated
powers for clean overdraft shall not be exercised in such an account till the devolved
amount is cleared by the client.
iv.
i.
While purchasing third party cheques, Branches shall ensure the genuineness of
underlying transactions and shall not purchase accommodation cheques and a proper
record thereof shall be maintained at the branches.
ii.
The total amount of cheque purchase drawn by a single party (drawer of cheque) shall not
exceed the maximum amount stipulated as above within the overall Delegated powers.
Individual liability register of the drawer of the cheque(s) should be maintained and posted
upto date and duly checked.
iii.
Branches should guard against kite flying operations of any kind. Cheques drawn by
allied/sister concerns and/or self-drawn cheques shall not be purchased.
iv.
Credit Reports of the drawers of cheques may be obtained from their respective bankers,
particularly for those who draw cheques for large amounts frequently.
v.
vi.
Cheques purchased and lodged for clearing/collection should be promptly sent for
clearing/collection. The branches shall not retain/detain the same under any understanding
with the customer for presenting the same to the drawee bank later. Violation in this regard
should be viewed strictly.
vii.
Branches should follow the accounting and other laid down procedures and closely watch
the conduct of the accounts of the borrower which leave no scope for any customer to
misuse the system in raising finance against accommodation cheques.
viii.
Amount of cheques purchased presented in clearing and received back unpaid should be
got reimbursed from the borrower without any delay.
ix.
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x.
The Delegated powers for allowing the facility shall be exercised judiciously taking into
account all the factors including the risk perception on the drawer of the instrument, value
of connection, financial position of the customer, volume and value of transactions. The
branch should ensure that purchase of cheques in the account of the customer is in
proportion to the business of the customer and the same is relevant to the borrowers
business.
xi.
xii.
Commission and other service charges as applicable for purchase of third party cheque
purchase shall be recovered separately in addition to the interest leviable.
8.12.2. Reporting and Monitoring System for Third Party Cheque Purchase Facility
i.
ii. In case the purchased cheque has been dishonoured and the amount has devolved on
the bank, the Branch shall report the matter to the respective Regional Office for the
amounts devolved on the Bank and outstanding as at the end of the month. The steps
taken for recovery should be outlined by the branch. This reporting shall be on monthly
basis and the Loan Audit Cell at Regional Office shall scrutinize this aspect and put up to
the Regional Head for necessary action.
iii. Wherever the purchased cheque devolves on the bank and is not adjusted on the same
date, the same shall be immediately classified and reported as EAS. In case the devolved
amount remains unadjusted beyond one month of date of purchase, the account be
classified as SMA and the same shall be reported to Regional Office and Head Office
simultaneously along-with the steps taken for adjustment of the account.
8.13. DELEGATED POWERS FOR ADVANCES AGAINST PAY ORDERS, BANK
DRAFTS, GOVT CHEQUES (EXCEPT PAY ORDERS OR DRAFTS OF
COOPERATIVE BANKS)
The Delegated Powers for advance against Pay orders, Bank Drafts and Government
Cheques (except Pay Orders or Drafts of Cooperative Banks) shall be as per Appendix-A.
The following shall be complied with by the branches:
System be put in place for generating control statement on weekly basis by RO.
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RLCC-RH shall consider Branch/RO cases (including renewal) within normal Delegated
powers.
For proposals under HO powers- respective sanctioning authority shall examine such
cases.
For Cases where DA period is beyond 180 days, the Sanctioning Authority shall be HLCCED.
8.16.2. Important Conditions to be complied With for Inland/ Export Bills Purchase /
Discounting under Letter of Credit
The Delegated powers for purchase / discounting of Inland / Export bills under LC issued
by other Banks is subject to the following:
The Delegated powers for purchase / discounting of Inland / Export bills under LC
issued by other banks are not over & above normal Delegated powers for loan and
advances.
The borrower must be a constituent of the Bank and all the RBI guidelines for Bills
Purchase/ Discounting under LC shall be adhered to.
The Letter of Credit issued only by reputed banks (Public Sector banks/ New & Old
Private Sector banks/ Foreign banks as approved by the Bank from time to time)
shall be considered for Bills Purchased / Discounting facilities.
Branch shall obtain confirmation for authenticity of LC from the issuing bank.
In case of bills drawn under Inland Letter of Credit (LC), confirmation shall be
obtained prior to disbursement of funds from LC opening bank that documents
drawn conform to the terms of LC and the payment will be made on due date.
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In case of Export bills drawn under Letter of Credit, disbursement of funds shall be
made only after acceptance of the bills as per terms of LC and the due date from LC
opening bank is obtained.
Branch shall also obtain confirmation that the bills/ documents drawn under LC are
in order and payment will be made on due date, both in hard copy and also
preferably through independent email confirmation.
Only after complying with all the terms and conditions, the branch shall disburse
funds under Bills Purchase/ Discounting under LC.
A regular limit shall be got approved from the respective sanctioning authority, in
case of frequent availment of this facility by the borrower.
In case of JLA /Multiple Banking Arrangement/ Consortium, the other banks shall
suitably be informed about the exposure.
For other bills under LC not covered by above, normal Delegated powers for the
respective functionaries shall be exercised but the facility shall be availed at the
designated branches only.
The Bill discounting under LC shall be subject to Inter Bank Exposure Limit fixed by
the Bank (Since such exposure would be exposure on the LC Issuing bank).
All other existing terms and conditions for purchase/ discounting of Inland/ Export
bills under Letter of Credit will continue.
8.16.3. Branches Authorized For Inland/ Export Bills Purchase / Discounting Under LC
Inland Bills Purchase/ Discounting under Letter of Credit
The Delegated powers for Inland Bills purchase/ discounting under Letter of Credit shall be
exercised at the following branches only:
The Delegated powers for Export Bills purchase/ discounting under Letter of Credit of
reputed foreign banks shall be exercised at the following branches only:
All Overseas branches
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Authorization of any other Branch for Bills Purchase/ Discounting under Letter of Credit
For all other branches other than above, the Regional Head may designate branches to
undertake Inland Bills purchase/ discounting under Letter of Credit on special request
received from such branches.
While designating any other branch to undertake the said business, the following points are
required to be ensured along with other points deemed relevant by RO.
Potential for the Inland Bills Purchase/ Discounting under LC in the area where the
branch is located.
All the Regional Offices shall send the list of branches authorized by the respective
Regional Head for Bills Purchase/ Discounting under LC to the following:
For Inland Bills: Credit Administration Department & Risk Management Department,
Corporate Office, Gurgaon
Prior specific approval of the next higher sanctioning authority shall be obtained by a
functionary before approving any bills discounting limit in respect of bills drawn by
borrowers on Associate concerns of the borrower as defined earlier. This would be
irrespective of whether the entire bills limit or only a part of the bill limit is to be utilized for
drawing bills on Associate Concerns of the Borrower.
