FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER & YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2017
The Board of Directors of Indian Bank approved the Bank’s results for the quarter ended
March 31, 2017 and the audited results for the full year ended March 31, 2017 at their meeting
held in Chennai on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.
Profitability – Quarter ended March 31, 2017
The Bank’s total income for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 was `4601.88 crore, up from
`4512.18 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Net revenues (net interest income plus other income) increased by 18.41% to
1970.29 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 as against
1664.02 crore for the
corresponding quarter of the previous year.
Net interest income (interest income less interest expenditure) for the quarter ended
March 31, 2017 grew by 22.06% to 1384.92 crore from
1134.65 crore for the quarter
ended March 31, 2016.
Other income (non-interest revenue) at `585.38 crore was 29.71% of the net revenues for
the quarter ended March 31, 2017 and grew by 10.58% over `529.37 crore in the
corresponding quarter ended March 31, 2016. The major components of other income for
the quarter ended March 31, 2017 were profit on sale of investments of `135.18 crore and
commission & exchange income of `257.36 crore.
Operating expenses for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 were `900.15 crore, an increase
of 7.60% over `836.60 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
Cost-to- income ratio for the quarter was 45.69% as against 50.28% for the corresponding
quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Provisions and contingencies for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 were `750.46 crore
as against `742.92 crore for the corresponding quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Bank earned a net profit of `319.70 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, an
increase of 278.39% over `84.49 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2016.
Profitability – Year ended March 31, 2017
For the year ended March 31, 2017, the Bank earned total income of `18251.12 crore. Net
revenues (net interest income plus other income) for the year ended March 31, 2017
were 7357.43 crore, up by 18.14% over
6227.61 crore for the year ended March 31, 2016.
For the year ended March 31, 2017, the net interest margin was 2.59% as against 2.33%
for the year ended March 31, 2016.
Cost to income ratio was at 45.62% for the year ended March 31, 2017, as against 51.31%
for the previous year.
The Bank’s Net profit for year ended March 31, 2017 was `1405.68 crore, up by 97.60%,
over `711.38 crore for the year ended March 31, 2016.
Assets & Liabilities – As on March 31, 2017
Total balance sheet size as of March 31, 2017 was `218,233 crore as against
`203,710 crore as of March 31, 2016.
Capital Adequacy – As on March 31, 2017
Total deposits as of March 31, 2017 were `182509 crore, an increase of 2.37% over
March 31, 2016. Current account deposits grew by 7.53% over the previous year to reach
`9833 crore and Savings account deposits by 23.35% over the previous year to reach
`57333.87 crore. CASA deposits to total domestic deposits increased to 37.65% as on
March 31, 2017 from 31.94% as on March 31, 2017. Advances as of March 31, 2017 were
`132,144.70 crore, an increase of 5% over December 31, 2016.
The Bank’s total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as per Basel III guidelines, was at 13.64%
as at March 31, 2017 (13.20% as at March 31, 2016) as against a regulatory requirement of
10.25% including Capital Conservation Buffer of 1.25%. Tier-I CAR was at 12.20% as on
March 31, 2017 compared to 12.08% as at March 31, 2016. Risk-weighted Assets were at
131436.47 crore (
124743.79 crore as at March 31, 2016).
Dividend
The Board of Directors recommended a dividend of 6 per equity share of
10 for the year
ended March 31, 2017, as against 1.50 per equity share of
10 for the previous year
(Subject to approval by the shareholders at the next annual general meeting)
Asset Quality
Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) were at 7.47% of gross advances as on
March 31, 2017, as against 7.69% as on December 31, 2016 and 6.66% as on
March 31, 2016.
Net non-performing assets were at 4.39% of net advances as on March 31, 2017, as
against 4.76% as on December 31, 2016 and 4.20% as on March 31, 2016.
Priority Sector portfolio increased from `50333.52 crore as of March 31, 2016 to
`54975.82 crore as of March 31, 2017. Priority sector advances as a percentage of quarterly
average ANBC for the Year 2016 – 17 stood at 42.31%.
Advances to Weaker Section increased from `13918.33 crore as on March 31, 2016 to
`14787.17 crore as on March 31, 2017.
Other Highlights
PRADHAN MANTRI JAN DHAN YOJANA (PMJDY): 100% of Point of Sales (PoS) devices
of the Bank enabled for carrying out RuPay Card transactions as against the industry
average.
PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA (PMMY): Disbursements during FY 2016-17 were
to the tune of ` 2173.71 crore under various schemes viz., Shishu, Kishore and Tarun.
Network
As of March 31, 2017, the Bank’s distribution network was at 2679 Domestic branches,
3 Overseas Branch and 3358 ATM/BNAs as against 2562 Domestic branches and 3 Overseas
Branch besides 2784 ATM/BNAs as of March 31, 2016. Of the branches, 1437 are in
semi-urban and rural areas. Number of employees was at 20,924 as of March 31, 2017.
New products launched
Unified Payment Interface (UPI) App
Unified Payment Interface (UPI) through USSD
Payment of Non Tax revenue (Bharatkosh) through Indian Bank Payment Gateway
Collection of EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organisation) subscription through
IB Customer App
Digi Lock in IB Customer App for locking/unlocking all transactions through alternate delivery
channels like Debit/Credit Cards, Net Banking and Mobile Banking
Direct tax payment through Debit Card
Corporate Social Responsibility
Cancer Awareness Camp was organized in association with Penn Nalam and
Sri AMKM Jain Centre for economically poor women.
Sponsored construction of individual household toilets by Kulithalai Municipality Council
(KMC) at Kulithalai, Trichy.
Successfully completed 3 lakh tree plantations pan-India to mark the Bank's 110th year of
service to the nation.
Conducted Blood and Organ donation awareness camps pan-India as part of Bank’s
110 th Foundation day celebrations.
Awards and Accolades – Q4 FY 2016-17
Bank won the following awards at ASSOCHAM 12 th Annual Business Summit-cum- Social
Banking Excellence Awards 2016 from Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Hon’ble Minister of State
for Finance.
Best Social Bank Award (under Large Bank Category)
Runner-up Award (under Large Bank Category) in Government Schemes
Bank won 2 MSME Banking Excellence Awards 2016 instituted by Chamber of Indian Micro,
Small, Medium Enterprises, New Delhi:
Best MSME Bank Award (Mid – sized category)
Financially Inclusive Bank Award (Mid-sized category)
Bank bagged 3 NPCI (National Payments Corporation of India) awards:
NACH – Winner award
Excellent Performance in RuPay – Winner award
Excellent Performance in AePS (Aadhaar enabled Payment Services) – Runner up
award