Branch Incumbents can extend the due date of Export Bills/Packing Credit within the
sanctioned tenor.
The respective sanctioning authorities can extend the due date beyond the sanctioned
tenor of Export Bills/Packing Credit with maximum permissible period as per RBI/FEMA
guidelines in cases falling under Branch/Regional Office/Head Office powers, on specific
request from the borrower/overseas buyer justifying the reasons for such extension. The
extension shall be subject to adherence to ECGC guidelines.
8.19. EXPOSURE
TO
INDIAN
JOINT
VENTURES
/
WHOLLY-OWNED
SUBSIDIARIES ABROAD AND OVERSEAS STEP-DOWN SUBSIDIARIES OF
INDIAN CORPORATES
The Pooled Municipal Debt Obligation Facility (PMDO) has been allocated funds of
`272.50 Crore (5.45% of total corpus of `5000.00 Crore)vide MCR No. 11 dated
27.09.2010.
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This facility intends to create an environment where Urban Local Bodies, State
Governments and other stakeholders would embark on a series of reforms to improve
credit worthiness and bank-ability of urban infrastructure projects.
PMDO would provide funds by way of term lending to Municipal Corporations, Urban Local
Bodies, Local Authorities, etc. for developing Urban Infrastructure projects across cities in
India on an integrated basis.
PMDO Facility is administered by Credit Committee of PMDO, which comprises of 11
members.
The respective sanctioning authorities can consider credit proposals under PMDO facility
(including infrastructure projects) within their respective Delegated Powers.
CAC/MCB shall have power to sanction credit proposals under Structured Mezannine
Credit Facility (SMCF).
In terms of RBI guidelines, the ceiling on loans against NRE and FCNR(B) deposits either
to depositors or to third parties have been withdrawn vide Circular No. IBD/155/12-13/826
dated 06.03.2013.
The facility shall, however, be permitted at designated branches only.
Maximum Delegated powers of `50 Lacs is vested with the incumbents of Extension
Counters for advances against Banks own domestic deposits/NRE deposits to self/third
party. However, no advance against FCNR (B) deposits shall be sanctioned by the
incumbents of Extension counters.
The size of the Delegated powers limit will be equivalent Indian Rupees (at the exchange
rate prevailing at the time of issue of the Guarantee). On the issue of the Foreign Bank
Guarantee, the branch / RO shall report the same to the respective Credit Vertical as well
as IBD at Head Office along with a copy of the Guarantee.
The exercise of Delegated powers for issue of Foreign Bank Guarantees shall be subject to
the compliance of the undernoted points and other Policy Guidelines: -
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All rules and regulations laid down by Reserve Bank of India/Government of India for
issue of Foreign Bank Guarantee shall be complied with.
For any fluctuations in the value of the Foreign Currency vis--vis the Indian Rupee
beyond 5% in comparison to the rate prevailing at the time of issue of the guarantee,
the shortfall in the prescribed margin shall be recovered by the branch from the
borrower. The same shall be reviewed on quarterly basis for recovery of the shortfall, if
any, in the margin obtained from the borrower.
The Incumbent Incharge should monitor exchange fluctuations on regular basis and in
case there is adverse variation of more than 10% on account of exchange fluctuation,
the borrower be asked to top up the margin or get the forward cover booked. A suitable
undertaking from the borrower in this regard should be obtained at the time of issuance
of Bank Guarantee.
Besides monitoring by the Incumbents, concurrent /regular auditors, should also monitor
the availability of margin vis--vis the foreign currency exposure and mention the same
in the inspection report to facilitate initiation of remedial measures.
In order to have operational flexibility, powers to waive additional margin (over 100% of
Rupee value) for issuance of FLC/FLG have been vested with HLCC-ED & above on
merits of each case. ECGC Counter-Guarantee/Cover wherever available shall be
obtained.
8.27. GUIDELINES TO BE ADHERED TO IN CASE OF IMPORT LCs/FOREIGN BANK
GUARANTEES OPENED/ISSUED WITH 100% CASH MARGIN
In case of opening of Import Letter of Credit/ issuance of Foreign Bank Guarantee with
100% cash margin, it shall be ensured that the forward cover for the full foreign currency
exposure amount for which Import Letter of Credit/Foreign Bank Guarantee is to be
opened/ issued is invariably obtained at the time of opening/issuance itself.
The delegated powers to Branch Incumbents/RLCC-RH for opening of Import Letter of
Credit/issuance of Foreign Bank Guarantee are subject to the obtention of the forward
cover by the borrower.
In cases where Import Letter of Credit/Foreign Bank Guarantee has been issued with 100%
cash margin, the shortfall in the margin due to Rupee depreciation should be recovered by
the Branch from the borrower on an ongoing basis whenever the Indian Rupee depreciates
beyond 5% in comparison to the rate prevailing at the time of issue of Import Letter of
Credit/Foreign Bank Guarantee. In case forward cover is not booked by borrower,
110% upfront cash margin shall be obtained.
The Branch should monitor the exchange fluctuations on regular basis to ensure top-up of
margin in case of adverse fluctuations or alternatively obtain forward cover. A suitable
undertaking from the borrower should be obtained at the time of opening of Import Letter of
Credit/issuance of Foreign Bank Guarantee.
Keeping in view feedback from field functionaries and difficulties faced in complying the
Government guidelines, Credit Risk Management Committee in its 67th meeting held on
16.03.2012 reconsidered the policy and has approved that Bank may continue to finance
against the warehouse receipts issued by the warehouses of Central / State warehouse /
Warehouses of collateral Managers and Private warehouses approved by the Bank, without
on insisting WDRA registration and obtaining negotiable warehouse receipt.
The revised scheme for financing against warehouse receipts was approved vide agenda
item no A-55 by the Board of Directors dated 23.05.2012 and the same was circulated vide
HO/RD&PS/ 9 /2011-12/155 dated 07.06.2012.
The RLCC-RH shall be empowered for approving sublimit for LC facility / Letter of Comfort
against Buyers Credit facility by earmarking sanctioned Term Loan for purchase / import of
capital equipment.
Letter of Credit for capital goods can be considered by the RLCC-RH/ HLCC-ED/CAC
/MCB in the absence of Term loan facilities in case the respective sanctioning authority is
satisfied with the availability of funds/accrual of funds from the borrower on due date.(No
powers at the Branch Level).
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CHAPTER 9
GRANTING OF ADHOC, OVER LIMIT, OCCASIONAL CHEQUE PURCHASE &
WITHDRAWAL AGAINST UNCLEARED INSTRUMENTS / CHEQUES IN BORROWAL
ACCOUNTS
Presently, temporary requirements of the borrowers are being addressed by way of Adhoc,
Occasional Cheque Purchase and Withdrawal against Uncleared Instruments / Cheques.
To cater to requirements of short duration, a new concept of Over limit has been
introduced, where temporary overdrawings over and above the sanctioned limits can be
extended for a period not exceeding 30 days.
The Delegated Powers for granting of Adhoc, Over Limit, Occasional Cheque
Purchase & Withdrawal against Uncleared Instruments / Cheques shall be over &
above the normal Delegated Powers subject to ceiling for Adhoc/Over Limit
mentioned in the table.
The Delegated Powers for Adhoc, Over limit, Occasional Cheque Purchase & Withdrawal
against Uncleared Instruments / Cheques for borrowal accounts all put together are as
under:
(Amount in ` Lacs)
DELEGATED
AUTHORITY
BORROWERS
DELEGATED POWERS IN CASE OF OWN SANCTION AND
SANCTION BY HIGHER/LOWER AUTHORITY
MAXIMUM %AGE OF FB WC
& NFB LIMITS
RESPECTIVELY
Over limit
Adhoc limit
(1 - 30 days)
(1 - 90 days)
MAXIMUM AMT.
Over limit
(1 - 30 days)
Adhoc limit
(1 - 90 days)
MCB
FP
FP
CAC
3000
3000
25%
20%
20%
1500
500
250
100
1500
1000
500
200
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
10%
250
100
50
15
10
10
5
500
200
100
30
20
20
10
HLCC-ED
RLCC-GM
RLCC DGM
RLCC AGM
Branch Incumbents
BI-GM
BI DGM
BI AGM
BI CM
BI-Scale III
BI-Scale II
BI-Scale I
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In case where standalone Term Loan facility has been sanctioned, Adhoc Working Capital
Facilities can be permitted as per Loan Policy except in Real Estate accounts.
In emergent cases, the Branch Incumbents may allow temporary / adhoc limit beyond their
powers after seeking approval from the respective Regional office (but within Delegated
powers of Regional Office). In such cases, they shall seek confirmation of their action from
RLCC-RH through control returns i.e. STM-41B/ STM-41C as the case may be.
It is to be noted that the delegated powers for temporary enhancement in respect of limits
sanctioned by Head Office shall not be exercised concurrently both by the branch as well
as the RLCC-RH.
Adhoc facility / Over Limit must be allowed strictly within the Delegated powers vested with
the functionary for considering Adhoc facility / Over Limit. These should be allowed
selectively and not as a matter of routine / throughout the year.
The following guidelines are to be complied with in case of adhoc / temporary enhancement
allowed in those accounts where regular credit limits have been sanctioned in favour of the
party:
SN.
1.
Particulars
Purpose
Banks Guidelines
To enable the borrower to execute orders received over and
above the normal business orders not envisaged originally.
Change in the terms of trade than what was envisaged originally
at the time of regular assessment of limits.
Essential payments such as statutory dues/ electricity payments/
payments of bills under LC / invocation of bank guarantee and
other essential payments during regular course of business.
As a matter of policy, the sanction of adhoc limit / Over Limit shall
be kept to the bare minimum and to be allowed only where
circumstances / business considerations warrant.
2.
Eligibility
Criteria
3.
The Over limit Facility shall be granted for a period not exceeding
30 days and Adhoc facilities shall be considered for a maximum
period of 90 days at a stretch.
Extension of Adhoc beyond 90 days upto 180 days shall be
permitted by next higher authority in case of branch and
RLCC-RH sanction. HLCC-ED, CAC and MCB can exercise their
respective Delegated Powers.
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SN.
Particulars
Banks Guidelines
In case of adhoc facility in Non-Fund based limit, it shall be
ensured that aggregate outstanding of Non-Fund based facilities
is brought within the regular sanctioned limit within 90 days.
4.
Documentation
5.
Maximum
Permitted
Frequency
6.
7.
8.
Restrictions
Reporting
9.
Security
10
Other
Conditions
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SN.
11
12
Particulars
Banks Guidelines
Under Gold Card scheme for exporters, a need based adhoc limit upto 20% of the
in-principle limits can be extended to meet urgent credit needs on selective occasions.
Apart from this, branches should adopt a flexible approach in respect of exporters who, for
genuine reasons, are unable to bring in corresponding additional contribution in respect of
higher credit limits sought for specific orders. In such cases reduction in margin upto 10%
may be allowed by the sanctioning authority for execution of specific orders to the exporters
with good track record and whose past payments are not held up or overdue.
No additional interest is to be charged in respect of adhoc limits granted by way of preshipment / post-shipment export credit.
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CHAPTER 10
DELEGATED POWERS FOR CONCESSIONS IN RATE OF INTEREST
The following authorities have been delegated the powers for allowing concession in Rate
of Interest.
10.1. DELEGATED POWERS FOR ALLOWING CONCESSION IN RATE OF INTEREST
SN
CAC
HLCC-ED
RLCC-RH
The competent authority for allowing any relaxation in the Rate of Interest in any specific
account beyond the above norms shall be Management Committee of the Board.
For Retail /Specific schemes approved by Head Office, the Delegated powers for permitting
concession in Rate of Interest shall be as per the scheme.
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Wherever specific deviation is not mentioned in the schemes, the above concessions of
Delegated Powers may be utilized by the respective authority.
Concession in Rate of Interest in case of accounts having Internal Credit Risk Rating OBC
7 and below (i.e. OBC 7, 8, 9 & 10) shall not be considered by RLCC-RH (GM).
Concession in Rate of Interest in case of accounts having Internal Credit Risk Rating OBC
7 and below (i.e. OBC 7, 8, 9 & 10) shall be considered selectively by the competent
authorities at the Head Office within their Delegated Powers.
Competent Authority to
allow concession
Concession in ROI
1 CAC
2 MCB
For restructured accounts falling under the powers of RLCC-RH, FITL/WCTL below Base
Rate may be approved by HLCC-ED.
For cases falling under the powers of HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB, the respective sanctioning
authority may approve FITL/WCTL below Base Rate as follows:
SN
1 RLCC-RH
2 HLCC-ED
HLCC-ED
3 CAC / MCB
CAC / MCB
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HLCC-ED
CAC
SELF
THIRD PARTY
Nil
Nil
Nil
The concession in rate of interest on advances against Banks own deposit may be permitted
in exceptional circumstances for valuable clients recording the complete particulars of the
value of the account and how it would compensate the Bank for lower rate of interest.
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CHAPTER 11
DELEGATED POWERS FOR OTHER CONCESSIONS
Up-front fee, Process fee, Lead bank Charges, Commitment* Charges for sanction of credit
facility.
Inspection Charges
1.
Maximum extent of
allow relaxation / waiver
of
the
service
charges
MCB
100%
CAC
50%
2.
CAC
CAC
100%
3.
HLCC - ED
HLCC - ED
100%
4.
RLCC RH (GM)
HLCC - ED
100%
5.
HLCC - ED
100%
6.
Branch Incumbent
HLCC - ED
100%
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2.
DELEGATED AUTHORITY
RLCC-RH (AGM/DGM/GM)
RLCC-RH(GM)
DELEGATED POWERS
The Delegated Powers for relaxation/waiver in service
charges applicable to Micro & Small Enterprises and
Medium Enterprises (covered under Priority sector) are
as follows:
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The Regional Office shall record a note giving the reasons for allowing the concession
and the permission granted must be conveyed in writing to the branch.
A quantitative assessment of the benefit of deposit support for the past one-year period
should be made. Notional value of deposit should be calculated as given below:
For average current account
balance
For average Savings Bank balance
0.25%
100% of notional value assessed above be fixed as the maximum ceiling per annum for
any concession and 100% of notional value be converted into nominal terms for
assessment of concessions.
Normally the sanctions should be valid for one year period. However, in case of clients
having past dealings with the branch for less than a year or for new prospective clients,
the validity period of the sanction should not be more than 3 months. In such cases, the
sanction should be reviewed by the appropriate Competent Authority to sanction
concessions in the light of past dealings and renewal should be done accordingly.
Branches should submit the proposal for seeking concession in Service Charges in
duplicate as per format to the Competent Authority. The Competent Authority shall
retransmit the duplicate along with the sanction details. The office note-cum-sanction
letter shall be preserved by the branch for verification by inspecting officials.
11.5. MONITORING
In case concessions are sanctioned by the RLCC-RH / Head Office on the basis of
assured business, the branches should ensure that the stipulated business is generated
from the client. The Regional Heads should call for the details of additional business
garnered by the branches in all such cases.
If the concessions are to be extended at multiple locations, the parent branch shall
allocate and monitor branch wise sub-limits of sanction and shall ensure that the total
concession extended at all branches is within the overall limit stipulated.
Concessions sanctioned to the clients are worked out on the basis of their average
demand deposits with the Bank. Branches should review the average demand deposits
of the beneficiary clients every quarter. In case the demand deposits of these clients fall
below the level mentioned in the proposal/sanction, the concerned branches should either
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ensure inflow of the required demand deposits from the client or else should seek fresh
modification in the sanction order from the Competent Authority / Regional Office.
The cost benefit analysis shall invariably be done separately for each case and shall form
part of sanction.
Any relaxation/waiver allowed will be reported on monthly basis to the next higher
authority incorporating the following:
a) Name of the party
b) Date and Authority of sanction of Limits
c) Nature of Limits sanctioned
d) Nature of Service Charges and normal rates applicable thereof.
e) Extent of Concessions allowed
f) Sanctioning Authority for concession
In case a term loan is prepaid by the borrower for shifting to other Bank/FI, onetime prepayment charges of 1% of the total outstanding balance shall be levied.
For waiver of prepayment penalty in cases falling under Branch/RLCC-RH powers, the
approval shall be obtained from HLCC-ED at Head Office. In cases falling under Head
Office powers, respective sanctioning authority shall be delegated the powers for waiver
of prepayment penalty.
However, in case of accounts falling under the sanctioning powers of the MCB, the
request of the waiver for pre-payment penalty for pre-closure of term loan may be
permitted by CAC and shall be put up before MCB for information on quarterly basis.
11.8. WAIVER OF INSURANCE
All assets (stocks / fixed assets) in the name of borrower / guarantor charged to the Bank
as security for advances are to be comprehensively insured against the risk of theft /
burglary, fire & Strikes, Riots, Malicious Damages (SRMD), with an insurance company
with Bank Clause, at the borrower's expense, unless insurance is specifically waived by
the competent authority as under:
Particulars
Competent Authority to waive Insurance
Proposal falling in the powers of Branch/
RLCC-RH
RLCC-RH
Proposals falling in the powers of
a) MCB*
a) CAC
b) CAC
b) CAC
c) HLCC-ED
c) HLCC-ED
*Such cases shall be reported to MCB/CAC for reporting as per the system in vogue.
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The functionaries, while permitting waiver of insurance with justifiable reasons, shall see to it
that burglary insurance is not waived unless otherwise justified.
11.9. REFUND (IN
INTEREST
PART/FULL)
OF
EXCESS
INTEREST/COMMISSION/PENAL
RLCC-RH can refund excess Interest /Commission /Discount /Penal Interest charged due
to mistake irrespective of the sanctioning authority as per the sanctioned Terms &
Conditions.
In case, the refund does not pertain to current Financial Year, RLCC-RH shall submit the
details of refund to HLCC-ED through respective vertical Head at Head Office.
Refund of interest charged/service charges recovered for reasons other than mentioned
above, shall be permitted by respective authorities as per their Delegated Powers for
allowing Concession in Rate of Interest/Service Charges.
Branch Incumbents shall have no powers for refund of interest charged/service charges
recovered.
11.10. DELEGATED POWERS FOR PERMITTING RECOVERY OF COMMISSION ON
GUARANTEES ON ANNUAL BASIS
Some of the customers, on whose behalf the Bank has to issue guarantees for large
amounts and/or for long periods, request for recovery of commission on annual basis as
against the stipulated policy for recovery of commission for the entire tenure of the bank
guarantee + the claim period if any. This is because the amount of the guarantee
commission for the entire period works out to a large sum. In order to cater to such cases,
the RH shall be the competent authority in cases falling under Branch/RO Powers/HO
powers to permit recovery of commission on an annual basis subject to compliance of the
following conditions:
a) The recovery of bank guarantee commission on annual basis shall be permitted in
exceptional cases only where the guarantee amounts are large and/or where the
guarantee period is long. The same should not be permitted as a matter of routine.
b) The Regional Head shall satisfy himself that the borrower shall be paying, on regular
basis, the guarantee commission every year without default.
c) The branch must have a proper mechanism to track such cases and ensure recovery of
the guarantee commission every year at the beginning of the financial year itself in the
month of April every year.
Request for recovery of Guarantee commission on less than annual basis shall be
considered not below the level of HLCC-ED in Branch / RO cases. HLCC-ED, CAC and
MCB may permit the same in respect of the cases falling under their delegated powers.
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DELEGATED POWERS
Nil
RLCC-RH-AGM
RLCC-RH-DGM
RLCC-RH-GM
HLCC-ED
CAC
RLCC-RH may consider waiver of Registration clause after satisfying himself the reasons
for the same.
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CHAPTER-12
DELEGATED POWERS FOR SHORT/LIMITED REVIEW
The exercise of the regular renewal/full-fledged review should normally start two months
prior to the expiry of the regular sanction. However, in case of exigencies such as nonavailability of Financial Statements of the borrower or any other tangible reason, validity
extension was being undertaken by the field functionaries. However, henceforth a
limited/short review shall be undertaken and approved by the respective sanctioning
authority instead of extension of validity period of the original sanction.
The limited/short review of the borrowal accounts shall be undertaken by the respective
sanctioning authority which has sanctioned the regular limit (Branch Incumbents, RLCCRH, HLCC-ED, CAC, MCB) prior to the expiry of the regular sanction. The limited/short
review of such accounts shall be approved by the respective sanctioning authority subject
to the following conditions:
There shall be no change in the terms and conditions of the sanction as was originally
stipulated in the regular sanction.
There shall be no security dilution.
There shall be no enhancement in the level of credit facilities that were approved under
the regular sanction.
The limited/short review shall cover all the important parameters such as:
Significant developments that have taken place in the last twelve months impacting the
borrowal account
Sales/Purchase figures
Position of the capital and unsecured loans
Conduct of the account
Unit visit (not older than two months prior to the review)
Status of the unrectified inspection/audit irregularities and action taken
thereon/proposed to be taken for the rectification of the inspection/audit irregularities
The validity of the limited/short review shall be a maximum period of six months from the
date of the regular sanction.
The process fee for the extended period shall be recovered on pro rata basis at the
prescribed rates w.e.f the date of expiry of the regular sanction.
The reporting of the limited/short review shall be done by the sanctioning authority as per
the reporting system similar to the regular sanction.
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CHAPTER-13
DELEGATED POWERS IN CASE OF MULTIPLE / CONSORTIUM ARRANGEMENT
13.1. CONSORTIUM FINANCING / SYNDICATION
However where OBC is the Lead Bank prior permission from the respective sanctioning
authority is to be obtained for such amendments where our Bank is the lead bank in the
consortium, assessment of credit needs as well as on other related matters / service
charges / inspection charges etc; decisions will be taken on the basis of consensus in the
meetings. However, approval for acting as lead bank shall be permitted by the competent
authority at Head Office i.e. MCB/CAC/HLCC-ED before placing the same in the
Consortium Meeting. Detailed appraisal note with assessment of MBPF shall be sent by
Regional Office/ while seeking approval for acting as lead bank.
The approval for acting as Lead Bank shall be permitted by HLCC-ED for the cases
falling under the Delegated Powers of Branch and RLCC-RH before placing the same
in the Consortium Meeting. Detailed appraisal note with assessment of MBPF shall be
sent by Regional Office while seeking approval for acting as lead bank.
Further, HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB shall approve taking up the role of Lead Bank of the
Consortium in respect of cases falling under their respective Delegated Powers.
The respective department will propose in the appraisal note for accepting the role of
Lead Bank in the consortium.
Wherever our Bank is Lead Bank in any consortium, MPBF in the borrowal account
shall be approved by respective sanctioning authority before placing the same in the
consortium meeting for its sharing to all other member banks.
Depending on the Banks exposure under the consortium and internal credit risk rating
of the borrower, the designated authorities to attend the consortium meeting are as
given in the table below:
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Exposure of the
Bank
Upto
`50 Crore
OBC 4 to OBC 10
Above
`50 Crore
to
`200 Crore
OBC 1 to OBC 3
OBC 4 to OBC 10
OBC 1 to OBC 5
Above
`200 Crore
OBC 6 to OBC 10
OBC 1 to OBC 5
Above
`500 Crore
OBC 6 to OBC 10
It shall be, however, ensured that no firm commitment shall be conveyed to the
consortium without prior approval from the competent authority.
In case of Head Office sanctions, the Branch/RO should obtain mandate from Head
Office before making financial commitments in the consortium meeting on behalf of
the Bank. The mandate required should be sent to Head Office by FAX / MAIL
sufficiently in advance.
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Exposure of
the Bank
Upto
`50 Crore
OBC 4 to OBC 10
Above
`50 Crore
to
`200 Crore
Above
`200 Crore to
`500 Crore
OBC 1 to OBC 3
OBC 4 to OBC 10
OBC 1 to OBC 5
OBC 6 to OBC 10
OBC 1 to OBC 5
Above
`500 Crore
OBC 6 to OBC 10
As a matter of policy, the Bank shall not encourage disbanding of an account under an
existing consortium arrangement and switching over to multiple banking arrangements.
However, where there are convincing reasons and business is considered remunerative
by the bank, then the bank may entertain such a request for switch over to multiple
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Delegated Powers to allow amendment in Head Office sanctions for limits under
Consortium Banking Arrangement where our Bank is not Lead Bank
RLCC-RH has powers to allow following amendments in accounts under Consortium
BankingArrangement sanctioned by Head Office.
a) To cede 2nd pari-passu charge on current assets to term lenders against taking 2 nd
charge on fixed asset.
b) To cede 2nd pari-passu charge on fixed assets to working capital lenders against taking
2nd charge on current assets.
c) Ceding of charge on current assets (where our bank has granted working capital
facilities against first charge on current assets) and/or fixed assets (where our bank has
granted term loan against first charge on fixed assets) to financial institutions/banks on
reciprocal basis subject to the condition that our banks security cover is not diluted.
d) Ceding of charge on current assets to new entrants into the consortium /Multiple
Banking/ Joint Lending arrangement & to cover the increase in existing limits by other
banks subject to all other members agreeing to the same.
e) To issue letters ceding charges on assets already agreed to by the bank under CDR
System.
f) To cede exclusive charge on specific assets financed by other banks.
g) To cede paripassu charge to new bank to secure the loan taken over from an existing
bank without any overall increase in the liability secured by the charge.
h) To allow substitution of machinery / equipment after satisfying on the reasons for the
change, no adverse impact on the project implementation, its revenue generation
stream, no change in repayment terms, margin, reduction in term loan component etc.
i) All such amendments to be reported to the respective sanctioning authority
immediately.
In case of Credit Proposals sanctioned by Head Office under Consortium Banking
Arrangement where our Bank is Lead Bank, HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB are the competent
authority to amend sanction terms and conditions within their vested Delegated
Powers.
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Further, In case of Credit Proposals sanctioned by Head Office under Multiple Banking
Arrangement, HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB are the competent authority to amend in sanction
terms and conditions within their vested Delegated Powers.
All other amendments shall be permitted by the respective sanctioning authority.
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CHAPTER-14
DELEGATED POWERS FOR ISSUANCE OF NO OBJECTION CERTIFICATES
RLCC-RH are authorized to permit the issuance of No Objection Certificate provided there is
no dilution in security and/or asset coverage and earning capacity in the following cases/
purposes even in cases sanctioned by HLCC-ED/CMD/CAC/MCB:
a) To raise short term/long term loan from various financial Institutions/Insurance companies/
Banks for working capital as well as for acquiring fixed assets.
b) To induct any bank under consortium and ceding pari-passu charge in favour of member
banks who are participating in the finance subject to they also agreeing to issue reciprocal
NOCs / ceding pari-passu, while issuing such NOCs, it is to be ensured that there is no
dilution of securities and / or asset coverage as stipulated in the sanction)
c) Merger/ amalgamation/ spin off/Hive off of Companies subject to no dilution of security,
earning capacity and /or change in terms of sanction covenants.
d) Additional requirement of credit facilities of the company/firm considered by other banks.
However, while issuing such NOCs Regional Head shall examine whether existing MPBF is
fully tied up and additional requirements have been approved by all the member banks.
e) To raise foreign currency loan for working capital purposes subject to observance of
guidelines on hedging Foreign Currency risks.
f) To issue Commercial Paper.
g) To open LC and execute Bank guarantee by other Bank/s by earmarking the unutilized limit
allocated to other Bank/s on risk and remuneration sharing basis
h) To open current account/s with other bank/s in case our bank is not having any branch in
that area/business center.
i) To open LC from other banks for capital project purpose provided bills are retired through
term loans/ internal accruals/ cash flows without diversifying working capital funds.
j) To issue Debentures (PCD/FCD/NCD).
(Exception: In all other cases not covered above, the sanctioning authority will take a view on
it. However, in case of MCB sanctions, the NOC will be permitted by CAC).
However, copies of NOC issued shall be reported to the sanctioning authority for information
as per system in vogue.
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CHAPTER 15
DELEGATED POWERS IN CASE OF TAKEOVER OF ACCOUNTS
The Banks policy guidelines for transfer of borrowal accounts from one bank to another bank
was reviewed vide agenda item no. A-3 by the Board of Directors in its meeting held on
24.08.2012.
The revised guidelines in this regard have been circulated to field functionaries vide Circular
No. HO/RMD/41/2012-13/399 dated 08.09.2012.
15.1. NATURE OF BORROWAL ACCOUNT TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER BANK
TO OUR BANK
All types of borrowal accounts including Retail accounts can be considered for transfer from
other banks to our Bank.
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unable to offer any alternate property, the procedure as already in vogue shall be strictly
followed.
15.3. CREDIT REPORT OF BORROWAL ACCOUNTS TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM
OTHER BANKS TO OUR BANK
The account to be taken over should be classified as Standard Regular by the previous bank
/ financial institution and a certificate to this effect should be taken from the existing Bank that
the account is standard regular.
In case of all takeover of borrowal accounts from other banks, statement of the borrower
account for the last six months should be scrutinized as a part of the credit proposal and
comments on the same should be suitably incorporated in the process note separately.
The branch shall obtain the credit information report from existing Banks/FIs as per the
format prescribed by RBI before taking over an account and the same shall be obtained
along with loan application form.
15.4. MINIMUM ENTRY LEVEL INTERNAL CREDIT RATING OF THE BORROWAL
ACCOUNTS TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER BANKS TO OUR BANK
The minimum entry level internal credit rating of the borrowal accounts to be taken over from
other Banks is as under:
Minimum Entry Level Internal Credit Rating
of the borrowal account
Thrust & General Area of Lending
OBC 1 to OBC 5
Restricted Area of Lending
OBC 1 to OBC 3
Note: No relaxation is permitted in entry level rating for takeover of borrowal accounts
Particular
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sanctioned only by the Board of Directors with specific reasons justifying the need for taking
over such accounts.
15.6. AUTHORITY
ACCOUNTS
TO
PERMIT
DEVIATION
FOR
TAKEOVER
OF
BORROWAL
In case of takeover of credit proposals where any deviation from the said policy guidelines
is required, prior approval of CAC/MCB shall be obtained by the delegated authority.
15.7. AUTHORITY FOR ENHANCEMENT IN CREDIT LIMITS FOR TAKEOVER OF
BORROWAL ACCOUNTS
The limits of the borrowal account (both Fund Based and Non-Fund Based) should be
taken over as far as possible only at the existing level as enjoyed by the borrower with the
previous Banks/Financial Institution.
However, in case of enhancement in credit limits, upto 25% from the existing level as
enjoyed by the borrower with the previous Banks/ Financial institution, wherever deemed
justified, can be considered by the sanctioning authority at the time of takeover of borrowal
accounts.
After six months from the date of takeover of borrowal accounts, the enhancement in credit
limits, wherever deemed justified, can be considered by the sanctioning authority under
their delegated powers.
However, after initial sanction and disbursement, HLCC-ED is empowered to consider
further enhancement not exceeding 25% of the taken over limits even before completion of
six months. The CAC/MCB can consider enhancement in credit limits upto 50% of the
sanctioned working capital limits within 6 months from the date of sanction of takeover
accounts.
Moreover, the enhancement in credit limits while taking over an account should be based
upon proper independent assessment of the enhanced credit requirements of the borrower
as per norms of the Bank after obtaining all the relevant operative and financial data of the
borrower and due diligence. However, the term loans should always be taken at existing
level (besides fresh term loans for expansion of projects).
15.8. BENCHMARK FINANCIAL RATIO FOR TAKEOVER ACCOUNTS
Relaxation in the benchmark financial ratios shall be permitted on case to case basis at
Head Office only.
For credit proposals falling under the powers of RLCC, the relaxation in benchmark
financial ratios shall be permitted by HLCC ED.
However, for credit proposals falling under the powers of HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB, the respective
sanctioning authority can consider the relaxation in benchmark financial ratios.
The benchmark financial ratios for takeover accounts are as under:
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Financial Ratios
Current Ratio
Benchmark
for all others
1.17( Upto `5 Crore)
1.33( Above `5 Crore)
Debt -Equity
3:1
2:1
TOL/TNW
6:1
4:1
1.2:1
1.3:1 (Annuity /lease rentals assured)
1.5:1
Average DSCR
Monitoring through Early Alert System and Special Mention Account mechanism.
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same along with letter of satisfaction of charge/ no due certificate after receiving the specified
amount outstanding in the account of the party whose account is being taken over.
An undertaking shall also be obtained from the borrower for handing over the securities after
collecting the same from the existing banker.
In case of Pvt. Ltd/Ltd. Company, search report from ROC shall also be obtained to verify
charges on the assets of the Company.
After receiving the relative documents of securities, charge shall be created and got
registered (if required) with the appropriate authorities.
Payment towards adjustment / liquidation of the dues of the existing Financial
Institution/Bank shall be made directly to them.
15.14. TRANSFER OF BORROWAL ACCOUNTS FROM OUR BANK TO OTHER BANK/FIs
Endeavor be made to satisfy customers so that existing accounts of customers are not
taken over by other banks. In case of takeover by other banks, it should be ensured before
release of securities/ issuing letter of discharge of securities/ giving no dues certificate that
full payment has been received. In case of takeover of Bank Guarantee/ LC Limit, a letter
of comfort from other bank shall be taken and same shall also be cleared / vetted by the
legal retainer at RO.
In all cases where letter of comfort is obtained from other banks for takeover of accounts,
permission from RLCC-RH be obtained before release of securities.
In such cases, Bank guarantee commission for outstanding BG liability, if any be fully
recovered upto expiry period of guarantee.
In case any guarantee is outstanding and the account is taken over by some other bank,
the securities shall be released only after obtaining 100% margin or Guarantee of that
bank containing a specific clause that their liability under the said guarantee shall exist till
the original Guarantee Bond is received or a release letter from the beneficiary is received
by OBC.
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CHAPTER-16
REHABILITATION / RESTRUCTURING OF ACCOUNT
16.1. DELEGATED POWERS FOR RESTRUCTURING (AT EXISTING LEVEL OF
SANCTIONED EXPOSURE OR RESTRUCTURING WITH ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE)
OF THE BORROWAL ACCOUNTS
The Delegated Powers for Restructuring (at existing level of sanctioned exposure or
restructuring with additional exposure)are as follows:
SN
Sanctioning Authority
1.
Branch Incumbent
2.
RLCC-RH
3.
HLCC-ED/CAC/ MCB
4.
Renewal /Review
accounts
of
SN
Sanctioning
Authority
1.
Branch
Incumbent
RLCC-RH
2.
RLCC-RH
HLCC-ED
HLCC-ED
3.
HLCCED/CAC/
MCB
Respective
Delegated Respective Delegated Authority within their
Authority
within
their respective Delegated Powers.
respective
Delegated
Powers.
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However, the above mentioned Delegated Powers shall be exercised by RLCC-RH subject to
fulfillment of the following conditions:
Restructured account is performing
The restructured terms and conditions have been complied with.
In case the abovementioned conditions are not fulfilled, the proposal for enhancement/
additional /adhoc facilities in restructured accounts-within MONITORING PERIOD shall
be considered by HLCC-ED/CAC/MCB within their respective Delegated Powers.
16.4. DELEGATED POWERS FOR GRANTING OF ENHANCEMENT/ ADDITIONAL
/ADHOC FACILITIES IN RESTRUCTURED ACCOUNTS-AFTER the MONITORING
PERIOD
The Delegated Powers for granting of Enhancement/ Additional /Adhoc facilities in
Restructured accounts after one year restructuring vis--vis after the Monitoring Period
are as under:
SN
Sanctioning
Authority
Granting
of
enhancement/
Delegated Authority for additional /adhoc
facilities in
Restructuring
restructured accounts-AFTER the
MONITORING PERIOD
1.
Branch Incumbent
RLCC-RH
2.
RLCC-RH
HLCC-ED
3.
HLCC-ED/CAC/
MCB
Branch Incumbent*
RLCC-RH*
Respective
Delegated Respective Delegated Authority within
Authority within their their respective Delegated Powers.
respective
Delegated
Powers.
*The
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TYPES OF EXPOSURE
DELEGATED AUTHORITY
NEW BORROWERS
1. Fresh Exposure
EXISTING BORROWERS
2. Renewal / Review of limits
3.
4.
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CHAPTER 17
DELEGATED POWERS FOR PERMITTING HOLDING ON OPERATIONS
Holding on operations may be permitted by RLCC-RH for accounts that fall under the
Delegated powers of Branches and Regional Office subject to the conditions
stipulated in Loan policy.
In case of sanctions under Head Office powers, HLCC-ED shall have the delegated
authority to permit holding on operations.
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CHAPTER 18
LOANS & ADVANCES TO STAFF/ RELATIVES (INCLUDING CLOSE RELATIVES) OF
STAFF MEMBERS
18.1. DELEGATED POWERS FOR CONSIDERING CREDIT FACILITIES TO RELATIVES
OF STAFF MEMBERS
Any officer or any Committee comprising, inter alia, an officer as member shall not sanction
credit facilities to a borrower to whom he / she is related.
There shall be no relaxation in any of the terms and conditions of credit facilities, where the
borrower is a relative of any staff member of the bank, Such borrowers would be treated as
any other borrower and banks norms applied accordingly,
All policy guidelines, relating to respective category of advances shall be strictly complied
with.
The provisions/ powers for loans to relatives (including close relatives) of staff members are as
follows:
Personal guarantee of the staff member will not be mandatory for considering credit
facilities to relatives including close relatives (as notified by Head Office from time to time)
of staff members.
Existing cases where personal guarantees have already been issued by staff members for
loans to their relatives including close relative may be reviewed by the sanctioning authority
at the time of next renewal / review and waived accordingly if the account is otherwise in
order.
18.2. GRANTING LOANS AND ADVANCES TO DIRECTORS OF OTHER BANKS AND
RELATIVES OF DIRECTORS OF OUR BANK/OTHER BANKS
In terms of RBI guidelines, Loans and Advances aggregating `25 Lacs and above is to be
sanctioned by the Board of Directors/ Management Committee of the Board in the following
cases:
d) any company in which any of the relatives other than spouse and minor / dependent
children as mentioned in (a) & (b) above hold substantial interest or is interested as a
director or as a guarantor.
a) directors (including the Chairman/Managing Director) of other banks *;
b) any firm in which any of the directors of other banks * is interested as a partner or
guarantor; and
c) any company in which any of the directors of other banks * holds substantial interest or is
interested as a director or as a guarantor.
* including directors of Scheduled Co-operative Banks, Directors of Subsidiaries/ Trustees of
Mutual Funds/Venture Capital Funds.
The proposals for credit facilities of an amount less than `25 Lacs to these borrowers may
be sanctioned by the appropriate authority under powers vested in such authority, but the
matter should be reported to the Board of Directors.
Credit Facility
The term loans and advances will not include loans or advances against:
Government securities
Life insurance policies
Fixed or other deposits
Stocks and shares
Temporary overdrafts for small amount i.e. upto `25000.
Third party cheque purchase of up to `5000 at a time.
Housing loans, car advances, etc. granted to an employee of the bank under any
scheme applicable generally to employees.
Relative
The term relative shall mean:
i.
Spouse
ii.
Father
iii.
iv.
v.
Sons wife
vi.
vii.
Daughters husband
viii.
ix.
Brothers wife
x.
xi.
Sisters husband
xii.
xiii.
xiv.
Spouse
ii.
Father
iii.
iv.
v.
Sons wife
vi.
vii.
Daughters husband
viii.
ix.
Brothers wife
x.
xi.
Sisters husband
xii.
xiii.
xiv.
Type of
Credit facility
Staff Posted at
Sanctioning Authority
In RO where AGM is posted as 2nd
Man, AGM and in his absence CM at
RO.
In case AGM is not posted at RO,
CM at RO shall exercise the powers.
Regional Head
SN
Type of
Credit facility
Vehicle
Loan Two
Wheeler
Staff Posted at
Branch
Offices(except
Branch BRANCH INCUMBENT (where the
Incumbents)/Regional
Offices salary account of the employee is
(except Regional Heads)/ Head being maintained.)
Office
/Regional
Inspectorates
(except
RI
Heads)/Service
Branches/
Currency
Chests/
Extension Counters/ Stationary
Godowns/STCs(except Principals)
Branch Incumbents
Regional
Head/
Principals of STCs
Staff
members
availing
retail loans
under
general
public
(except
advance
against term
deposits/
Govt.
securities/
Bonds
/
NSC/LIC
Policies
etc.)
Advance
against
term
deposits/
Govt.
securities/
Bonds/
NSC/
LIC
Policies etc.
Sanctioning Authority
RI
Branch Incumbent
CHAPTER 19
LARGE CORPORATE BRANCHES (LCBs): DELEGATION OF POWERS
With a view to have a customer centric approach and to build a healthy portfolio of
advances, the consolidation of Large Corporate advances of `50.00 Crore and above at
select branches was undertaken. With this in view, few branches have been identified as
Large Corporate Branches (LCBs) which are located at main cities viz, Mumbai, Delhi,
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chandigarh.
The CGM/GM Large Corporate Credit shall be the In-charge/Controller of all the
designated Large Corporate Branches (LCBs) of the Bank.
The functioning of Large Corporate Branches shall be as per Circular No. HO/RMD/28/
2013-14/433 dated 05.08.2013 and HO/RMD/41/2014-15/458 dated 04.09.2014.
CHAPTER 20
CONVERSION FROM PRE-SHIPMENT FACILITY TO POST-SHIPMENT FACILITY
In case of export advances, automatic convertibility from PC / PCFC facility into post sale
(FDBP/FUDBP/FBRD) facility shall be allowed but not vice versa.
CHAPTER 21
APPROVAL OF NEW SCHEMES / FORMATS / DELEGATION RELATED ISSUES
All new Schemes / Formats / Delegation related issues shall be put up to Credit Risk
Management Committee for approval as prelude to advising field functionaries.
CHAPTER 22
DELEGATED POWER FOR PERMITTING SWITCHOVER FROM PLR TO BASE RATE
As there shall not be any change in the interest rate being charged to the customers during
switchover from PLR to Base Rate, the approval of switchover from PLR to Base Rate shall be
given by the respective sanctioning authorities at Branches / Regional Office.
For sanctions at Head Office level (including MCB), HLCC-ED shall be competent authority for
approval of switchover from PLR to Base Rate.
In case any concession is to be provided to any borrower on case to case basis, the same
shall be approved as per existing policy in vogue.
CHAPTER 23
COMPLIANCE / FLEXIBILITY / DEVIATIONS / EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LAID DOWN
POLICY GUIDELINES
The policy recognises the need for allowing a degree of flexibility to the decision makers to
succeed in the competitive business environment and achieve the corporate goal.
The deviation / exemption from the norms / bench-marks levels laid down in the Policy but
within RBI/Statutory norms may be permitted only in rare, genuine and exceptional cases,
on account of emergent and unavoidable business exigencies. However, the exemptions &
concessions which are part of the Delegated powers vested with the respective
sanctioning authority shall not be considered as deviation of the Policy.
In all other matters not expressly provided for, the Board shall be the authority on pure
policy related deviations and the MCB/ CAC shall be the authority on deviations related to
matters of credit sanctions.
23.1.
MONITORING OF DEVIATIONS
Unless specifically provided otherwise in the Policy itself, the authority to permit/ approve
such deviation / exemptions shall be as under:
Reporting Authority for
Deviations permissible
Deviations permissible are
are already stated in the not expressly stated in the
Loan Policy
Loan Policy
Sl.
No.
Sanctioning
Authority
Deviation
Authority
Branch
Incumbent
RLCC-RH
Executive Director
Board of Directors
RLCC-RH
HLCC-ED
MCB
Board of Directors
HLCC-ED
CAC
Not Applicable
Board of Directors
CAC
CAC
Not Applicable
Board of Directors
MCB
MCB
Not Applicable
Board of Directors
The deviations / exemption from the norms / benchmark levels shall be clearly brought out
in the appraisal note, duly recording the exhaustive reasons/ justifications for permitting the
deviations.
However, any modification of / deviation from both pre and post disbursement terms and
conditions of sanctions shall be permitted only by the respective sanctioning authority.
Amendments in terms and conditions in the credit facilities approved by the MCB shall be
permitted by the MCB only except the following:
Leverage Ratio
DSCR
The relaxation in Benchmark Ratios as approved in the Loan Policy shall be subject to the
following conditions:
Relaxation as above shall be considered selectively and on case to case basis for
borrowal accounts with internal credit risk rating of OBC 1 to 6 by the sanctioning authority
and cogent reasons thereof shall be recorded in the process note.
Relaxation shall not be considered in benchmark ratios in OBC 7 and below rated
accounts without prior approval of the next higher sanctioning authority. However, HLCCED/CAC/MCB shall be the competent authority to consider relaxation in Benchmark
Ratio for such cases falling within their respective Delegated Powers.
For relaxation beyond the above mentioned relaxation in the ratios, prior approval shall be
obtained from the next higher sanctioning authority before permitting the relaxation.
However, in case of Head Office accounts, further relaxation may be permitted by the
respective sanctioning authority on case to case basis.
For renewal of accounts, where the current ratio is below the benchmark levels, the
sanctioning authority shall explore all possibilities of improving the current ratio to the
benchmark levels by injection of additional funds and / or ploughing back of profits,
stipulations for not declaring dividend / non withdrawal of profits, reduction in the level of
non-current assets and liquidation of investments outside business, if any, within a
reasonable time.
Relaxation in financial benchmark ratios shall not be permitted in case of takeover of
accounts without permission of HLCC-ED for cases under RLCC-RH powers. For cases
falling under the powers of Head Office, deviation is to be permitted by next higher
authority.
Evaluation of risk mitigant available to the Bank in cases where relaxation is being
permitted shall be done and recorded in the process note.